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Bruce MacDonald

"Can we just let people enjoy themselves and smile and feel good for two hours? I think we needed the contrast this spring," [Director Chani] Ninneman said. "So it is a musical filled with cheesy, fun ’80s references and music that many people will recognize."

"It's so funny that the kids know a lot of these songs and like them and that they're still in pop culture," [Harbor City band teacher Nicole] Ottjes said. "But it has been surprising where they learned them from. A lot of movies use this music, or they heard it in the background of a video of a hamster meme or something. It's been interesting."
duluthnewstribune.com/lifestyl

Back to the 80s actors
Duluth News Tribune · Harbor City students travel 'Back to the 80s' in spring showBy Teri Cadeau
#music#theater#Duluth
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Bruce MacDonald

@swansonite Right. Those rest rooms are a welcome respite!

I've always loved visiting that museum. It's good PR for the Corps (even though I shudder now at the chain-of-command photographs) and the boat models are lovely.

And those marine engines!

You get a sense of what Gilliatt, toiler-of-the-sea in the Victor Hugo novel, was up against in his effort to win Déruchette.

"Déruchette had, at times, an air of bewitching langour, and a certain mischief in the eye, which were altogether involuntary. She scarcely knew, perhaps, the meaning of the word love, and yet not unwillingly ensnared those about her in the toils."
—Victor Hugo, "Toilers of the Sea"

gutenberg.org/files/32338/3233

Twin Cylinder Marine Steam Engine, 1944-1950, K.W. Holmgren, Duluth, MN Holmgren served as engineer aboard a steamer operating from Sweden in the early 1900s; 25 years later he built this model from memory. The model is a complete replica of a twin cylinder marine steam engine. From the museum exhibit
#literature#TheShippingNews#Duluth
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Infinite Breadsticks

This week, all the local trails are a mix of slush and mud, so I decided to do the most cliché of Duluth outdoor activities: run the Lakewalk. But, alas, there's a reason things become cliché – a lot of people like them.

It was a beautiful day and I also got some really, really rad drone footage.

#running #TrailRunning #Duluth #Minnesota #LakeSuperior #Lakewalk #VirtualRun

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YouTubeDuluth, MN Lakewalk Virtual Run 🚢 Lift Bridge, Canal Park, Lakeside, Brighton BeachBy Run with Mike
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Bruce MacDonald

Value history.

"It seems Glensheen is a spot for entertainment first and education second. Yet, over the past two years, I’ve met some incredible strangers. Some come in with a pencil and paper, sit down in a room for an hour, and draw. Some are carpenters who light up when they see the woodwork. Some people have personal connections with the house or the people who lived there. Amazing conversations come about with these visitors. I have learned more about woodworking, art, electrical engineering, and life in Duluth than I ever expected."
duluthnewstribune.com/opinion/

Duluth News Tribune · Local View: Glensheen a reminder that history creates communityFrom the column: "Local gems like museums and the Twin Ports Festival of History not only provide entertainment but connect people."
#history#Duluth#Minnesota
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Kaleb's Kamera

Duluth harbour has always been a fascination of mine. The serenity with which the great lakers leave port, broken only by the solemn salute to the bridge keeper delights the imagination. That voice inside my mind asking: What joys, and unspoken fears might those sailors be feeling? Whether a green hand might be embarking on a new adventure – apprehension and uncertainty suppressed at great effort. What beloved has been left behind, or who might await them at the other end.

For me theGreat Lakes excite the imagination at least as well as Samuel Clemons’ Mississippi, but the frivolity of the river life replaced with the stern respect for this great inland sea and all she holds in the cold embrace of her barely fathomable depths.

A black-and-white image featuring a large, steel lift bridge above a waterfront; and outbound freighter approaches soon to pas below the bridge. A historic brick building is visible on the left side of the image providing scale for both the bridge and the imminsity of the laker. The scene conveys an industrial atmosphere with a cloudy sky. The laker is the Hon. James L Oberstar
#Duluth#Laker#IronRange
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