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Let’s face it: Duluth doesn’t exactly come to mind when one thinks of cities with a long tradition of the blues.
You’ve got until midnight Aug. 16 to enter the 2008 Duluth News Tribune cookbook contest.
Young professionals crowded into the Great Lakes Ballroom of Duluth’s Holiday Inn on Thursday to hear strategies for finding that elusive Duluth job.
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Doug Hanson remembers getting hauled from the Twin Cities to Duluth as a teenager to see some sort of big sailing ship enter the harbor. “I don’t remember how big it was, what year it was or even the name. But I remember how it looked coming into the harbor,’’ Hanson said. It’s that memory that has pushed Hanson, of Plymouth, Minn., to sail his 54-foot, three-masted wooden schooner Zeeto from Bayfield to Duluth so he can join the armada of boats expected today when three tall sailing ships arrive for the Duluth Maritime Festival.
The Duluth City Council voted unanimously Monday night to allow Bayfront Festival Park concert acts to play until midnight on weekends, but compromised to close the park at 11 p.m. from Sunday through Thursday.
![The name of the ship pictured is the Clelia II. It has been purchased by Travel Dynamics International of New York City. And the company plans to launch a regular cruise service between Toronto and Duluth in 2009. [News Tribune file]](http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/gfx/photos/thumbs/pxcruz0729_500px.jpg "The name of the ship pictured is the Clelia II. It has been purchased by Travel Dynamics International of New York City. And the company plans to launch a regular cruise service between Toronto and Duluth in 2009. [News Tribune file]") |
Concerns that security issues could sink plans to offer a cruise service between Duluth and Toronto before it ever left the dock appear to be quelled.
![A mannequin displays an authentic Finnish military uniform Wednesday evening at the DECC in Duluth. The mannequin and uniform were part of a display of Finnish military memorabilia that is part of this year’s FinnFest.
[Derek Montgomery / News Tribune]](http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/gfx/photos/thumbs/pxfinn0724d_500px.jpg "A mannequin displays an authentic Finnish military uniform Wednesday evening at the DECC in Duluth. The mannequin and uniform were part of a display of Finnish military memorabilia that is part of this year’s FinnFest.
[Derek Montgomery / News Tribune]") |
Finland might not be thought of as a great military power, but the country has defended its freedom on more than one occasion.
![Tom Scheib with Dancing Reindeer Farm in Milltown, Wis., sets up a Finnish style tent — made by arranging long poles together — on the west side of the DECC grounds Wednesday near the Statue of Liberty. He was one of the first to set up in the Sami camp.
[Bob King / News Tribune]](http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/gfx/photos/thumbs/pxfinn0724a_500px.jpg "Tom Scheib with Dancing Reindeer Farm in Milltown, Wis., sets up a Finnish style tent — made by arranging long poles together — on the west side of the DECC grounds Wednesday near the Statue of Liberty. He was one of the first to set up in the Sami camp.
[Bob King / News Tribune]") |
A traditional Sami camp complete with reindeer has been erected outside of the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center as part of FinnFest, offering a glimpse into what life is like for indigenous cultures living within the Arctic Circle.
What you’ll see: Take a trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area with experienced north woods guide Bill Slaughter and his camp dog, Bubba.
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Take a trip back in time to the 1800s and experience the fur trade along the Yellow River in Burnett County. You’ll be greeted by interpreters who take center stage and show you what the Ojibwe ate, how they prepared their meals and even how they caught it.
![Lyz Jaakola and her son, Xaneder Ripley-Jaakola, stand at the doorway of their home on the Fond du Lac Reservation. Behind them are signs welcoming guests in both Anishinabe (Boo Zhoo) and Finnish (Paivaa). Jaakola's father was Finnish and her mother was a member of the Fond du Lac band. [BOB KING/NEWS TRIBUNE]](http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/gfx/photos/thumbs/kingFINN0722c2.jpg "Lyz Jaakola and her son, Xaneder Ripley-Jaakola, stand at the doorway of their home on the Fond du Lac Reservation. Behind them are signs welcoming guests in both Anishinabe (Boo Zhoo) and Finnish (Paivaa). Jaakola's father was Finnish and her mother was a member of the Fond du Lac band. [BOB KING/NEWS TRIBUNE]") |
FINNFEST: One culture had the sauna, the other had the sweat lodge. One group found multiple uses for cedar, the other used birch. In the late 1800s in northern Minnesota, Finnish immigrants and the resident Ojibwe found many similarities.
Deadline for picking your favorite is 6 p.m. Wednesday.
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Did you know that oak trees can live for 600 years, or that all bears are nearsighted? The kids who participated in this year’s East Hillside Youth Theatre Program do.
![Mary Lou Williams sings a soulful tune with the Dave Winchester Band of Sunday afternoon onstage in the big tent at the Knife River Music Festival. At right is Winchester, playing the keyboard. [BOB KING/NEWS TRIBUNE]](http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/gfx/photos/thumbs/kingFEST0721c1.jpg "Mary Lou Williams sings a soulful tune with the Dave Winchester Band of Sunday afternoon onstage in the big tent at the Knife River Music Festival. At right is Winchester, playing the keyboard. [BOB KING/NEWS TRIBUNE]") |
A change of name and venue didn’t appear to cut into attendance at the Knife River Music Festival this weekend.
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Reporter Will Ashenmacher recounts his up-close look inside the upside-down world of stunt pilots.
“Il Trovatore” is the most operatic of operas: Enrico Caruso famously said of it, “It’s easy to stage: You just need the four best singers in the world.” It serves as the background to the Marx Brothers’ “Night at the Opera,” where every self-parodic aspect of the genre is brilliantly played for laughs.
“My Fair Lady,” this summer’s Duluth Playhouse musical, bids fair to sell out, despite its familiarity to theatergoers and film fans everywhere.
![The 15th hole at Northland Country Club offers what many consider Duluth's best golf-course view of Lake Superior. [NEWS TRIBUNE FILE PHOTO]](http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/gfx/photos/thumbs/pxnland0717.jpg "The 15th hole at Northland Country Club offers what many consider Duluth's best golf-course view of Lake Superior. [NEWS TRIBUNE FILE PHOTO]") |
Northland Country Club, which is ranked No. 83 on Golfweek’s list of the best U.S. courses that opened before 1960, welcomed columnist Bradley Klein to speak Wednesday about the course Donald Ross redesigned in the 1920s.
If anyone wonders what the most popular sport was in Duluth in the early 1900s, Michael Cochran’s new book “Invincible: History of the Duluth Boat Club” sheds some light on the subject.
