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STAFF BLOG NEWS TRIBUNE ATTIC Happy 71st birthday, Bob Dylan
Today, May 24, 2012, is the 71st birthday of music legend and Northland native Bob Dylan, born in Duluth as Robert Zimmerman in 1941 and raised in Hibbing. I compiled a bunch of text and photos about...
Posted on 5/24/12 at 9:13 AM
STAFF BLOG THE AREAVOICES COMMUNITY Areavoices Digest #73 - Capitalizing on the Pinterest explosion
No doubt you've heard about the meteoric rise of Pinterest. In two short years, the digital bulletin board has become the third most popular social network trailing only behind Facebook and Twitter in...
Posted on 4/25/12 at 4:19 PM
STAFF BLOG JIMMY JABBER Celebrity mourners, where've you been?
The death of singer Whitney Houston on Saturday at age 48 was big news, no doubt. At one time in the 1980s and '90s, Houston arguably was the biggest act in music. I vividly remember being 9 years ...
Posted on 2/14/12 at 12:52 PM
NEW PLATEAUS Wu Dang Shan Temples: Fantasy v. Reality
Initially, I chose to come to Wu Dang Shan (rather than other sights in China) because I wanted to participate in the culture---by way of doing tai chi. But let's not neglect the fact that sight-seei...
Posted on 9/13/11 at 1:45 PM
STAFF BLOG TWIN PORTS BUSINESS Dubh Linn puts down roots
It is safe to say Dubh Linn Pub is a downtown Duluth success story. In its five years in business, the Irish pub has grown from being a bar with a game room to also a restaurant and soon will have its...
Posted on 4/5/11 at 12:12 PM
'Smash' star Christian Borle plays a loopy pirate 
To properly play a pirate, Christian Borle has appropriately been stealing.
By Mark Kennedy, AP Drama Writer , April 18, 2012
Faces & Names: Duluth musician performs with Jeans ’n Classics
Greg Kehl Moore had what he is calling a career highlight on Saturday when the saxophonist got to jam with Jeans ’n Classics during the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra’s pops concert “Endless Summer: An Evening of Beach Boy Favorites.”
By News Tribune staff , April 17, 2012
Fans recall American artist Jackson Pollock at 100
Artist Jackson Pollock, who would have turned 100 this year, is being remembered at a New York City fundraiser later this month honoring a charity that aids struggling artists, along with the Academy Award-nominated actor and filmmaker Ed Harris who spent nearly a decade making the 2000 film "Pollock."
By Frank Eltman, Associated Press , April 16, 2012
Photo exhibit to be held at Wright visitor center
A new exhibit features photos of buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and architects he influenced.
By The Associated Press , April 16, 2012
Larry Bird and 'Magic' Johnson end up on Broadway
Tug Coker grew up in suburban Virginia with an impossible dream: One day he'd love to play pro basketball.
By Mark Kennedy, AP Drama Writer , April 10, 2012
Wisconsin exhibit to feature 500 paintings by Churchill
An art exhibit featuring about 500 paintings by Sir Winston Churchill is set to open this week in Appleton.
By The Associated Press , April 09, 2012
US actor Tim Robbins: I've gotten rid of my TV
Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins says his experience directing a play based on George Orwell's "1984" has prompted a life choice as personal as it is political: He's living without a TV.
By The Associated Press , April 03, 2012
Early days were about trial and error
Making studio glass in the early days of the UW-Madison glass program was a scrappy affair.
By By Gayle Worland, The Wisconsin State Journal , April 02, 2012
New scams target cell phones
Cell phones used to be phish free. With the rise of texting, internet access and other technology added into phones, they have become a new frontier for scam artists.
By Superior Telegram , March 30, 2012
1800s couple's portraits reunited at Philly museum
It might be the first time a separated couple got back together thanks to their great-great-great granddaughter.
By Joann Loviglio, Associated Press , March 19, 2012
Lost mural by Leonardo may have been discovered
Researchers may have discovered traces of a lost mural by Leonardo da Vinci by poking a probe through cracks in a 16th-century fresco painted on the wall of one of Florence's most famous buildings.
By Annalisa Camilli, Frances D’Emilio, Associated Press , March 13, 2012
Doghouse designed by Wright rebuilt for film
In what is widely considered a first and only for the famed architect, Frank Lloyd Wright indulged a young boy's humble request for a dog house in 1956 and sent him designs.
By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press , March 12, 2012
Rare movie posters found in Pa. attic are for sale
A rowdy band of bloodsuckers, gunslingers, wily wise guys, jaded private eyes, hardboiled reporters and good girls gone bad, stuck in an attic together for 80 years, is going its separate ways.
By Joann Loviglio, Associated Press , March 12, 2012
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