237 posts from 2009

Friday has been a rainy day and night. The white in the right center is a couple of lit trees on the Blackwoods property on London Road. I took this from the Perkin's parking lot across the street. I have some other photos in which you can clearly see all the features, but I like the wet, blurred effect.

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Yesterday was the ribbon cutting and grand opening of Zeitgeist Arts. It contains three businesses or venues in one location, a filmhouse with two movie theaters - Zinnema2, a playhouse- Teatro Zuccone and the Zeitgeist Arts Café. Their website says, 'Theater, cinema and dinner with the show—this is the Zeitgeist Arts experience. It’s one facility with countless expressions. It’s the place to see and be seen in Duluth, Minnesota. And most importantly, it’s the place to share in the cultural spirit of our time."

It is located at 222 East Superior St. across the street from the Greysolon Plaza, which contains both apartments, ballrooms and the Blackwater Lounge - a premiere martini lounge and nightclub. It is kitty-corner to the




The movie house opened up the end of this summer and shows independent films. Since I have a restrictive diet of low-salt and non-processed natural foods, I was pleased to see they offer Third Street Bakery cookies and unsalted cashews as well as traditional popcorn and candy. You may also enjoy an adult beverage.

If you have seen a play, film or eaten at the Zeitgeist Arts you are welcome to chime in with your comments. You need to make yourself a vox.com account.

Added on Saturday, Nov. 14. The Perfect Duluth Day blog has a review of the food at the Zeitgeist Arts Cafe read that here.

By the way, the weather is still a Midwestern "pretty good."

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Today was Veteran's Day. A Veteran's Day March began at the Duluth Historic Armory Auditorium which is on London Road and Thirteenth Avenue East. This is the building that many veterans originally gathered at before they shipped off for war. Today was relatively warm. The vets marched down London Road to Superior Street and to the the Old Historic Depot for a ceremony at 11 a.m. Some Veteran's Day can be especially cold to any fingers exposed on camera equipment.

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See Northland News Center's story about today's march here.
Learn more about Veteran's Day in the United States here.
Read and Associated Content story about the Armory here.
Read my Duluth Daily Photo Sept. 11 2008 post about the Armory here.

These high school students are running in a grove of trees outside of the Central High School. You can not see it in this photos but there is a path up the hill that they were looking at. I think they use it as training.

I liked the way this grass looks against the trapezoid black wall at the Black Bear Casino.
The Black Bear Casino is between 15 and 22 miles from Duluth depending on which part of Duluth you measure from. (Duluth is 22 miles long) The Black Bear Casino is near Cloquet and Carlton and owned by the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. The casino has a gift shop named Sweet Grass.

The Black Bear Casino is about 22 miles from Duluth. It is near Cloquet and Carlton and owned by the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.

I took this photo because I liked the way the sun was shining on this fourple and because of the kids playing in the space between the fourplex and the townhouses.

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This Masonic buidling is located at 2 W. Second St. It is a Scottish Rite building. I tried to find out more about it, but I can find anything right now. I took the photo because I liked how the red in the flag framed the door with the Masonic symbol along with the red car and the red railings for the stairs.

The Minnesota Slip Bridge is a pedestrian drawbridge connects the DECC area with Canal Park. Learn more here.

Here is part of what  John H. Weeks III says on his blog: As the development was in progress, the city ended up with a lot of pedestrian traffic in Canal Park, and a lot of pedestrian traffic by the DECC, but no way for people to easily move between the two locations. For example, if a show let out at the DECC, people would naturally want to head over to the Canal Park area for dinner and to stroll along the boardwalk. But this was all but impossible due to the Minnesota Slip boat channel blocking access between the two sites. While the slip is only 150 feet wide, its 1,000 foot length makes for nearly a half-mile walk. Continue to read more here.