Close out the month with a look back at September headlines and happenings. The next PDD quiz highlights spooky...
Events
Duluth-area bands ready to do the Dead
Traxx and Rokkyn Nelson-Kavajecz of Born Too Late, seen here playing at Duluth Does David Bowie show in 2025,...
More about the poetic lives of Sheila Packa and Tracy Gilsvik
Sheila Packa is a poet laureate of Duluth and a friend. Her poem in the fall/winter 1996 edition of North Coast...
Who were Mary Dragich and Heidi Ash as poets?
I’m seeking information about poets who appear in an old issue of North Coast Review, a Poetry Harbor...
Excavating Literary History in Duluth: John R. Donahue
I’m reading an issue of North Coast Review from 1996 and seeking information about poets whose works...
Excavating Literary History in Duluth: Astrid Rose Francel
After every library book sale (the next one is in Superior in a few weeks), I post on Perfect Duluth Day about...
Calendar • The Great Hallow-Green Costume Exchange
October 10, 2026 2026-10-10T10:00:00 Kaposia Library 131 - 7th Avenue North The Great...
Calendar • Read Across South St. Paul
October 9, 2026 2026-10-09T09:00:00 9 a.m. – Lincoln Center 9:30 a.m. – Kaposia Education...
Excavating Literary History in Duluth: Sally Ockwig Larson
I’m reading books secured at the most recent Duluth Public Library book sale. Over the next few days, I...
American Spirit Road Rally started and ended in Duluth in 1986
Jim Liautaud stands by his 1963 Ferrari on Sept. 20, 1986, outside Grandma’s Saloon & Deli. (Photo...
Ripped at Curly’s Bar in 2001
[Editor’s note: For this week’s essay we’ve once again pulled out a relic from the drunken...
Historic building tour features east-side icons, Carnegie Library
Dennis Lamkin stands in the dining room of the “Highpoint” home. Lamkin and Jon Niemi purchased the...





















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