EmbalmingEva –“Purity”
Duluth synth act EmbalmingEva released the video for “Purity” in December. It’s directed by Henriette Blade. The duo opens for Superior Siren on Valentine’s Day at Sacred Heart Music Center. The post...
View ArticleGettin’ it Done with Albert Ordean
Duluth’s Ordean Foundation was started 90 years ago by Albert and Louise Ordean. As part of the 90th anniversary celebration, the Ordean Foundation produced several videos, including an animated story...
View ArticleSteve’s Overpopulated One-man Band –“If Heaven Don’t Have Saunas, I Don’t...
Duluth’s Steve Solkela is back from touring Finland and has a new music video for one of the first songs he wrote back in his high school days. The post Steve’s Overpopulated One-man Band – “If Heaven...
View ArticleWolves and Other Wildlife on the Mithrandir Trail
The Mithrandir Pack of wolves is the primary traveler seen on this trail camera footage from Voyageurs National Park, shot last summer and fall, but an array of other critters also pop in. The camera...
View ArticleMinnesota Historia: Inventing Pizza Rolls
Scandinavian cookbook author Bea Ojakangas developed pizza rolls while working for Jeno Paulucci in Duluth. But she hasn’t tasted one for 50 years. This video reveals what she thinks of pizza rolls...
View ArticleShane Nelson w/ Maxi Childs Trio –“Love You from a Distance”
Superior’s Shane Nelson has a new music video. The track “Love You from a Distance” is from his upcoming album The Music Saved My Life, recorded at Sacred Heart Music Center. The song features Maxi...
View ArticleMinnesota Historia: Minnesota in the Civil War
Minnesota was the first state to offer troops to the Union during the Civil War. And it was home to the last Civil War veteran when 106-year-old Albert Woolson died on Aug. 2, 1956. For a state so far...
View ArticleAlmanac North: EmbalmingEva Profile
This WDSE-TV Almanac North online-only segment profiles EmbalmingEva ahead of its Valentine’s Day show with Superior Siren at Sacred Heart Music Center. Almanac North is a weekly public affairs...
View ArticleMinnesota Historia: Lost Train of Pine City
According to local legend, a train derailed in Pine City in the 1800s. It plummeted down a steep embankment into the impossibly deep Devil’s Lake, where it disappeared forever. There is no evidence...
View ArticleDaniel Durant’s Super Bowl National Anthem ASL Performance
Actor Daniel Durant, the Duluth native who starred in the Academy Award-winning movie CODA, performed the national anthem in American sign language at the Super Bowl on Sunday. But the telecast showed...
View ArticleBreanne Marie & the Front Porch Sinners –“Juniper”
The new video from Breanne Marie & the Front Porch Sinners is the band’s submission to National Public Radio’s Tiny Desk Contest for 2024. The video was recorded live by Ben Anderson at Karpeles...
View ArticleExploring the Abandoned Boase Elementary School
Boase Elementary School in Hoyt Lakes, about 40 miles north of Duluth, was built in 1956 and has been abandoned since the last classes were held there in 2002. In the video above, Duluth Urbex...
View ArticleMinnesota Historia: Alexander Miles, Elevator Action Man
In the 1800s, elevator doors were often left open to chance. The last person to use those doors might remember to close them. Or they might not. Then a real estate developer in Duluth invented...
View ArticleBig Into –“Expected Daemons (Bail Out!)”
Big Into is releasing a music video every month for each new track off the band’s upcoming EP. “Expected Daemons (Bail Out!)” is the fourth video in the series. From the YouTube description: There is...
View ArticleThe Daily Show: Is Duluth a climate change safe haven?
If climate change soon renders parts of the United States uninhabitable, then where are all the coastal elites supposed to go? The Daily Show‘s Michael Kosta took a trip to Duluth to investigate how...
View ArticleMinnesota Historia: The Duke of Duluth
The Duke of Duluth opened on Broadway in 1905. But who was the Duke of Duluth? And what happens when he finally visits his namesake city? Minnesota Historia is a PBS North web series dedicated to...
View ArticleThe Moss-covered Log: A Wildlife Hotspot
An old, moss-covered log in Voyageurs National Park was a popular item last fall. The allure of the log caused some bears to temporarily lose their minds and the log paid the price for it. The wolves...
View ArticleAustin Castle and the Northern Pines –“Saratoga”
Austin Castle and the Northern Pines perform “Saratoga” in this video shot at Castle Danger Brewery in Two Harbors. The footage was recorded by Jose Leon of KTWH Two Harbors Community Radio and edited...
View ArticleMinnesota All Hockey Hair Team 2024: Friends in Flow Places
This year the All Hockey Hair Team takes on a country and western theme as John King and Pulltab Sports offer up another montage of the best hair from the Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament...
View ArticleDance Monkey
For those of you hungry for a three-and-a-half-minute dance session, here’s another Kirwan Klassic from Duluth’s Jean Kirwan. It features go-go dancers performing to “Dance Monkey” by Tones and I. The...
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