by Travis Ryder
Our food says a lot about our culture. Lutefisk, wild rice, venison and potica all reflect place as well as history. The pasty, a meat-and-vegetable meal-in-your-hand, has been Iron Range lunchbucket fare since the 1880s, when expert miners from Cornwall, England brought the recipe to their new homes and jobs here. Heidi Holtan recently visited with folks on the pasty assembly line at Hibbing's Wesley United Methodist Church. For seventy-five years, they have been producing pasties as a fundraiser. What food is part of the culture where you live? Send us your stories: arts@kaxe.org.
The Tweed Museum of Art at the University of Minnesota-Duluth has a new show up through the winter. It’s the Art and Design Faculty Show. KUMD’s Maija Jensen visits with printmaker Robert Repinski whose work is in the show. The Art and Design Faculty Show is on display through March 4 at the Tweed Museum on the UMD campus in Duluth.
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The gypsy-jazz outfit Clearwater Hot Club has a special pair of gigs this weekend: the group will be joined by a kindred spirit toting a cello. Martha Larson has played in the scene in Chicago, as a member of the Northwestern Philharmonia and learning the gypsy style with Alfonso Ponticelli. Professionally, she's an engineer and is now back home in Minnesota as the sustainability manager for Carleton College in Northfield. Clearwater Hot Club guitarist Sam Miltich joined us in studio, and Larson connected by phone for this chat. The group plays at Brigid's Cross in Bemidji Friday night and the Grand Rapids VFW on Saturday; both gigs start at 7.
Culture Calendar
Thursday, October 27
Thursday, October 27
Ian Ethan performs on his double-neck acoustic guitar at Davies Theater on the Itasca Community College campus, tonight at 7:00. Listen today in the 2:00 hour. Ian talks and performs for us on “Currents”.
An evening of Irish music and mythology with Garry Jones and Laura MacKenzie. This starts at 7:30 tonight at the Headwaters School in Bemidji. They'll also appear at 2 p.m. at Bemidji Public Library.
Friday, October 28
The closing reception for the October show at the Edge Center Gallery in Bigfork is Friday night from 5 to 7. Gordon Coons’ drawings, prints, and carvings finish their engagement on Saturday.
A poetry reading at Itasca Community College this Friday, featuring Bart Sutter, who has won the Minnesota Book Award in three categories. Sutter was Duluth’s first poet laureate and has a Bush Fellowship to his credit. Ryan Vine's poems have appeared in many literary journals including American Poetry Review and Ploughshares, and his book, Distant Engines, won the Weldon Kees Award. Their performance will be followed by an open mike and readings by ICC faculty and writers published in the campus literary journal Spring Thaw. The reading will start at 7 in Backes Student Center on the ICC campus.
Grand Rapids High School presents an original farce, “Bird Brains,” penned by local dramatist John Schroeder. Friday and Saturday at 7:30.
Sam Miltich and Clearwater Hot Club featuring cellist Martha Larson at Brigid’s Cross, Bemidji. 7 p.m.
A poetry reading at Itasca Community College this Friday, featuring Bart Sutter, who has won the Minnesota Book Award in three categories. Sutter was Duluth’s first poet laureate and has a Bush Fellowship to his credit. Ryan Vine's poems have appeared in many literary journals including American Poetry Review and Ploughshares, and his book, Distant Engines, won the Weldon Kees Award. Their performance will be followed by an open mike and readings by ICC faculty and writers published in the campus literary journal Spring Thaw. The reading will start at 7 in Backes Student Center on the ICC campus.
Grand Rapids High School presents an original farce, “Bird Brains,” penned by local dramatist John Schroeder. Friday and Saturday at 7:30.
Sam Miltich and Clearwater Hot Club featuring cellist Martha Larson at Brigid’s Cross, Bemidji. 7 p.m.
Saturday, October 29
‘Tis the season: Hear local ghost stories at the Beltrami County History Center from 1 to 2:30 on Saturday. Come in costume for half-off museum admission, refreshments included. Bring a story to share!
Hall of Fame bluegrass player Dick Kimmel will be on hand for a concert, workshop, and dinner at Deep Portage Learning Center in Hackensack. Workshop starts at 5 with dinner at 6 and concert at 7.
Hall of Fame bluegrass player Dick Kimmel will be on hand for a concert, workshop, and dinner at Deep Portage Learning Center in Hackensack. Workshop starts at 5 with dinner at 6 and concert at 7.
Sam Miltich and Clearwater Hot Club featuring cellist Martha Larson at the VFW, Grand Rapids. 7 p.m.
Wednesday, November 2
It’s Only Clay, the ninth annual clay arts celebration, opens with a community lecture by juror Guillermo Cuellar at the Headwaters School in downtown Bemidji. It starts at 7 p.m.
Ashley Kolka leads a discussion on American art in Minnesota collections during a Brown Bag session Wednesday at noon. It's at MacRostie Art Center in Grand Rapids.
Ashley Kolka leads a discussion on American art in Minnesota collections during a Brown Bag session Wednesday at noon. It's at MacRostie Art Center in Grand Rapids.
Did you know Itasca County has existed for as long as there have been counties in Minnesota? The territorial legislature created the original nine counties of Minnesota this week in 1849. Benton, Dakota, Itasca, Ramsey, Wabasha and Washington still exist in some form, and three no longer appear on a Minnesota map: Wahnahta County, near Lake Traverse; Pembina County included much of what would become North and South Dakota; and Mahkahta County was north of present-day Crow Wing County.
October 28, 1949: President Harry S. Truman appoints Eugenie Moore Anderson of Red Wing as ambassador to Denmark, making her the United States' first woman ambassador.
Two Twins wins: In the seventh game of the World Series, October 25, 1987, the Twins beat the St. Louis Cardinals with a score of 4-2, winning the series 4-3. On October 27, 1991, Jack Morris pitches a ten-inning shutout as the Minnesota Twins beat the Atlanta Braves 1-0 in the seventh game of the fall classic.
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