Reader Weekly

07/11/2025

Art openings today in Duluth, Silver Bay, Grand Marais, Grand Rapids and Cook.

Landscape photographer Ryan Tischer hosts a book release party Friday at Tischer Gallery in Duluth. 210 Gallery & Art Center210 Commercial Ave., Sandstone, Minn.Gallery open Sat. & Sun ...

02/11/2025

Photo from toddeckart.myportfolio.com. “This world is only gonna break your heart”Chris Isaak, “Wicked Game,” 1989 The Northland was shocked to learn that on Oct. 22 ...

26/10/2025

Banding birds like this saw-whet owl has provided scientists with a wealth of information over the decades. Photo by Emily Stone. “Just hold her like this,” Kurt told me. So I carefully ...

12/10/2025

The 1915 American Prohibition flag, promoted under the slogan “A Stainless Flag over a Saloonless Nation.” Bet you thought it was something else. Donald Trump has a lot of damn gall ...

05/10/2025

Dylan Johnson After traveling out east for nine days and missing way too many fabulous Northland music events (including a second opportunity to revel in Squash Fest!), I attempted to make up for ...

28/09/2025

Some years ago, while I was working in the mental health field as a crisis counselor and psychiatric social worker, I started volunteering as a mental skills trainer for athletes in high school and ...

27/09/2025

Our own cartoonist gets brutal in frame 3. Harsh, Richard.

19/09/2025

Art events
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14/09/2025

https://duluthreader.com/articles/2025/09/11/132398-shades-of-rot-and-life

Author’s Note: This essay is a chapter from Emily’s third book, Natural Connections3: A Web Endlessly Woven, which will arrive in November 2025! In the dim light, under the thick ...

11/09/2025

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Million Dollar QuartetSept. 12-28NorshorJukebox musical based on a seminal moment in rock ‘n’ roll history: On Dec. 4, 1956, a twist of fate brought Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl ...

07/09/2025

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The political mess in Texas today demands another Molly Ivins. “Big Moma” Leah Drumwright was a Black slave in the 19th century who had one of her numerous babies and was nursing an ...

31/08/2025

Are we in for the long haul?
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