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Listen to 2nd episode of ‘Edmund Fitzgerald: 50 Years Below’ podcast

Jay Gabler @jaygabler.com · 3d

We've been so pleased with the reception for episode one of the @duluthnewstribune.com five-part podcast about the Edmund Fitzgerald: nothing but five-star ratings on Apple Podcasts. Episode two is out today.

Could anything reasonably have been done to avert the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald? What did Capt. McSorley know about the weather he was facing when he steamed out of Superior on Nov. 9, 1975?

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Jay Gabler @jaygabler.com · 6d

Something I never knew about working at a newspaper, but should probably have guessed, is how often people write in just looking for a big pile of newspapers.

Jay Gabler @jaygabler.com · 6d

And I'm sorry, but saying you're based in "northern Minnesota" is not good enough either. Moorhead might as well be Mars!

Northland arts leaders highlight economic, human impact

Jay Gabler @jaygabler.com · 6d

The economic impact of the arts in Minnesota is greater than the impact of agriculture and forestry combined, according to a new study.

Nonprofit arts activity in the Arrowhead region generates nearly $50 million in annual expenditures, according to a new report.

Front Row Seat: 65th Arrowhead Regional Biennial opens at DAI

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Jay Gabler @jaygabler.com · 6d

The 65th Arrowhead Regional Biennial spotlights artists' innovative use of materials.

Judge Wendy Savage highlighted the innovative use of materials among dozens of works created by artists from across the Upper Midwest.

Jay Gabler @jaygabler.com · 7d

You know you live in Duluth when your healthcare provider has both a Lakeside Clinic and a Lakewalk Clinic and it doesn't occur to anyone that might possibly be confusing.

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Jay Gabler @jaygabler.com · 8d

True facts about the post office:
- There is always a line
- People are always astonished and confused to discover there is a line

Listen to first episode of podcast 'Edmund Fitzgerald: 50 Years Below'

Jay Gabler @jaygabler.com · 10d

A Washington, DC, passenger wrote in 1966:

"When death’s dark door I ferry o’er
A day that surely shall come
From heaven itself, I’ll ask no more
Than an Edmund Fitzgerald welcome."

Why was the ship a legend long before its loss? What was it like to ride on the Great Lakes’ largest vessel?

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Jay Gabler @jaygabler.com · 13d

Me when an artist's bio describes them as "based in Minnesota"

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Jay Gabler @jaygabler.com · 13d

The deadpan punctuation really drives this home

Screenshot of email: Jay The world is talking. Can we really hear from our loved ones after they pass. Celebrity Mayim Bialik recently spotlighted this question on her Substack, featuring an MIT neuroscientist who shared her own story of receiving messages after loss. Author Ann Bolinger McQuade has been exploring this very subject for decades. In Everyday Oracles she shows how dreams, synchronicities, and everyday signs can bring comfort and healing.

Movie review: 'Tron: Ares' brings human touch to digital fracas

Jay Gabler @jaygabler.com · 14d

My gravestone will read ASSUMED BAND ACTUALLY HAD THE RIGHTS TO DISTRIBUTE THAT PHOTO THEY SENT

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Jay Gabler @jaygabler.com · 14d

The Nine Inch Nails score is great, although given its similarities to the "Challengers" score it has the unfortunate effect of reminding you that you're watching a silly story about an arcade come to life instead of watching Zendaya wrap two men around her finger.

To say the latest sequel is the most emotionally subtle "Tron" yet is not saying much, but fortunately, the inventive new movie has much more going for it.

Jay Gabler @jaygabler.com · 15d

Hear me out: THE BRUTALIST but it's about the Sault Ste. Marie Tower of History

210-foot Brutalist tower rises above riverside city

New book chronicles 'The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald'

Jay Gabler @jaygabler.com · 16d

Poignantly, John U. Bacon explores the question of how those crew members might have spent their last hours on shore in Superior. Some stopped at the President Bar, cashing checks and listening to favorite songs like "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)."

John U. Bacon's "The Gales of November" includes new insights and a wealth of information about the men who went down with the ship.

Taste test: New foods at Amsoil Arena

Jay Gabler @jaygabler.com · 17d

The @duluthnewstribune.com sports editor and arts reporter review new foods at Amsoil Arena: the most epic crossover event last week.

The News Tribune's sports editor and arts reporter took tastes of new concession offerings including vegan chili, cinnamon sugar Bavarian pretzels and their agreed-upon favorite, cheeseburger pizza.

Jay Gabler @jaygabler.com · 18d

Come through! I’m at @glensheen.bsky.social until 2 p.m.

White man in his 50s holds sign reading, “book signing today”

Jay Gabler @jaygabler.com · 19d

Web editor @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com found this amazing @duluthnewstribune.com ad from 1975. www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/b...

London Road Liquor Store advertisement showing images of smiling young people, with the headline, "Welcome college students — drop in soon!"

Front Row Seat: An oral history of 'Dance TV'

Jay Gabler @jaygabler.com · 21d

Here's why you keep hearing some of Duluth's most creative people talk about "Dance TV."

Since its 2019 debut, the riotous riff on dance television has attracted some of Duluth's most exuberant talents. A Halloween show hits Zeitgeist from Oct. 15-18.

Front Row Seat: Quitting Facebook isn't so easy when you live in Duluth

Jay Gabler @jaygabler.com · 21d

For every event in the spooky season guide I included the most relevant, updated link — in 15 of 37 cases, that meant linking to Facebook.

For some people in big cities, Facebook has become a mere curiosity. In smaller cities like Duluth, though, it's still a routine tool for essential information exchange.

Spooky season 2025: Halloween events in Twin Ports

Jay Gabler @jaygabler.com · 21d

Boo! 👻

Whether you're looking to get scared out of your skin or have some kid-friendly fun, Duluth and Superior have things for you to do in October.

You Are Here Stories of People, Place & the Past | West Side

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Jay Gabler @jaygabler.com · 22d

Proud to see my late grandfather, Joe Gabler, in this Twin Cities PBS documentary about St. Paul's West Side. He spent much of his life fighting for quality, affordable housing for Minnesota families.

Mexican Americans overcame displacement to forge belonging and community in St. Paul's West Side.

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In Response: North Star Story Summit's collapse wasn't Duluth's fault

Jay Gabler @jaygabler.com · 22d

Another relevant perspective:

From the column: "It is convenient to lay the failure at Duluth’s feet, but Duluth was generous, even welcoming."

Jay Gabler @jaygabler.com · 24d

We just introduced our toddler to "This Little Piggy," and I'm pretty sure he thinks Christopher Nolan should be be adapting that epic instead of The Odyssey.

Three Star Wars retcons Kenner kids can't accept - The Tangential

Reposted by Jay Gabler

The Tangential @thetangential.bsky.social · 26d

Max Rebo plays keyboard with his...feet?!

Those of us who grew up with the original Star Wars trilogy and collected the Kenner toy line remember how real those action figures felt compared to the images we caught only occasionally onscreen. N...

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