Nice Girls of the North Second Saturday Marketplace: and Other Happenings This Week

Last month I began noticing the yard sale signs, one of the early signs of spring here. I also saw a few robins and even a hummingbird. The beginning of the baseball season is another annual event that happens every spring. I'm also noticing lots of joggers, which means Grandma's Marathon is just around the corner.

In the Twin Ports, the local arts and crafts markets are year-round affairs. Though they often ramp up preceding the Christmas holiday season, much of our art scene is as reliable as a clock. Just as the hour hand on the clock circles the dial in a ritualistic dance, so do our many arts activities up here in the Northland.

Susie's goose feather pens will be there, among other treasures. 

One of these is the Nice Girls of the North Second Saturday Marketplace at the Lakeside Lester Park Community Center at 106 N. 54th Ave. East in Duluth. They are open for business the second Saturday of every month from 10am- 3pm, which means this coming Saturday, June 8.

Nice Girls of the North is a collaborative effort that is set up like the antique malls downtown and in Canal Park where individual vendors have tables set up. Customers browse the displays, then make their purchases at a central checkout. The marketplace features unique gifts, clothing and home décor, bags, pottery, jewelry, photography, soaps, candles and baby items.

Coffee and snacks are available, and lots of friendly people will greet you if you go.

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OTHER ARTS EVENTS THIS WEEK 

DULUTH ART INSTITUTE 

June 4 Reception for three new shows featuring work by Allen Killian-Moore, Susanna Gault, Russell Prather, Natalie Salminen Rude, Juliana Shibata, and the DAI Interns Rachel Feigal, Megan Finegan, Chieze Kaip, and Sierra Lundmark.
FULL DETAILS HERE

Plus, this June 6 event at 

DULUTH POTTERY

AND THE RED HERRING GRAND CLOSING PARTY ON FRIDAY

Local Art Seen: @ The Red Herring

Friday evening at the Herring.

The Red Herring Lounge, if you've not heard, will soon be shuttering its doors. In fact, this coming Friday will be their "Grand Closing Party." This past Friday I paid a visit during the Duluth art crawl, desirous to see new work by Ryan Lemahieu and Chris Monohan. If the name Monohan feels familiar, that is because Chris is the  brother of Bob Monohan who opened the Herring five years ago, and now closing shop.

Lemahieu's work has become increasingly detailed and like the lyrics of some of Dylan's more mind-bending songs, the artist's complexity can often be deconstructed and reconstructed in a manner that makes them worth the engagement. 

Ryan Lemahieu

Monohan's work is in the rear part of the lounge, which means inadequate light to fully appreciate the detail or get good photos. He's clearly been active as a painter and has developed a style. 

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Detail

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Details show that there is more than meets the eye.

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Chris Monohan

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Ethan Powers was spinning the discs under the lights.

With Bob Monohan. (L)

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Last six nights for this colorful little light.

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NOTEWORTHY

Tuesday Evening at the Duluth Art Institute galleries: Opening Reception for Allen Killian-Moore, Strata, and Popular Opinions: A Cultural Discussion
June 4, 5 - 8 PM

Local Art Seen: Zoey Leege @ The Red Herring

Spring At Gooseberry

This month The Red Herring is featuring paintings by Zoey Leege. An artist whose work I have not been familiar with, I find her color palette very much to my like, earth tones and a variety of complementary blue hues give her work a strong Northland feel. According to her interview with Brian Barber at Perfect Duluth Day her paintings are based on photos she took this past year combined with something she finds interesting, beautiful or strange. The paintings are on masonite, a flat surface that several other local artists have been drawn to including Adam Swanson, Wendy Rouse and myself.

The work went up this week and will be on display through the end of the month. Opening reception was last night, but you have plenty of time to take it in.

Lock Superior

Horus

Legacy of Lester Bridge

Oracle of Lester Bridge

For a short list of arts events this coming week

check out my blog post from last Saturday...

(the second half of the page.)

Meantime art goes on all around you. Engage it.

Throwback Thursday: Art and Sacrifice

"The study of writing, like the study of classical piano, is not practical but aristocratic. If one is born rich, one can easily afford to be an artist; if not, one has to afford one's art by sacrifice." ~John Gardner, On Becoming a Novelist

It's the end of another fast week and one wonders where the time goes. Two blinks ago it was Monday. As Job once lamented, "My days are faster than a weaver's shuttle," an image probably lost on many here in the modern/post-modern Western world.

The other day I contemplated how life might be different if we had thirty hours in a day instead of twenty-four. Would we sleep more? Or would we continue to burn the candle at both ends and still try to get by on four hours sleep?

It's a given that whatever the length of a day, we're all pretty much allotted the same. How we choose to allocate our time is pretty much up to us.

Gardner's quote indicates that accomplishment involves sacrifice. This does not mean all sacrifices are good ones. Peter Lynch, in his book One Up On Wall Street, stated with regret that the price he paid for his achievements managing the Magellan Fund were at the expense of his family. To his great regret, he missed out on several key years in his daughters' lives in their early teens and wishes he could re-do those time-allocation decisions.

Sacrificing television is one way to buy more time if you are a writer, artist or musician. Chopin was never distracted by Dancing with the Stars, and look what the child prodigy Mozart achieved by skipping Saturday morning cartoons. Asimov wrote over 300 books. My guess is that he never did a lot of golfing.

In his book The Effective Executive, Peter Drucker emphasizes in an early chapter that time is a unique resource. "The supply of time is totally inelastic. No matter how high the demand, the supply will not go up.... Time, therefore, is always in exceedingly short supply."

Napoleon placed a high value on time. "I may lose a battle but I shall never lose a minute," he once exclaimed. He said that for a general, strategy is how we make use of time and space, however, "space we can recover, time never."

Few of us do "nothing" with our time. Even if it is only people watching with friends, that's something. But if we are to become writers, artists, musicians, or bloggers, decisions need to be made. To add something new into our daily regimen means pushing something else out onto the back porch.

Ultimately, we each decide what is important to us. Too often we're over-concerned about the approval of family and peers. What's really important to your heart? What are you really all about? Don't sacrifice that.

Henry Ward Beecher wrote, "In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich." Just so we don't give up our souls.

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THE WEEK AHEAD  (This section is in the present, March 2017)
Today, 5-7 p.m. kicks off Youth Art Month. The DAI is sponsoring an event at the Whole Foods Coop on Typography. Details Here.

Also tonight at 5-7 p.m., Opening Receptionat the Red Herring Lounge for an exhibition of large format photos by K. Praslowicz titled Broken Duluth and featuring images from Duluth's 2012 flood.

Saturday afternoon beginning at 1 p.m. Wine Beginnings at 1413 Tower Avenue in Superior will be hosting their Spring Wine Tasting in conjunction with an open house for Art on the Planet, with whom they share a building. Recommended: Park in the back.

Also Saturday, the show I have been most desirous to see: Steveboyyi Makubuya at the AICHO Galleries, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Read Christa Lawler's story about this young man from Uganda in today's DNT. I first interviewed Steveboyyi in January, which you can read here. The reception will be at Trepanier Hall, the former YWCA at 202 West Second Street.

Meantime, art goes on all around you. Check out the new shows at Pizza Luce, Red Mug and Beaners. And support these artist spaces by purchasing a little java, juice or bite to eat.

See you there.

Local Arts Scene: June Events and Happenings...

The June Twin Ports arts scene is off with a bang, beginning with the DuSu Film Festival that opened last night and runs through June 5. According to an article in the Budgeteer, the festival will feature films, panel discussions, and parties at several venues including Zinema, Teatro Zuccone, Clyde Iron Works and the Comet Theater in Cook. Unlike the Minneapolis Underground Festival, which screened over 100 films last fall, DSFF will screen just 17 feature films and 30 shorts, all of which will have some regional influence.

One highlight in the Shorts category is Esther Piszczek's Life & Art Entangled, a beautiful art documentary created by Directors Dave Cowardin and Joe Olivieri of Lola Visuals. Life & Art Entangled tells the story of Piszczek's transition from prosecutor to artist while she covers a studio upright piano with patterns. Jazz pianist Peter Brown's improvisational playing adds a dramatic backdrop to the narrative. This particular film will air Saturday, June 4.

Note: Every film is Free again this year, though donations will be accepted at multiple points around each of the screening venues and special events. Additional details here.

Tim White: In and Out of Context
The opening reception for photographer Tim White's exhibition in the DAI John Steffl Gallery will be Thursday, June 16 from 5 - 7 p.m.  These 5 - 7 events are ideal for the those who have regular 9-5 jobs during the day. A great way to catch events on the way home from the office. White's work will be on display through September 16.

Soul Portraits: Painting From the Inside Out with Sarah Brokke
These DAI classes on painting will be Friday, June 3, 6 - 9 p.m. and Saturday, June 4 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. You'll find Sarah and the space to work at the Lincoln Building, $95 ($115 non-members)

Friday, June 10, 6-8:30 p.m., Duluth Fine Pianos, 405 E. Superior Street, 2nd Friday Art Crawl, Zentangle (R) Inspired Art by Esther Piszczek, CZT, and nature photography by UMD Professor Ladona Tornabene, Ph.D.; Free parking available behind the building after 5:30 p.m.

Art Openings and Receptions

Thursday, June 2, 6-8 p.m., Beaner's Central, 324 N. Central Avenue, Life House Art Opening with Virgil Cane Talent Show. If you've never heard the Virgil Caine Band, here is a song recorded at Beaner's in February - The Monkey Speaks His Mind.

Monday, June 6, 5-7 p.m., Zeitgeist Arts Atrium, 222 E. Superior Street, Moira Villard's "Real" Art Show, painting and drawing, "REAL is a retrospective art exhibit featuring iridescent portraiture and surrealism created by Moira Villard, the artist whose present preoccupation is navigating the ins and outs of what it means to be 'real'."

Tuesday, June 7, 7 p.m., Studio 15, 15 N. 3rd Avenue W., Rachel Eisenman & Amber Maffo, Music by Ryan Quintana. "Come share in art, music and fun with two beer loving, loud giggling, painting ladies living in Duluth."

The Tweed Museum of Art is re-opening this month in a big way. Next Thursday Vance Gellert’s journey of environmental exploration is revealed as a photographic essay about the unique visual character of the Iron Range. The camera views were made in communities that include Coleraine, Eveleth, Hibbing, and Virginia among others. Gellert, a St. Paul native and pharmacologist, shares images that reveal the changing technologies of mining, the ever-changing landscape, and the unique personalities that all together represent a complex social and economic interdependency.
Opening Reception: June 9, 2016 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

The Tweed is also feature an exhibition by Susan Coe and Warrington Colescott. The show is titled "All this is True" and will feature prints, watercolors and drawings. Curator John Schuerman states, “The two artists in this exhibition take us on a difficult tour of power gone awry (or mad) and its casualties.”

One of the images shows deer shooting humans and it brought to mind a drawing is did in high school of fish with fishing poles catching humans who were swimming underwater. One man in the drawing had a hook through his cheek and was being reeled in.

Friday, June 17, 6-9 p.m., Red Herring Lounge, 208 E. 1st Street, Collaborative Art Showcase Alluvial with work by Tina Fox (photography and natural shadow boxes), Leah Beltz (photography), and Jim Richardson (photography) and Zine Release Party: Lunacy. Music by MDFY and Tony Dack, after party downstairs to follow opening reception. Show runs June 17 - July 19.

Red Mug, 916 Hammond Avenue, Superior, Lynne Anderson, Photography. You can also find Lynne's beautiful work at Art on the Plaza, 126 Belknap Street in Superior. I have added some of my own work to the Art on the Plaza collection. Check it out. You can also find some of my paintings at The Break Room in Duluth, kitty-corner from St. Mary's Hospital. (The former Twins Bar.) And while we're mentioning places to see my paintings I might as well note that Goin' Postal (on the 800 block of Tower Avenue in Superior, next to the tracks) has a lot of very nice work by local artists.

Pizza Luce, 11 E. Superior Street: There is always amazing art decorating the walls of Pizza Luce.

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Looking to learn new skills? Try Zentangle Patterns with Esther Piszczek, CZT
Wednesday, June 15, 6 - 8:30 PM, Lincoln Building
$25 ($32 non-members)+ $10 materials fee paid to the instructor Anyone can create beautiful, intricate line patterns "one stroke at a time" using the zentangle (R) method of pattern drawing. We will create beautiful art on a 3.5" x 3.5" paper tile using pen and ink with pencil shading. No previous drawing experience necessary. To register, call (218) 733-7560.

Don't forget the annual family event Art Night Out
Thursday, June 16, 5 - 7 p.m. at the Depot.

The Duluth Art Institute is looking for people to host plein air artists from around the country for its July Plein Air Duluth event, July 10 - 15. If you are interested in sharing your home with an artist for a week, the Duluth Art Institute will trade a family membership for the kindness of Northland hospitality. Email: info@duluthartinstitute.org.

And July 23rd there will be a concert with Eric Andersen and Scarlet Rivera and Friends at the Weber Music Hall. Mark it on your calendar.... More info coming soon.

Meantime, life goes on all around you. Especially here in the Northland.

NOTE: Very special thanks to Esther Piszczek without whose efforts these monthly updates would not be possible.

Film, Photography and Verse at Homegrown Day2

"Poetry is the mother tongue of mankind." ~J.G.Hamann, 1762

Elipsis captures Sparhawk at the Red Herring.

Homegrown may have begun with music as its first heartbeat, but it has matured the weeklong Twin Ports phenomenon has matured to embrace all of the arts. Monday evening I was able to attend a portion of the film festival at Zinema, the photography opening reception at Red Herring with an original performance by Alan Sparhawk and the Poetry Showcase at Sacred Heart Music Center.

The Poetry Showcase is now ten years old. In previous years the venues were small, and when the doors opened last night I heard someone utter their concern that Sacred Heart was too big, that it might feel empty even with a good crowd. Truth be told, the room filled substantially and the change of venue proved to be a very good move.

I've not been at poetry readings in other parts of the country for a long time, but one thing that happens here is the addition of a sensitive musical accompaniment in the background.* The first time I experienced this was at Al Hunter's Beautiful Razor reading at the AICHO in 2013. Since that time I have noticed it effectively used several times including our readings at the Red Mug last year during Dylan Fest. In that occasion Richie Townsend quietly contributed with his electric guitar complement. Last night Townsend's guitar was joined by Gaelyn Lea on violin, an extra addition that added much in the context of the occasion. (EdNote: I later learned that this sentiment was not universally shared, perhaps because it was a little too loud and a distraction at times.)

One cannot say enough about the Sacred Heart as a venue, especially as the evening sunlight descended and the stained glass window shifted with the waning illumination. The grand arches, the pillars, the iconography all contributed to good effect as the poets shared facets of their life journeys and portions of their souls with fluency, occasionally pointed turns of phrase and potent lyric arrows.

Tina Higgins Wussow, who hosts a poetry gathering at Beaners Central the third Thursday of every month, served as moderator. Beaners, along with Katie & Jacob Farkas, also provided coffee and snacks for the evening.

Bob Monohan making an impression.

Those who missed it but who appreciate live poetry readings should mark their calendars for a very special evening of poetry during Duluth Dylan Fest later this month. The event, titled Poets of the North County, will take place at the Underground on Wednesday May 25 at 6:30 p.m. featuring Duluth Poet Laureates Barton Sutter and Jim Johnson, among others. It is said that when years ago Sutter was proclaimed first Duluth Poet Laureate he immediately corrected the interviewer and said, "No, the first was Bob Dylan."

Local Art Seen: Red Mug, Beaners, Red Herring

Chris Monroe is on a roll....

Thursday eve last week I was able to drop in on Chris Monroe's book signing at The Red Mug in Superior. Illustrators who can engage people emotionally are a special breed, and you can tell by fan turnout wherever she goes, Chris Monroe has the gift. 

Sometime last year she had a chance to display a lot of her illustrations from her Monkey With A Toolbelt story at the Duluth Art Institute. Fans turned out en masse. Likewise her previous book signing here at the Red Mug filled the place to overflowing. Her work fills the walls for the rest of December and if you get a chance grab a tasty lunch while you're there. While standing in line be sure to check out the shelves behind you for last minute Christmas gifts.

Over at Beaners' Coffeehouse in Duluth we found Elliot Silberman busy sketching patrons who turned out for his show. Elliot's career as a portrait artist has taken him all over the country. Here's a shot of Elliot bringing Beaners proprietor Jason Wussow to life. You can see examples of Elliot's drawings here at Beaners throughout the month of December or at his new website. 

Friday evening I swung by The Red Herring to catch the opening of a three-person show there featuring work by Esther Piszczek, Ryan Lemahieu and Chris Monohan, brother of Bob Monohan, public face of the Herring. The complexity of Lemahieu's drawings if quite striking, and some of the new pieces appear to have grown in scale. Chris Monohan's work has a welcoming feel. You can find them beyond the bar on the left as you head toward the facilities in the back. Esther's decorative work is always uplifting, revealing an abundance patience that belies the energy she brings to the art scene here.  

The lighting is not the best for viewing art, but is suitable enough. Grab a cocktail and saunter around the perimeter for some eye-catching designs. 

Detail from larger piece by Lemahieu

Print by Chris Monohan 

There's plenty more to see and do this week. Bill Shipley will be giving his Tweevenings talk tonight at the Tweed. And 2nd Friday art crawl is three days ahead. More announcements can be found in the Transistor and the Twin Ports Arts Align section of Facebook.  Maybe we'll see you soon. 

After 40 Years on the Road, Elliot Silberman Is Getting Off

When Elliot Silberman notified me that he is giving up life on the road, it was only natural to ask why. "Man-o-pause," he replied.

Seemed like a good way to introduce his new art exhibition at Beaner Central during the month of December. The opening reception for Duluth artist Elliot Silberman is slated forThursday Dec. 3, 6:00 p.m.—9:00 p.m. For the month of December Silberman will be showing a collection of 5-minute portraits from his travels to art and craft shows and Renaissance Festivals around America for the past four decades. At the opening he will doing live demonstrations.

Elliot's approach to portrait drawing is both educational and fun to watch. The exhibition features a cross-section of the public as seen through his eyes, from New York, Florida, Arizona, and the Midwest.

Silberman has many passions including fishing, making music and Dylan. Over the past 19 years he has been the Master of Ceremonies for the annual Battle of the Jug Bands at Amazing Grace each Memorial Day weekend.

Silberman began doing portrait drawings more than forty years ago here in Duluth. “There were no arts and crafts shows in the early 70's,” Silberman explained. “Sidewalk sales, Canal Park, West Duluth Days celebration, the Folk Festival – these were really the only ones. I don’t recall having much of a display. Just two chairs, and a small easel with one framed sample on it. I charged $1 back then, happy to get it. Never did make more than $30 a day at Canal Park.” Eventually he branched out by taking the skills he had been honing to the road.

“Why am I finally coming home and leaving this life on the road? Man-o-pause. A change in life,” he says. For the rest of the answer, you will have to ask him yourself Thursday, Dec. 3rd at Beaners Central, Coffeehouse and Gallery.

Can't make it to Thursday's opening? Visit his new website to see examples of his work. Or to simply get in touch.

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Tweevening Lecture Series Continues Tonight
Tonight at the Tweed Museum of Art Bill Shipley will talk about the work of the late New York sculptor Leslie Bohnenkamp (1943-1997) whose work in paper and fiber is part of the museum's permanent collection. Bill Shipley is an expert on the artist's work and history and also represents the artist's estate.

Friday at the Red Herring
There will be an opening reception for a three-person show featuring work by Ryan Lemahieu, Chris Monohan and Esther Piszczek. Details here.

Thursday at the Red Mug
Chris Monroe will be having another event at The Red Mug in Superior from 5-7 p.m. The show is titled Creatures Were Stirring. Sounds cool. Seems like everyone loves Chris's illustrations. Her books are fun.

Meantime, art goes on all around you. Check it out.

Momerial Day Weekend: Key Numbers

Danny Fox, Grog Time at Tycoon's

It's Saturday and here are some key numbers as we roll into Memorial Day weekend.

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Day six of the 2015 Duluth Dylan Fest featured Danny Fox at Tycoon's Restaurant & Alehouse during Grog Time. When I arrived it was a surprisingly quiet and attentive crowd, in contrast to the usual manner in which musicians play in the background while those present enjoy chattering amongst themselves. Fox opened with a set of early Dylan songs that included Hollis Brown, Paths of Victory, Let Me Die In My Footsteps, Lay Down Your Weary Tune, Blowing in the Wind, All I really Want To Do, It Ain't Me Babe, It' All Over Now Baby Blue and many more. Fox has a sense of humor, introducing one song with the line, "This one's going to be a Bob Dylan tune." They were all Bob Dylan tunes.

Addison Israelson of Rochester, warming up backstage.

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This is the first time the annual Singer/Songwriter Contest took place in Duluth and the first time it was hosted at The Red Herring. Rumor as it that proprietor Bob Monohan was unsure what kind of crowd this event would collect. I think he was pleasantly surprised.

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The number of performers on the slate for the Singer/Songwriter Contest.

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The number of songs each person or group sang, one Dylan tune and one of their own.

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The hour today (a.m.) when the Dylan Fest Bus Tour is leaving the station (boarding at the Armory Annex.) This is an all day affair that will visit points of interest in both Duluth and Hibbing.

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The hour tonight's Acoustic Salute to the Music of Bob Dylan at Sacred Heart Music Center will begin, featuring Twin Cities and local musicians with headliner Scarlet Rivera.

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Tomorrow there are a few additional events of note. Amazing Grace down in Canal Park is hosting the 19th Annual Battle of the Jug Bands, which is not Dylan-themed but happens to be happening here and is homespun fun for all. From 1-8 p.m. you can catch it free, if you can get in. If the weather is nice a lot of the musicians will be jamming together outside as well.

99
Tomorrow will also be the 99th running of the Indianapolis 500.

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The number on Jimmy Clark's Lotus Ford when he won the Indy 500 in 1965. Clark, from Scotland, was my favorite driver from the era, remembered as one of the greats. He died in a crash in April 1967 at the age of 32.

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Tomorrow Bob Dylan will be somewhere in the world celebrating his 74th birthday, probably.

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The number of muscles it takes to smile. Not sure how that works, as it seems so effortless with all the music and good vibes here in the Northland. We've done a lot of it this week.

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The number of hours till the show starts tonight at Sacred Heart. Hope to see you there.

Meantime, life goes on all around you. Engage it.

Blood on the Tracks Express Bangs Out the Rhythm of the Rails for Duluth Dylan Fest Devotees

Here comes the train!

Last night was the fifth annual Blood on the Tracks Express experience during Duluth Dylan Fest, and gauging from the energy it was another memorable night for many. There's something about trains that connects with people. I myself am enamored with their power, and their history, which is so interwoven with our own history.

My earliest memory with regard to trains is from when my mom used to bring my brother Ron and I to Mrs. O'Ligney's in Cleveland while she was finishing nursing school. She had a steeply sloped back lawn that dropped off to the tracks behind the row of apartment houses. We were not allowed to go down to the tracks where the Rapid Transit would fly past, but I had not learned this till after I'd gone down there once to see the trains up close. I was maybe three or four at the time, and I could tell by the terror on her face, when I looked up into the yard, that something was wrong.

For many people railroads are endlessly fascinating. At age eight I crossed the continent by train with my grandparents, from Cleveland to Reno. This experience cemented my own fascination with railroads.

For a long time one of my favorite films was Runaway Train starring Jon Voight, Eric Roberts and Rebecca De Mornay. After setting up Voight as something of an existential hero, the rest of the film is one long train scene, a wild ride on a runaway train, a suspense-filled adventure as well as a metaphor for life.

If you think in terms of the history of the world, railroads are a relatively new invention. And when you learn about the history of Duluth and the Iron Range, where young Robert Zimmerman was raised, trains played a critical role in this region's development.

The Blood on the Tracks Express is a celebration of music that takes place on a moving stage. Or rather, it's a party on wheels, which discharges its passengers in Two Harbors and returns them to Duluth a little before midnight. I met new friends and old friends from England and France and Chicago and elsewhere. And our locals who, whether Dylan fans or no, know the music will be good.

The length of the train was surprising to me. At the front end there was a freight car set up with acoustic musicians playing, as in years past. On the way to Two Harbors we were treated to the Clover St. Cronies and Feeding Leroy. The return ride featured Tin Can Gin, a high energy bluegrass group who has been performing around the region from the Porcupine Mountains to Minneapolis and Duluth.

The middle cars had lots of seats, some double-decker style, and the ride up the shore is quite satisfying. The music of Bob Dylan provided a continuous accompaniment in most of these cars. There was even one car that was all dark. Something akin to a tunnel of love?

The other end of the train featured electric powerhouses Social Disaster, The Black-Eyed Snakes and Wolf Blood. And at the American Legion Hall in Two Harbors it's The Freehweelers (aka The Boomchucks) with Brad Nelson on drums and Jamie Ness vocals/lead guitar. The "after midnight" crowd could find still more music to enjoy upon returning to Fitgers, or one could save their energy for tonight's Singer/Songwriter contest (Red Herring) and tomorrow's Acoustic Salute to the Music of Bob Dylan.

Here are a few photos of what you missed.

Danny Fox (R) and his father from Chicago.

The Freewheelers, Brad Nelson (L) and Jamie Ness

Tonight Danny Fax is performing during Grog Time 5-7 p.m. at Tycoons. From there the music moves to The Red Herring Lounge for the Singer/Songwriter Competition. Be there.