Superior North End Days Kicks Off With Art & Music: Continues Today With Parade, Street Dance & More

Sterling Rathsack @ The Spirit Room

Superior's North End community is celebrating this weekend. Today will feature a parade, a car show, activities for kids and a street dance. Here's a link so you can see the details as regards what and where and when today. The Superior Spooktacular Parade starts at 2:00. Just so you know.

Last night there was art and music in seven venues around the North End. Here are some photos from my own walkabout. If you live on the Superior side of the bridge, most of the art in these venues will be up for a while. You missed the music, however.

A couple items of note. Superior has had quite a bit of public art produced on many outdoor surfaces. If you drive on Banks, Ogden or in the alleys off Tower, you will see some of what was created during the Tower Avenue road project. This summer there was an extensive effort to help the community become aware of the storm drainage systems here. Artists were commissioned to produce sidewalk art around storm drains in various parts of the city. You can find photos of the drains at Framing By Stengl at 1720 Tower Avenue.

The Spirit Room has a variety of artists featured (Thank you, Linz) and Goin' Postal as well, as usual. VIP Vintage Pizza featured photographers, and Thirsty Pagan has photos by John Heino along with vintage signage. Art on the Planet had their doors open with music by Similar Dogs. Here are more photos from last night.

Steel Wool Spinning: Amber's Impressions Photography 

Meantime art goes on all around you.

Get into it.

Throwback Thursday: Sneak Peek inside the VIP Ladies Room

You won't believe what she found in here.

Last Friday night Cowboy Angel Blue came down from the Iron Range to perform at VIP Vintage Pizza in Superior. John Bushey, host of KUMD's Highway 61 Revisited, was on hand doing table magic, but the real magic came from the musicians who, this night, were really in the zone. 

Late in the evening I overheard one of the women talking about how unusual the ladies room had been decorated. Inasmuch as I was only familiar with the men's room, and it was likewise amusingly decorated, I asked permission to get a quick peek, which is to say, "Can you two go in and make sure the coast is clear?" In exchange, I made sure the men's room was vacant as well before they explored. All three of us agreed, the women had a more interesting room. 

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Hard to believe we're so near July. 

I don't believe my next blog post will need any introduction. 

When tomorrow comes, I will let it speak for itself.

Meantime, life goes on all around you. 

Make the most of it, my friend.