May 6, 2013

Well, I don’t really follow football, and now here’s another reason to despise the world 0f big, corporate sports. Message sent and received–athletics is a place where freedom of speech will kick your football on down the field. Boo team Vikings!

Chris Kluwe’s release by Vikings sends message that gay-marriage talk is not tolerable in NFL

My wife and I own a home with 2 vehicles, and no off street parking. This can become a pain when we want to leave town for a long weekend and the sides switch on Sunday. I haven’t done too much investigating, but is there a decent solution to having to be back on Sunday night to move it, aside from selling a vehicle, asking someone to move it for us or taking the parking ticket? Is there a local lot that has a reasonable rate for several days of parking? Anybody anybody?

I was wondering if anyone had any information on the following:

My uncle, Bob Miller, has been an advocate for protection of the Indian burial ground located at the end of Wisconsin Point and has been working on this project for over ten years. My ancestors are buried out there and the foundation from my great grandmother’s childhood home still remains. We are descendants of Chief Osagie who owned the land before selling it to Wisconsin (he’s my greatx5 grandfather). Many of us go out there to perform ceremony and the land is held sacred by all local Anishinaabe people. …

  

Here’s a sampling of what you have to look forward to this week on the PDD Calendar.

Today the Playhouse presents some of its young talent in the 360 Showcase at the Underground.

If you didn’t see Charles Ross perform his one man take on Star Wars last year, well, you missed out. Don’t miss out on his One Man Lord of the Rings this week, running Tuesday through Sunday at the Teatro Zuccone.

Erotic haiku based on Moby Dick? That’s what local poets Kat Mandeville, Jayson Iwen and Chad Faries promise to deliver on Wednesday at Adeline’s.

The comic opera The World of the Moon plays at Weber Hall on Thursday and Friday.

Wise Fool Shakespeare presents The Merry Wives of Windsor, a rollicking comedy, at the Scottish Rite starting on Friday and running for three weekends.

Put out your non-perishable food for your postal carriers to pick up on Saturday for the postal service’s annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.

Sunday is Mother’s Day and, in case you haven’t made plans, Glensheen Mansion is offering tours and meals for you and your mom.

So what are you doing this week? Can we tag along? Any upcoming events that you want to promote? Let us know.

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