Tuesday, May 21, 2013
About 50 volunteers showed up for work day last Saturday. More work days are planned in the future.
Duluth Matters volunteers started priming and painting the buildings along the alley behind shops on Main Street in the Old City Hall Block during a workday (May 18). About 50 volunteers showed up to work, according to Councilman Billy Jones, founder of Duluth Matters. The volunteers included other city council representatives and members of the Duluth High School Naval Jr. ROTC and Key Club. The alley links West Lawrenceville Street and Abbotts Bridge Road in downtown Duluth. Mayor Nancy Harris selected the paint colors to be used. The former Parsons warehouse façade is being painted ochre with barn red trim. The warehouse faces West Lawrenceville Street. The buildings that line the alley, including a vacant building that fronts on …
Monday, April 29, 2013
Beverly Norris has been collecting objects since she was a kid. Now she is displaying and selling things she collects and creates in her shop in downtown Duluth.
Inheriting her grandmother’s treadle sewing machine led to a lifetime interest in collecting old things for Beverly Norris. “I started as a kid collecting objects,” she said. “I’ve always loved it.” Norris learned to sew on her grandmother’s machine and later took sewing in home economics in high school. Now she has a permanent place to display and sell all the things she collects and creates. Norris opened The Farmhouse Home Décor & Gifts April 13 at 3107A Main St. in downtown Duluth. Furniture that Norris has collected, pillows she sews, and works by local artists fill the 1,000-square-foot shop. Her shop is located in a 130-year-old building at the corner of Main and West Lawrenceville streets. The Farmhouse offers antique and vintage …
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Brett Young appearing in concert at Duluth music venue Friday night.
Red Clay Theatre in Duluth is presenting concerts on Friday and Saturday nights this weekend. Brett Young is performing Friday night. Kim Richey will celebrate release of her new record "Thorn in My Heart" Saturday night. The theatre welcomes singer-songwriters for Open Mic Night Monday. Here's the concert schedule Friday-Monday, April 26-29, for “Eddie Owen Presents” at the Red Clay Theatre in Duluth. FRIDAY, APRIL 26 Brett Young Doors open at 8 p.m., Concert 9 p.m. Tickets: Regular reserved seating $15 in advance, $18 at the door; premium reserved seating $18 in advance, $20 at the door. SATURDAY, APRIL 27 Kim Richey with special guest Kelly McRae Doors open at 7 p.m., Concert 8 p.m. Tickets: $20 in advance, $22 at the door. MONDAY, …
Visual and performing artists will be demonstrating and entertaining during the Friday, April 26, event.
Downtown Duluth businesses including several new shops will welcome visitors during the Friday Night Art Walk April 26. Visual and performing artists will be giving demonstrations and entertaining during the downtown stroll scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Some businesses will be giving away door prizes. Other activities will also be going on downtown Friday evening including the Flicks on the Bricks showing of “Ironman,” New Dawn Theater’s production of “Barabbas” and a concert at the Red Clay Theatre. The art walks are sponsored by the Duluth Fine Arts League in the spring and fall.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Proceeds from car entry fees, food sales and a drawing benefited Duluth-based Operation One Voice.
Car owners from all over North Georgia participated in the Rotary Club of Duluth’s First Annual Car Show. Eighty-three cars were exhibited and professionally judged in six categories – antique classics, foreign sports, hotrods, 1972 & older muscles, post 1972 muscles, and pickups. The April 13 show in downtown Duluth was free to the public, but Duluth Rotary raised funds for Operation One Voice – a Duluth-based nonprofit organization that assists families of fallen Special Operations Forces – through car entry fees, food sales and a drawing. “We had some awesome cars and gracious winners,” said Mark Tyrrell, Service Projects Chairman for Duluth Rotary. “Car lovers are already looking forward to next year’s show on the second Saturday in …
Friday, March 22, 2013
The Farmhouse Home Decor & Gifts opening in early April in Duluth. An early May opening planned for The Vintage Styled Life.
Two more new businesses are coming to downtown Duluth. Beverly Norris is opening The Farmhouse Home Décor & Gifts in early April at 3107A Main Street. Davina Cates plans to open The Vintage Styled Life in early May around the corner at 3107C Main Street. Both shops lease space in a more than 130-year-old building owned by Mike Burrell at the corner of Main and West Lawrenceville streets. The Farmhouse space contains about 1,000 square feet. The Vintage Styled Life will occupy about 1,500 square feet. When they open this entire historic block in downtown Duluth will be filled with tenants. Crave Pie Studio already occupies 3107B in Burrell’s building. Other businesses in the block include Trish Land; Peace, Love & Decorating, Eye Candy Art …
Thursday, March 21, 2013
New business on Main Street in Duluth hosting grand opening activities Friday, March 22, and Saturday, March 23.
Eye Candy Art Studio invites the community to its grand opening celebration Friday, March 22, and Saturday, March 23, at 3127 Main St. in downtown Duluth. The studio welcomes visitors with a fresh coat of paint. The studio offers art supplies and classes, paint your own pottery, wine sipping and painting classes for adults, and a summer camp for children. Grand opening activities include "Meet and Greet the Artists" from 7-9 p.m. Friday with musical entertainment by the Threadbare Skivvies throughout the evening. Face painting, class registration specials, and pottery discounts will be offered from noon-6 p.m. Saturday. Regular hours are 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The studio is closed on …
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Duluth City Councilman Billy Jones seeking 'Duluth Matters' volunteers to pick up trash and clear underbrush at former Cash & Sons property downtown.
Duluth City Councilman Billy Jones has issued a call for “Duluth Matters” volunteers to clean up the former Cash & Sons site in downtown Duluth. Work will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23. The property is located between the Duluth City Cemetery, Big Jim’s Landscaping and the railroad. Illegal dumping has been occurring on the vacant site, Jones said. Volunteers will be picking up trash and clearing underbrush on the site. The debris will be piled up for collection and disposal by Duluth Department of Public Works employees. Jones asked that volunteers bring rakes, shovels, axes, limb saws, pole saws, and wheelbarrows. He is also seeking donations of food, beverages and bottled water for workers. Cash …
New art studio planning to open March 1 and offer art supplies and classes in downtown Duluth.
Eye Candy Art Studio is planning to open March 1 at 3127 Main Street in Downtown Duluth. Ashley Towers is relocating Peace, Love & Pottery from Buford to the leased Duluth space and renaming the business. A grand opening for the new studio is scheduled March 22-23, she said. Eye Candy Studio Art will offer art supplies, paint your own pottery, wine and painting classes for adults, and a summer camp for children, Towers said. Towers is opening the studio in partnership with Bruno Taillefer, she said. The Duluth Core Preservation District Review Board (CPD-C) on Tuesday (Feb. 18) approved Towers’ request to remove the black paint-spattered awnings and to paint the façade of the studio in Bunglehouse Blue. Towers also plans to paint the “…
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
City officials, merchants, building owners and citizens gather in downtown Duluth to view proposed changes.
A mock-up of downtown Duluth improvements, including a widened upper sidewalk and a new lower sidewalk in front of Main Street shops and a “bump-out” in front of Steverino’s patio, stimulated discussion Monday (Feb. 18) morning between city officials, merchants, building owners, and citizens. The improvements are being proposed to make downtown more pedestrian-friendly and improve shopper accessibility to stores as part of revitalization efforts. Adding three more sets of stairs from the street level to the upper sidewalk would result in a total of five. The widened upper sidewalk, which would be created by filling in the brick triangles that protrude in front of some of the stores, would allow for expanded outdoor dining, vendor displays…
Joe Short
9:30 am on Tuesday, April 30, 2013
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