to our readers

Our back issues are posted online in a “flip book” format. Go to Duluth.com, scroll down to “Read the Magazine Online,” and click on the current cover to open a bookshelf of past issues. Follow that path, and you’ll see the first cover of Duluth.com magazine featured the Roller Dames, a roller-derby league we revisit this month. We’re happy to report they’re still rolling.

This issue includes other blasts from the past. If you haven’t heard of Mr. Magoo, you’ll meet Duluth’s favorite mongoose. The Karpeles Manuscript Museum puts history on display, and visits are free. You’ll also read about an author who delves into the folklore of the paranormal across the Midwest. And in a sad of example of “what’s old is new again,” learn about the death of a Finnish immigrant 100 years ago.

What’s old is new, but what’s new is new, too. You’ll meet Matthew Dressel, the man behind new promotions at Zinema 2. He’s breathing new life into the independent theater with the addition of more old movies. Then there’s sushi in Superior, paddling on Lake Superior, moving the William A. Irvin and more — Duluth, as always, has a lot going on.