“ 100 things to do in Duluth before dying ” hits the shelves – Duluth News Tribune

DULUTH – What to do in Duluth? When friends and families visit, where do you tell them they have to go? What places are on your list of buckets that you should still visit, even if you live here?

These are the types of questions to which Jay Gabler hopes to answer and raise for readers of his new book, “100 Things to do in duluth before you die”, published by Reedy Press. Since 2022, Gabler has worked as a journalist for the arts and entertainment for the Duluth News Tribune, he therefore said that he had a lot of experience with the attractions of the city, well known and off the beaten track.

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“I hope people are encouraged to find out more about their duluth favorites, whether people who live here or people who visit,” said Gable. “I really hope that the book is a launch ramp so that people discover Duluth games that they have not yet experienced.”

The book is divided into sections on food and drinks; music and entertainment; sports and leisure; culture and history; and shopping and fashion. The articles range from well -known and commonly suggested and easy -to -access activities, such as spending the day at the Glensheen Mansion to walk or roll on the Lakewalk. Some of the less known items include knowing more about the roadway in Granitoid Park or harder places to obtain like the Gammi Club kitche, where you have to know someone to enter.

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“One thing that made my job a little easier is that I have been encouraged to describe things that can be done for the whole year or at least a large part of the year compared to the things that only occur at a specific time, “said Gabler. “This is why there is not a specific entry for Homegrown or the Duluth Air Show, although they both get a mention, even if they are both things you should really see at a given moment. “

Gabler said that one of the challenges of the book was in condensing the information for each element in the list to a few paragraphs. But he said that his experience by organizing the best bets every week for the News Tribune and one of his first jobs as a journalist for the Twin Cities Av Club section where he had to describe events in 25 words or less .

“So writing in a concise way is a challenge that I have been giving for a long time when I had the opportunity,” said Gable. “I liked trying to concrete things like the Gammi Club kitche in a concise way because it is a place where you can’t just get into it. So, how do you explain its meaning for people? I hope I I have made it interesting for readers. “

Gabler said he had chosen places and activities that were still on his own list of personal buckets. He said he had chosen things that even long-standing Duluth residents may not have the chance to live too.

“Things like putting on a cruise ship in the channel under the lifting bridge – this is not yet something I have known,” said Gable. “So I prepare for people asking me if I did the 100 things. , even if they cannot do it immediately. “”

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One thing that struck gable as it wrote is how there is such a variety of activities and places that can be visited and trying in Duluth.

“Looking at the outdoor section just, there are so many things you can try without having to leave the city,” said Gable. “Everything, mountain biking, paddling, skiing, pickleball, ice climbing and play on a single mini golf. The pure variety of this category was really fun to put in the covers of the book.”

Gabler said he was ready to disagree with some of the elements he listed and have their own ideas that they also believe.

“What is fun to have a limit is that you know that there are things that you can put in the book and things that are not going to do in the book … but that could easily have Being a list of 150 or 200 things, “Gabler said. “And if I had to rewrite the book, I might choose 100 other things. I hope I am talking to the people of the book in the coming months, people come to me with things and I can know more about this that I have missed. “

The book is now available in several Duluth bookstores.

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For the chance to speak with Gabler of the Book, there are some opportunities to come in the coming months in Duluth

• Signature and presentation of books, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 26, Zenith Bookstore, 318 N. Central Ave.
• Signature and presentation and official launch party, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., May 3, Fitger’s Barl Room, 600 E. Superior St.
• Signature of books, presentation and music with Brenanne Marie and The Front Porch Sinners, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., May 22, Bent Paddle Brewing Company, 1832 W. Michigan St.
• Book Signing, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., June 27, Zenith Adventure, 323 Harbor Drive.

Teri Gift is a journalist of the characteristics of the Duluth News Tribune. Originally from the Iron range, a gift worked for several community newspapers in the Duluth region, including Duluth Budgetteter News, Western Weekly, Weekly Observer, Lake County News-Chronicle and sometimes the Pine Journal Cloquet. When he does not work, she is a passionate reading, a craftsman, a dancer, a fanatic from Trivia and a cribbing player.