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Gen Z makes AZBY rock again

JANESVILLE — In 1970, four ambitious musicians put together the band AZBY in New Ulm, broadcasting their musical talents out of a garage on the north end of town. That band, consisting of Rod Scheitel, Tom Bauer, Rick Christiansen and Brad Anderson, started taking gigs after that and ...

Solar lights

After retiring as a Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing (3M) production worker, Terry Blume became interested in creating crafty, do-it-yourself outdoor designs including solar lights around her New Ulm residence. She said she found solar light design ideas online. The front and back of her ...

Kimbel & Cabus furniture rare and valuable

Identify the designer of an antique and it will usually sell for more. Sometimes an attribution is enough. This Aesthetic Movement table with ebonized finish, incised gilt decoration and flower panels sold for an impressive $6,144 at Neal Auction. While you can’t dismiss its visual appeal -- after all, it was made during the Aesthetic Movement of the late 19th century, the time of “art for art’s sake” -- its attribution to New York firm Kimbel & Cabus was probably a factor in its selling. The Kimbel & Cabus firm was active from 1862 to 1882 and famous for exhibiting their ...

Recent reads

Here are few of my favorite recent reads. Library staff would be happy to help you place requests on these or any other titles. If you’d like to place your own request, visit www.newulmlibrary.org and choose Library Catalog. Cole, recently divorced, has moved from London to a small village on the English coast, where he is a park ranger for the coastal area. One day he has a verbal altercation with two young women who are hiking throughout the country to raise awareness of violence against women. The women are walking too close to a crumbling cliff, and Cole’s persistent urging for ...

The many props of Jennifer Deutz

In the lower levels of State Street Theater Company (SSTC) there is a series of rooms filled with a wide assortment of odds and ends. One room is filled with plastic plants and other faux greenery. The room next door is lined with rows and rows of old telephones and typewriters. The nearby ...

Gardening season blooming

NEW ULM – With the large amounts of rain and plenty of green thumbs in New Ulm, the city’s gardening spirit is blooming. Pollinator Park, New Ulm gardening club, and the downtown waterers are all parts of this gardening spirit. At 2250 North Broadway, the city’s Pollinator Park has ...