From the column: "Just as Dylan turned hardship into art that inspired a generation, I believe Duluth can turn health care’s challenges into opportunities for transformation."
From the column: "I appreciate folk music now more than I did when it was popular. Maybe post-baby boomers will follow suit, or at least see the movie."
The "Complete Unknown" star visited Minnesota to promote the new movie, which hits theaters on Christmas Day. He spoke at length about his Duluth and Hibbing research for the role of Bob Dylan.
Alissa Marlow, also known as "Big Al," had a hit with a humorous guide to Duluth. The L.A.-based comic, who was raised here, is coming home for the holidays.
Hundreds thronged outside The Main Cinema and the Varsity Theater as the star arrived to promote "A Complete Unknown," a Bob Dylan biopic he previously visited the Northland twice to research.
In 1963, the News Tribune mentioned the musical success of "a youth known in Hibbing as Robert Zimmerman." The future Nobel laureate's very first mention by name, though, came in 1945.
