Month: April 2008

  • As If

    Psychology class, at the Saint Paul campus, ended its session. Two students remained. He opened the door for her. She wore a baggy, off-white dress shirt with a narrow, new-wave neck tie. She approached. As if gentlemen’s rules, he opened the door wider. She stopped a few paces from the door. He extended his arm,…

  • He Stole What?! Where?!

    What!? I just got word from ZATZ Publishing that a top Mexican press person was caught stealing BlackBerries from the White House during a meeting between Bush and Canadian and Mexican leaders. Today, Fox News reported that Rafael Quintero Curiel, lead press advance person for the Mexican Delegation was caught stealing six or seven BlackBerry…

  • The Cost of Silence

    I am writing this letter as an apology to people who have migrated here from Mexico, Central America, and South America. I am Anishinabe, indigenous to what is now called Minnesota. I am also a playwright. Within the last year I was approached by a production company, OffLeash Area, to write a play with them…

  • Classic with a Twist

    THEATER & PERFORMANCEMost Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo & JulietRomeo and Juliet — when we hear this we think of a bittersweet tale. We think of doomed love. But we usually think of it against a backdrop of festivity and decadence. Now, 3AM Productions presents a different look at Shakespeare’s great tragedy — perhaps…

  • Surdyks USED to be pleasant

    On a Saturday afternoon you can run many errands.  One great example is tasting the many cheeses at Surdyks and even sample some wine. My roommate and I did just this. After spending an hour of doing this and hunting for two nice bottles of wine, it was time to check out.  I was then…

  • Callaloo and Churrasco: Adventures on 38th St.

    The Twin Cities’ gastronomic bio-diversity seems to be concentrated in three main hot zones: Eat Street (Nicollet Ave.), with its mix of Mexican, Chinese, Vietnamese and German eateries; Central Avenue in northeast Minneapolis, where the blend is Indian, Mexican, Ecuadorian, and Middle Eastern; and University Avenue in Saint Paul, where Vietnamese, Chinese, Cambodian, and Thai…