Author: Kate Iverson

  • The Rake Gets Creative at The Guthrie

    SPECIAL EVENTCreative Context Join l’etoile magazine and The Guthrie for this special Rakish edition of Creative Context, a monthly post-show party in The Guthrie’s Target Lounge, hosted by influential women in Twin Cities arts and media. This month’s host just happens to be awesome chick and publisher of The Rake, Kristin Henning! The event will…

  • Bearded Child Film Fest Creates Bedlam (at the Bedlam)

    FILMBearded Child Film Fest I can hardly imagine a more fitting venue for the Bearded Child Film Fest than the Bedlam Theater, with its carnie-friendly vibe and its rep for, well, bedlam. After an 8-year warm up in its founding city of Grand Rapids, MN, the Minneapolis debut of the Bearded Child Film Festival will…

  • The Bakken Goes Electro & John Toren Rakes Through Books

    READINGSRaking Through Books with John TorenJoin your literary homies from The Rake for another installment of the popular Happy Hour reading series "Raking Through Books " at Kieran’s Irish Pub co-presented by The Loft, KFAI radio and the U of M Bookstore. Tonight’s special guest is author John Toren, who will show off his new…

  • The Pan African Fest "Raps" Up with K'naan

    MUSIC K’naan D.E.M.O.’s Twin Cities Pan African Fest goes out with a bang tonight at First Avenue. Toronto-based Somalian rapper K’naan will engage the audience with his smooth flows and thoughtful prose for an evening of amazing music you won’t soon forget. Raised in Mogadishu, Somalia in the midst of civil war, and descended from…

  • Pleasure & Paint: Eric Inkala's Dreamworld Comes To Life

    ART Overflow: A Pleasure Trip Eric Inkala‘s no fool. After a good run of years of painting his coloristic, hazy-dazy, arabesque, Little-Engine-that-Could-meets-Pacman murals (this guy is a tagger of the most whimsical sort) on walls around town, Inkala’s finally been hit by the legitimacy bug. That is, in the manner of graffiti artists gone legit–like…

  • The Gallery Grooves at AE and The Fringe Fest Gets Devious

    ART & MUSICGallery Grooves Jazz & Art PartyIf there’s one thing we’re good for here at The Rake, it’s putting on a fantastic party – and the Twin Cities Pan African Fest is the perfect excuse! Satisfy your art-tooth on multiple levels tonight at Altered Esthetics Gallery, where you’ll be lucky enough to lay eyes…