Author: Kate Iverson

FRINGE FESTIVALStrawberry Fields TemporarilyWear your laughing pants (you know, the Zubaz with lightning bolts on them) to this uproarious Fringe performance at Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts. Strawberry Fields Temporarily is a one-man-show written, directed and performed by clever comedian and storyteller Ben San Del, also the brains behind the 2006 Fringe…

If you haven’t noticed the trend by now, I plan on highlighting a Fringe play each day through the end of the Festival. Did you happen to see an amazing Fringe play that you think our readers should know more about? Plug it into the comments section below and tell me why you liked it…

FRINGE FESTIVAL The Chasm: Two Prevailing Winds of Gabriela Mistral Based around the work of one of Latin America’s most respected poets, Gabriela Mistral, Disquietude Theater Company takes us on a lush journey that brings her poetry to life. This story of "the chasm between sorrow and hope" includes a visual feast of projected collage…

FRINGE FESTIVALDying in Public Places Lust. Terror. Violence. Outbursts of Song. All of these can happen when stuck in an invisible box… cannibalism too. Dying in Public Places: a darkly comic new musical, written by Keith Hovis and directed by Jenna Papke, premieres August 1st at 10:00 pm as part of the Minnesota Fringe Festival.…

MUSIC CSS & The Go! Team Tonight First Avenue welcomes Brazilian provocateurs CSS aka "Cansei De Ser Sexy" – which in Portuguese means "tired of being sexy," though by the looks of them seems to mean the opposite. A fiery electro-rock quintet of vampiric fashion plates, CSS quickly gained notoriety in the first wave of…

SPECIAL EVENT Legislatin’ Sexy Party ’08 On Tuesday, the 29th of July, the votes will be tallied and the people will have spoken, singling out the King and Queen of Minnesota politics and bringing an end to the heated debate over who is truly the most beautiful at the Capitol. And while the answer to…