Cristina Córdova FILM & AUTHORSAli Selim and Will Weaver Discuss Sweet Land St. Paul filmmaker Ali Selim’s Sweet Land, a Minnesota-made indie labor of love that garnered critical acclaim and spawned a minor cult, was adapted from Bemidji writer Will Weaver’s 1989 short story “A Gravestone Made of Wheat.” The Rake’s Cristina Córdova will moderate the latest … Read more
I’ve spent the last year or so lauding the Dakota at every chance I get, but I have to admit that, until this week, I had never just gone there on faith, without first checking to see who was playing. The beauty of the Dakota, though, is its consistency. Go there any night, for any … Read more
WINE & DINEDinner with The Rake Join us tonight for a Dinner Party at Via’s Cafe. Meet Ann Bauer and Jeremy Iggers, as well as other Rake staff and readers, and enjoy a wonderful meal of warm cheese, apricot chutney, roasted garlic, braised baby artichoke salad, organic garden greens, smoked coffee-rubbed Kobe beef brisket, fingerling … Read more
Recently, I saw The Syringa Tree at the Jungle Theatre and then two days later I saw 9 Parts of Desire at the Guthrie. Both shows designed and directed by Joel Sass. When I sat watching The Syringa Tree I forgot that Sarah Agnew was performing the text playwright/actor Pamela Gien had written to perform … Read more
Girls, ya’ll got oneA night that’s special everywhereFrom New York to HollywoodIt’s ladies night, and girl, that feeling’s good Oh, yes, it’s ladies nightand the feeling’s rightOh, yes, it’s ladies nightOh, what a night Nothing like starting out with a little Kool & the Gang, eh? (I’ll bet you thought I was going to say … Read more
Well. Pawlenty is a great governor in the same way that Bush is a great president. Author(s) and Location: Dave Walbridge, WSP Letter Type: Letter
"Where is Brad Zellar?" you might ask, as his hiatus from The Rake has created quite a void. Happily, he’s been busy promoting his new book, Suburban World: The Norling Photos, from Borealis Books. Zellar discovered Irwin Norling in 2002, when he unearthed Norling’s neglected negatives from the Bloomington Historical Society archives. Struck by the … Read more
While I appreciated the long-overdue article on Lowell Pickett and the Dakota ("Planet Pickett," February 2008), I did not like the implication that St. Paul jazz fans won’t cross the river. As someone who’s been attending Dakota shows since 1988, I don’t care if it is in St. Anthony, Sauk Centre, or Staggerford—it is the … Read more
The billing was Ray Bonneville with Tim O’Reagan: Blues for a Good Friday or Good Blues for a Friday. Good grief, anyway you phrase it, the show covered goods and grooved my soles. A flock of roughly 200 audience members braved a spring snowstorm to hear Tim O’Reagan, former drummer for the Jayhawks, morph into … Read more
BOOKS & AUTHORSThe Natural Wonders of Our State Learn about the natural wonders of Minnesota and explore the human and environmental characteristics that define our home. Join University of Minnesota geography professors John Fraser Hart and Susy Svatek Ziegler this afternoon for a discussion of their new book, Landscapes of Minnesota: A Geography. Illustrated with … Read more