Cristina Córdova SPECIAL EVENTTaste the Sea Enjoy a multiple course tasting menu with our favorite wine pairings monthly at The Rake’s World Flavors Tour. This month, join us at The View Restaurant and Lounge for Mediterranean cuisine. Start the new year off right with fresh and healthy fare inspired by classic dishes from a cultural melting pot. … Read more
This afternoon, actor Heath Ledger — of Brokeback Mountain, A Knight’s Tale, and more recently of I’m Not There fame — was found dead in his Manhattan apartment, allegedly (for a time) an apartment in Mary Kate’s building. Yes, that’s right, one of the Full House twins. [[That’s how rich the old gal is — … Read more
ART Drawing Attention Bringing drawing to a whole new depth, Joyce Lyon and Alexis Kuhr open their exhibit, Recent Drawings, at the Nash today. Each artist is a master at graphite drawing and has her own sophisticated style to offer. Lyon uses dramatic shadows and fine details to tell the story of the structure and … Read more
MUSICJazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Ever since Wynton Marsalis seized the reins of the JLCO in the early ’90s, both the orchestra and the organization have been hallmarks of supreme scholarship and top-notch quality control in the effort to enshrine jazz as America’s classical music. The only danger was that Marsalis would … Read more
SPECIAL EVENTCelebrate Theater All Year If you only do one thing this weekend, join us for a fabulous celebration of Theater All Year. Start the evening off by kicking back a few Newcastles and sampling the natural and organic victuals of Whole Foods. And then stick around for a presentation by The Lighthouse Group. An … Read more
I just picked up my two children from their school-supported daycare, at which time a young woman put her finger in the air and motioned for me to have a moment with her. I stepped aside and proceeded to listen to her complain that my son had been calling her, and other students and teachers, … Read more
THEATER & PERFORMANCEParticularly in the Heartland Part of the Walker’s Out There festival of experimental theater, this show, by a youthful New York City ensemble called the TEAM (Theater of the Emerging American Moment) defies rampant cynicism by presenting a work of resounding optimism. Set in Kansas, the action unfolds within an evangelical household. The … Read more
Thanks to Rich Goldsmith for the use of his camera, and for his photos. The Strip Club finally opened last night in Saint Paul, and while it perhaps lacked the expected tits-and-ass show, many a mouth was watering throughout the evening. I must confess, I had absolutely no intention of going — after all, this … Read more
DANCE & PERFORMANCEWreck Black Label Movement received a hearty welcome with its debut 2006–07 season, garnering praise both for its evocative choreography and athletic, hyperkinetic dancers. The company repays that kindness by opening its sophomore season with the ambitious Wreck, artistic director Carl Flink’s first evening-length piece. Claustrophobics beware: Wreck depicts ten sailors trapped inside … Read more
On January 8th, 2008, Walter Mondale spoke at the Phillips Eye Institute’s annual dinner and review. As the daughter of an ophthalmologist for this clinic, I’m not usually invited to the dinner, which I consider a blessing after having endured 18 years of LASIK eye surgery and patient stastistics. But this was Mondale, after all; … Read more