Cristina Córdova Looking for a great Fringe Festival show to see this weekend? Go see Ben Kreilkamp’s The Book of Pops. Here are a few video previews of some of my favorite scenes. The Book of Pops will be performed Friday at 10 p.m. and Sunday at 6 p.m., at the Bryant Lake Bowl, 810 W. Lake … Read more
It all started a couple years ago with Bob. Bob started video taping his 60-second rant and posting them online. These were your typical daily rants, rants about the news, rants about the world, rants about Tyra Bank’s dolphin phobia — Drinking with Bob — rants that you could hear at any bar on a … Read more
BOOKS Writing the Unwritten With Burning Down the House (1997), a collection of essays on writing, Charles Baxter became a fixture, by proxy, in fiction workshops everywhere. In his new book, The Art of Subtext: Beyond Plot (Graywolf Press), Baxter goes on to explore the unwritten aspects of writing. He sets out to prove that, … Read more
ARCHEOLOGY Dig It Minneapolis is certainly no Pompeii — for that you’ll have to go to the latest Science Museum exhibit, A Day in Pompeii — but we still have our hidden treasures. And I’m not talking about all the little theaters and arts venues that we’re always busy trying to bring to your attention. … Read more
Thanks to the Science Museum of Minnesota, and to Connie Rodriguez, for this fabulous tour of of A Day in Pompeii. Be sure to visit the exhibit before January 6th, 2008.
SOCIAL Everybody’s Doing It . . . Whip up that special dish of yours. (Yes, Vienna sausage and saltines counts.) Tonight is probably the only day of the year when you’re guaranteed to find at least one potluck in the ten-block radius. More likely, you’ll find several. It’s National Night Out, and neighborhoods across Minneapolis … Read more
by Peter Schilling Disney’s long-hidden classic Song of the South hasn’t been seen in theaters (or on DVD) since its theatrical rerelease in 1986. If you’ll recall, this is the simple tale of a white boy who goes to visit his grandma’s plantation in the post-Civil War South while his folks consider splitting up. There, … Read more
BOOKS Maltman’s Historical Mayhem Yeah, we know, that’s a lot of plugs for Magers and Quinn events for August (and there’s more to come), but what can we say? The competition is generally a bit tardy on their press releases, the Uptown behemoth just keeps getting bigger and better, and this month in particular the … Read more
by Cristina Córdova This Douglas Sirk movie, playing in Loring Park on Monday evening, is easily the original Lifetime movie; yet it manages not to make my life feel insignificant simply by my watching it. It’s the original. How can that be bad? This is old school, baby. It’s the love triangle, the deep dark … Read more
ART I’m sure you all ready know about the Uptown Art Fair this weekend. It’ll be the same usual chaos with endless booths of art — paintings, sculptures, mobiles, textiles, pottery, glasswork, wirework, jewelry, photographs, wood carvings, toys, you name it — and food, plenty of food. You’ll find everything from wild rice and bison … Read more