Cristina Córdova Things heated up a bit in June, but it’s time to bring the summer into full gear now. Our pores have finally opened up a bit, and we have a the mid-week holiday just ahead. Don’t stop at that. Take advantage of the high energy and celebrate the week. Don’t be hindered by the inherent … Read more
STYLE by Eeva-Liisa Waaraniemi Runway fashion is to art on a pedestal as street fashion is to art…on a pedestrian. Enter Street Clash, an online style competition driven by bloggers and photographers from cities around the world, our metropolis included. If your favorite page of the Rake is Rake Appeal: Fashion as it Happens, you … Read more
VARIETY by Eeva-Liisa Waaraniemi The name is a bit misleading — Amateur Psychologists Convention. I was a tad let down when I found out that the APC is actually a variety show of “folk and future music, stories, poetry, dance and film.” That sounds pretty darn good, actually, but it’s not the same as a … Read more
MUSIC by Eeva-Liisa Waaraniemi All That Jazz Jazz artists are not just middle-aged or elderly men, although that may be a common assumption. At this weekend’s Twin Cities Jazz Festival more than a few talented young ‘uns are getting into the groove. Alto-saxophonist Grace Kelly, who’s hardly turned fifteen, will be “gracing” the stage with … Read more
FILM It’s a Riot Today is the anniversary of Stonewall, so take a moment to extol the “the hairpin drop heard ’round the world.” Looking for an appropriate way to celebrate? You can always try the second night of films from the Walker’s Queer Takes: Standing Out series. Tonight’s program includes two sets of shorts … Read more
MUSEUM by Eeva-Liisa Waaraniemi Frozen in a Final Moment The Star Tribune and all other big boys in town have already blown the horn on this one, but maybe you, oddball that you are, only frequent obscure media channels and thus haven’t heard about it. Well, this is a show you shouldn’t miss. Put on … Read more
The historical musical 1776 starts at the Guthrie this evening, and Tool is playing at the Xcel Energy Center, but that’s no secret. What can I tell you that you don’t already know? POETRY The Dead Poetry Slam Grab your best poetry and take it on down to Keiran’s for their twice-a-month poetry slam — … Read more
by Peter Schilling When it all boils down, Vitus is nothing more than a story about a child prodigy who seeks to be a normal boy. But in the hands of director Fredi M. Murer, the simple tale becomes a small but complex masterpiece about the universal difficulties of childhood. Murer, who is unknown in … Read more
FILM Dysfunctional Love in New York City If you agree with Brad Zellar’s assessment (The Rake, June 2007) that Woody Allen “hasn’t made a truly great — or at least consistently funny — film” in a long time. Then tonight is your night. Certainly, Zellar wouldn’t argue against two Allen classics: Manhattan and Annie Hall. … Read more
Shortly after Tim O’Reagan’s arrival from Kansas in ’88, it became clear that this Leatherwoods drummer was something special. While other members of the band were singing about eight-balls and dicks, O’Reagan shyly smiled over his drumsticks as he proclaimed himself a happy man in that upbeat Marvin-Gaye style of his. Quiet though he was, … Read more