rakemag It seems a local mailman has written a book. Check it; Vincent Wyckoff reads from Beware of the Cat: And Other Encounters of a Letter Carrier tonight at Lyndale United Church of Christ. Of course, the job of a mailman hasn’t exactly been romanticized to the point of, say, a truck driver. (I chalk it … Read more
Random thoughts on the Guthrie’s 07-08 season announcement: After seeing that so-so production of Peer Gynt at Orchestra Hall last weekend (thank God for the band and the St. Olaf Choir), I was quite interested to find that Minnesota’s own Robert Bly–famous for Iron John, the Men’s Movement, and other comments on wounded masculinity–will turn … Read more
Another band that takes me back to my personal indie heydays of, oh, 1992 to 1999–Sebadoh. And they happen to be playing the 400 Bar tonight. Of course, my achin’ back keeps me from the affair. But I’m glad to find Sebadoh making a go at a comeback. And since we’re feeling nostalgic, I might … Read more
Tonight: Orchestra Hall, Peer Gynt, with performance enhancements provided by a troupe of physical theater-types. Rumor has it that the gray hairs have been complaining about all the “raunchy” material. But it’s Peer Gynt, so what do they expect?
Tonight I’m catching Frank Theater‘s anti-death penalty play The Exonerated, and at the tail-end of its run. Cards on the table: If there’s any residue of my lapsed Catholicism it’s my unequivocal opposition to the death penalty. And I’ve been active on this front, if only as a consumer of art. A few years back … Read more
Honest to God, I’m not going out tonight. Probably I’ll just go to the tile shop and pick out my new kitchen floor. (Stainless steel tiles, anyone? Boyfriend is installing…) But if I were going out, here’s what I’d consider: TV on the Radio at First Ave., (my friend Jerry Steller rather likes this band), … Read more
Here’s an interesting music happening for the evening: Pop Wagner, who has been heard on PHC as well as the Morning Show (or, as I call it, “Grandma’s Jukebox”), is playing the Eagle’s Club with The Twin Cities Playboys. I still plan to spend my evening out of doors, though.
Tonight, sadly, is your last chance to catch a show so controversial it needs (wants?) bodyguards: The Pope and The Witch, a University of Minnesota production being directed by my former superior at TJL, Robert Rosen (a nice guy). Unfortunately, this means I’ll be missing the whole thing, since I’m taking the evening off to … Read more
Very busy putting together the April issue, but lookit! Tonight is that Policy and a Pint event you’ve been hearing about on the radio–the one employer-tied healthcare. They’re calling it, appropriately, “healthcare handcuffs.”
Two weeks ago I was at Melrose Antiques with the boyfriend when I spotted something beautiful behind the counter: a long, lime green Bonnie Cashin jacket with toggle closures up the front and at the cuff of both sleeves. I asked the shopgirls if I could please take a closer look. They handed it over. … Read more