rakemag Though you may not be familiar with it as yet, this annual Christmas show has already attained veteran status. This is only the second year it’s been staged publicly, but writer/director Michael Sommers has been putting it on for family and friends for 17 years. Based on medieval passion plays and featuring a set based … Read more
It’s admirable that the collaboration between these three giants of the opera world has lasted so long, not to mention a good thing for popular music in general. When Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and Jose Carreras first got together 12 years ago, the unexpected appearance of a supergroup of opera was such an artistic and … Read more
Dave Ray is an all-around mensch, and it’s a crying shame that he’s been afflicted with a pretty serious battle with cancer. In any case, friends, let’s not mince words: You will not get too many more chances to see the legendary trio that played a big part in establishing the Dinkytown folk scene of … Read more
One of the reasons we’re not too worried about covering the latest and greatest whosies and whatsits here in the Broken Clock is that we want to reserve space for the timeless, the classic, the perennial favorites. A great sin of the present generation is assuming that local heroes the Jayhawks have done nothing notable … Read more
As with so many local artists, we townies seem to be the last to know about T Lee’s creations and kudos, unless you’ve discovered her at the Uptown Art Fair. Now we can take a closer look at her original designer jewelry at her new retail store in the freshly chichi southern quarter of Northeast. … Read more
The first thing we noticed when we walked in the door of this repurposed north-suburban Pannekoeken Huis was the inviting fragrance of spice and curry, just the thing to perk up our appetite after a logy post-Gophers game nap. There are more than 100 items on the menu, all South Indian vegetarian and many strictly … Read more
Tom Bartel’s “Forgiving Rick Kahn” contains the typical, overused liberal excuse that nobody on the Democrat side of the house is responsible for the voters choosing Norm Coleman. Don’t forget, this is the same state electorate that chose Sen. “Do Nothing” Dayton (or did he change his name to Marshall Fields as well?) in 2000 … Read more
I think Tom Bartel (Forgiving Rick Kahn) is right-on in his comments surrounding the DFL debacle and downfall in this election. For quite a while now I’ve been convinced that no matter how on-track, pertinent or good-willed the Democrats or Greens and their respective platforms are – such will never be able to stand against … Read more
Tom Bartel forgot to mention the crowd (Forgiving Rick Kahn)– which started the first unfortunate move to create a partisan politcal event by booing the Republicans and clapping for the Democrats. That helped set up the Republicans to take the high road – in mourning, they sympathized; the Democrats threw tomatoes. And that behavior can … Read more
I live a long, long way away, in Sydney, Australia, but follow as much of US politics as I can. I hardly had heard of Paul Wellstone until his tragedy during the mid-term elections. The point is that reading Hans Eisenbeis’ ‘take’ (St. Paul: All Apologies) on Wellstone made me identify with not only the … Read more