rakemag Today, the Friends of the Minneapolis Public Library embark on a film series to explore the life and influence of Frankenstein director James Whale. Use it to tide you over since you missed last week’s screenings of Infamous… Me, I’ll be at home, still trying to nurse this crud-of-a-cold.
What I’m really doing this weekend: Tonight I’m going to the opening night party for Minneapolis in 19 Minutes Flat, a short, cinematic historic of Minneapolis starring Kevin Kling. On Saturday, I’m headed over to the Twin Cities Book Festival so that I can geek out over comic books, essay and poetry anthologies, and zines. … Read more
Wrestling with indecision… How often, lately, have I taken to the laundry list? First, readings, since books (and breath) are warm, it’s cold outside, and I’ve caught a case of the sniffles… Dear Ghosts, with Tess Gallagher, or Evil by Design: The Creation and Marketing of the Femme Fatale, with Elizabeth Menon. Perhaps a stop … Read more
Addendum to the October music issue, page 52: It seems we forgot to mention Club Underground, a venue up in Northeast. The club’s booker, Marc Bowen, wrote to say he’s “a little pissed off” about the omission, understandably; and he has since incited a letter-writing campaign… So far, we’ve received no fewer than eight letters … Read more
A quick break from production week to advise those with the time, inclination to leave their offices, homes, to actually go outside to find something to do. Lucia Newell. The Stills. Russian Realism. The Science of Sleep, per the advice of Peter Schilling… Late Breaking: Let us not forget Raking Through Books (with Brad Zellar … Read more
Three goings on for tonight: 1) Books: Edina Library hosts a panel discussion on the subject of what makes good literature; 2) Theater: a special Monday evening performance of The Master and Margarita; 3) Music: Ode to Cole Porter with Arne Fogle and Maud Hixon at Rossi’s Blue Star.
Ah, Beyond The Crescent Moon. And it’s going to be a crisp, autumn (and full) one at that. And later on this weekend, from what I hear, there’ll be plenty of Little Miss Sunshine and even a little Surf Stomp to go along with it. But soon, soon enough… The Elevator to the Gallows (daylight … Read more
Somedays one can’t bring herself to write about the on-the-town junket she could and should be taking–in a perfect, more energized world. I am a woman, see, and so my universe is ruled by guilt. And it just feels really baaaaad sometimes, you know, to plug a show that I myself wouldn’t want to go … Read more
Our humble, and often slighted, dance community is hosting its own version of an awards ceremony: tonight at its flagship, the beautiful Southern Theater. Rumor has it that this event is going to be “less pretentious” than last week’s Ivey Awards. (As in less sponsored, probably–and I’m quoting an anonymous source here.) Tickets are just … Read more
Thirst Theater embarks on another performance season tonight–this time at a new venue, Jitter’s. If you don’t know what Thirst is, it’s basically a program of little playlets by local writers, as performed by card-carrying union actors. And the brains behind the deal is none other than Alan Berks, the writerly fella responsible for this … Read more