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This weekend, the thing I care mostly deeply about is the Macy’s Day of Music, which is really part of Minnesota Orchestra’s Sommerfest, in case you got fooled by the name. Check this cool lineup: The Melismatics play at 10 p.m., The New Standards at 11, Low (oh-my-god, oh-my-god) at midnight. The good thing about … Read more

I am immune to all this heat that’s got everyone in a tizzy, so it’s not that that’s got me feeling so blue. Rather, I injured my foot on a routine five-mile run Tuesday night. At first I thought it was just a cramp. But when I tried to go for a run again last … Read more

I do not know much about The Divine Cocktail Lounge Show and Supper Club, but I do know that it’s emceed by an all-around great guy named Henry Allen, a writer/musician/performer who did duty with Theatre de la Jeune Lune back in the days when I worked there. In any case, tonight’s episode of this … Read more

Short-n-sweet: the University of Minnesota has invited local puppet and object theater master Michael Sommers onboard its showboat to perform Old Four Eyes: A Mississippi Panorama, a new play by Kevin Kling. I highly recommend Sommers’ work for reasons that I can’t push through this morning’s fog of coffee- and sleep-deprivation. The first performance is … Read more

The, uh, preferred weekend agenda: Tomorrow night at the Turf Club, they’re offering a crash-course for geeks like me who’ve fallen out of touch with the local indie music scene. The band Diplomacy, whose music is described as rather peppy and yet restrained, will celebrate the release of another new CD. “Try If You Like” … Read more

There’s no way the Bicycle Film Fest will get by unnoticed by the likes of me. In fact, I’m so excited that I’m even been contemplating, over my oatmeal this morning, whether I should ride to work–this being something I haven’t done as often as I’d like to this year. I’d like to honor the … Read more

Let’s start the short week on a light note, shall we? Those zany Art Car artists now have their own exhibition at Outsiders and Others Gallery–and they’re working in media other than automobiles, mind you. The official opening is this Saturday evening, but the show’s on view between noon and 5 p.m. today, tomorrow, and … Read more

Happy freakin’ Fourth. I always get so depressed after this holiday, knowing that summer’s about half eaten up. So, while I don’t exactly look forward to this occasion, I do tend to make the most of these final days of sunny summer moods. I will be enjoying a much-needed, four-day hiatus… If you need anything … Read more

You know you’re getting old when, if left in charge of suggesting happenings to the general populace, you end up plugging panel discussions two days straight. But there are many reasons why the WARM and the Feminist Art Movement talk–again, at the Weisman–is of interest to me. First, the old Women’s Art Registry Gallery in … Read more