rakemag Celebrating the tenth (or twelfth) anniversary of my exercising the right to abstain from animal dissection in high school biology class, I present to you a discussion at the Weisman Art Museum called “Why We Dissect.” All right, all right… The expert panel won’t be talking grasshoppers and frogs here. (I still gag.) Rather, they’ll … Read more
What is with all these twenty-four hour, speedy art projects? By this, I am referring to such things as the 24-Hour Play Project, even this, the “24-Hour Collaboration,” a slumber party involving several University of Minnesota composers, most of whom live in the same ramshackle in south Minneapolis. It’s not that I oppose the application … Read more
By the way, there’s a free Fringe Festival preview tonight at Theatre de la Jeune Lune–thirty playlets done in tasty, three-minute bites. Ah, how I love the Fringe for all its quirky, lo-fi virtues. But do you know what I love the most about it? Those campy, most often amateur photographs the Fringe performers put … Read more
The big news this weekend is the Guthrie opening, of course. And I’ll be there. I won’t elaborate too much on how I feel about that (uh, excited), considering that there are many other things going on this weekend, and in some instances they won’t involve such logjam traffic. There’s Twin Cities Pride, for example. … Read more
Since I don’t often plug charity events, and am starting to feel as though I’ve got a hardened, black heart, I thought I’d pass along this info about an event happening tonight at the grandest she-palace in all the Twin Cities, Alfred’s Grand Petit Magasin. Before I get into the event: This magnificent store, in … Read more
He’s a convicted felon with many priors and not a U.S. citizen. He should be deported. We have enough criminals that are U.S. citizens and do not need to pay for non-citizens to go through the court/prison process. Convicted felon with priors—that says it all. Author(s) and Location: Kersten Herold, Chanhassen
IN PRAISE OF SECOND CHANCES My husband is very good friends with Moek. I feel that it’s very unfair to not give a person a second chance. I wonder if there is anything that anyone can do to help a person in this situation. I understand he maybe should be put on tight probation, but … Read more
As a resident of Lakeville I’d like to make a couple of corrections to the article in your June issue on the last metro Ben Franklin [Rakish Angle]. We only have nine elementary schools and three middle schools—not twelve and four respectively. We also have an Area Learning Center, Community Education Building, and Family Learning … Read more
“Nothing says love and commitment like a wedding in Sin City. With nine witnesses, one limo driver, and a registered minister, the vows of a lifetime were less than fifteen minutes. But not you, Rake—your literary contents last forever. We love you!” Author(s) and Location: Joaquin and Rebecca Aviña
Of these three absorbing mini-exhibits, we were most smitten with the 112 small works by Swiszcz, which were hung in grid form on two walls. The Minneapolitan selected these from the results of a painting-a-day spree that lasted for nine months. Some are abstract, but most are quirky studies of everyday life: a cat entreating … Read more