rakemag Fernando & Becky at Magen’s Bay, St. Thomas US Virgin Islands, same place where they spent their honeymoon 20 years ago. Second photo: Well, that’s Dumbo reading the Rake at the comfort of his cabin in the Royal Caribbean Explorer Author(s) and Location: Fernando & Becky Torres
Bharati Acharya [Minneapolis] knew she would have a lot of time to read at Lago Atitlan, Guatemala. Among her other things, she packed a copy of the Rake in her luggage. The only way to get around the lake is on one of the dozen, or so, boat taxis that traverse the waters. But a … Read more
Clinton Collins, Jr., clearly defines the problem of the Star Tribune’s reader’s representative [Free the Jackson Five, June] when he concludes that “complaining to the Star Tribune is OK—if it is the right complaint, on the right issue … ” The irony here is that the Star Tribune did have a reader’s representative who was … Read more
The only positive thing about the very creepy Body Worlds exhibit at the Science Museum [The Rake’s Progress, June] is that it’s dead humans and not the usual dead animals that are being violated, disrespected, and exploited in the name of art. Author(s) and Location: Frank Erickson, Minneapolis
So to summarize your story [“No Way Home,” June]: Cambodia is hot. Cambodia sucks. Boy comes to the U.S. with his parents. Boy joins a gang, and never bothers to get citizenship, despite living here fifteen years. Finally, after being in fairly regular criminal trouble as a juvenile, he’s eighteen when charged with a felony … Read more
Jon Stewart’s smart satire makes watching The Daily Show one of our favorite things to do in bed. But it’s a little-known fact that the show owes much of its sassy vibe to Minnesota-born humorist Lizz Winstead, who, with Madeleine Smithberg, co-created the show. Winstead still works the comedy circuit, performing one-woman shows such as … Read more
Several months back, I managed to straddle the divide between the good and bad, young and old concert-going experience in just one evening. It’s no coincidence, of course, that I was still 29-years-old back then–well on my way to becoming the “Snack Wells and Cat Lady” I would be at the stroke of thirty. In … Read more
While not exactly a secret, the just-opened Diane Arbus exhibition is fantastic. I was absorbed by it while milling about the gallery this past Saturday afternoon. The photographs were beguiling, of course. But what really struck me were the “project rooms”–in particular, the room housing Arbus’ personal biography. Her childhood, her marriage, her motherhood, all … Read more
Secret of the Day is that you should avoid parking in the Guthrie Theater’s new parking ramp, once it opens next week. After a “press screening” on Friday, I tried paying my fee in the fully automated ramp with my credit card, only to have it get rejected. Nothing out of the ordinary there. I … Read more
A little birdie / press release told me that Twin Cities Film Fest / U Film Society mastermind Al Milgrom got into a fight with an elevator out at the Seattle Film Festival on Wednesday. And the elevator might’ve won, because he ended up with a broken arm. Geez, Al! First the heart attack and … Read more