Are You the Next Food Network Star?
The Next Food Network Star is looking for contestants for next season’s series. Auditions will be held October 9th in Minneapolis.
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Hit the Theaters in Style
STYLE & ART Loves Labourers: Art as Fashion, Fashion as Art 2 Mplsart presents an interesting event this evening, as part of MNfashion Weekend. Three visual artists (Adam Garcia, Eric Inkala, and Jennifer Davis) and three clothing designers (Annie Larson, Ra’mon Lawrence, and Crystal Quinn) are teaming up to paint, smear, and de- and re-construct … Read more
Dead Enders
Pamela Brumbley shares her On the Job portraits.
Rybak to the Slaughter
As mentioned here a couple days ago, Deborah Rybak, most recently media reporter at the Star Tribune, has consented to join forces with me here at Slaughter Central. To be very clear, this is not Ms. Rybak joining The Rake. (The mind boggles at the bloody, bruised-knuckle negotiating it would take to make that happen.) … Read more
Former A Rebours Owner Sets the Record Straight
Back on the 7th of September, it was — for some bizarre reason — front-page news for the Pioneer Press when A Rebours, the little bistro on St. Peter Street, closed its doors. Now, I loved A Rebours. The classic menu and long picture window and ridiculously unpronounceable name. But I didn’t think its closing … Read more
Parallels between Graffiti and Outdoor Advertising
Chris Ritke posts a video in which Robert Patterson and Chris Seta, with AAP Global, talk about the parallels between graffiti and their work in outdoor advertising.
Autumn Brew Review
The 7th Annual Autumn Brew Review is scheduled for Saturday, September 29th, in the warehouse lot of the historic Grain Belt Brewery complex, NE Minneapolis.
Bubblegum-Scented Cologne
Why would a man want to smell like bubblegum? I really hope this isn’t marketed to gross perverts trying to attract young gals.
Fearless Kids in the Biz
Flaunting its fabulous new facelift, the Parkway Theater opens its doors on Sunday to this month’s Fearless Filmmakers event. Don’t be confused if you see a lot of youngsters in the lurking about. It’s not the venue; it’s the event. Acknowledging our overwhelming focus on adults in the art world, Fearless Filmmakers has taken a … Read more
Manda Bala
Let’s call this a hybrid of the fictional Brazilian exposé City of God and Errol Morris’s police procedure doc The Thin Blue Line — both tremendous entertainment. Manda Bala (send a bullet) is a bizarre documentary detailing the rise of corruption in Brazilian culture as well as the country’s kidnapping epidemic. “Men will steal with … Read more