photo: diners in Bad Lauterberg listen to the bawdy stories of Fra Davolo Goettingen, Germany. Most people don’t come to this German university town in search of great cuisine, and I didn’t either. I came because my father is recovering from quintuple bypass surgery at a clinic near here. Everything you have heard about prices … Read more
MUSICMovies and Music in the Park featuring The Alarmists This annual tradition is one of my favorites. I still remember my first time in 1992 or ’93…I was an angsty 15 year old when I went to see Babes in Toyland play – a band which I held in the highest regard (and I had … Read more
I was recently quoted in print saying, "I don’t particularly like complaining." This came as a huge surprise to many of my friends, who immediately contacted me about what they perceived as a glaring inaccuracy in the article. Of course, I protested that it all made sense in context: I was being interviewed about a … Read more
Where would Count Dracula dine if he visited the Twin Cities? We don’t have any Romanian restaurants, but if he misses the cooking of his native Transylvania (now a part of Romania), he’ll have a once-a-year opportunity on Saturday, July 26, when Saint Stephen Romanian Orthodox Church, Saint Paul, sponsors its annual Twin Cities Romanian … Read more
On a recent sunny afternoon in Minneapolis, four fabulous looking ladies put some serious sass into the usually bland game of golf. As the young fasionistas shimmied across the grounds of the Walker Museum’s new Artist Designed Mini Golf Course, the women combined ample cleavage and golf putters to make the fantasy of millions of … Read more
Note to "media types:" Your power by using sexual innuedno to get the "prized audience" isn’t working so well…anymore! I have been spending a lot of time lately doing research on what people read and why. There are a few important areas that seem to bug the future of this country and the ones who … Read more
PERFORMANCE SuperGroup: GroupWork One I’ve got a soft spot for artsy weirdos, and artsy weirdos these are. New avant garde performance troupe "SuperGroup" will premiere their brand-spankin’ new dance/performance/art/theater/sculpture piece this weekend at the Bedlam Theatre to most likely baffled, but surely enraptured audiences. Collaborating with NYC-based performance artist Abby Browde, the group with take … Read more
Part the first — History Is the Past History is something that happens to other people. -Anonymous WELCOME STUDENTS. I’d like to begin today’s seminar with a pop quiz. (No groaning, people!) Please take out your Bluebooks and answer the following two-part question: 1. Identify the following historical era: In the early years … Read more
SPECIAL EVENT Creative Context Help kick off this new monthly party in style! l’etoile magazine (one of my side projects) and The Guthrie team up to bring you Creative Context, a post-show party in the Guthrie’s Target Lounge, hosted by some of the most influential local women in arts and media. Every 2nd Thursday of … Read more
For all this talk about the decline of literary reading in America, there’s really been very little offered in the way of solution. As per usual, I’m probably unqualified to be writing this (caveats seem to have worked for Britt; maybe they will for me too), but I think I have an idea that might … Read more