Enough about the heat. But first. It’s hard to write about food when you have no appetite. Heat, humidity and the lot drive away my desires to eat. A perfect hell. I had a salad for dinner last night, and even the dressing seemed too thick and heavy. Maybe it’s all the water I’m guzzling, … Read more
Cinema Revolution and the beautiful Varsity Theater have teamed up tonight to bring you John Cassavetes’ Shadows–a film that’s outside my miniscule experience, but one that I would love to see (National Night Out calls instead). The Varsity is a lovely place to watch a movie, in case you didn’t know. Couches, good food, beer … Read more
Of course, the biggest A-and-E news of the day, at least in the circles I shake in, is the Ween concert at the Historic State Theater. (Will they leave burrito smears on the curtains?) But that’s not exactly a secret now, is it? However, those Venetian mask makers I referred to last week are starring … Read more
The things I do for this job: contractual obligations force me to sit inside air-conditioning and watch the brainless Talladega Nights. But if you’re wise, you will wander down to Loring Park to endure brain-melting temperatures to enjoy Howard Hawks’ witty and wonderful His Girl Friday, part of the Walker’s Summer Movies and Music. I … Read more
Hot off the wire! David Thomson, one of my favorite film critics, writes in the British broadsheet The Independent of a new film on the life of Truman Capote, called Infamous. This one is based on George Plimpton’s Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career. Unlike Capote, Infamous … Read more
I have an apple tree in my yard. This astonishing discovery came only a short while ago. We’ve lived here for six years. This tree sits in the back corner of the yard and has never been pretty or fragrant or useful in any way. Too low for a good climb, too spindly for a … Read more
Scoop and Miami Vice Scoop, 2006. Written and directed by Woody Allen. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Allen, Hugh Jackman, and Ian McShane. Now showing in theaters around town. Used to be that you could spot a Woody Allen fan wherever they could be found sulking. Nebbishes to an extreme, they often were seen in oversized corduroy … Read more
What’s really goin’ on this weekend in all this hot hot heat: Well, for one, the Momentum Dance Series, as sponsored by the Southern Theater and Walker Art Center, will pick up much speed tonight when a troupe of dancers, performers, and clowns (but not in the Mooseburger sense) known as the Live Action Set … Read more
So, there’s going to be this big, Cirque du Soleil-style spectacle of a show put on by all the aerialists-in-training at Circus Juventas, the St. Paul-based circus school for youth. Pazzanni, as the show’s called (sounds mysterious, no?), opens this afternoon… But d’Oh! Word is this first show is sold out! And at just fifteen … Read more
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