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Of Castles and Kings

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ART Drawing Attention Bringing drawing to a whole new depth, Joyce Lyon and Alexis Kuhr open their exhibit, Recent Drawings, at the Nash today. Each artist is a master at graphite drawing and has her own sophisticated style to offer. Lyon uses dramatic shadows and fine details to tell the story of the structure and … Read more

Old School Name, Brand New Sound

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When talent and friendship meet on stage, magic is bound to happen. And indeed it did. Old School Freight Train left their audience spellbound as they strummed and drummed their way through an energetic and soulful seventy-five minute set at the Cedar last week. For me, the time flew by much too fast. OSFT kept … Read more

What Makes a Man Start Fires?

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The word ‘brain,’ you know, never once occurs in the ancient scriptures of the world. You will not find it in the Bible –the reins, the heart, and so forth were what men felt with. …Every man who thinks for himself and feels vividly finds he lives in a world of his own, apart, and … Read more

What Is This Thing Called Cheese?

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OK, I know what cheese is. And I also know — because I researched it once — why it exists. In nomadic societies, back when people had to carry their food on their backs as they moved from place to place, and spoilage was a huge and potentially life-threatening issue, particularly in the heat, tribes … Read more

States' Rights When It Comes to Flagpoles

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I’ve been thinking a bit about Mike Huckabee. Of course, I’ve mostly been thinking about what a disaster for the country it would be to follow the idiot currently in the White House with another. But you’ve got to admit Huckabee would be funny. For example, let’s consider his performance on the Confederate flag in … Read more

Apologies, Promises, and News

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Sorry I’ve been slow to update, but I wanted to send alert of this upcoming fashion show LATER THIS WEEK (Thursday) that’s titled, appropriately, Avoid The Grey. The show is being produced by Cliché, a fabulous Lyn-Lake area boutique. The intent, even more appropriately, is to inject some color into our beige-um-gray winter palettes, and … Read more

Doing Lines: When Actors Fail to Recall

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Peer Gynt: It’s a fairly good Guthrie production, in my humble view–although it would’ve been smart, even merciful, of the director, had he condensed the meandering fourth and fifth acts. But what I’m more interested in discussing here is the review penned by Star Tribune critic Rohan Preston, in which he derides lead actor Mark … Read more

Honor Martin Luther King, Jr.

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MUSICJazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Ever since Wynton Marsalis seized the reins of the JLCO in the early ’90s, both the orchestra and the organization have been hallmarks of supreme scholarship and top-notch quality control in the effort to enshrine jazz as America’s classical music. The only danger was that Marsalis would … Read more