Let’s face it. The Days of Wine and Roses are past. This is January, month of frigid temperatures and atonement. And all I have to say is, if you overindulged in December. . . .well, join the club. I’m not a glutton by nature. I don’t typically stuff myself; I’ve been drunk maybe twice in … Read more
I had a lovely dinner last night at the Grand Café: cauliflower soup with a fig gastrique; pan-seared scallops with porcini-potato pave, and lean slices of medium rare bison (buffalo) top sirloin with lentils, bathed in a fig and port wine demi-glace. Then this morning, I happened to see the full-page ad in the New … Read more
Ok… I made a promise to my husband and kids that — although I amknown to get a little out of control — they would never have to worry about me pulling a Britney Spears. Well, I pulled a Britney, but it wasn’t my fault! 🙂 Here is what happened. My whole life I have … Read more
Forget about looking back … let’s guess what’s in store for 08! If a rat can charm us, why not a bug? The next great food film to be revered by adults and tolerated by kids will be a jaunty romp with Corky Cockroach as he sings his way through a scrappy life spent in the bottom of … Read more
ARTMidwest Sanctuary Immigration to the United States is at its highest level since its historic peak in the 1920s; there really are a lot of people roaming the world, either forced by war or economics or driven by curiosity or circumstance. And many of them, artists included, end up here. (Read some of their stories … Read more
And the empty place got dark, and the fire went out. —Randall Jarrell, The Animal Family It’s always seemed to me that very little of the music I love in any particular year makes much of a reappearance in subsequent years. If I looked at lists of my favorite records and CDs from virtually … Read more
I don’t do ten best lists, but looking back over the last year, I can recall some memorable dining experiences. For now, at least, I am going to limit myself to the new places – the list will just get too long if I try to work in more than just a mention of old … Read more
Actually this is just a more prominent way of letting folks know I’m overwhelmed with a looming deadline on another story and won’t be able to make the Wolves game tonight–or even see it until tomorrow or Friday. So if anyone wants to fill in with their impressions–it can be a trey of your own … Read more
In these cold, bristling days of the early year (when there’s no holiday in sight), it’s good to have something to anticipate … And so, in defiance of depressing January, this offering: an illustrated list of some, but not all, of the designers for this spring’s Voltage local fashion show, courtesy of Nic Marshall Photography. … Read more
PERFORMANCESample This Year’s Goodies Who doesn’t love samples? And who wants to sit though one long show when you can squeeze in many, in nice neat ten-minute increments? Sample Night Live: Art in a Trial Size does just that, giving one a buffet of bite-sized upcoming performance options that includes everything from rock bands to … Read more