Category: Letter

Dear Daughter, Having a grand time in New Zealand, but if you don’t stop fussing, we’re not sending any more postcards. Just remember that 70 is the new 30. Guess what’s hot in Queenstown? [reference to postcard photo — bungy jumping off the Kawarau Bridge] Sometimes in the nude! We tried it with our clothes…

Good morning, My name is Chris DeLine, and I’m the editor for a local music site called Culture Bully. Today we posted a rebuttle written written by one of our writers, Kyle Myhre, regarding Jason Lewis’s discouraging comments on local Hmong artist Tou Saiko Lee. Kyle is also a local MC, spoken word artist, and…

We read with disappointment the open letter from Marcie Rendon — "The Cost of Silence" — and several other online posts she has written attacking our work with her on our recent production, Border Crossing. In some of these communications she has gone to the unfortunate, and offensive, extreme of describing our process as "racist."…

Sauced is run by John Conklin, a friend of mine, and is a great addition to the Northside. I am, however, puzzled as to why John gets a great review and my restaurant, Papa’s Pizza and Pasta, gets totally ignored once again. We have been on the corner of 42nd and Thomas for three years,…

Greetings from a former actual subscriber to The Rake. I’m not sure how I ended up at Ann Bauer’s blog tonight, but I enjoyed several pages of it, and only quit reading as it’s long past time I was in bed! I’d like to challenge her on her attitude about cloth shopping bags, though. Although…

Thanks for reprinting the 2003 WSJ Opinion piece. I remembered it, but couldn’t recall the source. I may print copies and hand them out the next time I go to any performance in the Twin Cities. A couple of weeks ago, Jorja Fleezanis performed Elgar’s Violin Concerto with the Minnesota Orchestra, which was conducted by…