Don’t let the title fool you. This exhibit showcases innovative, contemporary takes on traditional American Indian art forms. It’s a chance to see work by Kevin Pourier and Dwayne Wilcox, whose horn carvings and ledger drawings garnered attention at two earlier, similarly themed exhibits, Impacted Nations and Changing Hands II: Art Without Reservation; included as … Read more
If you want to piss people off, claim that Dave Grohl has written and performed more great music than Kurt Cobain. It’s true: While his stuff may never be as transcendent as Cobain’s, the Foo frontman and ex-Nirvana drummer has soldiered on in superior fashion since Cobain’s ’94 suicide, delivering a remarkably consistent string of … Read more
The co-founder of Los Hombres Calientes, young Irvin Mayfield has over the years abetted the impeccable precision of his trumpet lines with increasingly emotional long-form compositions. How Passion Falls in 2001 was his personal response to the first time his heart was broken, and Strange Fruit, recorded four years later, is an incendiary tale of … Read more
Last time Charlyn Marshall played Minneapolis, her set was half songs and half nervous chatter, owing to the notorious self- consciousness that occasionally overshadows the subtle beauty in her music. But her 2006 triumph, The Greatest, has given the shy and sad kid a renewed sense of confidence that will only be further buttressed by … Read more
I finally saw Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood last week. I was impressed, but the twelve others in the audience didn’t seem to digest it as well. Several left during the less exciting last hour of the film. Others derisively asked "whose idea was it to see this movie?" as they were leaving. … Read more
It’s an odd feeling when a restaurant closes. If it had a big-name chef or the affection of local critics, the closing can cause much hullabaloo (as was witnessed one recent winter). If the eatery was not-so-celebrated, as is more often the case, the closing happens quietly, sadly. But what of the space? For a … Read more
Minnesota in early February is the perfect place and time for some intelligent and effervescent pop to quicken our winter-slogged minds and brighten our outlooks across the snow-covered prairie. The chance to hear ex-Split Enz frontman (and Crowded House cohort) Tim Finn spin flax into gold while reprising the magical realism of his latest solo … Read more
I admit that after a lifelong obsession with automotive things, I never really got what the fuss was about Bugatti. Until I actually saw one, then sat in it, then started it up at the national automotive museum in Alsace. Its all clear now. Ettore Bugatti was the son of a sculptor who is exhibited … Read more
Copyright 2008 NBAE (Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images) Game # 38, Road Game #19: Minnesota 95, Phoenix 115 Game #39, Road Game #20: Minnesota 108, Denver 111 Game #40, Road Game #21: Minnesota 109, Golden State 108 Season record: 6-34 First of all, apologies for the near-weeklong absence. I wrote a fairly detailed … Read more
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