WINE & DINE Wine after Work: Port, Sherry, and Madeira Wine implies sophistication, classiness, and for many, mystery. If you love wine, but have always felt a little intimidated by it, then Wine After Work is the thing for you. In a casual and laidback setting, you (and perhaps a few friends) will learn about … Read more
I would watch Philip Seymour Hoffman fold his laundry. Magnolia, 25th Hour, Capote. Like a blond, overfed version of Sean Penn, he is so riveting onscreen — so true in every single role he plays — that the actors around him seem to fade. In The Savages, which I saw this afternoon at the Edina … Read more
We asked the captain what course of action he proposed to take toward a beast so large, terrifying, and unpredictable. He hesitated to answer, then said judiciously: "I think I shall praise it." —Robert Hass, from Praise Every once in awhile he would experience a disorienting moment –these instances were almost like seizures– in which … Read more
Copyright 2008 NBAE (Photo by D. Clarke Evans/NBAE via Getty Images) Game #35, Road Game #18: Minnesota 82, Houston 113 Game #36, Road Game #19: Minnesota 88, San Antonio 105 Season record: 5-31 1. The Emergence of Gomes Let’s begin with the good news. In terms of being a complete, synergistic basketball player working to … Read more
A friend forwarded this classified ad to me in an email: OLDS 1999 IntrigueTotally uncool parents who obviously don’t love teenage son, selling his car. Only driven for 3 weeks before snoopy mom who needs to get a life found booze under front seat. $3,700/offer. Call meanest mom on the planet. I thought for sure … Read more
We stopped in last night at Musashi, the new Japanese restaurant in the former Olive Garden space at 6th and Hennepin, downtown, and took a seat at the sushi bar. When I asked for omakase, the sushi chef who greeted us gave me a puzzled look. "Teppanyaki?," he asked – or something that sounded like … Read more
THEATER & PERFORMANCEHeads Will Roll, Blood Will Flow William Shakespeare’s epic revenge tragedy, Titus Andronicus, opens this weekend. Directed by Paul von Stoetzel, and starring Charles Hubbell, this Cromulent Shakespeare Company production tells the brutal, yet beautifully poetic story of revenge between Roman General Titus and Tamora Queen of the Goths. Expect a great deal … Read more
“Who doesn’t love Sam and Sylvia Kaplan?” [January] Well, I guess I don’t. Nothing personal; it’s just that they stand for everything I dislike about politics and “progressives.” Secretive meetings held behind closed doors; politicians groveling for the Kaplans’ approval; the Twin Cities’ elite hobnobbing at invitation-only soirees. It reeks of the cronyism the Kaplans … Read more
Somehow, the September Rake still lays around, and I re-read “The Roman Arch” [Good Intentions] every few days. It must be good writing. Author(s) and Location: Bill Kinghorn, St. Michael Letter Type: Letter