I was in the ticket sales office for the new Twins ballpark a few weeks ago. Actually, it must have been more than a few weeks ago because the Twins hadn’t yet given up and fallen off the pennant chase earth. On their big screen TV was a replay of the previous night’s game with … Read more
Please note: I mistakingly listed next week’s Gallery Grooves event in today’s events listing (but have since removed it). The event is on the 18th. Hope to see you then. And please forgive my error.
I slid unwelcome into this world, unbroken, but battered by the disappointment of those to whom I was delivered. I scrambled above their unhappiness and learned to believe. I found a place to stand, and kept moving. I had one man’s truth, and flung it like a stone at this world. I cried in … Read more
Holy shit, I’ve been wasting a lot of time watching baseball the last few weeks, and it’s been nice to have a few days off, even if that hiatus is the result of one of the least dramatic first rounds in recent memory. Like my pal Britt Robson over at On the Ball I can … Read more
It’s true that I dream of opening a shop (or maybe just a booth at the Fair) that sells large, wearable pretzels. Simply loop around your neck and snack as you go. Sie sind toll! Maybe next year. This year, for a different kind of Oktoberfest where you might not find a boot-swilling lederhosen-clad hottie … Read more
For whatever reason, there seems to be an unusually broad array of worthy events this evening. Are we gearing up for a long winter, or simply trying to cram everything in before we finally admit we’re in for the long haul? THEATER LECTURE Meet the Artist: Stacia Rice If you’re able to sneak away for … Read more
It is going to be a looong season for the Minnesota Timberwolves. This is not surprising, of course. Nor is it as disheartening as it might have been watching a team without much future upside try to overachieve its way into a bottom-rung playoff spot. No, this is a team with definite long range potential–no … Read more
Heidi’s, the long awaited new restaurant from Stuart and Heidi Woodman is set to open “next week,” say the Woodmans, in the former Pane Vino Dolce space at 819 W. 50th St. in south Minneapolis. The Woodmans made their reputation dishing up ambitious haute cuisine at two very high-end restaurants that have both gone out … Read more
The Center for Media Research informs us that 630 thousand execs control two-thirds of the U.S. workforce.
CNET explores the negative publicity around the music upload trial of a Minnesota woman: “Almost everybody agrees Jammie Thomas is thumping the recording industry in a battle for hearts and minds.”