“I consider myself extremely lucky,” artist Judy Onofrio has said. “Every day, I have the opportunity to construct a world of memory, humor, and stories through my work in the studio. Best of all, I live in that world and invite others in.” It is in this spirit of openness that the 2005 McKnight Distinguished … Read more
Hot off the wire! David Thomson, one of my favorite film critics, writes in the British broadsheet The Independent of a new film on the life of Truman Capote, called Infamous. This one is based on George Plimpton’s Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career. Unlike Capote, Infamous … Read more
I have an apple tree in my yard. This astonishing discovery came only a short while ago. We’ve lived here for six years. This tree sits in the back corner of the yard and has never been pretty or fragrant or useful in any way. Too low for a good climb, too spindly for a … Read more
Scoop and Miami Vice Scoop, 2006. Written and directed by Woody Allen. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Allen, Hugh Jackman, and Ian McShane. Now showing in theaters around town. Used to be that you could spot a Woody Allen fan wherever they could be found sulking. Nebbishes to an extreme, they often were seen in oversized corduroy … Read more
What’s really goin’ on this weekend in all this hot hot heat: Well, for one, the Momentum Dance Series, as sponsored by the Southern Theater and Walker Art Center, will pick up much speed tonight when a troupe of dancers, performers, and clowns (but not in the Mooseburger sense) known as the Live Action Set … Read more
So, there’s going to be this big, Cirque du Soleil-style spectacle of a show put on by all the aerialists-in-training at Circus Juventas, the St. Paul-based circus school for youth. Pazzanni, as the show’s called (sounds mysterious, no?), opens this afternoon… But d’Oh! Word is this first show is sold out! And at just fifteen … Read more
Heirloom Tomato Names That I Fancy Green Zebra Hillbilly Mortgage Lifter Mr. Stripey Cosmonaut Volkov Isis Candy Jaune Flamme Ivory Egg Stump of the World Tappy’s Finest Wapsipinicon Peach Blondkopchen Bloody Butcher Dingwall Scotty Hank Purple Calabash
Lookit: Barnes and Noble Galleria is hosting a reading by Robert Sullivan, author of the aptly-named CROSS COUNTRY: Fifteen Years and Ninety Thousand Miles on the Roads and Interstates of America with Lewis and Clark, a Lot of Bad Motels, a Moving Van, Emily Post, Jack Kerouac, My Wife, My Mother-in-Law, Two Kids, and Enough … Read more
The Conversation, 1974. Written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Starring Gene Hackman, Harrison Ford, Robert Duvall, Cindy Williams, Michael Higgins, and some of the finest character actors of the 70s: John Cazale, Frederick Forrest, Teri Garr, and Allen Garfield. Shows Wednesday night, July 26, at 9:00pm and Sunday, August 6 at 5:00pm on Turner … Read more