Tuesday isn’t normally thought to be a good night for catching live theater, but if it’s The Gatsby you’re wanting, then it’s the Gatsby you’re getting (and besides, there’s really not much else going on tonight, so you might as well give yourselves the excuse to enjoy the new building you helped pay for). And … Read more
The problem with blazing through life with eyes strictly forward, is that often I forget to reconnect to people with whom I’ve shared good days. Life takes work, and sometimes there doesn’t seem to be enough time or energy to reboil old friendships. And then there’s the fear that the connection leads only to a … Read more
Uff. Going out on school nights… Last night’s Golden Smog show made it especially difficult to get out of bed this morning. Was anyone else there? Want to send in your impromptu reviews? Am I the only one who thinks it wasn’t worth packing in with all those other sweaty, stinky bodies, with the occasional … Read more
The Lady Eve, 1941. Written and directed by lipstick-magnate Preston Sturges. Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Hank Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette and Sturges stalwarts William Demarest, Eric Blore and Robert Greig. Playing in Loring Park with Fat Kid Wednesdays; part of the Walker’s Summer Music and Movies. Briefly: tonight, the Walker Art Center is bestowing us … Read more
Some pills make you taller and some pills make you small If you didn’t get a big enough laugh out of Bush’s petty moralizing at his stem cell research funding veto ceremony, here’s one for you: Tim (I’m Only Looking Out for You) Pawlenty thinks the frequent television ads for prescription drugs are too much. … Read more
four and twenty blackbirds … Pie. Apple pie, lemon pie, pumpkin pie, shoofly pie, humble pie, pot pie, mincemeat pie, sugar pie. Pies have been around since the ancient Egyptians. In older times, the crust was not eaten. Referred to as the “coffyn”, the crust was merely a means of holding the warm filling together. … Read more
Musicapolis is the weekend’s coolest happening–this being Minnesota Center for Photography‘s addendum to last year’s Musicapolis exhibition, which somehow left out the work of iconic Minneapolis rock-n-roll photographer Dan Corrigan. (I heard it was some sort of scheduling glitch.) The big party, taking place at MCP tomorrow, includes performances by Spaghetti Western String Company (they’re … Read more
There are no movie theaters in Saudi Arabia. Considering that there is no booze in the Kingdom of Saud, that there are no nightclubs, that 114 degree temperatures make sports all but impossible, and the shabobs (Arabic for young men) have to resort to driving like maniacs in order to let off steam, one would … Read more
Normally, I would eschew the touting of political events and fundraisers here on Horticulture/Secret of the Day. But considering this further, I figured Why not make an exception for a particularly cool-sounding political fundraiser? I mean, I hate to be the spoiler here for any uninitiated, but my political leanings are rather obvious to start, … Read more
Bush to stem cell researchers: “Up yours!” Well, it was a bit strange today to see Bush drag out the veto stamp for the first time in his presidency to kill the funding for stem cell research. “It crosses a moral boundary that our society needs to respect, so I vetoed it,” he said to … Read more