Gather, ye friends! And look upon the pronto pups of our youth. Oh yea, it is the time of the fest. June 15 Viola Gopher Count Viola, MN. Besides the “famous grilled cheese hamburger” I’m betting there’s a lot of beer at this one. June 17 SPAM Museum Jam 2006 Austin, MN. How can you … Read more
What I’m really doing this weekend: Doe at the Playwrights’ Center tonight, a new play by Trista Baldwin, who’s also a member of this Workhaus Collective of local playwrights. Will report back on results. And I am supposedly, finally, making it to Body Worlds–which I’m not entirely jazzed about after one of my girlfriends said … Read more
My digital camera is gone; above, stock photo subtly suggesting that the Virginia Madsen character is an angel. Get it? There’s more in case you don’t… A Prairie Home Companion, 2006. Directed by Robert Altman, written by Garrison Keillor. Starring Garrison Keillor, Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Virginia Madsen, Kevin Kline, Lindsay Lohan, John C. Reilly, … Read more
Tonight, in an alley behind the Matchbox Coffee Shop (1306 2nd Avenue NE–just off Broadway) a great guy named Barry is going to show some keen flicks. In his words: “We shoot video onto the painted brick, fairly large. We have a portable speaker, but I’m hoping to get FM transmission up and running as … Read more
The Twin Cities Noir launch party is tonight. Once there, I plan to ogle over all the self-actualized crime writers, including my cubicle-neighbor Brad Zellar. Also in the TC Noir ranks: City Pages theater critic Quinton Skinner, although I haven’t been sure what to make of that guy ever since he liked Caryl Churchill’s “A … Read more
An open letter to anyone not wanting to leave their houses today, and to those inextricably linked to their laptops–especially the music-heads: Have you tried Pandora.com? I know I already mentioned this website yesterday, but I was as of then just a dabbler. Twenty-four hours later and I’m a full-fledged pro. Pandora lets you enter … Read more
The kind of thing that always happens to me is I’ll go to the store to buy a book on what happened when and I’ll get lost and confused once I get there, forget what I drove out there for, and end up with a book on how to cook things in fifteen minutes, which … Read more
This just in from our Hollywood Operative: Neil LaBute, who you’d would think would know better, is trying his hand remaking The Wicker Man. Big mistake. The original Wicker Man is a triumph of ham, of cheap thrills, creepy Scottish countrysides made even creepier by poor camerawork, and a ridiculous script that seems as if … Read more
I usually mistrust gimmicky food things. I don’t own an avocado slicer and I’ll never buy an adjustable hambuger press. But that doesn’t mean that, every once in a while, something super cool can’t be found. I know that this week everyone is eating out at spectacular restaurants to help fight hunger, but think ahead … Read more