I hope you all noticed the bold initiative of the Star Tribune, as expressed on their editorial page on Sunday. Yup, they put their heads together, snorted and wheezed with the Herculean effort, pressed hard on their temples to concentrate the intellect, and made their endorsement regarding tomorrow’s "Super Tuesday" nationwide primaries and caucuses. And … Read more
Priorities. Priorities. Be on the lookout for Leinenkugel’s Northwoods beer, which, after a two-year hiatus, finally goes on sale today for a limited time. Mmmmm. Also, be sure to stop and visit our Multimedia page again for a tour of the Art Shanty Project with Rake intern Tricia Towey. We’ll have a new Owen video … Read more
NOTE: This post originally appeared with a photo that Rachel Hutton herself asked me to remove — in a very nice note that said in part "I realize it’s impossible to stay anonymous. . . .but I spent all last week pulling as many images as possible off the S&S [Simon & Schuster] and BTM … Read more
There is another kind of sleep, We are talking in it now. As children we walked in it, a mile to school, And dreamed we dreamed we dreamed. —James Galvin, from "Hematite Lake" Maris Gomes was very young when he went to sea for the first time, and not much older –still much too young– … Read more
Copyright 2008 NBAE (Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images) Game #46, Home Game #22: LA Clippers 83, Minnesota 104 Season record: 10-36 1. Two Matchup Switches Sebastian Telfair was in the torture chamber that is Sam Cassell’s offensive bag of tricks. The first two times Cassell called his own number in Friday night’s game, … Read more
Not long ago, Colle+McVoy, the second-oldest ad agency in Minnesota, was thought to be a stodgy place; mostly it created ads for agricultural products, a decidedly un-sexy category. But last fall, observers got to scratching their heads when the agency won top honors at “The Show,” an annual awards ceremony from the Advertising Federation of … Read more
Ever since Bruno Dumont was bequeathed the honors of the Cannes festival jury (including two grand prize awards for this and this film), I have been doubtful of just how significant the honor is. That is not to say that Dumont didn’t deserve the awards (he did) but that they had almost no effect whatsoever … Read more
I should have known better, having so many questions about a film with an elusive question for a title — and cult actor Crispin Glover as writer, director, and supporting character. I know, I know. But Glover describes What Is It?, a film featuring a number of actors with Down’s Syndrome, as "the adventures of … Read more
Beware Minnesotans, as you look hungrily toward the weekend of various and sundry dips, lowest common denominator too hot for TV sales pitches, and an incidental football game. For this weekend marks the opening of the Black Gates of Democracy, unleashing the unwashed hordes of political punditry upon our fair state. Now that political heavyweights … Read more
So, as I’m sure lots of you’ve heard, another makeover to Calhoun Square is in the works. The press release came across our desk just yesterday, along with the artist rendering above. Frankly, I can’t pretend like I care much about it today … But here’s something I do find interesting: A few months back, … Read more