Christy DeSmith
Christy DeSmith is assistant editor at The Rake, where she covers
performing arts and fashion, as well as other curiosities. She
occasionally freelances for the Star Tribune and the St. Paul Pioneer
Press as a theater critic and was recently named an affiliated writer
for 2007-08 by the Theatre Communications Group and American Theatre
magazine.
University of Minnesota dance students don new Spring fashions.
She helps you get your Klingon.
An appreciation and short history of a burgeoning performance genre
by Christy DeSmith, photos by Ashley Thimm, Eric Melzer, Michael Daniel, Scott Pakudatis,
What happens when your mate dolls you up for a date?
Creative director Mike Fetrow talks about the lost luster of Super Bowl ads, the “viral” craze, and why people in advertising have more fun.
How the birth control pill became a lifestyle drug
This is your brain on O2.
Is that a widget in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
