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April 2004 Issue

FEATURES

Out the Inbox

Out the Inbox

Who is responsible for all that pornographic spam?
by Dan Mitchell
Mine Over Matter

Mine Over Matter

Deep under the Iron Range, physicists search for the truth about the elusive neutrino.
by Adam Minter

LETTERS & RED HANDED

Confession of a Scene-Stealer

Prove Your Innocence

The Victimless Crime

THE RAKISH ANGLE

Human Nature

Good Intentions

Human Nature

Goodbye to one of the nation’s finest unsung writers.
by Hans Eisenbeis

Kids These Days

Go Loudly into the Night

Dust off that Telecaster, you old duffer. Relearn how to rock.
by Keith Pille
The Cultured Pugilist

The Peanut Gallery

The Cultured Pugilist

Put up or shut up—the Shakespearean way!
by Julie Caniglia
Animal House

Wild Kingdom

Animal House

We talk to the animals. They say life’s not so bad at Como Zoo.
by Geoff Ziezulewicz
Land of Milk & Money

Land of Milk & Money

The Rake gets pregnant and moves to Norway to explore the myths and realities of Scandinavian health care.
by Eric Dregni
Meet the Meat Guys

Gastronomer

Meet the Meat Guys

Gentlemen, start your freezers!
by Joe Pastoor
My Pod

The Future

My Pod

You were waiting for your personal jet-pack—how about a gondola of your own?
by Tim King
Elvis Has Left the Rotunda

The Outer Ring

Elvis Has Left the Rotunda

OK, he’s actually holed up between Orange Julius and Spencer Gifts.
by Dan Gilchrist, Illustrations by Andrew Vanderkarr
Skyway to Heaven

Introductions

Skyway to Heaven

Punkie Jay Bakker asks a Minneapolis Bible college to forgive and not forget.
by Matt Modrich

STRAIGHT TALK

On Gay Marriage

Wing Young Huie

SO LITTLE TIME...

Theater

The Exonerated

State Theater, April 6-11

Concerts

JazzMn Big Band with Slide Hampton

Bensen Great Hall, Bethel College, April 17

CDs

The Honeydogs, 10,000 Years

Available now

Readings

A.S. Byatt

Ted Mann Concert Hall, April 17

Art

Mary Beach: Paris Working

Speedboat Gallery, Through April 20

Concerts

Vocalessence presents Heitzeg’s Nobel Symphony

Orchestra Hall, April 18

Readings

Local mystery writers’ readings

various locations; see details below

Movies

Dogville

Oak Street Cinema, April 3; Uptown Theater, opens April 16

Books

Herman Wouk, A Hole in Texas

Available April

Theater

The Vanek Trilogy

Bryant-Lake Bowl Cabaret Theater, April 2-24

Concerts

The Pixies, The Strokes

Fine Line Music Cafe, April 13; First Avenue, April 25

CDs

The Bad Plus, Give

Available now

Readings

Joyce Carol Oates

Hennepin County Library Pen Pals Author Lecture Series, Adath Jeshurun Congregation, May 19-20

Readings

Festival of Children’s Literature

Open Book, April 2-3

Art

Light Bound: Photographers Regard the Book

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Through July 18

Concerts

Richard Hayes Phillips

Various locations, April 17-25

Movies

Women with Vision 2004

Minnesota History Center, Oak Street Cinema and General Mills Auditorium, May 5-9

DVDs

The Pink Panther Collection

Available April 6

Books

Donald E. Westlake, The Road to Ruin; Thieves’ Dozen

Available April 1

Comedy

Will Durst

Acme Comedy Company, April 13-17

Dance

Get Happy (The Judy Garland Project)

Southern Theater April 15-25

CDs

Eric Clapton, Me & Mr. Johnson

Available March 30

Readings

Jane Smiley

Barnes & Noble Edina, May 21

Family Events

Raptor Center Spring Open House

U of M Raptor Center, April 4

Art

Historical Marker: Photographs Along the Lewis and Clark Trail

Minnesota Center for Photography, Through May 2

Concerts

Baaba Maal

Cedar Cultural Center, April 18

DVDs

The Office, First and Second Series

Available April 20

Readings

Alice Walker

Borders, April 27

Restaurants

Amsterdam Bistro

112 N. 3rd St., Minneapolis; (612) 333-2233

Dance

Hauser Dance’s Solos, Duos and Trios

JDC Studio Theater, April 30- May 2

CDs

Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand

Available now

Readings

Steve Almond

Ruminator Books May 14

Movies

Kill Bill Vol. 2

Area Theaters, opens April 16

DOWN THE HATCH

Louie the Wine Guy

This week's opportunities and events for wine enthusiasts.
Flavor of the Month

Food

Flavor of the Month

A salute to the vegetable synonymous with “spring.”
by Stephanie March

Louie the Wine Guy

This week's opportunities and events for wine enthusiasts.
by Louie the Wine Guy
Drinking What Comes Naturally

Wine

Drinking What Comes Naturally

Robust red wine from Spain
by Oliver Nicholson

MOTLEY KRüSE

Rolling Heads

Rolling Heads

Sometimes a slow news day just decks me.
by Colleen Kruse

FREE THE JACKSON FIVE!

Free the Jackson Five!

Justice by the Gram

Smoke a little weed, and pay with your entire future. Is that equal protection?
by Clinton Collins

THE RAKE'S PROGRESS

Letters from China >> Heart of Clay

Letters from China >> Heart of Clay

He lost the girl, but opened the first foreign pottery shop in modern China.
by Adam Minter
Baby Hits the Big Time

Baby Hits the Big Time

Fame means sometimes having to say you’re pregnant.
by Jaime Kleiman
The New Black: There Is No New Black

The New Black: There Is No New Black

by Jem Casey

Opening the Cabin

What did we find?
Rambling Men

Rambling Men

On the occasion of a major new Woody Guthrie biography, two of “Woody’s Children” reminisce about the master balladeer.
by Tony Glover and Charlie Maguire

WIFE, INTERRUPTED

Fighting Hate With Hate

Fighting Hate With Hate

Teaching tolerance by cultivating discrimination.
by Jeannine Ouellette

SEX & THE MARRIED MAN

High and Dry and Thirty-Something

High and Dry and Thirty-Something

Are Gen-X men the most repressed of all?
by Stuart Greene