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July 2004 Issue

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Sweat Equity

Sweat Equity

Saunas! Hot! (Help!)
by Michael Nordskog, photos by Eugenia Petrovits
Above & Below

Above & Below

The rise, fall, and rise of the Duluth underground.
by Don Jacobson
The Prefigured House

The Prefigured House

Has the revolution in home design finally arrived?
by Julie Caniglia
Peter Krause: The Rakish Interview

Peter Krause: The Rakish Interview

He's the hottest undertaker in America! Meet Six Feet Under's Minnesota Man
by Heather Havrilesky

LETTERS & RED HANDED

Nothing in the Water

You Can Take a Toke, but Don’t Do the Coke

Ordinary People, Bus Style

Praised Be

Bring It On, Beige

THE RAKISH ANGLE

Walking the Talk

Hoofing It

Walking the Talk

How can we make our city more friendly to the feet?
by Molly Priesmeyer
Feeling the Knead

Gastronomer

Feeling the Knead

Klecko’s bread goes to the Emperor’s Ball.
by Joe Pastoor
Don’t Panic, It’s Not Organic

Good Intentions

Don’t Panic, It’s Not Organic

Here’s how petro-chemical agribusiness is fighting back: Getting dirty.
by Hans Eisenbeis
High on the Job

Day In, Day Out

High on the Job

It’s a long climb to the top for a crane operator—and there’s no bathroom when you get there!
by Katherine Glover
Mock & Roll

The Peanut Gallery

Mock & Roll

Who knew there was money and fame in playing air guitar?
by Christopher Bahn
A Watery World

Kids These Days

A Watery World

An oral fixation sweeping the nation!
by Dan Gilchrist
“I Make My Own Gas!”

In the Left Lane

“I Make My Own Gas!”

Cheap biodiesel is just an order of egg rolls away.
by Matt Dueholm

STRAIGHT TALK

Walter Mosley

SO LITTLE TIME...

Books

Louise Erdrich, Four Souls

Theater

The Phantom of the Opera

Orpheum Theater, July 14-August 8

Art

Shake Rattle and Roll: Christian Marclay

Franklin Art Works, through August 14

DVDs

Take the Money and Run

Readings

William Souder

Bound To Be Read, July 13; Valley Bookseller, July 30

Soundtrack to Mary

By Mary Lucia

Theater

The Dazzle

Jungle Theater, July 16-August 28

Concerts

Sonic Youth

The Quest, July 28

Movies

Before Sunset

Lagoon Cinema, opens July 9

Books

Jonathan Ames, Wake Up, Sir!

Restaurants

Machu Picchu

2940 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis; (612) 822-2125

Art

Currents of Change: Art and Life Along the Mississippi River, 1850-1861

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Through September 26

CDs

Leo Kottke, Try and Stop Me

Readings

Chuck Klosterman

Ruminator Books, July 13

Theater

Angel Street

Theater in the Round, July 16- August 15

Concerts

Polyphonic Spree with Gomez

The Quest, July 29 (tentative)

Movies

Story of the Weeping Camel

Edina 4, opens July 9

Books

Mary Logue, Bone Harvest

Restaurants

Tin Fish

3000 E. Calhoun Pkwy., Minneapolis; www.thetinfish.net

Art

Richard Copley: CITY / Tema Stauffer: Heart Land

Minnesota Center for Photography @ Nash Gallery, June 19-August 15

Concerts

They Might Be Giants

First Avenue, July 9

Split Rock Soirees

Coffman Theater, July 13-August 10

Desert Island Duffel

Andrew Litton

Theater

Dirty Blonde

Park Square Theatre, July 17-August 8

Dance

Jawaahir Dance Company’s Voice of Egypt: Um Kalthoum

Southern Theater, July 29-August 8

DVDs

The Name of the Rose

Books

Lindsay Ahl, Desire

Art

Walker in the Rough

Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, Through September 6

Concerts

Mill City Live

Mill City Museum, Through September 16

Movies

Schemers, Scoundrels, and Sexpots: Art of the Film Noir

Oak Street Cinema, July 2-29

DOWN THE HATCH

Wine

Wine, wine, wine! Wine from the Hills

Sip with your barbeque.
by Oliver Nicholson
Live the Berry Good Life

Live the Berry Good Life

Can a summer dream lead to an empire?
by Stephanie March

MOTLEY KRüSE

Stand and Deliver

Learning to love the mike again.
by Colleen Kruse

SEX & THE MARRIED MAN

Ménage à… Nah

My old girlfriend is into threesomes. Silly rabbit! Tricks are for kids.
by Stuart Greene

THE RAKE'S PROGRESS

Hollywood's Eternal Return—Why?

Hollywood's Eternal Return—Why?

The unnecessary remaking of The Manchurian Candidate
by Steven Snyder
A River Runs Through Us

A River Runs Through Us

Like so many before him, Alec Soth has the Mighty Miss to thank for a run of good luck.
by Julie Caniglia
Too Much Is Not Enough

Too Much Is Not Enough

“Superstar USA” and the American surfeit of entertainers.
by Greg Beato

WIFE, INTERRUPTED

The Good Book

Fiction lets us reveal our less-than-attractive selves.
by Jeannine Ouellette

FREE THE JACKSON FIVE!

Free the Jackson Five!

Ghetto Is As Ghetto Does

Is a particular address a license for bad behavior?
by Clinton Collins