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March 2005 Issue

FEATURES

The Last Ones

The Last Ones

Smokers in Exile
by King Mini
Stand Down

Stand Down

Remember when life was simple and global annihilation was just thirty minutes away? Let's tour a missile silo in South Dakota!
by Eric Dregni
Boy Trouble

Boy Trouble

I wanted a girl. I got two boys. Can a feminist still be a good mother to her sons?
by Elizabeth Larsen

FICTION

What It Said; What It Meant

What It Said; What It Meant

"The letters on the sign above the bakery were as willful as inanimate objects could be."
by Cindra Halm

LETTERS & RED HANDED

to the editor

THE RAKISH ANGLE

Getting Current

On the Air

Getting Current

Yes, we love that new station, too. What do local bands think?
by Christy DeSmith
The Iowa Death Zone

Day Tripper

The Iowa Death Zone

“Into Thin Hair”—the Rakish approach to mountaineering.
by Brad Zellar
Shack Style

Hidden Treasures

Shack Style

Let’s meet the man who buys all that funky stuff for Famous Dave’s.
by Julie Caniglia
Spit Hits the Fan

Force of Habit

Spit Hits the Fan

Okay, smoking’s out. So now what about secondhand saliva?
by Patrick Donnelly
Plan of Action

Our Humble Skyline

Plan of Action

Who’s buying all those bossy, anonymous advertisements?
by Christy DeSmith
One Hundred Rakish Years!

Good Intentions

One Hundred Rakish Years!

“Looking over the vast history of a great magazine.”
A Higher Power

In Our Midst

A Higher Power

Nathan Greene may be the nation’s most blessed Christian artist.
by Greg Beato

STRAIGHT TALK

The Baldwin sisters

singers/performers

SO LITTLE TIME...

Theater/Dance

The Train Wreck is Proceeding Nicely

Southern Theater, March 17 - 20

Restaurants

Intelligent Nutrients

East Hennepin

Art

Postal Impressions II

Hopkins Center for the Arts, through March 27

Readings

Jane Jeong Trenka

Southdale Library, March 15

Theater

Murderers

Illusion Theater, through March 20

Music

Lucy Kaplansky

Cedar Cultural Center, March 26

Readings

Jeff Chang, Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation

(with music), Har Mar Barnes and Noble, March 5; Intermedia Arts, March 6

Theater

Apartment 3A

Theatre in the Round, March 25 - April 17

Restaurants

Big Buck Roadhouse

Minnetonka

Art

Charles Biederman (1906 - 2004): In Memoriam

Weisman Art Museum, through April 3

Music

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, B-Sides and Rarities

Available March 22

Film

The Jacket

Opens March 4

Theater

The Wild Party

The Fitzgerald Theater, March 11 - 27

Film

Under The Bell Big Top: The Circus, Carnivals, and Other Travelin' Tales

Bell Auditorium, March 4 - 17

Music

B.B. King

Orchestra Hall, March 23

Books

Dorota Maslowska

Snow White and Russian Red, Available March 12

Theater

Jane Eyre the Musical

Minneapolis Musical Theatre at Hennepin Stages, through March 20

Restaurants

Gina Maria's

Chanhassen

Art

Haneen: Between Home and Homeland

Mira Gallery, Instituto de Cultura y Educacion, through March 17

Music

The Schubert Club, Shadow Puppets of Java

Sundin Music Hall, Hamline University, March 12

Film

End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones

DVD available March 15

Theater

The Notebook and The Proof

Guthrie Lab, March 22 - April 3

Books

Francine Prose

A Changed Man, Available March 1

Art

Alec Soth

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, March 4 - May 8

Readings

Jonathan Odell, The View from Delphi

Talking Volumes, Fitzgerald Theater, March 15

Soundtrack to Mary

relevance and cool
by Mary Lucia

Art

Kehinde Wiley: Bound

Franklin Art Works, through March 26

Desert Island Duffel

Adam Kuenzel

flutist

Music

Al Green, Everything's OK

Available March 15

Film

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

DVD available March 22

RAKE APPEAL

The Model Philosopher

Show & Tell

The Model Philosopher

Karen’s critique of pure reason.
by Julie Caniglia
Multi-hued Avenue

Sweet Spot

Multi-hued Avenue

Thirteenth Avenue, Northeast Minneapolis
by Christy DeSmith

DOWN THE HATCH

The New Star Fish

The New Star Fish

From sushi-grade bluefin to canned ventresca, today’s tuna is no chicken of the sea.
by Stephanie March
Wine of the People

Wine

Wine of the People

Honest to God Chardonnay.
by Oliver Nicholson

MOTLEY KRüSE

Zodiac Maniacs

The strange appeal of horoscopes.
by Colleen Kruse

THE RAKE'S PROGRESS

After the Party

After the Party

The half-brilliant career of Joseph Moncure March
by Tim Cavanaugh
Brow Beating

Brow Beating

And the award for best eyebrows goes to …
by Jennifer Vogel
Now we are three!

Now we are three!

The readership rejoices, but it's business as usual at The Rake...

SEX & THE MARRIED MAN

When in Rome, Love Like the Romans?

Monogamy is almost—but not entirely—universal. Not even in Minnesota.
by Stuart Greene

WIFE, INTERRUPTED

The Last Resort

When herbal remedies fail to kick in.
by Jeannine Ouellette

FREE THE JACKSON FIVE!

Free the Jackson Five!

Extreme Makeover

Why does the Strib want to transform city government?
by Clinton Collins