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April 2005 Issue

FEATURES

Old Man Movie

Old Man Movie

U Film Society’s curmudgeonly founder Al Milgrom, as viewed by Heir Apparent #63.
by Jamie Hook
Buffalo Ridge

Buffalo Ridge

Is Minnesota the "Saudi Arabia of wind power"?
by Katherine Glover
Twenty-Five Years of Post-it Notes

Twenty-Five Years of Post-it Notes

Seriously! Minnesota's greatest invention prefigured email, hypertext, and the digital revolution.
by Greg Beato

FICTION

Travelogue

by Sally Mars

LETTERS & RED HANDED

to the Editor

THE RAKISH ANGLE

Greek Chic

The Peanut Gallery

Greek Chic

How does Yanni do it?
by Sarah Barker
Bipolar Nation

On the Air

Bipolar Nation

A Minneapolis liberal and a Kentucky redneck trade families—for your viewing pleasure.
by Shannon Olson
Gerrymandering for the Home Team

Thrill of Victory

Gerrymandering for the Home Team

Where does Twins Territory begin and end?
by Brad Zellar
Get on the Can!

Good Intentions

Get on the Can!

Why not have a five-cent deposit on beverage containers in Minnesota?
The Next Big Thing: Taxes!

Impersonal Finance

The Next Big Thing: Taxes!

Let's help the IRS improve its image, shall we?
by Maria Rubinstein
Inclined to Please

Our Humble Skyline

Inclined to Please

The world is no longer flat at the new Walker Art Center.
by Julie Caniglia
"You Ashcroft!"

Dirty Words

"You Ashcroft!"

When bad words happen to good films.
by Kelli Ohrtman

STRAIGHT TALK

Straight Talk

Straight Talk

Walker Art Center curators

SO LITTLE TIME...

Soundtrack to Mary

Jerome Bel, The Show Must Go On

Dance

Jerome Bel, The Show Must Go On

Pantages Theatre, April 1 and 2

Art

Illuminating The Word: The Saint John's Bible

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, April 10 - July 3

Restaurants

Sakura Restaurant and Sushi Bar

Downtown St. Paul

Music

Kristin Chenoweth

As I Am, available April 5
Desert Island Duffle

Desert Island Duffel

Desert Island Duffle

Danny Buraczeski, choreographer

Film

23rd Annual Minneapolis-St. paul International Film Festival

Area theaters, April 1 - 16

Books

William T. Vollman

Europe Central, Available Now
Fever Pitch

Film

Fever Pitch

Area theaters, opens April 8

Music

The Pictures at an Exhibition Project

Minnesota Orchestra, April 28 - 30
Bruce Nygren

Art

Bruce Nygren

Flanders Contemporary Art, through May 7

Restaurants

Punch Neapolitan Pizza

various locations

Film

Eros

Edina Cinema, opens April 8

Theater

Psst!

Off-Leash Area at Franklin Art Works, April 14 - 30

Readings

Sarah Vowell

U of M Bookstore, April 12

Film

The Childish Film Festival

Area theaters, April 1 - 16

Music

Ben Folds

Songs for Silverman, available April 26

Theater

Artists in Trouble

The Varsity Theater, April 21 - 30; May 5 - 7

Art

Bluff Country Studio Art Tour

Various locations, April 23 - 24
SASE'S Carol Connolly Reading Series: Rainer Maria Rilke

Readings

SASE'S Carol Connolly Reading Series: Rainer Maria Rilke

Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, April 8

Film

Sin City

Area theaters, opens April 1
Vasen

Music

Vasen

Cedar Cultural Center, April 24
Zenon Dance Company's Spring Concert

Dance

Zenon Dance Company's Spring Concert

Illusion Theater, April 29 - May 8

Readings

Bill Meissner

The Loft, April 1

Restaurants

Barbette

Uptown
M. Ward

Music

M. Ward

Turf Club, April 22
Jonathan Safran Foer

Books

Jonathan Safran Foer

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Available April 4
When The Earth Was New

Art

When The Earth Was New

Two Rivers Gallery, through April 15

Readings

Wesley Stace

U of M Bookstore, April 14
Kung Fu Hustle

Film

Kung Fu Hustle

Lagoon Theater, opens April 8

RAKE APPEAL

Dave King

Show & Tell

Dave King

The Bare Essentials— a thrifty brand of modernism.
by Christy DeSmith
Como & Carter Avenues, St. Paul

Sweet Spot

Como & Carter Avenues, St. Paul

The Houses for the Trees
by Julie Hessler

DOWN THE HATCH

Creamy Vouvray

Is the perfect foil for crumbly cheese.
by Oliver Nicholson

The Lily's Lovely Cousin

How to cultivate a passion for leeks.
by Stephanie March

MOTLEY KRüSE

Come One, Come All

Jump on our dieting merry-go-round!
by Colleen Kruse

SEX & THE MARRIED MAN

Dirty Pictures

Lookie what I found! Ah, but I dare not violate The Code.
by Stuart Greene

THE RAKE'S PROGRESS

Greatest Hits of the Ancient Church

Greatest Hits of the Ancient Church

Early music makes a comeback.
by Dean J. Seal
Coming Around to Conformity

Coming Around to Conformity

Two books explore the endgame of extreme individualism.
by Julie Caniglia
Odd Man Out

Odd Man Out

The method in Ornette Coleman’s madness.
by Brad Zellar

WIFE, INTERRUPTED

Paradise Reconsidered

We thought we were on vacation, but then reality came crashing in.
by Jeannine Ouellette

FREE THE JACKSON FIVE!

Free the Jackson Five!

City Council Smackdown

What redistricting means to this year's election.
by Clinton Collins