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May 2005 Issue

FEATURES

The Russian Renovation

The Russian Renovation

Ready for another new museum in Minneapolis? A former church is now home to the Museum of Russian Art and its trove of twentieth-century paintings.

by Tricia Cornell

Nature Lover

Francis Lee Jaques, Minnesota’s homegrown Audubon.

by Michael Nordskog

The Minnesota Cell?

The war on terror—right in your backyard!

by Brian Voerding

West Side Story

West Side Story

This month's Sweet Spot: District Del Sol, St. Paul

by Christy DeSmith

The Grounded Man

The Grounded Man

The untold story of who caught Zacarias Moussaoui, and how he did it. CLANCY PREVOST is the government's star witness in the only U.S. indictment to come out of September 11th.

Fort Donovan

Turning one room into five on zero dollars a day.

by Jennifer Vogel

Discomfort Food

Discomfort Food

The buffet is a venerable institution, especially here in Minnesota. Why do I feel so queasy?

FICTION

Don’t Go Into the Light, Dick Clark!

LETTERS & RED HANDED

Letters to the Editor

This month's dearlies...

THE RAKISH ANGLE

These Lawless Times

Allowed to Die

We should err on the side of life—except when it comes to death.

by William Gurstelle

The Mechanic at Rest

Arrivals & Departures

The Mechanic at Rest

Remember Northwest Airlines in the Bad Old Days?

by Tony Nichols

Wild Kingdom

Big Birds

What goes south must come north again.

by Jaime Benshoff

Letter from London >> Sticker Shock

Letter from London >> Sticker Shock

You can claim you’re from Canada, but the dollar still sucks.

by Jennifer Vogel

Good Intentions

Tolls for Thee

What could possibly be wrong with turning those HOV lanes into toll lanes?

by Hans Eisenbeis

Good Intentions

Tolls for Thee

What could possibly be wrong with turning those HOV lanes into toll lanes?

by Hans Eisenbeis

Deconstructing Laser Floyd—Stone Sober!

Kids These Days

Deconstructing Laser Floyd—Stone Sober!

Dude, it’s still about transcendence.

Get Right with God

Higher Power

Get Right with God

Warning! Just because you’re in Uptown doesn’t mean you’re closer to Heaven.

by Christy DeSmith

STRAIGHT TALK

Liza Featherstone

Liza Featherstone

Journalist and Author

SO LITTLE TIME...

Books

Nicole Krauss

The History of Love, Available Now

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Film

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Uptown Theatre, opens April 29

Art

Art-A-Whirl

Northeast Minneapolis, various locations, May 20 - 22

Restaurants

Longfellow Grill

South Minneapolis

Books

Rick Bass

The Diezmo, Available May 13

Film

Women With Vision 2005: Amid Chaos

Walker Art Center Cinema, May 6 - 21

Theater

Rollin' On The T.O.B.A.

Penumbra Theatre, May 27 - July 3

Music

Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus: Babes in Boyland featuring OutLoud!

Ted Mann Concert Hall, May 14

Books

Ann Beattie

Follies: New Stories, Available Now

Film

Days of Being Wild

Oak Street Theater, May 13 - 19

Love, Magic, and Ceremony

Art

Love, Magic, and Ceremony

Highpoint Center for Printmaking, through May 27

Restaurants

Patrick's Bakery

Richfield

Music

Aimee Mann

The Forgotten Arm, Available May 3

John Wayne Legendary Heroes Collection

Film

John Wayne Legendary Heroes Collection

DVD available May 3

Art

Gigantic

The Soap Factory, May 7 - June 19

Music

Stevie Wonder

A Time 2 Love, Available May 3

Readings

Isabel Allende

Hennepin County Library Pen Pals Lecture Series, May 18 and 19

Film

Mondovino

Lagoon Theater, Opens May 27

Daniel Wheeler: Bird Sighting

Art

Daniel Wheeler: Bird Sighting

Kellie Rae Theiss, through May 21

The Moon Falls Into Ruin

Theater

The Moon Falls Into Ruin

Hardcover Theater, May 6 - 28

Kathakali: Indian Musical Dance Theater

Dance

Kathakali: Indian Musical Dance Theater

Pantages Theatre, May 7

Music

Mike Doughty

Haughty Melodic, Available May 3

Film

Palindromes

Lagoon Cinema, opens May 6

Mara Pelecis: Souvenirs

Art

Mara Pelecis: Souvenirs

Minnesota Center for Photography, through May 22

Soundtrack to Mary

Restaurants

Wagner's Drive-In

St. Louis Park

Readings

Fran Lebowitz

The Series of American Humorists, Fitzgerald Theater, May 14

Desert Island Duffel

Jason Moran

Jazz pianist

Art

West! Frank Gehry and the Artists of Venice Beach, 1962 - 1978

Weisman Museum, May 14 - September 11

Opera

Nixon in China

Minnesota Opera, May 14 - 22

Theater

King of Hearts

Theater Latte Da, through May 22

SPCO presents "Ascending," with guests Joe Lovano and Ruggero Allifranchini

Music

SPCO presents "Ascending," with guests Joe Lovano and Ruggero Allifranchini

Ordway Center, May 6 - 7

GRAY MATTERS

Control Freaks

The reduction of modern motherhood.

The Athletic Voice

The Athletic Voice

Opera is no longer reserved for the effete and the affluent.

by Christy DeSmith

DOWN THE HATCH

No Need to Scream

No Need to Scream

Ice cream makes its sweet return.

by Stephanie March

Wine

Wine for Graduates

A red with inscape.

by Oliver Nicholson

MOTLEY KRüSE

Heroes and Villains

Heroes and Villains

What goes through my mind late at night.

by Colleen Kruse

SEX & THE MARRIED MAN

Man of Steel

Who is buying all that Viagra? And what's "the wifely duty" anyway?

by Stuart Greene

FREE THE JACKSON FIVE!

Education for the Masses

Free the Jackson Five!

Education for the Masses

Why is the U putting its General College on the chopping block again?

by Clinton Collins

WIFE, INTERRUPTED

Wear, Tear, Repair

Wear, Tear, Repair

Fixing playthings can be a serious business.

by Jeannine Ouellette

THE RAKE'S PROGRESS

Back to the Drawing Board at the Dome

Back to the Drawing Board at the Dome

Let those proposals fly, corporate Minnesota!

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