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August 2005 Issue

FEATURES

Love Knows No Borders

Love Knows No Borders

Why Americans adopt Chinese babies.

by Adam Minter and Jeannine Ouellette

FICTION

Joseph Is Falling

Joseph Is Falling

by Alison McGhee

LETTERS & RED HANDED

Tikal, Guatemala

Featured Rakish travel shot.

by Loren, Sarah, and Jane Benson Turner

Caller Pick Up

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rakish travel shots from our readers.

by John Kremer and Jennifer Young

C'Est La Vie

Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Rakish travel shots from our readers.

by Janella Huart & Adam Fesenmaier

Poet Prejudice

Kruger National Park, South Africa

Rakish travel shots from our readers.

by Barb Aretz, Karla Sand, Ann Seifert, Donna Stohlmann

Kieran's Letter of the Month

Tommy Do-Good

Devil's Island, French Guiana

Rakish travel shots from our readers.

by Bob Sater

THE RAKISH ANGLE

Meet the Freegans

Gastronomer

Meet the Freegans

Forget raw, fusion, and nouveau. The new cuisine is in your dumpster!

by Shenandoah Sowash

Back Against the Wall Street

Day In, Day Out

Back Against the Wall Street

Inside the panhandling microeconomy of Broadway & Washington.

The Outer Ring

On Ice

Dead people need ice time, too.

Good Intentions

Dog Days

How to beat the heat in the dirty city.

by Hans Eisenbeis

Introductions

Coming Up Fast

Notice that silver Porsche in the shadow of the new Guthrie?

by Bill Clements

North Dakota High

On the Air

North Dakota High

The peak of human achievement is a tank of gas away. No kidding!

The Sweet Taste of Liberty

Getaways

The Sweet Taste of Liberty

Attention, illegal combatants: Try our new specialty drink--the Gitmojito!

Boring Curves Ahead

In the Left Lane

Boring Curves Ahead

The new Highway 1, sanitized for your protection.

by Jennifer Vogel

STRAIGHT TALK

Sylvia Branzei

Grossologist

SO LITTLE TIME...

Flamenco Festival 2005

Theater

Flamenco Festival 2005

The Southern Theater, August 18–21

Film

Murderball

Uptown Theatre, opens July 29

Music

Nine Nights of Music

Minnesota History Center, August 2–30

Plastics and the Cool Factor

Art

Plastics and the Cool Factor

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, through October 2

Summer Escape: Traversing the Collection

Art

Summer Escape: Traversing the Collection

The Minnesota Museum of American Art, through October 2

Books

Eric Brende

U of M Bookstore, August 9

Film

Cremaster 2

Walker Art Center, August 27

Theater

The Constant Wife

Guthrie Theater, August 13–September 11

Music

City!

40 Years of Rock and Pop in the Twin Cities—A Photo Album from "Musicapolis"

by Mary Lucia, Brad Zellar and a cast of hundreds!

Fringe Festival

Theater

Fringe Festival

Various venues, August 4–14

Summer Music & Movies: Catching Rays

Film

Summer Music & Movies: Catching Rays

Loring Park, every Monday through August 22

Diamond Hand Grenade: New Work by Katherine Bernhardt, Rebecca Morris, and Anna Sew Hoy

Art

Diamond Hand Grenade: New Work by Katherine Bernhardt, Rebecca Morris, and Anna Sew Hoy

Midway Contemporary Art, through August 20

Music

Iris DeMent

Fitzgerald Theater, August 12

Restaurants

My-T-Fine Bakery and Café

Books

Warren Woesser

Magers & Quinn Booksellers, August 23

Fresh Cut: An International Exhibition of the American Society of Botanical Artists

Art

Fresh Cut: An International Exhibition of the American Society of Botanical Artists

Weisman Art Museum, through October 2

Books

John Berger

Here Is Where We Meet,

Film

À Tout de Suite

Oak Street Cinema, August 5–11

LANDMARK: 24 Hours at the Stone Arch Bridge

Art

LANDMARK: 24 Hours at the Stone Arch Bridge

Sunrise August 27 to sunrise August 28, Stone Arch Bridge

The Brothers Grimm

Film

The Brothers Grimm

Area theaters, opens August 26

Music

Count Basie Orchestra

Orchestra Hall, August 7

Elvis Costello and the Imposters

Music

Elvis Costello and the Imposters

O’Shaughnessy Auditorium, August 4

Restaurants

Afton House Inn and Catfish Café

Restaurants

Louie’s Habit

Bret Easton Ellis

Books

Bret Easton Ellis

Lunar Park, available August 16

Books

Suzanne Marrs

Eudora Welty: A Biography, available now

Bonnie and Clyde

Film

Bonnie and Clyde

Uptown Theatre, August 13

The Knitters, featuring X

Music

The Knitters, featuring X

First Avenue, August 2

Desert Island Duffel

Janis Hardy

RAKE APPEAL

On a Steel Horse

Show & Tell

On a Steel Horse

Bill Finney’s two-wheeled obsession.

by Pat Lindgren

Hot Times in Fun City

Sweet Spot

Hot Times in Fun City

Excelsior

by Christy DeSmith

Fashion As It Happens

Rough Hewn

Striking a tough--but approachable--pose.

by Rich Fleischman

GRAY MATTERS

Going It Alone

The good, the bad, the solo show.

by Christy DeSmith

Retail Therapy

Getting self-actualized—on your own brand-new couch!

by Shannon Olson

DOWN THE HATCH

Food

Cheese Wizards

Who will win the battle to be America’s true dairyland?

by Stephanie March

Shimmering Surfaces

Wine

Shimmering Surfaces

Sweet white from the Moselle.

by Oliver Nicholson

MOTLEY KRüSE

Food Follies

Remember, people: Your waitron ain’t deaf. (Or dumb.)

by Colleen Kruse

THE RAKE'S PROGRESS

It's Not The Size of Your Skyscraper...

It's Not The Size of Your Skyscraper...

It's the thrust of your cantilever!

by Hugh Bennewitz

FREE THE JACKSON FIVE!

Free the Jackson Five!

Naming in Vain

Do Da’Quan and Marquis say “black power” or “black poverty”?

by Clinton Collins

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