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September 2005 Issue

FEATURES

Cabin For the Uncommon Man

Cabin For the Uncommon Man

Square footage? Minimal. Design quotient? Quite large.

by Camille LeFevre, photos courtesy of David Salmela

The Sixties—Dead By Self-Inflicted Gunshot

The Sixties—Dead By Self-Inflicted Gunshot

When Ken Kesey and Hunter Thompson played poker—for the future of humanity.

by Jeff Forester, Art by Jason Greenberg

The Ruin

One man’s crusade to spread the Good News via a revolutionary new medium—billboards.

The Life-Giving Secret of Bees

The Life-Giving Secret of Bees

Honeybees produce a substance that kills HIV. But what's killing the honeybees?

by Jeannine Ouellette, Photographs by Scott Streble

FICTION

We're Holding Our Own

We're Holding Our Own

by Sam Ridenour, Art by Nick Wroblewski, "Moon and Stars" 2005

LETTERS & RED HANDED

But the Devil Is In the Details

Cabo De Roca, Portugal

Rakish travel shots from our readers.

by Mark and Deb Skoine

Klisch Sisters

This month's featured Red Handed Photo

Fine Art Photography

Ferry from Vancouver to Nanaimo

Rakish travel shots from our readers.

by The Grundhauser Family

Pickles!

Istanbul, Turkey

Rakish travel shots from our readers.

by By Annie Belz

We Miss You Too

Mt. McKinley, Alaska

Rakish travel shots from our readers.

by Cyd Gillett

Seal Beach, CA

Rakish travel shots from our readers.

by Tracy and Nora Wilson

Oddysseus of the Airwaves

Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Rakish travel shots from our readers.

by Nick Reetz

THE RAKISH ANGLE

Wild Kingdom

Love Bug

Throw open your windows and enjoy the ballad coming from the shrubbery.

by Adam Fetcher

Power In Our Union

The Niceties

Power In Our Union

Are you related to a Civil War veteran, young lady?

by Christy DeSmith

Dude, Don't Say "Bong"

Force of Habit

Dude, Don't Say "Bong"

New smoking laws got you down? Don't get mad—Rent a hookah!

by Sarah Askari

Good Intentions

The Brand That Dare Not Speak Its Name

You’ve come a long way. What will you re-name your baby?

by Hans Eisenbeis

Lights, Camera, Inaction

A Prairie Home Production Assistant

Watch those credits—I have Robert Altman's money!

by Garrick Van Buren

On the Air

Cast of Chaos

The Rake versus The Apprentice.

by Sarah Barker

Your Lunch, On the Hoof

Back To School

Your Lunch, On the Hoof

Have you seen the little piggies?

by William Gurstelle

STRAIGHT TALK

Bob Mould

Musician

SO LITTLE TIME...

Music

Sigur Ros

State Theatre, September 24

Books

Neil Gaiman

Anansi Boys, available September 20

American Pottery Festival

Art

American Pottery Festival

Northern Clay Center, September 8 - 11

Books

Louise Erdrich

The Painted Drum, available September 6

Theater

Macbeth

Guthrie Lab, September 23 through October 2

Bankrupt City Ballad

Theater

Bankrupt City Ballad

Theater Latte Da, September 16-25

Film

Viva Vitaphone! A Celebration of Sound

The Heights Theatre, September 25

Readings

Richard Ford

Hennepin County Library Pen Pals Series, September 28-29

Restaurants

Kabobi

Eden Prairie

An Acoustic Blues Review

Music

An Acoustic Blues Review

Fitzgerald Theater, September 16

Everything is Illuminated

Film

Everything is Illuminated

Lagoon Cinema, opens September 30

Donovan Durham's Fantastic Print Show

Art

Donovan Durham's Fantastic Print Show

Highpoint Center for Printmaking, through September 9

The Best of The Second City Touring Company

Theater

The Best of The Second City Touring Company

O'Shaughnessy Auditorium, September 30

The Bela Lugosi Collection

Film

The Bela Lugosi Collection

DVD box set, available September 6

Bobbie Ann Mason

Readings

Bobbie Ann Mason

Barnes and Noble Galleria, September 7

Restaurants

LoTo

St. Paul

Music

Joshua Bell

St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, September 23-24

We Jam Econo: The Story of The Minutemen

Film

We Jam Econo: The Story of The Minutemen

Bell Auditorium, September 2-8

Chuck Close: Self-Portraits 1967 - 2005

Art

Chuck Close: Self-Portraits 1967 - 2005

Walker Art Center, through October 16

Cirque du Soleil

Performance

Cirque du Soleil

The Grand Chapiteau at the Parade, September 23-October 23

Music

Taj Mahal

Fitzgerald Theater, September 27

Books

Elliott Hester

Adventures of a Continental Drifter: An Around-the-World Excursion into Weirdness, Danger, Lust, and the Perils of Street Food, available September 1

Soundtrack to Mary

Soundtrack to Mary

Subderma: Paintings by Chris Mars

Art

Subderma: Paintings by Chris Mars

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, September 23 - November 20

Film

Serenity

Area theaters, Opens September 30

Nordic Roots Festival

Music

Nordic Roots Festival

Cedar Cultural Center, September 30-October 2

Film

Corpse Bride

Area theaters, opens September 23

Boundary Crossings: Temporal Dialogues in Finnish Landscape Photography

Art

Boundary Crossings: Temporal Dialogues in Finnish Landscape Photography

Katherine E. Nash Gallery, August 30–October 6

Desert Island Duffel

Justin Kirk

Actor

Restaurants

Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant

downtown Minneapolis

RAKE APPEAL

Sweet Spot

Sweet Spot

A Big-City Train Stop: Lake & Hiawatha

by Christy DeSmith, Photography by Sara Rubinstein

Fashion As It Happens

Fashion As It Happens

Fashion As It Happens

Scootermania!

by Staff, Photography by Richard Fleischman

Show & Tell

Show & Tell

Give It A Twist—A chat with our Rake Appeal fashion stylist.

by Julie Caniglia, Photography by Jana Freiband

GRAY MATTERS

Talking Out Loud and Saying Nothing

Over the Coals

Talking Out Loud and Saying Nothing

What we say when we’re saying, uh, “not so much.”

by Julie Caniglia

Curtain Call

Are you ready for Robert Altman’s A Prairie Home Companion?

by Peter Schilling

DOWN THE HATCH

Wine

Water of Life

The promise of saints.

by Oliver Nicholson

Stronger Vines, Tastier Wines?

Food

Stronger Vines, Tastier Wines?

Heeding the call of the native grape.

by Stephanie March

MOTLEY KRüSE

Dirty Laundry, Clean House

Dirty Laundry, Clean House

My appetite for gossip is insatiable, but lately I’ve shifted focus.

by Colleen Kruse

AND NOW THIS

It's after Labor Day. What would Scott Seekins wear?

It's after Labor Day. What would Scott Seekins wear?

FREE THE JACKSON FIVE!

An Imported Force

Free the Jackson Five!

An Imported Force

Why don’t more cops want to live in Minneapolis?

by Clinton Collins

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