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March 2006 Issue

FEATURES

Trust But Verify & Serve With A Light Burgundy

Trust But Verify & Serve With A Light Burgundy

It says organic, free-ranging, grass-fed. Do you believe it? Inside the brave new worldof identity-preserved products.
by William Gurstelle, illustration by Tyson Smith
"The Minnesota Moment"

"The Minnesota Moment"

Seven artists have the New York art world wrapped around their fingers. How'd they do that?
by Julie Caniglia
Season of Swag

Season of Swag

Send us your anagrams—win a lot of... stuff!

FICTION

Thin Ice

Thin Ice

by Chris Waddington, artwork by Andrew Kastenberg, Salsa, 2005

LETTERS & RED HANDED

Not So Fast, Nodak

In The Mailbag

Too Hot To Handle

Scotland and England

Rakish travel shots from our readers.
by Melanie and Patrick Gilbert

You Know, There's a "Rake, Iowa"

Three Destinations

This month's featured Red Handed Photo
by Paula and George Lopuch

From Syria >> Board Game Diplomacy

A roll of the dice brings world peace in Damascus.
by Joel Hanson

Laughing 'Til We Cry

Spain

Rakish travel shots from our readers.
by Nate Maddux and Mary Schwarz

Psoriasis Is Not Contagious!

North Dakota Calls Back

THE RAKISH ANGLE

Tomato, Tomahto

Love Lines

Tomato, Tomahto

Romance in the grocery aisle.
by Eden Benbow, illustration by Kelly Newcomer
Made in the Shade

Gastronomer

Made in the Shade

What does "Fair Trade" look like on the other end?
by Katherine Glover, illustration by Rachel Ann Lindsay
Fair Play

Good Intentions

Fair Play

In the March of Progress, did you forget something?
by Hans Eisenbeis
No one is surly at this brewery...

Raising the Wrist

No one is surly at this brewery...

In a concrete bunker in Brooklyn Center, new ale is born.
by Peter Schilling, illustration by James Dankert

Convention Beat

The Super Shammy Man

Behold, the endangered pitch man.
by Sari Gordon

STRAIGHT TALK

Santino Fontana

Santino Fontana

Actor

SO LITTLE TIME...

Women With Vision 2006: Confronting Silence

Film

Women With Vision 2006: Confronting Silence

Walker Art Center, March 3 - 18
The Busby Berkeley Collection

Film

The Busby Berkeley Collection

DVD available March 21
Antonya Nelson

Books

Antonya Nelson

Some Fun: Stories and a Novella, available March 7

Soundtrack to Mary

by Mary Lucia
Stereolab

Music

Stereolab

First Avenue, March 10
Ask the Dust

Film

Ask the Dust

Opens area theaters March 17
Kevin Phillips

Readings

Kevin Phillips

American Theocracy, Barnes and Noble Galleria, March 30
Kiki Smith: A Gathering

Art

Kiki Smith: A Gathering

Walker Art Center, through May 14
Peninsula Malaysian Cuisine

Restaurants

Peninsula Malaysian Cuisine

Eat Street
Tallgrass Gothic

Theater

Tallgrass Gothic

Emigrant Theatre at the Warehouse Space, March 17 - 31
Neko Case

Music

Neko Case

Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, Available March 7; At First Avenue, March 29
Manderlay

Film

Manderlay

Lagoon Cinema, opens March 17
Jon Langford

Art

Jon Langford

Rogue Buddha, through March 18
So Kiss Me Already, Herschel Gertz!

Theater

So Kiss Me Already, Herschel Gertz!

Loring Playhouse, March 8 - 26
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus

Film

Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus

DVD available March 14
Allegra Goodman

Books

Allegra Goodman

Intuition, available February 28
SF Jazz Collective

Music

SF Jazz Collective

Ted Mann Concert Hall, March 20

Restaurants

Baker's Ribs

Eden Prairie
Elvis Costello

Music

Elvis Costello

My Flame Burns Blue, available February 28
Mala Ke Manke: Indian Drawings from the Collection of Subhash Kapoor

Art

Mala Ke Manke: Indian Drawings from the Collection of Subhash Kapoor

Weisman Art Museum, through June 18

Theater

Mefistofele

Theatre de la Jeune Lune, March 24 - May 21
Following Sean

Film

Following Sean

Bell Auditorium, March 17 - 23
Colson Whitehead

Books

Colson Whitehead

Apex Hides the Hurt, available March 21
Greta Pratt

Desert Island Duffel

Greta Pratt

Photographer

Restaurants

Abundant Bistro

St. Paul
Cantus Anniversary Concert

Music

Cantus Anniversary Concert

First Lutheran Church, Columbia Heights, March 10; Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, Excelsior, March 11
Chris Felver

Art

Chris Felver

Grand Hand Gallery, February 28 - March 25

RAKE APPEAL

Place

Place

White Bear Lake
by Christy DeSmith, photo by Rich Fleischman
Thing

Thing

Jack the Swiffer
by Brad Zellar
Rake Appeal { Road

Road

Rake Appeal { Road

The Toyota Prius
by Oliver Tuanis, illustration by Hugh Bennewitz
Rake Appeal { Home

Home

Rake Appeal { Home

The Portable Potter
by Sarah Barker, illustration by Peter Arkle
Money

Money

Hound-Doggin'
by Howard Punch and John Carraux, illustration by Melissa Jelatis
Rake Appeal { Fashion

Fashion

Rake Appeal { Fashion

Spring Arrangements
by Christy DeSmith, photos by Teqendama Zeá-Aida
Health

Health

We see your new nose.
by Jennifer Vogel
Person

Person

The Fiddler in the Canoe
by Julie Bates, photo by Lucas Saugen

GRAY MATTERS

Four Minute Fellini

Over the Coals

Four Minute Fellini

It’s 10:00 a.m. Have you seen your favorite vlog yet?
by Hans Eisenbeis

DOWN THE HATCH

Strine Wine

Wine

Strine Wine

A good-hearted Australian red.
by Oliver Nicholson
The Gow Choy Express

Food

The Gow Choy Express

From galangal to gai larn, fresh delights await at your local Asian grocery.
by Stephanie March, photo by Erin Johnson

MOTLEY KRüSE

A Tale of Two Tales

A Tale of Two Tales

One of these scenarios really happened to me.
by Colleen Kruse

AND NOW THIS

And Now This

And Now This

Midas, in exile, reinvents himself as a self-made man.
by Brad Zellar

FREE THE JACKSON FIVE!

Who are you calling an “underperformer”?

Free the Jackson Five!

Who are you calling an “underperformer”?

A new twist on school segregation is playing out in Silicon Valley.
by Clinton Collins