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August 2006 Issue

FEATURES

“The Only Other Job I’d Like”

“The Only Other Job I’d Like”

Independence Party candidate Peter Hutchinson made his reputation wrestling budgets rather than Hulk Hogan. Is he ready for the main event?

by Craig Cox, illustration by Kyle Webster / www.kyletwebster.com

Gimme Grain!

At the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, which turns 125 this fall, there’s a healthy respect for the old ways of doing things—including shoving and the occasional fisticuffs.

by Adam Minter, photos courtesy MGEX and Afton Historical Society

FICTION

Man in Love: Barbra Streisand, Barry Gibb, and the Autobiographical Criticism of Doug Belknap

Man in Love: Barbra Streisand, Barry Gibb, and the Autobiographical Criticism of Doug Belknap

by Dylan Hicks, artwork by Clea Felien, Untitled, 2004

LETTERS & RED HANDED

Scotland

Featured Rakish travel shot.

by Linda Hempel

Graphic Designers Are People …uh, Artists, Too

by Patrick Redmond, St. Paul

From Rakemag.com/today

by Yo, Ivanhoe!, by Brad Zellar

Who Profits to Nonprofit Art?

by Jennifer A. Schultz, Minneapolis

The Conservative Idealist Speaks

by Joseph C. Phillips, Los Angeles

Letter from Wisconsin { Suspended in Time

The chicken keeps on frying at the Hunky Dory resort.

by Angela Frucci

Corrections

Let Me Hear the Ladies

by Harriet Bart, Minneapolis

Too Many Men in This Picture

by Loretta Bebeau, Minneapolis

THE RAKISH ANGLE

There She Goes Again

These Lawless Times

There She Goes Again

On foot with the John Patrol.

by Christy DeSmith

Visitations

The Junk Lady

Catching up with Minnesota’s queen of found-object art.

by Shannon Olson

Who Needs the Brooklyn Bridge?

In Our Midst

Who Needs the Brooklyn Bridge?

These guys got a deal on a Minneapolis skyway. Really.

by Julie Caniglia, illustration by Melissa Jelatis

Good Intentions

A Special Skewer

When the column was poetry, not pedantry.

Investigations

Watch Your Words!

The guy on the next barstool could put them on the Web

by Phyllis Coates

Day In, Day Out

The Shriek of Silence

Even a whisper can split David Berg’s ears.

by Peter Schilling

STRAIGHT TALK

Leah Cooper

Photo by Craig VanDerSchaegen

SO LITTLE TIME...

Music

Kaki King

...Until We Felt Red, CD Available August 8

Film

Quinceañera

Lagoon Cinema, Opens August 18

Haruki Murakami

Books

Haruki Murakami

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, Available August 29

Restaurants

Grand Italian Ice Café

Books

Charles Baxter and George Rabasa

Talk of the Stacks: Perfect Villains and Flawed Heroes, Minneapolis Central Library, August 10

Music

Bob Dylan

Modern Times, CD Available August 29

From Durer to Cassatt: Five Centuries of Master Prints from the Jones Collection

Art

From Durer to Cassatt: Five Centuries of Master Prints from the Jones Collection

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Through September 17

Old Four Eyes: A Mississippi Panorama

Theater

Old Four Eyes: A Mississippi Panorama

Minnesota Centennial Showboat, Through August 23

Music

The Flaming Lips with Sonic Youth

State Fair Grandstand, August 24

Art

Zoran Mojsilov

Flanders Contemporary Art, Through September 9

World Trade Center

Film

World Trade Center

Area Theaters, Opens August 9

Books

A.B. Yehoshua

A Woman In Jerusalem, Available August 14

Theater

The Real Thing

Guthrie Theatre, August 5–September 24

Theater

Last of the Boys

Jungle Theater, August 25–October 1

Music

Ween

The State Theater, August 1

Film

Kings Row

Ronald Reagan: The Signature Collection, DVD Available August 15

William Kent Krueger

Books

William Kent Krueger

Copper River: A Cork O’Connor Mystery, Available August 22

Desert Island Duffel

Merrill Markoe

Music

Carmen

The Minnesota Orchestra at Orchestra Hall, August 5

Film

Idlewild

Area Theaters, Opens August 25

Artsourcing: An International Consortium of Outsourcing Artists

Art

Artsourcing: An International Consortium of Outsourcing Artists

Soap Factory, Through August 13

Art

The Chair: 125 Years of Sitting

The Goldstein Museum of Design, Through September 3

Music

Crooked Still

Shaken By a Low Sound, CD Available August 22

Film

Scoop

Area Theaters, Now Playing

Lisa Takeuchi Cullen

Books

Lisa Takeuchi Cullen

Remember Me: A Lively Tour of the New American Way of Death, Available August 1

Restaurants

Spoonriver

Theater

Pazzanni

Circus Juventas, Through August 23

Music

Sound Unseen Festival

Area Theaters, August 16–24

Art

Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle: Blinking Out of Existence

Rochester Art Center, Through September 3

Carl Flink’s Black Label Movement

Theater

Carl Flink’s Black Label Movement

Southern Theater, August 17–20

RAKE APPEAL

Diamond in the Bluffs

Sweet Spot

Diamond in the Bluffs

Wabasha, Minnesota

by Brian Voerding, Photo by Lucas Saugen

Passing on Your Right

Road

Passing on Your Right

The Mercedes E-350 is fast enough for us.

Light of My Life, Fire of My Paddle

Object Lust

Light of My Life, Fire of My Paddle

Seliga’s Wood-Canvas Canoe

by Laura Puckett, photo by Martin Berglin

The Hulk in the Kitchen

Home

The Hulk in the Kitchen

A burning sensation for vintage stoves.

Sun So Hot I Froze to Death

Fashion

Sun So Hot I Froze to Death

Finding liberation from the office schmatta.

by Kirsten Major, Illustration by Violet Lemay/Agoodson.com

Old-Fashioned New Bohemian

Show & Tell

Old-Fashioned New Bohemian

A modern woman keeps a throwback café.

by Tara DaPra, Photos by Kris Drake

GRAY MATTERS

The Buck-Naked Truth

Books

The Buck-Naked Truth

What’s it like to work at the home of Hustler magazine? A new book—and our reviewer—tell all.

by Amanda Ferguson, illustration by Andy Sturdevant

DOWN THE HATCH

Red-Blooded Australian

Wine

Red-Blooded Australian

Taking a cue from Down Under.

by Oliver Nicholson

New Pleasure from Old Recipes

Food

New Pleasure from Old Recipes

Shrimp wiggle, pork cake, and other dishes from days gone by.

by Stephanie March

MOTLEY KRüSE

The Upside of Knocked Up

The Upside of Knocked Up

How teenage pregnancy contributed to my assets.

by Colleen Kruse

AND NOW THIS

The Gatz of Hazzard

The Gatz of Hazzard

FREE THE JACKSON FIVE!

Walking the Line

Free the Jackson Five!

Walking the Line

Can Keith Ellison succeed in losing Sabo’s seat?

by Clinton Collins

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