The Rake: Secrets of the Day

Freedom, Fireworks...and Fried Cheesecake?

Kate Iverson — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:40 -0500

FAMILY
A Taste of Minnesota

Party with the masses at this annual blowout celebration of Minnesota in all it's glory! The Taste of Minnesota is all about music, revelry, and most importantly, FOOD. This extravaganza almost (almost) puts the State Fair to shame with an endless list of delightfully

The (Dave) Wolfe Howls Tonight!

Kate Iverson — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:18 -0500

MUSIC
Dave Wolfe & The Wolfmen with Sweet Mamma J

There's a hootenanny down at Lee's tonight! You're in for an old-timey treat with local Rockabilly legend Dave Wolfe (of Sci-Fi Western, The Vibro Champs, and Reverse Cowgirl fame) playing

Paddy Costello & Lori Barbero Play the Hits!

Kate Iverson — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:33 -0500

NIGHTCLUBS
Triple Double

This new(ish) weekly party is a far cry from the Triple Rock Tuesdays of years past. If you've ever been to the Trip's long-running 2-4-1 night, you surely have heard

Storytime at The Guthrie

Kate Iverson — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:07:16 -0500

PERFORMANCE
Studio Stories: Kevin Kling and John McCutcheon

Engaging storyteller Kevin Kling and award-winning folksinger/musician John McCutcheon join forces to bring you an evening of off-the-cuff performance in the

Loud and Proud: Twin Cities Pride Weekend Is Here!

Kate Iverson — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:03:53 -0500

FESTIVALS
Pride Weekend Spotlight: LOW LIFE Minneapolis

As part of the all-city-consuming extravaganza that is this year's Pride Weekend, hip (and delicious) Loring hot spot Nick and Eddie jumps on the bandwagon for their first year open during the Festival.

Rock the Patio, Ride the Wave

Kate Iverson — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500

ART
Echo Through The Waves

Is the office of an independent record label and media company a strange place for an art show?

Queers, Bad Girls and Nerds

Kate Iverson — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500

FILM
Queer Takes: Visibly Out

For the third year in a row, the Walker Art Center launches Queer Takes an amazing film series (just in time for Pride Weekend of course!) focusing on LGBT films and filmmakers. Running through the 29th, this fest will include a wide variety of flicks from

Wilde, Wilde Life

Kate Iverson — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:23:38 -0500

THEATER
Constance Wilde Play & Pre-Show Happy Hour

One can only assume that the wife of Oscar Wilde would be driven to drink, and considering tonight's play The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde is about her life, you might as well try to relate. Stop into the

Le Français Le Fait Mieux (The French Do It Better)

Kate Iverson — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:05:26 -0500

SPECIAL EVENT
Fête de la St. Jean-Baptiste

Join in on this celebration of the summer solstice at Fête de la St. Jean-Baptiste, a French-Canadian holiday in honor of St. Jean-Baptist, the patron saint of of Quebec. For Quebecians this holiday is sort of like our 4th of

Bye-Bye Yuri Arajs, Hello Air Conditioning

Kate Iverson — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:11:06 -0500

ART

Yuri Arajs: Reclaimed Memory

Whedon vs. Shakespeare: A Midsummer Space Odyssey

Kate Iverson — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:27:05 -0500

FILM
Serenity

Psychedelic Angels and Jazz Hands

Kate Iverson — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:15:26 -0500

GALLERIES
Twin Cities Jazz Festival Art Party

Expand Your Boundaries with Gender-bending Vampire Mutants

Kate Iverson — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:44:25 -0500

MUSIC
Vinyl Venus Space Lounge

Don't Need a Cure, Need a Final Speculation

Kate Iverson — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:03:55 -0500

MUSIC
Peter Murphy

The 160th Trimester

Cristina Cordova — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:42:05 -0500

MUSIC
Electric Fetus 40 year Anniversary Party

Spandex, Coconut Shrimp, and Asphyxiation

Kate Iverson — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:37:00 -0500

MUSIC

Ever Drink with the Devil in the Pale Moonlight?

Kate Iverson — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:25:12 -0500

SPECIAL EVENT

Drinks with the Devil

Shock Me, Baby, One More Time

Kate Iverson — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:56:39 -0500

SPECIAL EVENT
A Toast to Tesla

No, not the hair band from the late '80s, although I do happen to know a few people who would probably be into that. Tonight's event at the Bakken is dedicated to

I Swear to Tell the Truth

Kate Iverson — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00:53 -0500

BENEFIT EVENT
In Vino Veritas

I've Got a (Digital) Crush on You

Kate Iverson — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:30:22 -0500

SPECIAL EVENT
Digital Crush Website Launch Party

Creative Boozing

Kate Iverson — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:24:24 -0500

ART/DRINKING

Art Happy Hour 3

The Color of Cold Hard

Kate Iverson — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:11:45 -0500

ART/BENEFIT
Green

Mating Season, Anyone?

Kate Iverson — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:39:30 -0500

SINGLES NIGHT
Silver + Gold

Wax Me Poetic

Kate Iverson — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:14:06 -0500

PERFORMANCE
American Poetry Slam Idol

Unlike the creepy commercial beast that is the American Idol TV show, this evening combines the dark and nostalgic atmosphere of the Artists' Quarter with some of the Twin Cities' most brilliant and gutsy spoken-word artists. The poets will be judged by rowdy audience members

Red Hot Electric

Kate Iverson — Fri, 30 May 2008 02:00:15 -0500

FESTIVAL

Electric Eyes: New Music & Media Festival

Tragic Sun-Funktion Spring Showers

Kate Iverson — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500

THEATER & PERFORMANCE
The Comedian's Tragedy

Please Welcome Kate Iverson to The Rake

Kate Iverson — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:00:23 -0500

As you may have noticed, our Secrets of the Day header has changed. From here on out, Kate Iverson will take the lead on compiling the Secrets and letting you know what great things are happening in the Twin Cities. We are very excited to have her with us, as I'm sure you will be once you experience her awesomeness.

Wild Bill's Birthday

Cristina Cordova — Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500

One hundred and seventy-one years ago, James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok was born in Troy Grove, Illinois. Perhaps this is a good day to rent the full first season of Deadwood and veg out in front of a screen. It's hardly the most sociable way to spend your time (unless you make a party out of it), but damn... it's good!

Fly the Flag at Half-Staff

Cristina Cordova — Mon, 26 May 2008 07:04:04 -0500

Happy Memorial Day! Happy Memorial Day? We get so used to wishing happy holidays that we end up saying inanities like these. Is it a happy day — a holiday to commemorate loss of lives, casualties? What do you make from a holiday whose best venue is the cemetery? A celebration of life, perhaps — rather than mourning?

It's ok to decorate the grave and fire up the grill on the same day. We just need to stop and find that historical point of balance somewhere within all the beginning-of-summer, commercial, barbecue hype that overwhelms the day.

¡Viva la Música!

Cristina Cordova — Fri, 23 May 2008 07:41:30 -0500

SPECIAL EVENT
¡Vive Minnesota!