Vol 19 Issue 923
Published 8/12/1998 through 8/18/1998
Silent Scream (Cover Story)
The rapes went on for a month, but the girls didn't tell anyone. They couldn't dishonor themselves, their families, their clans.
Clean Up or Ship Out (City Beat)
Minneapolis police and housing inspectors join forces against litterbugs in their own homes.
When Poetry Hurts (City Beat)
The Loring labor fight takes an obscene turn.
Whitewater Affair (City Beat)
The current investigation into rafting the rapids on Minneapolis's stretch of the Mississippi.
A Tribe Called Lucy (Eaters' Digest)
Did the Juicy Lucy originate at Matt's Bar? That's like asking: Is there a Santa Claus?
The Red Curtain (Arts Feature)
A new play, "Project 891", puts the spotlight on New Deal theater, HUAC, and the mother of all arts-funding debates
Objets Trouvés (Culturata)
England's leading experimental troupe performs The Street of Crocodiles this week at Theatre de la Jeune Lune.
Prairie Blues (Bringing It All Back Home)
Native band Indigenous plays slave music on the great plains.
Too Much (Is Never Enough) (Memory at These Speeds)
Elliott Smith's XO is the first album I've cherished as a recovering rock critic.
Back in Black (Sound Check)
A legendary St. Paul metal bar turns Wednesday nights over to goths.
Emblematically Earthy (Film)
Earthy-but-blunt The Thief opens at the Lagoon.
Working All the Angles (Film)
Nicolas Cage bugs out in Brian De Palma's assassination thriller Snake Eyes.
Silent Treatment (Theater)
The first commendable performance of Hidden Theatre's Hedda Gabler is Jay Dysart's set.
To the Landfill (Books)
Joe Queenan: Red Lobster, White Trash, and the Blue Lagoon: Joe Queenan's America
True Lies (Books)
Michael Wolff Burn Rate: How I Survived the Gold Rush Years on the Internet
Bad Boys (Book Ends)
Duff Brenna: Too Cool
