Vol 20 Issue 971
Published 7/14/1999 through 7/20/1999
Sandy Berman's Last Stand (Cover Story)
When the head cataloger checked out this past spring, the Hennepin County Library was anything but quiet
Bump and Grind (City Beat)
An urban design trend rattles tempers and suspensions.
Off Beat
More Trouble With Harry, and Starting From Scratch
The Gene Sifters (Browser)
Never mind fingerprints--state law-enforcement officials want blood.
Team Colors (Sports)
Lynx officials say they want all their fans to feel welcome. Then why are the Target Center crowds so pale?
Splendor in the Grass (Eaters' Digest)
Treat yourself to the most breathtakingly cosmopolitan picnic. Ala Francaise French Bakery and Vietnamese Cuisine, Kiev Foods, Aster Cafe, and Strudel & Nudel
After This Commercial Break (Arts Feature)
John Forde's scrappy television show, Mental Engineering, talks back to America's advertisers.
Grand Teuton (Culturata)
Grab your lederhosen! It's the Minnesota Orchestra's 20th Annual Viennese Sommerfest.
Belle Hooks (Music)
Belle & Sebastian's Stuart David samples twentysomething ennui in his side project, Looper.
Love Songs, Nothing But Love Songs (Music)
The Black Heart Procession have made the exploration of love gone bad their raison d'être.
Round Robyn (Music)
Robyn Hitchcock, English pop's square peg, finds a new circle.
Iron Men (Bringing It All Back Home)
After sixteen years of makeup, metal, and stage blood, Impaler remains proudly undead.
They Know What You Watched Last Summer (Film)
The Blair Witch Project's co-directors scare up interest in their horror film by terrorizing conventions.
Schoolhouse Talk (Culture)
University lectures on tape may be the most middlebrow product since Reader's Digest. So what's wrong with that?
American Pastoral (Theater)
William Inge's Picnic labors over misdemeanors of the heart.
