Email Author City Pages Staff

1996 Stories by City Pages Staff

• PRINTED MATTER

  published September 18, 1996

  Rebecca Brown What Keeps Me Here Harper Collins... More >>

• DREAMING IS FREE

  published September 11, 1996

  You'd never know to look at them, but most Minnesotans dream of plush burgundy carpets,... More >>

• HURRICANE CMJ

  published September 11, 1996

            THREE DIFFERENT STORM systems threatened my existence during a ten-day stay on the... More >>

• EAT FISH AND DIE!

  published September 4, 1996

  Sure, we beat New York. It's not the first time. We've always raised more alfalfa than they... More >>

• Chicago Then and Now

  published September 4, 1996

             I was trying to remember the last time I heard anyone utter the word "liberal"... More >>

• EXTRA CRISPY

  published September 4, 1996

             WHEN QUENTIN CRISP meets us at the door of his hotel suite, we don't quite... More >>

• BETWEEN THE SHEETS AT FANTASUITES

  published August 28, 1996

  Our tour guide, Susie, is clearly not of the age of... More >>

• MILL CITY PLANNER

  published August 28, 1996

                        FOR THOSE... More >>

• Loss Leader

  published August 28, 1996

             "Oh, man, what have I got myself into?" It's a question every promoter asks at... More >>

• ART AND MARTINIS

  published August 21, 1996

             I WAS CAUGHT a little off guard when curator Dick Brewer walked up to me in... More >>

• DISC CUTTERS

  published August 21, 1996

             DISC... More >>

• LOST MINNIE-APPLE CORE FOUND!

  published August 21, 1996

  New York is famous for its glamorous districts: Financial, Fashion,... More >>

• Music Notes

  published August 14, 1996

  MISSING MISSY            REMEMBER LILY LIVER? To me and my college... More >>

• REMOVING THE LATEST WRINKLE

  published August 14, 1996

  A recent Friday found us inching toward the quarter-panel of a tan Ford LTD which was after our parking spot in the Highland Park... More >>

• CULTURE TO GO

  published August 7, 1996

  PRINTED MATTER Jessica Abel Artbabe self published... More >>

• BENIGN SPIRITUAL GROWTH

  published August 7, 1996

  When Zeus, old father of the Olympians, wanted to express his anger at a mortal, he tossed a thunderbolt to earth.... More >>

• Record Roundup

  published August 7, 1996

  Porno for Pyros Good God's Urge Warner... More >>

• THE PAUSE THAT REFRESHES

  published July 31, 1996

             I FIRST HEARD the word "menopause" at age 7 while eavesdropping on a hushed phone... More >>

• Music Notes

  published July 31, 1996

  REVOLUTION RADIO            SOME OF THE biggest local-music concerts of the... More >>

• DATELINE ATLANTA:

  published July 31, 1996

  Accommodations: Arriving late on Tuesday, I'm stationed a block from Centennial Olympic Park... More >>

• GREEN EGGS & WALTZES

  published July 24, 1996

             "VERY OFTEN I'LL just walk out on stage," explains composer Rob Kapilow,... More >>

• FUN IN SUN, PART. 2

  published July 24, 1996

             THE FREE OUTDOOR concert action continues this week with lyrical prankster... More >>

• SHOOTING THE CHILDREN

  published July 24, 1996

  Don't hitch your economic wagon to a 5-year-old star. Every parent thinks their own 5-year-old is the smartest, the cutest, the... More >>

• Book Roundup

  published July 24, 1996

  Elizabeth McCracken The Giant's House The Dial... More >>

• Seeing Siah

  published July 17, 1996

             JULY IS A MOMENTOUS month for Minneapolis-based artist Siah Armajani, who's... More >>