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Julie Rappaport
By Ben Palosaari
Published: February 20, 2008
Julie Rappaport's marriage was failing. She and her husband Lee, while great friends, just couldn't make their married life together work. But they still cared deeply for each...
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Irvin Mayfield & the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
By Rick Mason
Published: February 20, 2008
The 16-piece NOJO is only one of myriad projects trumpeter and composer Irvin Mayfield has immersed himself in, but it's unique in single-handedly covering the broad sweep of...
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New York Dolls
By Cecile Cloutier
Published: February 20, 2008
The word "legend" gets bandied about a lot nowadays, but for the Dolls it verges on understatement. Putting an androgynous, exultant spin on bare-bones rock 'n' roll and...
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Manil Suri
By Rhena Tantisunthorn
Published: February 20, 2008
The narrator of Manil Suri's second novel, The Age of Shiva, is Meera, a young woman in post-independence India caught somewhere between tradition and modernity. At 17, she...
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Sia
By Tim Grierson
Published: February 20, 2008
If you're looking for the ideal business model of how to achieve pop success in a marketplace where radio play lists keep shrinking and album sales are no longer a financial...
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The Toasters
Published: February 20, 2008
For many people, ska died in the late '90s, around the time it graced the opening credits of the Daisy Fuentes-hosted incarnation of America's Funniest Home Videos....
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National Geographic Live Speakers Series: Greg Marshall
By Ben Palosaari
Published: February 20, 2008
Marine biologist Greg Marshall was scuba diving in Belize in 1986 when he saw a small fish hitching a ride from a shark simply by sucking onto its back. Marshall was inspired...
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Lisa Lampanelli
By P.F. Wilson
Published: February 20, 2008
Even though there is more to her act, Lisa Lampanelli doesn't mind being called an insult comic. In fact, she encourages it. "I don't know. I've never been proud of saying I'm...
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Baby Loves Disco
By Jessica Armbruster
Published: February 20, 2008
It might seem counterintuitive to host an event for children at a bar, no less one named Barfly. One might wonder if these disco-dancing babies are doomed to vapid,...
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Citizen Cope
By Pat O'Brien
Published: February 20, 2008
#8fc8d4">SUNDAY 2.24 Citizen Cope Fitzgerald Theater Clarence Greenwood—a.k.a. Citizen Cope—occupies an oddly decorated space. His music incorporates...
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Andréa Stanislav: River to Infinity: Vanishing Points
By Ben Palosaari
Published: February 20, 2008
For her latest installation, U of M sculpture professor Andréa Stanislav uses mirrors. Lots and lots of mirrors. In fact, just about every part of the work is covered in...
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SCUBA Touring Network
By Caroline Palmer
Published: February 20, 2008
The name sounds aquatic, but this dance series uniting a trio of local and national choreographers is all about new work created on the terra firma. Bessie Award-winning...
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Spotlight
Theater Spotlight: 'Orson's Shadow'
By Quinton Skinner
Published: February 20, 2008
ORSON'S SHADOWGremlin Theatre; at the Loading Dock Theater through March 9651.228.7008 By 1960, Orson Welles had burned his bridges in Hollywood and was playing Falstaff...
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News
Maplewood Follies
Polarizing politics in the Twin Cities' most dysfunctional suburb
By Paul Demko
Published: February 20, 2008
The morning after his first Maplewood City Council meeting, John Nephew discovered a disturbing truth. The six-plus-hour gathering, which didn't adjourn until after 1 a.m., has...
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Blotter
Can You Hear Him Now?
Man's plea to Verizon to stop calling him falls on deaf ears
Published: February 20, 2008
Craig MacBean just wants the calls to stop. For the last year and a half, his company's phone lines have been inundated by misdirected Verizon customers. "They're so happy to...
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Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to "A Long Way Down"
Published: February 20, 2008
Bridge over troubled waters Thanks, Paul. Mr. Demko's featured article "A Long Way Down" (2/6/08) was wonderful. My 59-year-old uncle took his life in December 2005. Financial...
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Music
Kid Dakota Visit the Depression-itorium
Finding the hopeful while standing in 'A Winner's Shadow'
By Sarah Askari
Published: February 20, 2008
KID DAKOTA A Winner's Shadow Speakerphone Records Mash Notes "Kid Dakota really messed up when they named this disc," I thought to myself after a few listens to the local...
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Music
Dre Day: Chronic Condition in the Mainroom
Celebrating the Dr.'s birthday in bacchanalian fashion
By Rod Smith
Published: February 20, 2008
Nine excruciatingly long years have passed since Dr. Dre's 2001 dropped. Originally scheduled for release in 2004, then canceled and reactivated, Detox might actually be coming...
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CD Review
Mercies May
Crooked Valentine, Broken Heart
By Nate Patrin
Published: February 20, 2008
MERCIES MAY Crooked Valentine, Broken Heart Strange and Distant Mercies May raps like the kind of person who's used to people telling him he's handsome and, in response, feels...
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5ingles
5ingles
The Songs We Can't Escape
By Ray Cummings
Published: February 20, 2008
BABY DEE "The Only Bones That Show" Randy: "You know, you did your thing, dawg. I wasn't really feeling it, maybe too off-Broadway for this column. It's a no for me." Paula:...
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