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Theater
Brecht's 'Puntila' shows how the rich make life difficult
It's a lesson in class semi-consciousness
By Quinton Skinner
Published: March 26, 2008
PUNTILA & HIS HIRED MAN MATTI Frank Theatre at Bridge Building, City of Minneapolis Public Works Yard, through April 13; 612.724.3760 In vino veritas, as the saying goes; it's...
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Spotlight
Theater Spotlight: 'Jersey Boys'
By Quinton Skinner
Published: March 26, 2008
JERSEY BOYS at the Orpheum Theater through April 20; 612.673.0404 Admittedly, the prospect of spending an evening in the presence of Frankie Valli's caterwauling falsetto (or...
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Features
Soldier Suicides: veterans are killing themselves in record numbers
But at the VA, not much has changed
By Beth Walton
Published: March 26, 2008
On February 19, 2004, Private Jonathan Schulze's life changed forever. The stone-faced, blue-eyed Marine got word he was going to war in Iraq, an environment completely...
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Features
Crime and PTSD
Pending legislation would help veterans get treatment instead of prison time
By Beth Walton
Published: March 26, 2008
In 2000, four years after graduating high school in Shoreview, Tony Klecker enlisted in the United States Marine Corps as an engineer. After 9/11, his unit was put on high...
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News
Artist takes on destructive plants
Jim Proctor's art isn't just engaging, it could save forests
By Beth Walton
Published: March 26, 2008
In the semester before his college graduation in 1992, St. Olaf art major Jim Proctor wasn't sure what role art would play in his adult life. He had started losing interest in...
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News
The Current shrinks its playlist
Slogan aside, 89.3 limits its list of songs
By Matt Snyders
Published: March 26, 2008
It's 6:59 p.m. in Minnesota Public Radio's downtown St. Paul offices, and Mark Wheat is on in 40 seconds. "I prefer to stand when I'm on air," says the long-limbed,...
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Blotter
Creationists block blogger, ignore top scientist
Film producers don't recognize Richard Dawkins
Published: March 26, 2008
At a private screening hosted at the Mall of America theater last week, Mark Mathis, producer of a new documentary starring comedian Ben Stein that targets critics of...
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Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to Gone Baby Gone
Published: March 26, 2008
Why I gave up my baby I was completely heartbroken as I read Stacy and Ty Mooney's adoption ordeal ("Gone Baby Gone," 3/12/08). Eleven years ago I was 18, and when I was...
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Music
The Haves Have It
The group's self-released 'Friction' soars
By David Hansen
Published: March 26, 2008
THE HAVES HAVE IT Friction self-released Jenn Gallup slouches on a sofa, her feet widely planted in a repose that is at once relaxed and distantly imposing. A shocking redhead...
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CD Review
Big Trouble featuring Crescent Moon
Crescent Moon Is in Big Trouble
By Jordan Selbo
Published: March 26, 2008
BIG TROUBLE FEATURING CRESCENT MOON Crescent Moon Is in Big Trouble Afternoon Records Big Trouble's latest EP is above all a mood piece, evoking themes of restlessness,...
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5ingles
5ingles
The Songs We Can't Escape
By Ray Cummings
Published: March 26, 2008
THE BREEDERS "Bang On" Kim Deal would like you to know that she's lonely in the biblical sense (but wipe that smirk off your face, we don't mean it that way)—and she's...
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Critics' Picks
Critics' Picks: The Mekons and more
Published: March 26, 2008
WEDNESDAY 3.26 The Cribs Varsity Theater The Cribs are three British brothers whose first two albums didn't make much of an impression in the States—mainly because...
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Dish
R. Norman's and 7 Sushi Lounge: work it
Buttoned-down bankers and tie-less creatives converge downtown
By Rachel Hutton
Published: March 26, 2008
R. NORMAN'S 700 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis 612.238.7770 • www.rnormans.comentrees $18-$48; appetizers $6-$19 7 SUSHI LOUNGE 700 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis 612.238.7777...
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À la carte
Qoraxlow: enigmatic, but rewarding
The East African spot on Lake is irresistible
By James Norton
Published: March 26, 2008
Enter the word "Qoraxlow" into Google and all you get are a bunch of barebones listings, all referring to the enigmatic, windowless East African restaurant located at Lake...
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Savage Love
Savage Love
By Dan Savage
Published: March 26, 2008
When I was in my teens to mid-20s, I fought a burgeoning weight problem. My heaviest was 235 pounds on a 5-foot-10 frame. Now I watch what I eat and I work out. I have a...
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Free Will Astrology
Free Will Astrology
By Rob Brezsny
Published: March 26, 2008
ARIES (March 21-April 19): It's a good time to start preparing for the shocks that will arrive when the Mayan calendar ends on December 21, 2012. Some measures to consider:...
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Culture Jamming
Culture Jamming
The drum-loving warriors of Patapon top this week's pop culture picks
By Michael Gallucci
Published: March 26, 2008
TOP PICK – Patapon (Sony)This terrific video game features a tribe made up of critters who sport one giant eye and four stick appendages. They wield spears, arrows, and a...
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Pucker Up
In (Partial) Defense of Eliot Spitzer
Is it cheating if it's with a sex worker? Is it preferable to a full-blown affair?
By Tristan Taormino
Published: March 26, 2008
When news of Eliot Spitzer's link to a prostitution agency first broke, "Why Do Powerful Men Cheat?" stories sprang up all around us, from morning shows to the nightly news....
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Game On
Online Turnoff
Who said first-person games need a second person?
By Gary Hodges
Published: March 26, 2008
Developers seem to believe that their first-person games are required to include online modes. Blame it on the few narrow-minded gamers (and critics) who constantly hammer away...
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Movies
Iraq war movie goes apolitical
'Stop-Loss' does its best not to mention the conflict
By Scott Foundas
Published: March 26, 2008
STOP-LOSS directed by Kimberly Peirce area theaters, starts Friday Considering that the war in Iraq has proven to be Washington's shot-by-shot remake of Vietnam, it's only...
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