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1. Feature

   The (Cartoon) Elephants Come to Town

   Comic artists offer their take on the Republican National Convention

   Published: July 9, 2008

   Welcome to our second annual Comix Issue. Last year when we asked local artists to draw "True Tales of the Twin Cities," we had no idea what to expect. The results totally blew...

2. Gimme Noise

   Action Versus Action's live show: more than just a shtick

   The high-octane, harmonic pop music comes with gimmicks

   By Andrea Swensson

   Published: July 9, 2008

   Just before sundown on a hot summer evening, the mini-golf course at the Walker Art Center is packed. A line of people fidget impatiently as they wait their turn to play the...

3. Dish

   In the upper 'burbs, Lake House and Flame stand out

   Would you drive 40 miles for dinner? Here are some places that might be worth the trip

   By Rachel Hutton

   Published: July 9, 2008

   Ordinarily, I wouldn't drive nearly 40 miles for dinner. Particularly when gas prices are soaring, I don't think people who live in Minneapolis really want to start seeing...

4. Movies

   Hellboy sequel is mindless, if revved-up, summer film

   The Golden Army will amaze 12-year-olds and amuse their parents

   Chuck Wilson

   Published: July 9, 2008

   Hollywood's Endless Superhero Summer rolls on with the arrival of Hellboy II: The Golden Army from Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro, but before this review goes any...

5. Theater

   Open Eye's Driveway Tour: Move the car, start the show

   Puppet shows come to neighborhood yards and parks in the event's sixth year

   By Quinton Skinner

   Published: July 9, 2008

   Though Open Eye Figure Theatre's Driveway Tour is in its sixth year, when asked for a signature memory of the company's urban performance series, the theater's co-founder...

6. A-List

   Kaiser Cartel

   By Jen Paulson

   Published: July 9, 2008

   The first time I ever saw KaiserCartel was in the basement of a south Minneapolis coffee shop and it blew me away, as their charmingly understated personalities were in...

7. A-List

   St. John's Block Party

   By Jessica Chapman

   Published: July 9, 2008

   St. John's Block Party is going to be just like last month's Rock the Garden: only with a Norteño band, and a funk band, and classic rock and world music. There will...

8. A-List

   Bar Hopping

   By Jessica Armbruster

   Published: July 9, 2008

   Some may call it cramped, but I'd say the outside porch at Sweeney's is cozy. And most of the time it really is; during the day and early evening the green walls that surround...

9. A-List

   2008 Fresh Ink Series: and they said I wouldn't make it

   By Quinton Skinner

   Published: July 9, 2008

   Illusion Theater's Fresh Ink series continues this weekend with new work by playwright Samuel G. Roberson Jr. His first play, Same Difference, a study in culture and race, was...

10. A-List

    Jeff Alexander

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: July 9, 2008

    Remember how television shows in the '80s always had a moral or a lesson to be learned at the end of each 30-minute debacle? Though this format was rendered irrelevant outside...

11. A-List

    Travis and Jonny

    By Pat O'Brien

    Published: July 9, 2008

    The words "folky" and "catchy" aren't often spoken in the same sentence (ones I use, at least), but it's true of Travis and Jonny—and it's not the only potentially...

12. A-List

    Serious Art

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: July 9, 2008

    This show is going to involve some intensely serious art. None of that macaroni glued to construction paper with glitter and spray paint stuff. Actually, the "serious" in the...

13. A-List

    Café Accordion Orchestra

    By Steve McPherson

    Published: July 9, 2008

    One sunny Saturday last October, my newly minted in-laws threw a Paris-themed party for my wife and me before we headed off on our honeymoon, and Café Accordion...

14. A-List

    Twin Cities Zinefest

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: July 9, 2008

    It's time for Xerox machines everywhere to beam with pride; the fruits of their loins are being celebrated this weekend. Steven's Square Center for the Arts' annual Twin Cities...

15. A-List

    Hamel Rodeo

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: July 9, 2008

    Hitch up your chaps, slap on your Stetson, and point your mare on the trail for Hamel; it's rodeo time. The 28th Annual Hamel Rodeo will kick up dirt all weekend long with...

16. A-List

    Cool Chills on a Hot Summer Night: The Hitchhiker; Death Prowls at Night

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: July 9, 2008

    "Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of men? The Shadow knows!" For more than 20 years, no cultural catchphrase was as widely known as this ominous opening line to the radio...

17. A-List

    Cool Chills on a Hot Summer Night: Sorry, Wrong Number; Death After Dark

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: July 9, 2008

    "Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of men? The Shadow knows!" For more than 20 years, no cultural catchphrase was as widely known as this ominous opening line to the radio...

18. A-List

    Charlie Musselwhite & Robben Ford

    By Rick Mason

    Published: July 9, 2008

    Charlie Musselwhite and Robben Ford, both versatile artists enthralled with the blues, go way back to the early '70s, when harmonica ace Musselwhite hired the young guitarist...

19. A-List

    Punk Rock Extravaganza

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: July 9, 2008

    Arise! Bookstore was created in 1993 by the Arise! Collective, a group that seeks the end of discrimination, political oppression, and economic inequality through activism and...

20. A-List

    Stefan Fatsis

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: July 9, 2008

    Stefan Fatsis wants it to be clear: He is the anti-George Plimpton. Although they both wrote first-person accounts of themselves as writers trying to play in the NFL, Fatsis...