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21. A-List

    Demetri Martin

    By P.F. Wilson

    Published: May 27, 2009

    Demetri Martin is probably most widely recognized for his work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and, subsequently, his own sketch comedy show, Important Things with Demetri...

22. A-List

    Camera Obscura

    By Rick Mason

    Published: May 27, 2009

    The sublimely voiced Tracyanne Campbell sings gorgeous tunes about deep-seated melancholy, heartbreak, disappointment, lies, icy veins, and cold, cold hearts. The subjects she...

23. A-List

    The Men of Playgirl

    By Ward Rubrecht

    Published: May 27, 2009

    It's a hard, scientific fact that the only thing on Earth sexier than dudes with rippling muscles are generously-oiled dudes with rippling muscles doing choreographed line...

24. A-List

    Black Label Movement: Field Songs

    By Linda Shapiro

    Published: May 27, 2009

    Carl Flink's Black Label Movement generates physically intense, elegantly constructed dances. The hearty, blue-collar, folk-roots eclecticism of Flink's newest work, "Field...

25. A-List

    City Pages Beer Festival

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: May 27, 2009

    Those who attended last year's sold-out Beer Fest probably remember two things: big crowds and dime-sized hail. Though we can't control Minnesota's erratic weather, the crowd...

26. A-List

    The Poet's Groove

    By Cole Sarar

    Published: May 27, 2009

    Lots of open mics are awkward, empty affairs, tucked into corners of coffee houses and bars, their schedules unreliable. The Poet's Groove is something else entirely. It's been...

27. A-List

    Greg Brick

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: May 27, 2009

    In Subterranean Twin Cities (University of Minnesota Press), geologist, historian, and urban speleologist Greg Brick takes a look at the fascinating—and very...

28. Highlight

    Film Highlight: Up

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: May 27, 2009

    First of all, Up is not a movie about a cranky old coot who, with the help of a roly-poly Boy Scout, finds his inner child during a series of magical adventures experienced...

29. Feature

    A Michele Bachmann comic misadventure

    It's all a conspiracy

    Bill Prendergast and Lupi

    Published: May 27, 2009

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30. Blotter

    Tim Pawlenty vs. everyone; Bob Dylan and the cat thrower

    It was an interesting week in the Twin Cities

    By Emily Kaiser

    Published: May 27, 2009

    KSTP's latest SurveyUSA poll looks at Gov. Tim Pawlenty's chances against a list of Democrats hoping to overtake him in the 2010 race for governor. Pawlenty has yet to announce...

31. Mischke

    Hard lessons of a Catholic-school education

    Life at St. Paul's Cretin had its dark secrets

    By TD Mischke

    Published: May 27, 2009

    Here he comes again, another man of God: the collar, the piety, the Church on his side. Here it is repeated: the hierarchy, the code of silence, the 14-year-old with his pants...

32. Letters to the Editor

    Readers respond to "Catcher in the Raw"

    Published: May 27, 2009

    Perfect game I don't know where you found this guy, but Sports Illustrated would love him ("Catcher in the Raw," 5/13/09). As a big baseball fan, I can't remember a better...

33. Music

    Speed's the Name rock it 'til the wheels fall off

    Minneapolis band releases new album, Swell, featuring Vampire Hands' Colin Johnson

    By Bryan Miller

    Published: May 27, 2009

    The crowd is restless on a Wednesday night at the Uptown Bar & Café. It's not usually a pay-a-cover-on-a-weekday kind of place, but this particular night former...

34. Music

    Fischerspooner's wild singer just a Southern boy at heart

    Casey Spooner on his stage antics, Southern pride, and the near breakup of his band

    By Jen Boyles

    Published: May 27, 2009

    Oh, to be Casey Spooner. Dressing up in costumes that would make any theater geek or drag queen drown in her own drool, delivering a jaw-dropping spectacle night after night to...

35. 5ingles

    The Songs We Can't Escape

    By Ray Cummings

    Published: May 27, 2009

    CLIPSE feat. KANYE WEST & BUN B"Kinda Like a Big Deal" UGK's sole surviving member edits himself into what may be hipster rap's most eagerly awaited single, dropping...

36. Critics' Picks

    Santigold, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and more

    Published: May 27, 2009

    WEDNESDAY 5.27 Sinks Turf Club Thrash, children. Thrash because it keeps you warm. Thrash because it's good for the heart. Thrash because it's what all the cool kids...

37. Dish

    Fhima opens two new Zahtar restaurants in the Twin Cities

    Flamboyant restaurateur finally focuses on giving diners what they want

    By Rachel Hutton

    Published: May 27, 2009

    When chef David Fhima opened Louis XIII, or Treize, as it was sometimes called (the locals always stumbled over the full pronunciation), at Southdale in 2004, he was at the...