Arts & Entertainment

Lavender Summer of Pride Preview

Lavender Summer of Pride Preview

Summer of Pride Kickoff Party
Join us on Thursday, June 5, 5:30–9:00 PM, for the unveiling of the 2008 Pride Edition and the presentation of the annual Pride Awards, while enjoying an open bar, complimentary appetizers, great giveaways, and prize registrations. The elegant Chambers Hotel in Downtown Minneapolis will be the venue for the official kickoff […]

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Art-A-Whirl Swirling Around Northeast Minneapolis

by Russell Remmick
Art-A-Whirl Swirling Around Northeast Minneapolis

Art-A-Whirl (AAW), the popular open-studio and gallery tour of Northeast Minneapolis, is back again this year, May 16-18. This annual event calls for, and welcomes, local and regional visitors who want to see art produced in Northeast Minneapolis.
Nite Vision by DeDe Magnuson
More than 500 artists participate in AAW, put on by the Northeast Minneapolis Arts […]

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Oryon Goes Nova: Pop Icon Breaks Out New Album and New Attitude

by Chris Jackson

Asking this gay boy not to make snap judgments based solely on physical appearance is like asking our beloved President not to use faulty English. It’s not something I mean to do—it just kind of happens. It may be harsh, but I like the view from the height of the pedestal it puts me on.
I […]

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Deep Inside Hollywood

by Romeo San Vicente

Demi Moore and Parker Posey Cry Happy Tears
Demi Moore knows how hard it is for an actor who takes a break from the business to find her way back in. So, lately, she has been taking some cues from ex-husband Bruce Willis. Want a low-risk comeback? Get on the indie-film bus. And that’s exactly what […]

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On the Record

by Ed Huyck

Accelerate
R.E.M.
I have greeted the last half-dozen R.E.M. albums or so with an “er—OK.” But Accelerate sounds like the real deal. The band not only rocks harder than they have in more than a decade, but also the songs have the classic, pop-merged-with-the-underground vibe that fueled R.E.M.’s rise in the 1980s. Peter Buck’s guitars […]

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On the Townsend

by John Townsend

The Ballad of Josef K.
Through May 18
Illusion Theater
528 Hennepin Ave., Mpls.
(612) 339-4944
www.illusiontheater.org
Milwaukee Mask and Puppet Theatre plays the Illusion with a bizarre take on Franz Kafka’s The Trial dubbed The Ballad of Josef K. This provocative reimagining of an already edgy work portrays a secret court with a resident pedophile who engages teen prostitutes. Indeed, […]

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