Country Grammar
With two new books out this fall and a massive linguistic project ahead, David Treuer is redefining what it means to be a native speaker
I Am A Camera
Searching for backyard wrestlers, cholos, a scorpion belt, and the most blessed Virgin with Xavier Tavera
Ten Thousand Bullets
D.C. lifer George Pelecanos writes about murder, drug feuds, riots, dog-fighting--and also a little violence
Boys in the Corner
Jonathan Safran Foer, Wes Anderson, Conor Oberst, and the new male infantilism
The Grappler
Inspired by his father's pro wrestling career, photographer and curator Karl Raschke struggles to blur real and fake, introspection and spectacle
The Blotter
News and Notes, Links and Loose Lips
by City Pages Staff
Culture to Go
Music, movie, TV, and other arts news updated every weekday
by City Pages Staff
Balls! The City Pages Sports Blog
Group sports blog featuring news, chat, and links
by City Pages Staff
Streets of Pizza
Join our anonymous pizza-delivery man on his nightly rounds
by Pizza Man
Pussy Ranch
Pop culture hog-tied and wrestled into submission
by Diablo Cody
American Idle
Political and pop culture satire
by Corey Anderson
The Other Side of Country
The Twin Cities only alt-country hillbilly rant blog
by Jack Sparks
Live Nude Weblog!
Labor, politics, music--and soccer
by Paul Demko
This Is Pop
Local and national pop music news
by Lindsey Thomas
Complicated Fun
It's all Rock & Roll (and Hip Hop)
by Peter S. Scholtes
Featuring the work of reclusive New York cartoonist Jerry Moriarty.
What if Swan Lake landed in a Nebraska ranch home?
Theater Latté Da; at the Loring Playhouse through March 4
Spotlight: The Glass Menagerie
Guthrie Theater McGuire Proscenium Stage through March 25
(Theater - 1/31/2007)
Willy, Günter, Helmut, and Horst
The Great Game of the 20th century didn't take place at a hair salon.
(Theater - 1/31/2007)
Let's See If He Can Topple Three Milk Bottles with a Ping-Pong Ball
Cozying up to America's favorite carny.
(Theater - 1/24/2007)
Spotlight: Tale of a West Texas Marsupial Girl
Children's Theatre Company through February 25
(Theater - 1/24/2007)
The Art Shanty Projects 2007
Art-inspired icehouses and their creators take over Medicine Lake.
(Galleries - 1/24/2007)
In the Vatican City, It Was Bigger Than 'Cats'
What does the pope know about happy marriages?
(Theater - 1/17/2007)
Spotlight: Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven
Walker Art Center through January 20
(Theater - 1/17/2007)
Bonnie Fuller, Your Conscience Is Calling
'Us' against them.
(TV - 1/17/2007)
No Child Left Behind
What can stop 'High School Musical': The Musical? Nothing.
(Theater - 1/10/2007)
Spotlight: Loot
Theatre in the Round through January 28
(Theater - 1/10/2007)
Spotlight: Must Don't Whip 'Um
Walker Art Center through January 6
(Theater - 1/3/2007)
Curtain Call
Let's bring back the year's best (and worst) performances for one more round of applause (and jeers).
(Theater - 12/27/2006)
Spotlight: Altar Boyz
Pantages Theatre through December 31
(Theater - 12/27/2006)
Spotlight: Protection Program
Old Arizona through January 13
(Theater - 12/20/2006)
Spotlight: The Mousetrap
Theatre in the Round through December 17
(Theater - 12/13/2006)
Spotlight: Waiting for Godot
Minneapolis Theater Garage through December 17
(Theater - 12/6/2006)
What Happened to the Incest and the Moonshine?
Where would rural America be without the pathos?
(Theater - 12/6/2006)
Get Me a Podiatrist, Stat!
CBS bets that TV can fill yet another hospital bed.
(TV - 12/6/2006)
The Lost Napkins of Leonardo Da Vinci
Is the future hiding somewhere in a 500-year-old notebook?
(Cover Story - 11/29/2006)
Don't Throw Away the Key
Do you want to know a secret about sexual psychopaths? They're not the ones committing most of the sex crimes.
(Cover Story - 11/29/2006)
Enter Sandman
Why Neil Gaiman is about to become bigger than death.
(Cover Story - 11/29/2006)
Help!
Stephanie and Kelly Kinnunen didn't quit their jobs, sell off their worldly possessions, and move into a motel in order to launch a new magazine about patio furniture.
(Cover Story - 11/29/2006)
I Do Believe in Faeries!
Once you've made it to the Magic Kingdom, why leave?
(Cover Story - 11/29/2006)
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The sailor you never really knew is back on shore leave. Oh the humanicky!
(Cover Story - 11/29/2006)
The Shelf Life of Socialism
Inside a Leninist bookstore in West St. Paul, a familiar refrain: What is to be done?
(Cover Story - 11/29/2006)
Spotlight: World Wide Church of the Handicapped
Interact Center through December 16
(Theater - 11/29/2006)
Spotlight: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Park Square Theatre through December 7
(Theater - 11/22/2006)
Who Needs Pussy?
A gay cat burgler loses his pants, finds himself.
(Theater - 11/22/2006)
Pope Not-So-Pious
The Pontiff ate my baby; Angelina Jolie plays the whore of Babylon.
(Theater - 11/15/2006)
Spotlight: Ligustrum Vulgare
Bryant-Lake Bowl through November 30
(Theater - 11/15/2006)