Advise and Dissent: Katie Matsonby Emily Bright, TC Daily PlanetWhat would you like to tell president-elect Barack Obama? Advise and Dissent features opinions on what the new president should be thinking and doing.Mr. President-elect, I have three pieces of advice. One: Part of why you were selected is that you seem so cool and centered and balanced. Weekend What’s What 11/27-11/30: Turkey dazeby l’etoile magazine staffThe holidays have officially arrived! We trust by the time you read this, you’ll be pleasantly stuffed with Thanksgiving feast and your quota for family interactions will have been filled. Continue Reading
by Colette Davidson • 11/27/08 • India, my love, what is happening to you?
I am about 400 pages into the 900 page book about India, Shantaram, where the main character and his friends often frequent Cafe Leopold in the southern, Colaba area of the city. The seemingly jovial tourist spot has taken on a new meaning to me as I watch the news now to see that an unknown group has just opened gunfire inside it. Continue Reading
MUSIC | Cloud Cult on the Boweryby Dustin Luke Nelson, TC Daily PlanetNEW YORK CITY—One song deep into the set at the Bowery Ballroom and Craig Minowa leans into the mike, his signature green visor with eyes stenciled into the brim reflecting the red light hanging above the crowd, and points at the glockenspiel to his left. They are improvising a bit tonight. Their keyboard has gone M.I.A., but true to form, Cloud Cult find a way for this to become a positive thing. Instead of cutting songs or trimming the set, they try to make the show something special, something different. The bells will replace the keys.NEWS YOU CAN USE | A vegan turkey day reportby Maura Youngman, TC Daily PlanetPass the Tofurky, bring on the vegan mashed potatoes, and be sure to leave some room for the chocolate carmel Chai Rice Dream. Continue Reading
DANCE | Zenon goes “urban” at the Southernby Jon Behm, TC Daily PlanetZenon Dance Company is marking its 26th fall season this year, and they are celebrating in their usual fashion: by putting on a showcase of some of the most innovative recent dance pieces by choreographers from the Twin Cities and beyond. They launched the season on Thursday night at the Southern Theater, and despite a technical glitch or two, the show generally went off with the flawless grace that has become a Zenon trademark.VISUAL ARTS | Playful realms of the discarded: Celeste Nelmsby Alberto Rios de la Rosa, TC Daily PlanetSense of humor in tow, Celeste Nelms highlights human interactions with nature in her artwork. Using donated goods or materials found in vintage stores, dumpsters, Nelms’ artwork is based on the idea of the discarded. “Something you don’t want anymore, it becomes something that has a soul,” she said. Soul or no, Nelms said, “we all should keep that funny part in life.”DINING | Everyone needs a little sanctuaryby Patricia Webb-de la Cadena, TC Daily PlanetAnd Sanctuary the restaurant, in downtown Minneapolis, is the perfect place to find it. Continue Reading
Volunteers of America – Minnesota’s Southwest Senior Center unveiled its 100 square foot mosaic located on the exterior of the building on Saturday, November 15. Over 120 seniors, students and neighborhood resi-dents helped to create the oval that features scenes from Southwest Minneapolis. The morning included the unveiling of the mosaic, mosaic activities, refreshments and a slide show of the process and the participants. “This process was a great example of how art can bring people together. People of all ages worked with each other to create this beautiful piece. Continue Reading
First Universalist Church, 3400 Dupont Avenue, launched a year-long series of programs on October 25 that will culminate in their 150th Anniversary in 2009. The history of First Universalist and the city of Minneapolis are inseparable. From the start the church was clearly committed to playing an active role within the community. From its founding in 1859 many leaders of the community were impacted by the call of their minister that to whom much is given, much is expected. Rev. J.H. Tuttle arrived in 1866 and served First Universalist until 1891. Continue Reading
THINGS PEOPLE SAY | Readers weigh in on St. Paul architecture • “I don’t mind that St. Paul isn’t a showplace of architecture from the past 30 years. I greatly appreciate that the city has preserved so much from its past 150 years—more so, I’d say without any expertise, than Minneapolis has.”Central Corridor update by Nancy Sartor, TC Daily Planet • Members of the Metropolitan Council’s Corridor Management Committee and community advocates met November 13 to discuss the Central Corridor Light Rail project. At a forum broadcast on KFAI’s “Truth to Tell” and recorded for later broadcast on St. Continue Reading
National campaign gives low-income people an ‘Equal Voice’ by Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder • The Marguerite Casey Foundation, a private, independent grant-making foundation, earlier this year started the Equal Voice for America’s Families campaign.Recount: Franken, Coleman running neck and neck This is the place to look for recount data — updated from the Secretary of State’s web site every night. A hat-tip to Minnesota Independent for the great neck-and-neck photo. And this is the place to send your recount stories — editor@tcdailyplanet.net.THINGS PEOPLE SAY | Two-word reviews by Arts and Entertainment staff, Minnesota Daily • Paul Rudd in Role Models: Justenoughhair onhischest. Paul Rudd on SNL: Toomuchhair onhischest. Prince Charles’s 60th birthday: Still prince.BOOKS | 60 miners in a Hupmobile, and other delights (?) for young Minnesotan eyes by Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet • If you can’t find enough picture books to fill your child’s shelves with the hoariest lore of our great Gopher State, it is not Kathy-jo Wargin’s fault. For pete’s sake, she’s even given us The Edmund Fitzgerald: The Song of the Bell.NEW IN BLOGSELEVENTH AVENUE SOUTH | Minnesota radio host Chris Baker blames media, trans community for trans woman’s death by Andy Birkey, 11/20/08 • Just days after calling a trans man a “mutilated lesbian,” KTLK’s conservative radio host Chris Baker blamed the media — and by extension the transgender community — for the murder of Latiesha Green in Syracuse, NY, a crime authorities are planning to prosecute as a hate crime.FRESH.MN | Saint Paul’s Sidewalk Poetry Project is Complete by Erica Mauter • Saint Paul’s sidewalk poetry project, Everyday Poems for City Sidewalk, is now being installed on the streets of Saint Paul. Continue Reading
THINGS PEOPLE SAY | Homeless Youth in Minnesota: Watch. Read. Think. Talk. by Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet • Join the discussion of homeless youth in Minnesota. Continue Reading
