February 2012
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In case a lunchtime Restaurant Week getaway just isn’t in the work cards for you, Stephanie March has a skyway tip: the ramen at Kikugawa. I almost don’t want to share this one because I go here for the tempura udon with an extra dash of that spicy seasoning and there’s only one man behind the counter handling the hungry line, but good ramen is so hard to find....
Shops editor Ali Kaplan’s newest obsession is the Iowa-based, but Minnesota-strong Locally Grown label. Prominent in coops around the state, find the cool duds near you here.
This month’s Salon Saloon, the live-action art show, is The Radio Show where Andy Sturdevant will be talking with Daniel Henry of the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting, Sasha Aslanian of Minnesota Public Radio, Joe Stitzel and Chuck Tomlinson of “Cosmic Slop,” and KFAI’s Ron “Boogiemonster” Gerber from “Crap from the Past,” celebrating its twentieth anniversary....
The Tad has spoken and the disconcerting unrealness of the Walker’s new show Lifelike is a hit:
“The delight comes first in being tricked, followed by the satisfaction of learning how the trick is done. (Important note: read the plaques on the wall and listen to the audio accompaniment, or you won’t be quite so satisfied.)”
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It’s an annual clearance sale and a leap year sale combined this week at St. Paul’s Up Six, which means great deals on vintage clothing and furniture and an extra 10 percent off on Feb 29.
It’s here! Restaurant Week! And this year, Stephanie March will be surprising people with free lunch. There are plenty of new participants like Pat’s...
Have your napkin ready for stray drool when you read what’s on tonight’s menu at Minneapolis Community Education’s cooking class, Soul Food Revisited. They’ll (and you’ll, if you’re smart) be whipping up sweet potato cornbread with honey, butter-seared chicken and waffles, blackberry peach cobbler and more. The class is $30, will be held and Southwest High...
Mondays, right? You know how it is, you never receive your piece of cake and somebody touches your stapler. Well forget about all that at Famous Dave’s with good food and free swing dancing lessons starting at 8 pm. And where every other city just gets a Famous Dave’s, we get a Famous Dave’s Blues Club, which means Stockcar Named Desire will be providing the music. 3001...
Restaurant Week
In case you’re still hemming and hawing about where to go and what to eat during Restaurant Week, Stephanie March takes the pressure off. She’s compiled a list of her favorite dishes and recommendations and, as a sweetener, she’ll even be surprising some lucky diners during lunch and spot them their delicious meals. Doesn’t Masa’s Mexican hot chocolate bread pudding...
This just in from Secrets: Andrew Zimmern for City Council!
“Oh, why not! This interview with Zimmern quotes Mr. Bizarre Foods as wanting to “give back” after his food career and AZ tosses out the idea of a local political position, maybe even a city council. It’s not any more outlandish than a former SNL star in Congress or even some of the current council members in the metro, really....
THE TOILETZ
ktank:
AT AMAZING THAILAND ARE HEATED AND THEY WASH YOUR BUTT.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE IN MINNEAPOLIS WHERE THIS HAPPENS.
Midwest is truly where it is at. If you do not believe this author’s opinion, simply stop by The Future Presence Gallery tonight at 6 pm and check out all the artists who found their way here from some place called New York City. “I’m New Here” will showcase our wealth of imported talents and end with a performance by local group Votel. Secrets has all the details.
So February’s issue was dedicated to children: where to eat with them, what to do with them, and things they enjoy eating (hint: candy). In honor of all things tiny, we found two Tumblrs you’re gonna want to follow.
Children with Swag. It’s children. With swag. Get jealous.
Ugly Renaissance Babies. Sort of the opposite.
American Idiot
It’s no American Savant, that’s for sure. Tad reviewed the Green Day musical now playing at the Orpheum Theatre and he kind of liked it, even with the expected qualifiers about the sex-drug angst. In fact, he found it kinda tame.
“…the show has more in common with The Wizard of Oz than it does with such teen-angst classics as Hair or Rent. After all, the central character,...
