Arts
Ethiopian elder and a changing society
Following the death of his wife, Meseganio Tadelo (played by Debebe Eshtu) gathers his children and announces that he will...
Bob Dylan festival returns to St. Louis Park
After a year’s hiatus, an annual tribute to Bob Dylan returns. At 6:30 p.m. July 29 at Wolfe Park in...
David and the Philistine Woman: Throwing rocks
David and the Philistine Woman, by Paul Boorstin, Top Hat Books, 316 pages, $19.95 Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER One problem...
On the Fringe
by MAX SPARBER The 23-year-old Minnesota Fringe Festival is one of the great experiments in theater. It is unjuried, which...
Amazing tales of the 1960s ‘revolution’
Jonathan Lerner functioned as the office manager and spokesperson for Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), the national anti-Vietnam War...
A wizard in the recording studio
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR In the local music scene, and beyond, Adi Yeshaya has earned a reputation as a talented composer,...
Yael Rasooly: ‘They must do their art’
Puppetry is unique among the performing arts in that it allows one performer with two suitcases of props to create...
When cantors were stars
by MAX SPARBER This is an unusually busy month for Jewish puppetry in the Twin Cities. There is Israeli puppeteer...
The Netanyahu Years: Apocalyptic instincts
The Netanyahu Years by Ben Caspit, translated by Ora Cummings, Thomas Dunne, 493 pages, $29.99 Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Whether...
Norman: A New York hustler’s rise and tragic fall
Richard Gere plays the eponymous character in Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer,...
