I catch up with the Lookbook patriarch of beats, Grant Cutler, in the subterranean parlor of the 7th St. Entry. It's a Thursday night and the band is on the Tapes N' Tapes "Tour of the Twin Cities" roster, alongside electronic rockers, Mystery Palace and the headliners themselves. With shoulder-length locks, warm and sultry eyes and a plaid button-up tucked into...

Content shared by l'etoile magazine Screenplay writer Rob Perez arrived in the Twin Cities two years ago and set up camp in Josh Hartnett's Lake Minnetonka home to pen the indie comedy Nobody, and subesquently fell in love with his surroundings. So much so, that when it came time to scout locations to shoot the flick, Minneapolis/St.Paul was the obvious choice. Best known...

Photos by Marcus Metropolis In the midst of MNFashion Week, a dark and sultry secret emerges from the underground: Couture Noir, a masqueraded runway show complete with the latest goth fashions and costumed burlesque dancers, takes place within the velvet-ensconced and chandelier-lit environs of the Varsity Theater. Long before the doors open, a line of eager patrons decked out in...

Content shared from l'étoile magazinePhoto by Stephanie Hynes for Sceneasota As you may be aware, our pals at l'étoile have been keeping a sharp hawk-eye on the local fashion scene for many-a-year. This Fall's MNFashion Week is an extra exceptional example of the upward mobility of the fashion community, however, this time featuring a record number of...

Content shared from l'etoile magazine Ten years ago they became the band that made pop music cool again, layering Christian Erickson's ethereal, ambient arrangements, synth stylings and rhythmic rollercoasterings solidly together with the brooding, breathy harmonies of singers Angela Orluck, Amy Turany and Janey Winterbauer. Rounded off on stage by Tim Ritter on bass and...

On March 6, 1998, a year after winning the Oscar for their snowbound noir gem, Fargo, Joel and Ethan Coen unleashed The Big Lebowski upon unsuspecting filmgoers. The critical accolades, public affection and bulging box office that graced Fargo were replaced by befuddled reviewers, head-scratching audiences and empty movie houses. After barely making back its $15 million cost, this...

Labor Day is a better time than most to write about the industrious David Kahn, who thus far has made good on his pledge to adopt a blue-collar work ethic toward rebuilding the fortunes of the Wolves franchise. Remarkably, Friday's signing of Ramon Sessions to a 4-year offer sheet worth about $16 million makes more sense in the short term than further out; remarkable because...

Every month or so, Secrets of the City will be picturing someone of note around town, captured in their unique environment, but with their face cleverly obscured.  All you do is figure out who it is, and send us an email with your answer.  We'll give it about a week, and then draw a winner from all those who have answered correctly! The winner will get a cool prize...

Every month or so, Secrets of the City will be picturing someone of note around town, captured in their unique environment, but with their face cleverly obscured.  All you do is figure out who it is, and send us an email with your answer.  We'll give it about a week, and then draw a winner from all those who have answered correctly! The winner will get a cool prize...

Photographer Debra Fisher Goldstein has made a habit of having fun behind the lens at our state fair.  If you didn't get enough of the best state fair in the state, be sure to check out her daily slide shows with brief commentary. All fall under the title, Beyond the Schtick of the Stick. Feel free to comment or add your own images.

Check out the Talk section to see Fair images courtesy of Debra Fisher Goldstein, who has made a habit of having fun behind the lens at our state fair.  Daily slide shows with brief commentary fall under the full title, Beyond the Schtick of the Stick. Feel free to comment or add your own images.

In 2003, with a humble drum machine and a bit of sibling love, brother/sister duo Martha and Neil Weir formed the band that would later evolve into The Chambermaids. Inspired by their Twin Cities post-punk and rebel rock predecessors - namely The Replacements and Husker Du - and a knowledge of music history large enough to impress even the most melancholy shoegazer fan, The Chambermaids...

The sports blogs were abuzz with Rubio "news" again today, claiming he'd been bought by a team in Barcelona for the next six years. A few hours later, more reports either debunked that info or declared it premature, but the whole thing gave everyone a chance to reiterate their positions on the matter. Well, I certainly don't want to be left out. I've long...

SPECIAL EVENTMNArtists Field Day Everyone who's anyone in the local art scene has at some point probably created an mnartists.org page. The Walker Art Center-sponsored regional online artists' community boasts over 15,000 members and over 100,000 art images posted over the last five years. Impressive, eh? Well, today you're invited down to the Walker's Sculpture...

Temporarily perched between the Olympic Peninsula and a campsite in eastern Oregon, I was graciously afforded an opportunityby the Wolves' staff to participate in the out-of-town media's conference call with new Wolves' coach Kurt Rambis late this afternoon. Yes, the healthy LA contingent in the crowd wanted to know more about why Rambis didn't keep waiting around...

Like you, begins the book, I know exactly where I was and what I was doing when I heard Amanda Palmer had been killed.This is, of course, a lie. Amanda Palmer, who makes up one half of the Brechtian punk cabaret duo The Dresden Dolls, isn't nearly as dead as the book might have you believe. She's merely taking some time off from the band - known for their dark, circus-like...

Now the Telfair deal is less troublesome. President of Basketball Operations David Kahn acquired a decidedly sub-mediocre 34-year old backup point guard with an expiring contract in a trade with Oklahoma City the other day, and in terms of short-term tinkering, it was a savvy swap. Unlike the departed Telfair, Atkins shouldn't and won't have any illusions that he is the...

Photo by Vanessa Meade Content courtesy of l'étoile magazine Unless you've been living under a rock, you've most likely heard the news: longtime l'étoile BFF and uber-talented fashion designer Ra'mon Lawrence Coleman is a contestant on the upcoming season of wildly popular reality show, Project Runway, and we couldn't be more happy for...