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Arts & Entertainment

Viva Villa!

by Amy Danielson
Published November 14, 2002

The Mexican Revolution began in 1910 in the state of Chihuahua as peasants reacted to elevated food prices and exploitation by affluent landowners. Revolutionaries elected Pancho Villa as their First Commander,...

8 Miles High and Rising

by Tom Horgen
Published November 14, 2002

Respected critics have let the prospect of Eminem's acting ability plunder their reviews of "8 Mile." This hotbed of anticipation was like a vice grip that needed unwinding. So let's unwind quickly. He...

Noticing How Bad Things Really Are

by Brianna Riplinger
Published November 14, 2002

For all of us bleeding-heart-liberal college students who have been in a blurry haze of depression, frustration and rage for the past few weeks sparked by Sen. Paul Wellstone's death and prolonged by the...

Trading places: What’s new with “Shrew”

by Steven Snyder
Published November 7, 2002

The Taming of the Shrew" is not generally considered one of Shakespeare's finest plays. Over the years, its humor between the sexes has been dampened by audiences who have tired of its blatant aggression...

There’s Still Room for Jello

by Nathan Hall
Published November 7, 2002

By all accounts, it appears that the 44-year-old ex-Dead Kennedy front man Jello Biafra needs a hug or three. His indie label Alternative Tentacles is financially strapped after bitter ex-band mates successfully...

He Drives Me Crazy

by Monica LaBelle
Published November 7, 2002

Jevetta Steele must be a masochist. For the past two weekends, she has repeatedly enacted one of the most painful and personal parts of her life to an audience of hundreds. In a voice that's stronger than...

Visions on Fire

by Niels Strandskov
Published November 7, 2002
Latin American film at the Walker Arts Center

Insane in the Membrane

by Nathan Hall
Published November 7, 2002

Odds are a crazy person is part of your life. I'm not talking somewhat moody or mildly bipolar, but barking-at-the-fire-hydrant-and-drooling-while-eating-raw-macaroni insane. Perhaps this person asks you...

Guilty Pleasures

by Brianna Riplinger
Published November 7, 2002

A good friend and fellow music-head once assured me, "Brianna, there's no such thing as 'guilty pleasures.' " This was after I awkwardly confessed how addicted I was to the new Enrique Iglesias record,...

Salma Hayek as Frida Kahlo

Published November 7, 2002

F By Al Milgrom or local Salma Hayek fans, the long-delayed transformation of the sultry Hollywood sex symbol into surrealist painter Frida Kahlo begins this weekend. For local Frida Kahlo fans, the celebrated...

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