Vol. 25, No. 38
Keepin' It Real
Cherokee Street is trying to reclaim its working-class heritage. But the power brokers have made their peace with poverty.
By Jeannette Batz
Pledging Allegiance
All of a sudden, some immigrants are compelled to show their patriotism
By D.J. Wilson
Rebel Yell
Armed with a Confederate flag, Jason Scott declared war on uptight high-school officials
By Wm. Stage
How Did You Meet Your Spouse?
Week of September 19, 2001
Letters
Knowledge Gained the Hard Way
Just a week ago, we were so very different
By Ray Hartmann
Just Plain Fulks
Fed up with industry demands, Robbie Fulks releases his unusual new album on his own label
By Patricia Brooke
Joint Effort
Music, politics and business converge at NORML's 30th- anniversary celebration
By Lee Abraham
Smokin' Groove
What to look for at the Bearcat Harvest Festival
War Room
The Flying Luttenbachers are booked for the Way Out Club in a show tailor-made for these trying times
By René Spencer Saller
John Pizzarelli Trio
Wednesday-Sunday, Sept. 19-23; Bistro Europa
By Terry Perkins
Maxwell with Alicia Keys
Saturday, Sept. 22; American Theatre
By Steve Pick
Mike Watt and the Tom and Jerry Show with Cobra Verde and Sound of Urchin.
Wednesday, Sept. 26; Blueberry Hill's Duck Room
By Paul Friswold
The Convocation Of....
Thursday, Sept. 20; Creepy Crawl
By Matt Harnish
Foxy Brown
Broken Silence (Island/Def Jam)
By Andrew Broder
Raw Power
When the service catches up to the food, Fuji Sushi will be on the road to delivering a good meal
By Joe Bonwich
Side Dish
Fio's La Fourchette, closed to daily traffic, now takes diners on "Culinary Journeys"
Amused to Death
How will Hollywood react now that real life is more terrifying than fiction?
By Robert Wilonsky
A Glitch in Time
From the director of the spooky Session 9 comes the amiable farce Happy Accidents
By Bill Gallo
Four Questions for Garrison Keillor
Minnesota's most famous export sits and chats for a spell
By Byron Kerman
Pulitzer Prized
The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts exhibits a private collection in a public space
By Eddie Silva
O Brother, Here Art Thou
Lonesome Pines plays bluegrass the way it was meant to be played
By Roy Kasten
War Stories
Historyonics' American Rosies takes on added poignancy in light of the recent terrorist attacks
By Brian Hohlfeld
Mixed Business
A new production of an old standard fails to unlock the freshness within
By Dennis Brown