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40 On the Record
Head First • Interpreting the Masters, Vol. 1: A
Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates • Plastic
Beaches • Sasha Maria
Use Your Black “Bar” Tab To Find
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42 Bar Advertiser Guide
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42 Bartender Spotlight
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44 Bar Showcase
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46 Bar Calendar
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48 The Main YOUR CHANCE TO WIN
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50 Off the Eaten Path
Fusion: Excels at Celebrating the Diversity of
World Cuisine
Photo by Hubert Bonnet
Fusion Restaurant Bar BACKTALK
56 Public Service Announcement
Minneapollis Police Department Seeks Your
Help in HIV Criminal Case
58 Lavender Lens
GLBT Lavender First Thursday
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Volume 15, Issue 388 • April 9–22, 2010
Editorial
Editor Emeritus Ethan Boatner 612-436-4670
Editorial Director Russell Remmick 612-436-4671
Editorial Associate George Holdgrafer 612-436-4672
Podmaster Bradley Traynor 612-436-4669
Contributors Kolina Cicero, Meryl Cohn, Carla Continenza,
Julie Dafydd, Heidi Fellner, Terrance Griep, Ed Huyck, Steve
Lenius, Jennifer Parello, Todd Park, Kevin Quinn, Sara Rogers,
Amber Schadewald, Vince Sgambati, Elizabeth Stiras, John
Townsend, Carla Waldemar
Advertising
Sales & Advertising Director Barry Leavitt 612-436-4690
Senior Account Executive Suzanne Farrell 612-436-4699
Account Executives Jonathan Halverson 612-436-4696,
Michael Ladzun 612-436-4697
Sales & Advertising Traffic Coordinator
Linda Raines 612-436-4694
Advertising Associate George Holdgrafer 612-436-4672
Classifieds Suzanne Farrell 612-436-4699
National Sales Representative Rivendell Media
212-242-6863
Creative
Creative Director Hubert Bonnet 612-436-4678
Creative Assistant Mike Hnida 612-436-4679
Creative Intern Andy Scott
Photographer Sophia Hantzes
Cartoonist Rodro
Lavender Studios Hubert Bonnet, Mike Hnida
Administration
Publisher Lavender Media, Inc.
President & CEO Stephen Rocheford 612-436-4665
Vice President & CC Pierre Tardif 612-436-4666
Chief Financial Officer Carolyn Lima 612-436-4664
Administrative Assistant Austin Lindstrom 612-436-4661
Founders George Holdgrafer, Stephen Rocheford
Inspiration Steven W. Anderson (1954-1994), Timothy J. Lee
(1968-2002), Russell Berg (1957-2005), Kathryn Rocheford
(1914-2006)
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Community Dialogue > A Word in Edgewise [ by E.B. Boatner ]
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Community Dialogue > Queer As Folks
HISTORIC HEARING ON
MARRIAGE-RELATED BILLS
IN MINNESOTA SENATE
After a hearing on similar legislation Photo by Sophia Hantzes
on February 22 in the Minnesota
House, bills legalizing same-sex mar-
riage were brought up March 2 in the
Minnesota Senate, and a hearing was
held. Amy Johnson, Executive Director
of OutFront Minnesota, said, “Legisla-
tors have seen that there is strong AIDS ACTION DAY AT STATE CAPITOL
support for extending legal recognition
to same-sex couples and their families
by ending discrimination in marriage. With the help of the disease, showing that held a rally in the Capitol
Minnesotans know that marriage Minnesota AIDS Project funding still is needed, Rotunda, and heard
equality next door in Canada and now (MAP), AIDS Action Day and that cutting it would personal stories from
Iowa is not a threat to them or their again took place at the be a huge blow to several people diagnosed
families. In fact, polls show that the
majority of Americans support creation
State Capitol. HIV/AIDS those infected, as well with HIV. Putting real
of the sorts of legal frameworks and advocates converged on as to those working to faces on the statistics
protections for same-sex couples. the Minnesota Legisla- decrease infection rates made them more real for
Today’s informational hearing in the ture to raise awareness and find a cure. Attend- participants.
Senate is a significant step toward and visibility about the ees met with legislators,
ending this form of discrimination.”
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Cover Feature > GLBT Weddings
April 9–22, 2010
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Here
Comes!
Lesbian Writer Chats Up Women’s Offbeat Weddings:
Interview with Ariel Meadow Stallings
[ by E.B. Boatner ]
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riel Meadow Stallings first wrote Offbeat Bride: Creative Alterna-
tives for Independent Brides in 2005 in the lonely fastness of her
Seattle home. Her main aim was to encourage brides to create and
enjoy their own special brand of wedding.
To Stallings’s surprise, the book spawned thousands—make that
hundreds of thousands—of responses a month from offbeat brides. That explo-
sion of nuptial eccentricity begat her beguiling and addictive wedding website:
<http://offbeatbride.com>. One can browse it for hours, checking in to read
the profiles or just feast on the photos.
A quick peek gleaned these tidbits from couples postings on the like “I Am Woman, Hear Me Order Monogrammed Napkins”; “The
website: “Ani & Laura’s Lesbian Gamer Geek Wedding”; “Alison Swag, Part 1: Invitations & RSVPs”; “Décor Fetishist”; “Prefunk”;
& Matt’s Icelandic wedding & Philadelphia library reception.” The “Can I Borrow Your Yarmulke?”; “Who the Hell Are All These Peo-
latter posted: “We got married at a glacier lagoon….Instead of a ple?”; and “Postweddin’ Depression”—give the dewy-eyed a clearer
cake cutting, we had gingerbread versions of ourselves, and bit off vision of what to expect. The couple survived what Stallings calls her
each other’s heads.” “hippie/raver forest freakfest wedding”—and so can you.
The website is crammed with profiles of couples like these, along Stallings recently snatched a moment from her wedding whirl to
with Stallings’s answers and information for the curious. “Wedding join in a question-and-answer with Lavender’s ring-shy writer.
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goal with the site has always been to cre-
ate a community to support women.
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Cover Feature > GLBT Weddings
I actually worry about couples wanting and lifestyles. We have so much to learn with one—or more—trans people?
to be nontraditional. I encourage couples from the way different people celebrate Oh, I’ve got a whole archive dedicated
to plan weddings that are an expression of their commitment. to transgender wedding issues: <http://off-
their relationship and personalities. For beatbride.com/tag/transgender-wedding>.
some couples, this can mean confirming In the process of creating your own It’s been a really wonderful opportunity for
their place in larger cultural contexts, and wedding, does it help or hinder if at least me, actually, to learn more about the trans-
honoring family traditions. For others, this one person of the couple—you, for ex- gender community. For instance, I had a
can mean expressing their individuality. ample—is an obsessive organizer? Your reader correct me when I referred to some-
For both, the goal is the same: to create a subject heading “Demented bridal-con- one as “transgendered” instead of “trans-
wedding that fits with the couple and their trol issues” lingers in my mind. Can you gender.” I have tons of lesbian family, so the
relationship. give our marriage/commitment-minded language around lesbian culture feels pretty
When I hear about couples wanting to readers come advice? natural to me. As a writer, learning the lan-
be nontraditional, it strikes me as a little For me, the way I was able to release guage of transgender culture was a great
inauthentic. You either are, or you aren’t. control was to focus on the metaissues in- side effect of working on Offbeat Bride.
It’s like Yoda says: “Do, or do not. There stead of the immediate issues. For instance,
is no try.” as long as it was my dear friend making our Are there any other wedding words
That said, I think there’s a lot than can wedding cake, I could release control over or suggestions you’d like to direct to
be gleaned from admiring other people’s what the cake actually looked like. Lavender readers?
weddings—even weddings that totally This is an odd thing for a wedding “ex-
aren’t what you think of as your style. I tell In today’s world, “bride/groom” can be pert” to say, but I actually don’t particularly
my readers on my website that I guaran- more than, or perhaps one might say “be- care about weddings. But I love wacky, won-
tee they won’t like every wedding they see yond,” the standard boy/girl dichotomy. derful people who are madly in love with
on offbeatbride.com. And that’s the whole With the number of transgender individu- each other. I love seeing the way nontradi-
point! I like to expose my more traditional als increasing, have you had any inquiries tional people chose to celebrate their com-
readers to the wide breadth of subcultures from or information offered by couples mitments, how they come together to honor
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love and their values. I like learning about
new corners of culture: puppet-makers,
steampunks, psychobillies, happy goths.
I love the way couples express themselves
through fashion and art, and I am a huge
sucker for exciting wedding photography.
Plus, I genuinely enjoy supporting smart
women as they question and challenge the
massive cultural expectations that come
with weddings and marriage.
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On the Runway |
April 9–22, 2010
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Happily Ever After
Produced by Mike Hnida
Photography by Mike Hnida, Lavender Studios
Hair & Makeup by Adam Lang
Models: Adam, Daniel, Molly
Clothing provided by Bloomingdale's
Jewelry provided by T Lee Fine Designer Jewelry
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> On the Runway
April 9–22, 2010
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Ivory beaded dress $309, Bloomingdale's
18k yellow XO ring with 2.43ct Madagascar sapphire $2850, T Lee
April 9–22, 2010
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> On the Runway
April 9–22, 2010
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Big Gay News |
[ Written & Compiled by Bradley Traynor ]
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> Big Gay News
SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE
GROWING IN CALIFORNIA
CHRISTIAN BROADCASTER
SETTLES GAY HARASSMENT
LAWSUIT
According to The Washington Post, Chris-
tian broadcaster Trinity Broadcasting Net-
work has settled a civil lawsuit brought by
an openly gay former engineer who claimed
he was harassed for being gay. The lawsuit
alleged that Paul Crouch Jr., the son of
Trinity founders Jan and Paul Crouch, told
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> Arts & Entertainment
April 9–22, 2010
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GUTHRIE FEATURED
PLAYWRIGHT DISCUSSES
HIS M. BUTTERFLY
Interview with David Henry Hwang
[ by John Townsend ]
L
ast year, Tony Kush- I recently spoke with Hwang about M. to ignore anything which would contradict
Butterfly. that fact, including the fact that his Madame
ner was the Guthrie Butterfly has a penis. The play argues that it’s
Theater’s featured M. Butterfly is a perfect blend of the basically self-delusion conditioned by the sort
contemporary play- proverbially “well-written” play, and at of racist template of Madame Butterfly and the
the same time a radical reassessment of seductiveness of that fantasy.
wright. This year, it’s David gender, sexuality, race, and the West’s Now, in terms of the mechanics of the
Henry Hwang, whose 1988 colonial legacy imposed on the East. situation, which the play really doesn’t get
Best Play Tony-winner, the How did this play come about? into, there’s a woman named Joyce Wadler
gender-bending groundbreaker When I heard the story on which M. who wrote a book called Liaison about the
Butterfly is based. The idea of a French dip- actual case, and she went and spent a lot
M. Butterfly, is about to open. lomat who had an affair for 20 years with a of time with the real principals, and inter-
His 2008 Pulitzer-finalist Yellow Chinese actress who turned out to be (A) viewed them. I guess there was some issue
Face, featuring Randy Reyes, a spy and (B) a man in drag. The way in of Shi Pei Pu being able to fold his penis
which that story just kind of hit me and into his testicles, so that’s one way it could
sold out at the Big G in Feb- fascinated me, without my knowing on any be done physically. But the point is not re-
ruary as a coproduction with conscious level in those early phases that ally about that. It’s more about the state
Theater Mu. Hwang generally that story would inherently encompass sex- of mind.
ism, racism, imperialism, gender reevalua- Now, interestingly, there has always
is regarded as the best Asian- tion, and notions of racial and sexual iden- been a school of thought about Boursicot
American playwright ever. tity being fluid. There is so much in that having been a closeted gay guy, and I feel
M. Butterfly is an ironic updating of Puc- story itself. It was just a question of being that doesn’t actually make sense in terms of
cini’s 1904 opera Madame Butterfly. Further able to unpack what I think this anecdote the real character, because at the time Bour-
irony: Yellow Face critically comments on carried within it inherently. sicot was arrested, he was out. He was living
the 1991 Broadway smash Miss Saigon, also with a different man, so it would have been
based on the same opera. How could Gallimard not know about much easier for him to have said, “I had
M. Butterfly’s other template is the scan- Song being a man for so long? an affair with a man, and at the time, I was
dalous true story of French diplomat Ber- The play argues that it’s essentially a case young, and wanted to believe that Shi Pei
of self-delusion, in the same way, in a more Pu was actually a woman, and not a man.”
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Obie-winning play Golden Child. My
own reaction to its foot-binding aspect
was: “how barbaric.” Yet, some of my
students saw it differently.
I think it’s really interesting to look at
tradition versus change in the context of
somebody else’s society, because tradition
in the context of one’s own society always
feels like: well, that’s the normal thing, and
that’s how people have always done it, and
why would you change this? But you put it
in somebody else’s culture, and it becomes
something like foot binding. Our instinct is
to go, “No! They shouldn’t be foot binding!”
So, hopefully, it problematizes the easy reac-
tions we have to tradition versus change.
M. Butterfly
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Arts & Entertainment > On the Townsend [ by John Townsend ]
(612) 375-7600
<www.walkerart.org>
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Mohammad Mossadegh in order to install
the Shah—observes a group of women
who take healing refuge in a villa near
Tehran. The viewer isn’t sure what’s real
and what’s surreal at times, giving the
weird impression that as societies col-
lapse, the nature of space and reality actu-
ally shifts. Tragic notions of a prostitute
whose soul seems to have left her body
and of conservative Muslims becoming
rabidly anticommunist make for a provoc-
ative masterwork. The film was a Venice
Film Fest Silver Lion Winner.
BIG RIVER
Through Apr. 25
Illusion Theater, 528 Hennepin Ave., Mpls.
(612) 339-4944
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> On the Townsend
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Medea. Photo by Richard Fleischman
MEDEA
Through Apr. 25
Lowry Lab, 350 St. Peter St., St. Paul
(612) 721-1186
<www.theatreunbound.com>
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Arts & Entertainment > On the Record [ by Ed Huyck ]
Interpreting the
Masters, Vol. 1: A
Tribute to Daryl Hall
Head First and John Oates Plastic Beaches Sasha Maria
GOLDFRAPP THE BIRD AND THE BEE GORILLAZ SASHA MARIA
It must be something in I may be a child of the Starting life a decade ago After nearly a decade of
the air. Goldfrapp’s latest 1980s, but I never have been as a cartoon side project, performing around the Twin
opens with a riff and vocal much of a Hall and Oates Gorillaz have grown into a Cities and the Midwest,
that could have been drawn fan. Being a rocker (and going concern all on their singer-songwriter Sasha
from Donna Summer’s later punker) meant I usually own, becoming the artistic Maria recently released
“She Works Hard for the sneered at such prefab soul. home of former Blur front- her self-titled debut. It’s a
Money.” That vibe never Still, when one of the songs man Damon Albarn. He has collection that shows plenty
disappears from the latest came on the radio, I secretly indicated that this album of promise. She has a nice
by the electronic duo of would tap my toes, and sing may be all from the virtual Norah Jones/Tori Amos
Alison Goldfrapp and Will along. The Bird and the Bee band. If so, it’s a fine way vibe going on here, and the
Gregory. You can hear it in understand this, and they to go out. The sprawling songs showcase her vocal
the throbbing piano riff that dedicate a whole album to collection merges many skills quite well. The slow-
powers the title track, the the earlier duo’s mellow and of his own lyrical interests burning “My Beautiful” is
bouncy synth riff on “Shiny smooth soul. It helps that from the past 20 years with a a real highlight here, from
and Warm,” or the Laurie Inara George’s vocals—from who’s who of influential art- the smoldering vocal line
Anderson-like “Voicething.” tone to inflection—aren’t ists: Mos Def; Snoop Dogg; to the bluesy guitar solo
Sometimes, the “guess the anything like the original. Mark E. Smith of The Fall; by Jonathan Earl Nelson.
influence” gets a bit distract- The gender switch also and Mick Jones and Paul Elsewhere, a few too many
ing—hmm, are they playing gives it all a fresh, modern Simonon, better known as laid-back mid-tempo pieces
off the Human League or perspective. Instrumental- the surviving members of may be found. These songs,
the Eurythmics on this ist Greg Kurstin retains The Clash. In fact, it’s these while fine on their own,
track?—but that is overpow- the signature mood of the fellow Brits who get the best blend together into a seam-
ered by the general quality originals, but adds in odd- moments here, as their own less whole that just sits in
of the songs. For the most ball musical twists to make worldviews mesh well with the background, instead of
part, the duo didn’t forget to it feel modern without being the host artist. The moody arresting the listener like the
write actual songs to go with too high tech. Meanwhile, title track brings it all home, best cuts here. Still, several
the nostalgic electronics. you have the toe-tapping sounding like some odd relic others stand out as well,
Goldfrapp isn’t as soulful as sing-alongs, from “Ma- from 1981, lost for three including the syncopated
the above-mentioned per- neater” to “Kiss on My decades, and freshened up riffs and compelling vocals
formers, but she gives the List” to “Private Eyes,” by a hot DJ. Plastic Beaches of “Blink of an Eye,” and
April 9–22, 2010
music a singular modern-age which I believe I had hidden sometimes sprawls too far, the smoldering, jazzy mood
moodiness, a 21st-Century behind the Prince and Bruce but the whole ride is worth of the closer, “Wanting.”
wariness that says life turned Springsteen singles when I taking. These are the moments that
bit more complicated than was a sprout. make me look forward to
we thought it would be. Sasha Maria’s next release.
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Bar Scene > Bar Showcase [ Photos by George Holdgrafer ]
CAMP
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Bar Scene > Bar Calendar
For club addresses, phone numbers, and Web FRIDAY, APRIL 9 Daina DePerez
sites, see “Bar Advertiser Guide” on page 42. Gary Collins 9 PM. Tickles.
For events not at bars, see <LavenderMagazine. 5 PM. Tickles. Dragged Out! Flip Show
com/calendar>. Total DiscTracktion 9:30 PM. Town House.
9 PM. Town House. Foam Party
Jason Richards Gay 90’s
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SATURDAY, APRIL 17
SATURDAY, APRIL 10 Blue Jeans & Bling:
Thumper Hunt A Dinner & A Show
The Black Guard Fundraiser Imperial Court of Minnesota Benefit
3 PM. Gay 90’s. for Rural AIDS Action Network (RANN)
Red Hot Drag Contest 5:30 PM. La Femme Show Lounge. Gay 90’s.
8 PM. Lush. Red Hot Drag Contest
Mia Dorr 8 PM. Lush.
9 PM. Tickles. Mia Dorr
TNT Show 9 PM. Tickles.
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> Bar Scene
The Main
Documentary
Preview/Fundraiser
For a number of years, filmmaker Julie
Casper Roth, a native of Superior, Wis-
consin, has been working on The Main,
a documentary about The Main Club in
her hometown and owner Bob Jansen.
The bar, which opened at its original lo-
cation in 1983, was destroyed in a tragic
1996 fire, but moved to its present home
in 1997. A two-day preview/fundraiser for
The Main takes place at the Zinema 2, 222
East Superior Street, Duluth, Minnesota.
On April 17 (tickets $35), a silent auction,
hors d’oeuvres, and cash bar get under way
at 6 PM, followed by a screening at 8 PM.
On April 18 (tickets $25), doors open at
11 AM for a silent auction, with a screen-
ing at 1 PM. Tickets may be purchased
at The Main Club, 1217 Tower Avenue,
Superior.
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April 9–22,
March 2010
12–25, 2010
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Cuisine > Off the Eaten Path
FUSION
EXCELS AT CELEBRATING THE DIVERSITY OF WORLD CUISINE
[ by Heidi Fellner ]
eno is dead. Long live Zeno...or, as it so hap- as it is across the menu—is about as varied as I’ve seen.
pens, Fusion—the successor under the same To be quite honest, I didn’t think the staff would be able
management. The renamed restaurant space to pull it off. Baked goat cheese, avocado quesadillas, and
once known for its focused coffee and des- sushi under one roof? That sounds a lot more like a food
sert menu has done a complete about-face. court than a restaurant. But take one bite of the Baked
Instead of selecting a niche cuisine of any sort, the con- Clams ($5.95) in white wine and butter, and any unpleas-
Z
cept—which is carried out not so much within each dish ant mall thoughts vanish like so many weak czars.
Fusion Restaurant Bar. Photos by Hubert Bonnet
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> Off the Eaten Path
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r salt; Cucumber Feta Tapenade—European cucumber, kalamata live
chocolate eruption caused by combining chocolate soufflé cake and
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> Off the Eaten Path
(Clockwise from above left) Chef's Choice, including Maguro (tuna), Suzuki (striped sea bass), Hirame (
Negihama (yellow tail and scallion), veggie roll, spicy tuna, Spider roll, Crunchy, Caterpillar; bar area; M
hummus, and Italian sun-dried tomato relish, fresh baked rosemary focaccia, served with figs; C
cream filling gave it such zip. If you’re looking for a light but sat-
isfying happy hour bite, this little quesadilla would do the trick.
When it comes to Fusion’s sushi, keep your expectations fair-
ly high. I sampled two off-menu items: a spicy salmon roll, and
cubed yellow tail doused in truffle oil. Yes, traditional favorites
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e (flounder), Envy, Copasetic, Fusion roll, Tuna Tataki, Tekka (tuna),
Mediterranean Plate—goat cheese, kalamata olive tapenade,
Chocolate Cake, a mile-high, three-layer chocolate masterpiece.
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> Public Service Announcement
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Backtalk > Lavender Lens [ Photos by Sophia Hantzes ]
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Business Profile |
[ by Heidi Fellner ]
LYN LAKE
CHIROPRACTIC
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C
ertain chiropractic theories
still are questioned by prac-
titioners of traditional med-
icine, but by now, the point
is almost moot. Almost 18
million Americans seek chiropractic treat-
ment every year, for everything from back
pain to headaches, plantar fasciitis, jaw
problems, muscle strains, and sciatica.
Chiropractic patients look for alleviation
of their discomfort, to be sure, but they
are also attracted to a more rounded and
inclusive approach to wellness. And, for
the most part (outside of a few overzeal-
ous chiropractors who promise the moon,
but deliver only a bill), patients do leave a
chiropractor’s office with increased mobil-
ity and less pain.
Many Lavender readers in the Twin
Cities either have visited or heard of Lyn
Lake Chiropractic—it has been featured
in Allure, Glamour, Self Magazine, and
Minnesota Monthly.
CEO Dr. Kevin Schreifels has treat-
ed patients in his office at 2937 Lyndale
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Execution of Justice. The acclaimed docudrama
from Emily Mann is hitting the stage in Minneapolis.
It details the 1978 trial of Dan White for the murder of
San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervi-
sor Harvey Milk—the first openly gay elected official in
the United States. Based entirely on actual court tran-
scripts and real-life interviews, this drama chronicles
the collapse of justice, as White is given a lighter sen-
tence because of his “altered mental state.” Apr. 16-
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Earth Day Celebration. Join Midtown Global Mar-
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Ms. Behavior© |
[ by Meryl Cohn ]
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welcome to use. If all else fails, and you and
Sue still want to give him a place to escape,
put a lock on your bedroom door.
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Backtalk > Dateland [ by Jennifer Parello ]
The Lesbian
Etiquette Game
H
i, kids! Time to play an- suality beneath layers of carefully pressed
linen and expensively coiffed hair.
other edition of the Les- b. Paid family leave to spend time with
bian Etiquette Game. neurotic cats suffering from separation
Remember, there are no anxiety, and a generous pet health insur-
right answers—only wrong ones. ance plan.
c. Replace instructional posters on
boosting productivity with life-sized photos
1. You and your girlfriend are at the shot, explain to your ex that she’s the maid. of Grace Kelly, Ingrid Bergman, and Kris-
grocery store, filling your cart with empty 2. You have been invited to spend ten Scott Thomas.
calories to reinforce your recent weight the weekend at your girlfriend’s family 4. You finally work up the nerve to
gain. Neither of you having showered in home. When you arrive, her mother puts
ask out a girl you’ve had a crush on for
days, your limp hair is encased in a hid- you in separate bedrooms. Later that
years. Amazingly, she accepts your in-
eous cap your Grandma knitted for you night, your girlfriend’s mother catches
vitation to meet at a cabaret club. She
in sixth grade. Suddenly, you spot your you sneaking into her daughter’s room.
shows up at the bar with another woman
ex-girlfriend, the love of your life, look- What do you say?
she introduces as her girlfriend. What
ing her glamorous best. Before you can a. “I can’t find my adult diapers in my
abandon your cart, and flee the store, she bag. I’m just going to take a peek in your do you do?
calls your name. How do you react? daughter’s suitcase. I’d hate to have an ac- a. Get drunk, and strike a provocative
a. Pat your bloated tummy, and tell her cident on your lovely flannel sheets.” pose on top of the piano. Command the pi-
that you’re still working on losing the baby b. “Perhaps I misunderstood you. I know ano player to perform songs of unrequited
weight. (When she demands photographic you don’t want us to sleep in the same room, but love, and sing along while staring pointedly
evidence of your new infant, pull from your you never said anything about having sex.” at your crush.
wallet a photo of your 20-year-old niece, c. “Oops, wrong room. I wasn’t planning b. When the waiter takes your drink or-
and claim that she’s big for her age.) on sneaking into your daughter’s room. der, politely ask if yours comes with a side of
b. Wave your hands wildly, and speak in a I meant to sneak into your room.” Then, arsenic. If it doesn’t, request a razor blade.
phony foreign language. Make repeated men- raise your eyebrows suggestively. c. Ignore the existence of the girlfriend.
tions of Albania and fear of deportation. 3. You have been selected to repre- Place your hand on your crush’s thigh.
c. Do not acknowledge your new girl- sent lesbians on your company’s diver- Shove your tongue down her throat. Re-
April 9–22, 2010
friend, who is standing at your side, and sity task force. You are required to draft quest a sappy love song, and gaze meaning-
looking even more ragtag than you. When a list of demands for management. What fully into her eyes. When the crush’s girl-
your ex requests an introduction, ask your do you request? friend protests, look confused, and ask your
girlfriend to fetch something in the bread a. Hire more of those lady-executive crush why she decided to bring her maid
aisle. As soon as your girlfriend is out of ear- types who barely disguise a raw, animal sen- along on the date.
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Yellow Pages > Advertiser Index
Adult Computer & Internet Pride Institute...........................................60 Pet Products & Services
Déjà Vu....................................................72 Big Dog Solutions...................................61 Running Tiger Shaolin Kenpo................61 Animal Humane Society .......................29
Dream Girls ............................................71 DeskTech .................................................60 Stechmann, Dr. Fred...............................64 Larpenteur Animal Hospital...................6
Hardline Gay Chat ................................69 Stolz, James ............................................64 Pampered Pooch Playground................64
Hennepin Avenue Adult Boutique ........71 Education Touch of Wellness Center ......................60
Interactive Male .....................................68 Metropolitan State University................6 Uptown Dermatology & SkinSpa .........63 Photography
Megaphone ............................................72 Vader, Kathy ...........................................64 Rogue Photography ...............................64
Contest
Apparel & Accessories Lavender's Win a Wedding ..................21 Home Furnishings & Accessories Political
Furniture Manor......................................29
STYLEDLIFE-styledlook ...........................27 Human Rights Campaign ......................57
Events Home Services
Arts & Entertainment Aliveness Project .....................................5
4 Quarters Design & Build ....................29
Real Estate & Rentals
Madison Museum of Contemporary Bingo A-Go-Go ......................................37 Bowker, Kent ...........................................64
A-Z Electric .............................................62
Art ............................................................30 Festivities .................................................15 Calfee, David..........................................64
Bauer Floor Covering ............................62
Minneapolis Musical Theatre ..............35 Lavender's First Thursday .......................9 Corridor Flats ..........................................9
Berglin Flores Fine Art & Design ...........17
Dead Man’s Cell Phone ........................35 Lavender's OUT at the Movies..............34 Good Stuff Moving ................................61 Farinella, Marilyn ...................................64
Univ. of Minn. Theatre Arts & Dance ...30 MN AIDS Project AIDS Walk ...............39 Greenway Pavers ...................................62 Groff, Wayne .........................................64
Park Tavern Bowling & Entertainment Halet Remodeling & Renovations .........61 The Kenwood Retirement Community ...31
Automotive Center ......................................................15 Hi-Tech Installations................................63 Leviton, Ann ............................................64
Bridgestone Tire .....................................41 Matt’s Tree Service ................................62 McGee, Michael....................................6
LaMettry’s Collision ...............................28 Financial Personal Pride Construction...................62 Miller, Valencia ......................................25
Morrie’s Mazda .....................................38 Bender, Joy .............................................38 R. Davis Construction .............................62 Richardson, Beth.....................................11
Morrie’s Subaru .....................................59 Boyer, Daniel ..........................................61 Ryan’s Tree Care ....................................63 Ruzick, Amy & Johnson, Kay .................28, 64
Moltaji, Roya ..........................................11 Soderlin Plumbing, Heating & Air Walker, Nancy .......................................64
Bars & Nightlife Palm, Karen .............................................7 Conditioning ...........................................62
Bar Advertiser Guide .............................42 ROR Tax Professionals ...........................60 SOS Homecare ......................................63 Religious
19 Bar ......................................................48 Tangletown Design and Interiors ..........62 Virginia Street Church
Brass Rail .................................................44 Floral & Garden The Tile Shop ..........................................31 (Swedenborgian) ...................................64
Camp .......................................................48 Landscape Junction ................................63 Todd the Plumber....................................61
The Flame Nightclub ..............................48 Tangletown Gardens..............................7 Twin City Heating and Air .....................59 Restaurants
Gay 90’s ................................................43, 45, 75 Universal Windows Direct .....................29 B.A.N.K. Westin Minneapolis ...............55
Gladius ....................................................47 Funeral Services Cecil’s Deli ..............................................55
Lush ..........................................................46 Johnson Hannah, Barbara ...................61 Insurance Dancing Ganesha ..................................52
The Main Club ........................................48 American Family Insurance ...................11 The Favor Café .......................................55
Tickles ......................................................47 Gifts Baldwin, Davina .....................................63 It’s Greek To Me ....................................52
Town House ...........................................47 Eyes of Horus..........................................60 Wagner Insurance-Financial Services ..63 KinDee Thai Restaurant .........................56
Fantasy Gifts ...........................................60 Wolfson, Steve........................................63 Luna Rossa Trattoria and Wine Bar ......52
Beauty & Relaxation Fusion: Restaurant Bar Lounge ..............53
Anew Aesthetic Medical Center ...........25 Government Jewelry Midori’s Floating World Café ...............55
Barbers on Bryant ..................................60 US Census...............................................2 Tesa Jewelry............................................27 OM ..........................................................54
Garden of Eden......................................25 Max’s ......................................................21 Roat Osha ...............................................52
Homme by Maric Group.......................23 Grocery Stores T Lee Fine Designer Jewelry ..................23 Subo ........................................................56
Wedge Co-op.........................................53 Sushi Tango.............................................56
Beverages Legal Toast Wine Bar & Café..........................55
Budweiser ...............................................3 Health, Wellness & Recovery Bohn & Associates ................................60 Uptown Diner/Calhoun Grill/
Cloutier & Brandl....................................16
Haskell’s ..................................................54 Advanced Foot and Ankle Care ...........21 Louisiana Café/Grandview Grill ..........53
Dean, Jeff ................................................23
Miller Lite.................................................49 Amble, Paul DDS ....................................25 W.A. Frost ...............................................53
Heltzer & Burg ........................................28
Sorella Wine & Spirits ...........................14 BioScrip Pharmacy .................................31 Wilde Roast Café ...................................52
Mediation One .......................................63
Burns, Steve ............................................64
Moshier, Becky .......................................7
Catering Carrillo, Dr. Thomas P. ...........................64
Terry & Slane ..........................................9
Retail
Mintahoe Hospitality Group .................16 Get Real Fitness ......................................61 The Grand Hand Gallery ......................39
Heffelfinger, Kate ...................................64 Mortgage
Communications Heteroflexible Therapy ..........................64 Gleason, Pat ...........................................9 Travel & Accommodations
AM950, The Voice of Minnesota .........7 HIM Program ..........................................8 Lozinski, David........................................28 Graves 601 Hotels.................................17
Radio K 770 ..........................................17 Homecare Assist .....................................7 Marriott City Center ...............................9, 11
Mayfield Chiropractic............................11 Optical Winneschiek Convention and
O’Hara, Paul ..........................................64 Specs Appeal .........................................23 Visitors Bureau / Discover Decorah .....76
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I’m conducting a study about Robinson Crusoe: Are you homosexual, I'm lonely!
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Backtalk > Consider the Source [ by Julie Dafydd ]
L
et’s say you’ve got a serious illness that has resulted in a Three days after surgery, and having—
in strict medical terms—“his energy field
malfunctioning spleen. Spleens do have a function, right? tinkered with,” Randazzo was recovering
Anyway, would you prefer to be treated by powerful antibiot- nicely in this hospital room and exercising.
ics or skilled surgeons in a hospital setting, or by a guy waving sassa- (On the downside, each time he did a sit-
up, the hospital's power went out, sending
fras root and a wing of bat over your tummy region as he sits cross- the billing department into hysterics.)
legged summoning the healing energy beams of the universe? Critics allege, however, that some doc-
tors might be riding this wave of New Age
medicine all the way to their beachfront
For most of us, I believe the answer is servations because of his vast insight; because
condos in Hawaii.
obvious: It doesn’t matter what the hell we of his willingness to speak openly about New
From the Life author, after attending
want—our insurance rep will make that call. Age medicine; and, of course, because I can
the World Congress on Complementary
Ironically, while sifting through old end each quote with the words “according to Therapies: “I am disheartened to watch a
magazine remnants at HCMC’s emergen- the great and powerful Oz,” and we can all medical professor wind up her seminar by
cy room waiting area, I stumbled upon a have ourselves a good chuckle. flogging medical videos she helped pro-
15-year-old copy of Life Magazine contain- “Science is a remarkable thing,” accord- duce, then carefully enunciating the toll-
ing an article that actually addressed this ing to the great and powerful Oz. (See?) free number for ordering them.”
very current-affairs issue. “My career is built on a scientific bias. But Proof, once again, that flogging anything
The article, titled “The Healing Revo- I also recognize that there are areas where at a public seminar is not a terrific idea.
lution,” chronicles the sweeping changes in science doesn’t have all the answers.” Another proponent of this form of
health care in America, revealing that tradi- (An example of this would be Heidi wacks…I mean, alternative…medicine is
tional doctors are now becoming more inter- Montag. Sticking with that example for just Dr. Andrew Weil. His recent book, Sponta-
twined with things that grow from the earth. another moment, it should be noted that neous Healing, outlines an eight-week pro-
An example of this would be a doctor hooking science does have a lot of questions.) gram for healing the sick.
his golf ball into the rough. Padum-pum. The Life article opens with a scene in Weil’s prescription: “Deep yoga-breath-
No, really, an example would be the an operating room. On the table is a Mr. ing, eating garlic and fish, buying fresh
Harvard, Yale, and Johns Hopkins medical Randazzo. Performing heart surgery is a flowers, making a list of friends who make
schools, which now offer courses in alterna- seven-member team, led by the great and you laugh, and going on a ‘news fast’ (no
tive medicine, including yoga, meditation, powerful Oz. But near Randazzo’s head is TV, radio, or newspapers). He also recom-
and herb therapy. Among them, only yoga an energy healer, whose hands are making mends falling in love.”
has met with some resistance, as doctors gentle, circular motions above his forehead. Makes sense to me. Especially fresh
quickly realized that when a patient is sit- The energy healer believes that “a flowers. This way, when you drop dead,
ting in the yoga position, it is almost impos- person’s energy field extends beyond the your loved ones won’t have to go scram-
April 9–22, 2010
sible to get at his wallet. skin into the air around him, and that by bling all over town before the funeral.
Among the leaders in alternative medi- consciously directing the flow of energy Oops. Do I sound like a skeptic? Well, hell,
cine is the Great Oprah’s latest TV star, Dr. through her hands to the patient’s body she consider the source.
Mehmet Oz, a highly skilled heart surgeon can—without even touching the patient— Bye for now.
and hottie. I now pass along many of his ob- help stimulate his recovery.” Kiss, kiss.
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