Minnesota Monthly - June 2006 - Minneapolis, St. Paul, Minnesota

June 2006

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Town Talk

Chatterbox Café: A group of culinary hotshots puts the buzz back in the Town Talk.

By Rachel Hutton

Eichten’s Bistro and Market

Country Kitchen: Belgian beer, cheese, and kitsch make Eichten’s Bistro and Market worth a stop.

By Dennis Cass

Bella

Con Brio: At Bella, nothing gets lost in translation

By Ellen Shaffer

Rewrite Man

With the state’s largest newsroom and newspaper at his disposal, Star Tribune editor Anders Gyllenhaal has the power to make headlines. But his style—some would say solid, others...

By David Brauer

The Other Guthrie

The state’s most celebrated theater opens its big, bold, and, well, blue new building this month. But much of the company’s work—from tours to camps to training tomorrow’s Oscar...

By Tim Gihring

Unlocking Door County

They call it “Wisconsin’s Cape Cod”—But a trip to the tip of the famed peninsula finds peace and beauty still exist among the fish boils and gift shops.

By Rachel Hutton

Columns

Back Talk: Daddy Works Blue

How to get an eff in parenting.

By Paul Scott

Departments

Foreword: The Legazzi Code

Musings on the Da Vinci Code from the hard-boiled perspective of Jackie "Big Verb" Legazzi.

By Jeff Johnson

Mail: Letters to the Editor

Letters from readers regarding the latest issue of Minnesota Monthly.

Talk: Fully Booked

Minneapolis’s new landmark library is finally open. Check it out.

By Sandra Hoyt

Best Bets: Best Bets

Hip happenings on the local art scene.

Arts: The Art of More

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts’ new leader believes the timing is right to rejuvenate the 123-year-old museum as a world-class exhibitor—and he has the fresh capital and gallery space to get...

By Tim Gihring