The Star Tribune ran a nice review of Greg Brick's new book Subterranean Twin Cities. Brick is a speleologist. That's a fancy way of saying he likes to crawl around in the caves and sewers that, it turns out, underlie much of the Twin Cities.It sounds rough to me, but it has its rewards: "[Brick] … Continue reading What Lies Beneath

A great crowd turned out at Magers & Quinn last month to hear photographer Stewart Klipper talk about his book The Antarctic: From the Circle to the Pole. And now you have a chance two own one of Klipper's amazing photographs of the southernmost continent. 20x200.com is offering limited editions of two of Klipper's pictures … Continue reading Buy Art

The next meeting of the Twin Cities' most unusual and interesting book club is Tuesday, April 14. Books & Bars meets at Bryant-Lake Bowl, 810 W Lake Street, in Minneapolis. Doors open at 6:00pm; the discussion begins at 7:00pm.April's book is Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami. It's a fascinating blend of Greek tragedy … Continue reading A Book and a Beer Chaser