West Side Story

The Pantages

The Minneapolis Pantages Theater opened as a vaudeville house in 1916. The original, Beaux-Arts style building, designed by the Minneapolis architectural firm of Kees and Colburn was operated by Winnipeg theater tycoon, Alexander Pantages’ entertainment consortia. At the height of his empire, the Greek immigrant owned and operated 84 theaters in the United States and … Read more

True West Again

True West was my favorite band back in the 80′s. In high school I developed a morbid fascination with Syd Barrett so when I heard about some band covering Syd’s “Lucifer Sam”. I kept their name in the back of my head. I’m sure Hollywood Holiday was available in Minneapolis, but I didn’t find it … Read more