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Here's the problem with Grand Theft Auto (and a solution).

Its not that Grand Theft Auto is stealing minds. The problem is that the program allows you to experience fear in an artificial context. I have found that fear is much more exhilarating and useful when it is real. I took up mountaineering, for example, to experience the imminent fear of disaster. (In addition to my job.)

Ra'mon-Lawrence A. Coleman
Hometown: Chicago, Il. (born and raised on the South Side)

Unbeknownst to most folks, there was a public preview of the Voltage '08 fashions at last night's 10,000 Arts Party. Mostly I spent the evening being a bugaboo to the models backstage. (Don't they look irritated?) But I also managed to take these snapshots of the looks:

In these cold, bristling days of the early year (when there’s no holiday in sight), it's good to have something to anticipate ... And so, in defiance of depressing January, this offering: an illustrated list of some, but not all, of the designers for this spring's Voltage local fashion show, courtesy of Nic Marshall Photography.

Joy Teiken, the brains behind the local label Joynoelle, opened her new studio and storefront yesterday eve. You'll find it at 312 W. 42nd St. in South Minneapolis. Here she is, looking as carefree and chic as ever while taking a short break from basking in the glory of it all: