Email Author Aimee Levitt

Awards

• 2011 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published November 4, 2010

  "Kevin Jackson Wrote the Book..."

• 2011 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published June 30, 2010

  "Dr. Peanut"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Literary St. Louis"

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2009 Stories by Aimee Levitt

• Old Missouri State Pen Now Proposed Site for Shops, Offices, Prison Museum

  published Dec 30, 2009

  Ah, if only the walls of the old Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City could talk! Well, OK, most of the stories would probably be kind of dull, and the vocabulary might be a little less than ... More >>

• Where to Observe Your Jewish Christmas (Places to Eat Out on Christmas Day)

  published Dec 23, 2009

  Merry Christmas from Gut Check! We'll return Monday to wrap up the Year-End Bonanza. In the meantime, Aimee Levitt suggests which restaurants to visit on Christmas itself. -- IanOf all Jewish holidays... More >>

• Does the Holiday Spirit Involve Shopliftingr

  published Dec 23, 2009

  The Associated Press reported yesterday:Parish priest Tim Jones says it's OK to shoplift at times as long as you don't take more than you need - but British police, retailers and clergy disagree. Jon... More >>

• Local Fifth Grader Publishes Book About Elephant's Triumphant "Escape" to Saint Louis Zoo

  published Dec 18, 2009

  For elephants, one would think the Saint Louis Zoo would be a place to escape from, not to. Earlier this year, In Defense of Animals, an animal rights organization, named the zoo to its "Hall of Shame... More >>

• Humane Society Launches Campaign to Put Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act on 2010 Ballot

  published Dec 17, 2009

  This November, if a group called Missourians for the Protection of Dogs gets its way, Missouri voters will have a chance to vote on the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act. The Act proposes to curb the ... More >>

• Danforth Foundation Gives Wash. U. $30 Million to Study Religion and Politics

  published Dec 16, 2009

  Christmas came about nine days early to Washington University this year when the Danforth Foundation donated $30 million to establish a new center to examine the role of religion in politics in the Un... More >>

• Holiday Jam Countdown '09: Rasheeda Azar featuring Senator Orrin Hatch, "Eight Days of Hanukkah"

  published Dec 11, 2009

  Here's a little known fact: Jews love Christmas. We love the cookies. We love the lights. We love the sappy movies. We spend our childhoods yearning for trees and stockings. (I myself received my firs... More >>

• Columbia Company Busted for Office Supply Scam

  published Dec 10, 2009

  Don't deal with SVT Inc., the Columbia office supply supplier. The Better Business Bureau is serious. So serious they've issued two warnings for consumers to stay away from SVT. They only do that when... More >>

• What to Get Your Not-So-Novice Foodie This Holiday Season

  published Dec 10, 2009

  Earlier this week on this very blog, the Novice Foodie presented some gift suggestions for the foodie on your list, all of which are reasonably priced and locally available.If, however, you are feelin... More >>

• Wash. U. turns its grease into gas, the Cards make a deal, and Lambert dumbs down its signage

  published December 9, 2009

  Euphoric Recoil Through fogged glasses the target floating seven yards down the shooting range looked vague, almost ghostly. Muffled... More >>

• Sharon Shinn Talks About Gateway

  published Dec 08, 2009

  Sharon Shinn is the best local author you've never heard of. A resident of Brentwood, she's published 21 novels for adults and teenagers. Her books are a mixture of science fiction, fantasy and romanc... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Girls Who Love Boys Who Love Boys: Inside the Midwest's first celebration of all things yaoi — where the screaming never stops

  published December 9, 2009

  It's the Saturday night before Thanksgiving, and the crowd in Salon B at the Holiday Inn in Sunset Hills is primed for a drag show. Some 50... More >>

• Presenting the Mobius Strip Bagel

  published Dec 07, 2009

  George Hart, a mathematics professor and artist, has figured out a way to get maximum cream-cheese surface area on a bagel: the Mobius Slice!If done correctly, you will end up with two congruent bagel... More >>

• Survey Shows Wash. U. Full of Rich Kids, Shoddy Statisticians

  published Dec 07, 2009

  Who knewr Lots of affluent kids attend Washington University. A recent survey of Wash. U. undergrads revealed that 44 percent of the university population comes from the upper class, though many of th... More >>

• New York Times Names 3 Story One of Year's Best Graphic Novels

  published Dec 04, 2009

  3 Story: The Secret History of the Giant Man by Matt Kindt has been named one of the best graphic novels of 2009 by The New York Times. Writes reviewer George Gene Gustines:"3 Story: The Secret Histor... More >>

• Wash. U. Turns French Fry Grease into Biodiesel

  published Dec 01, 2009

  Washington University's dining service, Bon Appetit, continues to prove it has a higher social conscience than you do. First it boycotted tomatoes. Now it is converting its used grease from French fri... More >>

• Get Thee to a Nunnery (or Left Bank Books): Sarah Dunant Talks About Sacred Hearts

  published Nov 23, 2009

  Sarah Dunant will be discussing her latest book, Sacred Hearts, tonight at 7 p.m. at Left Bank Books in the Central West End. Sacred Hearts is about the upheavals in a convent in Ferrara, Italy, in 15... More >>

• WTF Was Jeff Smith Thinking Last Summerr STL Beacon Reveals All

  published Nov 20, 2009

  In an interview with the St. Louis Beacon, conducted via text message (oh, brave new world!), disgraced former state senator Jeff Smith shares his perspective on the revelations of last summer which l... More >>

• Girldrive Author Nona Willis Aronowitz Visits St. Louis This Weekend to Plug Book at Left Bank

  published Nov 20, 2009

  In the fall of 2006, shortly after the death of her mother, the feminist writer and critic Ellen Willis, Nona Willis Aronowitz met up with her friend Emma Bee Bernstein for brunch."I'd been bombarded ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Overhauled South Grand Wins Praise from Urban Planners for Being Completely Great Street

  published Nov 19, 2009

  Astute city-watchers will have noticed some changes on the six-block stretch of South Grand Boulevard between Arsenal and Utah in the past few months: fewer driving lanes, new stoplight patterns, wide... More >>

• FoodWire: Wash. U. Boycotts Tomatoes

  published Nov 18, 2009

  In solidarity with underpaid tomato-pickers, Bon Appetit, Washington University's dining service, will no longer be serving tomato slices or wedges on campus. Bon Appetit recently signed an agreement ... More >>

• Parting Shots: The St. Louis International Film Festival wraps Sunday, but there's still plenty worth checking out

  published November 18, 2009

  SLIFF's eighteenth installment will come to a close with a free party and awards ceremony at the Moonrise Hotel at 8 p.m. on Sunday, November... More >>

• Of Pickup Artists and Final Exits: Eric Weber Publishes Short Story

  published Nov 10, 2009

  In an unlikely convergence of RFT feature stories, reformed pickup artist turned filmmaker Eric Weber (who once neatly turned the tables during an Unreal interview) has just published a short story in... More >>

• Thespians on Wheels: Joan Lipkin's DisAbility Project is on a roll

  published November 12, 2009

  There are many ways to fight for social change: marching, shouting, stripping. Joan Lipkin has tried them all, most memorably in 2004 when she... More >>

• Photos: Suck In! The Corsets of Dorothy Jones

  published Nov 09, 2009

  Here's a slideshow of photos from The Other Woman's corset show, held on Sunday at Cheap Trx on South Grand. "The Other Woman" is corset-maker and seamstress Dorothy Jones. Jones got her start as a th... More >>