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

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  Westminster College Students Recreate, Then Tear Down, the Berlin Wall

  published Nov 09, 2009

  It was 20 years ago today that the Berlin Wall fell. Tonight the Berlin Wall will fall again, sort of, this time at Westminster College in Fulton.Westminster has a special connection to the wall; it ... More >>

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  Show Review + Setlist: Leonard Cohen at the Fabulous Fox, November 7

  published Nov 08, 2009

  At the Fox Theatre on Saturday night, in the middle of "Tower of Song," Leonard Cohen intoned, "I was born with the gift of a golden voice." The audience applauded enthusiastically, even though the li... More >>

• Gobble Gobble Hey!

  published Nov 06, 2009

  With Thanksgiving rapidly bearing down on us, surer than death and taxes, it came as alarming news yesterday when the Missouri Department of Conservation announced that this year's fall turkey-hunting... More >>

• Final Exit Network Alive and Kicking

  published Nov 05, 2009

  When Riverfront Times reported on the suicide assistance group the Final Exit Network back in April, the group's future looked grim. Seven members in Arizona and Georgia had been arrested and charged ... More >>

• A Really Unappetizing Alternative to the Hand-Turkey

  published Nov 05, 2009

  Remember the hand-turkeyr That staple of the November elementary school curriculumr You trace the outline of your hand onto a piece of paper, color it in with crayon or paint, depending on your level ... More >>

• OMG! New Yorkers Discover Gooey Butter Cake!

  published Nov 04, 2009

  There was a time when gooey butter cake was a delicacy unknown outside the St. Louis metropolitan area, sort of like Provel or toasted ravioli. But now it has been exposed in The New York Times. Will ... More >>

• Ruth Reichl Pays (Delayed) Visit to St. Louis

  published Nov 04, 2009

  Last month, Ruth Reichl, food writer and editor of Gourmet, was scheduled to visit St. Louis at the behest of Left Bank Books and give a talk at COCA to promote the new cookbook Gourmet Today. That wa... More >>

• Former Webster University President in Millionaire Academics Club, Sort Of

  published Nov 03, 2009

  The New York Times reported yesterday that salaries among college presidents rose 5.5 percent in 2007-08 fiscal year. (Hold your rage, for now; they stopped calculating before the beginning of the Gre... More >>

• Perform Like the SLSO in Your Very Own Bathtub

  published Nov 02, 2009

  Over the weekend, the Saint Louis Symphony gave a preview of Powerful Percussion, the concert it will be performing at Carnegie Hall in New York this season. The highlight of the show was undoubtedly ... More >>

• Re: The Wettest October Ever in St. Louis

  published Oct 30, 2009

  It's official, St. Louisans: Yesterday's deluge put us over the ten inches of rain mark. We got 2.41 inches, bringing us up to a grand total of 11.88 inches for the month.  And that's not countin... More >>

• Friday Fun: Cheese or Fontr

  published Oct 30, 2009

  It's Friday. It's the Friday before a major holiday. If your office has any kind of holiday spirit whatsoever, there will be lots of sugar nearby. Ergo, you are going to slack.r The rules of this game... More >>

• The Price is Right: Bob Barker Donates $1 Million to Establish Animal Rights Professorship at Drury University

  published Oct 28, 2009

  C'mon down! Bob Barker, the erstwhile host of The Price is Right and longtime animal rights activist, has just donated $1 million to his alma mater, Drury University in Springfield, MO, to establish a... More >>

• Book Review: Neil Diamond is Forever by Jon Bream

  published Oct 28, 2009

  As Jon Bream emphasizes repeatedly throughout Neil Diamond is Forever: The Illustrated Story of the Man and His Music, Neil Diamond is not hip. That's probably why my parents liked him. Actually that'... More >>

• How to Raise $800K in One Night, SLSO-Style

  published Oct 27, 2009

  First thing, you throw a party.  People like parties. Even if they have somewhat cheesy names like "A Noteworthy Affair." Hold it on a Saturday night, say October 24, when there's not much else g... More >>

• This October Already Wettest on Record and Guess Whatr It's Raining Again!

  published Oct 26, 2009

  Last Friday, October 23, was an exciting day for St. Louis weatherwatchers: 1.91 inches of rain landed at Lambert Airport, giving October, 2009, the final boost to become the wettest October in record... More >>

• RIP Elizabeth Clare Prophet

  published Oct 23, 2009

  All apologies to detractors of Joyce Meyer, but Elizabeth Clare Prophet, who slithered off this mortal coil last Thursday, was undoubtedly the weirdest female religious figure in this country.Prophet ... More >>

• College Football Fans Make Asses of Themselves on Internet to Win Game Tickets

  published Oct 23, 2009

  There are few easier ways to make an ass of yourself in public than by being a college football fan. The face-painting, the (usually off-key) singing, the shouting, the chanting, the marshmallow-throw... More >>

• A Few Reasons Why Poetry Sounds Better in Bars

  published Oct 20, 2009

  r1. A bar is actually the poet's natural habitat. Dylan Thomas loved bars so much, he died in one.2. If poetry is meant to be read aloud, can we agree it sounds exponentially better shouted over a ... More >>

• Carl Phillips Named National Book Award Finalist

  published Oct 15, 2009

  Carl Phillips, a Washington University professor, has been named a finalist for the National Book Award in poetry for his latest collection, Speak Low. This is Phillips' third National Book Award nomi... More >>

• To Preserve and Protect: Esley Hamilton has a boundless passion for St. Louis' architectural past

  published October 14, 2009

  Drop the name Esley Hamilton to anyone in St. Louis who cares about architectural preservation, and you’ll hear stories of someone who... More >>

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  Greenberg, Holocaust Revisited Shut Down By Circuit Court

  published Oct 09, 2009

  As far as the local judicial system is concerned, Lewis Greenberg's art is still a danger to society. A St. Louis County circuit judge yesterday upheld a ruling by the Ballwin municipal court that Gre... More >>

• Segway Inventor Brings FIRST Robotics Competition to St. Louis

  published Oct 08, 2009

  It may not be the Olympics or even the All-Star Game, but St. Louis will get a chance to bask in the international spotlight for three consecutive Aprils starting in 2011 when the FIRST Robotics Compe... More >>

• St. Louis Nation's 24th-Smartest City, But Wash. U. Medical Alums Still Allowed to Date Ivy-Leaguers

  published Oct 05, 2009

  Fall is a suspenseful time for the nation's smartest people. No, we're not referring to the announcements of the winners of the MacArthur Foundation "genius" grants or the Nobel Prizes. Those things a... More >>

• Matt Kindt Debuts World's Smallest Comic TONIGHT

  published Oct 02, 2009

  Matt Kindt, the RFT's Best Local Comic Book Artist of 2008, has just published 3 Story: The Secret History of the Giant Man, his first graphic novel since 2007's sublimely brilliant Super Spy. To cele... More >>

• Cheer Up Chicago, You Did Have the Olympics Once, Kind Of

  published Oct 02, 2009

  r Alas Chicago! First of the 2016 Olympic Final Four to get knocked out of contention! After you dropped $50 million and sent President and Mrs. Obama and Oprah to Copenhagen to campaign on your beh... More >>