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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2010 Stories by Aimee Levitt

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  FEATURED STORY

  Joel Hodgson Riffs on MST3K and Cinematic Titanic

  published Nov 10, 2010

  This Saturday, November 13, Joel Hodgson and the Mystery Science Theater 3000 crew bring their latest riffing venture, Cinematic Titanic, to the Family Arena in St. Charles. As they did in the grand o... More >>

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  A Time for Champions

  published November 11, 2010

  A Time for Champions Directed by Patrick Murphy St. Louis is known as a baseball town, but locals know that's only half the... More >>

• Barnes Hospital to Patients: We Don't Want You Back

  published Nov 09, 2010

  You'd think that once you're discharged from the hospital, you're no longer sick. Rightr But a 2009 study by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services found that in 2004, one in five Medicare ben... More >>

• St. Louis City Has Some Really Definite Plans to Roll Out Curbside Recycling

  published Nov 08, 2010

  St. Louis is finally joining the late-twentieth century and getting residential pickup recycling! Well, that is the plan. It's just taking a little time. The city has released a chart that shows when... More >>

• Are You Ready to Meet 40,000 Members of the Church of God in Christr

  published Nov 08, 2010

  If you're not, gird your loins: Early this morning those 40,000 members descended upon our fair city for their annual Holy Convocation. This is good news for the city's restaurants since the church me... More >>

• Muslims for Peace to Visit Delmar Loop Tomorrow Afternoon

  published Nov 05, 2010

  The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community will be out in the Delmar Loop tomorrow afternoon starting at 4:30 p.m. to distribute leaflets about their "Muslims for Peace" campaign. The leaflet will dispel myths ab... More >>

• Fertility Partnership Produces First Two Babies

  published Nov 04, 2010

  It's a boy! And it's another boy! The Fertility Partnership, a fertility clinic that opened in St. Peters last December, has just produced its first two babies: twin boys conceived via in-vitro fertil... More >>

• Science Center Director Doug King Headed for Seattle

  published Nov 04, 2010

  Doug King, director of the Saint Louis Science Center since 1995, is on his way out. And, no, his leaving has nothing to do with the misplacement of a pile of Native American artifacts lent to the mus... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Will Somebody Please Fund Andy Abrams' Movie, Tattoo Jewr

  published Nov 04, 2010

  Tattoo Jew. Now there's an oxymoron. By law, Jews aren't supposed to have tattoos. It's right there in the book of Leviticus, alongside the prohibitions against cheeseburgers (technically, a calf cook... More >>

• Gateway Raceway Shutting Down

  published Nov 03, 2010

  It's not just a sad day for Democrats, it's a sad day for St. Louis NASCAR fans, too. Dover Motorsports, which owns the Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois, announced this morning that ... More >>

• Local Blogger Rediscovers Earliest Known Photo of a Human Being

  published Nov 02, 2010

  Last week, a local blogger known as the Hokumburg Goombah, and also as Gig Thurmond, awoke to, like Lord Byron, find himself famous. In blogger terms, this means "when we got home after running errand... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Kevin Jackson wrote the book on how to win (white) friends and influence (black) people

  published November 4, 2010

  Foreword What on earth is a black man doing onstage at a Tea Party rally? There he is, standing at the microphone, wearing... More >>

• Check Out RFT Contributor's New Book

  published Nov 01, 2010

  Kevin Huizenga, part of the brain trust behind Amazing Facts & Beyond, which runs weekly in the Riverfront Times (the archives are online, though it looks better in print), has a new book out called T... More >>

• Local sign-language interpreters equalize and enhance the concert experience

  published November 4, 2010

  Loretta Freeman's not a trained dancer or musician, though if you saw her onstage during a show at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, you might... More >>

• Lewis Greenberg, Ballwin Lawn Artist, in County Jail

  published Oct 29, 2010

  Lewis Greenberg, the Ballwin artist whose sprawling lawn sculpture Holocaust Revisited got him in hot water first with his neighbors then with the city of Ballwin, began serving a twenty-day sentence ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Mills Apple Farm vs. Blue Springs Cafe: The Great Illinois Pie Fight

  published Oct 29, 2010

  You'd think this fight would be a slam-dunk KO, given that Riverfront Times just declared that Mills Apple Farm produces the Best Pie in St. Louis. But, well, we at Gut Check really love to eat pie. P... More >>

• Vote Early, Vote Often Does Not Apply in St. Louis

  published Oct 28, 2010

  When you go to the polls on Tuesday, here's something to keep in mind: You only get to vote once. And it's still double-voting if you do it in two states. Let the case of Tarrell Campbell be an object... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Dancing Transsexual and Belleville Tire-Slasher One and the Same

  published Oct 28, 2010

  Last week anonymous evildoers slashed 33 tires in various parking lots around Belleville. Yesterday Belleville police apprehended a suspect in two of the slashings -- and it was someone very well know... More >>

• Isabella Lovadina: St. Louis Cop Named a Finalist for Police Officer of the Year

  published Oct 27, 2010

  Every year the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and Parade magazine give out an award for Police Officer of the Year for "exceptional achievement in any police endeavor." (It's fai... More >>

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  Daily Beast Thinks We're Getting Dumber

  published Oct 26, 2010

  Honestly, why do we continue to pay attention when the Daily Beast decides to rank the nation's cities when all they ever do is make us feel bad about ourselvesr St. Louis is a splendid place. And we ... More >>

• Wash. U. Researchers Discover Smoking Won't Give You Cancer -- Genetics Will

  published Oct 25, 2010

  If you paid any attention at all in your elementary-school health class, you'd know by now that smoking a lot leads to lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). But what leads some... More >>

• Yard Wars: Cubs-Cards Rivalry Persists Even in Barren Post-Season

  published Oct 25, 2010

  Guess whatr There are Cubs fans in St. Louis. They even live in harmony with their Cardinals fan neighbors. But now the DIY Network is storming into town to stir up trouble. In a special episode of th... More >>

• Adam Levin Talks About The Instructions

  published Oct 21, 2010

  The Instructions is the best 1,030-page book about a super-brilliant, super-violent ten-year-old with Messianic tendencies that you're going to read this year. (It doesn't matter that there probably a... More >>

• A Century After His Death, Twain is Back Atop of the Best-Seller List

  published Oct 20, 2010

  October has been a rough month for Jonathan Franzen. First his glasses got stolen. Then he didn't get nominated for the National Book Award. And now Freedom has been overtaken and surpassed on the Ama... More >>

• Move Over Tea Party -- Make Way for the Rent is Too Damn High [UPDATED]

  published Oct 19, 2010

  So far, the Rent is Too Damn High Party is only in New York. Which is a damned shame because already it has surpassed the Tea Party as the most entertaining political organization in America. Watch ... More >>