Email Author Alex Weir

2005 Stories by Alex Weir

• It's Not Mall Art

  published November 30, 2005

  SAT 12/3 There's mall art, and then there's ArtDimensions (www.artdimensions.org). For the... More >>

• Guerrilla Girls Gone Wild

  published November 9, 2005

  The art of protest FRI 11/11 Feminism, in its purest strain, is a body of ideas and practices best... More >>

• Here Fell Some Mighty Folks

  published November 2, 2005

  THU 11/3 The two must've never met, but dream it anyway: Pops (just "Jim" then) Farrar, at sea around the world with the Merchant... More >>

• Séance You, Séance Me

  published October 26, 2005

  Scoff if you like at the Ouiji board; dismiss as you see fit the once-respected career of seer; doubt at your own peril the veracity of the... More >>

• Ur-body

  published October 19, 2005

  When checking out some of the items that British archaeologist Sir Charles Leonard Woolley's team unearthed between 1922 and 1934 at Ur -- an... More >>

• Fantastick Run

  published October 12, 2005

  Cats, schmats. If you think that Broadway stalwart exhibited some mighty legs on its dance to worldwide fame, consider The... More >>

• Hirsute Suite of Love

  published October 5, 2005

  Hippies? Pshht. Their day is long gone, dissipating in the wake of time like the stink of patchouli in the path of a powerful fan. And yet... More >>

• She's a He, Isn't She?

  published September 21, 2005

  FRI 9/23 Anyone who has ever held a job is familiar with the concept of the "work self." That persona you create who can laugh at tired... More >>

• She Works Hard for the Money

  published September 14, 2005

  Cindy Sherman has been a housewife, a prostitute, a buxom librarian with a vacuous come-hither gaze. She's been a resort-dwelling starlet, a... More >>

• Naked Chef

  published September 7, 2005

  THUR 9/8 Jamie Oliver is, of course, cuter than a basketful of golden retriever puppies. And unlike other telechefs, who implore... More >>

• Ooh, Posters!

  published August 24, 2005

  SAT 8/27 Garage-sale aficionados, collectors and eBay resale sharks, be advised: The Webster Film Series is flooding the market with... More >>

• An Artist of Blues

  published August 17, 2005

  FRI 8/19 The blues is a loud knock at the door of the universe. That beautiful, soft machine, being the mother it is, doesn't deign to... More >>

• Beemer Me Up

  published August 10, 2005

  In the interest of full disclosure, Ms. Day doesn't drive a minivan (it seems that some were misled by one of her writings the other week). But,... More >>

• Fun Times

  published August 3, 2005

  There's fun, there's international fun, and then -- if you're ready for this -- there's dancing fun. What are these three types of fun, you... More >>

• Caravan of Class

  published July 6, 2005

  SUN 7/10 No actor could chew the scenery like St. Louis' own Vincent Price. The master of horror is renowned for his exuberant... More >>

• Here's to You, Ms. Robinson

  published June 22, 2005

  SAT 6/25 Marilynne Robinson is not another J.D. Salinger, sequestered in the woods, endlessly rewriting her earlier work, but you would... More >>

• Surround Sound Puppet Theater

  published May 18, 2005

  Puppets are underused as a means of artistic expression. In Western culture, the puppet show is sidelined as "kid stuff," implying that the medium... More >>

• Expand Your Microcosm

  published May 11, 2005

  SAT 5/14 Most words beginning with "micro" aren't fun. Think about it: microeconomics (flunked the final), micromanaged (flunked that... More >>

• Like Sands Through the Hourglass

  published April 20, 2005

  So for years there was this guy in South Beach who built an absolutely amazing sandcastle. The thing was practically life-size, and it included an... More >>

• Thinkin' Lincoln

  published April 13, 2005

  We take our shaky unity as a republic for granted, yet matters 145 years ago very nearly derailed the nation completely. But for the political... More >>

• Welcome to the Cabaret

  published April 13, 2005

  TUES 4/19 It is difficult to mark when the change occurred. Perhaps it was when a healthy breakfast cereal was purchased, rather than... More >>

• Dave Mason

  published March 23, 2005

  The rock & roll cocktail calls for equal parts flamboyance and bedrock musical talent. But if you lack the former ingredient, the latter'll get... More >>

• Chicago Style

  published March 16, 2005

  Soulard's Mad Art, the cop shop-turned-art gallery, is somethin' else. Those Mad Artists could host an event consisting of nothing more than a... More >>

• Superfantastic Four

  published March 16, 2005

  The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (3750 Washington Boulevard; 314-545-4660 or More >>

• Who'd Like to Thank the Academy?

  published February 23, 2005

  SUN 2/27 The annual Academy Awards party at Night & Day Global goes a little like this: Mr. Night makes a grand entrance on the red... More >>