Email Author Byron Kerman

2004 Stories by Byron Kerman

• Top Secret!

  published February 11, 2004

  Ever walk out of a movie and think, "I guess that was all right, but it wasn't what I expected"? Thanks to movie reviews, "buzz" and well-meaning... More >>

• No Atlas Allowed

  published February 11, 2004

  THUR 2/12 What's the secret of those kids who win the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee or Alex Trebek's National Geographic Bee? It... More >>

• Un-Cabaret's Ripping Yarns

  published February 11, 2004

  SAT 2/14 Un-Cabaret founder and comedian Beth Lapides says that one of the most memorable moments in the show's history... More >>

• Marvelous Marvin

  published February 11, 2004

  SAT 2/14 Marvin Hamlisch is planning a Valentine's Day surprise for his audiences at the Touhill Performing Arts Center (8001 Natural... More >>

• Gopher Guts

  published February 4, 2004

  She's done a hippo, a giraffe, an octopus, a scorpion and a rhino fetus. She's never done a manatee, a whale, a chimpanzee or a polar bear. When... More >>

• A New York

  published February 4, 2004

  If you've ever looked at a dollar coin, you've seen Sacagawea, the Shoshone teenager who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their grand expedition.... More >>

• Bobcat at Rest

  published February 4, 2004

  You might not see Bobcat Goldthwait as often as you did during his '80s heyday, when he starred in Police Academy 2 and other high-concept... More >>

• Injustice for All

  published February 4, 2004

  Every single play by Arthur Miller can be represented by the image of a blindfolded Lady Justice being mounted from behind by a violently aroused... More >>

• Don't Pass This Buck

  published January 28, 2004

  Let's not get our baseball stars confused with real heroes, okay? As we all should know by now, Joe Majorleague can pop a few pills, balloon to... More >>

• Gray Matters

  published January 28, 2004

  Here in St. Louis, we're famous for frying up cow brains and serving them on white bread. We're also known for manufacturing a certain beverage... More >>

• Hey Desi, I'm Home

  published January 28, 2004

  FRI 1/30 It's only natural for the expatriates of any country to bond in closely knit communities in a new land. The Hill, Dogtown and... More >>

• A Car Is Born

  published January 21, 2004

  St. Louis Auto Show, you're just a big tease. You make us imagine that we're the carefree metrosexual behind the wheel of the Corvette Futurekill... More >>

• Double Happiness

  published January 21, 2004

  As far as art galleries affixed to universities go, St. Louis has to consider itself lucky. We have St. Louis Community College-Meramec, which... More >>

• Play (Snow) Ball!

  published January 21, 2004

  This being winter in St. Louis, a softball tournament is a dicey proposition. With the chilly temperatures (and subzero windchill factors) this... More >>

• The Three Wives' Tale

  published January 21, 2004

  MON 1/26 We don't blame you for skipping past the display of authors' first novels at your favorite bookstore. (At least until our... More >>

• Sex, Paralysis, the Usual

  published January 14, 2004

  MON 1/19 Monday's River Styx at Duff's authors bring to the Central West End restaurant stories of a drive-in movie screen... More >>

• Science + Art =

  published January 14, 2004

  FRI 1/16 In high school, science classes were typically taught by someone unfortunate in the social-skills sphere but quite gifted in... More >>

• My Son, Keep It Gay

  published January 14, 2004

  The Sum of Us is a comedic drama that imagines a liberal's worst nightmare: a father who's actually too accepting of his gay son's... More >>

• Nice Shot

  published January 7, 2004

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch photographer Andrew Cutraro says that relations between himself and the Marines started off roughly when he was... More >>

• Squeeze Lemmons Film Night

  published January 7, 2004

  Every moviegoer is a critic in casual clothing; opinions are formulated and dispensed on the ride/walk home, and even though no one is paying to... More >>

• Four-Wheelin' Down Art Hill

  published January 7, 2004

  Art Hill is notorious as a widowmaker, a breaker of limbs and tailbones, a rite of passage that can serve as fodder for happy childhood dreams or... More >>

• Iron Chef

  published January 7, 2004

  Maybe the phrase "A kitchen is a playground for adults" has never been attributed to some great, gastronomically inclined mind or printed in... More >>

• Steady Diet of Atkins

  published January 7, 2004

  FRI 1/9 If it weren't for Chet Atkins, we probably wouldn't have country-pop behemoths such as Shania Twain and Garth Brooks. Atkins'... More >>