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2013 Stories by Mark Fischer

• Don't Call Him A Hobbit

  published May 16, 2013

  Ron Howard first worked with George Lucas as an actor in Lucas' first big hit, American Graffiti. The two teamed up again for... More >>

• Grove of Wheels

  published May 9, 2013

  The Missouri Professional Cycling Series takes over St. Louis all weekend long (Friday through Sunday, May 10 through 12) with three professional... More >>

• Art Fair Lady

  published May 9, 2013

  Your mother brought you into this world, now it's your turn to take her out. There is no better time to show your mom how much you love and... More >>

• Free, The Comics!

  published May 2, 2013

  Every year on the first Saturday of May, the comic book industry gives away special introductory issues of their books for free. All you have to... More >>

• Three Words: Jar Jar Binks

  published May 2, 2013

  Millennium Falcon or Enterprise? Blasters or Phasers? Ewoks or Tribbles? Long has sci-fi fandom fought the Great Debate-- not the played-out... More >>

• Coloring Outside the Lines

  published March 28, 2013

  "My kid could paint that," that tired old phrase of the dismissive armchair art critic, does young artists a disservice. When kids first get their... More >>

• Where Girls Feared to Tread

  published April 11, 2013

  Not long ago, comic books, like video games, role-playing games and sci-fi fandom, were almost exclusively the domain of the boys. Over the last... More >>

• Dive Deep Into Life

  published April 11, 2013

  For weeks, the Webster Film Series has invited film fans to dive deep into the oeuvre of filmmaker Wes Anderson with screenings of Bottle... More >>

• Raising Cain on Stage

  published March 14, 2013

  No one, but no one could weave a tale of double-crosses, adultery and spousal homicide better than James M. Cain, author of the landmark... More >>

• The High Cost of Greed

  published April 4, 2013

  The 1924 silent film Greed (an adaptation of Frank Norris' novel McTeague) tells the story of how a winning lottery ticket... More >>

• Verbal Sparring

  published April 4, 2013

  This weekend, St. Louis will have an opportunity few have ever had, a chance to go the distance with Mike Tyson. "Iron" Mike will take the... More >>

• Paintings Remixed

  published March 7, 2013

  The nation's basements and thrift stores are filled with mass produced, assembly line "sofa art," the kind of bland, inoffensive paintings that... More >>

• Venus Dominates the Stage

  published March 7, 2013

  Playwright David Ives' Venus In Fur was a surprise smash on Broadway last year, winning a Tony Award to cement its hit status. Now... More >>

• Caped, Undraped Crusaders

  published March 21, 2013

  Having honed their craft in the anatomy classes of the finest community colleges the nation has to offer, comic-book artists have essentially been... More >>

• White-Knuckle Writers

  published March 21, 2013

  If not even the bourbon in your flask can wash away the aftertaste of area poetry slams, then you'll want to cleanse your palate with some Noir... More >>

• Cinema Paradis

  published March 14, 2013

  Ask any film buff and they'll tell you that Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise) is the greatest film you've... More >>

• The Arctic Laid Bare

  published February 28, 2013

  In Florian Schulz's book To the Arctic, a companion to the IMAX 3-D film of the same name, readers are taken on a panoramic photo journey... More >>

• Take Your Best Picture Alongside Oscar

  published February 28, 2013

  Unless you're a highfalutin celebrity, Academy member or Billy Crystal, landing an invitation to the Oscars is no easy task. Most do it the... More >>

• Painting Off the Grid

  published January 24, 2013

  New York abstract painter and printmaker Richmond Burton took the road less traveled, creating a career path uniquely his own. With a bachelor of... More >>

• The Man Behind the Myths

  published January 10, 2013

  Artist Philip Hitchcock is a post-modern Prometheus. Like Dr. Frankenstein before him, Hitchcock is unafraid to combine the best bits from the... More >>

• Beach Blanket Bloodbath

  published February 7, 2013

  If you've long fantasized about lifting Jason Voorhees out of Camp Crystal Lake and depositing him and his trusty machete onto Bikini Beach... More >>

• Knockout Punches

  published February 21, 2013

  On March 24, 1962, Emile Griffith reclaimed the welterweight world championship from Benny "The Kid" Paret in fight broadcast live on ABC. In the... More >>

• Dragging Out The Garbage

  published February 14, 2013

  After he produced Nirvana's triple-diamond long player Nevermind, every fuzzy-faced, flannel-fatigued grunge band wanted to book studio... More >>

• Shelf-Help Books

  published January 24, 2013

  E-readers such as Kindle and Nook might have been all the rage over the past few years, but the perfectly plain paperback and humble hardcover... More >>

• Dating 101

  published February 7, 2013

  Looking for love? Valentine's Day is right around the corner and tonight the Missouri History Museum (Lindell Boulevard and DeBaliviere Avenue;... More >>