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2013 Stories by Liz Miller

• The Big Take-Off

  published May 16, 2013

  Burlesque dynamo Lola van Ella always gives the people what they want, so it's not surprising to see the return of the Show-Me Burlesque and... More >>

• Chew City

  published May 9, 2013

  St. Louis is a city that loves its distinctive neighborhoods, and those neighborhoods love food. The Hill is known for traditional and modern... More >>

• Dance Through the World

  published May 9, 2013

  For fourteen years Dances of India has hosted, programmed and produced the St. Louis Dance Festival Showcase, featuring performances from a... More >>

• The Biggest Little Beer Fest

  published May 2, 2013

  Not much says springtime in St. Louis better than drinking beer, eating barbecue and listening to blues music in Forest Park, and on Friday and... More >>

• Over the Rain-whoa

  published April 25, 2013

  It's been more than 100 years (113, to be exact) since L. Frank Baum's children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was published. That it... More >>

• Sun Studio Stars

  published April 18, 2013

  Art is often born by accident, or happenstance, as is the story of the Million Dollar Quartet coming together on an ordinary Tuesday in 1956.... More >>

• Pedals of Spring

  published April 18, 2013

  Barring another spring blizzard, St. Louis is once again a hospitable place to live for a few months -- until summer brings 100-degree... More >>

• Choral History

  published April 11, 2013

  "Charis" roughly translates in Greek to grace and kindness. The word first appears in Greek mythology, where the charites are goddesses of charm,... More >>

• Poster Children

  published April 11, 2013

  It's easy to overlook the artistry and design of a concert poster while scanning it for event information, but take a closer look -- it might just... More >>

• Second-Hand Laughs

  published April 4, 2013

  At its best, improvisational comedy is clever, engaging, disarming or just hilariously non sequitur, and for more than 50 years, Chicago's... More >>

• A Star Is Made

  published April 4, 2013

  Louise, the girl who became American burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee, wasn't destined for fame -- at least in her mother's eyes -- but when her... More >>

• Go Mordecai!

  published March 28, 2013

  People would like to be remembered at their best, and for the Tenenbaum family, that was quite some time ago. In Wes Anderson's 2001 film... More >>

• Off to Never Neverland

  published March 28, 2013

  J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan is an important character for children to meet. Peter's refusal to grow up represents the fantasies of eternal youth,... More >>

• Runway Returns

  published March 21, 2013

  Dust off your Lita platforms and wallets and get to struttin': Saint Louis Fashion Week is upon us. The festivities begin Thursday, March... More >>

• Fringe Forecast

  published March 21, 2013

  Last year St. Louis got its first fringe festival, St. Lou Fringe, thanks to the persistence, hard work and imagination of Saint Louis University... More >>

• Shipping Up To Dogtown

  published March 14, 2013

  For nearly 30 years the Ancient Order of Hibernians have been parading through Irish neighborhood Dogtown on St. Patrick's Day -- and every... More >>

• Love. Expulsion. Revolution.

  published March 7, 2013

  Life is filled with restlessness, loneliness and uncertainty, but once you're past the tender, angry teenage years, it ain't so bad. In Wes... More >>

• All A Board

  published March 7, 2013

  Katie Dellamaggiore's documentary Brooklyn Castle focuses a lens on the most award-winning national junior high-school chess team in... More >>

• Rowdy Rolling Ride

  published February 28, 2013

  Alaska's annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race pits dog sled racers against one another in a cross-country competition from Anchorage to Nome that... More >>

• Briefs Encounter

  published February 28, 2013

  For the second year running, That Uppity Theatre Company partners with Vital Voice to present Briefs: A Festival of Short LGBT Plays... More >>

• Where the Gruffalo Roam

  published February 21, 2013

  Whoever first claimed "might makes right" never heard tell of the mouse in Julia Donaldson's children's book The Gruffalo. Though the... More >>

• Harry in A Hurry

  published February 14, 2013

  Seven books spanning 4,100 pages and eight films totaling 1,179 minutes tell the story of boy wizard Harry Potter. His journey from... More >>

• Hot Date Dot Com

  published February 7, 2013

  Before Facebook, MySpace or Twitter existed there was an expansion pack called HotDate for computer game The Sims. Though the primary (OK, maybe... More >>

• Life's A Glace

  published January 24, 2013

  The craft of carving and sculpting ice has given the world much, from centerpieces and ice luges at upper-crust affairs to Snow Miser's icicle... More >>

• Cool To Be Kind

  published January 24, 2013

  Braid kindness' hair and learn all its secrets at the opening of the Art in Kind exhibition at Mad Art Gallery (2727 South 12th... More >>