Email Author Paul Friswold

2013 Stories by Paul Friswold

• Better Friends than Enemies

  published June 6, 2013

  Ali is a young man who has had a rough life so far. Raised in a Palestinian refugee camp, he's 14 years old and angry at the world, particularly... More >>

• What A Fool Believes

  published May 16, 2013

  Isaac Bashevis Singer's Chelm stories are rife with laughter and insight on the nature of humanity. Chelm is populated by foolish people;... More >>

• The Grecian War Formula

  published May 23, 2013

  Homer's Iliad is one of the cornerstone works of Western civilization, which means generally everyone knows what it's about ("the story... More >>

• Gangsters of Love

  published May 23, 2013

  Anything Goes is a good old-fashioned musical that involves love at first sight, ocean liner stowaways, an engagement that's more... More >>

• Birds vs. Snakes

  published May 30, 2013

  The last time the St. Louis Cardinals played the Arizona Diamondbacks, it was at the D-backs home opener. The Cards lost that three game... More >>

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  Royal Pain: Actors' Actors' Studio plumbs the glorious depth of King Lear's agony

  published June 13, 2013

  Madness in many forms cuts a vicious swath through the ancient England of Shakespeare's King Lear. The old monarch appears to be... More >>

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  Bing-Driven Thing: The Cherry Sisters Revisited is tutti fruity

  published June 13, 2013

  The Cherry Sisters are terrible entertainment. The Cherry Sisters Revisited, on the other hand, is a thoughtful and funny musical... More >>

• Little Classics

  published May 30, 2013

  Tom Stockman's Super-8 Movie Madness skips the theme this month and instead opts for a grab bag of classic films. "Classic" in this case... More >>

• A Tradition Like No Other

  published May 23, 2013

  The Gypsy Caravan may be St. Louis' most reliable tradition. Every year since 1973, the Saint Louis Symphony Volunteer Association has... More >>

• Take Wing

  published February 14, 2013

  Inspired by the synchronous movements of large flights of birds, as well as by the language of symbol and meaning we ascribe to birds, Ann... More >>

• Three Nights = One Year

  published May 23, 2013

  Dance aficionados are already well aware that St. Louis is both home to and host of a year-round cycle of dance performances. But if your schedule... More >>

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  Slope Springs Eternal: Twelfth Night lifts lunacy to new heights on Art Hill

  published May 30, 2013

  Every now and then, you get lucky in St. Louis. A late-May evening arrives that is clear and springtime fresh, and one of Shakespeare's... More >>

• Billionaires' Babies Play Ball

  published May 23, 2013

  English Premier League clubs Chelsea (never met a trophy they didn't try to buy) and Manchester City (also-rans for years until they married a... More >>

• Easy Go, Easy Come

  published May 23, 2013

  Much like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did with Sherlock Holmes, Walter Mosley apparently killed off his iconic detective, Easy Rawlins, almost... More >>

• Chanson de Puppet

  published May 16, 2013

  It's hard to believe, but Bob Kramer's Marionnettes are celebrating 50 years of pulling the strings in this town. To mark the occasion, the group... More >>

• A Little Bite of China

  published May 16, 2013

  China is a large country with an even larger history. You could spend a lifetime studying just one province and still have more to learn. This... More >>

• The Life Aquatic

  published March 7, 2013

  For a master manipulator and embellisher of the truth, photographer Ed Freeman is a remarkably honest man. On his website ( More >>

• The Early Days

  published March 21, 2013

  Artist and Washington University professor Edward Boccia left behind a large body of work when he passed away. Part of his artistic legacy was... More >>

• War in the Streets

  published April 25, 2013

  There is war all around us. There are the ongoing conflicts overseas, but there are also the smaller, personal wars that are fought closer to... More >>

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  The Blintz and the Pauper: Shlemiel the First, a klezmer musical, rocks the shtetl

  published May 23, 2013

  There's something wrong in the little village of Chelm: Shlemiel and Tryna Ritza's marriage has become a habit instead of a relationship. A... More >>

• A Dark Note

  published May 9, 2013

  Was composer Richard Wagner an anti-Semite? Historians and musicologists continue to debate the point, which is difficult to winnow out of the... More >>

• Smut Puppets

  published May 2, 2013

  Avenue Q tells the story of a group of twentysomething puppets trying to survive in an "outer-outer borough" of New York City in a... More >>

• Lights Up in the Gallery

  published March 28, 2013

  The Foundry Art Centre (520 North Main Center, St. Charles; 636-255-0270 or More >>

• Super-8 Movie Madness

  published May 2, 2013

  It's the first Tuesday of the month, which means its time for Super-8 Movie Madness. Curator Tom Stockman has been presenting a series of... More >>

• Pig Party

  published May 2, 2013

  Fans of the eloquent letter-writing dog Ike (star of the Dear Mrs. Larue series of childrens books) are already familiar with the sly wit... More >>