Email Author Paul Friswold

2005 Stories by Paul Friswold

• 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 >>

• Sashay Chardonnay

  published October 12, 2005

  While our washboard abs and George Hamilton-caliber tan might suggest otherwise, we writer-types don't venture outdoors too often. There's the... More >>

• River City

  published October 12, 2005

  Autumn sweeps over the Gateway City like a lone rider, burnishing the leaves a copper red and shouldering the stultifying heat of summer out of... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published October 12, 2005

  Wednesday, October 12 It's a tough challenge: Make a play about slavery, and make it funny. And yet when Larry Gelbart and writing... 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 >>

• It Was Twenty Years Ago Today

  published October 5, 2005

  THUR 10/6 It is an oft-cited piece of trivia that screenwriter Bob Gale was partially inspired to write Back to the Future after... More >>

• Lucky Lou

  published October 5, 2005

  FRI 10/7 There's been a lot of fashion talk in these pages as of late, what with Larry Conners' and Elliott Davis' recent dance down... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published October 5, 2005

  Wednesday, October 5 Oh, Barbarella, how do we love thee? Let us count the ways: The opening, zero-gravity striptease.... More >>

• Joplin to Jobim

  published September 28, 2005

  SAT 10/1 Brazilian guitarist Carlos Barbosa-Lima is as comfortable playing classical guitar pieces (he studied with Andres Segovia)... More >>

• Out Riding Vinces

  published September 28, 2005

  SUN 10/2 Mmm, Vince Vaughn in chaps, anyone? While technically not getting all gaucho on us after his mug-apalooza in this summer's... More >>

• The Company of Wolves

  published September 28, 2005

  SUN 10/2 It's easy to draw parallels between wolves and humans. Wolves live in packs, and the job of rearing the young is spread across... More >>

• We Have Mouthfeel

  published September 28, 2005

  So you don't have tickets to the final two Cardinals games at Busch Stadium, but you still plan to head downtown to soak up the ambiance. Why not... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published September 28, 2005

  Wednesday, September 28 If ever there was a doubt about the strangeness of life before television, consider the plot of Our... 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 >>

• One-Stop Beauty

  published September 21, 2005

  With Friday night being the unofficial official night for art-show openings, one can end up running all over town to take in a show or two (or... More >>

• Driveway Moments for the Soul

  published September 21, 2005

  WED 9/21 At seven each morning, Garrison Keillor gets up and, in his sonorous Minnesota voice, reads a poem into a microphone. This is... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published September 21, 2005

  Wednesday, September 21 Who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me? Why, Mickey Mouse, of course. The Eugene Field House... More >>

• Light, Camera, Action

  published September 14, 2005

  SAT 9/17 Stan Brakhage's 1974 film The Text of Light is a 71-minute-long journey into the essence of unconscious vision. Sitting... More >>

• Go, Speed Racer, Go!

  published September 14, 2005

  THUR 9/15 Unlike puberty, the first go-cart ride is an adolescent rite of passage that many people would actually enjoy repeating in... More >>

• Beer Cheer

  published September 14, 2005

  For years you've known the power of Schlafly beer. Remember when you got fired for licking other people's lunches in the break room? What filled... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published September 14, 2005

  Wednesday, September 14 All right, it's time to go see some princesses! No, we don't mean that some sort of authority has rounded up a... More >>

• An Open Letter

  published September 14, 2005

  Pearls Are a Nuisance, the Art Chantry retrospective, opens at the Philip Slein Gallery (1319 Washington Avenue; 314-621-4634 or More >>

• What Is That Word?

  published September 7, 2005

  FRI 9/9 Gentlemen, if you're in the mood for a quiet (or not-so-quiet) night alone, just say those three magic words: "I. Hate.... More >>

• Dine Out for Relief

  published September 7, 2005

  After watching the horrors of Hurricane Katrina unfold last week, most of us felt sick and helpless. Couldn't give money yet, since no dollar... More >>

• Inside Art Outside

  published September 7, 2005

  Last year's Art Outside festival was a stone-cold groove. The Schlafly Bottleworks parking lot (7260 Southwest Avenue, Maplewood; 314-241-2337 or... More >>