Email Author Paul Friswold

2009 Stories by Paul Friswold

• Broadway Ben Is Boffo

  published January 14, 2009

  Habitués of the local theater scene no doubt recognize the name Ben Nordstrom. You've enjoyed his affable manner and clear singing... More >>

• Shake Hands with Sue

  published January 14, 2009

  Chicago's Field Museum paid $8.4 million for a 90 percent complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton — imagine what it would have cost if... More >>

• Bad Breakups

  published January 14, 2009

  Una and Ray haven't seen each other in fifteen years, not since the end of the affair. He's now a wary and wounded middle-aged man with a new life... More >>

• Tony Renner Works on Paper (Chance)

  published January 14, 2009

  Musican, artist, ponderer of deep thoughts, Tony Renner does it all -- and a lot of it he does from behind the counter of Vintage Vinyl. Renner's... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published January 14, 2009

  Saint... More >>

• Hot Night in the Old City

  published January 7, 2009

  In 1849 St. Louis was geographically a much smaller town, the western limit being 11th Street. Its tight dimensions and wooden construction meant... More >>

• Making Change at the Bank

  published January 7, 2009

  While he was still a city alderman, William Clay, Sr. wrote a scathing report on employment in St. Louis titled “Anatomy of an Economic... More >>

• Expect the Unexpected

  published January 7, 2009

  Fans of the Star Wars mythology know that to be a true Jedi knight, one must make one’s own lightsaber. Similarly, you can spot a true... More >>

• Love, and What Comes After

  published January 7, 2009

  Giacomo Puccini’s La Rondine has enjoyed an unexpected revival in recent years, thanks in no small part to husband-and-wife... More >>

• She’s a Ride-or-Die Chick

  published January 7, 2009

  One of the most exhilarating experiences in life is careening down Big Bend with Ride of the Valkyries thundering out of the car’s... More >>

• CSI: Zoo

  published January 7, 2009

  You think you know how forensics work because you’ve seen the various Jerry Bruckheimer productions about brilliant scientists and their... More >>