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2012 Stories by Paul Friswold

• Will it Be Cold Outside?

  published January 5, 2012

  Considering how the weather's been of late, this year's Loop Ice Carnival may be in danger of becoming the Loop Puddle Carnival. But even... More >>

• KKK Fliers Found on MLK Day -- Or Is it Robert E. Lee Dayr

  published Jan 18, 2012

  Residents in several neighborhoods in Sedalia, Missouri, found fliers promoting the Ku Klux Klan on Monday morning, which happened to be the observed holiday to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin... More >>

• Local Scientologists Close Ranks, Leaving Mother on the Outside

  published Jan 18, 2012

  Tony Ortega, editor-in-chief at our sister paper the Village Voice, has written extensively about Scientology for sixteen years. His latest look at the group's inner workings takes place here in St. L... More >>

• And Down Goes the Avalon

  published Jan 18, 2012

  It's been a long time coming, but the Avalon Theater is finally being demolished.The Post-Dispatch's Marlon A. Walker reported last night that heavy machinery is on site, and that part of the structur... More >>

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  Whats Up Is Down But Not Out -- Yet

  published Jan 18, 2012

  Jay Swoboda became a social activist on a whim. The economics major spotted a woman on Washington University's campus who was "really cute." Swoboda wanted to get to know her so he decided to voluntee... More >>

• SOPA Protests Keep Kids From Researching SummerSlam

  published Jan 17, 2012

  Attention, high school students: You have to read the book now. Tonight at midnight, Wikipedia shuts down for 24 hours to protest both House Bill 3261, more commonly known as the Stop Online Piracy Ac... More >>

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  Float Trip: The Black Rep takes its time On Golden Pond

  published February 2, 2012

  There's a languid, busy-doin'-nothin' quality to On Golden Pond that suits its subject matter: the presumptive final summer spent at... More >>

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  Last Chance to See Charles Lindbergh's Nazi Medal

  published Jan 17, 2012

  Charles A. Lindbergh received dozens of medals and accolades for his 1927 transatlantic flight, and immediately upon landing became one of the first international celebrities. The medal pictured, howe... More >>

• Getting It Note Perfect

  published January 5, 2012

  The women of Chamber Project St. Louis want you to come to practice tonight. Yes, really. At their first Very Open Rehearsal, the musicians... More >>

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  On Golden Pond at the Grandel Theatre

  published January 12, 2012

  Ernest Thompson's gentle meditation on aging and family is surprisingly slight on real drama — confrontations are quiet and brief, and... More >>

• La Cage Aux Folles at the Fox Theatre

  published January 12, 2012

  Georges (George Hamilton, looking fit if not spry) and Albin (Christopher Sieber, force of nature wearing human form) are in a committed,... More >>

• This Was the Year That Is: Our two fearless theater scribes look forward to 2012

  published January 5, 2012

  Last week RFT theater reviewers Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold selected ten theater highlights from 2011. This week they continue the... More >>