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21. Night & Day

    Drink It All In

    By Paul Friswold

    Published: October 31, 2007

    It is the staple of the chick-flick: Three sisters come together over a meal in the aftermath of their mother’s death. In Paul Zindel’s And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little...

22. Night & Day

    Into the Woods

    By Paul Friswold

    Published: October 31, 2007

    Artist Joshua Mosley’s digital-animation piece dread was well received at the Venice Biennale this past year. In the piece philosophers Pascal and Rousseau debate the nature of...

23. Stage

    Dust Buster

    Untidy masterpiece: The Rep Studio's production of The Clean House.

    By Dennis Brown

    Published: October 31, 2007

    Late in Act One, a female physician and her maid watch as the doctor's husband ardently kisses an older woman. Who are they? the young maid innocently asks. My husband and the...

24. DVDish

    A Bitter End

    No End in Sight

    Published: October 31, 2007

    No End in Sight (Magnolia) Charles Ferguson's debut doc, easily the most important in a year full of notable fact-gathering films, assembles some of the key players behind...

25. News Real

    Wet Painters

    Grad students in Wash. U.'s art school contend with a rainout.

    By Kristen Hinman

    Published: October 31, 2007

    Every now and then, students at Washington Universitys Graduate School of Art would feel a few wet drops as they worked in their studios in the Lewis Center. Then they began to...

26. B-Sides

    The Mad Professor

    Kooky rock legend Robyn Hitchcock takes a gander back at his career, and Ian MacKaye takes on new venues.

    Published: October 31, 2007

    One couldn't blame pop eccentric Robyn Hitchcock for feeling nostalgic lately. On November 13, Yep Roc records will release a five-CD boxed set, I Wanna Go Backwards,...

27. Drink of the Week

    Samuel Adams Octoberfest

    Seamus McDaniels
    1208 Tamm Avenue
    314-645-6337

    By Kristie McClanahan

    Published: October 31, 2007

    Lemon drop, buttery nipple, kamikaze, mind eraser. Three wise men. Cement mixer, prairie fire, lunch box, purple hooter. Tequila. Jäger bomb. Rumple Minze. These are all...

28. Film

    Alien 2007: The Fatherhood

    Schmaltzy Martian Child attacks John Cusack, all dads.

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: October 31, 2007

    John Cusack, who more or less began his career sneaking a peek at Molly Ringwald's panties in Sixteen Candles, has finally become an onscreen daddy — only took, what, 23...

29. Stage

    Bite Me

    Head to Upstream's Return of the Bedbug and scratch that itch.

    By Paul Friswold

    Published: October 31, 2007

    So. Little Tiger the housecat (Don McClendon) has just opened a jar of pickles and is devouring one of the gherkins while his owner, Lili (Jane Paradise), who is resplendent in...

30. Game On

    Fun With Fluids

    The Revolution will be televised — and plenty addictive too.

    By Chris Ward

    Published: October 31, 2007

    It must've been a scorching summer day when the game developer stared at his thermometer and realized "Sweet sassy molassey, this would make a helluva game!" How else to...

31. Unreal

    See Spot Ascend

    Unreal hunts for ghosts, gets right with God and tails Fido into Heaven.

    Published: October 31, 2007

    What's the best thing about God? One word: Heaven Why is this immortal reward so dope? First, it's big — a full 1,500 miles in circumference. Second, it's got plenty of...

32. Critics' Picks

    Frankie Beverly and Maze

    7:30 p.m. Thursday, November 1. Family Arena, 2002 Arena Parkway, St. Charles.

    By Dan Leroy

    Published: October 31, 2007

    Lots of acts call themselves the music industry's "best-kept secret," but Frankie Beverly and Maze make a convincing claim to the title. After thirty years, the Bay Area R&B...

33. Keep It Down

    All American "Fun" Burger Mallow Giant Size Burger

    Price and provenance unknown

    By Malcolm Gay

    Published: October 31, 2007

    Say it ain't so! Sugar, that purest, most stable of foodstuffs, grows mold? I can accept that tomatoes grow mold. Bread? That seems reasonable, too. But I cannot accept that...

34. Stage

    St. Louis Stage Capsules

    Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene.

    By Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold

    Published: October 31, 2007

    Bad Dates A one-woman show about a shallow, materialistic restaurateur in search of the perfect man, Theresa Rebeck's Bad Dates attempts to create a one-of-a-kind meal from a...

35. What Else Is New?

    Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week.

    Jordan Harper and Robert Wilonsky

    Published: October 31, 2007

    The Amicus Collection (Dark Sky) Angel: Complete Series Collector's Set (Fox) Beastie Boys: The Complete Story (Video Music) Benny Hill: The Complete Megaset (A&E) A...

36. Ask a Negro Leaguer

    Devlin's (Not) in the Details

    Joe sounds off about Michael Devlin's plea bargain.

    By Prince Joe Henry

    Published: October 31, 2007

    Hey Joe: What's do you think of the Michael Devlin's plea deal? Is it a good thing or a bad thing that Devlin's misdeeds won't come to light? Catherine Hanaway, St. Louis My...

37. Critics' Picks

    Tigercity

    7 p.m. Saturday, November 3. 2 Cents Plain, 1114 Olive Street.

    By Shae Moseley

    Published: October 31, 2007

    To craft the slick disco-pop on Pretend Not To Love, it feels like Tigercity attended Quincy Jones' estate sale and bought the equipment he used to record Michael Jackson's...

38. Letters

    Ray Hartmann: I Love You!

    Ex-staffers share glowing recollections of their old boss.

    Published: October 31, 2007

    Unreal asked for stories about RFT founder Ray Hartmann — and you delivered. Now, in commemoration of 30 years in print, we proudly present some of the glowing...

39. Critics' Picks

    Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

    Saturday, November 3. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

    By Roy Kasten

    Published: October 31, 2007

    Grace Potter has jammed the anti-war streets enough to get arrested. But if she shows any politics on this year's This Is Somewhere, the protest is mostly veneered by the...

40. Ask a Mexican

    Special Día de los Muertos Edition

    Don't let not a little thing like not being Mexican stop you from buying those sugar skulls!

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: October 31, 2007

    Dear Mexican: How do I go to the Mexican grocery store and bakery to buy supplies for our Día de los Muertos party without looking like I'm doing the kitschy-goofy thing...