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41. Cafe

    Asia, Lumiere Place's Chinese/Thai/Vietnamese/Japanese chow parlor/sushi bar, is all over the map

    By Ian Froeb

    Published: March 26, 2008

    Asia, the continent, encompasses more than 50 countries and some 4 billion people. It stretches from Istanbul to Vladivostok, from the Arctic Ocean to the islands of the South...

42. Gut Check

    Dead Red?

    Spring has sprung, and the restaurant scene's abuzz with change.

    By Ian Froeb

    Published: March 26, 2008

    The saga of loft district restaurant and bar Red (1130 Washington Avenue) continues. As my colleague Kristen Hinman reported ("Seeing Red," March 5, 2008), onetime partners...

43. Drink of the Week

    Kweichow Moutai

    A gift, from somewhere in China

    By Kristie McClanahan

    Published: March 26, 2008

    The yellowed dictionary circa 1970. The dusty bottle of gin that no one seems to drink but no one throws away, either: These are things that didn't seem to have an origin and...

44. Keep It Down

    Malcolm develops battle fatigue while mushroom hunting in his Heater Meals entree

    By Malcolm Gay

    Published: March 26, 2008

    Earlier this month officials from the Department of Defense Combat Feeding Program previewed what the Army of One will be eating in the next few years, and I'm here to tell...

45. Film

    Married Life is Far from Heaven

    By Ella Taylor

    Published: March 26, 2008

    Do we need another look back at the rotten heart of the '50s nuclear family? Ira Sachs thinks we do, and as one who can't get enough of sweaty melodramas about rotting...

46. Film

    Stop-Loss does its best not to mention the Iraq war

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: March 26, 2008

    Considering that the war in Iraq has proved to be Washington's shot-by-shot remake of Vietnam, it's only natural that Hollywood has followed suit, giving us a series of...

47. Stage

    Oh, Goy: Bluish is a dramedy that's not funny or romantic

    By Dennis Brown

    Published: March 26, 2008

    New Jewish Theatre is an undisputed success story. Over the past decade, artistic director Kathleen Sitzer has assembled a support staff comprising many of the area's most...

48. Stage

    Good Fitz: A bravura singing performance reedems a real (Jeffrey) Hatcher job in Ella

    By Dennis Brown

    Published: March 26, 2008

    The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis is concluding its mainstage season on a high note with Ella, a touring production themed around the life and music of legendary jazz vocalist...

49. Stage

    Honor System: The Black Rep impressively mounts Death and the King's Horseman

    By Paul Friswold

    Published: March 26, 2008

    Honor is a much-used and dangerous word in Wole Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman. Elesin, the king's horseman, is steeped in honor. The market women sing the refrain,...

50. Stage

    St. Louis Stage Capsules

    Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

    By Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold

    Published: March 26, 2008

    Assassins Stephen Sondheim's most audacious musical (written in collaboration with John Weidham) is also one of his least-seen. The show takes direct aim at our national...

51. Art

    St. Louis Art Capsules

    Malcom Gay encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

    By Malcolm Gay

    Published: March 26, 2008

    Openings Discerning Palette: Jerry O. Wilkerson Retrospective Like many of his contemporaries in the pop art movement, Jerry Wilkerson, who died of cancer in 2007, took his...

52. Game On

    Who said first-person games need a second person?

    By Gary Hodges

    Published: March 26, 2008

    Developers seem to believe that their first-person games are required to include online modes. Blame it on the few narrow-minded gamers (and critics) who constantly hammer away...