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A Village Runs Through It: The RFT unveils its big bold plans for that big damn hole
Published: April 23, 2008
OK, we get it. You're angry about Ballpark Village. You can stop calling us, demanding that Riverfront Times investigate the gaping, water-filled hole. We're not spelunkers and...
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Mr. Ed-sident
A little presidential horseplay
By Paul Friswold
Published: April 23, 2008
If you grew up in the Reagan '80s, you're familiar with the sight of a president on horseback. More recent leaders of the free world haven't been as predisposed to be...
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Oh, Niki, You're So Fine!
Sculpture is back in the garden
By Alison Sieloff
Published: April 23, 2008
Now that the Chihuly elation from the summer of '06 has finally fizzled out and the Chapungu exhibition of '07 has closed, St. Louisans are certainly ready for more artistic...
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Good Reads
Alton Brown on books on food
By Paul Friswold
Published: April 23, 2008
Alton Brown, he of the self-deprecating humor and obvious love of regular-people food (his Food Network program Good Eats is the gold standard of comical and helpful kitchen...
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Career Destroyer
It's a Phantom menace
By James Weber
Published: April 23, 2008
Once again, the Magic Smoking Monkey Theatre resurrects a classic stinker of a film when it presents the stage version of KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park. Released straight...
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Seeing Stars
Variety brings the fun
By Alison Sieloff
Published: April 23, 2008
On your typical Friday night, you'll head out, grab a drink and listen to some music — and absolutely no one will benefit from any of these activities. But if on this...
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Time for Flavor
Get your move on
By Alison Sieloff
Published: April 23, 2008
Couples sometimes have it tough. You like the clubs. She's fond of the wine bars. He's a fan of all televised games. You enjoy participatory sports. He's a magazine-reader; you...
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Let's Talk About Sex, Baby
And read about it, too!
By Brooke Foster
Published: April 23, 2008
Science writer Mary Roach can make absolutely anything funny and fascinating. In Stiff, she hung around with crash-test bodies and other charitable cadavers. Spook sent her on...
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Chocolaty Delicious
Ahhh, Paris
By Alison Sieloff
Published: April 23, 2008
Author Joanne Harris has dipped back into the world of Chocolat with her new novel, The Girl with No Shadow. This sequel catches up with chocolatier Vianne and her daughters,...
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Fine China
Come on, it's spectacular
By Paul Friswold
Published: April 23, 2008
Not enough performing groups refer to their own shows as “a spectacular” anymore. So right off the bat, the Divine Performing Arts Chinese Spectacular has piqued the...
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Between Day & Night
Also known as twilight
By Paul Friswold
Published: April 23, 2008
Even as this is being written, the writer is looking longingly out the window across the hall at clear blue skies and golden sunlight, wondering why quitting time is always so...
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Winging It
By Alison Sieloff
Published: April 23, 2008
Much as in-the-know humans flock to exotic spots like Bali, so do clued-in birds make their way to cities along the Mississippi River. There’s just something so avian...
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Dance Fever
Have you got it?
By Alison Sieloff
Published: April 23, 2008
With several television shows dedicated to dance and all of the great dance performances St. Louis has seen in the past few weeks, it’s no wonder that you’re now...
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The Circle of Life
It's a touch chalky
By Paul Friswold
Published: April 23, 2008
The “Caucasian” in the Bertolt Brecht’s satirical play The Caucasian Chalk Circle refers to the people of the Caucasus Mountain region, not simply generic white...
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Tell Me About Your Mother
Charis probes deeply
By Paul Friswold
Published: April 23, 2008
Is therapy funny? Those 50-minute hours spent unburdening yourself to a professional listener may seem comical to those who don’t avail themselves of the psychiatric arts,...
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Clean Green
By Nicole Beckert
Published: April 23, 2008
The current trend of “going green” has resulted in many convenient products that do less harm to the environment, but still come in land-fill ready packaging. But...
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Which Red with Bread
And does it come in a box?
By Amy George
Published: April 23, 2008
Sort of like that little blue box from Tiffany’s, a glimpse of Companion Bakehouse's signature blue bag holds the promise of untold delights within. You already know...
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Generous Portions
Eat big, give big
By Mark Fischer
Published: April 23, 2008
Whether or not you’re a dog owner, it’s your civic duty to push away Mom’s home cookin’, gorge yourself on entrees at the area’s finest eateries and...
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Sidebar
Things to Do with the Kiddies At Ballpark Village
Published: April 23, 2008
— Solve one of the greatest mysteries of Ballpark Village, and have the little ones measure the depth of the crater: If acceleration due to gravity at the Earth’s...
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News Real
Say It Ain't So: Joe's Café Has Closed Down
By Keegan Hamilton
Published: April 23, 2008
Bill Christman's art studio near Washington University looks like it could play host to one fine party. Out front a hulking sculpture of a rooster stands next to a broken...
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