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An Arrow Runs Through It: Bowfishers take aim at Asian carp
By Keegan Hamilton
Published: September 17, 2008
Save for the lightning flashes of a distant thunderstorm, it is a pitch-black night on the Mississippi, a few miles downriver from Festus. A chorus of frogs and crickets drowns...
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Cold Hard Fact
As the bears go, so go we
By Paul Friswold
Published: September 17, 2008
Arnold Brower Sr. has lived his entire life in Barrow, Alaska, which had a population of double digits when he was born. Brower remembers digging out a cellar in the permafrost...
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It's His America
We're just living in it
By Ellis E. Conklin
Published: September 17, 2008
Having been around since the cold dawn of the Nixon presidency, Bob Schieffer has prospected a gold mine's worth of stories, capturing the grand spectacle that is our political...
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Get Off Your Can!
(And donate some cans)
By Ms. Day
Published: September 17, 2008
You know Ms. Day, always looking for a good deal. But she's not just out for herself — she likes to help other folks, too. And that's what makes tonight's benefit for...
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Live, From New York
It's opera tonight
By Paul Friswold
Published: September 17, 2008
The summer opera season's come and gone here in St. Louis, but in New York the machinery is just being cranked up to cruising speed. The Metropolitan Opera opens its 125th...
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Raw Deal
That's how they roll
By Alison Sieloff
Published: September 17, 2008
There's a delicate art to eating sushi. The chopsticks encourage daintiness, and the elegant rolls have to be consumed carefully, lest you lose some of the goodies inside on...
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Deal or No Deal?
By Paul Friswold
Published: September 17, 2008
From the nightmarish sky-ride of the Four Horsemen to the glorious ascension of Gretchen and Faust amidst the flames of their own bier, F. W. Murnau packed Faust: Eine deutsche...
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Guitar Anti-Hero
Strings attached
By Christian Schaeffer
Published: September 17, 2008
The title of artist Pepe Mar's upcoming gallery show asks a question that's sure to send all rock & roll survivors into a fit: Who Needs Guitars Anymore? It's a fair question,...
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Chefing It Up
This one's for all the cloves of garlic
By Alison Sieloff
Published: September 17, 2008
The Clayton Farmers' Market (8282 Forsyth Boulevard) doesn't merely try to make you happy by offering delicious goods in an open-air setting — nope, this market strives...
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Get Your Grove On
Party, fiesta
By Amy George
Published: September 17, 2008
If you haven't checked out the Grove lately, today is the perfect day to discover what you've been missing. From noon to midnight, the third annual GroveFest takes over the...
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Hay, It's Grand
Craft Alliance doubles the fun
By Mark Fischer
Published: September 17, 2008
Tonight, the Craft Alliance celebrates the official opening of its second location with One Grand Night, a roaring '20s-themed extravaganza. Sporting a 1,400-square-foot...
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Dance-Enhanced
Your lunch hour was never so fun
By Alison Sieloff
Published: September 17, 2008
Not a lot of artistic expression went into making that bologna sandwich, unless you count that mustardy smiley face (you shouldn't). And eating said sammy usually wouldn't be...
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Dance-Enhanced
Your lunch hour was never so fun
By Alison Sieloff
Published: September 17, 2008
Not a lot of artistic expression went into making that bologna sandwich, unless you count that mustardy smiley face (you shouldn't). And eating said sammy usually wouldn't be...
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Grossly Entertaining
John Waters oeuvre of ordure
By Paul Friswold
Published: September 17, 2008
When did John Waters become socially acceptable? It was Hairspray: The Musical that did it, right? Ah, he may be more popular than ever, but he's still a delightfully warped...
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Number One With A Bullet
Shooting out the glass ceiling
By Nicole Beckert
Published: September 17, 2008
Abby is like many working women. She's good at her job, she has plenty of practical experience, and she's ambitious. So who does she have to kill to get a promotion around...
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So Cool, It's Hot!
Mid-century modern is back
By Alison Sieloff
Published: September 17, 2008
From the 1950s to the mid-1960s, it seemed like everything and everyone in California was cool: Pierre Koenig and others were designing airy case-study homes, and Charles and...
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Expand Your Mind
By Paul Friswold
Published: September 17, 2008
The war on drugs is fought on many fronts and with many weapons. There was the great battle of frying pan vs. egg, which was followed by the battle of frying pan vs. entire...
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Your Orchestra Awaits You
Do you really want to disappoint the brass?
By Paul Friswold
Published: September 17, 2008
Officially, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra begins its season in two weeks. But this weekend the SLSO presents a full production of Howard Shore's music for Peter Jackson's...
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News Real
Fizzled Out: Andrew Gladney, heir to the 7-Up fortune, is off to a federal penitentiary
By Kristen Hinman
Published: September 17, 2008
Aside from the khaki jail garb and leg shackles, Andrew Gladney cut a strikingly different image in federal court the morning of September 12 than when he was arrested late...
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Unreal
Unreal remains on the prowl for cougars, sees some men about a dog and checks in with an endangered virgin
Published: September 17, 2008
Perhaps you saw the headline: "Missouri residents say cougars are attacking animals, livestock." According to the Associated Press, in response to reports in Jefferson County...
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