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Lit Up: Keisha Ervin's gritty tales of the St. Louis streets have made her one of the nation's hottest purveyors of urban fiction
By Kristen Hinman
Published: April 15, 2009
Keisha Ervin wants to move. She shudders and shakes her head and blurts "Ah!" just thinking about it. Don't get Ervin wrong, her little Eminence Drive abode in St. John, with...
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Sedaris Fever
By Nicole Beckert
Published: April 15, 2009
Delightfully humorous author and essayist David Sedaris returns to St. Louis to read from his newest book, When You Are Engulfed in Flames. In this 2008 collection of essays,...
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Road Hard
By Alison Sieloff
Published: April 15, 2009
You want to feel the wind in your face; you long for the sweet satisfaction of sweat dripping off your body; you need to get more use out of that gifted bike you promised...
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Planet Party
By Brooke Foster
Published: April 15, 2009
These days, you can't swing a canvas grocery bag full of CFL bulbs without hitting something "green." Not that we're complaining: When was the last time a hugely popular trend...
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Have A Cuppa
By Ms. Day
Published: April 15, 2009
Because Ms. Day is nothing but ladylike, she wouldn't dream of missing the Antique Appraisal & Tea, held from 2 to 5 p.m. at Kirkwood Community of Christ Church (830 North...
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Fashion. Lights.
By Alison Sieloff
Published: April 15, 2009
Adjusting to warmer temperatures is hard on your sinuses — and even more trying for your wardrobe. Right now, ladies across the metro are looking through their closets...
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Earthly Pursuits
By Alison Sieloff
Published: April 15, 2009
The majority of trivia nights benefits a specific charity or cause, but let's be honest: Most people go to show off their smarts. So just how brainy are you? Mother wants to...
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Good Times, Bad Times
By Paul Friswold
Published: April 15, 2009
One of Lynda Barry's great strengths as a writer is her devotion to hope and fear as twin sources of strength. Her female characters, often outsiders because of their looks or...
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Toast the 21st Amendment
By Mark Fischer
Published: April 15, 2009
Bottled up for thirteen years thanks to the 18th Amendment, beer was liberated from the bootleggers and speakeasies with the official repeal of the Prohibition Act on April 7,...
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Paws for a Cause
By Paul Friswold
Published: April 15, 2009
There's a term for the type of person who habitually carries around photos of their cat: Crazy Cat Person. But that's a slur used by those sad unfortunates who have yet to meet...
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Work It, Dance It
By Alison Sieloff
Published: April 15, 2009
Preparing for a dance performance is a very stressful time — it's much like prepping for a test, for all of you non-dancers out there. But instead of just worrying about...
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Timeless Hair Style
By Paul Friswold
Published: April 15, 2009
We are 40 years past the summer of love, and the musical Hair continues to be relevant. Why? Maybe because the Age of Aquarius dawned but we still have war, social injustice,...
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A Man Alone
By Paul Friswold
Published: April 15, 2009
Woyzeck is an amoral creature due to his poverty — this is what Woyzeck's commanding officer, the Captain, tells the soldier while Woyzeck is shaving him. Morals are the...
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Will We Travel the Spaceways?
By Paul Friswold
Published: April 15, 2009
Starships, Worldships and Interstellar Nomads is the greatest Hawkwind album title never used — and it's also the name of the latest installment of the Science...
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Bigger Beer Ain't Better Beer
By Paul Friswold
Published: April 15, 2009
St. Louisans understand the high stakes of the beer-brewing industry more than people in any other American city — the A-B buyout sparked angry debate, protests and a...
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Dine and Splash
By Paul Friswold
Published: April 15, 2009
Every year at the same time, great schools of sardines journey up the KwaZulu-Natal shoreline on Africa's "Wild Coast." (The din from all those tin cans clattering together...
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Tasteful Affair 21: Let's Make A Meal
Published: April 15, 2009
The annual fundraiser for Food Outreach(a charity providing nutritious meals to low-income individuals living with HIV/AIDS or cancer) features an auction and sampling of...
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Ask a Mexican
¡Ask A Mexican!: A Small Drink of Water: Do illegals cause water shortages?
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: April 15, 2009
Dear Mexican: In an earlier column, you mentioned that conservatives can't have an argument against illegal immigration without it degenerating into a diatribe against culture....
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News Real
Diary of a Mad Man: Dennis Long tried unsuccessfully to interest Riverfront Times in his story. Then he went out and made news.
By Keegan Hamilton
Published: April 15, 2009
The editorial department at Riverfront Times receives a lot of phone calls. Occasionally, they're cries for help. For two weeks in late March and early April, a 49-year-old...
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Blowback
Viva la Vida: Readers question our ethics and our stance on El Borracho
Published: April 15, 2009
FEATURE, APRIL 9, 2009 YOU GUYS KILL ME Worried about copycat suicides: I've worked in media relations and public relations for seventeen years, and I'm appalled by your...
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