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Music
Holy Hip-Hop: "Soul Force" strikes the Loop every other Sunday for a one-of-a-kind worship service
By Kristen Hinman
Published: April 15, 2009
On Easter Sunday, outside the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission, cars plastered with kelly-green JESUS stickers line Delmar Boulevard. Inside the arts center, the...
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This Week's Cover
The Cover of the April 16 Print Edition
Published: April 15, 2009
Photoillustration Model Nickki Jordan photographed by Jennifer Silverberg. Lit match photo: Stockxpert
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Music
Karma Chameleon: Celia Shacklett is a one-woman musical renaissance
By Christian Schaeffer
Published: April 15, 2009
To call local singer-songwriter Celia Shacklett a musical evangelist might be an understatement. When she's not leading Celia's Big Rock Band, Shacklett plays bass in Fire Dog,...
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B-Sides
Time Out of Mind: Steve Forbert shucks the nü-Dylan tag with optimism and a nod to soft rock
By Roy Kasten
Published: April 15, 2009
You could fill a small factory-outlet store with cutout-bin specials that feature forgotten New Dylans. Steve Forbert hasn't been forgotten — or he shouldn't be —...
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B-Sides
All in the Family: The Loyal Family educates, entertains and remains eco-friendly
By Christian Schaeffer
Published: April 15, 2009
Joshua Grigaitis isn't one for titles. He calls himself the founder of Loyal Family, a local events and promotions group, but it's clear that his vision for a strong local arts...
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Critics' Picks
Pretty & Nice The Radical Sons
9 p.m. Friday, April 17. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.
By Shae Moseley
Published: April 15, 2009
Boston's Pretty & Nice dabbles in a spastic and eclectic brand of songwriting where sudden shifts in mood and genre happen unexpectedly — sometimes within a single song....
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Critics' Picks
Solange
8 p.m. Friday, April 17. Webster University, 535 Garden Avenue. Rain location: Grant Gymnasium.
By Dan LeRoy
Published: April 15, 2009
"I'm not her and never will be," declared Beyoncé's little sister on her 2008 sophomore album. It's a distinction the public has been slow in making — but isn't...
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Critics' Picks
Jason Ringenberg
9 p.m. Friday, April 17. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.
By Annie Zaleski
Published: April 15, 2009
In the '80s beanpole-thin Jason Ringenberg and his band the Scorchers turned Nashville on its tail with their brash cowboy-punk. Sounding like the Replacements burning down the...
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Critics' Picks
Paul Simon
8 p.m. Saturday, April 18. Fox Theatre, 527 North Grand Boulevard.
By Roy Kasten
Published: April 15, 2009
Despite all the shifts during his recording career — from the angelic folk of Bookends to the roots-pop of Paul Simon, from the Afro-Latinate Graceland and The Rhythm of...
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Critics' Picks
Pennywise
7 p.m. Sunday, April 19. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.
By Jonah Bayer
Published: April 15, 2009
Pennywise isn't so much a band these days as it is an institution. For more than two decades, this Southern California act has pioneered the genre of melodic punk rock —...
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Critics' Picks
Chris Cornell
7 p.m. Tuesday, April 21. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.
By Ryan Wasoba
Published: April 15, 2009
If such a thing as "nü-metal cred" exists, Chris Cornell has it in spades. Soundgarden was arguably the most legit of the post-Nirvana "yeeaaahhhh-rock" bands, and...
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Critics' Picks
El Ten Eleven
9 p.m. Wednesday, April 22. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.
By Shae Moseley
Published: April 15, 2009
The danceable, hypnotic loops created by the Los Angeles electro-rock duo El Ten Eleven are a very 21st-century, post-everything artistic expression that borrows very little...
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Homespun
Homespun: Beth Bombara & the Robotic Foundation
Beth Bombara & the Robotic Foundation
(self-released)By Christian Schaeffer
Published: April 15, 2009
Last year, singer-songwriter Beth Bombara released Abandon Ship, a tidy EP of mostly acoustic songs that paired understated sonics with her sweet, distinct voice. She returns...
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Cafe
Quack Quack: The Shaved Duck reinvented — and hotter than before
By Ian Froeb
Published: April 15, 2009
Jalapeños are for amateurs. Habaneros are so five years ago. The current It girl among the chile cognoscenti is the bhut jolokia (also known as the naga jolokia), a...
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Film
Dead Bodies, Buried Ledes: Political thriller State of Play is adrenaline for a dying industry: Ours
By J. Hoberman
Published: April 15, 2009
Kevin Macdonald's Washington thriller is a bellows designed to puff up the most beaten-down reporter's chest. Compressed from the highly regarded BBC miniseries first telecast...
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Stage
Everybody Wins: This year's Kevin Kline Awards featured a surprise finale
By Dennis Brown
Published: April 15, 2009
Although the Muny copped only one statue at the fourth annual Kevin Kline Awards ceremony two weeks ago, the summer theater in Forest Park was the evening's big winner. Which...
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Art
Featured Review: Arny Nadler
By Jessica Baran
Published: April 15, 2009
Arny Nadler This exhibition of sketches and studies for the large-form sculpture series Beacons, which debuted this past fall at Philip Slein Gallery, reveals the material...
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Stage
St. Louis Stage Capsules
Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene in St. Louis
By Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold
Published: April 15, 2009
Reviewed My Secret Language of Wishes Vanika Spencer renders a sensitive and poignant portrayal of a disabled, seizure-prone African American child at the center of a custody...
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Art
St. Louis Art Capsules
Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene
By Jessica Baran
Published: April 15, 2009
Newly Reviewed In the Tradition Drawing on the printmaking medium's master-and-apprentice roots, this group show of assorted printed matter features work by several pairings of...
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