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Moonflower Resurrection: Jetta Carleton's long-forgotten bestseller about the secret desires of a Missouri farm family blooms again
By Aimee Levitt
Published: May 13, 2009
Near the end of Jetta Carleton's first — and only — published novel, an old Missouri farm woman named Callie Soames pauses during her round of morning chores to...
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Big Weekend in Belleville
By Nicole Beckert
Published: May 13, 2009
Artists from across the nation gather in Belleville, Illinois, this weekend for the triumphant return of Art on the Square. For the annual art fair, roughly 1,000 hopeful...
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Fake Wild Strawberry
By Paul Friswold
Published: May 13, 2009
Dana is an artist whose gallery show just screwed the pooch. And her boyfriend abandoned her because of her ensuing depression and raging paranoia. So she does the artistically...
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Cockeyed
Published: May 13, 2009
HotCity Theatre presents William Downs' existential farce about a guy who loves a co-worker, despite the large obstacle of her apparently being unable to see or hear him. ...
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Nice Glass, Ladies
By Christian Schaeffer
Published: May 13, 2009
With apologies to the makers of the Mel Gibson/Helen Hunt rom-com What Women Want, one doesn't need extra-sensory powers of perception figure out what makes a woman happy. Just...
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Get Found
By Alison Sieloff
Published: May 13, 2009
Found magazine's Davy and Peter Rothbart aren't the only people who find found stuff fun — all manner of folks have been inspired by items they've discovered. From Dave...
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Gang Green
By Paul Friswold
Published: May 13, 2009
St. Louis Green Drinks is an organization of ecologically minded people who get together at Schlafly Bottleworks (7260 Southwest Avenue, Maplewood; 314-241-2337 or...
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Cold Hard Facts
By Brooke Foster
Published: May 13, 2009
Two penguins are standing on an iceberg. Penguin No. 1 says to Penguin No. 2, "Looks like you're wearing a tuxedo." Penguin No. 2 replies, "...Maybe I am." Now that we've...
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In Dreams Begin Responsibility
By Paul Friswold
Published: May 13, 2009
Isaiah Zagar is the Michelangelo of South Philadelphia, having created an ongoing series of idiosyncratic mosaics that cover 50,000 square feet of wall space in his home...
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Paper Chase
By Paul Friswold
Published: May 13, 2009
So you've made your regular circuit of all the used bookstores in and around town, but still no luck. Do you dare swallow the bitter pill of Internet commerce, or do you vow to...
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Light Write
By Paul Friswold
Published: May 13, 2009
People of a certain age grew up creating light-based artworks with the aid of Lite-Brite, which was, as the slogan noted, "outta sight." But once adulthood slams into you, you...
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The Passion of the Dance
By Alison Sieloff
Published: May 13, 2009
After watching a dance concert, any dance concert, you can't help but notice that dance is more than merely putting the right steps in the correct order. It is an expression of...
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Buying Power
By Ms. Day
Published: May 13, 2009
And there's nothing like shopping to get Ms. Day in the mood for...more shopping — especially shopping that benefits a good cause. From noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday and...
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Buying Power
By Ms. Day
Published: May 13, 2009
While Ms. Day does like shopping — what, you're not shocked? — she appreciates getting a good deal more. It is not often that you'll see her browsing and buying at...
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It's Business Time
By Paul Friswold
Published: May 13, 2009
Sting has done quite a bit to arouse interest about tantric sex in the Western world. Ten hours of going at it? Come on! Yeah, it sounds like a great idea, but between a job...
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Inside the Looking Glass
By Paul Friswold
Published: May 13, 2009
Michael Janis creates tableaux that reveal planes of existence in panes of glass. Using the ancient technique of sgraffito, Janis carefully applies layers of glass dust to a...
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Light Russian
By Paul Friswold
Published: May 13, 2009
You don't normally think of the Russian plays being too funny; there're a lot of wolves and war and melancholy remembrances of Wolf War I that get in the way of the laughs,...
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Blossom and Grow
By Alison Sieloff
Published: May 13, 2009
Flowers are one of nature's great interior-decorating gifts. No matter your style, no matter the space — from modern lines and a muted color palette to old-school opulent...
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My Darling Varla
By Paul Friswold
Published: May 13, 2009
Poised, lovely, perfectly coiffed and made up, tastefully garbed in either an evening gown or a kicky dress, Varla Jean Merman demands to be seen and heard. She's a throwback...
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Get Out of the Gutter
By Alison Sieloff
Published: May 13, 2009
If we anthropomorphized every Saint Louis Zoo dweller, it wouldn't be hard to match creature to sport. The giraffes would be stunners on the basketball court (of course), the...
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