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Issue: May 27, 2009
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41 stories found - 1 through 20
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  1. Feature

    Butt Heads: Want to know where our public officials stand on smoking bans? OK, we'll ask 'em!

    By Kristen Hinman
    Published: May 27, 2009

    Two weeks ago state legislatures in North Carolina — the nation's top tobacco-producing state — and Wisconsin passed statewide smoking bans, bringing to 33 the...

  2. Night & Day

    Would Ya Just Watch the Hair?!

    By Paul Friswold
    Published: May 27, 2009

    Wait, don't tell me: You hate disco. Me too. But missing out on Saturday Night Fever because of the soundtrack is like skipping out on Star Wars because of its questionable...

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    Rent's Due

    By Paul Friswold
    Published: May 27, 2009

    Jonathan Larson spent seven years writing and rewriting his dream musical, the project he hoped would revitalize the American musical as an art form. The finished project,...

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    Bells Will Be Ringing

    By Alison Sieloff
    Published: May 27, 2009

    Bells can be holy — those atop church towers come to mind — and they can be lowly, such as those dingers that sit on the counters of so many shops. The ringing of...

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    Tune In and Turn It Up

    By Alison Sieloff
    Published: May 27, 2009

    Many of the enormous sculptures at Laumeier Sculpture Park (12580 Rott Road, Sunset Hills) make us feel small and inconsequential — and, of course, we as individuals...

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    Save Streams, Breathe Easy, Buy Art

    By Alison Sieloff
    Published: May 27, 2009

    Preserving a vision of nature in artwork is a good idea. But actually preserving nature is a better thought, and thanks to the Missouri Coalition for the Environment's...

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    What A Girl Wants

    By Paul Friswold
    Published: May 27, 2009

    If you think the wanton women, violence and implied necrophilia is getting out of hand on television, you'd better not hide out at the opera this evening. Richard Strauss'...

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    Eating Good in Maplewood

    By Ms. Day
    Published: May 27, 2009

    Ms. Day is quite the elegant eater. She nibbles, she sips, she dabs the corner of her mouth most delicately with a napkin. Of course, she doesn't enjoy, say, wrestling with a...

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    Plant Yourself

    By Mark Fischer
    Published: May 27, 2009

    Hollywood legend avers that low-budget filmmaker Roger Corman undertook the 1960 black comedy The Little Shop of Horrors on a bet to see just how quickly and cheaply a...

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    Flex Your Cylinder Heads

    By Brooke Foster
    Published: May 27, 2009

    Want some good automotive news for a change? Chrysler is turning a profit! Not really. But it is possible to utter "cars" and "fun" in the same sentence these days,...

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    Death Disco

    By Paul Friswold
    Published: May 27, 2009

    It's 1978, and Saturday Night Fever is the hottest film going in Chile as far as Raul is concerned. Raul has perfected his homage to Tony Manero by watching the film in an...

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    Wave of Beautification

    By Paul Friswold
    Published: May 27, 2009

    "Rococo" inspires visions of bric-a-brac and gorgeous clutter, a visual overload of fiddly bits and gilt. So why is painter Jerald Ieans' new exhibit entitled Waves and Rococo?...

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    Write Makes Right

    By Paul Friswold
    Published: May 27, 2009

    Parents everywhere wonder, "What's going on in my high schooler's head?" Few of them ask and get answers, and fewer still ask the kid to write down their thoughts. The latter...

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    Drink, Dammit

    By Paul Friswold
    Published: May 27, 2009

    In the aftermath of the Great Depression, the noir genre came into its own. Tough-talkin' broads and tougher-acting guys warred across black-and-white cityscapes where loyalty...

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    Talkin' Chalk -- And Parties

    By Alison Sieloff
    Published: May 27, 2009

    Charming chimney sweep Bert (a.k.a. Dick Van Dyke) isn't the only one who can create magical sidewalk art — the Missouri Botanical Garden (4344 Shaw Boulevard) has found...

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    Two Comics Enter, One Comic Leaves

    Published: May 27, 2009

    Bill Chott has made a pretty nice career for himself by just making stuff up. He tells ridiculous stories, finds himself ensnared in bizarre situations and then talks his way...

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    The Return of Free Candy

    Published: May 27, 2009

    Free Candy, you old-timers may recall, was the talk show that was never broadcast on any tv or radio station, yet was still staged live every month at the Hartford Coffee...

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    Laurell K. Hamilton Book Release Party

    Published: May 27, 2009

    Author of the wildly-popular Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series (set right here in St. Louis, by the by) releases the new Anita book, Skin Trade, with a party. Officially, the...

  19. Music

    We investigate a possible connection between rapper Huey and a drive-by, then scan the always-enlightening comments at STLtoday

    By Keegan Hamilton and Tom Finkel
    Published: May 27, 2009

    Was Rapper Huey a Target? A concert at the Pageant on Sunday, May 17, featured performances by virtually every nationally known hip-hop artist from St. Louis, including local...

  20. Feature

    Butt Heads: At the State Capitol, a Different Set of Smoking Rules Applies

    By Kristen Hinman
    Published: May 27, 2009

    When it comes to lighting up in Missouri's capitol building, nailing down the protocol is about as easy as pinning down a cloud of smoke. Different legislators give varying...

Issue: May 27, 2009
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41 stories found - 1 through 20
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