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Cafe
Brew, Baby, Brew: The ranks of St. Louis' craft brewers are swelling as we swill
By Ian Froeb
Published: June 3, 2009
On a breezy Saturday morning in May, members of the St. Louis Brews homebrew club gather under a small tent in a suburban parking lot and raise a motley assortment of glasses,...
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Night & Day
Feel Free to Have Fun
By Alison Sieloff
Published: June 3, 2009
Shopping malls are bastions of consumerism, beckoning us to come! Spend money! But you don't always have to drop a ton of cash to enjoy yourself at a mall, and St. Louis Mills...
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Night & Day
Yes, We've Always Been This Way
By Paul Friswold
Published: June 3, 2009
Look, live here long enough and you understand the essential paradox of life in St. Louis. Outsiders perceive this to be a normal Midwestern city — kinda quiet. But it...
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Night & Day
Sweet Mysteries of Life
By Paul Friswold
Published: June 3, 2009
Let's "pretend" I don't know anything about wine, just for argument's sake. Now, how would you explain Malbec? Sure, deep reddish-purplish color, intense fruitiness, that's a...
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Night & Day
Bridge Tips
By Christian Schaeffer
Published: June 3, 2009
Cyclists have the right idea: besides the obvious benefits that bike-riding grants (exercise, zero reliance on fossil fuels, rockin' thighs), the Schwinn jockeys get to...
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Night & Day
King of the Shepherds
By Paul Friswold
Published: June 3, 2009
Mozart is the most famous example of a musical prodigy, so it's not too shocking that he was but a youth of nineteen when he composed the music for Il re pastore (The Shepherd...
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Night & Day
Mmm, Turkish Delight
By Brooke Foster
Published: June 3, 2009
Talk about passing the test of time: C.S. Lewis' classic allegory, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, has enchanted us for generations. Responsible for giving many a walk-in...
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Night & Day
New Start, New Space
By Alison Sieloff
Published: June 3, 2009
There's a perceptible air of excitement at each art opening that even serial gallerygoers feel. Maybe it's all of the creativity in the air, or perhaps the artist is projecting...
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Night & Day
Rue the Night
By Alison Sieloff
Published: June 3, 2009
For a nightclub to survive 8 years is like a puppy dog living for 32 years — each year of a club's life is like 4 dog years. In other words this is no small feat for Rue...
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Night & Day
A Shell of A Time
By Nicole Beckert
Published: June 3, 2009
There's no better way to celebrate the return of First Fridays to the Saint Louis Science Center (5050 Oakland Avenue; 314-289-4400 or www.slsc.org) than with Turtle Power!...
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Night & Day
Future Shock
By Paul Friswold
Published: June 3, 2009
Flying cars, matching unitards and the moon base have yet to happen — and we live in 2009. What happened to the futuristic world promised by almost 100 years of science...
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Night & Day
Laugh on the Outside
By Alison Sieloff
Published: June 3, 2009
The kempt grounds of Laumeier Sculpture Park (12580 Rott Road, Sunset Hills; 314-821-1209 or www.laumeier.org) really are an example of the great outdoors — too bad these...
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Night & Day
I’m Talkin’ ’bout Sharkin’
By Paul Friswold
Published: June 3, 2009
Jaws ruined the beach for a generation of kids, present writer included. The tradeoff is that it's provided hours of air-conditioned entertainment, as the movie is impossible...
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Night & Day
The Hissing of Lawn Mowers
By Paul Friswold
Published: June 3, 2009
Jenny and Richard are your slightly-less-than-average suburbanites. They have the house in the proper neighborhood, but they don't have the cash to quite keep up with the...
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Night & Day
Lords of the Ring
By Alison Sieloff
Published: June 3, 2009
When a princess is captured, things get pretty hectic. The authorities keep their eyes peeled for the villain, the tightrope walkers balance on high, the trapeze artists swing...
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Night & Day
Talkin' Chalk -- And Parties
By Alison Sieloff
Published: June 3, 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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From The Blogs
Wifi comes from peas, woman accusing cop of illegal behavior has to answer some Qs
By Keegan Hamilton, Chad Garrison and Ellis E. Conklin
Published: June 3, 2009
In January 2007, Mayor Francis Slay announced that he'd cut a deal with AT&T to outfit the entire city of St. Louis with low-cost wireless Internet. But the agreement, worth an...
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Unreal
Unreal: The June wedding edition
Published: June 3, 2009
Wahoo! A week or so ago Unreal heard about a couple who wed on the commuter train where they first met. Wed, as in, got married while the train ran its regular route. With...
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Blowback
Readers come to the defense of smoking bans and Cherokee Street
Published: June 3, 2009
FEATURE, MAY 28, 2009 THANKS FOR BUTTING HEADS Good to know where they stand on smoking: Thank you so much for taking the time to survey policymakers about this important...
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Amazing Facts & Beyond
Amazing Facts & Beyond: Duel of the Fowl Ballers
By Dan Zettwoch
Published: June 3, 2009
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