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Feature
Big Funny: Founder Bill Chott and his fellow improv tricksters aim to bring back the glory days of St. Louis sketch comedy
By Kristen Hinman
Published: September 2, 2009
At his 40th birthday roast — an evening he has billed as "XXX-rated" and pimped like a (Twitter-savvy) boxing promoter — Bill Chott takes a seat at the front of the...
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Oh, Oh, Amadeus
By Paul Friswold
Published: September 2, 2009
Much is manufactured in Peter Shaffer's "biographical" play, Amadeus. Facts from the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his contemporary Antonio Salieri are stretched, twisted...
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Craps-Shooting Lovers
By Paul Friswold
Published: September 2, 2009
What are the catalysts for a man and woman falling in love? A floating craps game, a sucker bet and a Cuban milkshake, according to Guys and Dolls. Frank Loesser's classic...
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Double Switch
By Paul Friswold
Published: September 2, 2009
For several years now, the fourth and final stage of the Gateway Cup has been held on the streets of University City; this year the fourth stage moves downtown. In its entire...
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Victor Victorian
By Ms. Day
Published: September 2, 2009
As you know, Ms. Day loves all manner of things that are old-fashioned and fancy. Lately, she's even gotten in the habit of donning white gloves and sitting under a pear tree...
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Mail Bonding
By Alison Sieloff
Published: September 2, 2009
It's a good thing old postcards are pretty because those folks back in the early 1900s weren't much for words. Oftentimes, these old cards just contain your average well-wishes...
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Stop and Smell the Ikebana
By Paul Friswold
Published: September 2, 2009
There are a ridiculous number of events crammed into the three days of the Missouri Botanical Garden's Japanese Festival. Judo demonstrations, flower-arranging demonstrations,...
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Seems Like Old Times
By Paul Friswold
Published: September 2, 2009
Back to the Future is one of those special movies that neatly encapsulates an era — and it's not just "the '80s" or "the '50s." Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox, as if there's...
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It's Electric
By Alison Sieloff
Published: September 2, 2009
All right, fellow humans. It's time we stopped looking at glowing boxes all of the time and started seeing things in our actual space. (And if you're reading this in the...
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Creature Feature
By Paul Friswold
Published: September 2, 2009
Illustrator Matthew Hamby uses the adjective “gnarled” to describe his style. Eyes are mismatched, finger joints are exaggerated, limbs are outsized and awkwardly...
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Corn Again
By Alison Sieloff
Published: September 2, 2009
Great Godfrey Maze, you've outdone yourself this year! Last year's safari theme was cool and the cowboy maze of '07 was certainly tricky, but how you've grown your corn stalks...
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Discover Dance, Self
By Alison Sieloff
Published: September 2, 2009
Let's face it: You're leading an uninspired existence. You didn't mean for it to happen — it just sort of happened. You look back on the last few years and you see the...
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Buffaloed
By Paul Friswold
Published: September 2, 2009
It's the chance of a lifetime: Frank Capra needs to recast his new feature, and he calls the repertory theater in Buffalo to let George and Charlotte Hay know he's coming to...
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News Real
Fade to Black: Just as the cameras began to roll on a major city film project, the plug is pulled
By Kristen Hinman
Published: September 2, 2009
Three years ago Walter Gunn devised a plan to promote St. Louis' filmmaking community. It involved the production of 100 short films about the city and was made entirely by...
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Blowback
Have you heard the one about the two cowboys at the Shoji Tabuchi Theatre? Plus: Skeptical skeptics and pointless laws.
Published: September 2, 2009
DAILY RFT, AUGUST 27, 2009 DUMB LAW Where does it end?: Great, just what we need — another law ["Bad News, Teens: New State Law Prohibits Minors From Texting and...
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Amazing Facts & Beyond
Amazing Facts & Beyond presents the lost loves of teenaged fast-food tycoons!
By Dan Zettwoch
Published: September 2, 2009
Go the Amazing Facts and Beyond blog to further follow the exploits of our trivial hero.
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Ask a Mexican
Ask a Mexican!: Latin Lovin': When's a Mexican girl supposed to get hitched?
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: September 2, 2009
Dear Mexican: I am a 22-year-old Mexican American woman, still living with my parents but going to college, working full-time and taking care of myself...
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This Week's Cover
The Cover of the September 3 Print Edition
Published: September 2, 2009
Photo of Bill Chott by Jennifer Silverberg
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Music
Battle of Wits: Who's better: Blink-182 or Weezer?
By Ryan Wasoba and Annie Zaleski
Published: September 2, 2009
[Editor's Note: News that Blink-182 was moving its show to Tuesday, September 29, arrived just after press time. Tickets for the September 3 show will be honored.] Millions of...
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B-Sides
Covering the Bases: Mike Tomko hosts his third Under Cover Weekend
By Christian Schaeffer
Published: September 2, 2009
For the third year running, local concert promoter Mike Tomko has assembled a cadre of local bands and given them permission to become their idols. While last year's version of...
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