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RFT readers wonder what's got into Alderwoman Phyllis Young
Published: October 7, 2009
DAILY RFT, SEPTEMBER 29, 2009 WHIPPERSNAPPERS FOR OKTOBERFEST So lighten up, Phyllis: Soulard resident here ["Oktoberfest Stays in Soulard Despite Alderwoman's Objections,"...
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Feature
Local Harvest: For the first time ever, Farm Aid comes to St. Louis.
By Annie Zaleski, Roy Kasten and Christian Schaeffer
Published: October 7, 2009
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater closed out its 2009 season by hosting the 24th annual Farm Aid concert, the first time the event has been held in St. Louis. Seasonably cool...
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Night & Day
Reflected Territories: hoopSnake
Published: October 7, 2009
Two sound sculptures that work in concert with one another -- one a fractal steel pyramid, the other a wooden construct -- created by the arts/music/physics collaborative...
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Night & Day
No Need to Touch Yourself Tonight
Published: October 7, 2009
You know times are tight right now. But you know what else is tight? Your pants -- but only if you attend Music Touches You in Special Places: A Very NonProphet Cabaret. This...
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Night & Day
Haute Times in the City
By Courtney Schilling
Published: October 7, 2009
New York. Paris. Milan. As fashion capitals, sure, they're nice and all, but aren't they also just a little, oh, expected? Not to mention far away. And while St. Louis might...
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Night & Day
The Trouble with Sisters
By Courtney Schilling
Published: October 7, 2009
Familial relationships are the first we encounter in this life, and for many of us they will also be the last ones we are struggling to figure out. Julia Glass has created a...
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Night & Day
Viva Clemente
By Paul Friswold
Published: October 7, 2009
Roberto Clemente Walker won the National League MVP award, two World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates, twelve Gold Gloves and was the first player to hit a walk-off,...
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Night & Day
Speaking Out
By Paul Friswold
Published: October 7, 2009
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. You may believe that domestic violence doesn't affect you, and chances are, it doesn't. But there's a distinct possibility that...
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Night & Day
Let's Party Alt-School
By Alex Weir
Published: October 7, 2009
So of course we know what's great about October (autumn radiance) and beer (tastiness), but probably fewer of us are attuned to the appeal of Alton, Illinois, a stout...
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Night & Day
The Universal Language
By Paul Friswold
Published: October 7, 2009
There are dozens of technical points, poses and rhythmic combinations in classical Indian dance that will escape the notice of the novice — don't let that worry you....
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Night & Day
This Is Big
By Alison Sieloff
Published: October 7, 2009
All right, by now you've probably had a look at Chesterfield's sculpture of a giant man on the local news. You were wowed by the size of The Awakening, as J. Seward Johnson's...
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Night & Day
Feed Your Head
By Alison Sieloff
Published: October 7, 2009
Who says that reading is a lost art? Non-readers, perhaps, or maybe that's the kind of thing out of the mouths of folks who haven't attended the Big Read festival (314-863-0278...
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Night & Day
Every Mother's Son
By Paul Friswold
Published: October 7, 2009
The unnamed country in Ingmar Villqist's Helver's Night is perilously close to societal collapse. Helver, a boy in a man's body, couldn't be more excited about the prospect....
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Night & Day
"Party" Is German for "Party"
By Alison Sieloff
Published: October 7, 2009
Our lives are filled with many unanswered questions. Where does the sky end and space begin? Will humans ever be able to travel through time? Why does the Munich Oktoberfest...
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Night & Day
Shaping the World
By Paul Friswold
Published: October 7, 2009
Roberley Bell's artwork toys with the disconnect between how humanity perceives our control over the natural world. Her Flower Blobs, beautiful assemblages of miniature flowers...
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Night & Day
Show Offs
By Ms. Day
Published: October 7, 2009
As frequent Night & Day readers know, Ms. Day is nothing if not fabulously fancy and feminine, from her pillbox hat to her patent leather shoes. And she's not the only one who...
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Night & Day
Now Hear This
By Alison Sieloff
Published: October 7, 2009
If we had to assemble a taste of Earth today to send to the aliens, the gold record (aliens have standards, you know) would likely be populated with Kardashian references,...
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Night & Day
Who Did It?
By Christian Schaeffer
Published: October 7, 2009
Pablo Picasso said that a good artist borrows and a great artist steals. Or, at least, he might have said that. Thing is, when it comes to great art, ownership can be hard to...
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From The Blogs
The South Butt takes on the North Face -- and more
By Chad Garrison, Nicholas Phillips and Kristen Hinman
Published: October 7, 2009
The North Face to Missouri Teen: No Ifs, Ands or "South Butts" Meet Jimmy Winkelmann, or as his lawyer affectionately refers to his client, "Little Jimmy." At the tender age...
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Amazing Facts & Beyond
Amazing Facts & Beyond: The Hunter of Autumn
By Dan Zettwoch
Published: October 7, 2009
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