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Issue: October 7, 2009
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41 stories found - 1 through 20
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  1. Blowback

    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,"...

  2. 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...

  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. 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,...

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. 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....

  11. 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...

  12. 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...

  13. 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....

  14. 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...

  15. 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...

  16. 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...

  17. 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,...

  18. 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...

  19. 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...

  20. Amazing Facts & Beyond

    Amazing Facts & Beyond: The Hunter of Autumn

    By Dan Zettwoch
    Published: October 7, 2009

    Go the Amazing Facts and Beyond blog to further follow the exploits of our trivial hero.

Issue: October 7, 2009
Page: 1
41 stories found - 1 through 20
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