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 ain't. Oftentimes you can't put your finger on the reason why it seems so strange, but you can feel it in your bones. Dennis Northcott, archivist with the Missouri History Museum, can give you documentary evidence of those instances when St. Louis and its denizens took the hard left to la-la land. Such as in 1849, when a committee of public-health officials shut down all the breweries. St. Louis without beer? What the hell were they thinking? To find out the answer to this question and others, attend... More >>>