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Ken Burns

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    The Educated Guess' Charlie Brumley on Symphonic Pop and Soundtracking the Civil War

    Back in 2008, the Educated Guess released two fine, grandiose albums, Beautiful Strangers and West Skyline Drive, that paired big-sky Americana with well-orchestrated arrangements that called to mind the symphonic masterpieces of Roy Orbison and Born to Run-era Springsteen. After that initial burst, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Try the Pre-Prohibition Pilsner at Six Row Brewing Company

    ​The stars of the beer universe aligned when Six Row Brewing Company (3690 Forest Park Avenue; 314-531-5600) decided to put out its latest release, Plant No. 1 Pre-Prohibition Pilsner. The midtown brewpub wanted to release its first lager at the same time that it was filling out a new expansion i ... More >>

  • Film

    November 11, 2010

    SLIFF brings Icelandic improv, French rom-com, a Civil War spoof and more through November 21

    ​The stars of the beer universe aligned when Six Row Brewing Company (3690 Forest Park Avenue; 314-531-5600) decided to put out its latest release, Plant No. 1 Pre-Prohibition Pilsner. The midtown brewpub wanted to release its first lager at the same time that it was filling out a new expansion i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    Ken Burns' New Documentary Takes a Nuanced Look at Baseball's Steroid Era

    Ken Burns: Someday Barry Bonds will be in the Hall of Fame.​Ken Burns, the nation's most prolific documentarian, has chosen for his next opus baseball's steroid era as a postscript to his 1994 landmark Baseball series. Entitled The Tenth Inning, a two-part, four-hour documentary that will a ... More >>

  • News

    April 7, 2010

    What Treme Gets Right

    Ken Burns: Someday Barry Bonds will be in the Hall of Fame.​Ken Burns, the nation's most prolific documentarian, has chosen for his next opus baseball's steroid era as a postscript to his 1994 landmark Baseball series. Entitled The Tenth Inning, a two-part, four-hour documentary that will a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    "Civility" Reigns in Webster Groves as City Council Race Ends in a Tie

    Ken "Civility" Burns wins a spot on the Webster Groves City Council​Webster Groves experienced one of those small electoral oddities last night when two candidates for city council finished in a flat-footed tie. With 100 percent of the vote counted, Ken Burns and Greg Mueller each tallied 3 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    What's Up with Those "Civility" Campaign Yard Signs in Webster Groves?

    Ken Burns has put up more than 100 yard signs since he filed to run for a seat on the Webster Groves City Council.​Ken Burns' campaign yard signs signs would suggest that he's taking a rather quizzical tact in his hopes to win one of the three open city council seats in Webst ... More >>

  • Film

    July 22, 2009

    Rink-o-Rama: The Rink rocks and rolls with the local history of a favorite pastime

    Ken Burns has put up more than 100 yard signs since he filed to run for a seat on the Webster Groves City Council.​Ken Burns' campaign yard signs signs would suggest that he's taking a rather quizzical tact in his hopes to win one of the three open city council seats in Webst ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Cultural Festivals Receives NEA Big Read Grant for St. Louis to Meet Today's Tom Sawyer

    flickr.com/photos/crackdogThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer, which Mark Twain published in 1876, recounts the adventures of a young boy growing up in the 1840s in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri, on the banks of the mighty Mississippi.These adventures include: tricking his pals into whitew ... More >>

  • News

    July 23, 2008

    Unreal seeks cougar for new advice column, then ruminates on left-handedness, baseball and our favorite wars of all time

    flickr.com/photos/crackdogThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer, which Mark Twain published in 1876, recounts the adventures of a young boy growing up in the 1840s in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri, on the banks of the mighty Mississippi.These adventures include: tricking his pals into whitew ... More >>

  • News

    October 3, 2007

    Final Chapter

    KETC-TV is collecting stories from St. Louis’ veterans of World War II – while there’s still time left.

  • News

    October 11, 2006

    Lewis & Clark & Clark & Clark

    The very last Lewis & Clark story this paper will publish this year.

  • Calendar

    September 20, 2006

    When Ulysses Met William

    The very last Lewis & Clark story this paper will publish this year.

  • Film

    June 28, 2006

    Letter-Box Edition

    Wordplay explores the cult of the crossword puzzle

  • Home Entertainment

    October 26, 2005

    Cameron Crowing

    Wordplay explores the cult of the crossword puzzle

  • Calendar

    March 23, 2005

    Baseball Belles

    The diamond was their good friend

  • Music

    March 16, 2005

    Papal Bull

    We introduce the highly scientific Marsalis Apostasy Index, teach you how to make your own Irish songs and discover the soundtrack to a vasectomy

  • Yearend

    December 22, 2004

    Smells Like Indie Spirit

    Music that made the world safe for the word "alternative" again.

  • Calendar

    April 21, 2004

    Never the Twain Shall Meet

    Resurrecting Solomon Carver

  • Film

    September 17, 2003

    Film Openings

    Week of September 17, 2003

  • Music

    March 26, 2003

    Hitting the Mark

    Official genius Ken Vandermark wants to reach people who don't know they like jazz

  • Culture

    June 26, 2002

    Town Crier

    (Mostly) Harmless Theatre addresses intolerance and fear in The Laramie Project

  • Culture

    February 20, 2002

    Golden Slumbers

    Wash. U.'s Performing Arts Department has imagined Shakespeare's Twelfth Night as a breathtaking vision

  • Film

    November 7, 2001

    Screen Gems

    Schedule of events for the 2001 St. Louis International Film Festival

  • Film

    November 7, 2001

    Film Feast

    The 10th annual St. Louis International Film Festival arrives this week, and with it a plethora of films and a revived energy

  • Music

    February 14, 2001

    Webster University Traditional Jazz Ensemble

    Tuesday, Feb. 20; Eliot Unitarian Chapel (216 E. Argonne Dr.).

  • Music

    January 10, 2001

    Giant Steps

    Enthusiasm fueled Ken Burns' new documentary on jazz, but the pursuit of profit also looms large

  • Music

    September 20, 2000

    Backstage Pass

    Gene Bradford brings all that jazz to St. Louis by way of the Backstage Bistro

  • Music

    January 20, 1999

    Get Down River

    Gene Bradford brings all that jazz to St. Louis by way of the Backstage Bistro

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