Vol. 30, No. 46
St. Louie Chop Suey
You are what you eat: The story of a culture, told through its cuisine.
By Malcolm Gay
Basketball by the Book, Part 2: Foul Play
Diana Bourisaw asks her staff to blow the whistle on ineligible basketball players.
By Kristen Hinman
Sexless in St. Louis
By Brooke Foster
Broom Service
Residence Inn-Westport receives a request from beyond the grave (sorta). Plus: We chat with baseball's "Designated Hebrew," stack the Lou against Camden, New Jersey, and learn how to live flea-free.
Researcher's Hell
(Behavioral Neuroscience Department, University of Missouri-St. Louis)
By Timothy Lane
"Please do whatever it takes to clean up the mess Irons has created and give future Vashon players something to be proud of: integrity."
Week of November 16, 2006
Do Mexicans worship chickens?
Pet Smarts
Meet Be Your Own Pet, the Nashville group that carries on punk's young, loud and snotty tradition.
By Lee Stabert
Cleaning Out Our Closet
Our semi-quarterly round-up of local releases.
By Annie Zaleski
Building a Mystery
B-Sides gets the skinny on the renovations going on at BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups, and gets to the bottom of the MetroLink's sound installation.
By Dean C. Minderman and Randall Roberts
Jonny Lang
8 p.m. Thursday, November 16. The Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard).
By Robert Hicks
Mad Caddies
8 p.m. Thursday, November 16. The Gargoyle on the campus of Washington University (Forsyth and Skinker boulevards).
By Andrea Noble
CunningLynguists
9 p.m. Friday, November 17. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City).
By Andrew Friedman
Norma Jean
7 p.m. Saturday, November 18. Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street).
By Andrew Miller
My Morning Jacket
8 p.m. Monday, November 20. The Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard).
By Roy Kasten
Valient Thorr
7 p.m. Monday, November 20. Creepy Crawl (3524 Washington Boulevard).
By Jonah Bayer
Lyfe Jennings
8 p.m. Tuesday, November 21. The Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard).
By Dan LeRoy
Diddy
Press Play (Atlantic)
My Chemical Romance
The Black Parade (Reprise)
Isis
In the Absence of Truth (Ipecac)
By Phil Freeman
Basement Jaxx
Crazy Itch Radio (XL)
By Steve Boughton
Hungry Hombre
Step up to the plate at Albert Pujols' new restaurant.
By Ian Froeb
Nikolashka
Al Smith's Feasting Fox, 4200 South Grand Avenue; 314-352-3500.
By Randall Roberts
La Choy Chicken Chow Mein
$4.89 Shapiro's Market 111 North Newstead Avenue
There's the Beef
Richard Linklaters ensemble polemic may just turn you off burgers for good.
By J. Hoberman
When the Stars Came Out
Forbidden Planet
By Robert Wilonsky and Jordan Harper
Hands Off
Final Fantasy XII: Role-playing on autopilot.
SLIFF Redux
Highlights from the second week of the St. Louis International Film Festival.
By Michael Atkinson, Bill Gallo, Jean Oppenheimer, Kristyn Pomranz, Alison Sieloff and Luke Y. Thompson
Royale Flush
The Bond franchise takes a gamble on a new guy and comes up aces.
By Robert Wilonsky
Our top DVD picks for the week of November 16.
Dance of the Penguin
That whole talking animal genre? Let's be done with it.
By Jordan Harper
Film Openings
Double, Double Your Pleasure
By Alison Sieloff
Gobble, Gobble?
Yes, indeed!
Wow, Hell Really Is Other People
By Paul Friswold
Design Within Wreaths
Hot Tickets
No, this ain't New York, but the shows sure go on.
By Dennis Brown
Maplewood Mystery
Viva the Diva!
By Ms. Day
Earth Night
Bon Voyage!
By Amy Helms
Buy Now!
Save time later
Tropicalia Bacchanalia
By Anna Teekell Hays
Frank Discussion
By Kristie McClanahan
Capsule Reviews
Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater.
By Deanna Jent
Current Shows
Robert Duffy encapsulates the St. Louis art scene