Articles

Beer Me, Edwardsville

• By Alex Weir
• Tags: Night & Day, Highlights, Edwardsville (Illinois), Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Inc., Victory Brewing Company, Cleveland, Edwardsville City Park

Kings of the Midwest

• By Alex Weir
• Tags: Night & Day, Highlights, Lee Sandlin, Bill Bryson, David McCullough, Edwardsville (Illinois), St. Louis County Library Headquarters

Black Lagoon Beauty

• By Mark Fischer
• Tags: Night & Day, Highlights, Julie Adams, Edwardsville (Illinois), Wildey Theatre

Comfort Shmumfort: Edwardsville newcomer Cleveland-Heath defies categorization most tastily

• By Ian Froeb
• Tags: Cafe, Reviews, Eric Heath, Cleveland, Jennifer Cleveland, Edwardsville (Illinois), Cleveland-Heath

Eighty-Six the Pork "Wings": Market Grill gets a menu makeover and a sharp new chef

• By Ian Froeb
• Tags: Cafe, Reviews, Jonathan Olson, Michigan, Edwardsville (Illinois), Kevin Willmann, Market Grill

Slice Is Nice: With its brick oven, Pizzeria Tivoli is a welcome addition to Princeton Heights

• By Ian Froeb
• Tags: Cafe, Reviews, St. Louis, Edwardsville (Illinois), Tivoli, Europe, Pizzeria Tivoli

Sweet Toothsome: SweetArt is rightly famous for its cupcakes and for its veggie burger

• By Ian Froeb
• Tags: Cafe, Reviews, Margaret Scotland, Edwardsville (Illinois), Monterey, Reine Bayoc, SweetArt

Wang Gang Asian Eats brings fast-casual Chinese and Thai to St. Charles

• By Ian Froeb
• Tags: Cafe, Reviews, Big Wang, Wang Gang, Edwardsville (Illinois), Wang Gang Asian Eats-St. Charles

Kevin Willmann's Farmhaus is the best restaurant to open this year — and then some

• By Ian Froeb
• Tags: Cafe, Reviews, Kevin Willmann, St. Louis, Edwardsville (Illinois), Lady Gaga, Farmhaus

Good harvests abound at local farmers' markets

• By Ian Froeb
• Tags: Summer Guide, Summertime, Edwardsville (Illinois), St. Louis, Clayton Farmers, Illinois, Soulard Farmers' Market, Schlafly Farmers' Market, Ellisville Farmers' Market, Clayton Farmers' Market, Land of Goshen Community Market, Local Harvest Grocery, Sappington Farmers' Market, Kirkwood Farmers' Market

X Marks the Spot: Indie nomad Emperor X tells us about his travels and tunes

• By Shae Moseley
• Tags: Music Stories, Column, Chad Matheny, St. Louis, Edwardsville (Illinois), So Many Dynamos

Thursday, Blood Thursday

• By James Weber
• Tags: Night & Day, Highlights, John Rambo, Rambo: First Blood, Sylvester Stallone, Edwardsville (Illinois)

To Market, To Market: It's May, and farmers' markets are bustin' out all over!

• By Ian Froeb
• Tags: Food & Drink, Kirkwood, Dana Holland, Edwardsville (Illinois), Clayton Farmers, Kirkwood Farmers' Market, Ferguson Farmers' Market, Clayton Farmers' Market, Tower Grove Farmers' Market, Schlafly Farmers' Market, Soulard Farmers' Market, Land of Goshen Community Market, Sappington Farmers' Market

The Roscoe Beano Band

Time Traveler
(self-released)

• By Christian Schaeffer
• Tags: Homespun, Columns, Roy Culbertson, Ron Dillow, Roscoe Beano, Edwardsville (Illinois)

Kentucky Knife Fight

Live at Stagger Inn, December 14, 2006
(self-released)

• By Christian Schaeffer
• Tags: Homespun, Columns, Edwardsville (Illinois), David Wiatrolik, Velveeta Cheese

Left Arm

Dissatisoul

• By Christian Schaeffer
• Tags: Homespun, Columns, Jason Potter, Joe Stumble, Edwardsville (Illinois), Jello Biafra

Musical Chronicle

• By Matthew Everett
• Tags: Night & Day, Highlights, Narnia, Edwardsville (Illinois), C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien

Cobain In Bloom

Local filmmaker AJ Schnack makes the grunge king beautifully human.

• By Paul Friswold
• Tags: Film Stories, Reviews, Kurt Cobain, Aberdeen, Michael Azerrad, Edwardsville (Illinois)

Little Wonder

Chef Kevin Willmann makes impressively more with less at Erato.

• By Ian Froeb
126 North Main Street, Edwardsville, Illinois;

618-307-3203. Hours: Lunch 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tue.-Fri. Dinner 5-10 p.m. Tue.-Sat.

• Tags: Cafe, Reviews, Kevin Willmann, Edwardsville (Illinois), Europe, France, Erato

B-Sides gets our oontz-oontz-oontz on with Canadian DJs MSTRKRFT.

Then we check out a book about Edwardsville's legendary Mississippi River Festival.

• By Randall Roberts and Annie Zaleski
• Tags: Music Stories, Columns, Edwardsville (Illinois), Stephen Kerber, Mississippi River, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Chaiser Soze

La Dolce Via, 4474 Arco Avenue; 314-534-1699.

• By Randall Roberts
• Tags: Food & Drink, Columns, Edwardsville (Illinois), Cook's Illustrated, La Dolce Via-CLOSED

It's More Than Fair

• By Paul Friswold
• Tags: Night & Day, Highlights, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville (Illinois), Iowa

Broadway (by Way of Edwardsville)

• By Anna Teekell Hays
• Tags: Night & Day, Highlights, A Chorus Line, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville (Illinois), Michael Bennett

Best Coffee

Goshen Coffee Company

• Tags: Food & Drink, Food & Drink, Edwardsville (Illinois), Maplewood, Matt Herrin, Seattle

Party Like a Cougar

SIUE starts on the right paw

• By Paul Friswold, Alison Sieloff, and Alex Weir
• Tags: Night & Day, Columns, Denny McLain, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville (Illinois), St. Louis