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Best of St. Louis
2009
Arts & Entertainment
Best Actor in a Play
:
Whit Reichert
Best Actress in a Play
:
Michelle Hand
Best Art Gallery
:
Boots Contemporary Art Space
Best Arts Organization
:
Interchange
Best Band Name
:
Egg Chef
Best Band to Die in the Past 12 Months
:
Bad Folk
Best Bluegrass Band
:
Cumberland Gap
Best Blues Artist
:
Big George Brock
Best Book by a Local Author
:
Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town
Best Casino
:
Ameristar Casino
Best Club DJ
:
Jim K
Best Comic-Book Artist
:
Chris Samnee
Best Concert of the Past 12 Months
:
Sonic Youth
Best Concert Poster
:
Tom Huck
Best Concert Poster Designer
:
Jason Potter
Best Country Band (Alternative)
:
Theodore
Best Country Band (Traditional)
:
Trigger 5
Best Cover
:
"Crazy on You"
Best Cover Band
:
Asbury Park
Best Ensemble Cast
:
Three Tall Women
Best Film Festival
:
Reel Late at the Tivoli
Best FM Radio Personality
:
Donnie Fandango
Best Folk Artist
:
Cassie Morgan
Best Gallery Exhibition
:
Here and There
Best Gallery to Die in the Past Year
:
Maps Contemporary Art Space
Best Garage Band
:
Radical Sons
Best Gospel Artist
:
Flame
Best Graffiti Artist
:
Redd Foxx (a.k.a. Ed Box)
Best Guerrilla Theater
:
Oleanna
Best Hair on a Local TV Personality (Female)
:
Bonita Cornute
Best Hair on a Local TV Personality (Male)
:
Larry Conners
Best Hip-Hop Artist
:
Black Spade
Best Hip-Hop DJ
:
DJ AJ
Best Homecoming
:
Nelly and the St. Lunatics
Best Indie Band
:
Gentleman Auction House
Best Installment in an Exhibition Series
:
Between Beach Ball and Rubber Raft
Best Jam Band
:
Vitamen A
Best Jazz Artist
:
Hamiet Bluiett
Best Jazz Radio Program
:
Jazz Unlimited
Best Live Sound Engineer
:
Ryan Adams
Best Local Act Gone National
:
Cavo
Best Local Album of the Past 12 Months
:
The Loud Wars
Best Local Artist
:
Gina Alvarez
Best Local Impresario
:
Jim Dolan
Best Local Label
:
Big Muddy Records
Best Local Poet
:
Mary Jo Bang
Best Local Poet to Die in the Past 12 Months
:
Donald Finkel, 1929-2008
Best Local Single of the Past 12 Months
:
"Electric Babies"
Best Local TV Commercial
:
Midwest Hemorrhoid Treatment Center
Best Local Young Adult Author
:
Sharon Shinn
Best Lounge Act
:
The Charlie B Group
Best Metal Band
:
Head On Collision
Best Museum
:
Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts
Best Museum Exhibition
:
Gedi Sibony: My Arms Are Tied Behind My Other Arms
Best Music Blog
:
Last Days of Man on Earth
Best Music Festival
:
Live on the Levee
Best Musical
:
The Music Man
Best New Art Gallery
:
Good Citizen Gallery
Best New Band
:
Old Lights
Best New Local Art Trend
:
Artist-run print shops
Best New Multimedia Gallery
:
The Luminary Center for the Arts
Best Newspaper Columnist
:
Tony Messenger
Best Noise Band
:
The Lonely Procession
Best One-Person Show
:
An Almost Holy Picture
Best Pop Band
:
The Blind Eyes
Best Producer
:
Phaseone
Best Punk Band
:
The Humanoids
Best R&B Artist
:
Teresajenee
Best Radio Station
:
KDHX (88.1 FM)
Best Reading Series
:
St. Louis County Library
Best Recording Studio
:
Sawhorse Recording Studio
Best Remixer
:
André Anjos
Best Reporter (Newspaper Division)
:
Joe Mahr
Best Reporter (TV/Radio Division)
:
Kevin Killeen
Best Rock Band
:
The Incurables
Best Rock Radio Program
:
Emotional Rescue
Best Side Project
:
Pangea
Best Songwriter
:
Chris Grabau
Best Stage Production
:
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Best Strip Joint
:
The Dive Bars of Alton
Best Theater Company
:
Upstream Theater
Best Theater Surprise
:
Abigail Isom at the Kevin Kline Awards
Best Tribute Band
:
El Monstero
Best Trifle
:
A Shot in the Dark
Best TV News Anchor
:
Sandy Miller
Best TV Station
:
KETC-TV (Channel 9)
Best Vocalist (Female)
:
Maureen Sullivan
Best Vocalist (Male)
:
Justin Kinkel-Schuster
Best Weathercaster
:
Cindy Preszler
Best Zoo Animal
:
Bleeding-Heart Dove
Second Best Band Name
:
DinoFight!
Third Best Band Name
:
Quief Quota
Best Movie Theater
:
Chase Park Plaza Cinemas
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