Vol. 25, No. 21
Who's Next?
Annette Green didn't have to die. Her death was a tragedy waiting to happen in St. Louis County's reckless war against two-bit drug dealers and addicts.
By Bruce Rushton
The Secret Police
St. Louis County police say they follow the law. But on matters of public record, someone should call 911.
Do You Wear Your Jock a Lot?
Week of May 23, 2001
By Wm. Stage
Grand Funk
Where's the live-rock venue or big dance club on South Grand, catering to the area's mass of young hipsters and music lovers?
By Jason Toon
It Takes a Village
A jury gives a mother an earful -- and its sympathy
By Jeannette Batz
Letters
The Parent Trap
Why we shouldn't test public schools in a vacuum
By Ray Hartmann
Aisles of Miles
The Missouri History Museum pays tribute to East St. Louis legend Miles Davis
By Roy Kasten
Getting Slammied
Tidbits from an exhaustive (and exhausting) tour of the Slammies Showcase
By René Spencer Saller
Washington Avenue Beat Festival 3
Sunday, May 27; Washington Avenue, downtown.
By Randall Roberts
Miles Davis Arts Festival
Saturday, May 26; Casino Queen, East St. Louis riverfront.
By Terry Perkins
Eddie Cotton
Thursday, May 24; B.B.'s Jazz, Blues & Soups.
By Steve Pick
Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire with Kelly Hogan and the Pine Valley Cosmonauts
Saturday, May 26; Off Broadway.
Go-Go's
Wednesday, May 30; Pageant.
Beatnuts
Take It or Squeeze It (Loud)
By Andrew Broder
Hefner
We Love the City (Too Pure/Beggars Banquet)
By Niles Baranowski
Tei Time
With her new restaurant, Nippon Tei, Ann Bognar outdoes herself
By Joe Bonwich
Side Dish
The Central West End's Vintage Room makes a move to a newly hot spot elsewhere in the neighborhood
Bora! Bora! Bora!
Pearl Harbor's sound and fury signify nothing but a new kind of war porn
By Robert Wilonsky
Blue Monday
Galaxy's Fetish Night is a showcase for loves that dare not speak their names in straitlaced St. Louis
By Byron Kerman
A Little Night Music
Opera Theatre opens its season with La Bohème and enchants an evening.
By Eddie Silva
Look Ahead
D.A. Pennebaker doesn't make history, but he's captured so much of it
Shake Your Dashiki
The St. Louis African Arts Fair spotlights one of America's most important cultural influences
Emotional Rescue
The City Players shine in two one-act Lanford Wilson monologues
By Brian Hohlfeld
Space Case
Everyone's favorite bad movie gets the stage treatment
