Vol. 25, No. 49
Emmy Award
Emily Pulitzer's gift to St. Louis has arrived in a concrete box. Hidden inside: the portrait of a woman who changed the city.
By Eddie Silva
Hard of Hearing
The city was slow in adopting a jail-suicide expert's advice
By Bruce Rushton
Married to the Job
Mike Owens gets conflicted reporting on his wife's workplace
By D.J. Wilson
What Do You Think of All This Sudden Patriotism?
Week of December 5, 2001
By Wm. Stage
Baby STEPs
Barking Up the Wrong Tree
Assessment fiasco has politicians howling for county assessor's head -- but is he really to blame?
By Ray Hartmann
Pledge Ingenious
Local artist Eric Hall's new multimedia performance Freedom and Fear reclaims the flag for the left
By Paul Friswold
Minstrel Tension
Whether it's race or religion, Chocolate Genius tells it like it is
By René Spencer Saller
On a "Roll"
Pretty Willie Suella hopes to be the next Nelly with his new single, "Roll Wit Me"
Sunshine Fix with the Fantasy Four
Monday, Dec. 10; Rocket Bar
By Matt Harnish
Split Lip Rayfield
Thursday, Dec. 6; Rocket Bar
By Roy Kasten
Sounds Around Town
Urban Chic
Sqwires proves just how cosmopolitan St. Louis can be
By Melissa Martin
Head of the Glass
The Wine Merchant offers courses to budding oenophiles
Ocean's Eleven, Give or Take
Soderbergh and Clooney knock over Vegas, without much to show for it
By Gregory Weinkauf
Film Openings
Series/Festivals
Vaginas, Unite!
The Vagina Monologues phenomenon finally reaches St. Louis
By Deborah Cottin
Star Power
Frantic one minute, tender the next, The Royal Family is one of the most endearing and enduring love letters ever penned
By Dennis Brown
Thought Crimes
Two writer friends are torn apart when a conversation becomes grist for a novel
By Brian Hohlfeld
Open Sesame
A new exhibit lets youngsters get up close and personal with their favorite TV show
By Byron Kerman
Get a Room
Lodging revenues are down since Sept. 11, and that could mean trouble for the arts
Hunger Strike
Can a non-9/11 benefit album make any noise?
By Robert Wilonsky
