Vol. 29, No. 38
Alley Cat
Somebody forgot to tell Emil Williams Jr. that bowling is for fat, beer-guzzling honkies
By Mike Seely
Good Sports
Skeet shooting? Women's hockey? Lindenwood's got it.
By Julie Seabaugh
A Lion in Winter
Danforth to fellow Republicans: You can come home again
Shiver We Timbers
Yarr! Unreal's a-searchin' for booty (but, please, not those VH1 Divas Live CDs). Plus, we go gaga over a QVC pitchman and meet a local blogger who needs to get something off her chest.
Bull's Eye
(Bulls Eye, Manchester Avenue in South St. Louis)
By Timothy Lane
Letters
Week of September 21, 2005
Ask a Negro Leaguer
By Prince Joe Henry
Dyslexic Art
The Long Winters, dusted off and deliciously nonsensical
Country Life
LOMA merges art and music under the stars
By Annie Zaleski
Take Me Out
We trace Franz Ferdinand's family tree, talk with Idlewild and dig the truth behind Brian Jonestown Massacre's St. Louis cancellation
By Mike Appelstein, Rich Sharp and Annie Zaleski
Beat Happenings
Music news you can use
By Kristyn Pomranz and Annie Zaleski
Rogue Wave
Thursday, September 22; Blueberry Hill's Duck Room (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City)
By Michael Alan Goldberg
My Chemical Romance
Thursday, September 22; the Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard)
Big George Brock and the Houserockers
Thursday, September 22; BB's Jazz, Blues & Soups (700 South Broadway)
By Dean C. Minderman
Sufjan Stevens
Thursday, September 22; Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street)
By Brooke Foster
Serengeti
Friday, September 23; the Hi-Pointe (1001 McCausland Avenue)
By Ben Westhoff
Big Noise from Springfield
Friday, September 23; Blueberry Hill's Duck Room (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City)
By Roy Kasten
Ray Lamontagne
Saturday, September 24; the Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard)
By Cole Haddon
Bob Mould
Tuesday, September 27; Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street)
By Guy Gray
Shark Attack
The eleven-year-old Cardwell's has all the pizzazz of a just-opened hotspot
By Rose Martelli
Red Lantern
Mélange, 512 North Euclid Avenue, 314-361-8883
By Randall Roberts
What Else Is New?
The Riverfront Times' top DVD picks for the week of September 20, 2005
Love in Gloom
Tim Burton is dead-on in the darkly delightful Corpse Bride
By Bill Gallo
Proof Positive
Paltrow anchors the screen version of the prize-winning play
By Melissa Levine
DVDish
The Riverfront Times' top picks for the week of September 20, 2005
Senior Moment
Jan Decleir shines as a senile hit man in The Memory of a Killer
By Luke Y. Thompson
Retro Fits
Roll Bounce skates on its 70s vibe
Crash Landing
Flightplan soars for an hour, then ends with a tailspin
By Robert Wilonsky
A Dork Has His Day
The Baxter can't get the girl. Except maybe just this once.
Runaway Bride (1999)
Almost two full hours of trite, vapid zebra vomit
Film Openings
Current Shows
Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene
In Style
Elliott Davis and Larry Conners hit the catwalk, much to Ms. Day's delight
By Alison Sieloff
Farce As the Eye Can See
ACT Inc. and Fontbonne get it on
By Dennis Brown
This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
By Paul Friswold and Alison Sieloff
Puttin' on the Dog
This weekend, Heavy Petting is encouraged
Pass the Bucks
Small flaws are Hello Dolly's undoing
By Deanna Jent
Capsule Reviews
Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater
Driveway Moments for the Soul
Garrison Keillor reads poetry
By Paul Friswold, Alison Sieloff and Anna Teekell Hays
Log On!
National Game of Logging Finals
By Jedidiah Ayres, Mark Fischer, Paul Friswold and Alison Sieloff
One-Stop Beauty
Four new shows at the Sheldon
By Paul Friswold, Amy Helms and Kristie McClanahan
She's a He, Isn't She?
Uhan Shii takes you on My Journey
By Paul Friswold, Kristyn Pomranz and Alex Weir