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August 2008

Best Doctors 2008

Best Doctors 2008

St. Louis, meet your 2008 class of star physicians — 903 doctors across 67 specialties

Stalking the Octopus

Stalking the Octopus

For 20 years Kenn Thomas of Steamshovel Press has been tracking the oily tentacles of world conspiracy — and shaking readers out of their reality tunnels

Open Up and Say Spaahhhhh

Open Up and Say Spaahhhhh

Three health-and-wellness trips to heal your mind and body

Sex, Lies & Videotape

Sex, Lies & Videotape

The world is a sick, depraved place, full of cheaters and philanderers. And Greg Kellerman loves it

This Is What It's Like ... To Be a Movie Theater Manager

This Is What It's Like ... To Be a Movie Theater Manager

Brian Ross, who moved home from Chicago this summer to reopen the Hi-Pointe Theater, unspools his life in the cinema

Bankroll-Playing

Bankroll-Playing

As the U.S. economy slumps lower and lower, a St. Charles game company is soaring higher and higher-online

Vision Quest

Vision Quest

For sight-impaired kids, the three R's- especially reading -can be nearly impossible tasks. UM-St. Louis' Pupil Project comes to their rescue

Kitchen Q&A: Bill Cardwell

Kitchen Q&A: Bill Cardwell

Kitchen Q&A: Bill Cardwell

Kitchen Q&A: Bill Cardwell

Frugal Foodie - Pi and Katie's Pizza

Frugal Foodie - Pi and Katie's Pizza

Review - Scape

Review - Scape

A destination bistro in the CWE? Seems like old times

First Look - Winslow's Home

First Look - Winslow's Home

Liquid Assets - Summer Beers

Liquid Assets - Summer Beers

A Refresher Course

St. Louis Magazine's Best Dressed Party, August 27

Neiman Marcus Fall Fashion Preview, August 14

The Sky Terrace, August 7

Flashback - 1952

Flashback - 1952

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

The People vs. Cornell Haynes Jr.

This is the story of Nelly and his haters. And perspective. And the pressure and expectations that come with being a man and a city at the same time

Love Potion Number Swine

Love Potion Number Swine

How do pigs mate without mating? Ask Tim Safranski

Looping the Loop

Looping the Loop

Seven hours spent wandering U. City's main drag? Of course it involves coffee, hipsters and Walk of Fame stars. But as Sarah Truckey discovered, it'll also expose you to astronomers, masked protestors, teens in tutus and inappropriate touching

Worlds Apart

Worlds Apart

Graceful and serenely egoless, a nonverbal 9-year-old girl in U. City floats in and out of what the rest of us call reality. In Kirkwood, a 10-year-old boy with a formidable mind and flash-fire temper manipulates video games for hours on end. Both kids have a form of autism. And the mystery's growing.

Your Whole Healthy Body

Area experts weigh in on how to stay fit — from head to toe, inside and out

Shakes on a Plane

Sweaty palms, warnings of decapitation and other adventures in first-time flying

Bag Lady

Bag Lady

Curbing my appetite for accessories

The Art of the Deal

The Art of the Deal

In the world of advertising, you'd be hard-pressed to find an artist whose creative impulses hadn't long since been mangled by The Man - right? Not so, say these creative types

Stellar Feedback

Stellar Feedback

Stella Mora carries on the shoegaze tradition

God's Joke

The platypus waddles down the red carpet, ducking creationists' hurled curses

Charmed Life

Charmed Life

Recycled Trinkets Transformed into Treasures

Bike Pathapalooza

Bike Pathapalooza

The Connections

The Connections

In their widely different but equally compelling memoirs, three writers — Jonathan Franzen, Gerald Early and Kathleen Finneran — explore just what it is that ties us to this place called St. Louis

The Tao of the Dog

The Tao of the Dog

You can tell a lot about people by what they put on their hot dogs...and you can learn even more by hanging out with the guy who sells them

The Days of Wine and Reeboks

The Days of Wine and Reeboks

A new doc about St. Louis' now defunct hip-hop haberdashery kicks it old school

Re-Presenting the Past

Re-Presenting the Past

A pair of local librarians spotlights St. Louis' colorful history - in striking black-and-white

The Commemorator

The Commemorator

Over the past few decades, Jack Scharr has quietly been building a niche fine-art empire in Chesterfield Valley. This month, his influence reaches as far away as Beijing

Into the Woods

Into the Woods

Investigating the dark - and leafy - side of Laumeier Sculpture Park

 A Conversation with Agnes Wilcox

A Conversation with Agnes Wilcox

Actor, director, founder of prison performing arts