March 2011

Table of Contents (March 2011)

From the Editor: An Education

By Jarrett Medlin

Where Did You Go to High School (& Grade School)?

By Jeannette Cooperman, Shera Dalin, Jarrett Medlin, D.J. Wilson, and Sandra Zak

Making the Grade

By D.J. Wilson

The World Wide Web is Not Enough

By Tom Hoerr

Plato's Academy

By Jeannette Cooperman

Education 2.0

By Shera Dalin

Excellence in Education

By Jarrett Medlin

In the Time of Cholera

By Jeannette Cooperman

Dental Drama

By Byron Kerman

A Conversation With Alberto Castillo

By Jeannette Cooperman

Playing the Odds

By Jarrett Medlin

Review: Bistro 1130

By Dave Lowry

Falling in Love in Five Courses, March 12

St. Louis Community College Foundation held Falling in Love in Five Courses, a fundraising gala, at the Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis.

A Tasteful Affair Kick-off Party, March 8

Food Outreach hosted a kick-off party to its largest annual fundraiser A Tasteful Affair.

Ain't Misbehavin' Jazz St. Louis Gala, March 6

Jazz St. Louis celebrated the future of jazz at Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark. Guests enjoyed cocktails, dinner, a live auction and performances by the Funky Butt Brass Band and the Jazz St. Louis All-Stars, saxophonist Ronald Carter and the East St. Louis High School Jazz Band.

Things We Love: Digital World

By Nicole Benoist Edgerton

Viva Via Vino

By Joe and Ann Pollack

Jim McKelvey Has Altered the Way Money Changes Hands. Now What?

By Robert Meyerowitz

The Fashion Rules! Party, March 3

St. Louis Magazine and Neiman Marcus celebrated the world’s top designers and their creations at The Fashion Rules! Party. Guests saw runway shows featuring spring looks for men and women straight from the catwalk and enjoyed cocktails from Shakers Vodka, Peroni, and Miller Lite and tasty bites from Balaban's Wine & Tapas Bar, Brio Tuscan Grille, Mosaic Bistro Market and Zodiac Room.

Women Making History, March 2

Maplewood's women business owners gathered at St. Louis Closet Co. for business-to-business networking while guests enjoyed shopping, networking, and wine tasting.

Stylish Subtleties: Susan Block

By Nicole Benoist Edgerton

Finding Hope

By Christy Marshall

The New Public Indecency

By Ray Hartmann

First Stop: May Gallery

By Stefene Russell

Web Gallery: Haiti Revisited

Scenes from one St. Louis medical team's trip to Haiti

Photographs by Patti Gabriel

Blowing Changes

By Stefene Russell

Web Gallery: Kodachrome—The Final Batches

A slideshow of photographs from the final batches of Kodachrome

Save Some Green When Buying Red

By Chris Hoel

What It's Like to be a Frisbee Golf Champ

By Byron Kerman

The Science of Swagger

By Jarrett Medlin

A Glimpse into Thomas Jefferson School

One class debates a Shakespearean sonnet

By Jeannette Cooperman

The Great White Way

By Nicole Benoist Edgerton

Kitchen Q&A: Flora Tersigni

Web extended version

By George Mahe

The Pain Monitors

By Jeannette Cooperman