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St. Louis Magazine - April, 2006

April 2006

Lead Story

Home Movies

Which of these 19 films belong in your permanent collection?

By Thomas Crone

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A Conversation With The Rev. Marek Bozek

Catching Morocco's Beat

Pockets Full of Change

Review - Monarch

The Magic Fountain



	Home Movies Admittedly, St. Louis hasn't been used as a cinematic backdrop as often as New York or Paris, but our city makes it to the big screen regularly. Which of these 19 films belong in your permanent collection? By Thomas Crone

	Werewolves In Suburbia Laurell K. Hamilton is closing in on Stephen King with her fey, erotic horror novels. "Why do you come up with these stories and I don't?" wondered a woman who grew up across the street. "Well," said Hamilton, "why don't you?" By Leslie Gibson McCarthy

	Instant Neighborhood Carefully planned and picture perfect, New Town invites old-fashioned chats and halloos from the porch. Is this New Urbanism at its finest—or an attempt to do the impossible? By Kevin Mitchell

	The City Blossoms A group of St. Louis civic entrepreneurs is spending a quarter-million dollars on flowers—and taking the first step in a $50 million makeover of the gateway mall. By David Linzee

	Where We Live Where we live: Most of us already know that if you want bocce and salsiccia, you go to the Hill. If you prefer beer and a petting zoo, it's Grant's Farm in Affton. Wildwood has horses, Alton has eagles, St. Charles has antique shops and... By Stefene Russell