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Locals flip for a pinball pastime.
By Sarah Truckey
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Forty years ago, banjo legend Eddie Peabody paid a visit to St. Louis’ Banjo Palace…The rest is history, at least for the St. Louis Banjo Club.
By Stefene Russell
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SLM speaks to Robert Ellis, a Barnes-Jewish nurse whose new book, Caring for Victor, chronicles his eight months as an Army nurse in Baghdad attending to a particularly notable...
By Jarrett Medlin
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Hanging out with the famous (and not so famous) dead at Bellefontaine Cemetery
By Byron Kerman
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For family farmers, Farm Aid continues to sow the seeds of perseverance—this year in St. Louis.
By Bryan A. Hollerbach
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Life with Neal E. Boyd, a year after winning America’s Got Talent
By Jarrett Medlin
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Why isn’t a first-degree murder acquittal worthy of media attention?
By Ray Hartmann
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Want to toast to Missouri’s German heritage? Pick your poison.
By Jarrett Medlin
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Ron Hoeflin founded seven high-IQ societies far more exclusive than Mensa and wrote what’s been dubbed the world’s toughest IQ test. His brain food? Wendy’s.
By Jeannette Cooperman
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The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
By Byron Kerman
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By Stefene Russell
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The St. Louis International Film Festival
By Stefene Russell
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Innov8tions in Textiles
By Byron Kerman
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The Saint Louis Symphony
By Byron Kerman
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River Styx editor Richard Newman and the literary magazine’s reading series co-director, Adrian Matejka, are both dads, professors, and poets...
By Stefene Russell
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Why go to Flushing Meadows for the U.S. Open when there’s more intense championship tennis at Forest Park?
By Jeannette Cooperman
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Mizzou and Fighting Illini superfans face off.
By Byron Kerman
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Wherein we call up a notable St. Louisan and ask, “What are five things about you the general public probably doesn’t know?”
By Stephen Schenkenberg
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How St. Louis came to embody The Office
By Jarrett Medlin
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By Bryan A. Hollerbach
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Martin Holman passes along Japanese culture—through puppets.
By Jarrett Medlin
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One lesson that's sure to be over students' heads.
By Jarrett Medlin
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There are few places in the world where one can see an authentic tinsmith at work—or a mule-powered sorghum press. Which is why every October, people travel from around the country to attend...
By Stefene Russell
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It’s a surefire bet one balloon will stand ears above the rest at the annual Great Forest Park Balloon Race, September 19.
By Jarrett Medlin
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How St. Louis came to embody The Office
By Jarrett Medlin
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The votes are tallied, and the results are in. Meet St. Louis’ 1,106 standout physicians across 79 specialties.
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South City’s Luminary Center for the Arts wants to collaborate with you. Even if you’re not an artist.
By Stefene Russell
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The fluorescent corridor
with boxes at either end
is getting chopped into
streets, infused with
condos, softened by
whimsy. In other words,
suburbia's finally figuring
out what towns and...
By Jeannette Cooperman
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Grant Young started out
fighting City Hall and
wound up running it.
But how do you lead a
stubborn old river town
that's suddenly full of
West County potential—
and scandals, schemes,
and...
By Jeannette Cooperman
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How Facebook changes face time with our significant others
By Jeannette Cooperman
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This summer, the first graduates of a new alternative teacher certification
program enter the job market. What does this mean for St. Louis schools?
By Margaret Bauer
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How an eccentric St. Louis fitness enthusiast lit a fire in America’s slothful heart
By Jeannette Cooperman
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Illustrator, Thought-Provoker, Queen
By Jeanette Cooperman
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St. Louis Children’s Hospital
By Yarden Maoz
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By Jeannette Cooperman
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Hard-paddling kayakers and canoeists take on the Missouri River.
By Jarrett Medlin
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Pondering the fate of the Rams
By Jarrett Medlin
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A comparative look at the Fox and Kiel
By Sarah Truckey
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Deconstructing Hairspray’s Edna Turnblad
By Byron Kerman
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On the heels of Slumdog Millionaire, chemist Shri Thanedar
is turning his memoir into an Indian indie.
By Jeannette Cooperman
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Edward Gardner Lewis aspired to make U. City a
world center for art pottery. He failed miserably.
But in the process, he opened the world
to a generation of American women.
By Stefene Russell
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Comedian Bill Chott referees a new high-energy, wrestling-themed comedy game at The Stable.
By Margaret Bauer
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Skeleton Crew
By Stefene Russell
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On its 10th anniversary, Washington University’s Mini-Medical School remains among the city’s best-kept secrets.
By Jarrett Medlin
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What you should know about the World Naked Bike Ride
By Sarah Truckey
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By Jarrett Medlin
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Every summer, the Contemporary’s City-Wide Open Studios tour offers the chance to peek into artists’ secret workspaces.
By Stefene Russell
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St. Louis hasn't hosted an All-Star Game since 1966. That thought will seem even odder after viewing "Baseball's Gateway to the West."
By Stefene Russell
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Chris Spangler gets serious about a popular St. Louis pastime.
By Byron Kerman
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A band of pirates sets sail in St. Charles County.
By Byron Kerman
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Anna Kournikova might be better known for her off-the-court action than her work with a racket.
By Jarrett Medlin
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News beyond the ball field during St. Louis’ past All-Star Games
By Jarrett Medlin
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Most St. Louisans don't know John Weiter, but they're familiar with his work.
By Jarrett Medlin
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Every three months, this Shaw resident has a brush with greatness—in oil, India ink, and other media.
By Bryan A. Hollerbach
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Citygarden blossoms downtown.
By Jarrett Medlin
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A new book reveals how Masters and Johnson snuck their research past staid St. Louis censors…and exploded the conventional understanding of female sexuality
By Jeanette Cooperman
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Director of the Magic House
By Jeannette Cooperman
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A quick, clippable guide to free outdoor summer concerts
By Stefene Russell
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Yoyo Maeght, granddaughter of the iconic French art dealer and art publisher Aimé Maeght—who represented Matisse, Giacometti, Braque, and Miró—made her first visit to St. Louis in April for...
By Stefene Russell
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Fad diets and fanatical workout gurus? Fuggedaboutit. Here’s what St. Louis dietitians know really works.
By Rick Skwiot
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By Dan Michel
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By Jarrett Medlin
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Phish’s concert at the Fox (June 16) sold out months ago—but it makes for some interesting stats.
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For once it was lost, now it may be found—at the circuit clerk’s office.
By Jarrett Medlin
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A guy’s perspective on living with a feline
By Jarrett Medlin
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A certified dog trainer shares training tips.
By Margaret Bauer
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Expert advice from Dr. Dennis F. Cloud
By Stephen Schenkenberg
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A part-time pet sitter on the good, the bad, and the furry
By Byron Kerman
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Deco Depot
By Stefene Russell
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Creve Coeur Lake and the changing of the seasons
By Dave Lowry
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Local media personality Paul Cook dishes about drinking, self-denial, and celeb run-ins.
By Dan Michel
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Cherokee’s internationally acclaimed Saxquest Saxophone Museum celebrates its one-year anniversary this month…but the obsession that launched it began years before.
By Jeannette Cooperman
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Adults try so hard to figure out how to please kids, but sometimes all they have to do is ask.
By Dan Michel
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Shakespeare Festival St. Louis livens things up for 2009 with the bawdy, rollicking Merry Wives of Windsor.
By Stefene Russell
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Natashia Griffin Actress, Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing During the night of May 21, 1855, a small group boarded a boat near downtown and shoved off into the Mississippi.
By Jarrett Medlin
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A Festus cave man gets his 15 minutes of fame.
By Jarrett Medlin
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A group of average Joes keeps sports in perspective.
By Dan Michel
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Can St. Louis hold its own in the world of chess? Check. Mate.
By Byron Kerman
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Kelly Kaduce, who will soon sing the title role in Opera Theatre’s Salome, defies the cliché of opera diva as dumpy, frumpy, or blowsy.
By Jeannette Cooperman
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The fates of five former kids’ faves
By Dan Michel
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Tonya Gilmore can make music out of just about anything.
By Jordan Oakes
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St. Louis provides something for everybody — from foodies to families, equestrians to empty-nesters. You just need to know where to look.
By Dan Michel and Jarrett Medlin
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By Dan Michel and Jarrett Medlin
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By SLM Staff
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Whether you're a homeowner looking to ditch your lawn guy for a doorman or a condo owner thinking of selling your slice of St. Louis, you're probably wondering how this economic aneurysm will...
By Dan Michel
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St. Louis provides something for everybody—from foodies to families, equestrians to empty-nesters. You just need to know where to look.
By Dan Michel and Jarrett Medlin
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No. 1: The Forest Park Golf Course is created in 1913.
By Jim Healey
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Still dreaming of that golf trip to Ireland? Here’s an introductory flyby of the must-hit courses.
By Jim Healey
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Six courses—three local, three national—that will test your game and have you smiling by the 19th hole
By Jim Healey
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A 10-year-old in knickers sets the golf world on fire.
By Jeannette Cooperman
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The latest shifts in the greatest game
By Jarrett Medlin
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Pie Alley
By Stefene Russell
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The Missouri Botanical Garden wakes up from a long winter’s nap, ready to celebrate its 150th anniversary with a slew of kids’ activities, tours, parties, festivals, and exhibits.
By Byron Kerman
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The gents at The Bluebird spent their winter vacation sawing, painting, installing new lighting, and generally prepping for their February 5 reemergence as The Firebird.
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An Engineering Prof Who Sees the Humor in Divine Machinations
Interview by Jeannette Cooperman
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Ernest Trova’s polished chrome Falling Man still gleams in museums, but the international spotlight burned out years ago. Trova just shrugged and kept working, barely looking up long...
By Jeannette Cooperman
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When a medical “event” disrupts a parent’s life, you scramble to figure out PINs and passwords, where she banks, and whether she really loved that sofa. It’s tough making decisions for a...
By Jeannette Cooperman
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Ten key questions for every future caregiver
By Kristen Hare
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How curiosity about a family heirloom led to new questions about a sensational century-old crime
By Roland Klose
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