November 2008 Issue
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Web-Only Exclusives
- Watch Contributing Editor Malcolm Gay discuss Power 2008
- Listen to Assistant Editor Margaret Bauer talk about Top Singles 2008
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FEEDBACK
THE CURRENT
Poker ace Dennis Philipps bluffs all the way to the bank
By Byron Kerman
Ballot Balks
A local poli-sci prof votes for change
By Bryan H. Hollerbach
100 area guitarists tackle Glenn Branca’s Symphony No. 13
By Byron Kerman
Jerry Springer headlines this month’s Jewish Book Festival
By Jarrett Medlin
Breaking the Ice with Cari Beres
Left wing, St. Louis Surge
By Jarrett Medlin
A sneak peek inside SLU’s new $80.5 million arena
By Alex Bates
What happens when a boy band stages a comeback—as middle-aged men?
By Alex Bates
ACROSS THE RIVER
Reports of rural America’s death have been greatly exaggerated
By Jeannette Cooperman
CITY LIVING
A new life in Old North
By Stefene Russell
THINGS WE LOVE
STYLE
Adam Foster breaks down that special thing behind the bling
By Nicole Benoist Edgerton
By Suzanne Miller Farrell
Hot Item of the Month
GLITTERATI
FEATURES
Jackie Joyner-Kersee has six Olympic medals, a strong marriage, friends like Michael Jordan and the inner confidence to turn down Dancing With the Stars. But the central part of her life—her youth center in East ST. Louis—is in grim financial shape. What’s its future—and hers?
By Jeannette Cooperman
The 52 St. Louisans shaping your city
Edited by Malcolm Gay / Written by the staff
Also inside:
- Behind the curtain of the rich and powerful
- Meet Nabeel Gareeb, the most powerful person you know nothing about
- The How-to Guide to power drinking, reading, meeting and presenting
SLM’s 2008 class of top singles
Edited by Margaret Bauer / Written by Margaret Bauer and Jarrett Medlin
A work of art in 12 steps
By Stephen Schenkenberg
A Conversation With … Pat Heavy
The Veterans Business Resource Center exec speaks about his own harrowing time in Vietnam—and how he’s helping fellow vets move forward
By Jeannette Cooperman
CULTURE
Datebook: November
Calendar Listings
All Along Press defies the digital and refuses to measure life in dollars
By Jeannette Cooperman
In a new documentary, St. Louis native Eric Bricker chronicles the life of famed architectural photographer Julius Shulman
By Byron Kerman
+ The Prefab Princess of Perryville
Foam promises to resurrect something St. Louis hasn’t really had since Gaslight Square: an ultrahip coffeehouse music venue
By Elizabeth Wolfson
Consuming digital music is as easy as popping the head on a Pez dispenser. Hounding vinyl—especially that of a St. Louis origin—can be more challenging … and far more rewarding
By Thomas Crone
DINING OUT
Restaurant Guide: Listings
The Four Seasons’ sole restaurant hits the stratosphere
By Dave Lowry
By George Mahe
Frugal Foodie: Everest Café and Bar
By Rose Martelli
By George Mahe
Liquid Assets: Thanksgiving Wines
By Chris Hoel
Classic Rock
By Stefene Russell
