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St. Louis Magazine - September, 2006

September 2006

Lead Story

Behind the Curtain

A peek at the ropes and pulleys used to suspend disbelief

A peek at the ropes and pulleys used to suspend disbelief

By Stefene Russell, Christy Marshall & Jeannette Batz Cooperman

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A Conversation with Henry Townsend, 96, & Marquise Knox, 15

Cinema Paradiso

Earning His Rep

First Look - Five

Flashback - 1914

Following Bliss

Follow the Music

Friends with Monkeys

Grab a Bite - Schottzie's

Human Geography

In Store - Performance Art

Nightlife - Mercury

Perspective - Do We Care? Do We Dare?

Playing It Forward

Rendering Beauty

Review - Sofia Bistro

Rust-Free - Sheet Metal Music

St. Louis Political Theatre Festival

The Buildout - The Tuxedo Room

The Jazz Singer

Tiny Room, Big Show

Travel Lit - Means to An End

Uncommon Knowledge - Max Starkloff



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	The Liminal Heart Jonathan Franzen extols the virtues of virtue, insists he doesn’t hate St. Louis and describes how it felt to enter The Discomfort Zone By Stefene Russell

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