WEB EXCLUSIVES THIS MONTH
- August-issue podcast [listen at right or subscribe via iTunes]
- Additional Cards/Baseball Trivia
- An extended Kitchen Q&A
- 3 Summer Cocktail Recipes
BEHIND THE SCENES
The making of this issue
FROM THE EDITOR
Just What the Doctor Ordered
By Stephen Schenkenberg
FEEDBACK
CURRENT
- First Shot: Such Great Heights
Something's up at the City Museum
By Jarrett Medlin - (You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman
Deconstructing Hairspray's Edna Turnblad
By Byron Kerman - Sibling Rivalry
A Comparative Look at the Fox and the Kiel
By Sarah Truckey - The Game Clock
Pondering the Fate of the Rams
By Jarrett Medlin - Cardinal Curiosity
A peek at a new book, St. Louis Cardinals: Past and Present - Bikers in the Buff
Preparing for The World Naked Bike Ride
By Sarah Truckey - Mystic River
Kayakers and canoeists take on the Missouri River
By Jarrett Medlin - Failed Rescues
A Q&A with Don't Dump the Dog author Randy Grim
By Jeannette Cooperman - Hear Me Out
Chef Karen Hoffmann on her favorite summer fruit - What It's Like ... To Be the Penguin Whisperer
By Jarrett Medlin - Agenda: Our five picks for the month
GLITTERATI
See even more Party Pics
STYLE
- Things We Love: Neutral Ground
Subtle shades with a big impact
By Nicole Benoist Edgerton - The District: The Loop's Latest
3 new stores on Delmar
By Jeanette Kozlowski - Smart Shopper: Wardrobe Essentials
Six musts for an always-stylish look
By Nicole Benoist Edgerton - Hot Item of the Month: Belly Be Gone
FILM
Screen Dream
On the heels of Slumdog Millionaire, chemist Shri Thanedar is turning his memoir into an Indian indie.
By Jeannette Cooperman
EDUCATION
Hire Education
This summer, the first graduates of a new alternative teacher certification program enter the job market. What does this mean for St. Louis?
By Margaret Bauer
TECHNOLOGY
Of Couples and Computers
How Facebook changes face time with our significant others
By Jeannette Cooperman
HISTORY
Pumping Iron
How an eccentric St. Louis fitness enthusiast lit a fire in America's slothful heart
By Jeannette Cooperman
THINK AGAIN
Downtown Downer
Alex Dooley's story has neither a villain, nor a happy ending for St. Louis.
By Ray Hartmann
COVER FEATURE
Best Doctors 2009
The votes are tallied, and the results are in. Meet St. Louis' 1,106 standout physicians across specialties.
- Physician Photographs by Dilip Vishwanat and Whitney Curtis
- Hospital Photographs by Jonathan Pollock
- Illustrations by Paul Blow
Additional Medical Features
- Physician Interviews
By Shera Dalin - Medical School -- Minus the Loans
On its 10th anniversary, Washington University's Mini-Medical School remains among the city's best-kept secrets
By Jarrett Medlin - Saigh Pediatric Simulation Center
St. Louis Children's Hospital
By Yarden Maoz - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
St. John's Mercy Children's Hospital
By Yarden Maoz - Contagion
SLU docs work feverishly behind the scenes to ensure our survival in a pandemic.
By Jeannette Cooperman - A Change at St. Joseph
The new SSM St. Clare Health Center
By Brittany Farb - Heart & Surgical Pavilion's Healing Garden
St. Anthony's Medical Center
By Brittany Farb - Fighting Cancer
Siteman Cancer Center and the Missouri Baptist Medical Center
By Yarden Maoz - Dorothy and Larry Dallas Heart Center
SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center
By Brittany Farb - Critical Care for Growing Families
St. Louis Fetal Care Institute
By Brittany Farb - Think Tank
Saint Louis University Brain Bank
By Brittany Farb - Tweetside Manner
Hospitals and social media
By Stephen Schenkenberg - Nurses Who Know
Interviews by the SLM staff
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
"That Different Mayor"
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 feuds?
By Jeannette Cooperman
The Best Small-Plate Dining in St. Louis
15 reasons the entrée should be scared
Bill Bill Burge, Dave Lowry, George Mahe, and Rose Martelli
Edited by George Mahe
Clay & Flash Paper
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
The Malleable Mall
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 cities have known all along.
By Jeannette Cooperman
Q&A
A Conversation with Mary Engelbreit
Illustrator, thought-provoker, queen
By Jeannette Cooperman
FOOD & DRINK
- First Look: Chuy Arzola's
By George Mahe - Review: Il Bel Lago
By Dave Lowry
- Frugal Foodie: The Bleading Deacon
By Rose Martelli
- Kitchen Q&A: Dana Holland, Babalu's Snack Shack
By George Mahe
- Liquid Assets: Summer Cocktail Trio
By Chris Hoel
- Ins, Outs, and Almosts
By George Mahe
CULTURE & EVENTS
- First Stop: Off Broadway
Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three
By Stefene Russell - Cameo: Light-brary
South City's Luminary Center for the Arts
By Stefene Russell - Out at a Bout: Smackdown!
Comedian Bill Chott's comedy game - Round-Up: Bookfair titles, St. Louis: Yesterday and Today, and Ovid at the Pulitzer
- The SLM Calendar, with Critic's Picks
FLASHBACK
1946: Skeleton Crew
