WEB EXCLUSIVES THIS MONTH
- Podcast: EIC Stephen Schenkenberg talks with writer Byron Kerman
- Take a sneak-peek at a few print pages
- Video footage of a Jive & Wail piano player
- The top five A-list Readers' Picks in each category
- Extended versions of several print articles, including a Kitchen Q&A with Ryan Maher, of Missouri Wild Edibles, and our feature on the cholera epidemic of 1849
- A slideshow of SLAM's expansion plans
- Nominate a Top Single (up until the end of June)
Note: For each new issue, St. Louis Magazine publishes only a select number of articles online. While all articles will eventually be published online here, your best bet for reading current content is to subscribe, buy an issue, or head to your local library. Thanks. —Stephen Schenkenberg, Editor-in-Chief
BEHIND THE SCENES
The making of this issue
FROM THE EDITOR
How We Make the A-list
By Stephen Schenkenberg
FEEDBACK
CURRENT
- First Shot: A Striking Presence
Artist Kennedy Yanko
By Jeannette Cooperman - The Buzz: The China Connection
How St. Louis and China are going long distance
By Jarrett Medlin - The Buzz: Four Things to Know About Amy Feder, Senior Rabbi at Temple Israel
On July 1, Amy Feder takes over as rabbi at Congregation Temple Israel, becoming only the seventh rabbi to lead the temple during its 125-year history—and at 31, the youngest female senior rabbi of any large congregation in North America.
By Jarrett Medlin - The Buzz: Timeless Beauty
A Chesterfield grandmother who still rocks the runway
By Byron Kerman - The Buzz: The Cart of the Matter
A recent shake-up in the St. Louis street-vendor permit process has some worried. But that hasn't stopped these cart crusaders.
By Byron Kerman - The Buzz: Next in Text
The new trend in texting? Practicality.
By Jarrett Medlin
- What It's Like to Be a Dueling Piano Player
Philip Manaois (aka Spanky), in his own words
By Jarrett Medlin
- Web Exclusive: Video footage of Spanky, including an interview and a performance
- Web Exclusive: Video footage of Spanky, including an interview and a performance
- Agenda
Our five picks for the month
GLITTERATI
See these and more at our Party Pics page.
STYLE
- Things We Love: Fashionable Fête
What you need to throw a swingn' summer soirée.
By Nicole Benoist Edgerton - Designer's Corner: STL to a Tee
Randy and Jeff Vines take custom T-shirt from basement to boutique.
By Jeanette Kozlowski - Shop Talk: Sole Sisters
A family trio on the heels of success.
By Nicole Benoist Edgerton
HISTORY
"Take Care, and Don't Take the Cholera" (Extended web version)
In 1849, a vile and mysterious epidemic killed roughly one in every 11 St. Louisans. People blamed everything from sauerkraut to stench. Then they fixed the sewers.
By Jeannette Cooperman
THINK AGAIN
Missouri Hits Bottom
And recovery in the state won't start with the legislature.
By Ray Hartman
COVER FEATURE
A-List 2010
St. Louis Magazine's annual tribute to the best this city has to offer. New this year: 53 picks from reader's just like you!
By Margaret Bauer, Bill Burge, Jeannette Cooperman, Nicole Benoist Edgerton, Dave Lowry, George Mahe, Christy Marshall, Rose Martelli, Jarrett Medlin, Stefene Russell, and Stephen Schenkenberg
- Web Exclusive: View the top five readers' picks in each voting category. Only the number one picks were published in print.
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
American Man
Antique tamale dispensers, a 1930s firetruck, the original coke sign from Crown Candy—Greg Rhomberg collects "everything"
By Jeannette Cooperman
Kidding Around
Summertime arts, sports, and learning options for youngsters of all ages.
By Kendra Henry, Jarrett Medlin, Michelle Stein, and Dana Varinsky
- Web Exclusive Feature:
Camp Fire
Mary Rogers went to camp in Sherwood Forest at age 13—and never left. Forty-three years later, she’s the executive director, a pro at instilling confidence and busting open a poor kid’s narrow, defeatist world.
By Jeannette Cooperman
A Conversation With Whitey Herzog
The White Rat
By Jarrett Medlin
FOOD & DRINK
- First Look: Market Pub House
By George Mahe - Review: Farmhaus
By Dave Lowry
- Frugal Foodie: Red-L Pizza
By Rose Martelli
- Kitchen Q&A with Ryan Maher, of Missouri Wild Edibles (Extended web version)
By George Mahe
- Ins, Outs, and Almosts
By George Mahe - Plus the following box-outs: "Buzzword," "Intel," and "Event"
CULTURE & EVENTS
- First Stop: Collinsville
"Brooks World's Largest Catsup Bottle Festival"
By Stefene Russell - Out & About: Grand Revisions
A closer look at the Saint Louis Art Musuem's long-awaited expansion.
By Stefene Russell
- Web Exclusive: Slideshow of SLAM's expansion plans and construction
- Web Exclusive: Slideshow of SLAM's expansion plans and construction
- Cameo: Comic Genius (Extended web version)
Jim Lee, who cut his teeth as a comic-book artist here in St. Louis, is now the co-publisher of DC Comics. And, no, he's no relation to Stan...
By Byron Kerman - The SLM Calendar (with Critic's Picks in Music, Galleries, Museums, Film, and Music)
FLASHBACK
1933: Pollution and Ablution
