WEB EXCLUSIVES THIS MONTH
- March issue podcast
- Editor Stephen Schenkenberg talks high schools on KSDK-5 and Fox-2.
- An extended Kitchen Q&A
- Bourbon-cocktail recipes from our spirits columnist
EDITOR'S NOTE
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THE CURRENT
Making Her Move
A St. Louis ballerina keeps audiences—and dancers—on their toes
By Byron Kerman
Francis, Beware the Ides of March!
With the mayoral primary just 10 days before the Ides, should the city's answer to Caesar fear Romans with swords?
By Bryan A. Hollerbach
Our Local Twitterverse
The talk of the town, tweet by tweet
By Stephen Schenkenberg
A Pro's Guide to Spring Training
How to catch the Cards outside of Busch
By Jarrett Medlin
St. Louis, Meet St. Paddy
A peek behind the downtown St. Patrick's Day Parade as it turns 40
By Jarrett Medlin
SOCIETY
Out of Poverty
For the past two decades, Washington University social scientist Michael Sherraden has been working to revise welfare by helping recipients save money and build futures. Now his ideas are working in his own hometown.
By Christy Marshall
POLITICS
The Bellwether Blues
For years, politicos have thought Missouri was a national microcosm. They thought wrong
By Adam Allington
THINGS WE LOVE
The Green Shopping Scene
An environmentally sound guide to perusing St. Louis stores
By Nicole Benoist Edgerton
STYLE
Stylish Subtleties
Jay Swoboda, Co-Founder, EcoUrban
By Nicole Benoist Edgerton
Heart and Sole
The shoe fits, and Robin Brooks knows how to wear it
By Jeanette Kozlowski
Hot Item of the Month: Tracy Anderson Method: Mat Workout DVD
GLITTERATI
- Veiled Prophet Ball
- Inauguration 2009
- The Adoption Exchange's Celebrity Karaoke Benefit
- The Magic House's Star-Spangled Evening
COVER FEATURE
High Schools 2009
SLM's biennial guide for the families of St. Louis
+High School As It Should Be
A timely message for parents, teachers, adminstrators and the high-school students of St. Louis
By Tom Hoerr, head of New City School
+Class Portraits
Meet five of St. Louis' standout seniors—successful in school, successful in life
By Dan Michel and Stephen Schenkenberg; Photographs by Greg Rannells
+The SLM Comparative Chart
98 schools, extensively compared
Compiled by Bryan A. Hollerbach
+The Evolution (and Intelligent Design) of High-School Biology
An in-depth look at mandates and taboos in six St. Louis classrooms
By Jeannette Cooperman
Healthy Living Series (the first of three in 2009)
+Facing Down Stress
As "workplace stress" takes on new meaning, four experts sound off about the recessionary catchphrase
By Jarrett Medlin
+To Hell and Back Exercises
A St. Louis boomer tries three tough workouts—and lives to tell the tale
By Rick Skwiot
FEATURES
A Matter of Habit?
After Vatican II, orders of women religious took off their coifs and wimples and breathed a sigh of relief. But after sliding by 54 percent, the number of vocations is going up again—and the new sisters want the old ways back
By Jeannette Cooperman
Midwestern Fantasia
The uncanny photographs of Fitz W. Guerin
By Stefene Russell
A Conversation With Jerry Prsha
Storm Chaser
By Jeannette Cooperman
CULTURE
Datebook: March
Monthly Event Listings
Book Smart
Puddin'head Books is serious about reading for pleasure
By Stefene Russell
(Sub)Basement Tapes
Bet you didn't know St. Louis had an all-girl punk band a year before the Runaways released their first record. Well, neither did anyone else—until two local audiophiles began digging up some of St. Louis' oldest new wave
By Steve Pick
The Ace of Cakes
Actor, baker and confectioner Michael Brightman—who's upped the ante for local theater concessions—gives his perfect dessert pairings for 14 classic theater productions
By Byron Kerman
DINING OUT
Restaurant Guide
Ins, Outs, and Almosts
Review: Napoli2
A repeat or a reinvention? A little of each, thank you
By Dave Lowry
First Look: Andria's Steak House
By George Mahe
Frugal Foodie: Local Harvest Café and Catering
By Rose Martelli
Kitchen Q&A: Jorge Carvalho
By George Mahe
Liquid Assets: Whiskey—Back in the Saddle Again
By Chris Hoel
+Web-only recipes for bourbon cocktails
Flashback
1910: Tabloid Baby
By Stefene Russell
