WEB EXCLUSIVES THIS MONTH
- Web Gallery: Haiti Revisited
- Show Your School Pride: Vote on everything from the best high-school sports rivalry to the most beautiful campus
- A-List Readers' Picks voting in the categories of food and nightlife
- Take a video tour of Demun Oyster Bar
- Read more about wine importer Flora Tersigni
- Eavesdrop on a heated debate about a Shakespearean sonnet at Thomas Jefferson School.
- See a slideshow about a group of Webster University students who traveled to Kansas to drop off the last batch of Kodachrome film.
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. —Jarrett Medlin, Editor-in-Chief
WHAT'S ONLINE
Online on stlmag.com
BEHIND THE SCENES
The making of this issue
FROM THE EDITOR
An Education
By Jarrett Medlin
FEEDBACK
CURRENT
- First Shot: Above the Rim
By Jarrett Medlin - The Buzz: The Science of Swagger
On the eve of the FIRST Robotics Competition Championship, St. Louis native Neal Bascomb examines “the new cool.”
By Jarrett Medlin - The Buzz: A Book, by Its Cover
By Jarrett Medlin - The Buzz: Dental Drama
A downtown theater with a mouth-shaped stage keeps things fresh after 34 years.
By Byron Kerman - The Buzz: Playing the Odds
An Expert's Take
By Jarrett Medln - Convention of Scares
Halloween starts this month for some in St. Louis
By Byron Kerman - What It's Like to be a Frisbee Golf Champ
By Byron Kerman - Agenda
Our five picks for the month
GLITTERATI
See these and more at our Party Pics page.
STYLE
- Things We Love: Digital World
Gadgets and accessories for the tech-minded
By Nicole Benoist Edgerton - Shop Talk: The Great White Way
A mother-daughter duo opens a bridal boutique in Clayton.
By Nicole Benoist Edgerton - Stylish Subtleties: Susan Block
Owner/designer at The Designing Block
By Nicole Benoist Edgerton
THINK AGAIN
The New Public Indecency
How corporate welfare has spawned a sinfulness of its own.
By Ray Hartmann
COVER FEATURE
Where Did You Go to High School (& Grade School)?
How will your child answer the classic question? Our annual guide to education in St. Louis
By Jeannette Cooperman, Shera Dalin, Jarrett Medlin, D.J. Wilson, and Sandra Zak
- Web Exclusive: Vote on everything from the best high-school sports rivalry to the most beautiful campus
- Web Exclusive: Eavesdrop on a heated debate about a Shakespearean sonnet at Thomas Jefferson School.
Excellence in Education
A snapshot—actually, several—of outstanding people and programs at St. Louis schools, stories of inspiration and innovation.
By Jarrett Medlin, Photographs by Jennifer Silverberg
Making the Grade
St. Louis Public Schools hired eight superintendents in five years. Is Kelvin Adams, now in his third year, the best hope for the "beleaguered district"?
By D.J. Wilson
Plato's Academy
In a Tudor house in South County, 88 students prepare for greatness.
By Jeannette Cooperman
Education 2.0
Technology leads to a "sea change" at St. Louis schools.
By Shera Dalin
The World Wide Web is Not Enough
One administrator's take on technology's limitations.
By Tom Hoerr
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
In the Time of Cholera (Web Exclusive: View a gallery of photographs from a St. Louis medical team's trip to Haiti)
Earthquakes, epidemics, appalling poverty—how much more can one country take? St. Louis physician Bill Guyol doesn’t want to find out.
By Jeannette Cooperman
Jim McKelvey Has Altered the Way Money Changes Hands. Now What?
He flies his plane, plays the piano, blows glass, and works on his next big thing.
By Robert Meyerowitz
HEALTHY LIVING
The Pain Monitors
Two researchers uncover the hidden bias that underrates some people’s pain.
By Jeannette Cooperman
Finding Hope
First, the symptoms: a persistent tremor, weakness in an arm. Then, the diagnosis: Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s. Finally, the prognosis: hopeless. Or is it?
By Christy Marshall
A CONVERSATION WITH ALBERTO CASTILLO
River City’s Batman is on the lookout for predatory criminals.
By Jeannette Cooperman
FOOD & DRINK
- First Look: Demun Oyster Bar (Web Exclusive: Take a video tour of Demun Oyster Bar.)
By George Mahe - Review: Bistro 1130
Effortlessly Chic
Classic French fare at the best restaurant in town located next to—no kidding—a pet-treat bakery.
By Dave Lowry - The Well-Seasoned Life: Viva Via Vino
Michael Del Pietro bucks Italian tradition by offering small plates.
By Joe and Ann Pollack
- Kitchen Q&A with Flora Tersigni (Web Exclusive: Extended version)
Soave, Meet Suave: A Wine Importer Sips Success.
By George Mahe
- Liquid Assets: Save Some Green When Buying Red
Four secrets to buying Bordeaux
By Chris Hoel - Ins, Outs, and Almosts
By George Mahe - The SLM Restaurant Guide
Plus the following box-outs: "Gourmet On the Cheap," "New Wine Varietal," "Doing it Right," "Intel," and "Micro Rant."
CULTURE & EVENTS
- First Stop: May Gallery (Web Exclusive: See a slideshow about a group of Webster University students who traveled to Kansas to drop off the last batch of Kodachrome film.)
By Stefene Russell - Out & About: Blowing Changes
Jazz St. Louis doesn’t just bring in artists like Sonny Rollins; it’s also about to teach music to its 100,000th student. Not bad, for only being 15...
By Stefene Russell - Cameo: Parts and Counterparts
A visit to the studio of Jill Downen, sculptor
By Hesse Caplinger - The SLM Calendar (with Critic's Picks in Dance, Theater, Music, and Kids & Family)
FLASHBACK
Early 1960s: At the Corner of Olive and Palmolive
By Stefene Russell
