WEB EXCLUSIVES THIS MONTH
- See more ingenious work from St. Louis' best and brightest, including extra photos, video, and interviews from standout innovators in art, design, medicine, and other fields
- Browse through a gallery of outtakes from our Top Singles photo shoot and read more unfortunate first-date stories.
- Read an extended interview with chefs Sam and Vito Racanelli Jr.
- View an online gallery of game-day fashion picks, comprising of additional items from this months "Things We Love."
- Find out more about what it's like to be an editor on Glee.
- Discover more about what archaeologists have uncovered at a dig near the Mississippi River.
- Read an interview with artist Juan William Chavez about his Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary.
- Submit your pet for our pet contest.
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
The Innovators
By Jarrett Medlin
FEEDBACK
CURRENT
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First Shot: Hoop Dreams
By Jarrett Medlin -
The Buzz: Mob Mentality (Web Exclusive: Read an extended Q&A with Bill Clay.)
Belleville Police Chief Bill Clay talks about teen mobs taxing his creativity.
By Jeannette Cooperman -
The Buzz: Strenth Through Service (Web Exclusive: Read more with Eric Greitens.)
Veterans Day hits home for Eric Greitens.
By Jarrett Medlin -
The Buzz: Fried Turkey Confidential
Cliff Collins is your wingman.
By Byron Kerman -
The Buzz: In Poor Taste
Cannibal! The Musical—Live! Comes to Crestwood
By Byron Kerman -
What It's Like to be a Glee Editor (Web Exclusive: Find out more about what it's like to be an editor on Glee.)
By Byron Kerman -
Agenda
Our five picks for the month
GLITTERATI
See these and more at our Party Pics page.
STYLE
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Things We Love: Game Time (Web Exclusive: View an online gallery of game-day fashion picks, comprising of additional items from this months "Things We Love.")
How to up your game-day look.
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Shop Talk: Coolness Rising
New ultraurban boutique 10denza just made the Central West End even cooler.
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Stylish Subtleties: Squaring Off
The pocket square provides a simple finishing touch for fall.
By Jeanette Kozlowski
HISTORY
Pompeii in East St. Louis (Web Exclusive: Discover more about what archaeologists have uncovered at a dig near the Mississippi River.)
The new Mississippi Bridge spans the distance to a grand prehistoric civilizaiton.
By Jeannette Cooperman
THINK AGAIN
The Museum Solution
St. Louis needs a new direction for Union Station.
By Ray Hartmann
COVER FEATURE
The Innovators
Meet 16 of the city's best and brightest who are changing the world.
By Jeannette Cooperman, Rosalind Early, George Mahe, Christy Marshall, Jarrett Medlin, Stefene Russell, and Margaret Schneider
- Web Exclusive: See more ingenious work from St. Louis' best and brightest, including extra photos, video, and interviews from standout innovators in art, design, medicine, and other fields
- Web Exclusive: Read an interview with artist Juan William Chavez about his Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary.
- Web Exclusive: Learn why Gurpreet Padda is convinced that midtown is St. Louis' next growth area.
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
Go Ask Alice
About law, literature, music, human nature—anything except "the blind world"
By Jeannette Cooperman
Top Singles 2011: The Sweet 16 (Web Exclusive: Browse through a gallery of outtakes from our Top Singles photo shoot and read more unfortunate first-date stories.)
You submitted nearly 300 singles nominations, which the SLM staff worked to narrow down to 12 finalists and 16 semifinalists. Then we opened things back up to readers online at stlmag.com, with two rounds of readers' choice voting to determine our last four finalists.
By Jeannette Cooperman, Thomas Crone, Bryan A. Hollerbach, Byron Kerman, Nancy McMullen, and Margaret Schneider
Edited by Margaret Schneider, Photographs by Kevin A. Roberts, Hair and Makeup by Julie Dietrich, Talent Plus
A CONVERSATION WITH MIKE "TALAYNA" FAILLE
Disco balls, high stakes, and the jitterbug
By Jeannette Cooperman
FOOD & DRINK
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First Look: Market Grill
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Review: One 19 North Tapas & Wine Bar
Chocolate strawberry tortes, cream horns, brownies—and oh yeah, there's a great tapas place a couple of doors down.
By Dave Lowry -
The Well-Seasoned Life: East Meets West
Saffron: Currying favor in St. Louis County
By Joe and Ann Pollack -
Kitchen Q&A with Sam Racanelli (Web Exclusive: Read an extended Q&A with chef Sam Racanelli.)
As it should be, the eldest brother is the king.
By George Mahe -
Liquid Assets: Spend Wisely, Drink Well
The best-value wine regions
By Chris Hoel -
Ins, Outs, and Almosts
By George Mahe -
The SLM Restaurant Guide
Plus the following box-outs: "Intel," "Wine Steal," "Micro Rave," and "Micro Rant."
CULTURE & EVENTS
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First Stop: Off Broadway
tUnE-yArDs
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Cameo: Reading the World
Dalkey Archive Press, now partly based in St. Louis, widens the conversation of literature with its annual Best European Fiction anthology.
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Out & About: Spy in the House of Love
Love Stalker, an "unromantic comedy," looks like it was made in Hollywood—except for that arch in the background.
By Stefene Russell - The SLM Calendar (with Critic's Picks in Theater, Music, Visual Art, Books, and Family)
FLASHBACK
1940: Powder and Steel
By Stefene Russell
