WEB EXCLUSIVES THIS MONTH
- An editor's podcast with a "Big Idea" contributor
- A video interview with local costume designer, Lou Bird
- A Google Map of our Best Dressed winners' favorite local shops
- Behind-the-scenes photos from our fall fashion shoot
- A "Big Idea" preview
- Rams season preview
- Extended versions of several Fall Arts Preview articles (see below)
- An extended Kitchen Q&A
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
Many Big Ideas, One Big Transition
By Stephen Schenkenberg
FEEDBACK
CURRENT
- First Shot: The Music Man
Ward Stare, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra's resident conductor
By Jarrett Medlin - The Buzz: Arch Rivals
Five teams face off to redesign the Arch grounds for its 50th anniversary.
By Jarrett Medlin - The Buzz: Extra Innings
Ken Burns reconsiders America's favorite sport.
By Jeannette Cooperman - The Buzz: Rediscovering Pruitt-Igoe (Extended web version)
A new film explores the infamous project
By Jarrett Medlin - The Buzz: 5 Things to Know About Danielle Hohmeier
Finalist in MTV's TJ (Twtter jockey) competition - The Buzz: The Politics of Pedaling
A psych professor on the 500-pound primate
By Byron Kerman
- Lawn and Order
A Ballwin man's yard raises the question: Litter or art?
By Byron Kerman - What It's Like to be a Costume Designer (Web exclusive: Watch a video of Lou Bird discuss how costumes go from sketch to on stage)
By Byron Kerman - Agenda
Our five picks for the month
GLITTERATI
See these and more at our Party Pics page.
STYLE
- Things We Love: Boot Camp
Tall, short, and everywhere in between, this season's boots are high-stepping in style.
By Nicole Benoist Edgerton - Shop Talk: From Paris with Love
How Kilian Hennessy branched beyond the family biz
By Nicole Benoist Edgerton - New This Month: Nordstrom Rack
After more than a year of anticipation, Nordstrom Rack opens its doors on September 16.
By Jeanette Kozlowski
MEDIA
A Change of Tune
KDHX sets its sights on Grand Center.
By Jarrett Medlin
EDUCATION
Bringing it Home
A kid's greatest nightmare—having her teacher come home with her—just might save her school career.
By Jeannette Cooperman
THINK AGAIN
They Started the Revolution Without Us
Missourians need to catch up with the bureaucracy and embrace interstate tolls.
By Ray Hartmann
COVER FEATURE
What's the Big Idea?
45 Plans to Transform St. Louis
Introduction by Stephen Schenkenberg, Illustrations by Dennis Balogh, Ideas by 45 St. Louisans—from educators, scientists, and architects to developers, writers, and clergy members
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
Best Dressed 2010
Ten St. Louisans Defining Style Today
Selections by Nicole Benoist Edgerton, Interviews by Nancy McMullen, Photographs by Stephen Seebeck
- Web Excluisve: View a Google Map of the Best Dressed winners' favorite local shops
- Web Exclusive: View a gallery of the Best 10 Dressed winners in 10 outfits not featured in print
Fall Fashion Portfolio: Crimson Crush
Pair warm shades of autumn with cool neutrals for the perfect fall wardrobe.
Styling by Nicole Benoist Edgerton, Photography by Susan Jackson
2010 FALL ARTS PREVIEW
Then and Here
Twenty-three creative types who have left, have returned, or are newly arrived from other places—who prove that St. Louis' arts scene is all the more interesting for its permeable borders
Introduction by Stefene Russell
- Art, Community—and Bricks (Web Exclusive: Extended version)
Juan William Chavez gives up his acclaimed Cherokee gallery, Boots, to try something new in Old North
By Elizabeth Wolfson - Hello, Kitty!
Evan Sult and Paige Brubeck form a perfect pair along Cherokee Street
By Jarrett Medlin - Émigrés (Web Exclusive: Extended version with photos)
Fifteen St. Louisans who—common wisdom be damned—broke into the NYC art world - Return to Flight (Web Exclusive: Extended version)
Checking in with Jonathan Franzen on the eve of what will likely be his next literary smash
By Stephen Schenkenberg - Barre None
Young ballerina Makensie Howe is on the verge of great things.
By Stefene Russell - Game Changer
Tony Ponturo—who scored on Broadway with Memphis and a revival of Hair—is poised for another big win, this time with something that's never been attempted: NFL on Broadway.
By Byron Kerman - Prepare for Launch
Ludo frontman Andrew Volpe on whipped cream, cyborgs, and going commando
By Jarrett Medlin - Bric(k)olage (Web Exclusive: Extended version)
Bill Streeter's new documentary tells the story of St. Louis through the history of its bricks.
By Stefene Russell
A CONVERSATION WITH JIM LEMEN AND HALIDAY DOUGLAS
Father and Son
By Jeannette Cooperman
FOOD & DRINK
- First Look: Cheese-ology Macaroni & Cheese
By George Mahe - Review: Classic Tapas
Get your mini Wellingtons in West County.
By Dave Lowry - Frugal Foodie: Lola
Quirky comestibles quell culinary connoisseur's concerns.
By Rose Martelli
- Kitchen Q&A with Brian Hale (Extended web version)
Breaking loose at the Chase Park Plaza
By George Mahe
- Liquid Assets: Pairing Wine and Cheese: A Primer
By Chris Hoel - Ins, Outs, and Almosts
By George Mahe - Plus the following box-outs: "Rave Dish," "Best Value Sandwich," "Intel," and "Grab the Kids."
CULTURE & EVENTS
- First Stop: Duff's
By Stefene Russell - The SLM Calendar (with Critic's Picks in Music, Visual Arts, Galleries, Kids, and Outdoors)
FLASHBACK
- 1907: Unnatural Flight
By Stefene Russell
