COVER FEATURE
Readers and editors choose the region’s finest
FEATURES
Cecilia Nadal matches rap with salsa, flamenco with South Indian dance, African drumming with stories of Afghanistan. Her delight in difference threads through St. Louis’ torn fabric, stitching us all together.
Q&A: A Conversation With Sue Lauber-Fleming & Patrick Fleming
Ministering to the ministers
SHORT FEATURES
The Ms. Senior Missouri Pageant now a quarter-century old itself, emphasizes self-possession—because by the time you’ve lived six decades, you’ve got a self to possess.
Think Again: Indecent Proposals
Missouri voters will consider awful ballot items in August.
DEPARTMENTS
FROM THE EDITOR
CURRENT
Tony La Russa is inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame
An ambitious blogger seeks to visit all 250 cakes.
St. Louis’ amazing (and amazingly weird) history
The jumping jack joins Missouri’s many state symbols.
Shooting for the red planet
What It’s Like to Design Veiled Prophet Floats
Bill Griffin is pulling out all the stops.
STYLE
The life aquatic
How to look great when the day heats up
Couture Cameo: Industrious Design
Jewelry designer Erica Dunk combines hardware with couture elements.
Style Profile: The Stylish Life
Stylist Lisa von Weise Shaw on Elle, Vogue, Bruce Springsteen, and the charmed life
SPACES
First View: Heron Pond Viewing Blind
Shopping Spots: Objects of Beauty
Maplewood Galleries shrinks and refines the antiques mall.
The Paper Source, Twice is Nice Resale, and Joy Tribout Interiors Warehouse and Showroom
Sometimes when the nest empties, the answer is to redo, not move.
FOOD & DRINK
Ben Bishop Jr. transitions the former Oceano Bistro into Bishop’s Post
Revisiting an Italian culinary icon
Eat at Joe’s: The Purple Martin
A taste of North Africa in South City
Kitchen Q&A: Lauren Loomis & Robbie Tucker
The food truck with a garden on the roof puts down roots.
Rye whiskey is back in a big way.
Memory Lane: Restaurants & Reflections
The Majestic Restaurant & Gar
St. Louis needs a signature frank. Meet the contenders.
CULTURE & EVENTS
First Stop: Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
Internet Cat Video Festival
The big sound of Big Brother Thunder & the MasterBlasters
Stray Rescue’s “Urban Wanderers” tells the stories of the city’s forgotten dogs and cats.
FLASHBACK
The Stable Life
