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The Black Rep's Lines in the Dust Tackles Disparities in Public Education
Dr. Beverly Long, the school administrator who serves as the protagonist in Lines in the Dust, tried to fool herself into thinking the Newark Public Schools weren't so bad. Attempting to live by her...
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In Hell, Theatre Nuevo Tackles the Dark Side of the Afterlife
It is a bold choice to name your show Hell, if only because of the headline possibilities it gives critics. But Theatre Nuevo is not in the business of playing it safe.…
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Review: VietNam Style Brings a New Kind of Vietnamese Cuisine to St. Louis
If you ran the numbers, VietNam Style owner Thao Truong seemed to have it all figured out: Seven years of learning English as a new arrival to this country, one bachelor's degree from Maryville...
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The RFT's 2017 Brunch Issue celebrates the tastiest ways to ease into the morning If breakfast is the straight-A student, the Tracy Flick who gets up at 6 to eat a whole-grain muffin, brunch is her...
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Julia Li's 10 Must-Try Dim Sum Dishes
This week's cover story celebrates brunch -- with a particular focus on the wonders of dim sum. Food critic Cheryl Baehr consulted Julia Li, the scion of Lu Lu Seafood and Dim Sum, who shared with us...
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(Dim) Sum Kind Of Wonderful
The best cure for Midwestern brunch blues? Start the day Eastern-style Julia Li understands the intimidation first-timers might feel when they walk through the front doors of her family's restaurant,...
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4 Places To Get Dim Sum in St. Louis
Interested in dim sum after reading our cover story? Here are four St. Louis options.…
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10 Terrific Bloody Marys in St. Louis
Bloody mary connoisseurs know that the best ingredient in a perfect version of the drink is you. Fresh ingredients and top quality spirits are also key, but it’s putting them all together that is the...
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15 Places to Enjoy Bottomless Mimosas in St. Louis
Maybe you're not into spicy and salty — maybe you like Champagne with orange juice. Like, say, in a mimosa, or with grapefruit juice in a megmosa.…
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O'Fallon Is One of the Top 10 Cities for Families in the U.S.
If you're looking for good schools, safe neighborhoods and reasonable affordability, you might want to check out O'Fallon, Missouri. The northwestern St. Louis suburb — not to be confused with the...
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Newly Announced: Iron Maiden, Old 97’s, Third Eye Blind, Devin the Dude,...
Here, again, is every newly announced show for the week! On page one you'll find a quick list of shows that particularly caught our attention.…
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'Only in St. Louis': Motorist Takes Leisurely Backwards Drive on Kingshighway
It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you see a motorist committing acts so willfully boneheaded that they shake your faith in the basic decency of humanity, you are probably driving in St....
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Gioia's Deli Named an American Classic by James Beard Foundation
For decades, savvy diners in St. Louis have known that the best hot salami sandwiches in the city are at Gioia's Deli, the 99-year-old grocery-turned-lunch spot in the Hill. Now the whole world will...
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Local Brewer Claims Responsibility for 'Bill Haas' Performance Art
Bill Haas, arguably more famous for serving up word salad like yesterday's open letter than his penchant for running — and losing —political campaigns over the course of two decades, purports to be a...
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Tower Grove Park Named One of Missouri’s ‘Great Places’ for 2017
If you're a huge fan of St. Louis’ second-largest public park, you're not alone — even the professional planners are wowed by it. The Missouri chapter of the nation-wide American Planning Association...
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In New CAM Show, Nicola Tyson Reimagines the Gaze and the Female Body
British artist Nicola Tyson takes the female body and turns it inside out in her art. The curves and lines become subject to the inner psyche of her subjects.…
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Giovanni’s on the Hill Torched by Second-Floor Blaze
Giovanni’s on the Hill, one of the classiest restaurants in St. Louis, burst into flames Wednesday afternoon. The one-alarm fire coincided with repairs being made to the venerable Italian restaurant's...
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At 83, Jean Carnahan Claims a New Title: Food Blogger
The fact that she got into food writing by getting shooed out of her mother's kitchen isn't lost on Jean Carnahan. "Growing up, we lived in a row house with a tiny kitchen, so there wasn't room for me...
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Aldermen Have a Blacklist of 'Megan Green Trolls,' Joe Roddy says
Members of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen have a list of people they consider "Megan Green trolls"— and they use it to determine who to block on Twitter, Alderman Joe Roddy revealed this week. Roddy...
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Fake U.S. Marshal Timothy Rosselli Pleads Guilty
A high-flying con man who sped around rural Missouri in a $180,000 Lamborghini, claiming to be a federal agent, has been brought back to earth. Timothy Rosselli, 28, pled guilty to today in federal...
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