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Poetry in a Cold Climate: Ron Smith Found His Muse in Antarcticanew
Tall and thin with close-cropped hair, Ron Smith served with the Air Force's Operation Deep Freeze, rising to commander in 2004. In December 2008, he was transferred to Scott Air Force Base, where he now serves as the Air National Guard adviser for strategic planning.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
01-22-2010 |
Culture
The Midwest's First Celebration of all Things Yaoi: Where the Screaming Never Stopsnew
Yaoi (pronounced "yowee") is stories of beautiful, deeply emotional boys who are desperately in love with each other. One can find these erotic tales in Japanese comic books or watch the animated versions on DVDs that are sold at mainstream bookstores.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
12-11-2009 |
Books
Thespians on Wheels: Joan Lipkin's DisAbility Project is on a Rollnew
On this sunny September morning, Lipkin is about to launch the fourteenth season of the DisAbility Project, one of the few theater groups in the country that produces original shows and promotes disability rights.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
11-13-2009 |
Theater
Taxidermist Rick Nadeau Has a Lot of Fun With His 'Little Buddies'new
Nadeau specializes in "characters": military squirrels in brightly colored felt berets clutching M16s with lit cigarettes dangling from their lips. There was Secret Squirrel who huddled in a trench coat and fedora, and a fiddler in railroad overalls.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
08-14-2009 |
Culture
Allison Burgess Stakes Her Reputation on Mystery Meatnew
In 2001 Burgess began working on her meat substitute in the kitchen of her home. Today there are six varieties of Match Meat: beef, chicken, pork, crab, and Italian and breakfast sausage. Made from soy protein, wheat gluten, water and natural flavorings, Match comes frozen and unseasoned, as bland as any supermarket meat.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
07-06-2009 |
Food+Drink
Balloonatics: Hey Kid, Wanna See My Balloon Dog?new
Once a month Thad James and about twenty other twisters gather for a balloon jam. They have been doing this for years, teaching each other new figures, trading strategies for dealing with bratty children and practicing their stage patter.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
02-20-2009 |
Culture
Laurell K. Hamilton, the Mistress of Horrornew
Nobody writes vampire novels the way the St. Louis author does -- and yes, there's lots of sex.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
11-21-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
St. Louis Will Field a New Pro Women's Soccer Team Next Springnew
It has been more than 30 years since the city last fielded a professional outdoor team. That all changes, though, next April when the new Women's Professional Soccer league kicks off its inaugural season in seven cities, including St. Louis.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
10-03-2008 |
Sports
The Next Supermodel May Be Coming From a High School Near Younew
In the modeling industry, a mother agent is the scout who discovers a model, usually in her hometown, and then introduces her to bookers in large fashion markets. The bookers arrange the girl's work schedule — everything from magazine spreads to fashion show appearances — while the mother agent remains chief advisor and collects 10 percent of her earnings.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
09-12-2008 |
Fashion
America's Foremost Demonologist Leaves Our Head Spinningnew
"Most people don't understand demonology. They think demons are like ghosts and equate them with haunted houses," William Bradshaw says. "That's not what demonology is about." Ghosts, he continues, are the spirits of people who have died. Demons are evil spirits that have never been human.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
08-18-2008 |
Culture
Sheryl Grossman Suffers from One of the Rarest Diseases the World Has Ever Knownnew
People with Bloom's Disease -- there are fewer than 300 worldwide -- seldom grow taller than four and a half feet or weigh more than 90 pounds. Most develop cancer by their mid-twenties, and they are prone to diabetes, allergies, asthma, pulmonary disease, ear infections and immune disorders. The men are sterile. There is no cure, and no one with this genetic disorder has ever lived past 48.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
06-27-2008 |
Science
Many St. Louis Theater Companies are Homelessnew
In the good old days, if Hollywood musicals are to be believed, all an aspiring impresario needed to stage a successful show was an abandoned barn and a dream.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
04-18-2008 |
Theater
Cock and Awe: St. Louis Pickup Artists Rule the Roostnew
Trix, the invented name of this self-described pickup artist, is hardly what you'd consider a Casanova. Picking up a woman, he says, is not a matter of luck, but a skill he's spent years polishing.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
04-11-2008 |
Culture
Striker's Guiltnew
St. Louis-area writer Paul Guyot feels isolated from his fellow picketers in Hollywood.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
12-14-2007 |
Movies
Pen & Inc.: Comic-book Artists are Drawn to St. Louisnew
An expanding comic art network has over the past decade has gravitated to the city, thanks in part to Xplane Graphics and the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts at Washington University, where many of the city's cartoonists met and worked together.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
11-26-2007 |
Art
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