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When Life Is Short: Sheryl Grossman has Bloom's syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that stunted her growth and will kill her before she sees fifty. But don't underestimate her.
By Aimee Levitt
Published: June 25, 2008
At 32, Sheryl Grossman still shops for clothes at GapKids. She drives her own car, a Toyota Scion, even though at 46 pounds she ought to be riding in a car seat. She's 49...
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Black Is the New Black
Gettin' goth
By Jeanette Kozlowski
Published: June 25, 2008
You feign interest in after-work happy hours but long for something more out of the ordinary. You're looking for a place where you can hide your irises behind cat-eye contacts,...
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On the Topic of St. Louis
Writers work it out
By Paul Friswold
Published: June 25, 2008
Sometimes finding a suitable topic is the most difficult part of writing. University of Missouri-St. Louis MFA writer-in-residence Joy Katz circumvented that issue by charging...
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Keep Your Ears on the Ball
They got the beep
By Christian Schaeffer
Published: June 25, 2008
Some of us on the Riverfront Times softball squad have a hard enough time getting solid hits with 20/20 vision — imagine trying to make contact without the benefit of...
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Debut and You
Five plays, three days, one winner
By Alison Sieloff
Published: June 25, 2008
Often theater is a study of the tried and true. People who love the performing art will see the same plays again and again just to check out how a particular company puts the...
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Keep on Rockin'
You deserve it
By Alison Sieloff
Published: June 25, 2008
By the time this day is through, you'll have been at the office for a total of eight long hours. Perhaps you weren't working as hard as you could've been that entire time...
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Put the "U" in Ridiculous
Friday is your playground
By Paul Friswold
Published: June 25, 2008
Skip work today, indulge in at least two naps, and perhaps eat a very large bowl of a wheat-based breakfast cereal, because tonight you're going to exhaust yourself at the...
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Come into the Light
It’s beautiful
By Alison Sieloff
Published: June 25, 2008
School may be out for summer, but Gallery 210 on the University of Missouri-St. Louis campus (1 University Drive at Natural Bridge Road; 314-516-5976 or gallery210.umsl.edu) is...
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Drawn to Art
A plethora of post-war pretties
By Paul Friswold
Published: June 25, 2008
Drawing doesn't have the cache of painting, but for purists, viewing an artist's drawings is the equivalent of seeing the naked technique of creation. It all begins with the...
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What Do You Want to Be?
COCA can make it happen
By Alison Sieloff
Published: June 25, 2008
When you were a kid, you certainly didn't think that you wanted to sit in a boring cubicle when you grew up, but your goals were still pretty reasonable. Perhaps you thought it...
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Skeeters and Brain Eaters
It's an undead summer
By Paul Friswold
Published: June 25, 2008
The monster-movie double feature is a summer tradition than can only be improved by moving it outdoors. And looky here: Cinema St. Louis and Front Yard Features have done just...
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Bodies of Work
Naked expression at phd
By Anna Teekell Hays
Published: June 25, 2008
Sensitive Content, the new exhibition at the phd gallery (2300 Cherokee Street; 314-664-6644 or www.phdstl.com), showcases two artists' differing approaches to black-and-white...
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Toothsome Fun
It's be adult swim from here on out
By Paul Friswold
Published: June 25, 2008
Jaws, or to use the comical French title, La Dents de la Mer, Steven Spielberg's blockbuster about a great white shark that develops a taste for swimmers — and grizzled...
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Emerge from Your Cocoon
Get out and get walking
By Alison Sieloff
Published: June 25, 2008
Throughout the winter months, you patiently awaited spring's arrival. You had great visions of spending entire days out of doors, just walking, hiking and breathing fresh air....
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Pride, No Prejudice
By Nicole Beckert
Published: June 25, 2008
Just like a fine wine, the LGBTQA-friendly St. Louis PrideFest gets better year after year. The annual celebration of the St. Louis gay community opens with the ever-popular...
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The Big Sleep
By Paul Friswold
Published: June 25, 2008
Everyone is familiar with the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty. But just how familiar are you? Did you know that "Prince Charming" has a name? (He's "Florimund.") How 'bout the name...
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Amusement Unlimited!
Get set for Olivette
By Mark Fischer
Published: June 25, 2008
For the 35th year in a row, Olivette is offering area families a 35-acre fairground full of fun, food, music and amusement as Summerfest returns to Stacy Park (9750 Old...
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Where's the Beach?
In Kirkwood, of course
By Alison Sieloff
Published: June 25, 2008
The Magic House (516 South Kirkwood Road, Kirkwood) has always lived up to its magical name, enchanting kids with electrifying exhibits, amazing displays and a huge slide. But...
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News Real
Faster Than a Speeding Rocket Scientist: Cards rookie Brian Barton chooses baseball over aerospace engineering — for the time being.
By Keegan Hamilton
Published: June 25, 2008
Baseball ain't rocket science. But if it were, that wouldn't stop rookie St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Brian Barton. He's pretty good at both. The 26-year-old Los Angeles...
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Artless in St. Louis: Suppose they gave an art fair and nobody came?
By Kristen Hinman
Published: June 25, 2008
At least on paper the Olive and Taylor Art & Craft Fair (OTLA) sounded promising: fourteen hours of acoustic music, twelve hours of performance art, beer by Schlafly and...
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