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1. Feature

   Look Out Below!: Arborists from around the world descend on Forest Park for the International Tree Climbing Championships

   By Keegan Hamilton

   Published: July 30, 2008

   The climber stands beneath a massive oak, craning his neck to peer into its leafy belly. He throws a nylon rope high into its branches, tests his weight on it, and then, in a...

2. Ask a Mexican

   Ask a Mexican: "La Raza": Explaining this term's a marathon, not a sprint

   Published: July 30, 2008

   Dear Mexican: What's with calling yourselves "La Raza"? Being Mexicans, Chicanos or whatever isn't enough — now you're THE race? Sounds pretty racist to me. The Race is...

3. Night & Day

   File Under "Jazz"

   Put the "you" in "shush"

   By Christian Schaeffer

   Published: July 30, 2008

   The flicker of fingers across a card catalog, the tap of a pencil eraser on a hardwood desk, the occasional "shhh!" of a cross librarian: These are the sounds we associate with...

4. Night & Day

   A Juicy Story

   We've got the scoop

   By Alison Sieloff

   Published: July 30, 2008

   Eating a peach in the winter is about as much fun as scraping ice off the windshield — the off-season fruit is hard and flavorless, not unlike that sleet. But to indulge...

5. Night & Day

   Tiny Train, Big Fun

   Just chugging along

   By Alison Sieloff

   Published: July 30, 2008

   Short people have a tough time of it. They can't reach the top kitchen cabinets, they have to have every pair of pants hemmed, and they must sit ridiculously close to the...

6. Night & Day

   Pucker Up!

   Paul Stanley's in town

   By Mark Dischinger

   Published: July 30, 2008

   Stanley Eisen is a lot of people. He is, of course, Paul Stanley of Kiss, a.k.a. the Starchild. He's also been Paul Stanley, the Phantom of the Opera (not to be confused with...

7. Night & Day

   Dear Diary

   Mothersbaugh on display

   By Christian Schaeffer

   Published: July 30, 2008

   Mark Mothersbaugh has been creating for more than three decades, and not always while donning that red flower-pot chapeau he made famous as Devo's majordomo. His instrumental...

8. Night & Day

   Give 'Em an Inch

   And Hedwig will stalk you for miles

   By Paul Friswold

   Published: July 30, 2008

   Imagine the distracted glower of early-'70s Lou Reed crossed with the music-as-theater-of-the-absurd performances of Iggy Pop's Hollywood era — this is Hedwig, formerly...

9. Night & Day

   Oh No, Otello!

   Evil, thy name is Iago

   By Paul Friswold

   Published: July 30, 2008

   Giuseppe Verdi's Otello is renowned for the fulsome evil personified in Iago. Arguably more villainous than the Iago of Shakespeare's play, Verdi's Iago is ruthlessly wicked in...

10. Night & Day

    Hot in the City Tonight

    Lush is on fire!

    By Jeanette Kozlowski

    Published: July 30, 2008

    During August we sizzle like eggs in a frying pan. Even when the intolerable sun sinks low, temperatures stay warm. But you can't remain at home — you need to revel in...

11. Night & Day

    All Your Garage Are Belong to Us

    Bargain hunters, come on down

    By Nicole Beckert

    Published: July 30, 2008

    Garage sales — and their relatives, the estate and yard sales — are cheap, usually easy to find, and havens for collectors' items or the perfect object you didn't...

12. Night & Day

    It's Time to Raise a Glass

    Where's your penis straw?

    By Alison Sieloff

    Published: July 30, 2008

    Everyone's seen it: a group of ladies out on the town, one of them wearing a condom-covered veil and all of them drinking out of penis straws, seemingly having a riotously...

13. Night & Day

    Undress for Excess

    Gas prices go up, pants go down

    By Paul Friswold

    Published: July 30, 2008

    Americans are more comfortable with violence than nudity, naked people are exhibitionists/attention-starved/obscene/depraved (circle one and move on), and the police will...

14. Night & Day

    Microscopic vs. Macroscopic

    By Paul Friswold

    Published: July 30, 2008

    Olivia Lahs-Gonzales and Andrew Millner both find inspiration in flora, but they respond to their muse in very different ways. Lahs-Gonzales hones in closely on the plants...

15. Night & Day

    Back in the Saddle

    Get on your bike and ride

    By Paul Friswold

    Published: July 30, 2008

    What do you do for an encore after you've driven around the world from London to New York via the awkward eastern passage across Eurasia and North America? If you're Ewan...

16. Night & Day

    You Should Be Expecting

    To have a good time, that is

    By Alison Sieloff

    Published: July 30, 2008

    Beer goggles are a tricky thing. Even if you're pretty sure you're wearing a pair, you can't escape their influence — and the resulting make-out-and-more session. It's...

17. Night & Day

    The Spirit of the Olympics

    Close to home

    By Alison Sieloff

    Published: July 30, 2008

    In celebration of the Olympics, the Equinox Chamber Players will perform musical selections from all over the globe during their concert entitled Olympic Harmony! Before the...

18. Night & Day

    Back in Black

    The ultimate white flight

    By Paul Friswold

    Published: July 30, 2008

    Jeff Gerber is your typical 1970s white guy: He has a good job, a house, two kids, and a wife who watches the race riots on TV with horror and pity. If you asked Jeff, he'd...

19. Night & Day

    Meat and Greet

    Say hello to wine

    By Ms. Day

    Published: July 30, 2008

    If Ms. Day were to put together a six-course dinner at home, the first five courses would consist of different varieties of cheese, and the final would just be something...

20. Night & Day

    Swiftly Flow the Days

    The Muny season comes to a close

    By Alison Sieloff

    Published: July 30, 2008

    Today's youths mistakenly think that musicals aren't for them (except for High School Musical, but they won't admit that they're still into it). These young 'uns probably don't...