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12 Heavy lifting The St. Louis Scottish Games in Forest Park has food, ales, bagpipes and many opportunities for big men to throw heavy objects. By Daniel Neman

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4 Best Bets Our critics pick the best events in the week ahead, including the Greater St. Louis Hispanic Festival in Soulard Park, John Prine at the Touhill Performing Arts Center, November Theater Company’s “Assassins” at the Ivory Theatre, Wolf Fest at the Endangered Wolf Center and William H. Gass at Washington University.

Plus, what to look forward to in the coming weeks.

6 Launching pad Crystal Bowersox, who will perform at Three Sixty, says her time on “American Idol” opened many doors for her. By Kevin C. Johnson 7 Change is good Matisyahu’s new album reflects changes in the rapper’s personal life.

28 New home After cooking at Mi Linh and Goody Cafe, Nelson Padilla has opened a new restaurant, Linh Mi Gia, in Tower Grove South. By Ian Froeb

Staying in 31 good and bad In Gail’s weekly TV chat, readers ask about the future of “Extant,” “The Leftovers” and “The Mysteries of Laura.” By Gail Pennington

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11 Like a diamond Bluefish’s tribute selection for An Under Cover Weekend was an unexpected one: Rihanna. By Kevin C. Johnson

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21 Kindred spirits Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader’s chemistry from their years on “Saturday Night Live” helps them play troubled siblings in “The Skeleton Twins.” By Joe Williams

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Friday– Sunday Greater St. Louis Hispanic Festival When 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

Sunday • Where Soulard Park, near Seventh Street and Lafayette Avenue next to the Soulard Market • How much Free • More info hispanicfestivalstl.com

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Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays • Where Ivory Theatre, 7620 Michigan Avenue • How much $25; $15 for students and for teachers in grades K-12 • More info 11theater. com; brownpapertickets.com

new troupe, the ✔ ANovember Theater Company, debuts with Stephen Sondheim’s disturbing musical about a number of men and women who killed, or tried to kill, presidents of the United States. Suki Peters directs an ensemble that includes Michael Amoroso as John Wilkes Booth, Jennifer Theby Quinn as Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, Nate Cummings as John Hinckley Jr. and Charlie Barron as The Balladeer. Dustin Allison founded the November Theater Company. By Judith Newmark

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When 8 p.m. Friday • Where Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 8001 Natural Bridge Road • How much $49.50$59.50 • More info 314-516-4949; touhill.org

John Prine has been called a songwriter’s songwriter — a country/ folk/progressive bluegrass artist who gets to the essence of life with a rare blend of insight and individuality. Prine has often been cited as highly influential, with no less an artist than Bob Dylan singing his praises. Opening for Prine is singerfiddler Amanda Shires, a terrific performer in her own right.

By Calvin Wilson

‘Off the Map’ When Friday through Oct. 5.

8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays • Where Union Avenue Christian Church, 733 Union Boulevard • How much $20 • More info 314667-5686; westendplayers.org

In Joan Ackermann’s offbeat play, Bo Groden (played by Kate Weber as an adult and by Julia Monsey as an 11-year-old girl) tries to make sense of her family, living way off the grid in New Mexico.

Bo’s mother (Paula Stoff Dean) raises their food, but she likes to do her gardening free of apparel. Her father (John Foughty) usually

Alayna Yacoub hits a piñata in 2013 at the Greater St. Louis Hispanic Festival in Kiener Plaza. can fix almost anything they scavenge to make it work again — but he can’t fix himself as he struggles through depression. Robert Ashton directs the show, which opens the West End Players Guild’s season. By Judith Newmark

St. Charles Oktoberfest When 4-11 p.m Friday, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday • Where Frontier Park, St. Charles • How much Free • More info saintcharlesoktoberfest.com

St. Charles’ family friendly event includes many ways to show your competitive spirit. Chow down at a brat-eating contest, exercise some muscles at a stein-hoisting championship or dress up your Dachshund for a wiener dog race and fashion show.

By Jody Mitori

Saturday Strange Folk Festival When 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday • Where O’Fallon Community Park, 401 East Fifth Street, O’Fallon, Ill. • How much Free • More info strangefolkfestival.com

you’re ✔ Whether gift-giving or shopping for yourself, you’re bound to come away from the ninth annual Strange Folk Festival with some oneof-a-kind treasures.

More than 150 indie vendors will peddle an eclectic array of vintage, handmade and upcycled items. The fest also includes live music and a tasty menu of local eats and drinks. By Gabe Hartwig

Wolf Fest When 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday • Where Endangered Wolf Center, 6750 Tyson Valley Road, Eureka • How much $25 a carload • More info endangeredwolfcenter.org

At the Endangered Wolf Center’s annual

open house, visitors can walk to the animal enclosures and listen to keeper talks. David Jackson and Conservation Ambassadors will be there with a kangaroo, Harris hawk and alligator, and Longmeadow Rescue Ranch Barn Buddies will have a miniature horse, llama and barnyard animals. By Jody Mitori Purina Pro Plan Incredible Dog Challenge National Finals When 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Saturday • Where Purina Farms, 200 Checkerboard Drive, Gray Summit • How much Free • More info proplan.com/p5

for the locals ✔ Root this weekend at the Incredible Dog Challenge National Finals: Mary Daly of St. Louis and her dog Scout will compete in Jack Russell Hurdle Racing; Anita Tipton of O’Fallon, Mo., and her dog Paddy will compete in the Agility category; and

Jason Looper, also of O’Fallon, and his dog Chewiw, will try for victory in the Diving Dog competition. By Jody Mitori

Confucius Day When 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Saturday • Where The Magic House, 516 South Kirkwood Road • How much $10 museum admission; children under 1 are free • More info magichouse.org

In anticipation of next year’s exhibit “Children’s China: Celebrating Culture, Character and Confucius,” the Magic House will celebrate the teacher Confucius with traditional dances and demonstrations of Chinese art forms.

Young visitors also can try lantern making, calligraphy and other Chinese crafts. The event is hosted in partnership with the Confucius Institute of Webster University.

By Jody Mitori

David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra When 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday • Where Powell Symphony Hall, 718 North Delmar Boulevard • How much $25-$109 • More info 314-5341700; stlsymphony.com

director Da✔ Music vid Robertson leads the members of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra this weekend in a varied and appealing program. It opens with one of Jean Sibelius’ most beloved works, “The Swan of Tuonela,” with English horn Cally Banham as the voice of the swan.

Next comes “My Father Knew Charles Ives,” by John Adams, a composer for whom Robertson and the SLSO have a particular affinity. The second half is Serge Prokofiev’s powerful Symphony No. 5. It adds up to a promising evening. By Sarah

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When 9:30 a.m. Saturday • Where Carondelet Library branch, 8600 Michigan Avenue • How much Free • More info Register at 314-752-9224

Meet several authors at a free breakfast, or just concentrate on your favorite genre, such as mystery (Laura Benedict, Judy Moresi), YA paranormal (Heather Brewer), literary fiction (John Dalton), romance (Irene Hannon), horror (J.D. Taff, Jennifer Adele), local history (Jim Merkel). You won’t even need to know the Dewey Decimal system to find their books (they’ll be for sale).

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Fast forward “The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes,” Oct. 9-Jan. 4 at the St. Louis Science Center: Learn about author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the crime-solving techniques in his stories ➾ “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” Oct. 10-12 at Peabody Opera House: Classic Gershwin songs as “Someone to Watch Over Me” and “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” are part of a new musical ➾ “The Judge,” opens in theaters Oct. 10: Robert Downey Jr. is a lawyer who must defend his estranged father, played by Robert Duvall, in a murder trial ➾ Ghost Tours, Oct. 16-17 at the Fox Theatre: Find out about the history of the theater and the spirits that may roam there

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Park, the Greater St. Louis Hispanic Festival celebrates with food, drink and music in a variety of genres including salsa, merengue and percussion. Folkloric dancers from Mexico, Bolivia and Colombia will perform and teach their craft. From noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, little ones can enjoy the Los Niños Kids Corner with piñatas, balloon twisters, games and crafts. By Jody Mitori

Storm Large

‘Unveiled’ When 8 p.m. Saturday • Where Washington University’s Edison Theatre, 6445 Forsyth Boulevard • How much $36; $32 for older adults; $20 for students • More info 314621-3182; edison.wustl.edu

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Douglas Niedt When 8 p.m. Saturday • Where Ethical Society, 9001 Clayton Road • How much $28 • More info 314-5675566; guitarstlouis.net

St. Louis born-andbred guitarist Douglas Niedt returns this weekend to open the season for the St. Louis Classical Guitar Society, which his father helped found.

He’ll honor another major influence on his life, guitarist-composer Jorge Morel, Niedt’s longtime teacher. The program should be a highly listenable tutorial on the art of guitar transcription, a speciality for both Morel and for Niedt.

By Sarah Bryan Miller

The Kingsbury Ensemble

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When 7:30 p.m. Saturday • Where Trinity Presbyterian Church, 6800 Washington Avenue, University City • How much $5-$20 at the door • More info kingsburyensemble.com

Over the centuries, Jews, Christians and Muslims have borrowed from one other’s musical vocabularies; sometimes, they made music together. To

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When 4:30 Sunday • Where Viking Hall, Normandy High School, 6701 St. Charles Rock Road • How much Free; donations are encouraged • More info opera-stl.org/withnormandy

pres✔ Ovations! ents Chicago playwright and performer Rohina Malik in her one-woman piece about five Muslim women in America who wear the traditional head covering.

Malik, who was born in London to an Indian mother and Pakistani father, emigrated to Chicago in her teens.

Initially she felt selfconscious and did not wear a scarf. But in college — when she began to see her Muslim heritage as a source of artistic inspiration — she adopted the hijab.

In the play, she explores the varied reasons why some women make that choice. By

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Saturday–Nov. 22 Gaslight Cabaret Festival When 7:30 p.m. for Saturday’s opening show; other shows at 8 p.m. • Where Opening show at BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 South Broadway; other shows at the Gaslight Theater, 358 North Boyle Avenue • How much $22-$45 for single tickets; discounts for tickets to four or more performances • More info 314-725-4200, ext. 10; licketytix.com

Large, considered quite the ✔ Storm deal in the world of alt cabaret, opens Gaslight Cabaret’s fall season (albeit, not at the Gaslight). Her new show and CD, both titled “Le Bonheur,” is the latest step in a varied career that has ranged from singing rock to fronting for the pop symphony Pink Martini to writing memoirs. Other artists in the series — a mix of prominent artists and newcomers, locals and out-of-towners — are Katie McGrath (Oct. 11), Karen Mason (Oct. 17), Antonio Rodriguez (Oct. 23), Steve Ross (Oct. 24-25), Ken Haller (Oct. 30-31), the Webster University Student Showcase (Nov. 1), Joe Dreyer and Rosemary Watts (Nov. 6), Beckie Menzie and Tom Michael (Nov. 7), Joan Curto (Nov. 8), Sheri Sanders (Nov. 13), Carole J. Bufford (Nov. 14-15), Christopher Limber (Nov. 20), Megan Kirk (Nov. 21) and Lara Teeter (Nov. 22). By Judith Newmark

open their 2014-15 season, three members of the early-music specialist Kingsbury Ensemble — Margaret Humphrey, violin; Ken Kulosa, cello; and Maryse Carlin, organ — will join with Glen Velez on percussion and recorder player Nina Stern in a program of music of Arabic, Jewish and Christian traditions from Medieval and Renaissance Spain. Velez, a fourtime Grammy winner, founded the modern frame drum movement. Stern has soloed with groups from the New York Philharmonic to Tafelmusik.

By Sarah Bryan Miller

Sunday William H. Gass When 4 p.m. Sunday • Where Umrath Lounge, Washington University • How much Free • More info RSVP at 314-935-5418

literary✔ For minded St. Louisans who have never heard William Gass read from his work, it’s time. The eminent author recently turned 90, and the university where he taught philosophy for 30 years is marking his birthday by hosting a reading called “Passages in Time.” The author of “Omenstetter’s Luck,” “Willie Masters’ Lonesome Wife,” “The Tunnel,” “Middle C” and other works will read passages from his fiction through the decades. In the meantime, one of his most famous titles, the 1968 story collection “In the Heart of the Heart of the Country,” will be reprinted in November.

The campus bookstore will have titles for sale, some pre-signed. By Jane Henderson

tinues to step up for North County. “#WithNormandy, A Concert for Peace & Unity” is the work of an impressive coalition, including the Normandy Schools Collaborative, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Jazz St. Louis, the Sheldon Concert Hall, Urban Leagues Young Professionals-St. Louis, Arts & Faith St. Louis, and St. Louis Public Radio. The venue is the 800-seat Viking Hall at Normandy High School, from which the late Michael Brown graduated. The cause is the Friends of Normandy Scholarship fund, which provides financial resources to graduating seniors from the high school who pursue higher education. Artists with national (and international) names and local ties will be featured, including soprano Christine Brewer.

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Thursday R.A. Salvatore When 7 p.m. Thursday • Where Webster Groves Public Library, 301 East Lockwood Avenue • How much Free • More info 314-961-3784

A couple of years ago the Boston Globe called R.A. Salvatore the state’s “bestselling author you’ve never heard of.” Well, somebody has heard of the Massachusetts fantasy writer who, at 55, still plays Dungeons and Dragons and will be a special guest at the Oct. 3-4 Archon convention in Collinsville. Salvatore has sold about 20 million books, many about his dark elf Drizzt Do’Urden. His latest book is “Rise of the King: Companions Codex II.”

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1 “300 Violin Orchestra” (Jorge Quintero) • 2 “Latch” (Disclosure feat. Sam Smith) • 3 “Come With Me Now” (Kongos) • 4 “Maybe” (Teyana Taylor feat.

Pusha T & Yo Gotti) • 5 “Made Me” (Snootie Wild feat. K Camp) • 6 “All About That Bass” (Meghan Trainor) • 7 “Hold You Down” (DJ Khaled feat. Chris Brown & August Alsina & Future & Jeremih) • 8 “Don’t Tell ’Em” (Jeremih feat.

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‘Idol’ runner-up Crystal Bowersox is fulfilling ‘Promises’ On Crystal Bowersox’s last visit to St. Louis, on a cross-country trip, she and her boyfriend hung out at a Laclede’s Landing karaoke bar. But the “American Idol” finalist, who came in second to Lee DeWyze in 2010, is back this weekend for an official concert at Three Sixty, with a new EP titled “Promises” in tow.

What’s “Promises” all about? They’re very personal songs. I wanted to put something out between full-length albums to keep fans happy and keep myself happy. It’s slick and polished, something you might want to take a bubble bath to. Fans love it. Fans donated to help finish it. What’s your take-away from “Idol”? Nothing but gratitude. It has opened so many doors for me. I wouldn’t be able to do what I do for a living if it wasn’t for that experience.

How did “Idol” make you stronger? “Idol” wasn’t necessarily something I dreamed about doing. I did it out of necessity. I had a lot of self-doubt over what I could accomplish. …

But it all worked out for me. I feel blessed.

By Kevin C. Johnson What Crystal Bowersox • When 8:30 p.m. Friday • Where Three Sixty, Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark, 1 South Broadway • How much Free, but a $30 minimum food/beverage purchase is required • More info 314-6418842; 360-stl.com

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guitar and banjo. She earned Sarah Jarosz a Grammy nomination for performs in June “Mansinneedof,” an instrumental at Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tenn. track on her 2009 album, “Song Up in Her Head.”

“That was extremely unexpected,” she says. “It was my freshman year of college (at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston), and I was in my dorm room when I got the call that I had been nominated.”

But it’s as a singer-songwriter that Jarosz has come to be known best.

“Build Me Up from Bones” earned a Grammy nod for best folk album, and its title track was also nominated for best American roots song.

Losing in both categories (to the Guy Clark album, “My Favorite Picture of You” and the Edie Brickell & Steve Martin song, “Love Has Come For You”) hasn’t derailed Jarosz’s career momentum — or her enthusiasm.

“For me,” she says, “it’s really about continuing to put myself in situations that challenge me and make me grow as a musician.”

Singer-songwriter Sarah Jarosz, who got into music early and “Build Me Up from Bones” is a wellearned a Grammy nomination as a teen, transcends the hype. paced and often exhilarating collection of 11 songs, ranging from the lyrical

By Calvin Wilson / calvinwilson@post-dispatch.com (“Gone Too Soon”) to the propulsive (“Over the Edge”). There’s even a hint of “Build Me Up from Bones” (2013). inger-songwriter Sarah vintage Suzanne Vega in the title track.

Listeners can come to their own Jarosz is only 23 years old, But arguably, the most memorable track conclusions when Jarosz performs Friday but she’s already being hailed is a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Simple Twist evening at the Sheldon Concert Hall as part as the future of American of Fate,” which Jarosz sings accompanied of the St. Louis Folk and Roots Festival. roots music. In this age only by cellist Nathaniel Smith.

Jarosz, a Texas native, says of hyperbolic marketing, such a claim “That’s the only song that I’ve done where she got into music early. might easily be dismissed as overkill.

I don’t play an instrument,” she says.

“When I was 10, I But sometimes — as in 1975, when a notpicked up a mandolin yet-famous Bruce Springsteen made the “For me, it’s really What Sarah Jarosz with Blue Canyon Boys and Betse about continuing and started going covers of both Time and Newsweek in the Ellis • When 8 p.m. Friday • Where Sheldon Concert to put myself in Hall, 3648 Washington Boulevard • How much $35 to a bluegrass jam,” same week — the hype is justified. After situations that (balcony) and $40 (orchestra); $60 for St. Louis Folk challenge me and she says. “The rest all, Jarosz was nominated for a Grammy make me grow and Roots Festival full weekend pass • More info all fell into place.” while she was still a teen. And she got two as a musician.”

314-534-1111; MetroTix.com, folkandrootsfestival.com Jarosz also plays more nods for her most recent album, Sarah Jarosz

Jewish rapper Matisyahu forges a new path

Who cares? What matters is the people who do get it. I don’t define myself as one thing. You might not have the trappings or look a certain way, but whatever you did in your life becomes

By Kevin C. Johnson / pop music critic part of who you are.”

He won’t say that his drugs and the rock ’n’ roll eggae rapper faith defines who he lifestyle and me coming Matisyahu, a is today. But he spent through the other side of Hasidic Jew, says 10 years invested in it, that. Now I’m less naïve his past releases leaned and it’s a part of him and more worldly. I’m heavily on his ideologies forever. “It’s not somedealing with real issues.” and beliefs. On his new thing I can escape.”

One of his Twitter folalbum, “Akeda,” he looks Matisyahu says he’s lowers recently told him: to chart a different path. not trying to put a “Yo Matis, what Dating back to his distance between happened? You 2004 debut “Shake Off himself and suck. You don’t the Dust ... Arise,” which his faith on even look Jewincluded “King Without “Akeda.” The ish anymore.” a Crown,” Matisyahu has album’s title, “People incorporated his faith into for starters, is a come to you and his musical expressions, Matisyahu Hebrew word. say all kinds of which include reggae, “The songs are filled (stuff),” he says. “Now, hip-hop and rock sounds. with lots of religious and with the Internet, people “This album has been Jewish and Old Testacan say whatever they a recapping of the last ment visuals and ideas, want. I’m a sensitive dude. couple of years of my life,” but it’s beyond that,” he says. “I’ve been through That’s another person he says. “But I’m bringwho doesn’t get it. But some personal things, and ing those ideas into my you don’t know where this record is about that, human experience.”

I’m coming from. To her, my life and experiences.

He and bassistmaybe she was the only It’s more emotional.” producer Stu Brooks, Jewish girl in her school, Matisyahu, whose last who is part of his touring album was “Spark Seeker” and whenever Matis band Dub Trio, worked came to town I made in 2012, has gone through closely on the project. plenty, including a divorce. it cool to be Jewish.”

“He’s a really good He explores some He says he has also dealt friend of mine, and we’ve with feeling misunderstood of this on a song just been living together titled “Reservoir.” in recent years, stemming and listening to each “People have that from his shaving his beard other and inspiring each certain expectation of and ditching the yarmulke. other and looking forward what you are and what After feeling to creating a record you represent to them,” disconnected from the without too much outside Matisyahu says. “To world for a long time, he influence,” he says. “This me it’s not about what decided to make different record was done from I look like or the ideas I lifestyle moves that went within with people who against fans’ expectations. represent, but not being are real in my life, not afraid to evolve.”

“I started to expand just randoms I’m paying Matisyahu points out he and let down my guard to work on my (stuff).” didn’t grow up a Hasidic — become part of the Jew. That evolution led world around me,” says What Matisyahu, Radical to other decisions.

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Sunday September 28th Soul City

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Now hear this Attitudes 4100 Manchester Ave., 314-534-3858 • Glitterbomb Productions drag show, 10 p.m. Friday.

• Attitudes drag show, 10:30 p.m. Saturday.

• Hip-hop night, 10 p.m. Thursday.

BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups 700 S. Broadway, 314-436-5222

• Up In Arms, 9 p.m. Thursday.

Ballpark Village 601 Clark St. • Dance Floor Riot, 8 p.m. Thursday.

Beale on Broadway 701 S. Broadway, 314-621-7880

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• Roland Johnson Soul Endeavor, 10 p.m. Saturday, 10 p.m. Wednesday.

Flora Place & Tower Grove Ave, St. Louis, just east of the Missouri Botanical Garden

• 24th Street Wailers, 10:30 p.m. Saturday.

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• Ground Floor Band, 8 p.m. Friday, 8 p.m. Thursday.

• Jeremiah Johnson, 10:30 p.m. Friday.

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Broadway Oyster Bar 736 S. Broadway, 314-621-8811 • Johnny Goodwin, 4 p.m. Friday.

• Aaron Kamm and the One Drops, 10 p.m. Friday.

• Funk Fest 9, 8 p.m. Saturday.

Bad Dog Bar & Grill 3960 Chouteau Ave., 314-652-0011

9 am to 5 pm Saturday; 10 am to 5 pm Sunday

• Nex Chapter, 9 p.m. Saturday.

• Hank Mowery & the Hawktones, 10 p.m. Saturday.

• Love Jones “The Band,” 9:30 p.m.

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• Twains, 9 p.m. Friday.

• All Roostered Up, 1 p.m. Saturday.

• Dubtronix Reggae 2015 & Love Jones 2 Da Hard Way, 9 p.m. Sunday.

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• Soulard Blues Band, 10 p.m. Friday.

• Sarah Jane & the Blue Notes, 3 p.m. Sunday.

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• Tommy Halloran, 2 p.m. Sunday.

• Dave Black, 6 p.m. Sunday.

• Brian Curran, 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Donatelli’s Bistro Highway N, Lake Saint Louis, 636-561-6966 • Cindy Graven & Gary La Duke, 8 p.m. Friday.

• Graven & LaDuke, 8 p.m. Friday.

• EXEED, The Band, 8 p.m. Saturday.

• Scott Laytham & Karl “Trickee” Holmes, 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Helen Fitzgerald’s Irish Pub 3650 S. Lindbergh Blvd., 314-984-0026 • Dirty Muggs, 9 p.m. Friday.

Honey 4170 Manchester Ave., 314-932-1211

• Football Sundays, 4 p.m. Sunday.

• Vote for Pedro, 9 p.m. Friday.

• Country Dance Party, 6 p.m. Tuesday.

• Paint the Earth, 9 p.m. Saturday.

• Trivia Night with Eva Destruction, 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Rehab 4054 Chouteau Ave., 314-652-3700

• DJ GDiddy, 6 p.m. Thursday.

• The Frat Pack, 9 p.m. Friday.

Just John 4112 Manchester Ave., 314-371-1333

• Divas of the Grove, 10 p.m. Saturday.

• Dance party with DJ Ruben_B, 10 p.m. Friday, 10 p.m. Saturday.

• Sunday Showtunes, 4 p.m. Sunday.

• Bingo, 9 p.m. Monday.

• Karaoke, 10 p.m. Tuesday, 10 p.m. Thursday.

Kirkwood Station Restaurant & Brewing Co. 105 E. Jefferson Ave., 314-966-2739

• PolyDimensionals and Friends at the El Lenador in September, 7 p.m. Friday.

• Piano happy hour with Ron Bryant, 6 p.m. Friday.

• The Hard Tale Blues Band, 10 p.m. Monday.

• Roland Johnson & the Soul Endeavors, 9 p.m. Friday.

• Eugene Johnson Trio, 8 p.m. Tuesday.

• Hush Lite, 3 p.m. Saturday.

• Kim Massie, 10 p.m. Tuesday, 10 p.m. Thursday.

• David Dee & the Hot Tracks, 9 p.m. Saturday.

• Becca Harper, 9 p.m. Saturday.

• Drag show, 8 p.m. Saturday.

• Graven & LaDuke, 7 p.m. Wednesday.

• Honky Tonk Happy Hour, 4 p.m. Friday.

Nightshift Bar and Grill 3979 Mexico Rd., St. Peters, 636-441-8300

Patrick’s Restaurant & sports Bar 342 West Port Plaza, Maryland Heights, 314-439-0505

• DJ Karma, 9 p.m. Friday, 10 p.m. Saturday.

El Lenador Mexican Restaurant & Bar 3124 Cherokee St., 314-771-2222

Hammerstone’s 2028 S. Ninth St., 314-773-5565

• Andy Tessler with the A.T. Project, 1 p.m. Saturday.

Meyer’s Grove 4510 Manchester Ave., 314-932-7003

• The Painted Ladies drag show, 10 p.m. Friday, 10 p.m. Saturday.

• DJ Charlie Buttons, 10 p.m. Saturday.

• Musical Mondays, 9 p.m. Monday.

• Tenacious Trivia, 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Mike Duffy’s Pub & Grill 124 W. Jefferson Ave. Suite 104, Kirkwood, 314-821-2025

• Bob’s Krazy Karaoke, 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Syberg’s on Dorsett 2430 Old Dorsett Rd., Maryland Heights, 314-785-0481 • Griffin & the Gargoyles, 5 p.m.

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The Clubhouse 1048 Wolfrum Rd., Weldon Spring, 636-244-6900 • El Scorcho!, 9 p.m. Saturday.

Tim’s Chrome Bar 4736 Gravois Ave., 314-353-8138 • Tommy Flynn One Man Oldies Band, 9 p.m. Saturday.

Trainwreck West Port Plaza 314 Westport Plaza, Maryland Heights, 314-434-7222 • Dance Floor Riot, 9 p.m. Friday.

• Dirty Muggs, 9 p.m. Saturday.

West port Plaza 111 West Port Plaza, 314-576-7100 • Scott Logan, Lunch Concert, 11:30 a.m. Friday.

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J.Scheidegger Center at Lindenwood University luboxoffice.com • Willie Nelson, 8 p.m. Oct. 10, sold out.

The Ambassador MetroTix.com • Bootsy’s Rubber Band, Shock G/Humpty Hump of Digital Underground, 8 p.m. Oct. 25, $35-$55.

• Miss Fannie’s Ball, 9 p.m. Nov. 1, $20-$25.

• Bear Hands, 8 p.m. Nov. 8, $15.

• Jon McLaughlin, 8 p.m. Dec. 5, $12-$15, on sale at 11 a.m. Friday.

Old Rock House MetroTix.com • The Revivalists, 8 p.m. Nov. 5, $12-$14.

• Fair St. Louis 2015, July 2-4, free.

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• Dave Chappelle, 8 and 10:30 p.m. Oct. 30, and 7:30 and 10 p.m. Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, sold out; 7:30 and 10 p.m. Nov. 2, $55.

• Brave Combo Holiday Show, 9 p.m. Dec. 12, $15-$20.

Family Arena MetroTix.com • Y98 Mistletoe Show 2014 with Daughtry, Sarah McLachlan, Andy Grammer, Echosmith, Jonathan Jackson + Enation, 6 p.m. Dec. 6, $19.95-$89.95, on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.

Ferring Jazz Bistro jazzstl.org • Wynton Marsalis, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.

Taste of St. Louis • Sept. 19–21 • Chesterfield Amphitheater 1 Joel Peer and Brittany Peppers, both of Wildwood • 2 Cristian and Luca Sanchez of Ellisville • 3 From left: Mike, Madison, Shannon and Michelle Mayhall of St. Peters • 4 Carmen and Ross Maynard of Brentwood • 5 Lynda Haberberger (left) of Kirkwood and Patricia Vaught of Manchester • 6 From left: Nicole and Katie Graul of Chesterfield and Jamie Thousand of Flagstaff, Ariz. • 7 Don and Anne Collier of Mount Vernon, Ill. • 8 Julie Smith and Dillon Gulbraith, both of Rolla, Mo. • 9 Valerie Snyder (left) of Ballwin and Victoria Beeny of Tampa, Fla. • 10 Keith Taylor of St. Louis and Yohana Ghirmazion of Columbia, Mo. • 11 Alicia McCarty and Matt Foster, both of St. Louis • 12 Jennifer Loechle and Sam Buescher, both of Cincinnati

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• Jake’s Leg, Aarom Kamm and the One Drops, 8 p.m. Nov. 26, $10, on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.

• Hozier, 8 p.m.

Feb. 24, $25, on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.

River City Casino Ticketmaster.com • “Last Comic Standing,” 8 p.m.

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• Justin Hayward, 8 p.m. Nov. 13, $40-$45.

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The Blender The eighth annual An Under Cover Weekend rolls out Friday and Saturday.

By Kevin C. Johnson / pop music critic / kjohnson@post-dispatch.com

Modern rockers Bluefish really went for a twist in deciding what band to cover at An Under Cover Weekend.

The eighth annual event, in which St. Louis area bands perform tribute sets of national acts, rolls out Friday and Saturday. Bluefish, originally from Wentzville, will perform a tribute set to Rihanna.

The seemingly crazy idea came from singer Brad Baker and drummer Cale Conrad.

“Personally, I was a little skeptical,” admits guitarist Ryan Ely. “There were some other bands we had in mind that fit our genre. But that would have been boring for us.”

Though Rihanna’s musical style differs from Bluefish’s, “she actually has some very impressive and catchy melodies,” Ely says. “We figure it’s really outside of what we’re used to playing and that we could really strip it down and make it our own.”

The band was attracted to Rihanna because her music is outside of their comfort zone, leaving lots of room to play around. Bluefish’s interpretations will keep the melodies of the original stltoday.com/blender

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songs, Ely says, so they’ll be relatable to listeners at An Under Cover Weekend. But the tempos may vary.

He won’t reveal which of Rihanna’s songs the group will cover, but he says it’ll be the best of both worlds: a mixture of her upbeat songs and her ballads.

This is Bluefish’s second year participating in An Under Cover Weekend. Last year, the band performed the music of the Rat Pack, covering songs by the likes of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin.

“It went really well,” Ely says.

“It was a fun experience — a way to step outside of our genre.”

The members of Bluefish — Ely, Baker, Conrad and bassist Peter Billing — met four years ago at Holt High School in Wentzville.

“We all became friends and then got into music at the same time, learning instruments and deciding to play together all through high school,” Ely says. Three of the four members are now UMSL students and have relocated to St. Louis.

Ely says Bluefish is often compared to the Killers, and sometimes Coldplay, two acts that have influenced the band’s sound.

“We’re just a little heavier, and we have a lot of singer-songwriter @blenderpd

type songs too,” he says. “But the Killers — we like that. That’s the music we’re going for. The Killers is an awesome band.”

Bluefish wouldn’t mind covering the Killers at An Under Cover Weekend but says that isn’t possible.

“It has been done recently, and there are rules that pertain to when you can do a band,” Ely says.

Two years ago, Bluefish released its debut EP “Shake the Dust,” and the group is working on the follow-up.

“We’re ready for it, though funding-wise we’re not ready. It’s not cheap to do this,” says Ely. The creativity is there in full force, though. “‘Shake the Dust’ was a lot more fast-paced; the new album we’re working on is a little quieter — slower,” he says. “We feel we’ve become better at what we do compared to where we were when we made the first album.

We’re trying to change the sound a little bit — put a different twist on it.”

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7:30 p.m. Friday (Volcanoes/Rage Against the Machine, Bear Hive/LCD Soundsystem, Search Parties/Hall & Oates, Al Holliday & the East Side Rhythm Band/Joe Cocker, Brother Lee & the Leather Jackals/Elvis Presley) and Saturday (Various Hands/Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blackwater 64/Foo Fighters, Bluefish/Rihanna, Hidden Lakes/The Cure, Brother Mouzone/The Flaming Lips) • Where The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street • How much $10 • More info undercoverweekend.com

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The St Louis Classical Guitar Society Presents . . .

Music of Gershwin, Bernstein, Mancini Saturday, Sep 27 8:00 pm at The Ethical Society 9001 Clayton Rd. DOUGLAS NIEDT

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Bring your questions for Joe and Gail The Post-Dispatch speaker series at Kirkwood High School kicks off Thursday evening with TV critic Gail Pennington and film critic Joe Williams. They’ll provide some insight into their jobs, with a look at how their beats have changed over time and a preview of what’s worth watching on TV and at the movies this fall. Bring your questions for a lively discussion.

St. Louis Scottish Games and Cultural Festival in Forest Park

Scotland forever

Big men will throw heavy stuff at the annual St. Louis Scottish Games and Cultural Festival in Forest Park.

By Daniel Neman / food writer / dneman@post-dispatch.com

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he St. Louis Scottish Games and Cultural Festival is not just big men throwing heavy stuff.

It’s food. It’s ales. It’s bagpipes. It’s swordfighting and more.

But mostly it’s big men throwing heavy stuff.

The games and festival will be held Friday and Saturday at Forest Park.

“It’s a celebration of everything Scottish,” says event spokesman Mark Sutherland, from a calling of the clans to the highland fling.

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But it is the more traditional Scottish games that make up the heart of this annual event.

The seven competitions that are collectively known as heavy athletics will be staged throughout the day Saturday. The athletes have to compete in all seven events, all while wearing a kilt (though they also will be wearing underwear — “You know, we’re family friendly,” Sutherland says).

Though the games have origins dating back centuries, today they

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would qualify as being extreme sports. The caber toss, perhaps the best-known of all the Scottish games, involves throwing a long tree trunk end over end so that it winds up pointing as close to straight ahead as possible. The stone put, which is the origin of the modern shot put, involves throwing a rock weighing up to 26 pounds.

Other games involve whirling heavy balls attached to a long stick or a chain around the competitor’s head and then released for distance, a one-handed throw of a heavy weight attached to a short chain, a one-handed toss of a 56-pound weight over an increasingly high bar and using a pitchfork to toss a bag of straw over a bar.

The competitors at these events are serious, Sutherland says, and a number of world records have been set here over the last two years.

Highland dancing will also get competitive at the festival, as will piping and drumming. But if you like your song and dance to be nonjudged, plenty of regular Scottish singing and dancing is scheduled as well.

Naturally, any event such as this includes food and drink. Sutherland says vendors will sell everything from “tea and crumpets, haggis and meat sticks to regular hamburgers and hot dogs.” Schlafly will sell a Scottish ale brewed specifically for this event, and for the first time Scotch whiskey will also be available, Sutherland says.

Fans of traditional Scottish activities will enjoy the demonstrations of falconry, sheep herding (with border collies) and sword fights (with real swords) that will be held throughout Saturday.

Friday night will be a ceilidh, a social gathering with music and dance.

Saturday will be what Sutherland calls “the big show,” with all the competitions, the demonstrations, a British car exhibition and aye, even a wee bit of quidditch.

What St. Louis Scottish Games and Cultural Festival • When 5-10:30 p.m. Friday; 8:45 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday • Where Forest Park,

south of the Missouri History Museum, near the tennis courts • How much $10 Friday, $15 Saturday, $20 both days; family passes (two adults and up to four children 5-16) are $25 Friday, $35 Saturday, $50 both days; children ages 5-16 are $5 each day, children under 5 free • More info stlouis-scottishgames.com

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When 7-8 p.m. Thursday • Where South Journalism Building, Kirkwood High School, 801 West Essex Avenue, Kirkwood • How much Free

School tours are available starting on Tuesday, Oct. 7th, Please call 618-797-6858.

Every weekend in October is a Fall Festival at the Farm with LIVE MUSIC!

Plan on visiting the “Pick Your Own” pumpkin field Camel Rides, Jungle and Corn Maze, Slides, Pony Rides, Petting Zoo, Face Painting, Haunted Barn, Mini Golf, Hay Rides, Sand Art, Train Rides, Food Stands, Crafts & more.

For more information go to our web site, www.rellekepumpkinpatch.com a printable flyer is available on our website.

October 4th & 5th – Kick off the pumpkin season with some good music and great food.

There should be plenty of crafts and local artisans on hand. Caricatures by artist James Heil and “Drawn to the Oldies” will be available on the 4th. Also, the REPTILE EXPERIENCE show

by Serengeti Steve is at 11:00 on the 4th. Come see snakes alligators, and tarantulas.

It’s an educational show and a reptile zoo right here on the farm!

A Tribute to Elvis featuring Steve Brandes will be on stage at 12pm Saturday and the Buffalo Road Band will join us for a good time on Sunday starting at 12pm.

The big event on the 5th is The Great Pumpkin Run. Our charity for the run is the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Wear your PINK! You will not want to miss any of the excitement of this big race to the finish. For more information visit www.thegreatpumpkinrun.com or email questions to info@runriffraff.com Also,the Pumpkin Chucker will be put into action every Sunday in October. Come see pumpkins fly through the air! (second best sight to see only to when “pigs fly”)

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Bluths have been busy We aren’t ready to say goodbye to these guys just yet. Here’s how 11 members of the cast have made a new start, until the next season of ‘Arrested Development.’

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Bringing up Buster

Tony Hale finds his next big thing

By Gail Pennington / TV critic / gpennington@post-dispatch.com

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ony Hale has played two of TV’s most memorable characters — Buster Bluth on “Arrested Development” and Gary Walsh on “Veep.” As the obsessively loyal aide to President Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) on the HBO comedy, he won a supporting actor Emmy last year.

But Hale has always been a little chicken, he admits.

“Whatever I was doing, my whole career, I always found myself

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looking ahead, worrying about what my next thing would be instead of living in the moment,” he says.

That theme drives Hale’s latest project, a children’s book called “Archibald’s Next Big Thing,” the story of a newly hatched chicken who can’t appreciate the life around him because he’s searching for his “big thing.”

The large-format hardback book was released last month by Boxing Clever Publishing in St. Louis. It’s the multimedia company’s first book. Tony

Biaggne, Hale’s co-author on the book, is a writer and producer in St. Louis. Illustrator Misty Manley is art director at Boxing Clever.

Hale says he met Biaggne “two years ago, and we became fast friends. I’d always wanted to write a children’s book, and Tony and I started collaborating a year and a half ago.”

“Archibald’s Next Big Thing” begins when Archibald, a chick who might remind you of Hale, hatches after all his siblings. Those include one sister, Loy, named for Hale’s 8-year-old daughter with wife Martel Thompson.

“Loy helped design the character,” says Hale, 43.

“She had a lot of thoughts about the look and wanted to be sure she had pigtails.”

The other chicks are named for Biaggne’s kids, Sage and Finly. And then there’s brother Blaine, a chick with a big mustache. “We just thought it was funny that this one chicken’s talent was growing facial hair,” Hale says.

But Archibald doesn’t know what he wants to do next. While he goes on a search, he misses some amazing adventures.

“In this business, you’re always asked what you’re doing next,” Hale says. “Even when I got ‘Arrested Development,’ which was my dream job, I was still looking ahead, thinking about what would be next.”

Children also face a lot of pressure, constantly asked about what they will do next. We all need reminding “to stay present,” Hale says. “They say you have to wake yourself up 100 times a day, to

remind yourself where you are and appreciate what you’re doing at this moment.”

Most of us won’t have adventures like Archibald’s. Riding a roller coaster with a dinosaur probably isn’t anyone’s next big thing. Whatever we’re doing, though, is worth being fully present for, Hale says.

“Don’t miss the adventure you’re on.”

At two signings this weekend in St. Louis, Hale knows he’ll get one question over and over about his future: Will there be more “Arrested Development”?

Netflix, which revived the comedy, has said it would love to make additional episodes if the cast can be reunited.

“I never get tired of that question,” he says with just a touch of irony. “I get all my news from the Internet, so I don’t know anything.

But everybody would just love to do it again if it works out.”

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Boxing Clever, though, is already thinking of its next big thing, possibly expanding the “Archibald” series with more books and keepsakes.

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On “Arrested Development,” the Bluths never accomplished much, except hilarity. But the actors who played them, and might play them again if Netflix is able to put a new season together, have been busier than a frozenbanana stand on a hot day. Tony Hale, who played Buster Bluth, is in St. Louis this weekend, signing his new children’s book.

Here’s what some of his TV kin are up to.

Jeffrey Tambor Tambor, who played patriarch George Bluth, just turned 70, and he’s back in a dress.

After turning up in drag on both “Hill Street Blues” and “Arrested Development,” Tambor puts on women’s clothing again, but not for comic effect.

In “Transparent,” arriving Friday on Amazon Prime, Tambor is Mort,

a Los Angeles man who comes out to his family as transgender. He is becoming Moira, and he hopes his ex-wife (Judith Light) and kids (Gaby Hoffmann, Jay Duplass and Amy Landecker) will still love him.

“This is probably the most transforming experience I’ve had,” Tambor told TV critics this summer in LA, praising creator Jill Soloway’s depth.

“It also shows how far television has gone in terms of content, and I feel very honored in bringing forth this whole subject.”Tambor was best known as Hank Kingsley on “The Larry Sanders Show” before “Arrested Development” in 2003. His eclectic career includes teaching acting and doing voice work (“Monsters vs.

Aliens”) as well as movies like “The Hangover.”

He also appeared in a couple of failed TV comedies post-”Arrested Development,” including “Twenty Good Years,” opposite John Lithgow.

With “Transparent,” though, he says, “I’m overwhelmed, and I’m having the time of my life. ... This is all I’ve ever wanted to do as an actor. This reminds me of Broadway.”

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Jason Bateman Bateman has had the most visible career of the “Arrested Development” alums. He has become a genuine movie star, with leading roles in hit comedies, essentially playing

variations on the levelheaded Michael Bluth.

uses a loophole to enter a children’s spelling bee.

Before “Arrested,” Bateman had toiled in television for more than 20 years, beginning as a teen on “Little House on the Prairie,” “Silver Spoons” and “Valerie” (later “The Hogan Family”). Few would have predicted his longevity, but Bateman honed his persona and his craft, even directing three episodes of “Valerie” at age 18.

A more successful inversion of the familyguy persona was his role in “Juno,” in which he played a rockerturned-suburbanite with a bad case of, well, arrested development.

On “Arrested Development,” he was the family caretaker, the voice of reason in a cast of crazies. He has specialized similar roles on the big screen — in the hits “Horrible Bosses” and “Identity Thief” and most recently in the funeral farce “This Is Where I Leave You.” In the body-switch comedy “The Change-Up,” he tried to spoof his square persona, as his familyman character literally traded lives with bachelor buddy Ryan Reynolds. Audiences were not amused. And they were puzzled by “Bad Words,” his feature directorial debut, a dark comedy in which he played a vindictive middle-age man who

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Michael Cera Cera is 26 now, twice as old as when he started on “Arrested Development.” The fact that he looks as if he hasn’t aged has been both a blessing and a curse to his career.

Cera started an impressive string of teen comedies with 2007’s “Superbad,” produced by raunch auteur Judd Apatow. As in “Arrested Development,” Cera played a shy, gawky high-schooler with girl problems. He played similar roles in “Juno” (co-starring his TV dad Bateman), “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist,” “Youth in Revolt” and “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” all of which had indie-rock soundtracks to lure the target audience, and in the stillborn stone-age comedy “Year One.” But the life cycle of a teen actor is shorter than a cicada’s, and Cera’s failure to shed the husk of a knock-kneed virgin has stalled his

movie career. His most recent Hollywood role was a cameo in “This Is the End,” in which he played an egotistical, coke-fueled movie star named Michael Cera.

Another clue to his current condition might be found in a pair of movies he recently shot in Chile. In “Crystal Fairy and the Magic Cactus,” he plays a selfish American backpacker who ingests peyote for the first time. In “Magic, Magic,” filmed simultaneously with the same director, the American turns evil.

But Cera has been busy in other venues.

In August, he opened on Broadway in the Kenneth Lonergan play “This Is Our Youth” and was praised by Variety for his “genius for physical comedy.”

He also directs short films for the YouTube channel Jash, which he co-founded. And last month, he released a debut album, titled “True.” Joe Williams

horse and has-been sitcom star, in Netflix’s “BoJack Horseman,” which has been picked up for a second season.

After “Arrested Development,” Arnett also starred in two failed comedy series: “Running Wilde” and “Up All Night.” Although he’s thrilled that “The Millers” is a success, Arnett, like his co-stars, isn’t ready to say goodbye to “Arrested.” “We all want to do more,” he says. Gail Pennington

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Walter, who played destructive mother Lucille Bluth, had a long and impressive resume in theater and movies before “Arrested Development.” She currently voices the character of Malory Archer, the hero’s mother, on FX’s “Archer.” In 2011, she appeared on Broadway in a revival of “Anything Goes.” Gail Pennington

Mae Whitman Whitman, who played George Michael’s girlfriend, Ann Veal (her?), is currently shooting the final episodes of

De Rossi, who played self-involved sister Lindsay Bluth Fünke, joins ABC’s “Scandal” this season for a story arc that is still being kept under wraps.

Shawkat , who played Maeby Fünke, George Michael’s flirtatious cousin (or was she?), has focused on movies of late, including “The Moment,” in which she plays a photographer and the daughter of Jennifer Jason Leigh, and “Night Moves,” with Jesse Eisenberg.

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David Cross Cross, who played Lindsay’s sexually confused husband Tobias Fünke, created, wrote and starred in “The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret,” which also featured Arnett. The comedy, about an American struggling with a job in London, aired on IFC. Cross has also turned up on “Modern Family,” and in 2012 he married

In addition to her recurring role as Kitty Sanchez, George Bluth Sr.’s loyal assistant with a penchant for lifting her blouse, Greer has an extensive TV and film resume. So extensive, in fact, that it inspired her 2014 book, “I Don’t Know What You Know Me From: Confessions of a Co-Star.”

Greer also stars as Lina Bowman on “Married” and voices Cheryl on “Archer,” both on FX. She played a motioncapture ape in “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” and is set to appear next year in “Jurassic World.” Gabe Hartwig

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NBC’s “Parenthood,” in which she’s a series regular as Amber Holt, Lauren Graham’s occasionally troubled daughter. Whitman has St. Louis ties; her mother, Pat Musick, grew up here, and Whitman has made many visits to see family. In addition to “Parenthood,” she has done voice work and appeared in movies including “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.”

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Bloody ‘Equalizer,’ loosely based on an old TV series, is a so-so vigilante flick. HH½

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They work countless hours in the strip joints, meth labs and underground lairs of their evil bosses, yet they don’t have health insurance, retirement plans or in most cases even names. When the action hero comes and kicks down the door, the henchmen are the first to get machinegunned. And does the villain even send stltoday.com/joesmovielounge

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flowers to the funeral? Nyet.

Henchmen fall to the ground like rotten fruit in “The Equalizer,” in which cool-hand Denzel Washington is the judge, jury and executioner of bad apples in Beantown.

Washington plays Robert McCall, a manager at a Boston hardware store. For half an hour we wonder

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if this fastidious bachelor has something to hide. His career advice to an aspiring security guard (Johnny Skourtis) indicates McCall may have been trained in the military, while his embrace-your-dreams advice to coffee-shop prostitute Teri (Chloe Grace Moretz) suggests he was trained in a monastery.

But when Teri gets roughed up and hospitalized by her Russian pimp, we learn that McCall is not a man of peace. He’s a virtual killing machine, who can calculate threats and responses like the Terminator.

In this case, his response involves driving sharp Marton Csokas

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objects through the flesh of elaborately tattooed Slavs. (The cork-screw industry may never recover from the bad p.r.)

It turns out that McCall is a retired assassin from “the Agency” and is doing penance as a freelance dogooder. Moralists might quibble that killing a dozen flunkies to defend the honor of a street-walking acquaintance isn’t necessarily “good,” but the copious bloodshed tends to blot out any subtlety in the storytelling.

“The Equalizer,” loosely based on the TV series of the late ’80s, is a guiltypleasure platform for Washington’s slow-cooked, kick-butt heroism.

Although it was directed by Antoine Fuqua, who steered Washington to an Oscar in “Training Day,” this isn’t nearly as juicy Use your or satisfying. Lina smartphone disappears from the to scan this QR code and movie for most of the see a trailer middle section, and for “The until a ridiculous finale Equalizer” involving the security guard at the hardware store, there are no other sympathetic characters.

(We’re supposed to cheer when McCall tortures a corrupt cop.)

The scales of (in)justice are almost equalized by Martin Csokas as a smooth-but-ruthless Russian sent to the States to learn who is killing Mr. Big’s Boston henchmen, but alas, when the smoke clears, this Boris isn’t bad enough.

What “The Equalizer” • Rating R • Run time 2:11 • Content Strong bloody violence and language throughout, including some sexual references

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wins are alleged to share a psychic bond, even a secret language.

In the case of fraternal siblings Maggie and Milo (Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader), that’s not necessarily a good thing. On a day when Maggie clutches a handful of pills and ponders whether life is worth living, she gets a call from Hollywood, where her brother has slit his wrist.

Maggie has not seen her brother in the 10 years since he left their small town in upstate New York for an acting career in California.

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As is often the case in LA, “acting” became a euphemism for “waiting tables,” and while he accepts Maggie’s offer to recuperate in their hometown, Milo describes himself as “a tragic gay cliche.”

Part of that cliche is a lingering love for his high school English teacher (Ty Burrell), whose forbidden fling with teen Milo is one of the family’s buried secrets.

Another is the death of the darkhumored patriarch who dubbed his ghoulish kids “the skeleton twins.” (Their overly cheerful mother, played by Joanna Gleason,

seems to have walled herself into a New Age temple of denial.)

Maggie’s secret is that she’s not happy with nice-guy husband Lance (Luke Wilson, shining in a supporting role), who wants to have children and doesn’t know Maggie has been snorkeling with her scuba instructor (Boyd Holbrook).

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Twins” Hader and Wiig are veterans of “Saturday Night Live,” of course, and they’ve honed their ability to riff off each other — not unlike the shorthand between siblings. The two characters can

cut each other to the bone, but they can also heal each other when the rest of the world forsakes them.

We already knew from “Bridesmaids” that Wiig is a talented actress, but Hader is a revelation here in a role that is as recognizably human as his “SNL” nightclubber Stefon was cartoonish. When Milo lures Maggie into a lip-syncing routine to the tune of Starship’s cheesy “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now,” it’s a hard-won moment of joy without a hint of condescension.

In a poignant and potentially depressing film, it’s redeeming to see that when they are with their kindred spirits, even the saddest skeletons can dance.

What “The Skeleton Twins” • Rating R • Run time 1:35 • Content strong language,

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The visuals of ‘The Boxtrolls’ get more attention than its unstructured story. HH½

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spooky surrealism has been the specialty of the Oregon-based animation studio Laika, the Pacific Northwest purveyors of 3-D stop-motion.

The self-stylized descendants of the Brothers Grimm and Neil Gaiman (whose “Coraline” they adapted for their first of three features), Laika seems to yearn for a little more darkness, a touch of Gothic in our children’s films.

Laika’s talented animators, though, often seem to conjure their puppetry whimsy quicker than their screenwriters can spin a story. That

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was the case with their last one, the brilliant-looking but meandering “ParaNorman,” about a boy who alone sees and uncomfortably lives with the lingering spirits of dead people, and it’s true with their latest, “The Boxtrolls.”

The film is set in the British village of Cheesebridge where cheese is the most prized currency and the town’s aristocracy — a trio of clueless men dubbed “White Hats” for their tall head-ware — spend their time slathering over gouda.

The supposed scourge of Cheesebridge is the Boxtrolls, little nocturnal creatures who wear discarded boxes like a turtle

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shell and scavenge for mechanical parts on nighttime streets.

Archibald Snatcher (a deliciously snarling Ben Kingsley), having promised to rid the town of the Boxtrolls, hunts them with his existentially confused henchmen (Richard Ayoade, Nick Frost), who — in the movie’s cleverest bit — are in a quandary over whether they’ve unwittingly become bad guys.

“I’m not a stooge, am I?” wonders one.

The Boxtrolls — naturally, not the monsters they’ve been made out to be — live peacefully underground, charmingly stacking themselves for bed as if preparing for UPS pickup.

Among them is a child (voiced

by Isaac Hempstead Wright) they’ve raised from infancy named “Eggs” (they all take their names from their boxes, like “Fish” and “Shoe”). He begins to confidently explore Cheesebridge above ground,

defending his Boxtroll brethren, and befriending the assertive, overlooked daughter of one of the White Hats, Winnie (Elle Fanning).

The grubby Victorian designs overseen by directors Graham Annable (the story artist of “ParaNorman”) and Anthony Stacchi (co-director of the 2006 animated film “Open Season”) are ultimately a little suffocating.

But “The Boxtrolls,” despite a rather uncertainly structured story by screenwriters Irena Brignull and Adam Pava, has its pleasantly demented charms.

Surely, it’s only to the good that an animated film can include a devilish little girl like Winnie lamenting that the Boxtrolls aren’t as fearsome as foretold: “I was promised rivers of blood!”

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Also in theaters ‘Boyhood’ ★★★★ R • 2:45 • In another brazen experiment from director Richard Linklater (“Before Sunset,” “Waking Life”), young actor Ellar Coltrane literally grows up before our eyes, going from age 7 to age 19 during the dozen years of this comingof-age production.

With Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke as the boy’s divorced parents, this lovely, low-key film is the closest thing to lived life that cinema has yet produced. JOE WILLIAMS

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‘The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them’ ★★★ R • 2:02 • This highly absorbing if unwieldy film stars Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy as a couple struggling to cope — apart and together — with tragedy. “Them” is an edited version of a pair of movies, “Her” and “Him,” each a full-length film from the point of view of one character. Some who saw the first versions at festivals have objected that much has been lost, but “Them” is still engrossing on its own. Associated Press

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‘Dolphin Tale 2’ ★★½ PG • 1:47 • In a squeakyclean sequel to the true story of a wounded dolphin who found a new home — and a prosthetic fin — in a Florida marine hospital, Winter gets a young playmate named Hope. Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman and Harry Connick Jr. are almost irrelevant as the human helpers. JW ‘The Drop’ ★★★ R • 1:46 • As an animalloving meat-head who works in a Brooklyn bar, Tom Hardy evokes memories of Sylvester Stallone in the original “Rocky.” In this moody thriller from the author of “Gone Baby Gone,” the late James Gandolfini also shines as the gruff bar owner who resorts to larceny on Super Bowl Sunday. JW ‘The Giver’ ★★★ PG-13 • 1:34 • Based on Lois Lowry’s 1993 novel set in a post-apocalyptic world where people are numb to emotions, a teen (Brenton Thwaites) lands the prestigious job to become his generation’s “Receiver” and know all of human history. Director Philip Noyce introduces stirring montages to simulate the rush of fresh knowledge for a

‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ ★★★★

PG-13 • 2:00 • A reluctant team of space pirates and misfits — a gun-toting raccoon (voice of Bradley Cooper), a grunting tree (voice of Vin Diesel), an assassin (Zoe Saldana), a hulk (Dave Bautista) and a kidnapped earthling (Chris Pratt) — have the fate of the cosmos in their hands, in the form of a stolen orb.

The funniest Marvel movie is also the best, as director James Gunn (“Slither”) has a worldclass cast and crew, led by the charming rascal Pratt. JW ‘The Hundred-Foot Journey’ ★★½ PG • 2:02 • A snooty French chef (Helen Mirren) is aghast when an Indian restaurant opens across the street.

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by Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey, this cross-cultural comedy/ romance/foodie flick is what marketing people might call a light soufflé, and there’s nothing surprising or gutsy on the menu. JW ‘If I Stay’ ★★ PG-13 • 1:46 • When an aspiring cellist (Chloe Grace Moretz) is badly injured in a car accident, her

rocker boyfriend (Jamie Blackley) and her disembodied spirit try to coax her back to life. There are signs of realism around the edges of this tearjerker, but for her first lead in a love story, Moretz (“Carrie”) sleepwalks through a bucket of schlock. JW ‘Let’s Be Cops’ R • 1:44 • Toorealistic costumes put partygoers Jake Johnson and Damon Wayans Jr. in the crosshairs of authentic cops — and robbers. (Not made available for review.)

‘Love Is Strange’ ★★★ R • 1:34 • Finally married after 40 years as a couple, John Lithgow and Alfred Molina have to deal with losing a job, an apartment and the patience of their busy loved ones. Like the recent senior love story “Beginners,” it’s a beautifully acted and bittersweet story about the changing definition of family and the eternal challenge of coexistence. Joe Williams ‘Magic in the Moonlight’ ★★½ PG-13 • 1:37 • On the gorgeous French Riviera in the 1920s, a cynical magician (Colin Firth, channeling Rex Harrison) tries to debunk a young American mystic (Emma Stone, channeling

Audrey Hepburn by way of Lucille Ball).

Woody Allen’s latest lark is brisk, and the passengers are charming, but this low-key comedy represents Allen on cruise control. JW

‘No Good Deed’ PG-13 • 1:23 • A suburban mom (Taraji P. Henson) fights a home invasion when an escaped convict claims to have car trouble (Idris Elba). (Not made available for review.)

‘The Maze Runner’ ★½ PG-13 • 1:52 • Teen boys are trapped in a gigantic maze with no idea how they got there in this indifferent quest tale based on a popular young adult book. MCT

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ ★ PG-13 • 1:41 • In the film based on the comic book vision of Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman, turtles Leonardo, Rafael, Michelangelo and Donatello must fight Foot Clan leader Shredder. While the CG characters look impressive, everything about the movie is overinflated — like watching an otherwise tolerable music video, stretched out to 101 minutes. San

‘My Old Lady’ ★★ Not rated • 1:44 • Kevin Kline, after inheriting a Paris apartment, goes bon mot to bon mot with Maggie Smith, who can live there until she dies. But this comedydrama, built around a quirk of French property law, squanders a lot of its potential charm and regains only a soupçon by the end. Gail Pennington

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‘This Is Where I Leave You’ ★★ R • 1:45 • After the death of her husband, Jane Fonda brings her

four grown children (Tina Fey, Corey Stoll, Adam Driver and Jason Bateman in his usual voice-of-reason role) to the family homestead for a week of grieving and group hugs. This funeral dramedy tries to be a tearjerker, but Driver as a boorish galoot sandbags the balancing act. JW

‘Tusk’ ★★★ R • 1:42 • A madman (Michael Parks) wants to turn another man (Justin Long) into a walrus in this Kevin Smith-directed horrorcomedy that’s so warped that it’s sure to become a cult classic.

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‘A Walk Among the Tombstones’ ★½ R • 1:53 • In his continuing devolution into an action hero, Liam Neeson plays an ex-NYPD cop, now working as an unlicensed detective, investigating the serial murders of drug dealers’ wives and girlfriends. Adapted from a novel in a series

by Lawrence Block, it’s so stupid and hateful it needs to have a stake driven through its heart before it can spawn a franchise. JW

‘The Trip to Italy’ ★★★½ NR • 1:48 • In a hilarious sequel to a great roundtrip comedy from 2010, British comedian Steve Coogan and Welsh mimic Rob Brydon try to out-quip each other on a restaurant-andhotel tour of Italy. The food and scenery are splendid, but there’s a piquant aftertaste of melancholy as the two frenemies confront their mortality. JW

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4. ‘No Good Deed,’ Sony, $9,794,188, 2,175 locations, $4,503 average, $39,702,240, 2 weeks.

5. ‘Dolphin Tale 2,’ Warner Bros., $8,868,076, 3,656 locations, $2,426 average, $26,932,970, 2 weeks.

6. ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy,’ Disney, $5,242,286, 2,846 locations, $1,842 average, $313,731,317, 8 weeks.

2. ‘A Walk Among The Tombstones,’ Universal, $12,758,780, 2,712 locations, $4,705 average, $12,758,780, 1 week.

7. ‘Let’s Be Cops,’ 20th Century Fox, $2,706,037, 2,312 locations, $1,170 average, $77,226,708, 6 weeks.

3. ‘This Is Where I Leave You,’ Warner Bros., $11,558,149, 2,868 locations, $4,030 average, $11,558,149, 1 week.

8. ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,’ Paramount, $2,650,345, 2,348 locations, $1,129 average, $185,018,334, 7 weeks.

9. ‘The Drop,’ Fox Searchlight, $2,070,660, 1,192 locations, $1,737 average, $7,710,361, 2 weeks.

10. ‘If I Stay,’ Warner Bros., $1,842,342, 2,371 locations, $777 average, $47,679,119, 5 weeks.

11. ‘The Hundred-Foot Journey,’ Disney, $1,143,948, 1,253 locations, $913 average, $51,479,879, 7 weeks.

12. ‘When the Game Stands Tall,’ Sony, $1,082,265, 1,702 locations, $636 average, $28,338,578, 5 weeks.

13. ‘The Giver,’ The Weinstein Co., $965,883, 1,607 locations, $601 average, $43,036,830, 6 weeks.

14. ‘Tusk,’ A24 Films, $846,831, 602 locations, $1,407 average, $846,831, 1 week.

15. ‘Lucy,’ Universal, $736,815, 788 locations, $935 average, $124,818,275, 9 weeks.

16. ‘The November Man,’ Relativity Media, $701,631, 1,478 locations, $475 average, $24,384,208, 4 weeks.

17. ‘Dr. Cabbie,’ Entertainment One Films, $694,094, 55 locations, $12,620 average, $694,094, 1 week.

18. ‘As Above, So Below,’ Universal, $684,320, 1,070 locations, $640 average, $20,565,590, 4 weeks.

19. ‘My Old Lady,’ Cohen Media Group, $483,706, 170 locations, $2,845 average, $681,067, 2 weeks.

20. ‘The Skeleton Twins,’ Roadside Attractions, $432,031, 49 locations, $8,817 average, $937,901, 2 weeks.

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Friday, September 26, 2014

Central

St. Charles / O’Fallon

Chase Park Plaza (St. Louis Cinemas)

St. Charles Stadium 18 Cine (Wehrenberg)

Kingshighway & Lindell 314-367-0101 1830 First Capitol Dr. J The Maze Runner (PG-13) DP 1-800-FANDANGO code 2403 (12:05 2:25 4:50) 7:20 9:50

J This Is Where I Leave You (R) DP (12:30 2:45 5:05) 7:25 9:40

J A Walk Among the Tombstones (R) (12:15 2:35 5:00) 7:30 9:55

11:00 AM 9:15

J The Boxtrolls (PG) No VIP after 6PM 11:55 AM 1:35 4:10 6:40

J No Good Deed (PG-13) DP (11:45 AM 1:35 3:30 5:30) 7:35 9:45 Love Is Strange (R) DP (12:45 2:50 4:55) 7:05 9:20

Galleria 6 (St. Louis Cinemas) St. Louis Galleria

J The Boxtrolls 3D (PG) No VIP after 6PM

314-725-0808

The Boxtrolls 3D (PG) DP

J The Equalizer (R) No VIP after 6PM

6:00 9:00

J The Maze Runner (PG-13) No VIP after 6PM 11:40 AM 2:25 5:05 7:45 10:25 11:00 AM 2:30 6:00 9:30

The Boxtrolls (PG) DP

Dolphin Tale 2 (PG)

(10:20 AM 12:20 2:30) 6:50 J The Equalizer (R) DP (10:30 AM 1:15 4:00) 6:55 9:45

10:45 AM 1:20 4:00 6:30

J Madras (Tamil) (NR) No VIP after 6PM

J The Maze Runner (PG-13) DP

2:30 9:15

Hi-Pointe Theatre Clayton & Skinker

314-995-6273

This Is Where I Leave You (R)

Moolah Theatre & Lounge (St. Louis Cinemas) Lindell & Vandeventer J The Equalizer (R) DP

5050 Oakland Ave.

J The Equalizer (R) No VIP after 6PM 10:45 AM 11:35 AM 1:50 2:40 4:55 5:45 8:00 8:50 11:05

J The Maze Runner (PG-13) No VIP after 6PM 10:30 AM 1:05 3:40 6:20 9:00 11:20

11:45 AM 2:20 4:55 7:30 10:00

11:15 AM 1:55 4:35 7:15 10:00

The Drop (R)

Omnimax St. Louis Science Center

11:20 AM 1:55 4:30 7:10 9:50

No Good Deed (PG-13) 11:55 AM 2:15 4:30 6:50 9:05 11:40

314-289-4400 Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13)

Island of Lemurs: Madagascar: The IMAX Experience (G)

11:10 AM 2:00 4:45 7:30 10:15 W EH R EN B ERG

10:00 AM 12:00 2:00 4:00

Mystery of the Nile IMAX (NR) 1:00 PM

J The Equalizer (R) No VIP after 6PM

D-Day: Normandy 1944 (NR)

12:00 1:00 3:10 4:25 6:15 7:30 9:30 10:30

11:00 AM 3:00, 1:00 3:00 11:00

Tivoli Theatre (Landmark) 6350 Delmar in the Loop

The Drop (R) (12:00) 2:15 4:30 7:00 9:30

The Skeleton Twins (R) (12:15) 2:30 4:45 7:15 9:45

Boyhood (R) (12:30) 4:15 7:30

The Room (R) 11:55 PM

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1220 Mid Rivers Mall Dr. 1-800-FANDANGO code 2411

J The Boxtrolls 3D (PG) No VIP after 6PM 11:00 AM 9:00

J The Boxtrolls (PG) No VIP after 6PM 10:00 AM 12:30 1:30 4:00 6:30

J The Equalizer (R) No VIP after 6PM 10:00 AM 10:45 AM 1:05 1:50 3:00 4:10 4:55 6:05 7:15 8:00 9:10 10:20

J The Song (PG-13) No VIP after 6PM

7:15 9:00 10:00

J A Walk Among the 314-446-6868 Tombstones (R) No VIP after 6PM

(4:15) 7:00 9:45

40 & Winghaven Blvd.

10:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:45 1:45 3:30 4:30 6:15

J This Is Where I Leave You (R) No VIP after 6PM

(2:15 4:45) 7:30 9:40

(Wehrenberg)

J The Maze Runner (PG-13) No VIP after 6PM

A Walk Among the Tombstones (R) DP (11:00 AM 1:20 3:55) 6:40 9:10 J No Good Deed (PG-13) DP (10:15 AM 1:15 3:15 5:20) 7:25 9:35

O’Fallon Stadium 14 (Regal)

10:05 AM 1:05 4:05 7:05 10:05

(10:45 AM 12:00 2:25 4:50) 7:15 9:40 J This Is Where I Leave You (R) DP (10:10 AM 12:20 2:30 4:45) 7:00 9:15

J The Maze Runner (PG-13) No VIP after 6PM 2:50 8:15

314-727-7271 J This Is Where I Leave

You (R) No VIP after 6PM 1:50 4:10 6:45

J A Walk Among the Tombstones (R) No VIP after 6PM 9:15 PM

No Good Deed (PG-13) 12:40 5:45 11:00

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St. Charles / O’Fallon

Mid Rivers 14 Cine

1:00 4:00 7:00 10:00

J Loukyam (NR) No VIP after 6PM

J Aagadu (NR) No VIP after 6PM

(4:35) 9:00

St. Charles / O’Fallon

All Showtimes are p.m. unless otherwise noted

J This Is Where I Leave

You (R) No VIP after 6PM 11:30 AM 2:05 4:45 7:20 9:55

J A Walk Among the

Tombstones (R) No VIP after 6PM 11:15 AM 2:00 4:45 7:30 10:15

Dolphin Tale 2 (PG) 11:05 AM 1:45 4:25 7:10

No Good Deed (PG-13) 10:40 AM 1:00 3:15 5:30 7:50 10:05

If I Stay (PG-13) 10:30 AM 1:20 4:00 6:45 9:30

The Giver (PG-13)

636-300-9900

J The Boxtrolls 3D (PG) DVS,CC (1:40) 7:20

The Boxtrolls (PG) DVS,CC (11:15 AM) 4:05 9:45

The Equalizer (R) DVS,CC (11:00 AM 2:00) 4:30 7:30 8:00 10:30 11:00

J The Maze Runner (PG-13) DVS,CC (11:05 AM 11:35 AM 1:45 2:15) 4:25 4:55 7:15 7:45 9:55 10:25

This Is Where I Leave You (R) DVS,CC (11:25 AM 2:10) 4:50 7:40 10:15

A Walk Among the Tombstones (R) DVS,CC (11:10 AM 1:55) 4:40 7:25 10:20

Dolphin Tale 2 (PG) DVS,CC

10:00 PM

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG-13) 11:15 AM 1:50

Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13) 10:15 AM 1:15 4:15 7:25 10:30

St. Charles / O’Fallon Town Square 12 Cine (Wehrenberg)

7805 Hwy N. 1-800-FANDANGO code 2414 J The Boxtrolls 3D (PG) No VIP after 6PM 1:40 9:00

J The Boxtrolls (PG) No VIP after 6PM 1:00 3:25 4:05 6:30

J The Equalizer (R) No VIP after 6PM 1:05 2:10 4:05 5:15 6:10 7:10 8:15 9:15 10:10

J The Maze Runner (PG-13) No VIP after 6PM 1:05 2:05 3:45 4:45 6:30 7:30 9:10 10:10

J This Is Where I Leave You (R) No VIP after 6PM 1:45 4:35 7:10 9:40

J A Walk Among the Tombstones (R) No VIP after 6PM 1:25 4:50 7:30 10:10

Dolphin Tale 2 (PG) 1:50 4:25 7:00

No Good Deed (PG-13) 2:25 4:55 7:20 9:55

If I Stay (PG-13) 4:25 PM

When the Game Stands Tall (PG) 9:30 PM

The Giver (PG-13) 9:35 PM

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG-13) 1:55 7:00

Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13) 1:35 4:20 7:15 10:05

(11:20 AM 1:50) 4:20 7:00 9:35

South

No Good Deed (PG-13) DVS,CC

Keller Plaza Cine 8

(12:15 2:45) 5:25 7:55 10:45

4572 Lemay Ferry Rd.

314-845-2900

Chef (R) (11:00 AM 1:45 4:15)

The November Man (R) CC (12:00 2:30) 5:00

If I Stay (PG-13) DVS,CC (11:40 AM 2:40) 5:10 7:35 10:10

The Expendables 3 (PG-13) DVS,CC (11:50 AM 2:35) 5:20 8:05 10:50

Let’s Be Cops (R) DVS,CC

4:25 7:00 9:30

Let’s Be Cops (R)

Bargain Shows No Passes Allowed Closed Captioning Descriptive Video Service Open Captioning Digital Projection

(11:30 AM 2:05) 5:15 8:10 10:35

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG-13) DVS,CC

Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (R) 7:15 9:45

When the Game Stands Tall (PG) (11:00 AM 1:30 4:00) 6:45 9:15

The Expendables 3 (PG-13) (1:45 4:30) 7:15 9:45

The Giver (PG-13) (11:15 AM 1:30 3:45) 7:00 9:15

And So It Goes (PG-13) (11:15 AM 1:30 3:45)

Lucy (R) (11:30 AM 2:00 4:30) 7:30 9:45

Planes: Fire & Rescue (PG) (11:30 AM)

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (PG-13) 6:45 9:30

Tammy (R) (1:30) 7:00 9:30

Begin Again (R) (11:55 AM 2:20) 4:45 7:05 10:00

(4:30) 9:30

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (PG) Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13) DVS,CC

(11:30 AM 2:00)

Maleficent (PG) (11:45 AM 2:25) 5:05 7:50 10:40

(11:15 AM 4:15) 6:45

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South Ronnies 20 Cine (Wehrenberg) 5320 S Lindbergh Blvd.

1-800-FANDANGO code 2401 J The Equalizer: The IMAX

Experience (R) No VIP after 6PM 12:30 3:40 6:50 10:00

J The Boxtrolls 3D (PG) No VIP after 6PM

11:40 AM 2:15 4:45 7:10 9:40 J The Boxtrolls (PG) No VIP after 6PM 1:35 4:05 6:30 9:00 11:20 J The Equalizer (R) No VIP after 6PM 11:45 AM 1:20 2:00 2:55 4:25 5:00 6:05 7:20 8:00 9:15 10:15 11:00 J The Song (PG-13) No VIP after 6PM 11:30 AM 2:10 4:50 7:35 10:15 J The Maze Runner (PG-13) No VIP after 6PM 11:50 AM 12:45 1:30 2:40 3:30 4:20 5:30 6:25 7:10 8:30 9:20 10:00 11:20

J This Is Where I Leave You (R) No VIP after 6PM

11:30 AM 2:05 4:40 7:15 9:45 J Tusk (R) No VIP after 6PM 12:40 3:15 5:45 8:15 10:45

South

West

Arnold 14 Cine (Wehrenberg)

Des Peres 14 Cine (Wehrenberg)

1912 Richardson Rd.

J The Boxtrolls 3D (PG) No VIP after 6PM 2:00 4:30 7:00 9:30

J The Boxtrolls (PG) No VIP after 6PM

J The Equalizer (R) No VIP after 6PM 1:00 2:05 4:05 5:10 7:15 8:15 9:45 10:20

J The Maze Runner (PG-13) No VIP after 6PM 1:00 1:50 3:45 4:50 6:40 7:35 9:30 10:20

J This Is Where I Leave

Dolphin Tale 2 (PG)

11:35 AM 2:05 4:40 7:20 9:55

The Drop (R)

12:20 3:00 5:40 8:25

No Good Deed (PG-13)

1:00 3:30 6:15 8:35 10:50

If I Stay (PG-13)

11:55 AM 2:45 5:35 8:25 11:15

Let’s Be Cops (R)

12:45 3:35 6:40 9:15

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG-13) 12:55 3:25 6:20 8:50 11:30

Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13) 11:30 AM 2:25 5:20 8:20 11:10

Gravois Bluffs Stadium 12(Regal)

Hwy 30 @ Gravois Bluff by JC Penny 636-326-2862 J The Boxtrolls 3D (PG) DVS,CC (2:10) 4:40

The Boxtrolls (PG) DVS,CC (11:40 AM) 7:10 9:40

The Equalizer (R) DVS,CC

(12:40) 4:00 7:00 7:30 10:00 10:30

J The Maze Runner (PG-13) DVS,CC

(11:55 AM 12:30 3:30) 4:10 6:50 7:15 9:30 10:05

(12:45) 4:15 7:35 10:20 Dolphin Tale 2 (PG) DVS,CC (12:20) 4:20 7:05 9:40 No Good Deed (PG-13) DVS,CC (11:35 AM 2:00) 4:30 7:25 9:55 The Giver (PG-13) DVS,CC (12:00 2:30) 5:05 Let’s Be Cops (R) DVS,CC (11:45 AM 2:35) 5:15 7:50 10:25

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG-13) DVS,CC

(11:50 AM 2:25) 4:50 7:20 9:50

Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13) DVS,CC (11:25 AM 2:15) 5:00 7:45 10:35

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J The Maze Runner (PG-13) No VIP after 6PM

Tombstones (R) No VIP after 6PM

1:50 4:30 7:10 9:45

2:00 4:45 7:30 10:15

Dolphin Tale 2 (PG)

1:25 3:40 5:50 8:05 10:20

1:35 4:10 6:45

If I Stay (PG-13) 1:15 3:50 6:35 9:20

1:20 7:05

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG-13)

J The Skeleton Twins (R) No VIP after 6PM

Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13) 1:00 3:50 6:50 9:50

The Hundred-Foot Journey (PG) 12:40 3:30 6:20

Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13)

North

12:45 3:50 6:45 9:40 WE HR EN B ERG

(Regal)

(1:10 4:20) 7:30 10:40

J The Equalizer: The IMAX

Experience (R) DVS,CC 12:40 3:50 7:00 10:10

J The Boxtrolls 3D (PG) No VIP after 6PM 9:30 PM

J The Equalizer (R) No VIP after 6PM 3:45 7:00 8:45 10:10

J This Is Where I Leave

You (R) No VIP after 6PM 3:00 6:00

The Drop (R)

1:30 3:55 6:20 8:45

The November Man (R) 1:05 3:45 6:30 9:10

1:00 2:10 4:35 7:00

Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (R) 4:20 9:35

Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For 3D (R)

J The Equalizer: Mega Screen (R) No VIP after 6PM

1:40 6:55

Let’s Be Cops (R)

1:05 4:05 7:10 10:10

J The Equalizer (R) No VIP after 6PM 2:15 3:25 5:15 6:25 8:15 9:25

1:15 3:50 6:25 9:00

Lucy (R)

1:45 4:10 6:35 8:55

J The Maze Runner (PG-13) No VIP after 6PM 1:25 2:00 4:20 5:00 7:15 8:00 10:10

Sex Tape (R) 1:50 7:05

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (PG-13) 1:00 4:00 7:00 10:00

J This Is Where I Leave You (R) No VIP after 6PM

Tammy (R) 4:25 9:40

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (PG)

1:30 4:15 7:00 9:40

1:35 4:15 6:50 9:30

J A Walk Among the Tombstones (R) No VIP after 6PM

Maleficent (PG)

2:00 4:30 7:10 9:45

1:35 4:30 7:25 10:15

O’Fallon 15 Cine (Wehrenberg)

Dolphin Tale 2 (PG)

1320 Central Park Dr. O’Fallon 1-800-FANDANGO code 2405 J The Boxtrolls 3D (PG) No VIP after 6PM

1:30 4:15 6:55 9:50

The Drop (R)

12:15 5:15 9:25

J The Boxtrolls (PG) No VIP after 6PM

1:15 4:00 6:45 9:25

11:30 AM 1:55 2:40 4:20 7:00

No Good Deed (PG-13)

J The Equalizer (R) No VIP after 6PM

1:00 3:15 5:30 7:45 10:00

11:00 AM 11:55 AM 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:20 7:00 8:00 8:45 9:20 10:00 11:00

J The Song (PG-13) No VIP after 6PM 11:00 AM 1:45 4:30 7:15 10:00

1:05 4:05 7:05 10:05

J The Maze Runner (PG-13) No VIP after 6PM 11:20 AM 12:10 2:00 2:50 4:40 5:30 7:20 8:10 10:00 10:50

J This Is Where I Leave You (R) No VIP after 6PM

WE HR EN BE RG

11:55 AM 2:30 5:00 7:30 10:00

J Tusk (R) No VIP after 6PM J The Equalizer (R) No VIP after 6PM 1:10 4:10 7:15 10:20

7:35 10:00

J A Walk Among the Tombstones (R) No VIP after 6PM 11:00 AM 1:40 4:25 7:10 9:55

Plaza Frontenac (Landmark)

Dolphin Tale 2 (PG)

Lindbergh & Clayton

No Good Deed (PG-13)

314-994-3733

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (R) (1:20) 6:30 (11:30 AM) 1:15 2:00 3:50 4:40 6:40 7:20 9:15

My Old Lady (PG-13) (314)227-5503

50 Ludwig Dr. Fairview Heights 1-800-FANDANGO code 2404 1:20 4:05 6:45 9:25

The Skeleton Twins (R)

St. Louis Mills Stadium 18

St. Clair 10 Cine (Wehrenberg)

As Above, So Below (R)

2:15 4:45 7:10 9:30

2:00 4:25 6:50 9:15

1:30 4:10 6:45

The Equalizer (R) DVS,CC

450 THF Blvd.

1-800-FANDANGO code 2412

1:15 3:30 5:45 8:00 10:15

4:20 9:55

5555 St. Louis Mills Blvd.

Chesterfield Galaxy 14 Cine (Wehrenberg)

Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13)

9:20 PM

No Good Deed (PG-13)

Let’s Be Cops (R)

Illinois

J The Skeleton Twins (R) No VIP after 6PM

The Drop (R)

When the Game Stands Tall (PG)

(11:30 AM 2:20) 4:55 7:40 10:10

1:20 2:30 4:20 5:30 7:20 8:30 9:20 10:20

J A Walk Among the

No Good Deed (PG-13)

A Walk Among the Tombstones (R) DVS,CC

J The Equalizer (R) No VIP after 6PM

1:10 2:15 4:50 6:30 7:30 10:05

Dolphin Tale 2 (PG)

This Is Where I Leave You (R) DVS,CC

1:40 4:05 6:30

You (R) No VIP after 6PM

2:05 4:50 7:40 10:25

West

J The Boxtrolls (PG) No VIP after 6PM

9:15 PM

J This Is Where I Leave

2:10 4:45 7:30 10:10

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Canh Ga Chien, or garlic butter chicken wings, at Linh Mi Gia

Wings of desire

Great Vietnamese cuisine — and to-die-for chicken wings — finds a new home at Linh Mi Gia HH

By Ian Froeb / restaurant critic / ifroeb@post-dispatch.com

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elson Padilla’s chicken wings had already stolen my heart, so of course they were the first thing that I ordered at Linh Mi Gia. Padilla and his wife, Linh Tu, hadn’t even finished transforming their new restaurant into Linh Mi Gia yet. A small handwritten sign in the window announced its new identity, but the menu still bore the name of the Vietnamese restaurant that had previously occupied this Tower Grove South storefront.

I didn’t care. I needed those wings.

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of 2013. His dishes were generally very good — I awarded the restaurant a strong two-star review — and his canh ga chien were the best chicken wings I’d ever eaten: skin as crisp as an October evening, slick with butter and fragrant with garlic.

Padilla split from Mi Linh in the fall of 2013. When I returned to the restaurant in January, I found that its quality had declined considerably, especially the wings, which were now overwhelmed by the acrid flavor of burnt garlic. I took the unusual step of rescinding my recommendation.

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nail salon that also serves cocktails and some Vietnamese dishes.)

Meanwhile, after a brief stint at Goody Cafe in the Central West End, Padilla took over the Tower Grove South Vietnamese restaurant Phuc Loi. He and Tu have spruced up the interior. If not fancy, it certainly looks fresher and more modern than the (charmingly) divelike Phuc Loi ever did.

When I returned a couple of weeks after my first visit, there was a canopy with the restaurant’s new name above the entrance, and any other vestiges of the former occupant were gone.

The menu is more or less identical to what Padilla served at Mi Linh, and the canh ga chien ($8) are as delicious as I recalled, the flavor balanced between the sweetness of the butter and the sharper edge of garlic, onion and scallion. The chicken itself is juicy. On the side, should you want to give the chicken a nudge of heat, is a sweet chile sauce.

That same sauce accompanies the fried calamari, or muc chien ($9). Here I found it a necessary component. The squid, though tender, needs a jolt.

Padilla excels at soups. Classic pho tai ($7.95) delivers a lightbodied broth with a heady herbal perfume and a solid beefy backbone.

Even better is mi xa xiu ($7.50), a pork broth with thin, springy egg noodles and slices of Vietnamesestyle barbecue pork. This was one of my favorite dishes at Mi Linh, and Padilla seems to have refined it even further. The broth still delivers an incredibly deep pork flavor,

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but it’s cleaner and lighter now.

I easily could have copied my original Mi Linh experience down to the last dish with such selections from the Chef’s Specials menu as mi vit tiem ($10.95), an herb-rich soup with duck, or canh ga chien nuoc mam ($7.50), chicken wings pan-fried in fish sauce. (At Mi Linh, Padilla used chicken thighs instead of wings.)

Instead, I forced myself beyond my favorites to try the bo luc lac, or shaking beef ($14.95). This brings cubes of tender steak sauteed with onion and scallion and then served on a bed of lettuce and (unfortunately wan and flavorless) tomato. The beef is flavorful on its own, but the key to the dish is the little ramekin on the side containing salt, black pepper and lime wedges. Squeeze the limes over the salt and pepper to create an intensely tart and seasoned sauce — almost a paste, really, as thick as it is — for dipping.

Not every dish impresses. The banh mi dac biet sandwich ($4.50), for example, is light both on pork flavor and vegetable bite. (The jalapeño promised by the menu was nowhere in sight.) I wonder, though, if my memories of the restaurant that preceded Linh Mi Gia are clouding my judgment somewhat. The original owners of Phuc Loi served the best banh mi dac biet in town.

Fortunately, they are still in the business. They run Kim Ngan on South Grand Boulevard. As with Padilla and Linh Mi Gia, the food is still worth seeking out even under a new name and address.

Where Linh Mi Gia, 3723 Gravois Avenue • More info 314-772-7742 • Menu Vietnamese cuisine • Hours Lunch and dinner Tuesday-Sunday

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The menu includes coffee, tea and juices as well as baked goods and a small selection of savory dishes. Hours are 7:30 a.m.5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday; the phone number is 314-732-0009. ➙ Ginger Bistro, 6665 Delmar Boulevard in University City, appears to have closed. Paper covers the windows, and a “closed for remodeling” sign is posted on the door. But George Mahe of St. Louis Magazine reports that, per his sources, it won’t reopen as Ginger Bistro. By Ian Froeb

Recently reviewed Bella Vino Wine Bar & Tapas ★★ 325 South Main Street, St. Charles • 636-724-3434; bellavinowinebarstl. com • Dinner TuesdaySunday; lunch Friday and Saturday; brunch Sunday • Small plates, pasta and flatbreads.

Bishop’s Post ★★ 16125 Chesterfield Parkway West, Chesterfield • 636-5369405; bishopspost. com • Dinner daily; lunch Monday-Friday • Upscale American bistro fare.

Budweiser Brew House at Ballpark Village ★ 601 Clark Avenue • 314-241-5575; stlballparkvillage.com • Lunch and dinner daily • A hodgepodge of burgers, sandwiches, pasta, seafood and more.

Cardinals Nation at Ballpark Village ★½ 601 Clark Avenue • 314-345-9880; stlballparkvillage. com • Lunch and dinner daily • Upscale sports-bar fare.

Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant ★ 1146 Town & Country Crossing Drive, Town and Country • 636-489-0059; coopershawkwinery. com • Lunch and dinner daily • Contemporary upscale cuisine and the restaurant’s own wines.

Corvid’s Cafe ★★ 5001 Mardel Avenue • 314-481-1522; corvidscafe.com • Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sunday • A neighborhood cafe serving sandwiches, pizza and more.

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Cucina Pazzo ★★½ 392 North Euclid Avenue • 314696-8400; oghospitalitygroup. com • Dinner daily; lunch MondaySaturday; brunch Sunday • An expansive selection of rustic Italian dishes.

Death in the Afternoon ★★½ 808 Chestnut Street • 314-621-3236; deathintheafternoonstl.com • Lunch Monday-Friday, brunch Saturday-Sunday • Classic lunch fare with a sophisticated modern touch.

Evangeline’s Bistro and Music House ★★ 512 North Euclid Avenue • 314-3673644; evangelinesstl. com • Lunch and dinner daily • Cajun and Creole cuisine.

Giovanni’s Kitchen ★★½ 8831 Ladue Road, Ladue • 314-7214100 • Dinner daily, lunch MondaySaturday • Classic Italian and ItalianAmerican cuisine in a casual setting.

The Good Pie ★★½ 6665 Delmar Boulevard, University City • 314-899-9221 • Lunch and dinner Tuesday-Sunday; closed Monday • Neapolitan-style pizza.

Juniper ★★★ 360 North Boyle Avenue • 314-329-7696; junipereats.com • Dinner WednesdaySaturday • Southerninfluenced cuisine.

Katie’s Pizza & Pasta ★★ 9568 Manchester Road, Rock Hill • 314-942-6555; katiespizzaandpasta. com • Lunch and dinner daily; brunch Saturday and Sunday • Wood-fired pizza and housemade pastas.

LHC ★★ 3137 Morganford Road • 314-772-8815; localharvestcafe.com • Brunch Saturday and Sunday • Comfort food with an emphasis on locally raised products.

Nathalie’s ★ 4356 Lindell Boulevard • 314-533-1580; nathaliesstl.com • Dinner Wednesday through Monday; closed Tuesday • Farmto-table dining from the owners of Overlook Farm in Clarksville.

Pairings Wine & Dessert Bar ★★½ 1131 Colonnade Center, Des Peres • 314-821-5455; pairingswinebarstl.com • Lunch and dinner Tuesday-Saturday • Contemporary bistro fare and woodfired flatbreads, plus an extensive dessert menu.

Peshwa ★★ 10633 Page Avenue, north St. Louis County • 314-428-8888; peshwafood.com • Lunch and dinner daily, closed Tuesday • Indian cuisine, including both a lunch and dinner buffet.

A Pizza Story ★★½ 7278 Manchester Avenue, Maplewood • 314-899-0011; apizzaastory.com • Lunch and dinner Tuesday-Sunday; closed Monday • Neapolitan-style wood-fired pizzas.

Planter’s House ★★½ 1000 Mississippi Avenue • 314-6962603; plantershousestl. com • Dinner TuesdaySunday; closed Monday • The best cocktails in St. Louis, with upscale pub fare.

Salt + Smoke ★★½ 6525 Delmar Boulevard, University City • 314-727-0200; saltandsmokestl.com • Lunch and dinner Tuesday-Sunday, closed Monday • Barbecue and bourbon.

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Siam ★½ 4121 Manchester Avenue • 314-5337426; siamstl.com • Dinner WednesdaySaturday • Sushi and pan-Asian fare.

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Sister Cities Cajun and BBQ ★★ 4144 South Grand Boulevard • 314-8759653 • Lunch and dinner Tuesday-Sunday • Fun riffs on Cajun cuisine, plus smoked pork and chicken.

Small Batch ★½ 3001 Locust Street • 314-380-2040; smallbatchstl.com • Dinner nightly • Vegetarian cuisine and an extensive selection of whiskey.

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Spare No Rib ★★ 2200 Gravois Avenue • 314-202-8244; sparenorib.com • Lunch and dinner daily • Barbecue and tacos.

Thai Bistro ★★ 2436 Taylor Road, Wildwood • 636821-3006 • Lunch and dinner TuesdaySunday • Thai cuisine, including several seafood specialties.

Three Flags Tavern ★★★ 4940 Southwest Avenue • 314-6699222; threeflagstavern. com • Lunch and dinner Tuesday through Saturday • A casual neighborhood restaurant with top-notch bistro and pub fare.

The Wheelhouse ★★

15 North Central Avenue, Clayton • 314-726-7955; wheelhousestl.com • Lunch and dinner daily • Sports-bar staples, crafted from scratch.

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TV Q&A Post-Dispatch TV critic Gail Pennington chats with readers every Thursday at 1 p.m. at stltoday. com/chat. Here’s an excerpt from a recent chat:

Will there be a second season for “Extant,” the Halle Berry sci-fi series? CBS hasn’t said yet. But I know there are rumors that it could go on even without Halle Berry.

Did you watch “The Leftovers”? Wow, what a downer! But it’s still pretty good.

I have every intention of watching “The Leftovers,” despite how depressing it is. I liked the book, and there’s going to be a second season.

But I just couldn’t keep up with it when it was airing on HBO.

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Is “Boardwalk Empire” going to be able to wrap up this complicated story in six episodes? This season has started off strong! The writers knew they had six episodes to wrap it up, so if they didn’t, that would be a shame.

But I assume the know where they’re going.

How is “Legends” doing in the ratings?

I really wanted to like it because of Sean Bean but haven’t found it that engaging. Apparently

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you’re not alone in that. “Legends” started well, for a cable show, but has fallen off over the course of its run. I kind of feel as if it’s a waste of Sean Bean.

Is there going to be another season of “Broadchurch”?

A second season of “Broadchurch” has been ordered, but I don’t know dates on it. Meanwhile, there’s “Gracepoint” on Fox. Same-ish show, different setting.

With the “Dallas” two-hour finale

“However dark and scary the world might be right now, there will be light.”

“Being a religion professor at a Jesuit university? It’s like being a Beatle.”

Detective Gordon (Ben McKenzie) to young Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz) in “Gotham”

being advertised on TNT, I was reminded of an old “Dallas” cliffhanger, “Who shot J.R.?” Was that the first cliffhanger on TV? Or was it just the most profound for the time? I think “Who shot J.R.?” will always be the standard againsts which cliffhangers are judged.

Now almost every show has a cliffhanger season finale that tries to capture that same buzz, but it’s impossible today. Remember the resolution to the mystery being so disappointing? That’s something any show can match. I’ve heard “Dallas” is likely to be renewed. The creator has talked about plans for the next season.

After watching that embarrassment that is “Mysteries of Laura,” I have to ask: How does something like that get on the air? Don’t the networks have dozens of shows to choose from? A lot of people sampled the premiere, and I’ve heard from a couple of people this morning who liked it.

If you ignore the fact that we’re supposed to marvel at a woman who can be a cop AND a mom (even though she’s a terrible mom and arguably a terrible cop), the tone of the show is still painfully uneven.

I thought “You’re the Worst” was easily the best new show of the summer. Any word on whether they’re gonna win that magical 10/90 FX lotto? FX hasn’t renewed either “You’re the Worst” or “Married” yet. The 10/90 formula says that 10 episodes air, and then the network either picks up

90 more or cancels the show. I just read that the network is unhappy with that formula and may stop using it.

I hope the TV drama “Forever” is as good as “Elementary.”

My question: How do I, in the Midwest of America, pronounce this Welsh actor’s name? Ian Griffith?

Ioan Gruffudd — yeah, that’s a tough one. If you go to YouTube, you can hear someone pronounce his name, which is something like “yo-an griffd.”

I was surprised how much I liked “The Red Band Society.” I didn’t think I would like a show about kids in a hospital. But speaking of that, is it realistic that those kids are in the hospital so long? The last time I was in they threw me out after 24 hours and let me fend for myself. The producers say the rules are very different in a children’s hospital, and that kids can stay there for years.

I don’t know whether this is accurate, and if you enjoy the show, you should probably not worry about it.

Does the P-D have a critic for local radio? No, although Dan Caesar covers sports-talk radio, and Joe Holleman reports on some radio comings and goings.

Is Gwen Stefani a permanent replacement for Christina Aguilera on “The Voice”? Or will Christina be returning in the second season this year? Will there be two separate seasons again this year? I can’t keep

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these “Voice” judges straight. They rotate the panels by season to give people a chance to do their own music stuff, and there are two seasons, and (I’ll admit) I really don’t care that much. I do know Cee-Lo Green is gone, supposedly for good.

I saw that Whitney Duncan will be on “The Amazing Race.”

Is she the same person who was once on “Survivor?” She is a country singer who was on “Nashville Star.” On “Survivor,” she met the guy she’ll be on “Race” with.

They are pretty.

This new reality series, “Utopia”: Will it be on twice a week all through the season? When did this program start, and how many weeks is it scheduled for?

Is it being filmed right now, or have these people already gone home, as with “Survivor”? Fox has scheduled “Utopia” twice a week, with the expectation that it will run A YEAR. It got off to a bad start, though, and people are already wondering what will happen if it’s canceled. It didn’t film in advance and is going on now, although edited for airing.

I haven’t finished “Switched at Birth” or “The Fosters,” but will they be back for an additional season?

“Switched at Birth” is

renewed. I haven’t seen a Season 3 renewal for “The Fosters,” though.

I’m back from a nice longish maternity leave. I took your advice and watched “Freaks and Geeks.”

Oh, I’m so glad. I’m still sad “Freaks and Geeks” didn’t get a second season.

I love Jimmy Fallon’s personality and enthusiasm, but he’s not much of an interviewer. The thing about interviews on late night is that the people who are on are the same people who go on every show, and you hear them interviewed a hundred times. I personally don’t care about the interviews, except if it’s somebody quirky on Jon Stewart.

Obligatory “Under the Dome” question of the week: Have they announced a third season? I just know they aren’t going to resolve the mystery this year and wonder if they ever will. Nope, not yet. I keep up with “Under the Dome” via Twitter, and some of the lines (OK, most of the lines) seem even more ridiculous out of context.

Have you had a chance to see “AHS:Freakshow” yet? No, I don’t have it yet, although the premiere is Oct. 8.

Ask your question live Join TV critic Gail Pennington and film critic Joe Williams for a panel discussion at 7 p.m. Thursday at Kirkwood High School’s South Journalism Building.

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