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The Missouri Botanical Garden – one of the loveliest blooms in the metro area’s bouquet – will break ground next month on an astonishing new $92 million visitor center, as related here by LN contributing writer, Connie Mitchell.

On the cover 8 Age isn’t just a number to the multidisciplinary medical team at Washington University Geriatric Primary Care. To them, it signifies the incredible life story you are still living – and they hope to honor that with comprehensive care that is suited to your lifestyle. Learn more starting on page 8. Photo by Sarah Conroy.

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EDITOR THE START OF A NEW YEAR IS TYPICALLY A TIME FOR BEGINNINGS – for growth – for change. Possibilities fill the air. The past 12 months have been a time of constant evolution for me, as I got married, changed cities, changed jobs and, most important, tried out a new haircut. (Kidding.) After an entire year of living in a state of perpetual, unrelenting, glorious whirlwind, you’d think my New Year’s wish would be for life to slow down.

Not quite.

Why? Because we live in a metro area that is continually changing, growing and beginning anew as well – and that’s exhilarating. From a vibrant cultural scene with ever-emerging stars, such as Sharon Hunter of the Moonstone Theatre Company – whose story is full of new beginnings of her own, relayed in Drew Gieseke’s Arts & Culture feature on page 52 – to local landmarks breaking new ground – like the Missouri Botanical Garden and its innovative visitor center, covered by Connie Mitchell in The Daily on page 40 – 2020 is looking to be another year for forging new paths.

So this year, I resolve to keep pace with this enchantingly evolving area of ours and to embrace whatever change comes with it.

Wishing a happy New Year’s – and new beginning – to all,

Editor’s Corner The word around town

Congratulations to Rose Fontana, a high school senior at Visitation Academy, who received the Missouri Seal of Biliteracy Award from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. This award goes to graduating high school students in districts with a DESE-approved program who have demonstrated achievement in English, a language other than English and sociocultural competence. Visitation is one of only two private schools in the metro area eligible to offer this seal.

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omeone once said, “Do not regret growing older; it is a privilege denied to many.” And yet it’s easy to take the aging process for granted. One St. Louis healthcare provider, Washington University Geriatric Primary Care, helps you pay respect to how your body changes as you age, with a simplified doctor’s visit that can address all of your concerns, including overmedication.

“Access to care is important to us,” Dr. Tim Holden says. “We’re focused on having same-day or next-day visits, if needed. One of the luxuries we have is time.

We give patients 60 minutes for new visits and 30 minutes for follow-ups.”

Washington University Geriatric Primary Care recently relocated to a new office in the Mirowitz Center, a senior-focused destination that offers a restaurant, physical therapy, hearing and vision services, and exercise programs.

“Our medical office is part of a host of services that are aimed for older adults,” Holden details. “Right now, with most other providers, you go to one place and then get six referrals. Our idea is to simplify that process. The hope is that this will be a onestop shop. Grab a bite to eat and then check all of those boxes on your to-do list.”

You’ll find added comfort in knowing you have a say in your health and the kind of care you want going forward, with the insightful evaluation and shared decisionmaking conversations you experience at the office.

“We don’t start with the medical problem and come up with a plan,” Holden explains. “Instead, we start with individual preferences in care and shape the

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treatment plan to those goals. That’s a shift in the standard approach of the medical model.”

Another unique aspect to the practice is its team-based approach that extends beyond a multi-disciplinary medical team to partnerships within the community through established outreach programs, like in-home assistance.

Washington University Geriatric Primary Care looks beyond what ailments you may face, such as memory loss or incontinence, to what kind of access you have to pharmacies and what kind of support you have available.

“We have learned there’s so much more to an individual’s health than their disease or medical diagnoses,” Holden adds. “It’s the context of their daily life that is so important. We try to encapsulate that with a holistic picture of an individual’s health.”

At Washington University Geriatric Primary Care, you can trust that your age will never be taken for granted.

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ore than 350 guests attended The Next Step’s annual Achievers and Believers Scholarship Dinner in mid-October at the Sheraton Westport Chalet Hotel St. Louis. Guests enjoyed hors d’oeuvres, a silent and live auction, and dinner. An alumni recipient shared the story of how The Next Step helped him graduate with a degree in electrical engineering, and a current recipient pursuing her nursing degree was awarded the Barbara Murphy Scholarship for single parents. In 2019, 73 individuals recovering from alcohol or substance abuse earned scholarships to take the next step in their education. Since 2005, The Next Step has awarded more than $1.1 million in scholarships.

We at The Next Step believe education is one of the best ways to rise above addiction. Tonight was a celebration of our scholarship recipients as they continue to work hard to provide better lives for themselves, their families and the St. Louis community.

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he Little Bit Foundation’s signature event and largest annual fundraiser, Join the Journey, celebrated the impact of its mission throughout the year with the talents and spirit of the students and the dedicated people who help to make the journey possible. The evening event took place at the Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis in that municipality’s downtown and began with a cocktail reception followed by dinner, special student performances and a live auction. Chairing the event were Michael and Allison Amann, Jeff and Sharon Lay, and Jake and Lesley Whittle.

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Photos and story by Micah Usher he Missouri Athletic Club Wine Society held its 16th annual wine tasting and sale in the MAC Art Lounge in the club’s downtown St. Louis location. The event featured nearly 80 wines available for tasting and purchase. In-house charcuterie and other hors d’oeuvres accented the event.

The society (a club through the MAC) dedicates itself to the experiences that wine offers and the pursuit of education about wine. The club hosts several dinners and tastings throughout the year.

The Missouri Athletic Club Wine Society is in its 20th year of existence, and we are thrilled to host all of our club’s great wine vendors in an evening of outstanding wines and scrumptious appetizers cooked to perfection by our executive chef, Bart Philipps, and his staff.

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omeowners resolving to refresh their abode for the new year need look no further than Art Van Furniture.

The unique home furnishings supplier – now celebrating 60 years in business with specials at its five metro area locations – proclaims: “Inspiration Lives Here.” From access to the latest popular furniture, mattress and home décor lines to expert advice from in-house interior design service professionals, Art Van offers everything clients need to revamp their spaces.

At Art Van’s Design Studio, clients can work with experienced interior design service professionals to bring new life to their residences, from a simple room refresh to a full redesign of every space, all while choosing from a stylish selection of quality furniture and unique accents.

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“A lot of people have ideas, but it is tough to pull them together. We have designers on staff that can help them do that. They come in with their inspiration, and we can help bring it all together.”

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who are experts in the furniture industry.”

Art Van carries top furniture brands such as Magnolia Home by Joanna Gaines and Cindy Crawford Home, as well as trusted names in the sleep industry, including Sealy, Beautyrest, Stearns & Foster, Tempur-Pedic, Serta, iComfort, Sleep to Live, King Koil and Reverie – with an adjustable base that helps people “maximize their sleep,” Van Elslander says. “We also offer bedding accessories, such as [personalized] pillows and [temperature-regulating] sheets from Bedgear, an innovative leader in the mattress industry.”

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s if on cue, six stunning whitewashed brick town houses will sprout next spring on West Pine Boulevard in St. Louis’ Central West End neighborhood – promising the historic home charm the CWE is known for and lavish luxury around every corner.

“These particular town homes are extremely high-end,” says Victor Alston of Lux Living, the developer of the project called West Village Townhomes. “We have really developed them with a focus on thinking about what a homeowner needs in order to be really successful in this market. We feel like we’ve put in quite a few elements from a technology perspective, a design perspective and convenience perspective that allow a person to just move in and get going and have all the features they need in a modern home.”

The six units will have three price points – a $700,000, an $850,000 and a $1,050,000 option. Price is dependent on the desired level of finish and features.

“There is, you could call it, a very high-end finish that allows for amenities such as a rooftop spa, hot tub and exterior kitchen, all the way down to a basic finish that doesn’t have some of those amenities,” Alston says. “The $700,000 price point offers buyers the opportunity to live in this new community, with the same great floor plan, without some of the upgraded features and finishes.”

Regardless of price point, all six town houses will feature the same great floor plan, but it’s the purchaser’s preference where to go from there.

“The designer involved on the front end, Tina Wolff, helped select wonderful options at each price point,” says listing agent Robin Halterman of Halterman Stix Group at Dielmann Sotheby’s International Realty. “One could come in without a designer and select from price point and color palette to bring together a look that works for their lifestyle. They could also bring their personal designer, or hire Tina if they are seeking more assistance, to put together the look they have in mind.”

Halterman says that a homeowner walking through the town home at the $1,050,000 price point would first enter his or her residence through the private two-car garage at the lowest level of the town house, then take the elevator to the first floor. The first level has a laundry room/mudroom, a bathroom, guest quarters with a bedroom, a closet and the option for a den, an office or a third bedroom. From there, the homeowner can choose to take the elevator or the open stairs to the second floor, which offers an open concept.

The second floor features a high-end custom kitchen with Wolf/Sub-Zero appliances, a powder room and a living room with a sliding glass NanaWall that

leads to a large terrace. Homeowners ready to turn in for the evening can then retreat to private quarters on the third floor, where a masterpiece of a master suite awaits with a large bedroom, a luxurious master bath and a couture walkin closet featuring a second washer and dryer. “The bathroom is extremely luxurious,” Halterman says. “An oversized walk-in shower, a separate soaking tub and double sink created with gorgeous, high-end cabinetry.”

All of this is topped off with a rooftop terrace, which is built for entertaining, with an outdoor kitchen and private hot tub.

“There is a nice, big outdoor terrace area that would be available for all three price points, but at $1,050,000, everything one could desire is included,” Halterman continues. “An outdoor kitchen is a really fabulous feature, and then, of course, having a water feature [hot tub] on a rooftop is extremely rare in town home living.”

Alston says Lux Living has already broken ground on the complex, and those interested in learning more can reach out to Halterman.

“We find a convenient time to get together and walk through the floor plans in detail,” Halterman says. “We also share finish samples to see, feel, touch – so one can get a sense of which elements are important for their lifestyle and what works well within the allocated budget. We spend some time with potential buyers before writing a contract on a new construction project. At the time of the contract, finishes are selected for the home. Then, it is a lot of fun keeping new owners updated on construction, providing hard-hat tours of the property and progress check-ins. At the end of the rainbow is the closing at the title company, and the home that was once just an idea becomes a reality to its new owner.”

Although Halterman exudes excitement about the project as a whole, she says what she’s most enthusiastic about is the location.

“All of the new development happening in the Central West End right now is incredible,” Halterman says. “With The Foundry coming in the spring of 2020 and the expansion of SLU, BJC and Washington University, the growth is extraordinary. And the Cortex district has buildings spreading like dandelions out of the concrete. It is thrilling to be a part of this unfolding in general, and we are seeing people move into the Central West End to be a part of it. I am excited to help provide the opportunity for city dwellers to purchase a home that is beautiful, elegant and well-equipped.”

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An impressive new area gallery spotlights the triumphs (and corresponding tragedy) of one of the fashion world’s most prominent players during the past quarter of a century.

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f one regards the human body as an ambulatory canvas and day-to-day clothing choices as, say, oils or acrylics, it takes little if any squinting to envision “Ann Ray & Lee McQueen: Rendez-Vous,” an enthralling fusion of the photographic and sartorial arts now on display in St. Louis’ Forest Park Southeast neighborhood.

That fusion, which opened Oct. 5, runs till Feb. 15 and marks the dazzling debut of projects+exhibitions, a showcase from Barrett Barrera Projects.

In seeking to “deconstruct and reconstruct experiences at the intersection of traditional art forms and design, fashion, film, literature, music, technology and science to release art from preconceived notions,” according to its website, that “cross-disciplinary group of originators” succeeds with consummate panache.

Both professionally and (to a slightly lesser extent) personally, “Rendez-Vous” documents the 13-year pas de deux between Ray, a French visual artist, and McQueen, a Brit fashion designer and couturier better known less by his first name than his middle name: Alexander.

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So what do visitors gain from projects+exhibitions’ nominal admission fee of $5?

From Ray, they obtain mainly black-and-white photographic insights, most of them archival prints from the original negatives, into 43 McQueencentered shows. (“I like your images but I’m broke,” Ray, in an informal essay in a saddle-stitched booklet accompanying “Rendez-Vous,” recalls McQueen telling her early in their friendship. “Give me your photos, I’ll give you clothes.”) Those photos show McQueen, a pantherishly built man with tattoos and a crew cut, looking, by turns, stern, focused, pensive – and weary beyond words.

Perhaps all of one photo, more’s the pity, shows him grinning, apparently exhilarated by life.

From the designer himself, visitors obtain views of his garments, some from Ray’s collection, some from Barrett Barrera Projects’ own holdings, which the group’s website calls “the largest private collection of McQueen’s work.” For metro area fashionistas, frankly, this exhibition should constitute a bravura presentation, displayed to maximum effect with subtle ingenuity in a whitepainted Manchester Avenue brick retrofit – a former body shop, perhaps – due east of Kingshighway.

By the time he overdosed and hanged himself in 2010, just before his 41st birthday, McQueen had devoted himself to “extending the potential of the fashion show as a medium for spectacle and utilizing the design of clothing as a tool for making provocative interventions in debates about the body and identity,” states Christopher Breward in Fashion, part of the Oxford History of Art series.

Despite characterizing McQueen’s imagination as “fired by dread and irrationality,” Breward continues that “regardless of the outlandish styling, many commentators acknowledged the swaggering confidence of his designs which either accentuated the sexuality of the wearer … or displayed a dazzling virtuosity in their quasi-surgical manipulations of form and line.”

Another tome also titled Fashion – a Dorling Kindersley behemoth co-issued with the Smithsonian Institution – concurs.

After a 1992 master’s degree collection audaciously entitled “Jack the Ripper Stalks His Victims,” that volume notes that McQueen served as head designer at the French luxury fashion/

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perfume house Givenchy before launching his eponymous brand (with subsequent support from the Italianate Gucci Group) and that he earned the British Designer of the Year laurel four times, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire chivalric recognition and the 2003 Council of Fashion Designers of America’s International Designer of the Year accolade.

It also suggests that by the time of his suicide, McQueen had considerably broadened his conceptual horizons from mere Grand Guignol japery, relating that “his final show, ‘Plato’s Atlantis’ in 2010, raised questions about the future of the planet and man’s careless approach.”

To be sure, even a talent as titanic as McQueen sometimes strayed. A quasi-Elizabethan smock in the Dorling Kindersley/Smithsonian volume, for instance, looks distressingly mycological, and the designer’s periodic dalliances with avian motifs periodically seem, in retrospect, less fetching than featherheaded.

“Rendez-Vous” includes such a textbook stray, a classic gray pump crossed with an old-fashioned Erector Set. Visually, it suggests footwear filched from Joan of Arc’s Saturday night steppin’-out armoire or perhaps a crazed podiatrist’s update of the 19th-century iron maiden.

Otherwise, the exhibition includes few other missteps among its offerings, which easily top four dozen dresses, related garments and shoes.

Beyond the Maid of Orléans affair just mentioned, as well as a nonpareil assortment of gowns and other womenswear, “Rendez-Vous” also includes an amusingly steampunkish bootie in bronze, silver and gold; an “un-stiletto,” a weird black wedge sporting golden ornamentation that might lead some viewers to wonder what mad calculus McQueen used to design it; and a kicky bootie that goes full-tilt-boogie Union Jack.

“We wandered through a world apart from ours, the McQueen planet,” Ray, in the exhibition booklet, reminisces about her 13-year friendship with the designer. “Rendez-Vous” warmly welcomes visitors to tour that protean, teeming place – a welcome no local fashion fan should decline. projects+exhibitions, 4568 Manchester Ave., St. Louis, 314-899-0666, barrettbarrera.com

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n the metro area, the colder it grows during winter, the better the idea of a beard sounds. But wintry cold can blow in a myriad of bothers.

“The biggest struggle for a bearded man in the winter is dryness and maintenance,” says Matt Jones from Dapper Gents Grooming Lounge. “We have a product for every guy and his individual struggle, from keeping shape in those blistering winds to staying moisturized in the dry coldness of winter.”

Dapper Gents, which opened in downtown St. Louis in 2014, ranks as a luxury grooming lounge in every sense and offers more of an experience than you’ll find anywhere else in the area. Its retail shop offers highquality menswear, featuring products from sport coats to watches and services from shoe shines to tailoring.

More significantly in context, those services include mustache trims, tailored haircuts, eyebrow waxes and,

of course, facial hair maintenance efforts (among them straight shaves).

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Uppercut Beard Balm, $18. Great beards need to be able to withstand the elements, and for that, as

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Employing Empathy

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eorge Bailey was an emotionally driven businessman.

In the classic holiday film It’s a Wonderful Life, the cherished lead character, played by Jimmy Stewart, runs his entire building and loan association on the heartfelt desire to help his impoverished community. Following in his father’s footsteps, George understands his generous motivations are more important to his business than logic, and because of these emotional connections, his association is saved in its time of struggle.

Regardless of the size of an organization, transitions – for example, an acquisition or sale (see Charles Schwab-TD Ameritrade), a merger, a reorganization, a realignment, a rightsizing (a nice way to say downsizing), a supervisor’s replacement – all are a part of life, and nothing remains the same. These changes often turn an employee’s world upside down, for something he or she didn’t initiate.

During change, leaders at all levels of the organization mistakenly use logic and “big picture” ideas in addressing employees. They assume employees see the world as they do. Wrong. If you are a leader in your organization, at any level, pay close attention.

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Most employees won’t admit it, but they care about how they view their importance within the organization.

Employees react emotionally in times of uncertainty.

Those emotions are more powerful than logic. It’s why, during the holidays, advertisers know that if they trigger the right emotion, people will make purchases they don’t need and be excited about doing so.

Failing to focus on employee needs increases anxiety and turnover; in consequence, productivity decreases, and employees will disengage. None of those things are good for the organization.

Put yourself in the mind of an employee and focus on what he or she worries about: Will I have a job?

Will I be competent and successful after this change?

Will my friends and colleagues have jobs? Will I lose control over how I do my job? Are the decisions being made that impact me fair and equitable? Will my status be impacted?

Most employees won’t admit it, but they care about how they view their importance within the organization. Remember, finances are a lagging indicator of how well employee concerns are handled. Focus on employees first, and finances will be better.

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One needs to quickly analyze the personalities of the participants and determine the strengths of each. One must use empathy to understand individual points of view – essentially putting oneself in the shoes of others to incorporate all. If the hierarchy of priorities and responsibilities is unclear, chaos can result – or hurt feelings. Either can cause inefficiencies that deter positive results.

These are among the thoughts of a communication trainer expecting the birth of her first grandchild next month. Yes, I’m giddy with joy! A boy, he will enter this world with our son and his wife becoming parents, plus both sets of grandparents are in town to help during those first few weeks. We will be a new team of six with the goals of keeping this child well cared for while easing this married couple in their late 30s into parenthood.

However, we don’t know the other grandparents.

We’ve only met during wedding festivities. In a way, we will be “strangers in a strange land.” In a small Midwestern town my husband and I have visited only

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once, we will gather for two weeks, renting individual houses. We will be a new team navigating the challenges and opportunities of a new type of communication.

All our friends say we will be smitten by grandparenthood within moments. Thankfully, the other grandmother already has experience with four other grandchildren, which is helpful because the last time I melted baby bottles in a sterilizer was 1984! My co-grandma has already leaked to me that our couple plans to use cloth diapers.

Inadvertently, she sounded ominous, like floating a weather balloon to gauge my readiness. I responded I would be ready to do laundry, clean (within reason) and make lasagna for the troops as needed.

I remember as a new mom, I wanted my own mom to be head grandmom, so I am ready to be demure in this new adventure.

Putting ourselves in one another’s shoes for the cause of a happy, healthy baby and new parents, we’ll hopefully become a good team, communicating effectively with respect and the above strategies in mind. Right? No chaos. Well, maybe some. Either way, this new team is so excited and ready!

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Missouri Botanical Garden is set to break ground on its new $92 million visitor center this month.

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In 2022, they’ll get one.

“The new visitor center will offer an enhanced experience for all our visitors,” says Bob Woodruff, the garden’s chief operating officer. “The new entry garden will feature rare plants from around the world, a fountain, a sloped walkway and seating among an ascending, multilayered open woodland planting. Once inside, gardengoers will be immediately greeted with stunning views of some of the garden’s most iconic locations, as well as a new garden and fountain to the south.”

Garden president Peter Wyse Jackson and other officials recently announced plans to break ground in January for the new, privately funded, $92 million Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center, named for the Enterprise Rent-A-Car founder. The Taylor family provided the “very generous” lead gift, Woodruff says.

Peter Wyse Jackson, president of the garden, notes that the garden’s trustees and other stakeholders identified the need to enhance the visitor center several years ago. Officials first considered refitting the current visitor center, which was designed to accommodate about 250,000 visitors annually, but “we realized we would be investing a lot in a building that is no longer really fit for the purpose,” he says.

Instead, a committee began reimagining the visitor center. “We thought about what we really needed, how to connect it to the community and how to make it part of the heart of the garden,” Wyse Jackson says. Through an extensive requestfor-proposal process, the committee chose architectural firm Ayers Saint Gross and Michael Vergason Landscape Architects to design the new structure.

“Ayers Saint Gross has a world-renowned reputation and has designed buildings for other St. Louis institutions, including the Danforth Plant Science Center, Washington University and Cortex,” Woodruff says. “St. Louis-based TAO + LEE Associates is part of the architectural team.”

The building will feature a new conservatory for a permanent collection of Mediterranean plants, a shop, a sit-down café with garden views, an integrated

information/ticket sales desk and a large space for special events and educational sessions. Wyse Jackson characterizes the structure’s design as unique, unlike any other botanical garden’s visitor center. “We couldn’t take a plan off the shelf or copy an existing design because we needed a center ideally suited to our specific needs and purposes,” he says.

Although usability and accessibility were primary aspects of planning, the function will be enclosed with sustainable form in a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-certified structure. “The resulting green building and its components will be used as examples of sustainable solutions in educational classes, tours and interpretation,” Woodruff says.

The center also will highlight the garden’s research mission. “From the moment visitors pull into the parking lot, the Taylor Visitor Center will immerse them in our mission to connect people with plants and showcase the natural world,” Woodruff says. “Our new entry garden will specifically showcase rare and endangered plants for areas of the world where Missouri Botanical Garden researchers are hard at work.”

Construction will impact a limited number of parking spaces. Shuttles will operate from nearby overflow parking lots. However, visitors throughout 2020 will continue to enter the garden through the existing visitor center. “Once construction is finished on our new event space to the east of the existing visitor center, we will temporarily move everyday operations to the new building while we shift construction to the Taylor Visitor Center,” Woodruff says. “It will absolutely continue to be business as usual during the building process,” Wyse Jackson adds.

The garden’s president bubbles with enthusiasm as he describes the new center, and when asked what he’s most looking forward to, Wyse Jackson has difficulty pinpointing a single aspect.

“We’re really looking forward to receiving visitors in an efficient, accessible space with world-class services that showcase the garden’s mission to discover and share knowledge about plants,” he says. “We think people will love it, and we hope they’re just blown away when the Taylor Visitor Center opens in 2022.”

Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Blvd., St. Louis, 314-577-5100, missouribotanicalgarden.org

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Weight loss isn’t easy, and motivation is hard to keep alive. The Washington University Nonsurgical Weight Loss Program gives patients a noninvasive procedure to kick-start the change, as well as the coaching and resources to maintain a healthy lifestyle for the long term.

On the next page, learn about endoscopic gastric outlet repair from Dr. Vladimir Kushnir and about the lifestyle changes that kept participant Rachel DeLong living her healthiest, slimmest life.

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ith diets trending in and out of fashion all the time, it’s hard to maintain the effort needed to see lasting results.

The physicians at Washington University teach patients that weight-loss change happens when a person makes real lifestyle changes, and with their nonsurgical weight-loss program, they’re ready to help you live living your healthiest life.

“Nonsurgical means endoscopic,” explains Dr. Vladimir Kushnir. “The patient is asleep and provided with an endoscope through the mouth as part of a procedure to facilitate weight loss. [The procedure can] take less than an hour and doesn’t involve any permanent changes to the body.”

Washington University gastroenterologists offer different endoscopic treatment options, based on a personal consultation. These include intragastric balloon devices, aspiration therapy, endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty, and endoscopic gastric outlet repair.

Endoscopic gastric outlet repair is designed for

patients who have had a gastric bypass surgery but have gained back their initial weight loss. “The stomach … stretches over time, and [patients] can eat more. The result is weight gains over the years.

We use an endoscopic sewing machine to make the stomach pouch tighter.”

Each patient first works with a registered dietitian to go over eating plans and what to expect with the nonsurgical procedure. Rachel DeLong, who had endoscopic gastric outlet repair in September 2018, explains the six-month plan: “They teach you how to read everything on the [food] label, and that not everything [marketed as] healthy is really healthy.

You learn healthy eating habits.”

Because there is no incision, patients experience discomfort but little pain immediately following endoscopic gastric outlet repair. “You can basically go back to work,” DeLong says. “I’m a mom of three kids … and I was able to go back to taking care of them immediately after release.”

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Washington University provides a dietitian for patients to continue working with or contact following their procedure. “With any weight-loss procedure, the key to long-term success is lifestyle changes in your life and diet,” Kushnir adds. “We give patients a lot of tools and support to achieve their goals.”

Washington University Nonsurgical Weight Loss Program at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital, St. Louis, 314-362-2652, barnesjewishwestcounty.org/nonsurgical-weight-loss

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credits Lee for helping him get the space, which coincided with Lee’s move to Clayton to open Akar.

According to Jackson, the turnkey space required little to get running – and it even maintains some of Lee’s former décor. Certain new personal touches complement the interior, including a green photo wall for the entrance lobby, newly painted accent walls and floors, reupholstery for the booths, and dining area art by the late American rapper Nipsey Hussle.

The dinner menu begins with small bites, including Cajun Thai duck wings and crab fries with seasoned fries, Cajun queso, Old Bay Seasoning and crab. Salad options include a fall salad with an apple medley, candied pecans, cranberry and feta on a bed of mixed greens, dressed with a raspberry vinaigrette.

Entrées include such bestsellers as jerk lamb chops with marinated French lamb chops, garlic mashed potatoes and charred Broccolini. Another popular pick, the 4AM Pasta, incorporates onions, peppers, spinach, garlic, linguine, regular or Cajun Alfredo and the diner’s choice of chicken, shrimp, salmon or “Ocean’s Delight” – a steamed lobster tail and sautéed shrimp.

“We like to think that we provide a different style

of food that’s hard to find in St. Louis,” Jackson says.

“It’s exquisite Cajun comfort food in a very familyoriented place.”

As another highlight from the menu, the honey whiskey chicken includes corn and garlic mashed potatoes; the recipe for the barbecue sauce originated with Jackson’s late father, in whose honor Jackson soon plans to introduce an entrée: the AO rib-eye.

Jackson intends to offer specialty craft cocktails, a lengthy wine list and draft beer on his future menus.

Sunday brunch features specialties like shrimp and grits, as well as chicken and waffles.

At most any time either long before or long after 4 a.m., in short, Jackson’s new restaurant should make a splendid place to visit before enjoying any of the theatrical productions now joining the most memorable performances of the past year.

“This is a place where people from all backgrounds can feel welcome,” Jackson says. “You can get great food and just be in a very social but calming environment.”

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The restaurant comes from executive chef and owner Jason Jackson, an Atlanta-born, Chicago-raised graduate of the latter city’s Institute of Culinary Arts at Robert Morris University Illinois. Jackson moved to the metro area in 2016 and served as an operating partner of a Firehouse Subs franchise in St. Charles before starting his own catering company, Kitchen4am Xquisite Eatz & Catering, in 2018.

“A lot of our preparation, like our marinades, sous vide and brining processes, all start at 4 a.m.,” says Jackson, explaining the origin of the restaurant’s name. After starting an Instagram account for his company, he quickly gained a following while continuing to provide corporate catering, parties and in-home private dining services.

With Kitchen4am, Jackson hopes to offer a venue for his followers to enjoy his gourmet cooking. The eatery fills the space previously occupied by Bernie Lee’s Hiro Asian Kitchen, seating roughly 78. Jackson

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&The Year’s A Show Best Local Theater, Part 1

PHOTOS COURTESY OF PHILLIP HAMER (GUYS AND DOLLS), JOHN LAMB (THE CRUCIBLE)

By Mark Bretz

The wheels of change kept driving local theater in 2019.

By way of example, Hana S. Sharif officially took over as the Augustin Family Artistic Director at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and began her tenure with the 53-year-old company’s first production of the epic drama Angels in America.

Also, after several years at the helm of R-S Theatrics, Christina Rios stepped aside, as Sarah Holt became the company’s artistic director. Meanwhile, after its 2018-19 season, Mustard Seed Theatre went on hiatus as the resident professional troupe at Fontbonne University, and Grand Center continued to add venues for local theatrical troupes.

The caliber of performances and behind-the-scenes artistic efforts seemingly improves here each year. While touring productions at The Fabulous Fox Theatre and home-grown productions at The Muny pack in thousands for every performance, hundreds of local theater artists ply their craft nobly on stages areawide for dozens of local companies, both professional and community.

Of the 124 productions I viewed on local stages in 2019 – professional, community and college – a baker’s dozen (reflecting a tie in 12th place) topped an impressive list of shows performed here.

In descending order, here are the “bottom” seven on my best-of list for the year, with the top six appearing in next week’s Ladue News: 12 (tie): District Merchants from New Jewish Theatre. The character of Shylock and the treatment of him by other characters in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice have proven problematic for four centuries. New Jewish Theatre’s powerful presentation of Aaron Posner’s 2016 adaptation smartly combined stellar acting with superior technical work under the expert direction of Jacqueline Thompson. District Merchants not only updated the Bard’s troublesome masterpiece but also added several new, intricate layers to demonstrate its stillrelevant message of injustice in a too often cold world.

12 (tie): The Crucible from Stray Dog Theatre.

Arthur Miller’s probing drama, which won the 1953 Tony Award for Best Play, remains remarkably timely and relevant in the 21st century. Stray Dog Theatre artistic director Gary Bell painstakingly re-created the original staging of Miller’s herculean look at the unstoppable wave of unfounded accusations of witchcraft in Puritan Salem, Massachusetts, an allegory for the McCarthy-era search for communists in America at the time the play debuted. Stray Dog staged a noble, rewarding rendition.

11: Salt, Root and Roe from Upstream Theater. Tim Price’s affecting, absorbing drama centered on aged twins, one of whom deals with the dementia of the other, and earned a top-notch presentation in its American premiere from Upstream Theater. It ideally fit Upstream artistic director Philip Boehm’s goal “to move you and move you to think.” Salt, Root and Roe did Upstream’s mission proud

Guys and Dolls

The Crucible

– a well-wrought piece that dealt with a controversial subject with multilayered, thoughtful poignancy.

10: The Women of Lockerbie from Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble. Playwright Deborah Brevoort’s one-act drama takes place in Lockerbie, Scotland, seven years after the 1988 crash of ill-fated Pam Am Flight 103, in which 259 passengers, crew and Lockerbie residents died in a terrorist attack. SATE closed its “Season of Ritual” with a moving production of this sobering drama, wherein a group of Lockerbie women attempt to wash 11,000 articles of clothing still held as evidence from the crime. The Women of Lockerbie, an affecting and inspirational play, received a powerfully poignant presentation from the troupe.

9: Oslo from The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis.

Steven Woolf, now The Rep’s Augustin Family Artistic Director emeritus, made his final directorial effort at the helm of the troupe with a smashing success in this riveting, superbly acted and beautifully modulated production (winner of the Tony Award for Best Play in 2017) of the unlikely drama about clandestine peace talks between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization.

It was heartwarming to see Woolf at the top of his game in his directorial swan song with the company.

8: Well from Mustard Seed Theatre. This charming, whimsical and seriously informative 2004 piece by playwright Lisa Kron was dusted off by Mustard Seed artistic director Deanna Jent and brought to captivating life in the troupe’s wonderful adaptation. Jent called Well a “wild ride,” and indeed it was, as main character Lisa addressed the audience directly, telling us we were about to see a “multicharacter theatrical exploration of issues of health and illness both in the individual and in the community.” Tough to categorize but easy to enjoy and appreciate, Well enjoyed a fine, studied production from Mustard Seed.

7: Guys and Dolls from The Muny. For the opening production of its second century, The Muny showcased its magnificently remodeled stage with a spectacular presentation of the perennially popular musical comedy Guys and Dolls. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical in 1951, Guys and Dolls made its eighth visit – but just its third since 1977 – to the Forest Park amphitheater in director Gordon Greenberg’s energetic, exquisite production. Muny artistic director Mike Isaacson noted that this “‘fable of Broadway’ has it all – laughs, love, magical songs and thrilling dances” to help The Muny “soar into our next century.” It did all that and more in The Muny’s lavish, lovable new version.

For just a moment, turn down the lights on the theatrical year just past – but return to Ladue News next week to learn the absolute top six stage productions of 2019!

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NOTE: A longer version of the theatrical year in review appears on the Ladue News website.

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Around Town

By Andrea Smith

‌Mon., Dec. 30

The Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis presents KWANZAA: FESTIVAL OF THE FIRST FRUITS. A Kwanzaa ceremony at 1 p.m. includes storytelling, craft and jewelry displays, and African drumming and other musical performances. Admission to the garden includes admission to the event. Between noon and 4 p.m., vendors sell Kwanzaa crafts and jewelry. missouribotanicalgarden.org.

Sun., Jan. 5

Visit many of Cherokee Street’s small businesses for the DIA DE LOS REYES CELEBRATION. The event honors Three Kings’ Day, a Christian holiday often recognized in Latin America and Spain. St. Louis’ Hispanic Festival and El Chico Bakery host the event with four other participating stores, offering gifts and activities for families from 1 to 4 p.m. hispanicfestivalstl.com.

Tue., Dec. 31

West End Grill & Pub and The Gaslight Theater are hosting a New Year’s Eve dinner and show featuring THE WIREPILOTS from St. Louis and guest vocalist KIM FULLER. The evening showcases a blend of jazz, rhythm and blues, and pop music, while the restaurant serves a four-course meal, plus a midnight sparkling wine toast. Although guests can opt for an early-bird dinner only at 5 p.m. for $50, dinner and the 10 p.m. show together cost $85, with seating beginning at 8:30 p.m. Call 314-531-4607 for reservations. westendgrillandpub.com.

Tue., Dec. 31

Sun., Jan. 5

Engaged couples can find numerous wedding vendors in the metro area under one roof during the WEDDING CONNECTION BRIDAL SHOW. The show, which takes place at The Chase Park Plaza in St. Louis’ Central West End neighborhood, allows brides to pick a gift bag and consult with wedding experts.

Call 314-588-8313 for $5 advanced registration, or register at the door for $10. The event runs from noon to 4 p.m. bridestl.com.

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Celebrate the arrival of 2020 in style at the Melting Pot’s ROARING 2020s NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION. The restaurant’s themed party begins at 5 p.m. in University City with the restaurant’s signature fondue, cocktails and other dishes. Costumes are encouraged, with the best-dressed participant winning a prize. After 10 p.m., guests can purchase the New Year’s Eve Chocolate Fondue Package for $20.20 per couple. meltingpot.com/university-city-mo.

The Wine Life WHAT I AM DRINKING NOW… ‌2016 CEDAR KNOLL VINEYARD CO. Grape: 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot, 2% Cabernet Franc Location: Napa Valley, California Owners: Julio and Amalia Palmaz Winemaker: Mia Klein Approximate Retail Price: $54 Website: palmazvineyards.com TASTING NOTES: Color: Intense crimson with slight amber hues, reflective and opaque Aroma: Hint of pepper and leather encompassing dark cherry and raspberry with an underlying tone of dark chocolate Taste: Intense, rewarding palate with a graceful balance of fruit and tannins and a finish that will have oenophiles rolling their eyes

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ounded in 1881 by Henry Hagen, Cedar Knoll Vineyard and Winery quickly established itself as notable, serving wine to San Francisco’s finest and even winning a silver medal for Hagen’s brandy in 1889 at the World’s Fair in Paris. The winery, one of Napa’s first, occupied the southern end of Napa along Mount George, on some 450 acres of hillside.

In 1996, Julio Palmaz (known in cardiology for inventing the Palmaz coronary stent) and his wife, Amalia, bought the estate after it had been on the market for 10 years. Julio Palmaz developed a passion for wine while completing his residency at the University of California, Davis, and, with his wife, finally realized his dream after obtaining the estate.

The vineyards’ 24 blocks now range across three separate elevations, all with varying microclimates. The Palmazes built a winery using both cutting-edge technology and preserved traditional techniques. A scientific

marvel, the complete winery has earned acclaim as one the greatest accomplishments in winemaking in the world.

The second wine from what has become Palmaz Winery, Cedar Knoll pays homage to Hagen. The label pictures him, and the design comes from the original 1889 barrel brander. Only 1,000 cases were produced, aging 18 months in 100 percent French oak. The extraordinary 2016 vintage stands out as one of the best wines of the vintage, also making it a true value against some of Napa’s more prominent wineries. A classic Napa Valley Bordeaux style, it can be drunk now or laid down for up to 15 years.

Food Pairings: Beef of all kinds (especially grilled), charcuterie, stew, shepherd’s pie, sautéed mushrooms, and mushroom risotto with truffles would pair quite nicely with this wine, as would chocolate-covered cherries.

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After a decade away, a St. Louis performing artist marks her homecoming by launching a thought-provoking theatrical company.

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uch like some scripts, life often comes full circle.

For Sharon Hunter, founder and producing artistic director of the new Moonstone Theatre Company, the proof is in the performance. The St. Louis native spent a decade in New York City, cutting her teeth as a professional actor, director, singer and producer. Hunter’s homecoming marks the start of a new act – both for her and for regional arts.

“What I’m doing now, I finally feel like I’ve melded both sides of myself,” she says of founding Moonstone. “For years and years, there was a very artistic side to me, but there was that other side that was business. I’m blending those two parts of myself.”

Hunter first encountered the arts through dance. Her father played music and sang, while her mother tap-danced professionally as a teenager, so the young Hunter was always surrounded by performance.

“She always took me to the theater, and so I loved to perform,” Hunter says of her mother. “It was part of who I was.”

Voice lessons came next, followed by junior high and high school productions when Hunter grew more and more involved in performing arts. Life and careers then ensued, with stints at an advertising company and 10 years on the radio – including serving as the original host of KEZK’s Pillow Talk in St. Louis – but theater always remained in her life.

Then came New York.

Hunter, who holds a master’s degree in theater education, spent 10 years working off-Broadway, including performing her own one-woman cabaret show (which she also staged at The Monocle in St. Louis). At the Gallery Players theater in Brooklyn in 2009, though, the actor earned a small role in The House of Blue Leaves, a 1966 production from playwright John Guare – and she was captivated.

“I was so moved by the writing, and John Guare, how talented and beautiful [it was],” she says. “Even though it’s a comedy, there’s something about it – it’s a beautiful way of telling the story of all these people and how much mental illness affects everybody in the family.”

The play centers on a zookeeper who dreams of becoming a big-time songwriter – an admirable enough goal. However, the man also wishes to whisk his mistress off to Hollywood, with his schizophrenic wife still

in the picture – not so admirable. It’s a madcap show that’s as hysterical as it is complex and heartrending.

“I would watch the first act of the show, thinking, ‘One of these days, I’m going to produce this,’” Hunter says.

She was right. The House of Blue Leaves makes a fitting intro for Hunter’s new troupe – and not just because staging it fulfills the dream she had on the East Coast.

“I’m looking at work that I can produce that will help and reach audiences in a way that shows humanity and diversity – and really touches topics that are sometimes difficult and sometimes teachable,” she says.

Hunter laughs and acknowledges that starting a theater company hasn’t been easy – but she’s found a family in the process.

Currently self-funded, Hunter has her cast and crew for the company’s debut – including two married couples and a father-and-daughter combo – as well as a publicist and social media pro to promote the production.

“I really want to collaborate and work with other people in this genre,” she says. “It’s such a collectively creative atmosphere. It has really made me feel like this is the right choice.”

The next step involves finding donors and sponsors to help the troupe thrive. (Potential patrons should visit its website.) The area arts community has been welcoming and supportive, and Hunter wants also to get involved with other women-owned businesses here; in fact, she’s made a point of hiring several women for the troupe’s first production.

Hunter hopes to run three shows in the 2020-21 season, including The House of Blue Leaves, scheduled to debut this coming July 16 in the Wool Studio Theatre at the St. Louis Jewish Community Center – another supporter in her ventures. The show will run Thursdays through Sundays for three consecutive weekends, officially marking her return home.

“I want to take that knowledge and those skills and bring it back here,” Hunter says of her stint in the Big Apple. “It’s a time where there are a lot of challenges that St. Louis faces, but art transcends. I think this is a good time to do that – I think you can reach a lot of people.”

Moonstone Theatre Company, 3547 Olive St., St. Louis, 314-707-1134, moonstonetheatrecompany.com

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Nominations are now being accepted The purpose of the Women of Achievement Award is to recognize and honor women of diverse cultures, roles and accomplishments who have demonstrated commitment to the betterment of the St. Louis region through significant volunteer contributions.

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A committee of community leaders will choose

Left to right- Elizabeth Mannen, 2020 Luncheon Vice Chair; Joni Karandjeff, Past President and 2020 Luncheon Chair; Pam Toder, Vice President; Marian Nunn, President

Presenting Sponsors:

ten honorees to be recognized at the 65th Women of Achievement luncheon.

Lucheon date: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Clayton.

Nomination deadline: Monday, January 13, 2020.

Nominations online preferred.

Visit www.woastl.org for criteria and nomination form.

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