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Southside With You Bar owners and creatives are making their way down to St. Louis’ southern tip.

Could ‘the Flats’ become a destination?

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wo years ago, an aldermanic committee hearing was flung into chaos when the spokesman for the St. Louis Police Officers Association, Jeff Roorda, collided with a woman in the audience, sparking a scuffle that was caught by TV news crews and immediately shared to viral status by livestreamers.

Afterwards, the woman, Cachet Currie, made a formal complaint and demanded the ex-cop be charged with with third-degree assault. The Circuit Attorney’s Office ultimately decided not to pursue criminal charges against Roorda.

Currie, though, wasn’t content to let the matter slide. She’s now pursuing a lawsuit against Roorda and his bosses at the police association.

The suit, filed in December in Circuit Court but only this month served on the police association, is seeking $500,000 in punitive damages.

“He has never been reprimanded in any way in for it,” says attorney Jerryl Christmas, who is representing Currie. “Jeff Roorda disrespected her and assaulted her, and I think she should be compensated for what she suffered.”

Even without the assault allegation, Roorda’s presence at the January 28 committee hearing became a symbol of the tensions between die-hard police supporters and advocates for criminal justice reform. When Roorda showed up to the hearing, he wore a wristband bearing the words “I am Darren Wilson,” a sign of solidarity with the Ferguson officer who shot Ferguson teenager Michael Brown in a confrontation on August 9, 2014. Brown’s death was followed by prolonged protest, civil unrest and a region-wide soul-searching that continues to this day.

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Even as his homeless shelter is threatened with closure from City Hall, Larry Rice has thrown his hat into the crowded race for St. Louis mayor. | NICK SCHNELLE

Larry Rice, Mayor?

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e’s got name recognition, loyal followers and a plan for the city. The Rev. Larry Rice says he should be St. Louis’ next mayor.

The controversial founder of the New Life Evangelistic Center homeless shelter, which is currently facing a shut-down order from the city, has joined the crowded race as an independent candidate.

“I believe it’s time for a revolution in City Hall — a revolution of compassion, because the people have suffered enough,” Rice says in video launching his candidacy.

He has been rolling out his plan on larryriceformayor.com. Highlights include capping city government salaries at $75,000 and putting the savings toward hiring another 200 police officers, holding weekly job fairs in the City Hall rotunda and shifting city money away from stadium deals to-

ward community recreation.

Unsurprisingly, his platform also calls for aid to the homeless, including a plan to build a village of tiny houses for people who do not want to live in shelters.

The month and a half between now and the general election should be a busy time for Rice. Along with the campaign, he’s battling the city to keep New Life open. The shelter has been operating without a permit since May 2015, when the city revoked the 32-bed hotel permit Rice had since 1976.

New Life is under city orders to shut down by April 1. The general election is April 4.

Rice seems unfazed. He has vowed to fight the city in court over the cease-and-desist order, and he has collected well over the 487 signatures to put himself on the ballot for mayor. He claims he turned in 1,200 signatures. The Missouri Board of Election Commissioners has validated 589 of those signariverfronttimes.com

tures, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which first reported Rice’s candidacy.

Still a longshot, Rice adds yet another layer to a frenzied campaign season. There are probably four contenders in the Democratic primary who have a legitimate shot at winning.

And while whoever wins that primary will still be the odds-on favorite, Rice isn’t alone in trying to make the general election matter. There’s also the late entry of Kacey Cordes, a finance executive who some political watchers believe could mount a real challenge in the general. Like Rice, she will bypass the primaries. Unlike Rice, she hasn’t collected the signatures.

Cordes, who has accused some Democratic Party operatives of voter suppression, has said she will launch a legal challenge to ensure she’s placed on the ballot.

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Antonio French, left, and Tishaura Jones decided to spend last Wednesday meeting voters, not wealthy business execs in Town & Country. | DANNY WICENTOWSKI/PRESS PHOTO

Jones, French Pass on Sports Commission Meet-andGreet

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he St. Louis Sports Commission summoned the candidates for St. Louis mayor to its quarterly meeting last Wednesday, promising each candidate ten minutes “to interact individually” with some of the region’s most powerful businessmen and CEOs — five minutes to talk, and five minutes to answer questions.

“There will be no media coverage of the meeting,” the email invitation promised.

At least three candidates — Alderwoman Lyda Krewson, President of the Board of Aldermen Lewis Reed and Alderman Jeffrey Boyd — attended, trekking out to the Missouri Athletic Club West in Town & Country in the hours before the workday to meet with roughly 70 members for their ten-minute session. (The candidates did not get to hear each other’s remarks.)

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and neither Treasurer Tishaura Jones nor Alderman Antonio French bothered to send a surrogate, as the commission offered in its invitation.

French said he decided to turn down the offer once he realized it was at the athletic club’s satellite location, not the original one downtown. “To drive all the way out to west county to talk to a small group that probably doesn’t even include many city voters? No thanks,” he says.

A spokeswoman for Jones expressed a similar lack of interest.

“We thought about going,” says Anne Schweitzer. “But at the end of the day, why go all the way out to the Missouri Athletic Club to tell people to pay for their own stadium?”

She adds, “The whole ‘no reporters’ thing rubbed Tishaura the wrong way.”

The privately funded commission seeks to attract, create and manage major sporting events in St. Louis, including NCAA tournaments and U.S. Figure Skating championships. Board members include some of the region’s most powerful CEOs and lawyers, including Bill DeWitt III, the president of the St. Louis Cardinals, and Steve Lindsey, the president of Laclede Gas. It’s the same group that tends to push big-ticket, taxpayer-funded projects, like the controversial $105 million renovation plan for

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Scottrade Center. Increasingly, city residents (and some aldermen) have questioned why the city consistently gets tapped for large portions of such projects, even while county residents share equally in the benefits.

The backlash has been brewing within city limits, to the point that everyone who’s running for mayor opposed the Scottrade expenditure, other than Reed. And even he voted against it in its final iteration (he says was merely objecting to the timeline, and still supports its merit).

Brent Shulman, the commission’s director of marketing and communications, says that a portion of board meetings are always given over to a guest speaker.

“Since sports are a very important topic in the region, we thought it would be appropriate to have the candidates at the meeting to speak to the business leaders on our board,” he says.

And candidates who attended the meet-and-greet say there was nothing untoward about the meeting. Says David Woodruff, a spokesman for Reed, “Lewis Reed appreciated the opportunity to speak with 60 business leaders about his ideas to bring good-paying jobs and new businesses to St. Louis. It sounds like the candidates with no clue how to create jobs chose to skip the forum instead of expose themselves.”

Boyd, too, says he welcomed

the chance to talk about his vision. Commission members asked about his support for the Major League Soccer stadium now slated to be on city ballots in April, he says. (Part of an increase in the city’s use tax would fund $60 million of the $200 million stadium; at this point, county voters are not contributing anything.) Boyd says he told them he is still undecided, and is waiting for more details — something the commission’s chairman assured him would be coming.

Boyd says he was also asked for his feelings on economic development and public safety. “They weren’t promoting anything,” he says. “They were there to listen to the candidates.”

He says he was shocked to learn that some candidates weren’t attending: “I want to get in front of as many people as possible. They may not live in the city, but they work in the city. They’re concerned about the city.” And who knows, he quips — now they might contribute to his campaign.

French, though, doubts he’d be getting any donations from that group, no matter what he said.

“My position on funding for these projects is well-known,” he says. Besides, he adds, “St. Louis County contributes almost nothing to these projects. Now they want to summon us to discuss this issue in the county?”

—Sarah Fenske

ROORDA Continued from pg 9 also came to the hearing that day, resulting in an overflow crowd in the City Hall meeting room. Things started going downhill when Roorda objected to the murmuring/heckling that accompanied a police officer’s testimony.

“Come on, mister chairman, how about some order here, huh?”

Roorda yelled at the committee’s chair, Alderman Terry Kennedy. The outburst only increased the crowd’s jeering. When they quieted, Kennedy retorted to Roorda: “Excuse me, first of all, you do not tell me my function.”

At that point, Roorda attempted to muscle his way toward the front of the room. Video footage shows Roorda pushing aside Currie just before the crowd closes in around him.

After the fracas, Currie told reporters she had been trying to leave the room when she ran into Roorda, who then allegedly grabbed her and threw her to the floor.

Roorda, however, claimed that he was the real victim, and that it was Currie and other “anti-police radicals” who attacked him on the way to the podium. He elaborated when questioned by the Guardian, saying he only grabbed Currie to steady himself after she allegedly elbowed him and stomped on his feet.

The lawsuit alleges Roorda pushed Currie from behind before throwing her to the ground, leaving her with a laceration on her head and broken eyeglasses.

Reached February 16 by phone, Roorda declined to address specific allegations, but did say that he considered the lawsuit “preposterous” and intends to counter-sue. Roorda referred all other questions to his attorney, Neil Bruntrager, who did not respond to a message left at his office.

The lawsuit also names the SLPOA as a defendant. The police union represents around 1,000 officers, most of them white, and the lawsuit alleges the union failed to supervise Roorda’s behavior. (St. Louis’ black officers are largely represented by a separate union, the Ethical Society of Police.)

It’s worth noting that Roorda is one of the leading voices alleging a nationwide “war on police” — even landing a CNN interview after accusing then-President Barack Obama of having police officers’ blood on his hands.

Roorda’s reputation and connection to the police union has also in-

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truded on the St. Louis mayoral race: The SLPOA’s endorsement of Alderwoman Lyda Krewson made her a target for critics who are disturbed by the police union’s continued support of Roorda. During a recent mayoral debate, audience members held up signs that read “Fire Roorda.” And last Thursday, she said the union should do just that, releasing a statement calling for his termination after some nasty comments he made about Krewson’s opponent, Tishaura Jones.

“Today I call upon the elected leadership of the St. Louis Police Officers Association to fire Jeff

Roorda,” Krewson said in a prepared statement. “When I am mayor, he will not be welcome in my office.”

In Currie’s case, Christmas maintains that the union’s refusal to hold Roorda accountable only adds justification to the litigation.

“They have gone on to keep him as their representative, and Jeff Roorda has used that platform to promote himself nationally,” Christmas says. “I think that he is the wrong reflection for the St. Louis Police Officers Association. He’s a bully, and someone needs to stand up to n him.”

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s a newcomer walks up to Tucker ’s on South Broadway, another patron is on the way out, though his stay outside is limited to a sharp left turn and a quick whiz onto a nearby fence. Inside the tavern, it’s neither bright nor dark but is relatively quiet, with maybe a dozen patrons fanned out around an L-shaped 14

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bar, heckling their afternoons and evenings away. No matter where you face, somewhere within your sightline is signage for Eddie Tucker, the place’s eponymous owner and a candidate for a heavily contested, multi-candidate aldermanic race in south city’s 11th ward.

Tucker was out sick on this evening, as he was a few weeks prior, when, on a weekday visit, almost the exact same number of customers were seated around the bar in roughly the same pattern. On that

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day, a commotion broke out around a strange smell wafting through the bar, stirred by a patron who blurted out, “It smells like cappuccino in here!”

You could drink in bars on South Broadway for 100 years and never hear one described as smelling of cappuccino, making this an amazing moment to eavesdrop. Turns out that a quiet guy with a midbar spot had just changed his vape flavor; a couple of hits on the vape pipe stirred the action. For a few

minutes, conversation pepped up and became universal, everyone uniting in trying to identify the smell, then commenting on it, interrupting the previous discussion about how radio frequency IDs irrevocably changed the cross-country shipping business.

Tucker’s is currently the southernmost bar along a 1.9-mile strip of urban life running through the neighborhoods of Carondelet and Patch, a stretch that includes eight bars of various stripes. On a given

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And while some outsiders might find eight bars in that short stretch a lot, old-timers figure that at least two-dozen were found along the same strip a couple of decades back. The shuttered one next door to Tucker’s, most recently known as the Foundry, is a bar in search of an owner right now, a turnkey operation if ever there was one.

But South Broadway is not in decline. Quite the contrary. South Broadway feels, these days, like it’s getting a new jolt of youthful energy. Two spots with roots on Cherokee, namely the Livery Company and the Sinkhole, opened on Broadway last year. And now neighborhood denizens are starting to think about the possibility of the area becoming a destination.

Attorney Haden M. Smith grew up just across the River Des Peres and currently lives in the

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Carondelet neighborhood; his wife, attorney Sophie A. Smith Zavaglia, is currently president of the Carondelet Business Association.

In short, they’re invested.

Haden Smith says that the bars on Broadway reflect the inherent quirks of the area. “I’ve always been fascinated by the melting pot aspect of South Broadway,” he explains. “You have one of the oldest-running gay bars in the city alongside biker bars and soccer bars and live music venues, and even riverfronttimes.com

a bar with an obnoxious Trump sign thrown in. You have people who grew up in the neighborhood or very close by, transplanted Cherokee Street entrepreneurs, and also a ton of people from southern Missouri who migrated up 55. But the common thread is that nearly everyone who works or hangs out here today is very laid back and nonjudgmental. I’ve heard some ugly stories about past South Broadway bars” — including,

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THE FLATS Continued from pg 15 he says, a Cardinals backbencher “getting the shit kicked out of him by racist rednecks” in one bar in the 1980s. But, he adds, “I think we do a pretty good job of getting along today. I’m proud of our lack of snobbishness and ‘you’re not from around here’ exclusion.”

Currently the Broadway strip is bereft of good restaurants and, in some parts, even residents. But to those who see its possibilities, those apparent detriments might provide room for opportunity — and the kind of prices that make an area appealing to those with a sense of adventure. The neighborhood, they say, has potential like never before.

“The best thing about the boom in development along Cherokee in the last fifteen years or so is that it has pulled the central corridor further south in the imaginations of a lot of people who previously wouldn’t venture past Arsenal,” Smith says. “I think the next logical step is swinging further south and east to take advantage of not only the affordability but also the river views, the architecture and the 18th/early 19th century street grid in Carondelet.”

If we are to give this section of South Broadway a general sense of borders, we’ll start with a northern border of Elwood, just across the street from the landmark Bellerive Park. There, a spot called Fro’s Place (and also, confusingly, sometimes called Crossbones) at 5827 South Broadway used to serve a biker clientele, a “roughand-tumble” group, in the words of another local bar owner. It closed its doors earlier this year.

On the far-southern edge of the district is the now-shuttered Traxx, at 8658 South Broadway, which is, quite literally, the last building within city limits, a big-capacity venue that has seen countless names and concepts since its days as a “teen town” in the 1960s.

The stretch of land between these two closed businesses is the kind of space that’s been affected by generations of change at both the micro- and macro-levels of politics, industrialization and urban renewal. While large numbers of buildings have, in fact, been erased by demolition, dozens of buildings remain unoccupied, land-banked, abandoned or underutilized, giv-

ing the stretch a feel of endless possibilities. Even as Cherokee has gussied up, with increased rents to go with the increasingly hip scene, South Broadway feels like a place where a person with a vision could make something happen with very little capital.

At Bar: PM, owners James Pence and Chad “Wick” Morris have created a little oasis for themselves, taking on the classic roles of proprietors who live above their bar. It’s a situation that mostly works for them — save for the fact that they’ve built a clientele of regulars so used to the pair being around that they’ll simply walk up to the couple’s second-floor apartment door on their off-nights, knocking until they get an answer.

The pair, as bullish on the neighborhood as any residents you’ll find there, are working on something of a Plan B, buying a nearby four-family, where they’ll eventually decamp during 2017, separating their home and work lives just enough to stay sane.

Pence says the current arrangement can become “too interactive,” and that the pair wouldn’t mind their Monday nights off to be just that. Morris, meanwhile, says that while “our customers have become family, they definitely act like a big family, so it’s hard to keep them away.”

BAR ZONES HAVE OFTEN BEEN BUILT FROM AN LGBT BASE. IN A WAY, GAY BARS SERVE AS CANARIES IN THE COAL MINE; ONCE THEY PROVE THEY CAN SURVIVE IN THE QUIRKY AIR, OTHERS TEND TO FLOCK NEAR.

Of the area, says Pence, “You can tell it’s a mixed-income neighborhood. Many of the homes come with a lot of care. It’s one of the reasons that we’ve bought into the neighborhood. We definitely feel as as if it’s turned a corner.”

Moving nearby, they feel that they’ll be adding to the vibrancy of a neighborhood that they see as wildly untapped. But instead of modeling the area’s success on Cherokee, the pair take inspiration

from another neighborhood: the Grove.

There, Morris figures, proximity and density work to everyone’s benefit. “You have people coming in for more bars,” he says. “It’s no longer just one destination. The more the better.”

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survive in the quirky air, others tend to flock near. And on South Broadway, Bar: PM coexists easily with Hummel’s, which is located just two doors down, providing a two-stop option for those seeking LGBTQ nightlife. (Also convenient: Right in between them is an antique shop, John’s Furniture, run by the self-described “oldest drag queen in St. Louis.”)

That two bars catering to an LGBTQ clientele exist on the same deep south city block will come as a surprise to some, but both principals in Bar: PM say that it makes sense, starting with the fact that there’s no lack of real estate and a general laissez-faire approach to zoning.

Still, Morris acknowledges, even some friends wondered if the neighborhood was a good spot. But even if they didn’t realize it, Bar: PM was building on an existing base — the building’s previous occupant, Korner’s, also catered to LGBTQ customers.

At heart, though, Morris says Bar: PM is a “neighborhood bar,” not a club. “It’s a gay bar in this neighborhood, gay-owned with a gay clientele,” Morris says. “But this is not the club scene. It’s a neighborhood bar. Gay, straight, trans… all come in.”

That’s also true of Hummel’s Pub, which predates Bar: PM by a few years. Located at 7101 Broadway, Hummel’s enjoys one of the biggest, most impressive beer gardens in all of St. Louis. If you were somehow able to transport of the size and scope of this backyard into Soulard, it would be a money machine.

At Hummel’s, though, it’s a bit of an afterthought, at least on a recent February night. It’s Sunday night, but as a blues band chugs along in the corner, when “Mustang Sally” breaks out, a group of 40 to 60-somethings immediately shuffle out to dance.

In some ways, Hummel’s and Bar: PM couldn’t be more different. One’s spit-polished, the other’s got that old-school grit; one’s brightly lit and airy, the other’s as breathable as a Beijing rush hour.

Feeding off each other, though, might serve both. Morris and Pence aren’t shy about throwing around ideas for growth in the neighborhood. Turning some of

the vacant lots into lit parking is high on the list; right now, on a busy night, many of their patrons park at a nearby bank and walk.

They’d also applaud the arrival of a day-and-night-’round diner.

“I’d love to see more things here,” Morris says. “There are still too many vacant properties.”

“One of the stereotypes people have about down there is just the lack of people,” Pence adds. “In the bar biz, people breed people and that’s one of the things that we want to overcome.”

While they generally feel safe in the vicinity, Morris does cite “a lack of police presence” — adding cops to the list of folks who could help beget more folks.

What they really want to do, though, is brand the neighborhood.

For them, there’s a good name all ready for use: the Flats.

“A lot of our business today,”

Kicker’s Corner Bar beckons on South Broadway.

Morris says, “comes from word-ofmouth.” How many more would come if people were partying in the Flats?

The now-shuttered Fro’s Place sat atop a hill, if a small one, at Broadway and Elwood. From there, the idea of the Flats as a South Broadway brand makes some sense.

Broadway is, in fact, basically flat for a ways, at least until you get to Tesson Street, where it rises up a bit until Hurck Street, dropping again into the final stretch of the street’s southern run to the city limits.

All along the length of these two miles, the street moves a little faster than it should, cars routinely passing one another in turn lanes and along shoulders. The Bar: PM guys woke up to an early morning crash on Christmas, their truck totaled by another driver who lost control. Overloaded scrappers, too,

shuttling to and from the area’s industrial plants, make for a daily sight on the block… and their drivers are some of these bars’ best customers.

There’s no official push to make the Flats stick, though there wasn’t really something called the Grove until the Atomic Cowboy moved into what was an LGBTQ bar zone in the middle of Forest Park Southeast vaguely dubbed the Strip. Atomic’s owners quickly and assertively rebranded the neighborhood.

If the idea of the Flats does catch on, it’ll be only the latest in a long roster of names for the area. Says Smith, “The number of different place names for various parts of Carondelet is staggering. I’ve found all of them have very specific historical roots that are poorly understood and often misapplied today.

Louisbourg, Delor’s Town, Patch, Vide Poche, the Bluffs, Steinstown

and Quality Hill are some of the others that I’ve heard applied to different stretches of the strip you’re talking about.”

Mass industrialization has claimed most of the housing on the eastern edge of the district, with only a few blocks (Davis, Vulcan, Polk and the appropriately-named Water) still possessing homes, including a few of the oldest stone buildings in the city. Huge metal plants, including the streetscape-dominant Southern Metal Processing, give the industrial vibe that many associate with South Broadway.

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the neighborhood the hint of Grove-like vibe and potential, it’s these splashes of color on walls throughout the neighborhood.

These days, giant flowers, cat eyes, racing cyclists and jazzman Clark Terry are found on the sides of buildings and more are planned, compliments of a project sponsored by the Carondelet Community Betterment Federation.

While some of the buildings are decorated in this way, most aren’t.

Still, there’s a weird, inconsistent beauty that exists along South Broadway, if a faded one. You have two- and three-story homes with New Orleans-style verandas, row houses that feel transported straight from Baltimore and buildings that have clearly been added to over decades, serving a variety of uses and containing a cobbled-together architectural Continued on pg 20 vibe.

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While some of the bars on South Broadway have been taverns for just shy of forever, Tesson Station, 7926 E. Tesson, is a different kind of bar, only in existence for “maybe 30 years,” so a relative newcomer.

Once known as the Iron Horse (in a nod to both motorcycles and trains) Tesson Station sits alongside rails, which carry both Union Pacific freight and Amtrak passengers.

About nine times a day, a train chugs past during business hours and shot specials are offered.

On a recent Sunday night, owner Barbara Babb and an associate who goes only by “Leo” are holding down the bar, a half-dozen patrons keeping them company. Leo talks about the building’s history, how it used to be two buildings, since cinched together. It still has two addresses, harkening back to when horses and carriages used to pull right through.

A century ago, the building was a full-time train stop. One side was given over to receiving grain; the other side produce, which was often hawked by street vendors along the block. Named in honor of its roots, Tesson Station is the classic South Broadway bar — both a bar and a grill, with a client base that’s built on a neighborhood trade, which Leo says includes everything from “one-percenters to clergy people to firemen.”

The bar is located next door to the headquarters of the El Forastero Motorcycle Club and also serves as the clubhouse for Tesson Station’s landlord, a social organization known as the White Rabbits; their logo, a white rabbit in boxing pose, is painted prominently on the front of the bar. As for what the White Rabbits are about, Leo doesn’t seem interested. “They come in on the first Thursday of the month,” he says, “and collect their rent checks.”

If bikers are still a part of the Tesson Station mix, they’re frequently found up the block at the Off-Track Saloon as well. The Off-Track is part of a mini-chain of bars on and near South Broadway, including the recently shuttered Fro’s/ Crossbones and the Halfway Haus, which is tucked back in the Patch neighborhood and a few minutes’ ride from the Off-Track.

Brittnie Myers, the selfproclaimed “bartender who gets things done,” is behind the bar at Off-Track on Monday afternoons.

There since the bar opened, she remembers when the tavern was Highlights, a quirky room that featured dozens of light fixtures hanging from the ceiling; prior to that, it was called Kathleen’s, a longrunning tavern believed to have

Off Track (top) and Tesson Station (below) cater to bikers, truckers passing through and south city neighbors.

been one of few St. Louis places to serve frog legs on the daily menu.

While the bar is a seven-daysa-week spot featuring breakfast on the weekends, a big part of its business comes on weekdays, when local workers, contractors and

passersby stop by for a lunch and, almost universally, a bottle of beer brewed up the block at AnheuserBusch. With huge windows that look out at the passing parade, Off-Track provides the kind of cleanliness that comes with an edge; a No Firearms Allowed sign has the word “no” spray-painted out.

When Off-Track began, its kitchen was run in conjunction with Vinnie’s Italian Beef & Gyros, found on the city’s western edge.

Today, it runs food as an inside job, a practical thing.

“The prices were high,” Myers says. “If people have $20 to spend that day, they’ll want to spend that money drinking, instead of $9 for a sandwich.” (The day’s special, incidentally, is a $7.50 BLT, leaving enough savings for the better part of a Bud.) “We get a lot of people who live

and work around here,” Myers says, looking down her crowded, mid-day bar. “You have a lot of older men, a lot of people on bikes.

Then there’s a hipster crowd at night. It’s very diverse. I think it’s great, compared to what I’m used to seeing on South Broadway, when you had the stereotypical South Broadway people and that was it.”

Asked how she’d define that stereotype, she says, candidly, “a little rough around the edges. But, honestly, some of the best people you’ll ever meet. A daily drinker!”

She laughs. “Most of them work day-to-day and maybe work a little bit under the table. But they’re all really great people who’ll do anything for you, once they get to know you. They’re buddies.”

A lot of things seem to happen just off the grid on South Broadway, maybe even just outside of the margins of normal society. It’s a land of tattoo parlors and second-hand stores, head shops and riverfronttimes.com

storefront churches. Community gardens crop up every few blocks and can be found directly in the shadows of chemical plants. As doors pop open, you see residents living inside of commercial properties and businesses operating out of residences. South Public Market, alone, could provide a semester’s worth of ethnographic studies.

The area’s vibe has a loose, languid, little bit lawless feel, if three Creative Men Named David (Mamet, Lynch and Simon) decided to create set pieces for a mashup of Waiting for Godot, Twin Peaks and The Wire.

Which is to say, it’s exactly the kind of place that would attract young people in search of the Next Place. And sure enough, those people are now here.

If LGBTQ bars (and residents, businessfolk and creators of all stripes) are the true pioneers as neighborhoods return from the brink, young folks are the next, important wave. And the arrival of Livery Company (now in its third iteration) and the Sinkhole (a DIY concert venue, open for shows only) help provide continued evidence that the area’s potential for vibrancy might come with a musical touch.

The Livery, headed by a fourperson ownership team, landed in the Flats after two stints on the western edge of Cherokee Street.

The group includes founder Emily Ebeling, Mike Lasater, Brandon Barnes and James McDonnell, who is holding down an empty bar during the early hours of a recent Saturday night. The quiet hours before the evening rush allow him to spin tales of how the bar found its way from Cherokee to this spot at 6728 Broadway, previously home to Slo-Tom’s, one of the weirder, rougher bars along the strip.

The last member of the ownership party to join, McDonnell had been a patron at the Cherokee locations. “A good number of us ... didn’t want the Livery to go away,” he says. Bringing it back, he says, “was a matter of finding the right spot.”

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Wanting to create “a real bar-bar, inviting to everybody,” the quartet concentrated on keeping the eclectic vibe of the old Cherokee Street locations, along with a dose of live music and drinks that are competitively priced in an area known for cheap domestics and crazy-affordable shots. The approach has allowed them to “pretty much do our own thing,” including their “Bud Light filter,” their phrase for a boycott of A-B products. That, in itself, has allowed the audience to self-select.

Eventually, the Livery crew would like food created on premises — and they’d love to see others do the same along the block. In the span of a half-hour, McDonnell muses about all kinds of things coming to the area, adding vibrancy, figuring that if you could eat, drink, maybe catch an art show or movie, “people would see more reasons to stay down here. They’d see a neighborhood with cheap housing, cheap [entry] to opening businesses.”

While the Livery has planted a flag in one of the neighborhood’s oldest bars, the Sinkhole created a space from an abandoned storefront that was home to a few businesses in its day. Out of the murk that was left, a trio of owners — Mitchell Kirkwood and Matt Stuttler, along with Ben Hinn, who is now departing for Seattle — saw a space that could serve as both a venue for touring indie acts and a recording studio. (With Hinn decamping, the latter half of the equation will have to wait, though the bar’s label, Sinkhole Records, has releases coming soon.) The team also has roots on Cherokee; Stuttler remains the primary booking agent for Foam Coffee & Beer, while Kirkwood co-founded the late Bank Projects gallery.

For both bars, isolation has its positives. The Livery Company had to secure only one voter signature for its liquor license, and the Sinkhole crew didn’t require many more. For the latter, their storefront has artists as neighbors on both sides and an empty lot across the street, which allows a degree of latitude when it comes to noise that you can’t find in many city neigh-

borhoods. Still, both Stuttler and Kirkwood say they wouldn’t mind some new neighbors.

As a pair of co-owners and friends, the pair frequently speak in tandem, finishing one another’s sentences and thoughts. Discussing how they’re years away from any threats of gentrification, the pair riffs on the idea of South Broadway becoming a destination.

“Even talking to the business association down here, there’s a lot of push for new businesses to move in, but not in any one way,” Stuttler says. “There are just a lot of empty buildings here. There are no businesses to run out!”

Says Kirkwood, “We’d all like to see it grow, but it’s going to have to grow differently. A lot of buildings will have to fill up to make it feel like a strip, like a Cherokee. Hopefully, that’ll happen.

“Right here between the Livery Company and us, it does feel like an early Cherokee,” he continues. “But down here, it’s a little more Wild West. There’re a lot less people paying attention to what you’re doing.”

“It definitely has the potential to develop a lot more,” says Stuttler.

“Preferably close to us,” Kirkwood says. “We suggest that everyone move down here and start somen thing.”

Editor’s note: Writer Thomas Crone is a co-owner of the Tick Tock Tavern in Tower Grove East. His partner in that venture, Fred Hessel, is executive director of the Carondelet Community Betterment Federation.

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Top: Bands such as Backwash have found a new performance space at the Sinkhole, which also features a full bar and recording studio.

Young folks are the next, important wave. And the arrival of Livery Company and the Sinkhole help provide continued evidence that the area’s potential for vibrancy might come with a musical touch.

Bottom: The Livery Company, which had a successful run on Cherokee Street, has brought a new clientele to the space that previously held Slo Tom’s.

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THURSDAY 02/23 A View from the Bridge Eddie Carbone is an Italian-American longshoreman who lives with his wife, Beatrice, and her niece Catherine. Catherine is almost eighteen, and is more interested in boys now — something that bothers Eddie more than it should. When Beatrice invites her cousins Marco and Rodolfo to live with them (they’re Italians here illegally, looking for work), Catherine and Rodolfo feel an immediate attraction. This drives Eddie crazy; these feelings he has for her are more than those of a protective uncle. Eddie jeopardizes the brothers and his own marriage when he schemes to break

up the young couple. Arthur Miller’s drama A View from the Bridge is a bloody-knuckled examination of the differences in how the Old World and the new one settle scores. Clayton Community Theatre presents A View from the Bridge at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday (February 23 to March 5) at the Washington University South Campus Theatre (6501 Clayton Road; www.placeseveryone.org). Tickets are $15 to $20.

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FRIDAY 02/24 Art in Bloom With the first day of spring only a month away, we know it’s not long until the flowers again bloom.

And while we wait for the Midwest

to get out of its winter funk, the Saint Louis Art Museum gives us a taste of floral beauty with the return of its Art in Bloom: A Celebration of Art and Flowers. This event combines beautiful floral creations from some of the best designers in the region, who offer interpretations of more than 35 works in the museum’s collection.

There will be a preview party, good food from Panorama executive chef Ivy Magruder, a lecture and demonstration from celebrity florist Jeff Leatham, and fun family activities. Art in Bloom will be held 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday (February 24 to 26) at the Saint Louis Art Museum (1 Fine Arts Drive; www.slam.org). Admission to the festival is free. Auditorium programs require tickets, which are $15 to $45.

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Spectacles de Curiousité The first films made following the invention of cinema in late-nineteenth century France were of highly kinetic events — circuses, street performers and magic shows, which the French called spectacles de curiousité. As directorial techniques advanced, primitive special effects began to transform these documentaries into fictionalized stories. Professor of Film and Media Studies Colin Burnett screens examples of the rapid transformation of early films tonight in the program Spectacles de Curiousité. From the Lumière Brothers’ everyday sights, such as a train pulling into a station (Arrival of a Train at La

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Ciotat), to Georges Méliès’ spectacular fantasia, A Trip to the Moon, film progressed dramatically in just seven years. Spectacles de Curiousité starts at 6:30 p.m. tonight at Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum on the Washington University campus (1 Brookings Drive; www.kemperartmuseum.wustl. edu). Admission is free.

— Paul Friswold

Macbeth Spurred on by the prophecy of an eerie trio of witches, Lord and Lady Macbeth (well, mostly the latter) hatch a scheme to kill King Duncan to make way for King and Queen Macbeth. Shakespeare’s Macbeth continues to astound with its keen insights on certain people’s lust for power and the toll it takes on their psyche and their groaning subjects. The Washington University Performing Arts Department presents a modern gloss on Macbeth at 8 p.m.

Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m.

Sunday (February 24 to March 5) at Washington University’s Edison Theatre (6445 Forsyth Boulevard; www.edison.wustl.edu). Tickets are $10 to $20. — Paul Friswold

SATURDAY 02/25 Bud Light Grand Parade Party hounds, can you hear that?

Soulard is calling you for the Bud Light Grand Parade and Mardi Gras. The parade starts at 11 a.m. today at Busch Stadium (601 Clark Avenue; www.stlouismardigras.org), with more than 10 million beads being flung from more than 100 floats. By the time the parade makes its way to the Anheuser-Busch Brewery, the streets of Soulard will be bubbling over with happy people. Live bands, costumed revelers, food and drink vendors and a couple dozen surprises will all be part of the largest street party of the year.

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High Heel Drag Race If you think running is hard, try doing it in high heels. Once you’re done taking in the sights of the Mardi Gras Parade, head on over to Nadine’s Gin Joint (1931 South Twelfth Street; www.mardigrasinc.org) at 3 p.m. today, where full-drag performers don their best attire and heeled footwear for a High Heel Drag Race.

This year offers a few bonuses, including an all-genders heat, where you can wear your shoes of choice for a relay race, and a “boys in heels” category, in which the men do not have to wear a dress, but do need heels. There will be lots of running, but probably more balancing. Admission is free, and winners get prizes and beads, of course.

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Shen Yun Wondrous, genuine Chinese culture and awe-inspiring spectacle are on full display in the critically acclaimed Shen Yun. The production features 100 dancers showing what they are made of, 400 sets of hand-made costumes and an orchestra that blends the musical styles of the East and West. It all plays out in front of animated backdrops that recreate some of the best architectural structures of classical China.

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Shen Yun is performed at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m.

Saturday (February 25 and 26) at the Peabody Opera House (1400 Market Street; www.peabodyoperahouse.com). Tickets are $70 to $150.

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SUNDAY 02/26 Elephant and Piggie: We Are in a Play Children’s books by author Mo Willems come to life in the musical that young audiences will love, Elephant and Piggie: We Are in a Play, presented by Kennedy Center on Tour. This high-energy show follows the characters of Elephant Gerald and Piggie as they help solve some of life’s many burning questions (how to share? what to wear?) through old-fashioned song and dance. This musical is designed to introduce young audiences to the world of theater.

Head on over and get ready for “Flippy Floppy Floory.” Elephant and Piggie: We Are in a Play is performed at 1 and 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday (February 25 and 26) at Founders’ Theatre in the Center of Creative Arts (524 Trinity Avenue, University City; www.cocastl.org). Tickets are $16 to $20.

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What the what? The St. Louis Blues just completed a five-game sweep on the road, and every skater on the ice contributed. This is a changed team since the release of Ken Hitchcock and the installation of head coach Mike Yeo. Passes are crisp, and they’re skating the puck in instead of the ol’ dump ‘n’ chase. The sieve-like defense also tightened up — things are very positive, indeed. The revitalized Blues take on the Edmonton Oilers tonight at 7 p.m. at Scottrade Center (1401 Clark Avenue; www.stlblues.com). Remaining tickets are $21.75 to $353.

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WEDNESDAY 03/01 Night of the Comet Valley Girl sisters Regina and Samantha go to the movies one night to get out of the house, and emerge to a desolate Los Angeles. A comet has passed through the earth’s orbit, and everyone exposed to it was reduced to piles of red dust. The girls cope with the tragedy with a massive shopping run through the empty mall. Some of the citizens were only indirectly exposed, and they’re now flesh-eating zombies — a terror Regina and Samantha cope with through the cool detachment of teenagers who care only for shoes, clothes and full-auto firepower.

Thom Eberhardt’s 1984 cult classic Night of the Comet is a surprisingly stylish, funny romp through the aftermath, and it stars Catherine Mary Stewart as Regina. The Webster Film Series Strange Brew division shows Night of the Comet at 8 p.m. tonight at Schlafly Bottleworks (7260 Southwest Boulevard; www.schlafly.com).

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Mayor’s Mardi Gras Ball Hosted by the Mardi Gras Foundation in the rotunda of St. Louis City Hall, this black-tie gala features food, cocktails, dancing, and spectacular entertainment. Mayor’s Ball proceeds benefit the Mardi Gras Foundation, which has made community grants to improve Soulard and downtown since 2003. Friday, Feb. 24, 7 p.m. $150 general admission. St. Louis City Hall, 1200 Market Street.

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Admission to the parade and Soulard is free, but bring money for party fuel. Sat., Feb. 25, 11 a.m., www.mardigrasinc.org. Anheuser Busch, 1 Busch Place, St. Louis, 800-342-5283.

Colt Ford at Country Gras Get ready for a Mardi Gras Party like no other, Country Gras. On Sat., Feb. 25, an all-inclusive party at Social House in Soulard stars 93.7 The Bull featuring Colt Ford. Sat., Feb. 25, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., all-inclusive tickets starting at $55, 314-2413023, kerry@partystarevents.com, countrygras. com. Social House Soulard, 1551 S. 7th Street.

Mardi Gras 2017 Breakfast buffet 8 a.m.-10 a.m. for $8.99. Shuttle service to parade runs 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Shuttles at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. for $40 (ticket price includes early shuttle, breakfast buffet and unlimited hurricanes or Abita Mardi Bock until the shuttle leaves). Shuttle service runs continuously every hour until 5:30 p.m. First come, first served with $10 receipt. Drink and food specials all day. Live music by the Zydeco Crawdaddies 1 p.m. -5 p.m. and Rogers & Nienhaus 7 p.m.-11 p.m. (no cover). Sat., Feb. 25, 8 p.m.-midnight, 314-968-0061, info@hwy61roadhouse.com, hwy61roadhouse. com/. Hwy 61 Roadhouse and Kitchen, 34 S. Old Orchard Ave., Webster Groves.

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Ewing (lead singer from the Urge) starts at 1:30 p.m. after the parade on the heated, covered party patio. DJs spin from 10 a.m. - 10:30 p.m. Sat., Feb. 25, 8 a.m.-10:30 p.m., early bird special promo code: FIREBALL for 10% off all-inclusive come as you go pass, 314-771-3066, eventsupport@ spingo.com, soulard.bigdaddystl.com/big-daddysevents/. Big Daddy’s-Soulard, 1000 Sidney Street.

Boogaloo Celebrate Mardi Gras in Maplewood with hurricanes, sazeracs, vieux carres, jambalaya, gumbo and etouffee. Feb. 24-28. Boogaloo, 7344 Manchester Road, Maplewood, 314-645-4803.

Duke’s Duke’s, the Soulard sports bar, is teaming up with Jim Beam and Red Bull to bring the ultimate all-inclusive Mardi Gras “Duke’s Tent” experience. For $65, Duke’s tent tickets include all day in-and-out access to a heated tent in the heart of Soulard, with all-you-can-drink signature cocktails and beer.

A lineup of national and local performers includes headliner Big Once from Chicago, as well as St. Louis legends DJ Mahf, Nappy DJ Needles, & VThom. For more information, and to purchase tickets, visit facebook.com/DukesinSoulard.

Riley’s Pub Riley’s Pub has drink specials all day, with a Mardi Gras shuttle bus every hour from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Sat., Feb. 25, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Riley’s Pub, 3458 Arsenal St., St. Louis, 314-664-7474.

Keeton’s Keeton’s opens at 8 a.m. with a breakfast buffet.

Ride in style to Mardi Gras on the shuttle bus; the first bus leaves at 8:45 a.m. Sat., Feb. 25, 8 a.m., $10 for breakfast and bus. Keeton’s Double Play, 4944 Christy Blvd., St. Louis, 314-351-6000.

Molly’s in Soulard Enjoy 12 hours of open bar (shots excluded) with seven bars and one of the largest patios in St. Louis with heated tents, multiple DJs, lunch and dinner buffets. Sat., Feb. 25, 10:30 a.m.- 10:30 p.m. For VIP cabanas, contact events@mollysinsoulard.com. Molly’s in Soulard, 816 Geyer Ave., 314-241-6200.

Cedar Lake Cellars’ Mardi Gras Celebration Cedar Lake Cellars will hold its first Mardi Gras celebration for those 21 years and older. The weekend-long celebration includes a variety of traditional Southern fare and special Cedar Lake Cellars’ hurricane drinks. The Mardi Gras-themed menu will be served at both the full-service dining room and Lakeside Grille. A Creole brunch on Sunday will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fri., Feb. 24, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat., Feb. 25, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 26, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Free admission. Food is available for purchase., 636-745-9500, rochelle@ brandveinpr.com, www.cedarlakecellars.com.

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Shell Game Studio Ghibli’s latest release, The Red Turtle, is a dazzling example of the animator’s craft Written by

ROBERT HUNT The Red Turtle

Directed by Michael Dudok de Wit. Written

by Pascale Ferran and Michael Dudok de Wit. Opens Friday, September 24, at the Landmark Tivoli Theatre and Plaza Frontenac Cinema.

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nimated features were once a rarity but have now become commonplace, and while there is apparently no end to the flood of heavily marketed cars, minions, trolls and smurfs, I suspect that the form itself, no matter how commercially exploitable, still carries a trace of the original impulse behind the first animated films more than 100 years ago. Animation is the art of bringing a man-made creation to life. It is both an example of craftsmanship and a kind of magic trick. The animator is both artisan and wizard, a cinematic equal of Pinocchio’s Geppetto.

Ideally, that work remains personal enough that we recognize the artist’s hand, even as we succumb to the illusion of the world that’s been created. (Think of Winsor McCay’s 1914 classic “Gertie the Dinosaur,” where the artist presents himself at work on the thousands of drawings used to make his film, but playfully reacts to the finished product, his animated brontosaurus, as if she were real.) The animator offers an imitation of life, a landscape of ink and paint that can follow the real world as closely as a shadow.

The current masters of animation’s unique capacity for weaving the fantastic and the real are the artists of Japan’s much loved Studio Ghibli, who take as much care in recreating shifting sunlight or the effects of a mild breeze on a field as they do the flying pigs and wolf-gods

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Despite the absence of conversation, Dudok de Wit makes the characters’ intentions and emotions clear. in their films. The latest production from Ghibli, though every bit as strange and beautiful as their previous work, is something of an oddity, the company’s first film made substantially outside of Japan.

Approached by the French company Wild Bunch to coproduce a film, Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki showed them the 2000 Academy Award winning short “Father and Daughter” and

asked for their help in contacting its maker, Dutch animator/illustrator Michael Dudok de Wit. The resulting collaboration, The Red Turtle, is a haunting fable about man, nature and survival, as visually stunning as any Ghibli film but with a uniquely personal point of view.

It begins with its hero, an unnamed man, struggling to survive in a raging ocean, though we never learn exactly how he got there. (There is no dialogue, aside from an occasional gasp or sigh.)

Washed onto a deserted island, he makes several attempts to build a raft and escape, only to be forced back by a giant, seemingly hostile, red turtle.

After the protagonist dismisses his large reptilian nemesis, the film resumes its original theme, the story of the man’s battle against nature, but with a few supernatural elements always lurking beneath the surface. Any additional plot details would only be confusing — and even a little misleading.

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is short and simple. There are few characters, and despite the absence of conversation, Dudok de Wit makes their intentions and emotions clear. But there is a larger presence in every scene: nature itself. It’s depicted in vivid drawings that give the island an almost photographic quality — from the bamboo forest and the ocean depths, which are presented in a kind of hard-lined cartoon realism, to the more painterly landscapes and skylines.

It’s so easy to get wrapped up in the detail and the everyday struggles of the characters (looking for shelter, exploring unknown terrain), even the more fantastic elements recede in the background.

With simple yet expressive human figures and a vibrant, living environment, Dudok de Wit creates a natural world and carefully goes over it with an artist’s fine touch. The Red Turtle offers the kind of half-fantastic, halfreal atmosphere that can only be produced by animation at its n most inspired.

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Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Neil LaBute argues against the fine art of ghosting Written by

PAUL FRISWOLD The Way We Get By

Written by Neil LaBute. Directed by Nancy Bell. Presented by Saint Louis Actors’ Studio through February 26 at the Gaslight Theater (358 North Boyle Avenue; www.stlas.org).

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oug awakens in an apartment that’s very nice, if a little heavy on purple accents. He wanders to the fridge, to the TV and eventually sits quietly on the couch. His fidgeting and meandering confirm that we’ve caught him in the aftermath of a one-night stand, and he’s dutifully waiting until the other person wakes up before leaving. Also, he has no pants on, just briefs and a t-shirt — where’s he going to go?

When Beth emerges wearing just a Star Wars shirt and panties, it’s clear she’s ready for round two.

(The shirt itself is catnip to Doug’s entire generation.) She moves in for a kiss, but Doug starts talking and slips past her to a safe distance.

What’s going on?

What follows in Neil LaBute’s The Way We Get By is more talking by Doug, often in widening circles, and more pursuing by Beth (she knows what she wants). The current production of the show at St. Louis Actors’ Studio, directed by Nancy Bell, has the sharp timing and strong, focused performances that LaBute’s verbose script requires.

If actors Andrew Rea and Sophia Brown aren’t right on time for the hand-off when Doug starts spinning his wheels, you’d be in for a long 90 minutes. But these two make their passes gracefully and naturally, and The Way We Get By ends up

Beth (Sophia Brown) and Doug (Andrew Rea) have to decide if a one-night stand is the end or a beginning. | JOHN LAMB being a pointed and entertaining play about the value of being selfish when it comes to choosing love over loneliness.

Think of those billows of words as safety cushions for Doug. He’s in over his head and he knows it.

He’s stalling in order to figure out if he can bolt or if Beth deserves an explanation for why this won’t go to date two.

Beth is tall, good-looking and has an arsenal of deeply cut V-neck shirts and thigh-high socks. She can’t understand why words are getting in the way. She’s also nursing a strong dislike for her never-seen roommate, Kim, who is very

controlling of everything that goes on in the apartment. Some of that is starting to bleed into her dealing with Doug and his endless circumlocution.

But this is Neil LaBute. All those words are leading somewhere, as improbable as that sounds. Doug’s ineffective explanations of himself and Beth’s inquiries into his motives detour through a discussion of the exploitative nature of American Apparel’s past advertising, the price exacted by Beth’s beauty (people view her as a “prize to be won,” not a person) and how it’s easier to play it safe than it is to take risks. Also disclosed is just how long they’ve riverfronttimes.com

known each other, and how they know each other, and why writing off last night’s escapades and moving on might well be the safe choice.

Doug and Beth have spent their adult lives moving on. When the time comes to walk away and not look back, one of them decides to take a risk — that sort of thing can be contagious, and end up ruining lives and spoiling what was a beautiful night.

Fortunately, Kim is the only one hurt in the ensuing carnage, and you walk out feeling optimistic, and full of the revolutionary feeling of being inspired by love against all n odds.

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Great Expectations The Garden on Grand has big ambitions, but it doesn’t always deliver Written by

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hen the Garden on Grand opened last September near the corner of Grand and Shenandoah, owner Cevin Lee made an observation about the

relatively neglected commercial district, less than a mile north of the bustle of South Grand’s main drag. “If you raise the bar, the rest should pick up the pace,” he mused.

Lee knows of what he speaks.

Though not a first-time restaurateur — Lee’s family has owned the adjacent Americanized Chinese takeout spot, Hong Kong Express, for 25 years — his background is in real estate. The family owns a large swath of the block, and when the space at 2245 South Grand came available, Lee saw it as an opportunity to bring a healthconscious, progressive eatery to Shaw. The residential streets to the west are increasingly filled with well-heeled professionals and young families; why not give them a place to eat without leaving the neighborhood?

Unwilling to let inexperience temper his ambition, Lee pushed forward with a plan for a behemoth of a restaurant. The Garden on Grand would serve breakfast, lunch

and dinner. It would have healthy grab and go options in a glass pastry case. The bar program would rival the city’s craft cocktail bars, the food would be high-concept and use only the best ingredients. The setting would be stunning.

If Lee set high expectations for the Garden on Grand, his executive chef Kore Wilbert raised them several notches. Though his resume is not lengthy (Mad Tomato, MX, SSM Health), Wilbert boldly referenced world-class destinations including Momofuku, elBulli and Alinea as his inspiration.

His ambitious menu touches on everything from classical French to southeast Asian, underscoring the team’s determination to go big.

But while Lee and Wilbert raised the bar quite high for the Garden on Grand, the reality hasn’t fully kept pace.

One area that exceeds expectations is the atmosphere. Lee spent two-and-a-half years personally executing a full-gut renovation of riverfronttimes.com

the space, transforming the oncespartan room into a lush oasis that looks like a modern version of a 1970s-era Polynesian restaurant.

Vines grow out from the exposed brick and wood walls, and succulents abound in pendant vases and assorted pots throughout the room.

The rustic tables, made from a massive tree trunk, are juxtaposed with leather chairs trimmed with elegant nail head. The bar sits under a beautiful brick archway to one side of the shotgun room, and the open kitchen that sits at the back of the restaurant gives a jolt of energy to the otherwise serene feel.

If looks alone were what mattered, The Garden on Grand would be a roaring success. However, the food — though just as ambitious as the décor — doesn’t always live up to its gorgeous environs.

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GARDEN ON GRAND Continued from pg 33 purse, and the accompanying ginger soy dipping sauce perfumes the rich meat. Ginger coconut wings are equally pleasant. Plump wings and drummies, lightly glazed with sweet chili sauce and ginger, are juicy and well-cooked. A dusting of toasted coconut adds crunch to the already crisp skin.

An off-the-menu steamed mussel appetizer was less successful. The shellfish tasted muddy, and the overly spicy, yet flat, broth only exacerbated the issue.

The entree specials on my visits had problems as well. Barramundi, though cooked impeccably, was served over a bland squash and rice blend. A simple adjustment in seasoning would easily correct the dish.

Sadly, the same cannot be said for the lamb terrine, which was dry and unpalatable. It was supposed to have been served with lamb jus, which might have reconstituted the meat — if only it was actually part of the dish. Our server insisted it was there on the plate, but made his case by pointing to roughly three droplets on top of the lamb.

I remain unconvinced. Not that it matters; even a dousing of nectar straight from the heavens would have done little to turn around the dish.

The regular menu entrees fared better. Feta, herbs and crushed pistachios encrust a beautifully cooked salmon filet. Though a bit salty, the coating adds both richness and texture to the fish, which is paired with a simple, yet wellcooked, herbed risotto.

Though the quirky name may throw you for a loop, the “Ground Score” proved to be a pleasant mushroom and pesto pasta.

Fragrant basil pesto, accented with

The dining room is now stunning, with plants lining some walls and tables made from a massive tree trunk. | MABEL SUEN orange zest, clings to housemade pappardelle noodles and assorted wild mushrooms. Miniature pickled peppers shaped like teardrops give a piquant pop.

Wilbert pulls out every stop on the filet. The local grass-fed meat is prepared sous vide, then finished on a cast-iron skillet, giving it a robust crust. It sits atop a lemonand-garlic tomato concasse, which gets mostly lost as the steak is also paired with a sweet demi glace.

It has a lot going on, but overall, the flavor is quite good. The only lackluster component is the cheddar potatoes, advertised as “super creamy” but in reality more like “gluey.”

The “every technique under the sun” approach Wilbert takes with the filet is on display with most of the entrées. It could be a problem with menu writing (you don’t need to list off every damn thing that goes into a sauce in your descriptions),

but it comes across more like an overzealousness to demonstrate proficiency in technique. As I read the menu, the sage advice of Coco Chanel kept coming into my head.

“Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take one thing off.”

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From the bussers to the waiters to the bartenders, we were treated as if we were guests in someone’s home. This didn’t erase the fact that it took roughly 45 minutes from the time our appetizer plates were cleared to receive our entrees. On a subsequent visit, our first and main courses came out at the same time.

Mistakes like that can happen, but considering that the restaurant was not busy on either occasion, they seem avoidable.

One of the employees, a seasoned industry professional, seemed aware of the issues. He admitted that the restaurant is in the process of dialing back some of its ambitions and may be tweaking its concept in the coming months.

I wonder, though, if this is merely a matter of some minor adjustments, or whether the Garden on Grand needs to rethink what kind of restaurant it wants to be. If it’s what I suspect — that Lee wants to be a gathering spot for the residents of Shaw and Compton Heights — the price point is going to need to come down. I understand

he and Wilbert are using quality ingredients, and there’s a cost associated with that, but $170 for dinner for two (with three alcoholic beverages, but not including tip) is special occasion pricing at a place that can’t bank on being a special occasion spot.

On my way out one night, I ran into Lee who, assuming I was a regular customer, seemed to echo these concerns as he bid us farewell.

He told us that the restaurant is a work in progress and that they were giving it their best.

I don’t doubt he is speaking the truth — that they are doing the best that they can. And most of the time, that results in a worthwhile meal. At other times, though, they seem to get bogged down trying to live up to all they had hoped to achieve. I commend them for dreaming big, even if that means they don’t always hit the impossibly high mark they’ve set. n The Garden on Grand

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ohn Messbarger of Peacemaker Lobster & Crab Co. (1831 Sidney Street; 314-772-8858) credits his family’s rich food traditions with making him the chef he is today. Whether it was making miniature cherry pies with his grandmother, chowing down on whole Maine lobsters when he was in grade school or attending weekly German-inspired feasts with his dad’s side of the family, Messbarger was always surrounded by food.

That didn’t prevent his mom and dad from getting upset when he told them he was going to culinary school.

“I went to college for quite a while,” Messbarger admits. “I changed my major a bunch of times because I’d be really into something, but when I started thinking about making a career out of it, I just couldn’t do it. I finally settled on secondary education, but when I was getting ready to do student teaching, I realized it wasn’t for me.

My mom and dad were pretty upset. I mean, I’d spent nine years in college and was changing course.”

The success he later found in culinary school validated his decision to his family; his ability to keep up with the pace at his first cooking job validated it to him.

“My first real kitchen job was at Truffles,” recalls Messbarger. “I was originally hired to be a prep cook, but they needed someone to fill in on the line and said I was it. I didn’t think I was ready, but I didn’t really have a choice. Thankfully it was early in the week so I had a slow few days to ease into it before the busy weekend. I didn’t

John Messbarger found success in the kitchen after a long collegiate journey. | KELLY GLUECK get yelled at — well, not all that much.”

Messbarger found his culinary voice working as the pasta cook at Mike Randolph’s former restaurant, the Good Pie. However, when Randolph announced he was going to open Público and change concepts at the Good Pie, converting it to Randolfi’s, Messbarger saw it as a chance to change up things.

That change came thanks to Messbarger’s parents. One night, they were having dinner at Sidney Street Cafe, and their son’s name came up in conversation with chef Kevin Nashan. Nashan asked if they’d have him give Nashan a call. The next thing he knew, Messbarger was getting briefed on what he thought was a crazy idea to bring an East Coast-style lobster shack to the Midwest.

“He told me about his idea for Peacemaker, and all I could think was, ‘How is he going to pull this off in the Midwest?’” Messbarger laughs. “I remember thinking he would have to charge $55 for a lobster roll.”

Messbarger checked his skepticism and found himself as part of Peacemaker’s opening team and eventually the restaurant’s chef de cuisine. Though one of his fondest childhood food memories was the

Maine lobster his parents let him eat as a child, he admits he wasn’t exactly an expert in seafood when he first started. “Chef went to Maine for a while before we opened, so he came back with a clear vision,” Messbarger explains. “But not long after we opened, he took a few of us on a trip up to Maine, and it really opened my eyes.”

These days, Messbarger is no less a lobster roll connoisseur than a Maine native, although there is one thing they have on him that he’s yet to experience. “The McDonald’s in Maine serve lobster rolls,” he says.

“Seriously. I didn’t get to have one when I was there, but the next time, I’m going to make it happen.”

Messbarger took a break from the kitchen to share his thoughts on the St. Louis food scene, his love of Korean barbecue and how nothing is off limits in his kitchen.

What is one thing people don’t know about you that you wish they did?

I am a huge fan of animals and nature, especially dogs.

What daily ritual is non-negotiable for you?

Playing with my dog, Braddock.

If you could have any superpower, what would it be?

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What is the most positive thing in food, wine or cocktails that you’ve noticed in St. Louis over the past year?

More chefs being able to open their own places; it’s really strengthening our food and beverage scene.

What is something missing in the local food, wine or cocktail scene that you’d like to see?

Late-night dining, other than diners.

Who is your St. Louis food crush?

Chris Bork; what he is doing at Vista is amazing. He is able to do a ramen joint that pays homage to its tradition but blend his own style and not cling to the restaurant’s name.

Who’s the one person to watch right now in the St. Louis dining scene?

Jose Venta, a cook down at Sidney Street Cafe, who worked at Peacemaker with me. He really cares about not only food, but the restaurant he is working at. I’m excited to see what the future holds for him.

Which ingredient is most representative of your personality?

MSG. If you weren’t working in the restaurant business, what would you be doing?

Most likely I would have gone into history or possibly something in biology. Those were my favorite during my long time at school.

Name an ingredient never allowed in your kitchen.

Nothing. Everything can serve a purpose.

What is your after-work hangout?

The Whiskey Ring is definitely my go-to spot. I also really enjoy Ted Kilgore’s drinks at Planter’s House.

What’s your food or beverage guilty pleasure?

Fast food, especially Jack in the Box and White Castle.

What would be your last meal on earth?

I would start with a Courtesy Diner slinger; then have Korean barbecue with family and friends where the soju flows like water.

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Vincent Van Doughnut hopes to add a liquor license and sidewalk dining to its Grove offerings. | KELLY GLUECK [FIRST LOOK]

Now in the Grove: Donuts Written by

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incent Van Doughnut (1072 Tower Grove Avenue) opened its shop in the Grove for the first time on Valentine’s Day. The new location is serving those sugar-laden square pillows made famous via the Vincent Van Doughnut food truck and at its storefront in Clayton, which opened in 2015.

But it’s not just doughnuts.

The storefront is also serving the full roster of savory treats on offer in Clayton, which include biscuit kolaches (flavors include the beloved sausage gravy, as well as bacon, egg and cheese), housemade pop tarts and crustless quiches. Under the guidance of the company’s pastry chef Candis Stiebel, the Grove shop will also be serving doughnut ice cream sandwiches and affogato, which is something new — the Clayton shop has yet to introduce ice cream treats.

Down the road, owner Vincent

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Sweet treats on offer include a German chocolate cake donut. | KELLY GLUECK Brian Marsden says he’s working on obtaining a liquor license for the Grove shop, in hopes of adding a line of boozy shakes. After collaborating with local businesses on liquor-flavored doughnuts like rumchata and bourbon maple, he says, “We decided we may as well have one.”

Ultimately, he sees the shop adding late-night hours, in keeping with the famously nightlife-oriented neighborhood. “We want to be there to play with them, without being open too late,” he says.

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Eventually, that will probably mean a late shift from 9 p.m. to midnight or so, with doughnuts and possibly beignets fried to order for ultimate freshness.

For now, though, breakfast treats will have to be enough to keep customers sated. The shop is open from 6 a.m. until it sells out Tuesday through Friday and 7 a.m. until it sells out on Saturdays and Sundays.

The Grove location has seating for sixteen; once the weather is nice, sidewalk seating will be added as well, Marsden says. n

hip Schloss, owner of the Grove mainstay Atomic Cowboy, vividly remembers the moment inspiration hit for his forthcoming restaurant just down the street, Firecracker Pizza & Beer (4130 Manchester Avenue).

“We were in my business manager’s office working on pizza crust ideas, and I was eating an authentic chile relleno that one of the women who works for us at Atomic Cowboy had made for lunch,” recalls Schloss. “I put it on top of the pizza, smashed it with my fork, and it was like that Reese’s Peanut Butter commercial when they say, ‘You got the chocolate in my peanut butter.’ I’ve never seen a chile relleno pizza, but maybe I will now.”

A Mexican-influenced pizza is just one of the many things in store for diners when Firecracker Pizza & Beer opens in the Grove this spring. The brainchild of Schloss and Pi Pizzeria co-founder Frank Uible, Firecracker will offer diners internationally inspired pizzas, craft beer and a quick, yet hospitality-minded, service concept they are calling “craft casual.”

“The idea of fast-casual is that food is highly customizable and there is speed of service,” Schloss explains. “But standing in line and watching your pizza go in and then come out of a conveyor belt is not social, and it’s not the best use of your time. We want to take the customization and speed of fast-casual, but at a table and with knowledgeable service.”

Since opening Atomic Cowboy in the Grove more than a decade ago, Schloss has watched the neighborhood grow from a spottily occupied stretch of Manchester into a bona fide nightlife destination. However, he’s noticed that daytime-friendly dining options continue to be limited, as many of the restaurants are actually bars that serve food rather than restaurants in themselves.

He’s hoping Firecracker fills this niche.

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FIRECRACKER PIZZA Continued from pg 38 and none of the successful pizza operators in town were going to come here because they had locations that were already too close,” says Schloss. “So we got together and worked out what a pizzeria in the Grove should look like.”

Schloss and Uible looked to Grovelike neighborhoods in cities like Portland, Denver and Nashville to see how they had interpreted a modern pizzeria and noticed that people were getting away from the traditional Italian model.

Global food offerings with unusual flavor combinations appeared to be popular with millennial diners, the people who Uible says see the Grove as their playground.

“It’s pizza without borders,” Schloss says.

Schloss and Uible tapped Liz Schuester of Tenacious Eats to lead

the kitchen, a decision that was based upon her comfort with a wide range of international cuisine. “Liz personifies the brand,” says Uible. “She’s lived and cooked all over the world and knows everything from chimichurri to miso to Italian. She understands that the approach we want to take is to elevate pizza, and that every food culture has a vehicle similar to it, whether or not they call it that.”

In addition to pizza, Firecracker will feature a robust craft beer program, served by a staff well-versed in the offerings.

“There’s a craft beer boom and a fast-casual pizza beer boom, so putting them together is natural,” says Schloss.

“I think what we are doing that hasn’t been done before though is to put them equally in the spotlight at the same place. For years people have said that beer and pizza go so well together, but elevating them like this is unique.” n

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by Angela Ortmann. Responding to the recent immigration crackdown, the sommelier and restaurant consultant known as STL Wine Girl wanted give a shoutout to the contribution immigrants make to the St. Louis restaurant community.

“We’re all watching what’s going on around us on many levels with our families, friends and coworkers,” she says. “I started hearing from restaurants around town about negative comments being thrown around and wanted to encourage my chef friends to do something positive in their own establishments.”

And after an overwhelming response from restaurant owners and a conversation with chef Qui Tran at Mai Lee, Ortmann was inspired to put her consulting chops to work and create Love to Eat, Eat to Love, a tasting event to celebrate the city’s immigrant community.

The event, which pairs eighteen of the city’s immigrant restaurant owners with a native-born chef, bartender, brewer or butcher, will be held on Monday, February 27 at Mai Lee (8396 Musick Memorial Drive, Brentwood). The list of participants continues to grow.

“The more I spoke with people, the more passionate and into this idea people were, and I thought it just made sense. Instead of spending a lot of time planning, we decided to act quickly to respond to current events,” Ortmann says. “Nothing creates community like food. It’s not politically motivated; no one is taking sides. We can simply never have enough restaurants and food from all of these cultures.”

The event is also designed to highlight the longstanding tradition of collaboration in St. Louis’ food community. Explains Ortmann,

Chef Bernie Lee is part of an event celebrating immigrant restaurateurs. | JENNIFER SILVERBERG “In other cities it’s more about competition. Here, we tend to work together to create bigger and better things.”

By combining two different cultures, the collaborations create intriguing flavor fusions. For example, Marco Sanfilippo of Salume Beddu is partnering with Ally Nisbet of Scottish Arms and the Shaved Duck for a haggisstuffed porchetta smoked with wild cherries and hickory. Nisbet moved to the U.S. from Scotland; Sanfilippo is honoring his grandparents who emigrated from Italy.

“They came to this country with a dream of a better life for themselves and their kids and they made it happen. I just can’t imagine the courage it takes to leave behind everything you know to come to a foreign country and start over,” Sanfilippo says. “There is a lot of fear and divisiveness in our country right now. I feel that small gestures can add up to achieve positive results. This dinner seems like a great place to start and some place that I can contribute.”

The evening’s host, Tran, is originally from Vietnam. He’s partnered with Wil Pelly, executive sous chef at the Libertine. Tran’s Asian style will be uniquely blended with Pelly’s Cuban roots for a dish that is a play on pork and shrimp toast with Cuban pulled pork, carnitas-style.

Pelly, the son of Cuban immigrants, was inspired to participate in the event out of a desire to share his family’s recipes: “I have no children of my own so I must share these with friends and diners. On this day I will let our food speak for us.”

Bernie Lee of Hiro Asian Kitchen has teamed with Samantha Pretto of the Dark Room to create a comfort food fusion of gnocchi with south Asian curry. Lee came to the U.S. from Malaysia because, he says, of the freedom that allows individuals to be who they are.

“That is how America was formed; it’s a melting pot. Participating in this event allows me to raise my voice and remind people that this country was formed by people from all over the world.”

Lee hopes to see the event inspire similar ones across the country. “The food industry in St. Louis is incredible. There’s so much love here. You don’t really hear about this kind of thing happening in other cities,” he notes. “This could be a great example for other cities.”

Other participants include Julia Li of Lu Lu Seafood and Dim Sum, Mehmet Yildiz of Aya Sofia, Christine Sseremba and George Knudsen of Olive Green and Natasha Bahrami of the Gin Room. New participants are still being added.

In the end, Ortmann describes the night as “a fun little crazy event to raise money, inspire some cool ideas, and expose people to new restaurants.”

Proceeds will support immigrant-support organizations such as the International Institute and St. Louis Mosaic Project, especially those that promote entrepreneurial endeavors. Tickets are $45 and the event runs from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on February 27. See www.lovetoeateattolove.com for n more info. riverfronttimes.com

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hen Swansea, Illinois, native Andrew Garces started the Vanilla Beans in 2006, he built his songs piecemeal in a makeshift home studio. More than a decade later, he continues to craft infectious pop in a similar way — and does so with a little help from his best friends.

“For a little while, the Vanilla Beans was really me and people that I love just hanging out. We weren’t real serious about it,” Garces says. “We would just play a show and have a great time and then it would be over.”

The band claims to be more comfortable in a cramped basement show than a big concert venue, yet its sound suits both in equal measure. And that might be the secret to its success, which includes being named Best Pop Band in the RFT Music Awards for three years in a row.

While the lineup has changed over the course of ten years, the core of the band remains the same.

Garces starts by making what he calls the “guts” and counts on his closely knit crew to flesh out the body of each song. He takes an approach that might seem passive for such a prolific songsmith, but the results are proof positive.

“I usually write in a big chunk.

I write a bunch of ideas down and share them with everybody,” he explains. “And we pick the ones that we like.” The band also counts its concerts as a big part of the writing process, as songs are tested and refined in a live setting.

The Vanilla Beans: Andrew Garces, Ani Kramer and Todd Anderson. | MABEL SUEN Building on two full-lengths, two EPs and a collection of b-sides and demos, the band is set to release its first vinyl outing, Wavey, on February 24. Garces recorded the album at a casual pace over the course of a month. The real stress started after that.

According to Garces, Wavey was planned for release through Boxing Clever Records, a St. Louis-based label that has produced albums by local acts CaveofswordS and Bruiser Queen, as well as funded a split EP between the Vanilla Beans and Superfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship in 2013.

Wavey was in the final stages of production in 2015 when disputes over details of the record contract froze the project. (Garces describes the break with the label as clean, with no hard feelings from either party. While Boxing Clever lives on as an ad agency, its label branch has been defunct since late 2015.)

Without label support, Garces and company were left selling shirts and saving money from paid gigs to finish production. Ryan Birkner of Float Away, Dangling, a local indie label specializing in small print zines and tapes, pitched in

by paying for half of the record.

“He basically made the whole thing happen,” Garces says.

During the long wait for Wavey’s release, longtime member Christopher Eilers left the band, which marked a major change for Garces and company. While Eilers remains on the latest album, the shift in group dynamics inspired the creation of Flora — Tape, which was produced in April 2015.

“When you have something done and you’re waiting for someone to put the finish on, it feels like you’re standing still,” he says. “I think that was hard for everyone, so we kept creating.” In the lull between releases, the current trio of Garces, guitarist Todd Anderson and keyboardist Ani Kramer recorded monthly tracks, releasing them through the Vanilla Beans’ Bandcamp page.

The current lineup reads more like a local super group than a coincidental circle of friends.

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moonlights in 3 of 5, a singsongy chiptunes duo with Syrhea Conaway (of Syna So Pro and Pat Sajak Assassins).

Throughout the years, the Vanilla Beans has not done any major touring, but that’s about to change. Following the release of Wavey, the trio is primed to leave town with plans to share its fuzzy twee gems across the country — and potentially beyond.

“I think we’re really happy with where we are, but it’s super comfortable for us at this point.

We could probably play in St. Louis forever and never feel bad about it,” Garces says. “We’re real happy with how the album turned out and now we really just want to go out and travel.”

After performing at both basement shows and large-scale events such as the St. Louis Earth Day Festival and the Rock N Roll Craft Show, the Vanilla Beans knows that its first priority is to be friends first and a band second.

“We still have the most fun when we’re just in the same room thinking about different melodies, lyrics and stuff like that,” Garces n says.

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rocess and place has always been more important than product for experimental musician and composer Eric Hall. For his most audacious projects, he’s often an Oz-like entity, staying out of the way while other musicians work around the loose set of rules he’s conjured up for them. For example, in 2012, his Site/Sound project paired local artists with installations at Laumeier Sculpture Park, and patrons summoned the tracks on smartphones or iPods for a site-specific soundtrack.

Hall, who is 41, has been a ready collaborator with local artists for years, but in 2016 he had the opportunity to work with the avant-garde collective Alarm Will Sound, an outfit with bonafides inside and outside of the new music sphere. Its members have worked with Aphex Twin, Radiohead and Medeski Martin & Wood, as well as local institutions such as the Opera Theatre of St. Louis.

“When they first started coming to St. Louis, my name was one of the first names they came across,” recalls Hall. “They approached me, and I got to go hang out with them and develop friendships with many of them.” After sharing a bill, collaborating seemed the next logical step.

The result, Diffraction ≈ Refraction, was performed at the Mad Art Gallery in May 2016. A recording of the eighteen-minute piece was recently released on Bandcamp, alongside a demo recording made a month earlier. While the initial performance was designed as an immersive experience for both the listeners and the musicians — Hall set up a circle of speakers to encourage audience members to move around the space, and he tinkered with the instrumentalists’ monitor mixes as they performed — this recording gives a compelling rendition of the sonic field that the artists created.

The members of Alarm Will Sound are all conservatory-trained professionals accustomed to interpreting complex scores; Hall’s musical ideas don’t exactly fit on staff paper. So in crafting a collaborative piece, Hall gave the three musicians — who played trombone, cello and clarinet — loose guidelines rather than notefor-note transcriptions. His goal was to encourage improvisation, something the collective is not normally known for.

“The instructions for the first few moments was to not focus on tonality but focus on the tactile sound of their instrument,” says Hall. He says he posed questions like, “How could you emulate a house settling, or walking on a straw mat?”

The piece begins with subtle creaks and a flurry of low, rumbling susurrations; some of Hall’s electronic manipulations come through in the mix early on, but eventually the native tones of the orchestral instruments reveal themselves. Hall’s initial instruction only calls for the players to intone three notes on the scale.

But what starts as a kind of sostenuto echolocation between trombonist Michael Clayville and clarinet player Bill Kalinkos begins to subtly drift apart as each engages in more florid runs on their instruments.

If Hall had a trick up his sleeve for the Mad Art per-

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formance, it came in the unusual form of a voicemail recording. Hall remembers the process of communicating with Alarm Will Sound as being “baby steps,” and the back-and-forth with managing director Gavin Chuck tested Hall’s patience.

“I over-reacted and threw a temper-tantrum and wrote a very articulate letter telling them to fuck off,” says Hall. “He sent me a voicemail that was much more civil than I deserved.” Chuck’s voicemail became fodder for the performance, as Hall played and manipulated the recording; its inclusion was a surprise to the instrumentalists, who must have been startled to hear the disembodied, sonically mangled voice of their colleague through the P.A. While the collaboration is a one-off, Hall made the recording available on Bandcamp in early February as part of the site’s benefit for the ACLU. He calls the release, and its fundraising affiliation, “a ‘Fuck Trump’ kind of effort,” but he eschews any political undertones to the construction of the piece. “It would be easy to pretend that there is an easy parallel to current events, but honestly, no,” Hall says with a laugh.

The release of Diffraction ≈ Refraction serves another purpose for Hall: It’s his first release after a medical scare last year and several months of rest and convalescence. He had surgery to remove an egg-sized tumor between his ear and eye, which proved benign. He’s sanguine in relating what sounds like a harrowing surgery and grateful for a quick recovery and the help of family and friends — though he did have to part with his truly epic beard for the procedure. But for a guy who plays local gigs a few times a month, the time away from music was a marked change in routine.

“Because of the medical stuff, the last half of last year, I really did very, very little. I was having a hard time feeling like I was super-connected with it. I didn’t have any ideas I wanted to keep running with,” he says. Hall now has a few shows booked in March — no collaborations, just his ever-changing approach to sound and texture. It will be a welcome return to the stage for one of the city’s most restless artists.

“I’m looking forward to getting my wind back,” Hall says.

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26 TH

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OUT EVERY NIGHT

THURSDAY 23

314-436-5222.

VOTE WOKE: w/ Fire Dog, Prospect, AndroBeat,

5222.

B-SIDES: 8 p.m., $10. Cicero’s, 6691 Delmar

KEOKUK: 8 p.m., $5. Old Rock House, 1200 S.

Centipede, Devon Cahill, DJ Whiz, Obviously

BETH BOMBARA RECORD RELEASE: w/ Jack

Blvd., University City, 314-862-0009.

7th St., St. Louis, 314-588-0505.

Offbeat 7:30 p.m., free. Foam Coffee & Beer,

Grelle, Sister Wizzard 8 p.m., $10. Off Broad-

COMMON KINGS: w/ ¡Mayday! 8 p.m., $20-$25.

KEY GRIP: w/ Squircle the Destroyer, Hands

3359 Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, 314-772-2100.

way, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-3363.

Blueberry Hill - The Duck Room, 6504 Delmar

& Feet 9 p.m., $7. The Heavy Anchor, 5226

WEBBIE: 10 p.m., $20-$35. The Marquee

BLIND SHEPHERD: w/ Sozorox, Frago, The Right

Blvd., University City, 314-727-4444.

Gravois Ave., St. Louis, 314-352-5226.

Restaurant & Lounge, 1911 Locust St, St. Louis,

Hooks, Escape Theory 7 p.m., $10. Fubar, 3108

ISABEL REX: w/ Concentrator, Persh 9 p.m.,

MARINER ALBUM RELEASE SHOW: w/ Pope Adri-

314-436-8889.

Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

free. Schlafly Tap Room, 2100 Locust St., St.

an Bless, Kiiing Jones, Ackurate, Rec Riddles,

YOWIE: w/ Hardbody, Monotrope 9 p.m., free.

BOB CASE & THE WILD ACCUSATIONS: 2 p.m., $5.

Louis, 314-241-2337.

Tiny Glyder, Family Medicine, Doorway 7 p.m.,

Schlafly Tap Room, 2100 Locust St., St. Louis,

BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St.

JOE & VICKI PRICE: 7 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues

$5. Historic Lemp Brewery, 3500 Lemp Ave., St.

314-241-2337.

Louis, 314-436-5222.

& Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-

Louis, 314-577-0405.

5222.

PAUL BONN & THE BLUESMEN: 7 p.m., free. Hwy

SATURDAY 25

KENNY “BLUES BOSS” WAYNE & RHYTHM RENE-

61 Roadhouse and Kitchen, 34 S Old Orchard

“ALMOST FAMOUS” HIP HOP SHOWCASE: w/

Hair Cuts, Bleach, A Scarlet Summer 6 p.m.,

GADES: 9:30 p.m., $10. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups,

Ave, Webster Groves, 314-968-0061.

Jay Emcee, John Boi, Trap Dawgz 8 p.m., $10.

$10-$12. Cicero’s, 6691 Delmar Blvd., Universi-

700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222.

THE RASKINS: w/ Mad Libby, The Brink 7 p.m.,

Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

ty City, 314-862-0009.

KIM MASSIE: 10:30 p.m., $10. Beale on Broad-

$10. Cicero’s, 6691 Delmar Blvd., University

BEARHUG: w/ The Tricks, Drag Queens Rock

CELEBRATION DAY: A TRIBUTE TO LED ZEPPELIN:

way, 701 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-621-7880.

City, 314-862-0009.

Mardi Gras 2 p.m., free. Bastille Bar, 1027

Feb. 24, 8 p.m.; 8 p.m., $22.50-$25. The Pageant,

MADAILA: 8 p.m., $10-$12. Old Rock House,

SHARK DAD: w/ Monster Eats Manhattan, Jon

Russell Blvd., St. Louis, 314-664-4408.

6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.

1200 S. 7th St., St. Louis, 314-588-0505.

Heisserer 8 p.m., $5. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar

THE BEL AIRS: 9 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues &

COUNTRY GRAS: w/ Colt Ford, DJ Too Tall 11

POWDER RIVER: w/ 3 of 5, Saint Michael, Nove-

Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.

Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-

CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS: w/ Fly Method, New American Classic, Tyler Samuel’s and the Bad

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na 9 p.m., $7. The Heavy Anchor, 5226 Gravois Ave., St. Louis, 314-352-5226.

STRFKR: 8 p.m., $17-$20. The Ready Room, 4195 Manchester Ave, St. Louis, 314-833-3929.

TIT FOR TAT: w/ Thee Oswalds 9 p.m., free. The Sinkhole, 7423 South Broadway, St. Louis, 314328-2309.

VALERIE JUNE: 8 p.m., $17-$20. Blueberry Hill The Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Blvd., University City, 314-727-4444.

FRIDAY 24 8BALL AND MJG: w/ DJ Needles, DJ Reminisce, Wally Sparks, Werc Crew, Mvstermind, J-Mo 7 p.m., TBA. NEO on Locust, 2801 Locust Ave., St. Louis, 314-570-9218.

BRADDOCK: w/ Inner Outlines, City of Parks, Inner Outlines, Luxora 8 p.m., $5-$8. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

BROTHER JEFFERSON: 7 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314436-5222.

CELEBRATION DAY: A TRIBUTE TO LED ZEPPELIN: 8 p.m.; Feb. 25, 8 p.m., $22.50-$25. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.

CHARLIE WILSON: w/ Fantasia, Johnny Gill, Solero 7 p.m., $44-$94. Chaifetz Arena, 1 S. Compton Ave., St. Louis, 314-977-5000.

Shovels & Rope. | COURTESY OF THE BAND

DAVID BEEMAN / THE DEATH DUAL CASSETTE RELEASE: 9 p.m., $10. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-3363.

THE DUST COVERS: 6 p.m., free. Howard’s in

Shovels & Rope

Soulard, 2732 S 13th St, St. Louis, 314-349-2850.

8 p.m. Tuesday, February 28.

FIREBIRD 8-YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY: w/ Hell

Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Boulevard. All ages. $22-$25. 314-726-6161.

Night, Everything Went Black, The Gorge,

Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent had the misfortune of starting their band, Shovels & Rope, in the wake of the mad rush of we-don’t-need-no-stinking-bass duos that ushered in the 2000s. Silly comparisons to the White Stripes followed, when Hearst and Trent clearly had their own lyrical and frayed take on blues and country, soaked in a Southern sense of sweetness and scrappiness. And goddamn they can write. Last year’s full-length Little

Sweat Shoppe 7 p.m., $10-$12. The Firebird, 2706 Olive St., St. Louis, 314-535-0353.

GREAT MIGRATION TOUR: CELEBRATING THE SOUNDS OF MISSISSIPPI, CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS: w/ Vasti Jackson, Fernando Jones and Marquise Knox 6 p.m.; Feb. 25, 6 p.m., $30-$40. National Blues Museum, 615 Washington Ave., St. Louis.

GREEN MCDONOUGH BAND: 10 p.m., $10. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis,

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Seeds traces the arc of a hawk flying over Woodstock as the Band and Dylan work their alchemy in the basement and probes the painful depths of the racist mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Shovels & Rope always rock and always roll, but the band won’t let you forget the stories behind its sound.

Speaking of stories: Opener John Moreland is one of the most gifted storytellers on the country-folk scene. Don’t miss him.

–Roy Kasten

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theatre, I-70 & Earth City Expwy., Maryland Heights, 314-298-9944.

BAD OMENS: W/ Cohen, Sat., March 18, 7 p.m.,

a.m., $55. Social House Soulard, 1551 S. 7th St.,

$12. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-

St. Louis, 314-241-3023.

9050.

EMPIRE GROOVE: w/ Unifyah 8 p.m., $12.

BALANCE AND COMPOSURE: W/ From Indian

Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-

Lakes, Queen of Jeans, Sun., April 30, 8 p.m.,

726-6161.

$14-$16. The Ready Room, 4195 Manchester

FAULTS AND WONDER: w/ Bella & Lily, Flying

Ave, St. Louis, 314-833-3929.

House 9 p.m., free. Schlafly Tap Room, 2100

THE BLACK LILLIES: Fri., April 21, 8 p.m., $15-

Locust St., St. Louis, 314-241-2337.

$18. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis,

GREAT MIGRATION TOUR: CELEBRATING THE

314-773-3363.

SOUNDS OF MISSISSIPPI, CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS:

BRIDGET KEARNEY: W/ Fit Club, Thu., April 6, 8

w/ Vasti Jackson, Fernando Jones and Marquise

p.m., $12-$15. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave.,

Knox Feb. 24, 6 p.m.; 6 p.m., $30-$40. National

St. Louis, 314-773-3363.

Blues Museum, 615 Washington Ave., St. Louis.

CHANCE THE RAPPER: Sun., May 14, 6 p.m.,

HORROR SECTION: w/ New Lives, The Radio

$36.50-$76.50. Scottrade Center, 1401 Clark

Buzzkills, Secondary 8 p.m., $5. San Loo, 3211

Ave., St. Louis, 314-241-1888.

Cherokee St., St. Louis, 314-696-2888.

CHARLY BLISS: W/ See Through Dresses, Sun.,

KEOKUK: w/ Consiglio Sauer Eide, Tory

April 30, 8 p.m., $10. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp

Starbuck 9 p.m., $7. The Heavy Anchor, 5226

Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-3363.

Gravois Ave., St. Louis, 314-352-5226.

CHRIS STAPLETON: W/ Margo Price, Brent Cobb,

MAGIC CITY: w/ Town Cars, Jane Wave, Justin

Sat., Aug. 5, 7 p.m., $30.75-$70.75. Hollywood

Johnson 9 p.m., $5. El Lenador, 3124 Cherokee

Casino Amphitheatre, I-70 & Earth City Expwy.,

St., St. Louis, 314-771-2222.

Maryland Heights, 314-298-9944.

MARDI GRAS PARADE DAY: w/ Funky Butt Brass

COM TRUISE: W/ Clark, Roland Tings, Tue., May

Band, Al Holliday & the East Side Rhythm

16, 8 p.m., $17-$20. The Firebird, 2706 Olive St.,

Band, Southern Exposure 2 p.m., $10. Old Rock

Mirah. | COURTESY OF GROUND CONTROL TOURING

House, 1200 S. 7th St., St. Louis, 314-588-0505.

MISS JUBILEE & THE HUMDINGERS: 7 p.m., $10.

Jacoby Arts Center, 627 E. Broadway, Alton, 618-462-5222.

NONAME: w/ Ravyn Lenae 8 p.m., $15. The Ready Room, 4195 Manchester Ave, St. Louis, 314-833-3929.

PAT BOONE: 2 p.m.; Feb. 26, 2 p.m., TBA. Wildey Theatre, 254 N. Main St., Edwardsville, 618692-7538.

TOM HALL: 6 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222.

WEIRD OMEN: w/ The Jag-wires 9 p.m., $5. The Sinkhole, 7423 South Broadway, St. Louis, 314328-2309.

SUNDAY 26 DANNY GATTON TRIBUTE: 5 p.m., $10. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314436-5222.

St. Louis, 314-535-0353.

CREE RIDER FAMILY BAND ALBUM RELEASE: Fri., March 10, 7 p.m., $10-$12. The Stage at KDHX,

Mirah 8 p.m. Tuesday, February 28.

The Duck Room at Blueberry Hill, 6504 Delmar Boulevard. $12. 314-727-4444.

After nearly twenty years as an independent-minded singer-songwriter, Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn’s talents have long since achieved mastery. Her subtle command of language and flexibility with genre comes through on 2014’s lovely Changing Light, which corrals orchestral flourishes and boho grooves under Mirah’s gently entrancing voice.

She hasn’t released a full album since then, but the current political climate

ERIC LYSAGHT: 2 p.m., free. Howard’s in Sou-

3524 Washington Ave, St. Louis, 314-925-7543, ext. 815.

seems to have animated her muse; she contributed the song “No Guns No Guns” to the “30 Days 30 Songs” project of protest songs. More than a simple song about gun control, the lyrics speak to a larger agenda of progressive ideals and the need to fight for representation.

Attic Antics: Mirah will be joined by fellow Brooklyn resident Maia Macdonald, who performs electro-tinged indie-pop as Kid in the Attic.

–Christian Schaeffer

CRYSTAL GARDEN: Sat., April 22, 8 p.m., $16-$18.

The Ready Room, 4195 Manchester Ave, St. Louis, 314-833-3929.

DEAD MAN WINTER: Fri., April 21, 8 p.m., $15$17. Old Rock House, 1200 S. 7th St., St. Louis, 314-588-0505.

DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT: W/ Thank You Scientist, ONI, Tue., May 2, 7 p.m., $25-$28. The Ready Room, 4195 Manchester Ave, St. Louis, 314-833-3929.

DOYLE: W/ Element a440, Mon., April 10, 6:30 p.m., $17-$20. The Firebird, 2706 Olive St., St. Louis, 314-535-0353.

DWARVES: W/ JFA, Decent Criminals, Ultraman, Sat., June 3, 7 p.m., $16-$18. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

ECHO OF SILENCE: W/ Manhattan Blockade,

lard, 2732 S 13th St, St. Louis, 314-349-2850.

STEF CHURA: 8 p.m., $10. Off Broadway, 3509

WEDNESDAY 1

LOVE JONES “THE BAND”: 8:30 p.m., $10. BB’s

Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-3363.

BOB “BUMBLE BEE” KAMOSKE: 8 p.m. Beale on

Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

Broadway, 701 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-621-

EMERY: Sun., March 19, 7 p.m., $15. Fubar,

7880.

3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis,

Noesis, Scarred Atlas, Sun., May 7, 6 p.m., $10.

314-436-5222.

TUESDAY 28

PAT BOONE: Feb. 25, 2 p.m.; 2 p.m., TBA. Wildey

BLIND WILLIE & THE BROADWAY COLLECTIVE:

SAM BUSH: 8 p.m., $25. Old Rock House, 1200 S.

ESSENTIAL KNOTS: W/ Summer Magic, Stacey

Theatre, 254 N. Main St., Edwardsville, 618-

9:30 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S.

7th St., St. Louis, 314-588-0505.

Winter, Sat., March 25, 9 p.m., $10-$13. Off

692-7538.

Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222.

SELECTOR DUB NARCOTIC CALVIN JOHNSON: w/

Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-

SOUL REUNION: 10:30 p.m., $7. Beale on Broad-

JAMAICA LIVE TUESDAYS: w/ Ital K, Mr. Roots, DJ

Whoa Thunder, Fragile Farm 9 p.m., $5. Foam

3363.

way, 701 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-621-7880.

Witz, $5/$10. Elmo’s Love Lounge, 7828 Olive

Coffee & Beer, 3359 Jefferson Ave., St. Louis,

GENE SIMMONS: Sat., April 8, 7 p.m., $30-$299.

Blvd, University City, 314-282-5561.

314-772-2100.

The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis,

KIM MASSIE: 10:30 p.m., $10. Beale on Broad-

ST. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES: 8 p.m., $22-$25.

314-726-6161.

ANGEL PRESENTS SOUL SEARCHING: 8 p.m., $10.

way, 701 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-621-7880.

The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis,

GREATER ST. LOUIS JAZZ FESTIVAL: TRIBUTE TO

BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St.

MIRAH: 8 p.m., $12. Blueberry Hill - The Duck

314-726-6161.

DIZZY GILLESPIE: Sat., April 22, 8 p.m., $35.

Louis, 314-436-5222.

Room, 6504 Delmar Blvd., University City, 314-

TIFT MERRITT: 8 p.m., $20-$25. Blueberry Hill -

Blanche M Touhill Performing Arts Center, 1

CHARLOTTE BERG BAND: 6 p.m., $10. Fubar,

727-4444.

The Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Blvd., University

University Dr at Natural Bridge Road, Norman-

3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

SHOVELS AND ROPE: w/ John Moreland 8 p.m.,

City, 314-727-4444.

dy, 314-516-4949.

THE RECORD COMPANY: 8 p.m., $18. The Fire-

$22-$25. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St.

bird, 2706 Olive St., St. Louis, 314-535-0353.

Louis, 314-726-6161.

THIS JUST IN

SOULARD BLUES BAND: 9 p.m., $5. Broadway

SWEETIE & THE TOOTHACHES: 7 p.m., $5. BB’s

104.1’S SUPER JAM 2017: W/ Future, Migos,

Blanche M Touhill Performing Arts Center, 1

Oyster Bar, 736 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-621-

Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis,

Tory Lanez, Kodak Black, Zoey Dollaz, Thu.,

University Dr at Natural Bridge Road, Norman-

8811.

314-436-5222.

June 1, 6 p.m., TBA. Hollywood Casino Amphi-

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ban Missiles, Starter Jackets, The Wilderness,

THE GRINDMOTHER: W/ Outcome of Betrayal,

7Daze, Wed., May 24, 8 p.m., $8. Fubar, 3108

Marked by Honor, Fri., March 24, 6 p.m., $12-

Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

$15. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-

OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW: Mon., June 12, 8

9050.

p.m., $30-$50. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd.,

HAILEY WHITTERS: Wed., April 5, 8 p.m., $12.

St. Louis, 314-726-6161.

Blueberry Hill - The Duck Room, 6504 Delmar

OLD TIME ASSAULT ALBUM RELEASE SHOW: W/

Blvd., University City, 314-727-4444.

Matt McGibany, Lukas Simpson, Fri., March

THE HOOTEN HALLERS RECORD RELEASE: Thu.,

24, 9 p.m., free. Pop’s Blue Moon, 5249 Pattison

April 13, 9 p.m., $12-$15. Off Broadway, 3509

Ave., St. Louis, 314-776-4200.

Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-3363.

ONEREPUBLIC: W/ Fitz and the Tantrums, James

INCUBUS: W/ Jimmy Eat World, Tue., Aug. 1,

Arthur, Sat., July 8, 6 p.m., $33-$143. Holly-

6:45 p.m., $29.50-$99.50. Hollywood Casino

wood Casino Amphitheatre, I-70 & Earth City

Amphitheatre, I-70 & Earth City Expwy., Mary-

Expwy., Maryland Heights, 314-298-9944.

land Heights, 314-298-9944.

THE PIXIES: Sat., Oct. 14, 8:30 p.m., $36.50-

INDIGO GIRLS: Fri., May 12, 8 p.m., $35-$40. The

$56.50. Peabody Opera House, 1400 Market St,

Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-

St. Louis, 314-241-1888.

6161.

PWRBTTM: Sun., July 9, 8 p.m., $12-$14. Off

J. COLE: Tue., June 13, 8 p.m., $35-$50. The

Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-

Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-

3363.

6161.

RED CITY RADIO: W/ The Bombpops, Russian

JET BLACK ALLEY CAT: W/ The Band Camino,

Girlfriends, Thu., May 11, 8 p.m., $12-$14. The

Sun., April 30, 7 p.m., $10. The Firebird, 2706

Firebird, 2706 Olive St., St. Louis, 314-535-0353.

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BY DAN SAVAGE Hey, Dan: I am a straight married man. For Valentine’s Day, my wife and I spent the night in a B&B while grandma watched the kids. We had edibles, drank sparkling wine and then fucked. It was amazing. After we came and while we were still stoned and drunk, my wife mentioned she was open to inviting others into our sex life. I asked about getting a professional sex worker. She said no. But maybe if we were in a bar (we’re never in bars) and met someone (a unicorn), she might be into it. Anal came up. I have a desire to experiment with anal. I asked if she would use the vibrator we brought on me, just to experiment. She said she was too high to do anything. I felt let down. I feel she unknowingly teased me with fantasies I have, not knowing I actually have them. We have a good sex life, and I’m willing to write off the fantasies we discussed while high and drunk. It’s the teasing that drove me crazy.

Having And Realizing Desires Some people think about, talk about and masturbate about certain fantasies without ever wanting to realize them. Let’s call them Team Fantasize. Some people think about, etc., certain fantasies and would very much like to realize them. Let’s call them Team Realize. There’s nothing wrong with either team. But when someone on Team Fantasize is married to someone on Team Re-

alize, well, that can be a problem.

Knowing your spouse is turned on by fantasies you share but rules out realizing them can be extremely frustrating. And sometimes a frustrated Team Realize spouse will say something like this to their Team Fantasize mate: “Talking about these fantasies together — this kind of dirty talk — gets my hopes up about actually doing it. If it’s never going to happen, we have to stop talking about it, because it’s frustrating.”

The problem with that approach?

Swingers clubs and BDSM parties are filled with couples who used to be on opposite teams, but they’re both on Team Realize now. And what got them on the same team?

Continuing to discuss and share fantasies, even at the risk of frustrating the Team Realize spouse.

So if you ever want to have that threesome or experiment with anal, HARD, you need to keep talking with your wife about these fantasies. Tell her you’re not pressuring her, of course, but let her know these are things you would actually like to do, and the more you talk about them, the more you want to do them. If she keeps talking with you about them, that’s a sign. Not a sign that she’s a cruel tease, HARD, but a sign that she’s inching closer toward pulling on a Team Realize jersey.

Hey, Dan: I wanted to tell you about something that happened to my friend. (Really!) She was going to bang this dude from OkCupid but wasn’t getting a great feeling, so she went to bed and let him crash on the couch. She woke up the next day to

find her underwear drawer empty on the floor and all of her underwear wrapped around this dude’s feet. She stealthily removed all the panties from his perv hooves and put her shit away. When the morning actualized itself, they parted amicably with no mention of the underwear slippers.

Men In Alaska Ask yourself which is the likelier scenario, MIA. Scenario 1: This guy stumbled around your friend’s dark apartment in the middle of the night, managed to find her underwear drawer, pulled it out and set it on the floor, made himself a pair of pantie-booties, had himself a wank, and fell back to sleep. All without waking your friend. Then your friend got up in the morning, saw her panties wrapped around his hooves, peeled them off one by one, and returned her panties to their drawer. All without waking Perv Hooves up. Scenario 2: Your friend got pervy with this guy, wanted to tell you about this guy’s kink, but was too embarrassed to admit that she played along and possibly got into it.

My money is on Scenario 2, MIA, because I’ve heard this song before.

“I met this perverted guy who did these perverted things while I was asleep.” Yeah, no. In most cases, the person relaying a story like this played an active role in the evening’s perversions but edited the story to make themselves look like a passive bystander, not a willing participant.

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guy (high-school sweetheart!) for the last thirteen years. We love each other deeply, best friends, etc. But the sex is vanilla and routine, and I would like us to go beyond that. Nothing extreme, I just want to switch things up a bit. Talking about sex makes my husband REALLY uncomfortable. If I ask him what he’d like me to do to him while we’re having sex, he shuts down. He’ll say, “Everything you do is good,” and leave it there. In the very few conversations we’ve had about this stuff, he’s said that he feels intimidated and doesn’t know what to say.

This is incredibly frustrating for me.

How do I get him to loosen up and feel more comfortable about talking to me so that we can eventually progress to some new experiences?

Why Husband Is Prudish Have you told him what you want?

If you haven’t, you’re essentially asking your husband to guess at your undisclosed interests or kinks.

Your husband is probably terrified of guessing wrong. So stop asking him what he wants to do to you, WHIP, and start doing whatever it is you want to do. Take the initiative, be the change you want to see in the sack, lean in or bend over or whatever. Lay your kink cards on the table. Take baby steps, it’s mild before wild, you gotta nail those junior-varsity kinks before moving up to varsity-level kinks, etc.

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