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A Few Good Women

For tech, attracting (and keeping) female employees is a major problem. A St. Louis program and its <b>IMPASSIONED MENTORS</b> are here to help

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A Few Good Women

For tech, attracting (and keeping) female employees is a major problem. A St. Louis program and its impassioned mentors are here to help Written by

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Blocking Their Medicine Senator Bob Onder is standing between sick kids and the medicine many parents would cross state lines to get

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Cops Are a No-Show

Protesters who targeted the home of Jennifer Joyce walk after the key witnesses against them skip out on court MAY 10-MAY 16, 2017

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Blocking the Medicine They Need Written by

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alerie Naureth says she’d be willing to break the law to save her son Arik, age four. And that could mean that Naureth, who lives outside of Columbia, Missouri, would be regularly driving to Colorado to buy a hemp extract called cannabidiol, or CBD, and illegally bringing it back to treat Arik’s severe epileptic seizures. It all depends on what happens in the coming weeks to a measure working its way through the Missouri House of Representatives. Sponsored by Representative Jean Evans (R-Manchester), House Bill 1007 would make it easier for families to obtain the extract, expand the list of serious medical conditions for which it can be prescribed and boost its potency by increasing allowable THC levels. CBD hemp oil is a dietary supplement touted for a wide range of benefits, including as a natural pain reliever and for reducing the symptoms of many diseases, including Crohn’s disease, gastric ulcers and central nervous system disorders, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. It comes from the marijuana plant, but it is not psychoactive; it is impossible to get ¨high¨ from it. But even if HB 1007 passes, Naureth doubts it will survive a ride through the Senate. The reason: the fierce opposition of state Senator Bob Onder (R-Lake St. Louis). Earlier this year Onder, a physician, successfully blocked a Senate version of the measure. If Onder succeeds again in thwarting expanded access to CBD, “I would probably illegally buy it and bring it to my home instead of uprooting my family,” Naureth says. “I know that sounds really terrible. But I shouldn’t have to do that, because this is our home. I’m not going to uproot my family. But I Continued on pg 12 will illegally

Pride St. Louis announced last week that admission to its 2017 event would be $5 per day, only to reverse course Monday. | STEVE TRUESDELL

St. Louis Pride Approves, Rescinds 2017 Entry Fee

he news drew quite a reaction: For the first time ever, Pride St. Louis would charge admission for its 2017 festival. While the $5 fee for “Community Proud,” scheduled for June 23 to 25 in Soldiers Memorial Park, was comparatively low, it wasn’t nothing. Landon Brownfield, secretary of the board of directors for the nonprofit that hosts the event, told the RFT last week that the organization just opened a community center, PrideCenter, which includes a computer lab and specialized lending library, as well as meeting and event space. Brownfield also mentioned the scholarships ($21,000 in total, going to eighteen young people this year) and community outreach. “It was really a decision to increase our community resources,” Brownfield said. Across the country, KC PrideFest in Kansas City will charge $10 a day for its festival, June 2 to 4, with a free hour on Sunday. Chicago Pride

on June 25 and San Francisco Pride, held from June 24 to 25, remain free, but request donations. Pittsburgh Pride is free, but the event with headliner Jennifer Hudson is ticketed, with admission from $45 to $150. “Our $5 in comparison is a pretty low admission overall,” said Brownfield. The admission is per-day, and it’s still free to attend the parade. In its most recent set of publicly available tax returns, which cover 2014, Pride St. Louis showed $293,899 in revenue from that year’s Pride event. But even higher expenses left the organization running a slight deficit. At $7,054, its cash on hand was less than its liabilities. Even so, on social media and in Boom Magazine, the fee was sharply criticized. In “Opinion: Is ‘Community Proud’ Doing Our Community Wrong,” Lady Ashley Gregory called this year’s event “the most capitalistic pride we have had thus far.” Gregory is lead organizer of QTPOC:STL, a group for queer and trans people of color, and a board member of MTUG, the Metro Trans Umbrella Group. “To those of you, family, who say it’s just five dollars, I dare you to stop and check your privilege and think less about what you do have and riverfronttimes.com

more about what others may not,” she wrote. Comments on her piece and other op-eds in Boom, as well as social media, echoed her concerns that the fee will exclude poor and working-class LGBT people from attending. “There is some pushback because Pride has always been free,” Brownfield noted — as well as a citywide culture of getting things, like museum and zoo admission, for free. “Our goal is always to serve everyone, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity or socio-economic status.” On Monday, the organization reversed course. In a press release early Tuesday morning, Pride St. Louis said admission would be offered with a “suggested donation,” not a fee. “You spoke, you shared your concerns and your stories — and we heard you,” the release noted. Still, the organization noted, it is “in dire need of your help.” “The suggested donation is more important than ever,” it said. “To fund the community center, scholarships, outreach and festival, we need to raise $238,000.” As a result, the price of an alcohol wristband will be increased by $2. —Melissa Meinzer

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Under Fire at the P-D, a Conservative Quits Written by

DANNY WICENTOWSKI

pril 26 was a rough day for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s editorial page, and particularly so for the page’s director, Tod Robberson. His own column, about protesting, was seriously flawed on multiple levels and drew rebuke from a St. Louis state representative. But that same day, the editorial page’s lone local conservative voice, Stacy Washington, submitted her final column. he ust didn t know it at the time. Ironically, Washington’s column, “Guns and the media,” took aim at the low representation of conservative journalists in U.S. newsrooms. It also took on a St. Louis American column advocating gun control and a Mizzou professor invoking ISIS in his criticism of the NRA. “It’s understandable that we seek out opinions and news that support our viewpoint,” Washington wrote in the column, which was published April . onfirmation bias is a very real part of how people consume news and media. However, we should be appalled to see neighbors with whom we work, attend church, people who have children defending this country through military service — in other words, good decent people — portrayed in the same light as demonic murderers for the simple act of owning a firearm. Hours after Washington’s column ran, she received an email from Robberson. She was being suspended. “You did not disclose in your column published today that you served multiple times as a co-host and commentator on Cam & Company on NRA TV,” he wrote. He noted that her column was “problematic in many ways,” but it was her work with the NRA that represented an unforgivable ethical breach. “Advocating for the NRA,” he wrote, “while failing to disclose 10

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Stacy Washington, shown at the recent NRA convention in Atlanta. | PHOTO COURTESY OF STACY WASHINGTON that you did media work on this lobbying organization and its television station goes far beyond the bounds of any acceptable journalistic standard.” However, Washington says she has never been paid by the NRA. And beyond that, her ties to the organization shouldn’t have surprised Robberson. Her credits for co-hosting shows on NRA News are highlighted on her own website — and, even closer to home, the Post-Dispatch’s own Joe Holleman had reported on Washington’s contribution to an NRA documentary in August 2016, just a few months before she joined the paper on a freelance basis. In fact, on the day her column ran, Washington was in Atlanta to attend NRA’s annual convention. In an interview with Riverfront Times, Washington says the suspension came as a total shock. “I’m a second amendment supporter, it is known to people at the Post-Dispatch that I am a supporter of the NRA, I’ve never hidden it,” she says. “I was never paid by the NRA.” Washington maintains that the NRA only paid her expenses for her work on the documentary, and that her stints as a fill in co host on NRA News programs were similarly unpaid.

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Washington says she told Robberson as much, but that only resulted in a promise to discuss her suspension with the paper’s publisher. The next day, Washington emailed Robberson to inform him that she was terminating her contract with the Post-Dispatch. That Sunday, she tweeted the news of her suspension. But that wasn’t the end of the story. On Monday, the Post-Dispatch’s editorial page ran a letter to the editor whose author accused Washington of being a “shill” for the NRA and shaming her (and the paper) for not disclosing her relationship to the pro-gun group. “Now I have people calling me a liar on Twitter, saying that I’m paid by the NRA, even though no one has any proof,” Washington tells the RFT. And while she insists that she has “nothing against” Robberson, she chafes at the heavyhandedness of the punishment. A suspension is generally the sort of thing levied against a writer busted for plagiarism or fabrication, but in Washington’s case, instead of adding a correction or update, the paper simply gave her the boot. “It’s absolutely ludicrous to me that being openly supportive of the second amendment calls into question what I wrote on Friday.

It just doesn’t comport. This is just not a thing. I just don’t understand it,” she says. Her confusion is understandable. The April 28 column defended the NRA only so far as Washington argued that the group wasn’t comparable to ISIS. Add in the fact that the column went through the normal editing process, and that, again, her volunteer work for the NRA had already been featured in Robberson’s own paper, and it’s hard to understand why her reference didn’t result in a “full disclosure” update and an admonition to note any organizational membership in future columns. The irony that a column calling out the lack of conservatives in the mainstream media got a conservative suspended from a mainstream newspaper isn’t lost on her, either. “What they’re losing, according to their own readers, is the juxtaposition between what their current editorial side is putting out, which is coming from the Democratic side, from the left, and then someone on the right,” she says. “I’m not ashamed that I’m an NRA supporter, a Bible-thumper, that I love Jesus Christ. I’m all the way out there. There’s nothing else that I can do to articulate my perspective any more clearly on where I stand.” Reached by email last week, Robberson confirmed that Washington’s column will no longer appear in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “Her active promotional activities and professional association with the National Rifle Association represented an unacceptable conflict of interest in her most recent column, which resulted in our suspension of her work. Ms. Washington chose to terminate her contract. Columnists are expected to fully disclose conflicts of interest when writing about topics where such a conflict might arise. We apply this standard regardless of the lobbying or advocacy group being written about in a column.” Shortly after sending the statement to RFT, Robberson’s statement was published as an editor’s note on the Post-Dispatch’s online opinions page, and links to his editor’s note now appear on all of Washington’s 25 published columns. Washington, meanwhile, has been interviewed on Fox & Friends. Her squabble with the P-D was also covered in the New York Post and linked by the Drudge Report.

Cops Are a No-Show Written by

DANNY WICENTOWSKI

t. Louis city spent nearly two years prosecuting a handful of protesters over minor municipal violations. Yet when the day finally came last week for trial, the city’s key witnesses — the police o cers who handled the case simply didn’t show up. On May 19, 2015, a late-night protest drew some 40 demonstrators to the Holly Hills neighborhood. They chanted, “Wake up Jennifer!” and “No justice, no sleep!” Police officers then deployed pepper spray and arrested seven people. The protest was unique. This wasn’t a police station or the site of a disputed shooting. This was the home of Jennifer Joyce, then the St. Louis Circuit Attorney, and the crowd of chanting protesters had gathered to express their outrage at Joyce’s decision not to prosecute the o cer who fatally shot eighteen-year-old VonDerrit Myers Jr. There had been many protests in St. Louis that year. But the fact that this one took place at the private residence of a city o cial seemed to up the ante. One protester, Elizabeth Vega, was charged with misdemeanor assault of a police officer for allegedly wiping pepper spray on the uniform of St. Louis city police chief Sam Dotson. Found guilty by a jury, she was sentenced to two years’ probation. The remaining six protesters were originally supposed to face trial last month. They faced a handful of municipal charges, mostly for things like peace disturbance, resisting arrest and trespassing. Only there was a small problem. The city’s key witnesses the arresting o cers were nowhere to be found. “We were set to go to trial several weeks ago,” says defense attorney Javad Khazaeli, “and at that point, none of the police o cers showed up. The city stated that this was a communication error.” The trial was rescheduled for May 3, but in the meantime the city dropped charges against one of the protesters and another decided to plead guilty. That left four defen-

dants who arrived at St. Louis city municipal court last Wednesday. This time, the city fielded a slightly more complete case. One police o cer was in attendance. However, his testimony concerned only one defendant, Antoine White, and only on a single charge: interfering with a peace o cer. The judge dropped the charges against the other three defendants, citing a “failure to prosecute.” And even the case against hite fi led in court. “The officer testified that he didn’t recall how it occurred,

but claimed that my client has repeatedly interfered with police o cers, says ha aeli. Under cross-examination, Khazaeli says, the cop wilted. “He couldn’t remember any of the details,” Khazaeli says. “We produced a witness who both saw the event and videotaped the event. It showed our client did nothing and was immediately tackled and thrown to the ground.” Not surprisingly in light of that, the judge found White not guilty. Khazaeli says that the cops’ persistent absences came as a surprise.

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The city counselor s o ce claimed to have made “every effort” to assemble the arresting o cers. “It has been our theory,” says Khazaeli, “that the video evidence in this case shows o cers overreact and start to pepper spray people who did nothing wrong. These charges were a way for the o cers to justify their actions.” A spokesman for Mayor Lyda Krewson, Koran Addo, tells Riverfront Times, “The Police Department has been made aware of this issue and is checking to determine what happened.”

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HEMP OIL Continued from pg 9 purchase it at some point in time if I had to, because they wouldn’t pass it.” In contrast, Sarah Lango says she would be willing to move her family to Colorado to ensure her sixteen-month-old daughter Avery can access CBD in doses strong enough to treat her potentially fatal seizures, which can last more than two hours. CBD oil with higher concentrations of THC would be more effective in controlling them, says Lango. But as long as legislation remains stalled, her daughter can’t legally obtain the hemp extract she needs, Lango says. “It suddenly feels very frustrating to know that her life and her health are in the hands of someone who doesn’t know her or see what she’s going through,” she says. Onder, a physician who specializes in allergies and asthma, says he supports allowing CBD oil to be used to treat kids with epilepsy. But the earlier Senate bill permitted its use for a list of conditions including Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis and AIDS. That’s a bridge too far, he says. Much of Onder’s opposition stems from the fact the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not approved CBD products as a treatment or cure for any disease. “And I do have some problems with the state eventually usurping the FDA approval process and endorsing the use of anything for a non-approved medication,” he says. Onder’s continued opposition to HB 1007 could also mean big 12

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problems for Missouri’s nascent medical marijuana industry. The state has licensed two facilities. Both are located in west St. Louis County — BeLeaf 86461in Earth City and Noah’s Arc Foundation in hesterfield and both may only manufacture and sell CBD oil. But both are hampered by the fact that state law permits only neurologists to prescribe CBD oil in Missouri. HB 1007 would allow physicians of all kinds, not just neurologists, to prescribe it. This would make it far easier for many more families to qualify for state medical marijuana cards, says BeLeaf’s Mitch Meyers. A former Anheuser-Busch marketing executive, Meyers launched BeLeaf, Missouri s first medical cannabis cultivation center and dispensary, in January 2016. “So if the child’s pediatrician knows this child has been suffering from epilepsy for five years, Meyers says, “they can say on the form ... ‘yes this person has epilepsy.’ If that would happen we would have many more physicians that could help us help people get cards.” That would be good for business, Meyers acknowledges. But it would also help patients who are suffering. Among other things, passage of HB 1007 would “allow us to at least break even and keep going to support the patient base,” she says. “These people are all going out of state and just buying stuff on the Internet and they have no idea what they’re getting.” Even if the measure dies in the statehouse, supporters hope to collect enough signatures to place on the November 2018 ballot a constitutional amendment to legalize medical cannabis.

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For tech, attracting (and keeping) female employees is a major problem. A St. Louis program and its impassioned mentors are here to help

WRITTEN BY ALLISON BABKA PHOTOS BY KELLY GLUECK he culture is what kills, many women in tech say. And a startling experience is the knife. “I don’t even know who he was, but he was stopping by to talk to one of the guys I knew really well in the next cubicle,” K atie Mathews remembers with a grimace. “I was grabbing some cashews from my friend’s desk, and he was like, ‘ O h, you like J ohn’s nuts? ’ and kept saying it. And the guy who was my friend and sitting right there just did not do a thing.” Mathews, then a software engineer at a large St. Louis aerospace corporation, was stunned by the visitor’s innuendo-laden “joke,” she says. F or a newer employee at her first post college ob, the innuendo was a jarring wake-up call as to what it would be like working in an office, in a company and in an industry that predominantly employs men. But she was just as shocked at her friend’s silence. “I didn’t react. I should’ve said something,” Mathews

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reflects. ut he was aware of that and he didn’t say anything. He didn’t stand up for me or say, ‘ Hey that’s not cool.’ He just apologized that it happened to me afterwards.” Mathews’ experience isn’t an isolated case, and, sadly, it’s not the worst. Dealing with everything from genderbiased hiring practices to sexual assault to skepticism about their abilities, women in male-dominated workplaces often have to fight for both their livelihoods and their lives. But in tech-focused disciplines like engineering and programming, the problem has become especially pronounced. According to figures released in March 2 0 1 7 by the N ational Center for Women & Information Technology, women made up only 2 6 percent of the computing workforce in 2 0 1 6 . E ven worse, women who were not white held only ten percent of those jobs in the same year, with black women at three percent, Asian women at five percent and ispanic women at two percent. With figures like those, women are easily outnumbered by men when building an app or

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coding a company’s sales systems. And when those men — who usually are heterosexual and white — occupy most of both the leadership and worker-bee positions, the culture often becomes hostile to women, inadvertently or not. Pool tables, basketball hoops, N erf guns and video games are among the office comforts you’ll find in startups in Silicon V alley and, yes, St. Louis. Meanwhile, restrooms often are missing basics like tampons or even soap. Clients assume that

women are office managers instead of lead programmers. A pregnancy announcement becomes a minefield, with possibilities like no family leave policy, loss of investors or a perception that pregnant employees don’t work hard enough all looming on the horizon. And, as the news has shown us recently, the “bro” atmosphere can go well beyond office gadgets and basic inequality. In 2 0 1 5 , engineer K elly E llis alleged through a tweetstorm

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and in subsequent news stories that executives at Google, her previous employer, had behaved inappropriately and cultivated a “boy’s club” culture. She said that her reports to HR were dismissed. And earlier this year, Susan F owler, an engineer who had worked at ride-sharing behemoth Uber, leveled multiple allegations of sexual harassment against her former company, disclosing that male employees regularly sent her lewd messages and requests for sex. She also said that

her supervisors retaliated against her with bad performance reviews after she had repeatedly told human resources about the incidents. Since F owler made her allegations public, additional women have come forward with their own stories about Uber. If women are only going to be distrusted, marginalized and harassed like this, why would they even want to go into the tech industry in the first place Uh, they don’t. A N ational Center for Women

& Information Technology study shows that only 2 3 percent of the high school students who took the AP Computer Science test in 2 0 1 6 were women. It’s the same story at the college level where, in 2 0 1 5 , 1 6 percent of the computer science bachelor’s degree recipients at major research universities were women; in contrast, that figure was percent in 1 9 8 5 . Can the trend be reversed? Could an influ of kick ass professional women change the unbalanced, often-toxic coder

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culture? And if so, how will those women find their way into tech leadership positions or even to the industry at all, since younger women are showing their aversion? O ne of the answers may lie with programs like CoderGirl, an initiative from the St. Louis nonprofit LaunchCode that’s determined to address the gender gap in tech and create a pipeline of talented female programmers. Through CoderGirl’s yearlong program, participants of all ages, Continued on pg 16

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backgrounds and income levels learn essential coding skills while working on projects in a non-toxic, collaborative, woman-friendly environment. Women who successfully complete CoderGirl training may apply for LaunchCode apprenticeships with local big-name companies or explore other opportunities for fulltime work in programming. “It gives women the opportunity to just jump in right

away, rather than having to work through that uncomfortableness,” CoderGirl director Crystal Martin says of the program’s inclusive female-friendly space. “It’s enough to get women to take that first step, get them in the door and to a place where they can thrive.” The initiative seems to be working so far; since 2 0 1 4 , more than 6 0 0 CoderGirls have completed the program. ( Worth noting: 5 8 percent of the 1 6 5 women in the current cycle are

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women of color.) At least 5 6 women who have completed the CoderGirl program have since moved into tech employment. A recent reimagining of the program from a casual meetup format to a more formal class structure portends continued growth and job placements. And mentors are a huge part of CoderGirl’s success. Six previous CoderGirl participants have returned to the program as mentors on a consistent basis, with a few others dropping by to help when their schedules

allow. As professional women with expertise in specific programming languages and skills, CoderGirl’s mentors work one-on-one with participants to not only teach, but also to directly empower. “It’s not just about getting women jobs in tech; it’s also about building a network and a workforce of women who can support each other in whatever situations they’re in,” says Martin. “O n a larger scale, programs Continued on pg 18

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CODER GIRL Continued from pg 17 like CoderGirl can have an impact.” Mathews, who now serves as a CoderGirl mentor, says that she often discusses with her mentees the gender- and identity-based hardships that await in some tech environments. She notes that CoderGirl’s speaker series brings in female industry leaders and provides a framework for mentors to have honest discussions with learners in a comfortable environment. “I don’t think we explicitly make a point to talk about it, but because you come there after your work day, you bring those experiences and debrief with people. I’m very open and vulnerable about my experiences,” Mathews says. “I think everyone in the space is learning from everyone’s experiences on that. “I think it’s the multiplier effect: The more it’s all talked about, the more women you meet, the more you support women. It should just blossom,” continues Mathews. “Thinking of those male-dominated cultures, the only way to take them down is infiltrate if you keep bringing women along with you, eventually something will have to change.” W hen s he w as a you ng girl in India, Ashwina Dodhyani had her mind set on becoming a fashion designer. Her family — who viewed doctors, lawyers and engineers among the only truly worthy occupations, she says — had other plans. “My brother pushed me to take computer science as a major in college because I was really good at math and had good analytical skills,” Dodhyani says. “Y ou know, it was hard, if I’m being honest. But it was four years and then I thought, no I don’t hate this; this is what I want to do for my career.” Today, Dodhyani is a business systems analyst for a technology integrator in St. Louis, as well as a mentor with the CoderGirl program. She recalls that she later took her brother’s advice again, applying to graduate

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schools and ultimately moving to the U.S. to continues her computer science studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. “I think that was when I got really interested in computer science, because it was more practical. My undergrad wasn’t like that; it was a lot of theory and definitely did not enjoy that as much,” Dodhyani says.

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But Dodhyani is an outlier; many other women are pushed away from tech interests even before they realize it’s happening. N o matter if it’s kids making fun of geeky pursuits or adults steering women toward careers that are perceived as more “feminine,” there’s a notion that something is “wrong” with a young woman with interest or aptitude in programming or mathematics.

O ne CoderGirl mentor — who asked not to be identified out of fear that her employer would retaliate — says that girls often cannot fathom pursuing an occupation in computer science. “Whether it’s young girls or women, there’s a lot of fear. They feel like they can’t do it or they don’t have the right aptitude for it,”

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“They challenged my decisions, questioned my reasoning for things, made me explain myself more ... they were just generally less trustful.” says the mentor, who is an analyst for a large technology company in St. Louis. “I think they see it as, ‘ O h, boys play with computers, boys play with electronics, so they’re made for that and we’re not made for that.’” E ven after growing up in an encouraging environment and securing a professional coding job while in college, young women still deal with

outside skepticism about their interests and capabilities. CoderGirl mentor J enny Brown says that her “Hogwarts for hackers” boarding school in Illinois nurtured her talents for working on software and servers and fully prepared her for college courses to become a software engineer. Unfortunately, not everybody saw that. “I encountered a hardcore engineering program that was strongly biased against women. And it was typical that I would sit in a lecture with 3 0 0 men and one other woman,” says Brown, who now is a software engineer at a data-driven agricultural company in St. Louis. Brown remembers asking a male teaching assistant to clarify some class requirements. The aide became defensive, she says, responding with, “If you have to ask questions, maybe this isn’t the right place for you.” “It wasn’t until later that I had realized he had written the assignment. But when I was seventeen and all

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needed was clarification so I could go keep working, that was very discouraging,” Brown says. “At the same time, I was already a professional software engineer working a part-time job outside of school. He had no idea that I’d already been programming for over fifteen years.” Men doubting women’s abilities doesn’t stop at graduation, the CoderGirl mentors say. Brown says that with each new tech job, men have assumed that she knew less than she actually did, so she was forced to prove herself again and again, unlike her male counterparts making the same job leap. “They challenged my decisions, questioned my reasoning for things, made me explain myself more, gave me smaller projects to start with instead of trusting me with the big stuff,” she says. “They were generally just less trustful; I don’t think they even realized it. I think it was so automatic, so unconscious, that they just assumed they

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were accurately judging me.” Meanwhile, the anonymous CoderGirl mentor says that she’s faced contradictory assumptions and demands. hen first started out in my career, I got feedback saying I’m not assertive enough. At the time, it was probably my first year or second year of working. When I would go to meetings, I didn’t think that I had enough yet to contribute, so I would just try to soak everything in and learn as much as I could,” the mentor says. “But when I got more knowledge and was more confident, got that I ‘ talk too much.’” “This is something that I heard through a third person: ‘ She’s too passionate.’ I was like ‘ Make up your mind, do you want me to be assertive or not? ’” the analyst continues. “I just don’t let it bother me. If I know I’m doing the right thing, then I’m going to keep doing it. If people don’t like it, so be it.” B eing a w oman in a man’ s w orl d can be like walking through a minefield. ven something as seemingly simple as choosing clothing for work can become an ordeal. athews, who identifies as a queer woman, realized that she began dressing in a more traditionally masculine way partly to deter other people’s thoughts about her body. “I know definitely felt more equipped to handle anything when I dressed masculine,” Mathews says. Because Mathews was then a front-end developer at a large aerospace corporation, the attention was frequent and overt, and she grew weary of her male colleagues’ attention. “I think at that time, I still had a concept of ‘ If you dress in a certain way, you’re asking for male attention,’ which is not an ok way to think. But it’s a reality that women deal with. Y ou’re on this balance of ‘ I want to be taken seriously but I want to feel confident, ” athews says. “And the boys’ club culture definitely existed there. N o one realized it was a gender bias thing.” The anonymous CoderGirl mentor says that she also

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CODER GIRL Continued from pg 19 has experienced perplexing and sexist comments about her looks. “I had a male coworker tell me one time, ‘ Hey, you can see your grey hair, you should really color it.’ I do feel like they pay attention to those things, especially when it’s women,” she says. “The funny thing was, they had grey hair! Why are you telling me? ” And it’s not just seemingly petty matters like clothes and hair. Women in tech simply don’t make as much money as men do or have the same opportunities to advance, something shown in numerous studies. A study from online compensation information company PayScale shows that men not only dominate all levels of computerdriven companies, but they also make more money by a hefty margin. According to Payscale, there’s a 2 2 percent difference between what male and female executives in the industry make, with men taking home a median of $ 1 7 4 ,6 0 0 and women collecting $ 1 3 5 ,5 0 0 . At the individual contributor level, the pay gap is at about 1 9 percent, with men making $ 7 0 ,9 0 0 and women making just $ 5 7 ,6 0 0 . Things are just as bad outside of the tech sector, however, with glass ceilings everywhere. In its study, PayScale says that salary levels off for women at $ 4 9 ,0 0 0 when they’re 3 5 to 4 0 years old; meanwhile, men level off at $ 7 5 ,0 0 0 at age 5 0 to 5 5 . In Missouri, things look even worse. According to “The Status of Women in Missouri,” a report prepared in 2 0 1 6 by the Institute of Public Policy at the University of Missouri, women here earned $ 3 5 ,7 5 9 on average for fulltime work in 2 0 1 5 , compared with an average of $ 4 9 ,8 9 7 for men. The report also found that black and Hispanic women made only 6 6 .7 percent of what their white male counterparts made in 2 0 1 5 . The anonymous CoderGirl mentor says that she has missed out on salary increases thanks to company reorganizations

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and bad processes. Despite being placed into a management role during one shakeup, she says that she wasn’t part of leadership conversations and had a hard time explaining certain high-level decisions to her team. With prodding from upper levels, she offered feedback about the new processes and was told “Y ou should earn your money.” That’s when things became interesting. “I had a one-on-one conversation with my manager and asked, ‘ What money are they talking about, because I didn’t get a pay raise when I got this promotion.’ My manager was completely shocked and was like, ‘ O h my god, did we not give you a raise? ’” the mentor remembers. “I don’t talk about that with other people, so I don’t know if it happened to me because I’m a woman and everybody else was a man, but that was pretty shocking.” S ex u al haras s ment is a hu ge reason why women don’t feel welcome in tech, as well as in many other industries. According to a survey titled “The E lephant in the V alley,” women in tech say harassment is one of the biggest things

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they deal with, with 9 0 percent of female responders saying that they’ve witnessed sexist behavior at industry events and 6 5 percent reporting that they’ve received unwanted sexual advances from a superior. Sixty percent of women who reported sexual harassment to their company were dissatisfied with the resolution. CoderGirl mentor Mathews didn’t report the “J ohn’s nuts” incident to human resources and says that she now regrets it, not knowing if her harasser bothered other women. She kept seeing him around the office, though. “I was creeped out seeing that guy in the hallways anytime after that, to the point I thought he was following me to my car. I sprinted out of the building or hid in a bathroom where you can see around the corner,” she remembers. “I kept thinking about it after it happened because that stuff doesn’t leave you exactly; you have a body response to it. And part of it was me being in this culture with guys, not wanting to appear weak or like I couldn’t handle that. But at the time being 2 3 and out of college,

something this direct at me in a professional setting had never happened before.” He wasn’t the only man who made her apprehensive, Mathews says. “As I would walk through hallways, older men would wink at me, which is just uncomfortable,” she says. “And we had these trailers out back, so it was always in the manufacturing, isolated part. I would go into these trailers highly scared and hoping no one followed me because they were isolated within themselves. That freaked me out anytime that happened.” But sometimes it’s not even the big stuff that gets to you, the mentors say. Brown says that her former male colleagues often named servers after male centered films like Top Gun, so she reminded them about how alienating that was to women who needed to work on those servers. And Mathews remembers when coworkers gendered the office salsa bar, joking that they should label hot ones for men and mild ones for women. “I was like, why? Why would you say that? Do you think that something spicy improves your strength? ” Mathews wonders.

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“As I would walk through the hallways, older men would wink at me, which is just uncomfortable.” S til l , good w ork p l ac es do ex is t. That’s true even in tech. F or Brown, she had to change jobs to find one but she says it s made all the difference. “I wanted a place that was supportive and welcoming to women,” Brown says. At her new company, she says, “I found women in leadership in various levels, especially in middle to higher leadership. I found women scientists who were being celebrated for their scientific work and their data science work. I found cross-training between teams and a real, true support for work-life balance. So all the pieces were there.” Mathews also had to change obs to find her happy place. R ealizing that she was never going to feel appreciated at the aerospace company, Mathews desperately needed a break from the suffocating

“brogrammer” environment and craved something engaging and meaningful. She chose to empower student athletes by coaching women’s basketball at her alma mater DePauw University and teaching mathematics at a nearby women’s prison. “Going to a prison to teach math seems like a weird experience, but I have never found more motivated students in my life,” Mathews remembers. With her enthusiasm and direction refreshed after two years, Mathews returned to the programming world in St. Louis, eventually landing her current dream job as a developer at a local innovation agency. F ive months in, Mathews can’t imagine being anywhere else. “I’m going to give props to the head of the company: He really cares about his employees, and he wants to have fun at work and work hard,” Mathews says. “He’s super protective, wants everyone to feel safe and wants everyone to be able to enjoy each other at work and maintain this culture of inclusion. He’s created a great environment.” Brown says that having women and supportive allies throughout all levels of the company means that they can Continued on pg 23

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parent program LaunchCode before later returning as a CoderGirl mentor, agrees. She says she works hard to help her learners feel secure in the skills that they gain in their inclusive, women-only space before heading out to apprenticeships and full-time employment. “I think there’s a shared struggle among women all over the spectrum, but seeing each other struggle is empowering,” says Mathews. “Having visibility of the people running the program who are on

the queer spectrum or Crystal being a bad-ass woman of color leading the whole thing, I think she really advocates for the diverse space that it is. It’s amazing.” Ultimately, that shared struggle is what draws the mentors to CoderGirl. Having walked their own difficult paths through the tech industry, they can’t help but want to make it a bit easier for the new army of women who code. “This is meaningful because I spent so long alone as a child and even into my early

career days as the only woman doing it,” says Brown of programming. “When I would try to talk with people and friends about it, they didn’t understand; there was just no connection. “So this was a chance to bring in more women in a field that desperately needs them and give folks the opportunity to succeed. It feels good to be able to help them in a way that I wish I could have had and to know how much of a difference it really makes in their lives.”

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THURSDAY 05/11 4000 Miles Leo didn’t intend to end up at his grandmother Vera’s apartment in Manhattans West Village, and she certainly wasn’t expecting him — especially not in the middle of the night. But at 91, she’s learned a great deal about life, and she can tell something is wrong with her grandson. Something terrible happened during his cross-country bicycle journey, that’s for certain. Vera doesn’t mind his company; things have been awfully quiet in her life since her husband passed away. Leo’s sudden appearance might turn out to be just what both of them need at this point in their lives. Amy Herzog’s intimate play

4000 Miles is about the distance between age 21 and age 91, and how small it really is. The New Jewish Theatre closes its season with 4000 Miles. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday (May 11 to 28) in the Wool Studio at the Jewish Community Center (2 Millstone Campus Drive, Creve Coeur; www.newjewishtheatre. org). Tickets are $39.50 to $43.50.

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CALENDAR Continued from pg 25 Johnny’s regular dance partner has to bow out of a performance to obtain an illegal abortion, Baby volunteers to take her place -— but first she has to learn to dance. Johnny teaches her everything he knows, and some of it even has to do with dancing. Dirty Dancing was a surprise hit as a film, and the musical adaptation Dirty Dancing — the Classic Story on Stage continues that tradition. The danceheavy musical visits St. Louis for a short run. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday (May 12 to 14) at the Fox Theatre (527 North Grand Boulevard; www. fabulousfox.com). Tickets are $49 to $125.

besmitten Korben along with her as she pursues some plotbearing stones. Along the way they pick up a priest (Ian Holm) and flamboyant media sensation (and noted screamer) Ruby Rhod (Chris Tucker). It is delightful, and you can see it again on the big screen at 2 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Wednesday (May 14 and 17) at Marcus Wehrenberg Ronnies Cinema (5230 South Lindbergh Boulevard; www.fathomevents. com). Tickets are $12.50. You’ll also get a sneak peek at Besson’s new film, Valérian and the City of a Thousand Planets, which is an adaptation of Mézières brilliant comic book Valérian and Laureline. If you notice some visual similarities to the films of eorge Lucas, please keep in mind the that the comic first appeared in .

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Diego Rivera became a legend in his native Mexico for his vibrant murals. Perhaps unfortunately for him, his enshrinement happened early in his life it s di cult to be a man and a legend at the same time. Frida Kahlo chose to become a painter only after a serious car crash derailed her dream of being a doctor. Her self-portraits are revered for their depiction of the feminine experience, and they are informed both by her continuing physical pain and the emotional turmoil of her marriage to Rivera, whom she eventually divorced and then remarried. They made a vicarious, creative and combative couple, and were often photographed together and separately by friends and family. Diego and Frida: A Smile in the Middle of the Way, the new exhibit at the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum (3415 Olive Boulevard; www.iphf.org), showcases a large collection of formal and informal photographs of the pair. Included in the exhibit are pictures captured by Guillermo Kahlo (Frida’s father), Ansel Adams, muralist Lucienne Bloch, who photographed much of Rivera and ahlo s work, and prolific Mexican photographer Agustn Victor Casasola. Diego and Frida is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday (Saturday, May 13, to Friday, August 4). Admission is $3 to $5. 26

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Garden of Glass The Missouri Botanical Garden (4344 Shaw Boulevard; www. mobot.org) continues its tradition of summer exhibitions this year with the flora-inspired Garden of Glass. Comprising 30 works of fused glass created by Craig Mitchell Smith, the exhibit features larger-than-life replicas of orange blossoms, orchids, dandelions and other flowers that are installed throughout the Climatron. Viewings of Garden of Glass are available from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily (May 13 to August 13). Admission is $4 to $17, and that includes regular garden admission. Evening hours for the Climatron only start Thursday, May 25, and last from 7 to 11 p.m. Thursday through Sunday through August 12. Evening admission is $6 to $16.

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SUNDAY 05/14 The Fifth Element Luc Besson’s space opera The Fifth Element was a love letter to the sci-fi comic books of Jean Giraud (better known as Moebius) and Jean-Claude Mézières. As designers, the men influenced both the look of the film and its sprawling, metaphysical story. Bruce Willis plays Korben Dallas, a former elite soldier who now works as a cab driver. Leeloo (Milla Jovovich) literally falls into his life, a scantily clad beauty who just happens to be the ultimate weapon. Bioengineered by aliens to aid Earth in its fight against an ancient evil, Leeloo drags a

Pride and Prejudice remains immensely popular more than 200 years after its release thanks to Jane Austen’s ability to translate to the page the love, longing and hasty decision-making of young women. or the final production of Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble’s tenth season, the company presents First Impressions, an interesting take on Austen’s novel. Inspired by Elizabeth Bennet’s reliance on first impressions, llie Schwetye and Rachel Tibbetts polled people via social media about their first impressions of the novel. These gathered recollections are woven into the story as a way of celebrating the novel’s perpetual pull on readers’ hearts and minds. First Impressions is presented at 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday (May 17 to 27) at the Chapel (6238 Alexander Drive; www.slightlyoff.org). Tickets are $15 to $20. Planning an event, exhibiting your art or putting on a play? Let us know and we’ll include it in the calendar section or publish a listing on our website — for free! Send details via e-mail (calendar@riverfronttimes.com), fax (314-754-6416) or mail (6358 Delmar Boulevard, Suite 300, St. Louis, MO 63130, attn: Calendar). Include the date, time, price, contact information and location (including ZIP code). Please submit information three weeks prior to the date of your event. No telephone submissions will be accepted. Find more events online at www.riverfronttimes.com.

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eccentric punctuation, should be instantly recognizable as the work of Emily Dickinson. The American poet is known almost as much for her reclusive life as her 1,700 poems, only eleven of which were published (anonymously) in her lifetime. Dickinson’s strange, sad life and her unique, personal verses are given powerful expression in Terence Davies’ new film A Quiet Passion, a haunting portrayal of the author as a defiant introvert, a rebel who rejected the expectations of the world by retreating into privacy. Davies, a filmmaker known for his near-misanthropic view of life and his dislike of the modern world, has followed last year’s expansive (but underappreciated) Sunset Song with this more intimate and elegiacal work, a film that takes place almost entirely in Dickinson’s Amherst home. Though some scenes were filmed in the actual location, most of the interiors were recreated in a studio in Belgium.) The realism of the modest settings is misleading; Davies has crafted a story that is

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less a biography than a kind of poetic fantasia of Dickinson’s life and themes, a study of the emotions in a woman who could write lines as harsh as “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain.” Any film about mily Dickinson must of necessity be an invention, a biography by way of excavation, letting the poems and letters create the woman who worried so much about her identity and public perception. Davies does this with a deliberate theatricality in his direction as well as in the performances, a level of artifice in which the figures often seem as if they’re reading from books. (There’s a great deal of literary name-dropping — the Brontës, mostly.) It’s stagy, but far from inappropriate; it sometimes seems as if life in books is the only life his Dickinson can truly understand. The film introduces Dickinson as a schoolgirl, already defiant, skeptical and even “unchristian” — uncommon attributes at a time when women, she is told, shouldn’t perform on stage or have literary ambitions. Davies

uses this sequence to introduce the Dickinson family: two siblings, a rather conventional mother and a successful lawyer father, who is surprisingly tolerant of his rebellious brood. eith arradine is a pleasure to watch in a complete reversal of his younger persona as the perennial laid-back drifter.) After this twenty-minute prologue, Davies leaps decades ahead with a flamboyant effect: A family photo sitting turns into a montage showing the faces of Emily and family as they slowly evolve into middle age. It’s a simple trick, but it serves the dual purpose of showing the weight of time on the figures and drawing our attention to the significance of photography in Dickinson’s era. To those living in the mid-19th century, the family portrait was “new media.” The remainder of the film, grounded by ynthia Nixon s performance, examines Emily’s slow decline from the world. She is uneasy with life, and her dissatisfaction, hard to pin down, begins to unsettle her. When her sister her sister Vinnie (Jennifer

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not just that these juicy meat tubes are mammoth — perhaps the largest I’ve seen, and I’ve seen many. No, it’s not just the size; it’s what they can do with them. First, they take a frankfurter that tastes equal parts beef, fat and garlic and char it until it blisters. Juice oozes out of the dog and soaks into its soft pretzel bun — alone it’s a masterpiece, but dressing it Chicago-style allows the sharpness of raw red onions, spicy peppers, mustard, relish and tomatoes to cut through the richness. If you’re a heathen, however, the dog can also be prepared “Kansas City-Style,” meaning topped with hunks of pulled pork, caramelized onions, sticky barbecue sauce, Gouda and jalapeños. Each bite simultaneously takes years off your life and gives you a reason to live. Thirty years ago, KISS, raunch and hot dogs might have evoked a different vision than a pleasant dinner out with the husband and

kids, but times have changed for the The Starchild and The Demon. Now family men, Stanley and Simmons were inspired to take their brand in a different direction after a backstage chat with concert merchandiser Dave Furano (a longtime friend) and restaurateur and hotelier Michael Zislis. After proclaiming the greatness of both rock and “brews,” the group hatched a plan for a chain of restaurants that would celebrate just that. Seven years and seventeen properties later, Stanley, Simmons et al. find themselves at the helm of a chain dedicated to rock roll and stu ng your face. f you find yourself wondering why the world needs another version of the Hard Rock af , I’d posit that there is a subtle, yet striking, difference between the two concepts. ating at Hard Rock is like dining in a museum that celebrates the performers; eating at Rock Brews is like listening to riverfronttimes.com

a bunch of great records in your finished basement while noshing on chips and queso. Granted, the five-month-old Chesterfield location features memorabilia on the walls, but it’s less Elvis’ old jumpsuit and more concert posters that bring you back to your youth (if, say, you’re a forty-something mom who also happens to be an aspiring hair band cover singer — yes, I am their target demographic). The videos loudly feature everyone from Elvis to Elton to Soundgarden on a seemingly infinite number of televisions hung throughout the space, stirring up such nostalgia it’s virtually impossible to spend more than five minutes in the place without making a comment like, “Hey, I saw them play at Lollapalooza in ’93.” It brings you back and it puts a smile on your face. Add in some uncomplicated but at times downright tasty food, and it’s no surprise the chain is growing. Continued on pg 34

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ROCK & BREWS Continued from pg 33 If hard rock nostalgia is the headliner at Rock Brews, the food is a worthy enough opener. A pretzel with the size to rival the aforementioned wiener is like a giant, salt-covered pillow. It comes with a “spicy-sweet” mustard that is so pungent it will singe the inside of your nose, but you’d be advised to spend the extra three bucks on a side of luscious beer-cheese dipping sauce. Give me a side of this tangy concoction and a pint of brown ale and I could stay here all day. Sweet and spicy Asian wings may not be the pinnacle of haute cuisine, but they tick off everything you want in a chicken wing: a mildly spiced glaze that’s the consistency of li uefied brown sugar, a punch of soy and chile heat, crunchy breading and plump meat. Ranch is served on the side, but why would you want to defile their already perfect flavor The respectable burgers are another example of Rock Brews more is more style. The Royal BB arty Melt is a hot mess of beef, bacon, barbecue, cheddar cheese, caramelized onion and barbecue sauce on buttery sourdough toast. Though overcooked (medium rare came out medium well), the burger’s juices and the wonderful goo of the toppings made us shrug off the misstep. f the Royal BB is messy, the ltimate Burger is positively slovenly — in the most lovely way possible. A riff on a Big Mac, the Ultimate is a fat and juicy ground beef patty slathered with thousand island dressing and topped with melted cheddar cheese atop a sesame brioche bun. Crisp iceberg, thick-sliced tomatoes and pickles provide cooling crunch. It’s outstanding, and the kitchen hit the

“Spicy Maui Wowie” pizza, bottom right, proves a surprisingly balanced option; the pretzel, left, is best with the optional dipping sauce. | MABEL SUEN temperature to a T on this one. When you bite into “the Demon” chicken sandwich, you’ll instantly know why it was named after someone who’s been known to spit fire. This five alarm Buffalo chicken-style sandwich borders on too much heat even without the jalapeños, but just as you are about to cry uncle, you get to the cooling slaw and ranch dressing. Then, you hit a jalapeño and all bets are off. If you like heat, it’s a damn fine sandwich. ust be prepared. I was shocked when what we thought would be a throwaway cheese pizza for our daughter came out as a respectable New York-style pie. The crust puffed up to a lovely

ring of gold around the edges and had nice chewed texture. The tomato sauce skews sweet, though not overly, and dollops of fresh mozzarella are interspersed with a shredded version. If you’re not into plain jane pizzas and weren’t scared off by “the Demon,” the “Spicy Maui Wowie” is a surprisingly balanced option. Medium-spiced pepperoni and jalapeños add fire, while pineapple hunks uell the flames. It’s a delight. For twenty bucks, you’re not going to get a Delmonico cut, but Rock Brew s rib eye is respectable nonetheless. Cooked to a perfect medium-rare and kissed with bitter

grill char, the inch-thick steak arrives still sizzling and gilded with rendered fat. My only quibble is that it was advertised as bone-in, but — as an ironic counter to the humongous hot dog — the bone was, ahem, very small. I wasn’t even sure it was in there at all until I felt around with my fork and discovered a tiny nub. It doesn’t make that big of a difference as far as flavor is concerned, but it set expectations for a better cut than what was actually presented. The ribs, on the other hand, exceeded expectations. Assuming that baby-backs at a chain restaurant would be cooked to the point of Continued on pg 36

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rmin Grozdanic, chef and owner of Yapi Mediterranean Subs and Sandwiches (5005 S. Kingshighway, 314354-8333), sees his job in the restaurant business as no surprise. “The majority of my family members were cooks, butchers or restaurant owners,” Grozdanic says. “My aunt owned a place very similar to [Yapi], and my uncle did too. I’ve been around food my whole life.” Grozdanic was born in Bosnia in 1982 to a mother who was a superb home cook and a father who worked in a flour mill. His childhood was filled with fond food memories; going out to eat was more of an experience than a simple way to feed yourself. “When I was a kid, restaurants were energetic and fun. It felt like going to a concert every single time,” recalls Grozdanic. “The places were packed. People would be singing outside and playing music and dancing. Then the war broke out and everything changed.” At that point, Grozdanic’s life was upended, and he and his family were forced to flee for their lives. Though he does not speak of it directly, Grozdanic’s wife Lisa explains that her husband and his family were in a concentration camp for nearly ten months before escaping to Germany and making their way to the United States. They arrived in St. Louis in 1996 and created a new life for themselves with the thousands of other Bosnian refugees who d fled the war. As Grozdanic adapted to life in his new home, he looked to cooking as a form of solace and a

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Armin Grozdanic survived civil war and a concentration camp. Now he’s showing off his cooking skills in south St. Louis. | MABEL SUEN way to make new friends. “I began barbecuing when I was fourteen,” Grozdanic recalls. “It was winter, and I was trying to barbecue chicken, but I didn’t cook it all the way through. It was raw, and all of my friends got sick.” Grozdanic can laugh now at the experience, though he admits it was a breakthrough moment for him as to the seriousness of food preparation. “It made me realize how important it is to do things right, so I started learning as much as I could,” he explains. “I began really watching my mom and doing my own research and began asking questions.” Fortunately for Grozdanic, his friends were not scared off by the chicken experience, and he used them as his test audience for experimenting with different dishes. Every weekend, he’d invite people over for research and development sessions, cooking at least seven different dishes and getting their feedback. These days, guests at Yapi Mediterranean Subs are benefitting from his extensive research in the form of what’s arguably the city’s best cevapi. It’s so delicious,

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Grozdanic explains, that even curmudgeonly old-timers can’t help but enjoy the food. “We call it getting tested by the ‘old-schoolers,’” Grozdanic laughs. “Every week or so, there is this group of old Bosnian guys who go around to all the restaurants and test out the food. Even they like it. I mean, they have something to say of course — ‘it’s too spicy’ or whatever — but they still think it’s good. That says something.” Grozdanic took a break from the kitchen to share his thoughts on his commitment to making healthful food affordable, his love of Bosnian coffee and why the city needs to know that, despite his humble storefront, he is indeed a great chef. What is one thing people don’t know about you that you wish they did? That I am a great chef. What daily ritual is non-negotiable for you? My morning coffee (Bosnian) and morning prayer. If you could have any superpower, what would it be? Time traveling.

What is the most positive thing in food, wine or cocktails that you’ve noticed in St. Louis over the past year? People are using non-GMO products and fresh produce. What is something missing in the local food, wine or cocktail scene that you’d like to see? More halal and kosher restaurants. Who is your St. Louis food crush? Gyro Company. Which ingredient is most representative of your personality? Chicago steak seasoning. If you weren’t working in the restaurant business, what would you be doing? Still working in management. Name an ingredient never allowed in your kitchen. Curry. What is your after-work hangout? Milano Hookah Lounge on Delmar. What’s your food or beverage guilty pleasure? Red Bull. What would be your last meal on earth? Cevapi.

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Kevin Nashan was a big winner at this year’s James Beard awards. | JONATHAN GAYMAN [FOOD NEWS]

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evin Nashan of Sidney Street Cafe can now add James Beard award-winning chef to his already impressive résumé. Last week, Nashan was named Best Chef: Midwest at the foundation’s annual awards gala in Chicago. This was Nashan’s third nomination as a finalist (he made the semi-finalist list five times previously). “Who thinks this is going to happen to them,” Nashan told the RFT shortly after the award was presented. “I’m just so humbled. Seriously, I never thought it was going to happen.” When he took over Sidney Street Cafe in 2003, the restaurant already had a solid reputation amongst St. Louis diners as an upscale meat and potatoes spot. Under Nashan, it has transformed over the years into a bastion of thoughtful, classically anchored modern cuisine, earning it a place amongst the city’s most iconic restaurants. In 2014, Nashan opened Peacemaker Lobster & Crab Co., which has also

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won raves from critics and diners alike. (The award solely honors his work at Sidney Street.) The win is not just a win for Nashan, but for the city of St. Louis as well. Nashan’s award represents the second time in three years that a St. Louis chef has earned the honor. Gerard Craft was the city’s first winner when he brought home the award in 2015. Once chefs win a regional category — like Craft, and now Nashan — they are ineligible to compete in that category again. “I’m just so happy my team was here with me and able to watch as it happened,” Nashan said that night. “Now I have to call my mom. She’s probably wondering what’s taking me so long.” Also honored in Chicago: Gioia’s Deli, which was named an “American Classic” by the James Beard Foundation. The 99-year-old grocery-turned-lunchspot on the Hill is famous for its hot salami sandwich. Co-owner Alex Donley was similarly humble when he first learned about the award, which is announced months in advance of the ceremony in Chicago. He told us back in January, “When you think James Beard, you think Gerard Craft, Kevin Nashan — you don’t think Gioia’s Deli.” Actually, Alex, now you think all three. —Cheryl Baehr

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wo Guys and a Chick Sandwich Shop (3000 S. Jefferson, 314-881-1500) isn’t trying to do anything fancy. Its menu has a half-dozen sandwiches, hamburgers and a Chicago-style dog. You can get a pepperoni pizza or a cheese one, either by the slice or the whole pie. One of the two guys in that name — co-owner Steven Adams — is behind the counter, making small talk and serving up orders in either to-go boxes or on plates, your choice. But the prices are about as good as they get in this town — the sandwiches are $4 to $7, and that includes an order of fries with every one. And not only is the service friendly, but the WiFi is free. It just might be the low-key cafe and sandwich joint this stretch of Jefferson has been waiting for. Steven Adams is not the only Adams involved with the project, which opened last month in Benton Park. Father Bill retired after years in the car dealing industry; they’re the two guys. The “chick” is Steven’s sister, Crystal. The way Adams describes it, the idea for the shop came almost by accident. “My dad said, ‘Steven, I found this place.’ I said, ‘OK, let’s go see it.’” The storefront on Jefferson,

just a block north of the corner of Arsenal, was vacant after a few previous concepts had failed in rapid succession. But Adams didn’t hesitate too long. “I thought, ‘Why not? Let’s give it a try. Let’s see if other people like what we like.” The menu doesn’t hue to any particular ethnicity; it’s just good old American, the kind of sandwiches the Adams siblings grew up eating at home. There to execute it is chef James Gray, a veteran of everything from 1860’s Hardshell Saloon to the Marriott. “He’s Superman,” marvels Adams. “I don’t know where I’d be without him.” So far, neighbors like what they’re serving. On the day we randomly stopped by, we met a handful of repeat customers, several of whom raved about the food. Online, you can read testimonials from early visitors, equally ecstatic. “The entire meal was a religious experience,” one woman wrote. “We were giving each other high fives when we read that, Adams exults. Apparently, the customer really meant it. “She bought a burger, and came back later to get one for her husband,” he recalls. “And it was raining!” It may have been Superman’s work in the kitchen. It may have been the pricing — at $6 for a sizable char-broiled burger and fries, Two Guys and a Chick is actually less expensive than the McDonald’s down the street. Either way, it felt like a promising start. For now, Two Guys and a Chick is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day but Sunday, though they hope to expand to evening hours as they get their sea legs.

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Tacos + Ice Cream = Magic Written by

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he first thing you’re likely to notice about Taco & Ice Cream Joint (2738 Cherokee Street, 314-224-5799) is how very long the ice cream counter is. Set perpendicular to the counter where you order the other treat on offer at this new Cherokee Street eatery — tacos, duh! — it runs nearly the entire length of a particularly deep storefront. Clearly, the owners are preparing for volume. Those owners, the Rico family, opened the spot last Wednesday, roughly fifteen years after founding El Morelia Supermercado in Bridgeton. Salvador Rico, who is the son of El Morelia’s founder, says they began offering tacos at the grocery on the weekends, and customers clamored for more. That got them thinking about a totally new spot — in a totally different part of the metro area. “We like the vibe of Cherokee

Street, and the culture,” he says. “We like being more downtown, too.” n finding a home for its new concept, the family didn’t take the easy way out, locating in a small storefront or a turnkey restaurant. Instead, they found a sizable spot that had been vacant for several decades, Rico says. Back in the day, it was apparently a department store. The family’s renovations, though, make it as bright and w e l c o m i n g a s a ny s p o t o n Cherokee. Exposed brick runs behind the ice cream counter, with industrial-style ductwork overhead. Brightly painted chairs sit at traditional four-tops as well as at taller tables, making for an instant party atmosphere. The tacos run the gamut of proteins, and all but a handful of specials (the tilapia and shrimp among them) come undressed: just a pile of meat on a pair of corn tortillas. That’s intentional, Rico says — a well-stocked bar of toppings lets customers pick exactly what they want, from a spicy avocado sauce to pickled vegetables or chopped onions. “Not a lot of people like cilantro,” Rico notes. “We’d rather have people make their own choices. You can be creative.” Other offerings include tortas, burritos, q u e s a d i l l a s a n d “ C h e r o ke e Nachos,” which are laden with steak, pico de gallo, a special sauce

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Hell (Night) on Wheels In just three years, Hell Night has risen to the top of St. Louis’ metal scene Written by

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rian Fair, vocalist of the rising St. Louis punk/metal act Hell Night, has the most impressive set of dreadlocks you will ever see, anywhere. They flow from the top of his head to the tips of his shoes, 72 inches of hair that he uses to great effect on stage, whipping the snake-like tendrils to and fro like a human cat o’ nine tails. His spatial awareness during performances is impressive as well, as he’s generally able to pull this off without thwacking any audience members in the face. But out there in the real world, that awareness is sometimes lacking, as he himself can attest after an unfortunate interaction with a weed whacker. “What’s weird is that when people think ‘weed whacker,’ they think that it got stuck in the blade — it didn’t,” Fair explains. “I was weed whacking along the side of my fence, and all of the sudden the weed whacker just stops dead. I’m like, ‘What the fuck is that?’ And I look, and one of my dreads had sucked into the air intake of the engine and just shut the whole fucking thing down. So I’m in my yard and I yell to my wife, ‘Honey! I need scissors!’” At the sight of her husband holding up a lawn care tool that had fully attached itself to his body, Fair’s wife couldn’t contain her laughter. But there was a twist, Fair explains: The weed whacker belonged to someone else. “I’m like, ‘This will be hilarious if the $500 weed whacker I borrowed

Guitarist Andy White and vocalist Brian Fair, right, performing at Hell Night’s recent EP release show. | DANIEL HILL from your dad isn’t broken,’” he says. “’If I have to drive to Home Depot and put down a credit card, this is not fucking funny.’ So we cut the hair, try and pull some out eventually with a crochet hook — which is ridiculous fire it up, all this hair shoots out the engine and it turns on. I was like, ‘OK, now it’s hilarious.’” Sitting in the green room upstairs at the Ready Room while the release party for Hell Night’s new album is underway downstairs, Fair is somewhat dismissive of his hair, which by this point has been the subject of innumerable questions posed by music journalists. “This is the result of 23 years of neglect,” he laughs. For most of those years, Fair performed as the frontman for Shadows Fall, a Massachusettsbased metal act that climbed its way to major label success in the mid-2000s, even securing Grammy nominations in 2006 and 2008 for

Best Metal Performance. But five years ago, air moved to St. Louis, settling down with his lady, who’d grown up in Kirkwood. Shadows Fall went on hiatus — Fair says that the band may play some festival dates here and there in the future, but for all intents and purposes its status is “inactive,” with lead guitarist Jonathon Donais joining Anthrax and drummer Jason Bittner putting in time with Overkill and Flotsam & Jetsam. Fair, meanwhile, opted to spend his time skateboarding, a passion since he was eight years old (surprisingly, he’s only run over his own hair in the process once). It was through skateboarding that air first met Hell Night guitarist and founding member Andy White. When the band’s former vocalist Mike Craft left suddenly in early 2016, Fair hopped on board. White is 40, Fair is 41, and at this point each seems just as comfortriverfronttimes.com

able sharing details of their home lives as discussing their music. White’s heavily pregnant wife is at the Ready Room show tonight as well, in fact — bearing what will be his first child. “I have a son on the way any day now,” White says. “I had really hoped that we would get through this show before it happened, actually.” Fair has two children of his own — Arabella, who is four, and Judah, who just turned one. The latter was born just one day after Fair and his wife attended a Killswitch Engage show at Pop’s — one where the band tried its damnedest to help speed things along. “They were literally, they were trying to turn up the low end and see if they could shake the baby out of there,” Fair says. “We just went and saw them the other night with Anthrax here, and they were like, ‘Man, we tried so hard.’”

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Loud metal music remains a lackluster inducer of labor, apparently; White’s wife will make it through the night with the baby still on board. Which is good, because White has enough to worry about with tonight’s release party performance. The band’s new four-song EP, Hell Night Songs, is a quick-anddirty ripper of an offering that follows closely on the heels of the band’s December EP Human Shelves. Its title is an homage to Cinderella’s 1986 LP Night Songs; the band even covered that album’s title track as its opener. The three original tracks are characteristically thick and heavy, filled with rock riffs pushed through a hardcore/metal filter that compel daydreams about chainsaws. (Or maybe weed whackers?) The entire EP was recorded in just one day in February by Gabe Usery at Encapsulated Studios. It’s a completely different way of doing things from what Fair had grown accustomed to with his previous band. “In my former life it was, like, months in the studio,” he explains. “And now we just bang shit out in days. It’s awesome.” “There are no focus groups in Hell Night,” White adds with a laugh. “Some things are sort of calculated, but it’s very casual, man. I’ve been in bands before where I feel like everything is too overthought, so if something was taking us, like, four practices to write it, I would be like, ‘Something’s wrong.’” “You always want to catch the moment of inspiration to expression, and you always lose something within that transition, so as soon as it gets too far it’s like, ‘nah,’” Fair continues. “Since I joined we had two EPs written over a few practices. I was just like, holy shit.” For now Hell Night intends to keep working at its own pace, which is paradoxically laidback and breakneck at the same time. Songwriting, recording and the sound of the music itself all carry a sense of immediacy, but there is no rush to find a label, no plans to tour eight months out of the year (as Fair had grown accustomed to in the past). The youngest member of Hell Night, drummer Adam Arseneau, is 33.

Bassist Eric Eyster is the oldest; Fair and White estimate his age at 117 (he’s actually 47). With full-time jobs and families, the band’s members have set their goals on something ultimately far more important than industry success: having fun and playing music they love. “My second kid was about to be born when I joined the band,” Fair explains. “I was like, ‘I don’t know if I’m gonna be able to make it to practice; my kid might literally be born that day.’ So I wanna do things on a level where we just write awesome music we’re all psyched about and just keep things as easygoing and as mellow as we can.” White shudders as he imagines a world where the band did sign to some large label. “Some cigar-chomping guy that’s like, ‘You got the goods; let me tell you what you’re gonna do. First we’re gonna put you on a package tour. It’s gonna be 60 days. We’re gonna do that nine times a year,’” he says. “Fuck that, man. I’m 40.” By the time the band takes the stage, it’s 11 p.m. Black Fast has just wrapped up a face-meltingly good set, in typical Black Fast fashion, and the bulk of the crowd has moved to the room with the bar, stocking up on fresh drinks before the music starts again. The smell of grilled cheese fills the air — over by the merch tables, a man with a panini press and a stack of Kraft singles is doling out free sandwiches. The members of Hell Night look to one another to be sure everyone is ready, then wordlessly begin their set with a simple four-count. The room is still half-empty as the group crashes into its thunderous opening song. And at the center of the stage is Fair, those dreadlocks whipping and shaking and giving a performance of their own between the singer’s tight, sharpened screams. The crowd knows what’s up — they leave the bar and race back to the room, lining up at the front of the stage with careless abandon towards the rope-like projectiles swinging right in front of their faces. Fair’s got this, though. After all, he’s a professional — and luckily, there’s nary a weed whacker in sight.

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ate in the evening on Saturday, April 29, Sean Canan celebrated his 38th birthday by honoring the life and work of one of his musical heroes, Prince Rogers Nelson. As befitting rince s outsi e persona and peerless songbook, this was no casual affair; Canan and his Voodoo Players, a rotating lineup of local folk and rock musicians, swelled to eleven members on Atomic owboy s cramped Bootleg stage. Reached by phone a few days later, Canan is off stage and in dad mode; he has just successfully gotten his two-and-a-half year-old daughter and year-old son down for naps. The Saturday night show was a special occasion, he says, and not just for his birthday. He normally holds his Voodoo Players residencies on ednesday nights at the Broadway Oyster Bar, but the rince set demanded something a little extra — both in execution and rehearsal. “For the usual Voodoo show, I rehearse the band two times, anan says, noting that rince s varied, technically deft songwriting required some heavier lifting than the group s usual, more rock centric tributes to acts like Paul Simon or Jimi Hendrix. “We ended up doing three rehearsals, but they were four or five hours each. In addition to his Wednesday night gigs, Canan also holds down the stage each unday at Mc urk s with oe tickley and their outfit alling ences. n the past few years, Canan has been able to rely solely on his live-music revenue to make a living. t. ouis is an incredible music scene, and there s enough demand for live music that I have been able to afford to survive off my gig money,” says Canan. t s like any other ob you gotta play hours a week to make it happen.” iven his full calendar and regular paying gigs, it s only slightly odd that Canan would devote time and energy to a passion project, one with limited live-performance potential but one especially close to his heart. As a member of the Columbia, Missouri-based uartet Bockman, anan has released a seven song album called Kid, the group s first in several years. Bockman has its roots in Bockman s uphio, a five piece jam band that Canan and his bandmates started as Mi ou students in . After some highs regional acclaim and coast to coast touring and lows band debt), the group decided to do a hard reset about ten years ago. These days, Bockman comprises guitarist and vocalist Canan, bassist and vocalist Wil Reeves, drummer Danny Carroll and keyboardist Andrew eir. Traces of the band s ammy, noodley roots are all but scrubbed from Kid, which favors a more spacey and atmospheric palette while pushing the energy and movement of the songs forward. Owing in part to having members in different cities, as well in shifting priorities toward careers and families, the members of Bockman had to record Kid piecemeal

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— a relative hardship made easier because Reeves owns and operates a professional studio, Centro Cellar. “We had been working on it for a long time,” Canan recalls. everal of the songs, finished the guitar tracks three years ago, but the guys said that the songs weren t weird enough. All those dreamy segues we jokingly call it Tweedy noise, whatever weird sounds on top of the music — we had the basic songs down years ago, but Andrew and Wil put on some headphones-y twinkly stuff.” The reference to ilco s eff Tweedy underlines a key component that led the band away from its jam band beginnings; Canan recalls when the bandmates lived together and would marvel at the exploratory pop songwriting on albums like Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and the laming ips The Soft Bulletin. On Kid, a song like Terra the Bella doesn t need many tricks to sweep up the listener in its energy, just a propulsive rhythm and a big-hearted approach to harmony that pushes the song toward catharsis and crescendo. Canan credits Reeves for taking a larger measure of creative control in the group — both writing and singing. bring a song in, but by the time it s finished it s a completely different song, says anan. always have faith in those guys; they are always able to add to it and make it more interesting.” For Canan, who pays the bills by covering other people s songs, Bockman provides a different kind of creative outlet one that has him fantasi ing about a famously tour-averse studio band. “Can we just be like Steely Dan and release cool records and not play any shows?” Canan says with a laugh. hile the band won t be anywhere near as active as his other acts, anan has hopes for more Bockman activity this summer, perhaps even a Flaming Lips-centric set during one of his Voodoo Players nights. “Nothing breathes life back into a band like a new album.” –Christian Schaeffer

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THURSDAY 11

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$26.50. The Ready Room, 4195 Manchester Ave,

314-241-1888.

DEMETRI MARTIN: 8 p.m., $39.75. The Pageant,

ROAD TO ZOU FESTIVAL 2017: w/ Fugi B 8 p.m.,

St. Louis, 314-833-3929.

THE CULT: 7 p.m., $35-$45. The Pageant, 6161

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

$5-$10. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-

LARRY GRIFFIN & ERIC MCSPADDEN: 7 p.m., $5.

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

IVAS JOHN & BRIAN CURRAN: 7 p.m., $5. BB’s

289-9050.

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

FLAW: w/ It Lies Within, Righteous Vendetta,

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

SCHOOL OF ROCK: 6 p.m., $8. The Firebird, 2706

Louis, 314-436-5222.

Light the Fire 5 p.m., $13-$15. The Firebird,

314-436-5222.

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

POINTFEST 2017: PART 1: w/ Korn, Breaking

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

JOE HERTLER & THE RAINBOW SEEKERS: 8 p.m.,

TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS: w/ Joe

Benjamin, Alter Bridge, Thrice, Sick Puppies,

JAMNIGHT - OFFICIAL CHANCE THE RAPPER AFTER

$15. Blueberry Hill - The Duck Room, 6504

Walsh 6 p.m., $49.50-$149.50. Scottrade Center,

You Me At Six, Holy White Hounds 1 p.m., TBA.

PARTY: w/ Nico Segal, Peter Cottontale, Stix 11

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

1401 Clark Ave., St. Louis, 314-241-1888.

Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, I-70 & Earth

p.m., $15-$20. Old Rock House, 1200 S. 7th St.,

JOE METZKA BAND: 10 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues

TRIPLE T’S JAZZ TRIO: 8 p.m., $30. Pat Connolly

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

St. Louis, 314-588-0505.

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

Tavern, 6400 Oakland Ave., St. Louis, 314-647-

RIVER KITTENS: w/ Oak, Steel & Lightning,

JUDY KOEN: 2 p.m., free. Howard’s in Soulard,

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Hillary Fitz Band 8 p.m., $5. Delmar Hall, 6133

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

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

SPOOKS: w/ J Davi$, Ant Gee, Y Krio 9 p.m., $12.

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

KIM MASSIE: 10:30 p.m., $10. Beale on Broadway, 701 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-621-7880.

SATURDAY 13

MARTY STUART AND HIS FABULOUS SUPERLA-

BIANCA DEL RIO: 8 p.m., $37.50-$199. The

The Ready Room, 4195 Manchester Ave, St.

314-436-5222.

TIVES: 8 p.m., $35-$45. Off Broadway, 3509

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

Louis, 314-833-3929.

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

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

6161.

STONEY LARUE: 8 p.m., $16. Off Broadway, 3509

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

PAJAMA JAM PART 2: 8 p.m., $10. Fubar, 3108

COREY DENNISON BAND & KILBORN ALLEY: 10

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

THE MOTHER’S DAY MUSIC FESTIVAL: w/ Anthony

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

p.m., $10. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S.

VINAI: 9 p.m., $10-$20. Europe Nightclub, 710 N

Hamilton, Joe, Tamar Braxton, Raheem

THE PRETTY RECKLESS: 8 p.m., $25-$28. Delmar

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

15th St, St. Louis, 314-221-8427.

DeVaughn 7:30 p.m., $49-$99. Chaifetz Arena, 1

Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-

DANBURY STREET: 6 p.m., free. Howard’s in Sou-

6161.

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

SUNDAY 14

RED CITY RADIO: w/ The Bombpops, Russian

ERIC CHURCH: 8 p.m., $20-$86. Scottrade Cen-

ANDY T. BAND FEATURING ANSON FUNDERBURGH

MONDAY 15

Girlfriends 8 p.m., $12-$14. The Firebird, 2706

ter, 1401 Clark Ave., St. Louis, 314-241-1888.

& ALABAMA MIKE: 7 p.m., $10. BB’s Jazz, Blues

AETHERE: w/ CarolAnne 6 p.m., $10-$12. Fubar,

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

FOOD ROCKS! CONCERT: w/ Letter to Memphis,

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

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

TOMMY CASTRO & MIKE ZITO: w/ Six Strings

Flatwoods 7 p.m., $40. Food Roof Farm, 1335

5222.

BARENAKED LADIES: 7:30 p.m., $26.50-$126.

Down 8 p.m., $20-$22. Old Rock House, 1200 S.

Convention Plaza, St. Louis, 314-810-6770.

THE BLASTERS: w/ The Delta Bombers 8 p.m.,

Peabody Opera House, 1400 Market St, St.

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

THE GIVING TREE BAND CD RELEASE: 7 p.m.,

$17-$20. The Ready Room, 4195 Manchester

Louis, 314-241-1888.

$10-$13. The Bootleg, 4140 Manchester Ave., St.

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

THE BLACK ANGELS: w/ A Place To Bury Strang-

Louis, 314-775-0775.

CHANCE THE RAPPER: 6 p.m., $36.50-$76.50.

ers 9 p.m., $25. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar

KEHLANI: w/ Ella Mai, Jahkoy, Noodles 8 p.m.,

Scottrade Center, 1401 Clark Ave., St. Louis,

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

FRIDAY 12 ANDY SHAUF: w/ Julia Jacklin 8 p.m., $16. Off

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p.m., $18-$20. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050. BUD SUMMERS: 6 p.m., free. Howard’s in Soulard, 2732 S 13th St, St. Louis, 314-349-2850. EDGEFIELD C. JOHNSTON DUO: 9 p.m., free. Seven Restaurant and Lounge, 7 S. High St., Belleville, 618-277-6700. FELIX REYES BAND FEATURING PAUL LINDEN: 10 p.m., $10. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222. FRONTIER RUCKUS: 8 p.m., $10. Old Rock House, 1200 S. 7th St., St. Louis, 314-588-0505. GEORGE BENSON: 8 p.m., $45-$65. The Sheldon, 3648 Washington Blvd., St. Louis, 314-533-9900. THE GIBSON BROTHERS: 8 p.m., $15-$25. Old Rock House, 1200 S. 7th St., St. Louis, 314-5880505.

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THE GREEN MCDONOUGH BAND: 7 p.m., free. Hwy 61 Roadhouse and Kitchen, 34 S Old Orchard Ave, Webster Groves, 314-968-0061. INDIGO GIRLS: 8 p.m., $35-$40. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161. JACK SPANN: 7 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-4365222. JOYRYDE: 8 p.m., $5. 2720 Cherokee Performing Arts Center, 2720 Cherokee St, St. Louis, 314276-2700. LINCOLN DURHAM: 8 p.m., $12. Blueberry Hill The Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Blvd., University

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Andy Shauf 8 p.m. Friday, May 12. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue. $16. 314-773-3363.

There’s an elfin quality to Andy Shauf that’s fairly alluring — his long flaxen locks, the way he bends his vowels in some hybrid approximation of a Welsh and Australian accent, his relatively obscure homeland of Saskatchewan. But don’t take his songcraft as some featherweight trifle; Shauf tends to dress his softly rendered pop songs in light

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orchestral gauze (clarinets are a particular favorite), and on several tracks across last year’s The Party, Shauf has channeled some of pop’s great idiosyncratics like Barry Gibb, Grant McLennan or Jens Lekman. The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance: Australia native Julia Jacklin will open the show with some of her finely wrought slow-burn pop songs from last year’s Don’t Let the Kids Win. —Christian Schaeffer

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“You was up to something, I was up to nothin’” drawls Montreal troubadour Leif Vollebekk on his latest album Twin Solitude. “You and me, Robert, we ramble on,” he slurs on another. As a proud, even obsessive Dylanophile, Vollebekk takes his measure against the inescapable Mr. Zimmerman, which for Vollebekk means relishing all the bluesy, jazzy, gospelly forms and frequencies that Dylan proved you could own without mastering.

Like the finest of today’s folk-inspired songwriters, Vollebekk’s archetypal melodies and rambling rhythms are paradoxically so familiar, yet so alive. He never labors over a line or a tune, never forces a feeling, instead letting his songs pour out in a trance-like stream of impure (but always refreshing) reveries. Cliff Notes: Vollebekk titled his new album after a novel by the French-Canadian author Hugh MacLennan, but Vollebekk’s sense of solitude remains singular. —Roy Kasten

THE BLACK LIPS: 8 p.m., $17-$20. Blueberry Hill

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

- The Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Blvd., Universi-

MOONSHINE RHYTHM CLUB: 8 p.m., free.

ty City, 314-727-4444.

HandleBar, 4127 Manchester Ave., St. Louis,

COHEED AND CAMBRIA: w/ The Dear Hunter 8

314-652-2212.

p.m., $30-$35. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd.,

OLD 97’S: 8 p.m., $22-$25. Delmar Hall, 6133

St. Louis, 314-726-6161.

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

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

ST. LOUIS SOCIAL CLUB: 9 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz,

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

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

621-8811.

436-5222.

The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street. $10 to $12. 314535-0353.

THIRD SIGHT BAND: 9 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-

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WHERE IT’S ALWAYS A PARTY!

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

BONOBO: 9 p.m., $25. The Ready Room, 4195

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

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

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

COM TRUISE: w/ Clark, Roland Tings 8 p.m.,

7880.

$17-$20. The Firebird, 2706 Olive St., St. Louis,

EDGEFIELD C. JOHNSTON DUO: 8:30 p.m., free.

314-535-0353.

Evangeline’s, 512 N Euclid Ave, St. Louis, 314-

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

367-3644.

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

HUGH MASTERSON: w/ Brian Elmquist of The

Blvd, University City, 314-282-5561.

Lone Bellow 8 p.m., $12. Blueberry Hill - The

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

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THIS JUST IN AGAINST ME!: W/ Bleached, The Dirty Nil, Wed., Sept. 27, 8 p.m., $20-$23. The Ready Room, 4195 Manchester Ave, St. Louis, 314-833-3929, thereadyroom.com. THE AVETT BROTHERS: Sat., Oct. 7, 8 p.m., $44.50-$55. Chaifetz Arena, 1 S. Compton Ave.,

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Black Lips 8 p.m. Monday, May 15. Blueberry Hill’s Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City. $17 to $20. 314-727-4444.

Black Lips’ latest album, Satan’s Graffiti or God’s Art?, opens with the 55-second “Overture: Sunday Mourning,” featuring little more than a quiet drumbeat, subdued bass, a saxophone and a small chorus of children (or perhaps more likely, falsetto-affected adult voices) singing a simple “la-la-la” vocal line. It fades out just as quickly as it faded in, and it leaves the listener wholly unprepared for the thunderous opening of “Occidental Front,” a mercilessly heavy riff that sounds as though it

was pulled from Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi’s private stash. The Atlanta-based garage rock act’s eighth EP, released Friday, sees the group expanding to a fivepiece for the first time; its adventurous sound and dense songwriting (compared to previous releases) certainly reflect that change. Duck Walkin’: Black Lips is well-known for its raucous live shows and deep respect for rock & roll pioneer Chuck Berry. This will be the band’s first appearance in St. Louis since Berry passed — and at the Duck Room, no less, Chuck’s longtime base of operations. There will surely be monkey business — but hopefully not too much. —Daniel Hill

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SAVAGE LOVE TRAPS AND TRIGGERS BY DAN SAVAGE Hey, Dan: My husband is nearly twenty years older than me, which was never an issue early in our relationship. However, for approximately the last eight years, we have not been able to have fulfilling sex because my husband can’t keep an erection for more than a few thrusts. I love my husband and I am committed to our family, but I miss full PIV sex. I’m still fairly young and I enjoy sex, but I feel like I am mourning the death of my sex life. I miss the intimate connection and powerful feeling of sex with a man. My husband tries to please me, but oral sex is just OK and toys don’t have the same effect. We have tried Viagra a few times, but it gave him a terrible headache. I try to brush it off because I don’t want to embarrass him. I am curious about casual relationships, but I fear they wouldn’t stay casual. Also, I would feel guilty being with another man even though my husband said I could do it one time. On one hand, I feel like I should be able to have a fulfilling sex life. But on the other hand, I don’t want to be a cheater.

Now On To Having Awkwardly Realistic Discussions It’s not cheating if you have your husband’s permission, NOTHARD, but fucking another man could still blow up your marriage — even if you manage to keep it casual. Story time: I knew this straight couple. They were good together, they loved each other and they had a strong sexual connection. (Spoiler alert: my use of the past tense.) The woman was

all about monogamy, but her boyfriend had always wanted to have a threesome. She didn’t want to be the reason he never got to do something he’d been fantasizing about since age thirteen, so she told her boyfriend that if the opportunity ever presented itself, he could go for it. So long as the sex was safe and he was honest with her, he could have a threesome one time. The opportunity presented itself, the sex was safe, he was honest — and my friend spent a week ricocheting between devastated and furious before finally dumping her devastated and flummoxed boyfriend. During a drunken postmortem, my friend told me she wanted her boyfriend to be able to do it but didn’t want him to actually do it. She didn’t want to be the reason he couldn’t; she wanted to be the reason he didn’t. So her permission to have a threesome “one time” was a test (one he didn’t know he was taking) and a trap (one he couldn’t escape from). I urged my friend to take her boyfriend back — if he would have her — but he’d touched another woman with the tip of his penis (two women, actually), which meant he didn’t love her the way she thought he did, the way she deserved to be loved, etc., and consequently he couldn’t be allowed to touch her with the tip of his penis ever again. Back to you, NOTHARD: My first reaction to your letter was “You’ve got your husband’s OK to fuck some other dude — go for it.” Then I reread your letter and thought, “Wait, this could be a test and a trap.” You say you’ve brushed off the issue to spare your husband’s feelings, but he may sense it’s an issue and, consciously or subconsciously, this is his way of finding out.

If you take him up on his offer “one time,” and you make the mistake of being honest with him about it, he may be just as devastated as my friend was. So don’t take your husband up on his offer — not yet. Have a few more conversations and address nonmonogamy/openness generally, not nonmonogamy/openness as a work-around for his dick. There may be some solo adventures he’d like to have, there may be invigorating new sexual adventures you could enjoy as a couple or he may rescind his offer to let you fuck some other dude one time. Get clarity — crystal clarity — before proceeding. Finally, NOTHARD, there are other erectile dysfunction drugs out there, drugs that may not have the same side effects for your husband. And low to very low doses of Viagra — doses less likely to induce a headache — are effective for some men. Good luck. Hey, Dan: I am a 30-year-old woman with some sexual hang-ups I’d like to get past for the sake of my husband. When I was fourteen, I was in a relationship with a guy who wasn’t nice to me. He pulled my hair and tried to force my head down while I was saying no and trying to get away. He shoved me and called me a prude. Another time, he convinced me to let him go down on me (I finally agreed) but then bit me. I eventually broke up with him after spending too much time putting up with the crap. For a long time, I hated oral sex and freaked out at any sexual interaction. I had a great college boyfriend who always asked “Is this OK?” and was generally very attuned to any “no” signals I gave, which was a turn-on for me. I got over my past crappy experiences. My husband is all about what gives us

both pleasure, but he has always been up-front about being interested in some (tame) kinky stuff. I am still turned on by “Is this okay?” and eye contact during sex, but any time we try to do anything even a little off the wall — me tied up, blindfolds, etc. — my ears start ringing and I feel like I can’t breathe. I’m trying to find a way to spice things up and fulfill my husband’s desires, and I cannot find a way around it. How do we move past “just” vanilla?

Reconsidering Otherwise Unlikely GGG Habits If your shitty early teenage sexual experiences — if those violations and sexual assaults — are still affecting you sixteen years later, ROUGH, that suggests PTSD. Getting past this will be gradual, it may require therapy — counseling, a support group, a shrink. While you’re getting help, ROUGH, you and your partner can explore some mild non-vanilla moves. Mindful breathing, like the kids are into these days, may help, and so will soft lighting, calming music, scented something-orother if you enjoy scented somethings. And whatever your husband is doing, he can and should ask “Is this OK?” at every step. It turns you on and it makes you feel safe. Slowly, slowly, slowly you may be able to advance to more aggressive play. It’s possible, however, that rough sex might be permanently off the table for you, ROUGH, and that’s not something you should feel guilty about. There are other ways to spice up your sex life, other (tame) kinks that don’t trigger you.

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Spacious 1 BR, 1st floor, c/a, wood floors, kitchen appliances, w/d hook up, ceiling fans. Across from park with fenced yard. Dining, shopping and bus close by. ST. CHARLES COUNTY 314-579-1201 or 636-939-3808 eatonproperties.com 2, 3 & 4 bedroom homes for rent. Sec. 8 welcome UNIVERSITY CITY $795 314-727-1444 2BR, new kitch, bath & carpet, C/A & heat. No pets.

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BID REQUESTS Truesdell Corporation of Wisconsin, Inc. is requesting quotes from all qualified subcontractors and suppliers for the following project: Owner: MODOT. Project: Route 64 – Bridge Rehabilitation for Various Bridges in St. Louis County and St. Louis City, MO. Project No.: 170519-F02. Job No.: J6I3224. Bid Date: 5/19/17. Bid Time: 11:00 AM. Soliciting Bid Items: 0010-TRUCK OR TRAILER MOUNTED ATTENUATOR (TMA), 0020-FLASHING ARROW PANEL, 0030-CHANGEABLE MESSAGE SIGN WITH COMMUNICATION INTERFACE, CONTRACTOR FURNISHED, CONTRACTOR RETAINED, 0040-MISC. TEMPORAR TRAFFIC CONTROL, 0060-6 IN. WHITE HIGH BUILD WATERBORNE PAVEMENT MARKING PAINT, TYPE L BEADS, 0070-6 IN. YELLOW HIGH BUILD WATERBORNE PAVEMENT MARKING PAINT, TYPE L BEADS, 0080-12 IN. WHITE HIGH BUILD WATERBORNE PAVEMENT MARKING PAINT, TYPE L BEADS, 0090-4 IN. WHITE WATERBORNE PAVEMENT MARKING PAINT, TYPE P BEADS, 0100-4 IN. YELLOW WATERBORNE PAVEMENT MARKING PAINT, TYPE P BEADS, 0110-MISC. MISC. WATERBORNE PAVEMENT MARKING PAINT, LEFT/RIGHT ARROW. This project has a 4% DBE requirement. Truesdell Corporation of Wisconsin, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will work with any interested subcontractor to identify opportunities to break items into economically feasible packages. Contact us should you need assistance with obtaining bonding, insurance, equipment, materials and or supplies. Please contact us should you need assistance in obtaining the plans, specifications and contract requirements for this project. Performance and Payment Bonds may be required for the full amount of the subcontract. Subcontractors will be required to execute the Truesdell Corporation’s Standard Subcontract Agreement. Quotes are due by 5:00 PM the day before the bid date. Please fax your quotations to 602-4371821, Attn: Patrick Lambson.

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