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hen Alison Dreith decided to run for a spot on the Democratic Party’s Central Committee, she knew she might upset a few people. Dreith is taking on Mary Entrup, a former city judge who is married to Lewis Reed, the president of the Board of Aldermen — and while the committee spot is far from high profile, any intra-party conflict can be perceived, rightly, as an attack on the status quo.

But Dreith never imagined that, when Reed’s chief of staff Tom Shepard set up a meeting to dissuade her from running for the seat, she wouldn’t even be invited. Instead, Shepard arranged a meeting with Dreith’s husband Jake McDaniel … and her husband’s boss.

Let that sink in for a moment.

It’s 2016. A woman is likely to be the Democratic Party nominee for president. And yet here in St. Louis, a woman running for office doesn’t even get a seat at the table when her own future is being discussed.

Instead, a top aide to one of the city’s most powerful politicians feeling out what it would take “to make that go away” — “that” being the woman’s bid for a position in the local party power structure — addressed the question to her husband.

Even worse, he arranged the meeting via her husband’s boss, just to give everyone a really uncomfortable strong-arm feeling. Dreith’s husband, McDaniel, is a business rep for a local teachers union; Shepard arranged the meeting with Ray Cummings, who is the local’s vice president for political action.

Believe it or not, though, that’s not even the worst of it.

The worst of it is that when I called Shepard Friday to talk about Continued on pg 14 all this, he

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Jeff Roorda, center, says officers have made a vote of no confidence in Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce. | DANNY WICENTOWSKI

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olice union spokesman Jeff Roorda blasted Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce Monday, claiming that she’s only prosecuting a cop for murder because it raises her profile and panders to activists.

He also announced the police union had made a vote of “no confidence” in the city’s top prosecutor.

“She has failed this city when it comes to prosecuting the criminals that now own the streets and many neighborhoods in a city that has now led the nation in homicides two years running, but when a high-profile case comes along where the victim is a person of means or the accused is a public figure, Miss Joyce grabs her makeup compact and bellows, ‘Alright, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my closeup!’” says Roorda, business manager for the St. Louis Police Officers’ Association.

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they allegedly saw Smith in the midst of a drug deal. During the chase that followed, Stockley was caught on a dashcam recording saying, “I’m going to kill that motherfucker, don’t you know it,” prosecutors claim. He was also heard ordering Bianchi to “hit him right now” moments before Bianchi slammed the police cruiser into Smith’s rental car, which was stopped, according to prosecutors.

Stockley then approached the rental and fired five shots from his service weapon, killing Smith.

City police originally ruled the shooting a “justifiable homicide,” and neither Joyce nor the U.S. Attorney’s Office chose to file charges. She has said investigators from a police Internal Affairs unit and the FBI brought her new evidence in March, pushing the case forward.

But Roorda claims she’s lying.

“There are no new facts,” Roorda told reporters at news conference on Monday. “The only thing new is how the post-Ferguson political environment impacts prosecutors more interested in appeasing protesters than they are in the pursuit of justice.”

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Roorda also took aim at Joyce’s revelation that only Stockley’s DNA was on the weapon found in Smith’s car — one possible implication being that the officer planted the gun to bolster his claim of self-defense.

Roorda claims Bianchi had seen the gun on the passenger seat of Smith’s car at the beginning of the chase. As for the DNA analysis, he says it’s common to find traces of one person and not another.

“It wasn’t evidence of wrongdoing before the Ferguson riots, and it isn’t evidence now,” Roorda says. “The Circuit Attorney is simply pandering to those who burnt, looted and rioted in the streets of Ferguson and the Shaw neighborhood.”

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ALISON DREITH Continued from pg 12 said he had absolutely no idea what I was talking about. He’d never met with a guy named Jake McDaniel. He didn’t know which union the American Teachers Federation’s Local 420 even belonged to. Oh sure, he knew Cummings, he acknowledged, but he didn’t remember meeting in person any time recently. Was I referring to a meeting on the phone? No? A conversation to discuss the central committee? He didn’t remember that at all. “I don’t know that I would be doing anything like that,” he said.

He said he’d have to check his calendar and call me back. “I’ll even call Ray,” he promised. He never called back. I tried him again later that day. Nothing.

Shepard and I ended up talking Monday, after I’d already published a blog post about the meeting. He swears he was just confused by my questions, and that there had been no intent to cut Dreith out of the loop. Cummings suggested the meeting, he says, and he merely wanted to feel out McDaniel as to whether Dreith would be amenable to sitting down with Entrup.

But the tale is in the tape.

Dreith, who is the executive director of Missouri’s NARAL chapter, is running along with a slate of progressive candidates who aren’t happy with the lack of transparency in local Democratic Party politics.

She had seen enough to suspect she needed to protect herself, just in case. And so McDaniel surreptitiously brought a recorder.

In the audio of the May 11 meeting, you can hear Shepard clumsily approaching the question of what Dreith would want to drop out of the race. McDaniel keeps patiently replying that, hey, that’s not really something he can answer.

“With this committee, right? In my position, as far as President Reed, Lewis, is concerned, it’s a distraction,” Shepard says. “He’s gotten really focused on it and is going to spend a lot of time to help Mary with this election. So my own personal goal is to find a way for this, not on the table as a distraction. So, my first goal would be to ask you, what do you think about Alison? Is there anything else that she would want to do that we could support her, running for alderwoman or president of the board or —” “You’d have to talk to her about that,” McDaniel says. He says it repeatedly throughout the twenty minutes of awkward conversation 14

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about the central committee seat: “You’d really have to talk to her.”

For anyone who’s ever wondered what actually goes on in the smokefilled rooms where deals get made, the tape is revealing only in its banality. The men chuckle and make small talk and clumsily dance around the elephant in the room. About fifteen minutes in, as McDaniel defers, yet again, to his absent wife, there’s even moment where Shepard stumbles right into a joke about the entire uncomfortable subtext.

“Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t coming like, ‘Let me ask the little lady’s husband what he thinks about it,’” Shepard says, laughing nervously. “I didn’t want it to get …. what I’m getting from you, kind of, is whether it’s even worth a sit-down to talk about it.”

“I’m sure she’d be open to at least a phone call,” McDaniel says.

But here’s the really crazy thing.

After the meeting, no one called Alison Dreith. Not the next day, not the next week.

Why should they? They’d talked to her husband. He was supposed to convey the message; she was supposed to drop out.

When Dreith instead fumed, and McDaniel sheepishly admitted to his boss that his wife was livid, Shepard (and whoever else in Reed’s camp was in on this thing) must have hoped the whole thing would just go away. That’s how these things work in St. Louis.

Or at least that’s how they used to work. But not with this slate of reformers. Not with this candidate.

“As a woman who’s a leader of a women’s organization, and as a potential politician, it makes me sick to my stomach,” Dreith says. “And the fact that they had to drag my husband’s boss in, just for the extra leverage — it’s just flat-out wrong.”

She adds, “And you know what makes me even more upset? The fact that his wife probably didn’t even know it happened.” In Shepard’s clumsy attempt to cut Dreith out of the conversation, “They’re doing it to Mary, too.”

Dreith is not going to drop out.

She’s not going to shut up. And by making that recording, and then sharing it, she’s made her point. She can’t be back-doored. She won’t be coerced.

And if anyone wants to talk about her campaign, they have no choice but to go directly to the source. This “little lady” makes her own plans; the boys better get used to it. n Sarah Fenske is the editor in chief of the Riverfront Times

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n February 2013, Bradley Scarpi, an inmate in the St. Clair County Jail, screamed expletives into the face of a visibly terrified teenager.

Filmed by Fox2’s cameras, Scarpi was participating in the jail’s “Scared Straight” program. With a rap sheet that included more than a dozen jail stints and a bald head covered in tattoos, Scarpi certainly looked the part — a cautionary example of where a path of crime could lead.

One year later, on the night of May 23, 2014, that same path led Scarpi to his death. The 33-yearold inmate twisted a noose from a length of bed sheet, and guards found him hanging from his jail bars. Less than hour later, he was pronounced dead at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Belleville.

“There is systemic failure within the jail,” says attorney Vanessa del Valle, who is part of a team of lawyers representing Scarpi’s estate in a federal wrongful death lawsuit filed last week. “They do not have adequate mental health resources or medical resources to really protect inmates who suffer from mental illness.”

The lawsuit lays the blame for Scarpi’s death at the feet of St. Clair County Sheriff Rick Watson and thirteen jail officials, alleging they should have known Scarpi required supervision as a suicide risk but failed to protect him.

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cycle of crime and jail time that culminated in a 2014 arrest for home invasion and armed robbery.

Five hours before he was discovered dead in his cell, Scarpi allegedly told officers that he was being threatened by other inmates. He requested a transfer to a different cell block.

After he was moved to the E-Max cell block, the lawsuit claims Scarpi voiced his intention to commit suicide to Officer Christopher Lanzante. Two other inmates in the cell block overheard Lanzante respond, “Whatever. Do what you want to do” before walking away, say Scarpi’s lawyers.

Scarpi wasn’t the only inmate to attempt suicide that weekend in 2014. Sheriff Rick Watson told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that guards were able to prevent four other suicides over a five-day stretch that included Memorial Day. S c a r p i ’s l a w s u i t i s b e i n g h a n d l e d by l a w y e r s a t t h e MacArthur Justice Center at Northwestern University and Belleville attorney Latoya Berry.

This isn’t the only wrongful death lawsuit pending against the jail in federal court: In March, the Justice Center’s lawyers accused jail employees of beating inmate Joshua Jurcich and failing to prevent his March 2014 suicide.

The conditions in the jail are “horrific,” says del Valle. The Scarpi lawsuit describes filthy toilets and sinks, with inmates denied cleaning materials and forced to sleep on the floor.

In an interview with the Belleville News-Democrat, Sheriff Rick Watson said he reviewed both Scarpi’s and Jurcich’s files and determined that the county followed all suicide prevention rules, procedures and statutes.

According to Watson, guards conduct cell checks every fifteen minutes on inmates suspected of being suicidal.

However, Watson told the newspaper that there were no indicators that Scarpi and Jurcich intended to kill themselves.

“There’s nothing that said we needed to watch this person more than we needed according to statute,” Watson said. He added, “We don’t want this to happen. … We’ll do everything we can to help you. We do everything we n can to do a good job.”

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St. Louis isn’t just the Gateway to the West -- depending on where you’re coming from, it’s also the gateway to the east, north and south. For this year’s annual Summer Guide, our writers went off in all four directions looking for fun. They found that a quick road trip will get you to wine country bliss, a hiking (and slip-sliding) adventure, a bucolic dairy farm and even Lincoln’s tomb. Their handy guides will take you on four very different journeys.

For those who’d rather staycation than vacation, we’ve got a roundup of 50 things to try in St. Louis right now, plus a shorter list of the season’s best arts, cultural and outdoor festivals.

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ummer is the time to try new things — and as this list makes clear, you don’t need to leave the city to do it. Visit a hole-in-thewall museum, a shrine or a cemetery. Try a new sport or pick up a new skill. Make a trip to a St. Louis institution, or take a chance on a brand new hotspot. Maybe even get outdoors a little.

Here are our picks for 50 things you really ought to do right here, right now, this summer.

1. JUMP, JIVE AND WAIL AT THE LINDY HOP Forget those swing dance lessons you took in 1998 after seeing a Gap commercial. Today, Lindy Hop St. Louis can teach you the steps, the history and the music of one of America’s great dance styles. No partner? No problem!

You’ll be paired up in group lessons, and you’ll have the chance to show off your moves during regular events and special shindigs with live music. Classes are mostly held at Grand Center’s Grandel Theatre. www.lindyhopstlouis. org

2. EAT A HOT DOG AT WOOFIE’S Opened in 1977 by pawn shop veteran Charles Eisen, Woofie’s has been a standard go-to for hot dog aficionados for decades. Far from your average roller-dog gas station fare, Woofie’s wiener is billed as “The Dog with Dignity” — one taste and you’ll instantly see why. 1919 Woodson Rd., Overland; 314-426-6291

3. PAY HOMAGE TO A GENIUS AT ROOTWAD PARK Constructed in 2008 on the near north riverfront, Rootwad Park stands as the late City Museum founder Bob Cassilly’s last commissioned work. The park is filled with Cassilly’s unmistakable artistic charm, with huge concrete snakes and a giant turtle among its many pieces. 001 O’Fallon Street

4. SEE A MOVIE UNDER THE STARS AT SKYVIEW DRIVE-IN Sure, you could stay in and watch Netflix, but why not make your next movie night nostalgic? Belleville’s Skyview drive-in movie theater gives movie-goers the old-fashioned drive-in experience while playing the latest films on its big screen. Pull in, grab some pop-

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ome people subscribe to the cab driver theory of choosing restaurants in an unfamiliar town — basically, eat where the cabbies eat. But cops are arguably a better bet. They tend to eat out more, and a good-or-bad worldview is often perfect for hole-in-the-wall dining.

So the sight of a couple of Springfield’s finest inside the Cozy Dog Diner (2935 S. Sixth Street, 217-5251992; www.cozydogdrivein.com) on a recent trip to Abe Lincoln’s old stomping grounds was an encouraging sign. Park under the spinning sign, cut past the wall-to-wall Americana memorabilia, step up to the long counter and order a corn dog.

It’s probably better to call it a Cozy Dog, because this is where corn dogs were invented, or so the owners claim. The dogs are $2.05 each.

Cozy also runs specials on a dozen for $20.75. That’s probably overkill, but who are we to judge?

If you added an order of onion rings and a Route 66 bottled root beer, and then drove the 95 miles back to St. Louis on Interstate 55, that would be a productive Saturday. But there’s so much Lincoln to see.

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Ridge Cemetery (1441 Monument Avenue, 217-782-2717; www.lincolntomb.org). Pause inside the gates and pay your respects to Roy “Mr. Accordion” Bertelli. The rebellious musician was a local legend who played with Lawrence Welk. That was an impressive credit back in the day, but what keeps the squeezebox master relevant thirteen years after his death is the ostentatious mausoleum he built as an everlasting “screw you” to Oak Ridge’s overlords.

Bertelli was mistakenly allowed to buy a high-profile plot at the main fork in the road, according to Illinois Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff. Cemetery administrators tried to take it back once they realized his intentions. But no man who has stared into the white-hot lights from the stage of your grandmother’s favorite big band leader was going to be cowed by grave-slinging bureaucrats. The tribute to Bertelli and his “LIFETIME DEDICATION TO THE ACCORDION” now sits in a perfect sight line with the final resting place of our 16th President.

As for Lincoln’s tomb, it’s a quick and interesting introduction to the many remembrances in Spring-

field. A statue of him out front is dull bronze except for the gleaming nose, polished by the hands of thousands of visitors. A heavy door at the base of the tomb provides (free!) access to curved, marble hallways adorned with more Lincoln statues and plaques engraved with excerpts from his speeches. You eventually come to the burial chamber. Lincoln’s remains lie ten feet below the floor, and his wife, Mary, and three of his boys are in crypts along the south wall.

Not enough Lincoln for you? The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum (212 N. Sixth Street, 217-558-8844; www.illinois. gov/alplm) is just two miles south.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $6 for kids ages five to fifteen — one of the more expensive Lincoln things you can do but worth it. Among other things, this place has legit, Tupacwould-be-jealous holograms and a theater that rattles, flashes and booms with such force you’ll flinch.

For a more low-tech experience, walk about six blocks on South Seventh Street to the Lincoln Home National Historic Site (426 S. 7th Street, 217-492-4241; www.nps.gov/ liho). The double-decker is open for free tours led by friendly National

The grubby hands of thousands of tourists have polished Abe Lincoln’s nose to a full shine. | JENNA MURPHY

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5. MAKE AN EARLY MORNING PILGRIMAGE TO JOHN’S DONUTS Take that late-night, spur-of-the-moment snack run to the next level at John’s Donuts. From 11 p.m. to 1 p.m., the beloved shop on the edge of Soulard offers a dizzying array of sumptuous pastries. Trust us, there’s nothing like taking in a sunrise while biting into a fresh apple fritter. 1618 South Broadway, 314-241-3360

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And then go get a beer. A halfblock west of the site is Obed & Isaac’s Microbrewery and Eatery (500 S. Sixth Street, 217-670-0627; www.obedandisaacs.com). Set in a rehabbed Lincoln-era mansion on the former homestead of the owners’ ancestors, the place is one of Springfield’s jewels. A tap room draws a varied crowd to drink $5 beers and house-made ciders. The dining room sprawls through an array of rooms and cozy divisions.

The actual brewhouse sits across an alley with an outdoor beer garden outfitted with picnic tables, a bocce court and a setup for bags, the safety-conscious alternative to horseshoes.

If you have room for a nightcap, head to Bob’s Butternut Hut (215 N. Second Street; 217-789-7777). This beautifully divey bar offers bottles of High Life for $2 — or spring for a $2.50 Budweiser. An L-shaped indoor bar fills up with regulars, while a covered outdoor patio has a stage for live music. On our visit, a

A punk rock dive bar and haven for pinball fans, the Silver Ballroom doesn’t sound like it should even exist. But it does, and the combination of retro pastime and PBR tallboys actually works like a charm. So get a stack of quarters ready, get buzzed and start working on beating some schlub’s high score. And don’t tilt! 4701 Morgan Ford Road, 314-832-9223; www. thesilverballroom.com

7. TAILGATE THE HELL OUT OF A GATEWAY GRIZZLES BASEBALL GAME There’s no such thing as too much baseball, and doubly so for tailgating.

The Gateway Grizzles aren’t associated with Major League Baseball, but that doesn’t mean you can’t pull of a World Series-class tailgate — and with ticket prices as low as $6, you have no excuse not to. 2301 Grizzlie Bear Boulevard, Sauget, Illinois; 618-337-3000; www.gatewaygrizzlies.com

8. ASK FOR A MIRACLE AT THE SHRINE OF ST. JOSEPH You might not actually get your own special miracle, but you’ll at least be in the presence of one. The beautiful landmark church at 11th and Biddle in downtown St. Louis is where factory worker Ignatius Strecker was purportedly cured of a potentially fatal injury after touching a blessed relic belonging to future saint Peter Claver. The 1864 incident later became the first Vatican-certified miracle west of the Mississippi River. 1220 N. 11th Street, 314-231-9407; www.shrineofstjoseph. org/miracle.html

9. EAT FRIED CHICKEN AT CASTELLI’S With the number of fried chicken restaurants that have popped up around town in the last few years, is Castelli’s really worth the drive? If you’re asking that question, you haven’t been to this iconic Alton Continued on pg 24

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10. GO TO A SAILBOAT RACE AT CREVE COEUR LAKE It’s not the British Virgin Islands, and your captain is more likely to hand you a Bud Light than a mai tai, but the sailboat races at Creve Coeur Lake can temporarily sate your need for water-kissed air and wind in your face.

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12. SEE THE NEWLY EXPOSED CEILING AT THE U-HAUL STORE (NO, REALLY) It sounds like a joke — but it isn’t. The lobby of the U-Haul outlet at Kingshighway just north of Shaw really does have a ceiling with architectural significance. Designed by Isamu Noguchi for a previous tenant, it was covered up by a drop-ceiling for years, only to be discovered and feted by no less than the Saint Louis Art Museum and the New York Times. As of this spring, it’s not only exposed, but open to the public. Walk-ins welcome! 1641 South Kingshighway Boulevard, 314773-1400

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You’ll be tempted to bed down in one of the charming downtown hotels. This is a fine option if you want to spend $130, but we suggest the Country Inn & Suites (3092 Stevenson Drive, 217-544-5151; www. countryinns.com). A solid hotel with a pool, fitness room, free cookies and one of the better continental breakfasts around, it’s just $80 per night.

It’s also about 30 seconds from Lake Springfield, which is huge and gorgeous. Picnic spots are available, as well as a boat launch.

You may have had your fill of Lincoln-themed attractions by now, which isn’t a problem. Go to the Dana-Thomas House (301 E. Lawrence Street, 217-782-6776; www. dana-thomas.org) designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It’s a free (donations suggested) and fascinating look at one of the visionary architect’s prairie-style homes. Tour guides lead visitors through a dizzying number of levels, often adorned by “art glass” windows designed by Wright.

There is one more thing you have to do before leaving town: Eat a horseshoe. The cheese fry/meat sandwich mashup is Springfield’s answer to St. Louis’ slinger. D’arcy’s Pint (661 W. Stanford Avenue, 217-492-8800; www.darcyspintonline.com) has a good one. The bar and restaurant is fine. The same type of giant, blandly Irish-themed establishment can be found in almost any city, but you’re there for a Springfield specialty. The Deluxe ($9.50) is enough for two, but eat it yourself. Roll to your car and come back to St. Louis overfed and full of historical trivia.

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50 THINGS IN STL Continued from pg 24 14. PAY A VISIT TO TENNESSEE WILLIAMS’ GRAVE AT CALVARY CEMETERY The Archdiocese of St. Louis maintains the beautiful old Calvary Cemetery, making it somewhat ironic that it’s also the final resting place of one of the century’s most infamous queer artists. Pay Tennessee Williams a visit to let him know that St. Pollution loves him, even if he hated us. He’s in 15A. 5239 W. Florissant Avenue, 314-7927738

15. GET CREEPED OUT BY THE PIASA BIRD IN ALTON No, you’re not hallucinating. That enormous painting of a lion-bird-horse on the Great River Road bluffs just outside of Alton is most definitely real — and completely creepy. Known as the Piasa bird, this ancient Native American mythological creature has a long history of freaking out inhabitants of this part of Alton. Visit the site to find out why. IL-100, one mile north of the Alton Visitor Center, Alton, Illinois; www.dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/ parks/r4/prm/piabrd.htm

16. GO SCUBA DIVING AT BONNE TERRE MINE You don’t have to wait for the glaciers to melt — Missouri may not be beachfront real estate, but we have worldclass scuba diving in our own backyard. Named by National Geographic as one of America’s top ten great adventures, Bonne Terre Mine is home to the world’s largest fresh water scuba diving venue. Get certified and dive on in. 185 Park Avenue, Bonne Terre; 888-843-3483; www.visitmo.com/ bonne-terre-mine.aspx

17. DISCOVER NORTH COUNTY PIZZA Though not an official sub-genre designate, ask anyone who has grown up in Florissant, Ferguson or Dellwood and they will all concur: North county pizza is a thing. Is it all that different than its St. Louis-style brethren? Decide for yourself by hitting any one — or all — of north county’s old-school pizzerias, including Pirrone’s, Roberto’s, Faraci’s and BJ’s. Multiple locations including Pirrone’s Pizzeria, 1775 Washington Street, Florissant; 314-839-3633; www.pirronespizza.com

18. MARVEL AT THE COTTON BELT FREIGHT DEPOT’S NEW MURAL A century after playing a key role in the cotton trade, the Cotton Belt Freight Depot just east of downtown is a vacant shell of itself. Heading west over the Stan Musial Bridge and peering at the slender building below, however, you’d never realize it. Thanks to some enterprising artists, drivers can enjoy

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eed an escape from the concrete jungle? Whether you’re looking to zen out in front of vistas and waterfalls or have a little fun sliding down nature’s natural waterslide, the St. Francois Mountains have something for everyone. A fun two-day camping trip in this mountain range includes longtime Missouri favorites Elephant Rocks and Johnson Shut-ins.

The car part of this trip is the easy part. It takes just two hours to drive to the highest point in Missouri, Taum Sauk, listed at a whopping 1,772 feet. The trail to the tippy-top of the state shares a spur with Mina Sauk Falls, the tallest waterfall in Missouri, which drops 132 feet when flowing.

It’s easy to joke about the height of these ranges; in comparison to other North American peaks, Taum Sauk is kind of a tall hill. But don’t discount this heap of rhyolite and granite formed by hot magma. The St. Francois not only has some re-

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ally cool rock formations, but it dates back more than 1.4 billion years — the oldest mountain range in the U.S., according to most geologists.

For a hiker, getting to the highest point can be kind of lackluster. It’s in a sea of trees and lacks a real view, but hey: You can say you’ve stood there and take the obligatory Instagram photo. The best views arriving at Taum Sauk can be found from a 1949 fire tower (gps coordinates: 37.5688,-90.718758) and the designated lookout just before you ditch your car for the trail (148 Taum Sauk Trail, Middle Brook; www.mostateparks.com/park/ taum-sauk-mountain-state-park).

The lookout can’t be missed. The easiest way to find the fire tower is to turn left when the paved road turns to gravel.

After you get your photo, head down the Mina Sauk Trail counter-clockwise. This is a three-mile loop marked with red blazers. The vast majority is still rocky, rugged

and frequently waterlogged. Wear sturdy shoes.

Once you’re a mile in, don’t forget to look up. There is a lovely view at this point — you’ll know it when you see it. Continue down the trail to the top of the waterfall, but don’t stop here, because you have yet to experience the best part. Climbing downward breaking from the Mina Sauk Trail to the Ozark Trail, the trail blazers are marked with an OT on white. From here you’ll get a good look at the loop’s most impressive drop. The view is slightly obstructed, but if you’re ballsy enough to climb onto the rock at the base, a nice vista will be yours. It also happens to be a nice lunch spot.

For those looking for a little more adventure (and who don’t mind adding another two-mile loop), you can continue down the OT another mile to the Devil’s Tollgate, a unique rock formation that’s 30 feet high.

Those in excellent shape can continue the ten miles down the Ozark

the recent “Migrate” mural, with its incredible color and soaring birds, even as you contemplate what the structure meant to our region’s history. 1400 North 1st Street

19. GET A TASTE OF SHOWBIZ AT A STL UP LATE TAPING Sure, everybody wants to be in the audience for The Tonight Show, but that’s allllllll the way in New York City. Luckily, St. Louis has its own late-night comedy talk show that wants you to be on TEEVEE. As an audience member for STL Up Late, you can laugh along with sketches and get groovy with musicians while professional-grade cameras beam your smiling face out to the metro area. Ticket prices vary, but you’ll want to book in advance. www.stluplate.com

20. SPY ON THE “FLOOZIE IN THE JACUZZI” Normally, we wouldn’t advocate becoming a “peeping Tom,” but we have a feeling that Saint Louis University’s famous bathing beauty won’t mind. A statue from the reign of controversial former university president Lawrence Biondi, the “floozie,” as the students call her, actually is a stunning work called “The Bather,” a nude nymph resting in a small pool. You can glimpse her among a circle of pine trees on campus just southeast of Grand and Lindell boulevards.

A vistor explores the granite boulders at Elephant Rocks. Upper right: A view from the Shut-Ins trail at Johnson’s Shut-ins.

Lower right: Rushing water cascades over rhyolite rocks formed 1.4 billion years ago. | KELLY GLUECK

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KELLY GLUECK Trail to Johnson Shut-ins Campground. Others need only hike back to the car for a short drive to camp.

While the area has many campsites, Johnson Shut-Ins is by far the best. A major breach from the Taum Sauk Reservoir in 2005 left the entire original campground flattened.

Since then the campground has updated cabins and shower houses, as well as basic and premium sites offering sewage, water and electric for RVs. Walk-in camps are also on offer. While signs help you get to the campground, it lacks a mailing address for your GPS. First-timers should stop by the Visitor Center (148 Taum Sauk Trail, Lesterville; www.mostateparks.com/park/johnsons-shut-ins-state-park) for directions and basic information.

The fourteen walk-in sites ($12) are quite private; however, you’ll have to carry your stuff up to a quarter-mile. The campground provides a wagon, but with no paved trail it can be a pain. Go ahead and pop your tent on the pro-

vided wood plank — this is where those bungees will come in handy.

Underneath the plank is a nice shady nook for your cooler. (Note: Ticks and poison ivy can be atrocious in the late spring and early summer; fall may be a better bet for worriers.) The private nature of the walk-in sites can accommodate campers craving shut-eye and early start, as well as those looking to share a beer around a roaring fire with new friends.

Both Elephant Rocks and Johnson Shut-Ins can get very crowded in the summer. However, because they are popular day trips, the crowds don’t typically make it in until noon or a little later. Staying nearby will get you there early the next morning to beat the bikers, field trips and soccer moms.

Start at Elephant Rocks State Park (7406 MO-21, Belleview; www. mostateparks.com/park/elephantrocks-state-park). These massive red granite boulders slightly resembling pachyderms will test strategy,

long jump, body contortioning and your ability to get down from something you were really excited about climbing. Just remember: what goes up, must come down. Two designated trails include a wheelchair-accessible one. However, half the fun is exploring these big boulders on your own path.

When you’ve gotten all sweaty from jumping boulder to boulder, it’s time to head to the local watering hole Johnson Shut-Ins State Park (148 Taum Sauk Trail, Lesterville; mostateparks.com/park/johnsons-shut-ins-state-park). Full of dips, slips and pools, this is the original waterslide. Formed from years of rushing water and weathering, these volcanic rocks will show you a rough and risky good time.

For those a little uneasy with the gushing waters and jutting rocks, there is a calm pool at the far end of the chaos. Bring water shoes — but if you forget them, a store at the entrance to the Shut-Ins is equipped for all your last-minute needs. riverfronttimes.com

Some of the world’s greatest photography is on display right here in St. Louis. At the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum in Midtown, you can gawk at incredible photos and historical equipment documenting the important processes, subject matter, styles and culture that have been integral to photography over the decades.

Tickets are just $5. 3415 Olive Street, 314-535-1999; www.iphf.org

22. HOP IN A SENSORY DEPRIVATION TANK Summer stresses got you frazzled? Do yourself a favor and check out F.LO.A.T. It might seem strange, but 90 minutes of water-assisted weightlessness in a dark tank can do wonders for your sore muscles and back, not to mention your mind. Ninety-minute floats are $65; longer sessions are available. 3027 Locust Street, 314-833-3444; www. floatingstl.com

23. CATCH A SHOW OR OPEN MIC AT HELIUM Amateur standup comedy can be hitor-miss, but you’ll find plenty of punch lines at Helium Comedy Club’s Tuesday night open mics. If you’re ready to workshop that killer bit that’s been cracking up your bar buddies, take the stage and give it whirl. If Continued on pg 28

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50 THINGS IN STL Continued from pg 27 you’re not the performing type, there’s no shame in sitting back and enjoying the spectacle. Admission is free if you buy two menu items. 1151 St Louis Galleria Street, 314-727-1260; www. st-louis.heliumcomedy.com

24. EXPLORE THE NORTH RIVERFRONT TRAILS St. Louis’ north riverfront may not have the charm of, say, Lafayette Square. But don’t let that deter you.

Its walking and biking trails deliver an unmatched outdoor journey, one that combines run-down industrial zones with the mighty Mississippi River. Biddle Street and N Leonor K Sullivan Boulevard, 314-436-7009; www.greatriversgreenway.org

25. STROLL THROUGH BELLEFONTAINE CEMETERY The final resting place of St. Louis luminaries including beer baron Adolphus Busch, this sprawling cemetery presents a trove of ornate mausoleums, headstones and statuary. Before you depart, don’t forget to leave a pen (or joint) on the grave of beat writer William S. Burroughs. 4947 West Florissant Avenue, 314-381-0750; www.bellefontainecemetery.org

26. SWING BY EAT-RITE DINER AT 4 A.M. ...

OR 10 A.M. The little shack perched on the edge of downtown St. Louis is only 516 square feet — and that includes the kitchen. But what Eat-Rite Diner lacks in size is more than made up for by its striking display of local color. Black, white, rich, poor —- everybody comes to Eat-Rite, and leaves less hungry for it. You can’t say you’re a St. Louisan until you eat a slinger at the spot that invented them. 622 Chouteau Avenue, 314-621-9621

27. FLY THROUGH THE AIR AT BUMBERSHOOT AERIAL ARTS The trapeze artists and tightrope walkers always get the loudest applause at the circus. Wouldn’t it be great to have some of that glory for yourself? With a few lessons in the aerial arts at Bumbershoot, you’ll be swinging from the rafters just like Pink during her arena tours. And as you dangle from those silks, you’ll also benefit from the most amazing upper-body workout you’ve ever had.

2200 Gravois Avenue, 314-6695754; www.thebumbershoot.com

28. VISIT A FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOUSE Did you know that there are only five Frank Lloyd Wright houses in Missouri? The revered architect who famously built a Continued on pg 30

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reenville, Illinois, is a hotbed of weird activity. Just ask anybody who’s felt the sting of the town’s spanking machine.

No, the hamlet with the quaint downtown isn’t the cornerstone of the region’s S&M community (alas?), but it certainly has one of the nation’s most interesting cheap thrills in the DeMoulin Museum (110 West Main Street; 618664-4115). If the DeMoulin name sounds familiar, that’s because it’s currently the largest and oldest manufacturer of marching band uniforms in the world. But the same company that makes sequin jumpsuits used to be known for products that were a lot stranger, and it only takes a 45-minute drive due east from St. Louis to experience the weirdness.

As it turns out, long before bands were playing “Tequila” at halftime, the DeMoulin family was pranking members of fraternal orders with trick furniture and fake goats. In the 1800s, exclusive societies were

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a big deal, and longtime members played jokes on the noobs to test their devotion. The three DeMoulin brothers, experts in different trades, created some of the nation’s most elaborate, bizarre and celebrated initiation devices.

The DeMoulin Museum has collected a large number of these rare, odd contraptions. Curator John Goldsmith leads curious souls through the tiny free museum, showing off both band fashions of yesteryear and amusing frat pranks with a twinkle in his eye.

Visitors can touch (and even try out) many of the strange items, and Goldsmith takes every opportunity to create “gotcha!” moments, with a guillotine blade that drops precariously over a victim’s neck and a chair that collapses to the floor.

If you’ve ever wondered about the origin of those hand buzzers at Spencer’s Gifts, look no further than the DeMoulin. And when Goldsmith asks you to bend over on a platform, do it, but only if your

ass doesn’t mind a little stinging.

The highlight of the museum is the goat — several goats, in fact.

The goat machine is a board made up to look like a real goat. It can be attached to long handles, a rickshaw setup, a hamster-type wheel or other variants. A blindfolded initiate would sit on the “animal” while senior members carried him and the contraption around or pushed him like they would a wheelbarrow, apparently to great comedic effect. These days, truly old goats are quite rare, but the DeMoulin Museum has several in varying condition, creepy peeling wool faces and all.

A museum visit could take 30 minutes to an hour or more, depending on your level of interest in fraternity hijinks. Afterwards, you’ll want to drive ten minutes south to Marcoot Jersey Creamery (526 Dudleyville Road, 618-6641110), a cheese haven the entire family can enjoy. The Marcoots are a legacy farming family with dairy

Beth Marcoot explains the automated milking process.

Upper right: At the DeMoulin Museum, visitors can view, touch and sometimes even ride the famous “goat machines.”

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Visitors can tour the farm and meet the Jersey calves that will grow up to produce milk for the cheese. These babies are as adorable as they are useful. Hang around and you may even get to glance outside the barn to see a farmhand shepherding hundreds of adult cows from one pasture to another. Stampede!

From there, visitors can wander into the milk parlor for an explanation of the milking process and a glimpse at the machines that gently squeeze the good stuff from the bovines. After that, it’s into the creamery, where large windows showcase the cheese-making process. Depending on the tour type, the Marcoots might bring out a few samples.

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plete without a walk inside the country store. Buy Marcoot cheeses along with the farm’s own beef and pork, local beverages and onesies declaring your baby to be a “future cheesemonger.” Don’t leave without a few scoops of ice cream.

A tour is bound to leave you famished, so refuel with downhome cooking at Blue Springs Cafe (3505 George Street, Highland; 618-654-5788) on your way back to St. Louis. Blue Springs serves up absurdly large portions of fried chicken, catfish or chicken and dumplings, often for under $10.

Vegetarians aren’t left out of the fun; the veggie burger and several sides — including the creamiest mashed potatoes we’ve ever had — are meat-free. Make sure to save room for dessert, because as the billboards on I-70 attest, Blue Springs is known for its delicious “foot-high pies.” Bring your cash or check, because this place doesn’t take credit cards. riverfronttimes.com

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50 THINGS IN STL Continued from pg 29 home over a Pennsylvania waterfall also designed less extraordinary houses for middle-class Missourians, and you can actually tour one at Ebsworth Park in Kirkwood. This home for regular joes is as impressive as you’d expect from Wright; with its sharp angles and reciprocal geometric forms, the house shows the imprint of a master. Tours are $10; reservations required. 120 N. Ballas Road, Kirkwood; 314-822-8359; www.ebsworthpark.org

29. INDULGE YOURSELF AT LARRY FLYNT’S HUSTLER CLUB If dollar bills are burning a hole in your pocket, you could do far worse than the $2 Tuesday special at Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club just over the river in Washington Park. Drinks cost just $2 each. But while the booze comes cheap, this is no sleazy go-go bar — the club might feature a parade of asses, but there’s serious class on display, too. 5420 Bunkum Road, Washington Park, Illinois; 618874-9334; www.stlouishustlerclub.com

30. SHOOT GUNS AND EAT BARBECUE AT SHARPSHOOTERS Sharpshooters Pit and Grill, which offers a menu stocked with pork and beef deliciousness, is connected to a twenty-lane, state of the art shooting range.

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31. ADMIRE THE WORK OF MAYA LIN AT BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL You almost certainly made time during your visit to Washington, D.C., to see the Vietnam Veterans Memorial — but we’d bet you a Metro card you haven’t yet checked out a Maya Lin-designed memorial much closer to home. The Ellen S. Clark Hope Plaza greets visitors to the Wash. U School of Medicine, which means it’s only a hop, skip and a jump from Barnes-Jewish Hospital and all the other places you frequent in the Central West End. Pay homage to Clark, the woman who successfully fought to preserve human embryonic stem cell research in Missouri, and admire the graceful subtlety of Lin’s reflecting pool while you’re at it. 660 South Euclid Avenue, www.hopeplaza.wustl.edu

32. GET A CONCRETE AT THE ORIGINAL TED DREWES Of course you’ve been to Ted Drewes’ flagship location on Chippewa. But have you stopped to see the stand that predates it by more than a decade? The older Ted Drewes deep in the heart of the city on South Grand wasn’t actually the first — that one, on Natural Bridge

Road, has long since closed. But the South Grand location opened just one year later and has been going strong since 1931. It’s only open during the summer, so get a dose of history with that concrete before autumn sets in.

4424 South Grand Boulevard, 314352-7376; www.teddrewes.com

33. BUY SOME UNMENTIONABLES AT STL STYLE — AND MENTION THEM When you’ve got a heart-on for St. Louis and your city pride is swelling uncontrollably, there’s only one thing you can do: snatch up some undies at STL Style.

The Cherokee Street mainstay is known for its irreverent t-shirts about St. Louis neighborhoods, but it’s also your go-to spot for knickers that say “The Original Busch” featuring our landmark stadium right over the, ahem, appropriate body part. 3159 Cherokee Street, 314-8980001; www.stl-style.com

34. VISIT THE WORLD CHESS HALL OF FAME You’ve read about St. Louis being the Chess Capital of the World. You know that chess mavens are moving here just for the chess scene. But have you bothered to visit the thing that has everyone talking (and relocating)? Remedy your omission with a visit to the Central West End; even if you don’t last long in the Hall of Fame itself, that giant chess piece makes for one hell of an Instagram picture. Guided tours are $5; audio tours are free. 4652 Maryland Avenue, 314-367-9243; www.worldchesshof.org

35. SEE THE SIGHTS AT RHONDA’S PLACE After severe December flooding knocked Fenton’s Queen of Hearts out of commission, Rhonda’s Place in Overland might now stand as the last option for a certain type of, shall we say, less discerning St. Louis strip club fan. Essentially a dive bar with a small stage in the corner featuring pastie-clad ladies, Rhonda’s won’t be replacing the offerings on the east side anytime soon, but its gritty nofrills charm should appeal to any group looking for a few beers and a good time on this side of the river. 10528 Page Avenue, Overland; 314-423-0633

36. PRETEND TO BE FANCY AT THE OPERA In many cities, opera is for fuddy-duddies, or at least people who are dripping with money and boast vaguely European accents. Not so St. Louis — here local companies have done a great job bringing opera to the rest of us. Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’ “Young Friends” program, for example, will score you tickets at less than $40 a pop, as well as access to an al fresco pre-opera reception. Put this one on your bucket list. 130 Edgar Road, Webster Groves; 314-961-0171; www.opera-stl.org Continued on pg 32

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50 THINGS IN STL Continued from pg 30 37. EAT A BUCKET OF CRAWFISH AT BROADWAY OYSTER BAR Among the many things New Orleans gets right is crawfish. The freshwater crustaceans have a taste akin to a tiny lobster. Broadway Oyster Bar offers the little buggers by the bucket for a scant $16.99, along with many more flavors of NOLA (including alligator!) for the adventurous. 736 South Broadway, 314-621-8811; www.broadwayoysterbar.com

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38. CHECK OUT THE NEW BAR ON THE HILL It’s been a long time since a cocktail bar worth going to opened in the city’s Hill neighborhood — the south-side neighborhood has more frequently been the go-to spot for kitschy fun like Rigazzi’s famous “frozen fishbowl.”

But Gaslight is something new — and spectacular. Enjoy a live music performance, a craft cocktail and food from Cha Cha Chow in this deceptively spacious spot just a block off Kingshighway. For now, you’ll have to fight the construction barrels to do it, but this is one detour that’s worth it. 4916 Shaw Avenue, 314-496-0628; www.gaslightstl.com

39. CHECK OUT THE NEW BAR ON CHEROKEE Tatyana Telnikova has a track record of opening bars and restaurants with striking good looks, and her latest, Propaganda, has an interesting history to boot. A wink at the U.S.S.R., which Telnikova fled at sixteen, the place features a gorgeous interior by local artist Jamie D. Jessop. Time your visit so you’re there around 11:30 p.m.; Telnikova promises a mini shot and a pickle for all. 2732 Cherokee Street

40. EXPERIENCE FARM-TO-TABLE DINING IN A RESTORED BARN Freshly picked vegetables, pasture-raised meats and local wine served in a refurbished barn as twinkly white lights and windflowers decorate the space — the farm-to-table fantasy is typically reserved for food shows and magazines comes to life at Claverach Farm’s summer farm dinners.

Reserve a spot and find out what farm-to-table eating truly means. 201 Beckwoods Drive, Eureka; www.claverachfarm.com

41. PRETEND YOU KNOW HOW TO GOLF AT RUTH PARK If you’ve ever wanted to play golf but were too intimated by the price tag, bourgeoisie attitude or, well, knowing how to play golf, Ruth Park is your place. This public course located in the heart of University City is welcoming Continued on pg 34

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ull into Hermann, Missouri, and it’s obvious you’re not in St. Louis anymore. You’ll only be about an hour and a half away from the city, but you’d never guess: The downtown skyscrapers and gritty urban streets are a distant memory. You’ll find yourself surrounded by quaint shops, a slew of bed and breakfasts, and a slower pace that you didn’t even know you wanted. Oh yeah, and wine. Lots of wine.

So how do you get to this little safe haven in the heart of Missouri wine country? For a journey just as scenic as the destination, follow Missouri 94 through the Missouri River Valley. Along the way, you’ll come to Augusta. Here you’ll find Montelle Winery (201 Montelle Drive, 636-228-4464; www.montelle.com), Mount Pleasant Estates (5634 High Street, 636-482-9463) and Augusta Winery (5601 High Street, 636-228-4301; www.augustawinery.com), to name a few spots

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— perfect places to stretch, grab a snack and maybe start sipping.

But take it slow, because this is all the warmup, and you’ll want to get back on 94 road-ready.

You’ll drive for about another hour; when you suddenly feel like you’ve traveled back in time to a small German town, you know you’ve reached your destination.

Start your Hermann adventure with some window shopping along the pedestrian-friendly streets. Hermann has something for everyone in your party: Saleigh Mountain Co. (124 E. Fourth Street, 573-4862992) for the leather lover, Buy the Book (303 Schiller Street, 573-4862722) for the book worm, Antiques Unlimited (117 E. Second Street, 573-486-2148; www.antsunltd.com) for the collector, and much, much more. Be sure to check store hours if you decide to do your drinking before shopping — many shops in Hermann close by 5 p.m.

When you’re ready for wine,

you’ll have more than enough options with the seven wineries that make up the Hermann wine trail.

We suggest stopping at Stone Hill Winery (1110 Stone Hill Highway, 573-486-2221; www.stonehillwinery.com), the oldest and second largest winery in Missouri. Gawk at the beautiful view overlooking Hermann, sip wine in one of the elegant tasting rooms ($5 for six samples) and take a complimentary winery tour. And don’t forget to make a stop in the Vintage Restaurant at Stone Hill, the carriage house-turned-eatery where you can indulge in impeccably prepared German food.

After you’ve had a glass or two, you’ll want to take the trolley to winery hop. Hermann Trolley Co. ($15 for one day pass, 636-575-6920; www.hermanntrolley.com) has a network of trolleys providing transportation to various stops all over town, including all the wineries. If you’re here on a weekday, confirm

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We caught the trolley from Stone Hill to Oak Glenn Winery and Vineyard (1104 Oak Glenn Place, 573-486-5057; www.oakglenn.com).

With a relaxed vibe, live entertainment every weekend, lots of outdoor seating and an excellent view of the river, it’s no wonder you see everyone from families to bachelorette parties congregating here.

Sit back with Oak Glenn’s best-selling moscato.

Of course, you can’t end a day right without a little local dessert.

Take the trolley to Downtown Deli and Custard Shoppe (216 E. First Street, 573-486-5002; www.downtowndelihermann.com). Entertain your inner kid with a generous helping of ice cream and some playtime with the 1976 jukebox and 1978 pinball machine along the back wall. You can also indulge in Calvin’s 1836 Barrel-Style Root Beer, a locally produced brand made with ginger and sassafras.

Another great dessert option is Sugar Momma’s (407 Market Street, 573-486-5263; www.sugarmommashermannmo.com). We’ll vouch for the best-selling coconut cream pie, the bourbon chocolate pecan pie (aka “Derby Pie”) and the popular bacon apple pie. You can dine-in on a slice or get a full pie to go.

If you want to stay the night, you’ll have more than 300 guest houses to choose from. Go to www. visithermann.com and search for a place by category and amenities. If you really want to treat yourself, however, Hermann Hill Vineyard Inn and Spa (711 Wein Street, 573486-4455; www.hermannhill.com) stands out from the pack. The beautiful spa, hot tubs in some of the rooms and astounding view will have you sold. Just don’t depend on your GPS to get here — if you get turned around, call the inn or visit the Herman Hill website for a little directional assistance.

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42. JAZZ IT UP AT THE SAXQUEST SAXOPHONE MUSEUM

See the city of St. Louis as you never have before — from a helicopter! Gateway Helicopter Tours, located on the Mississippi Riverfront at the foot of the Arch, offers flights ranging from $37 to $150 per person. Call in advance to be sure tours are running; weather conditions sometimes keep the choppers grounded. 50 N. Leonor K Sullivan Boulevard, 314-496-4494; www.gatewayhelicoptertours.com

Saxquest has been helping musicians choose and care for their instruments since 2000, but casual sax fans or folks just picking up reeds might not know about the Cherokee Street store’s other treasure: its amazing museum on the second floor. Owner Mark Overton, who has been a featured instrument appraiser at Antique Roadshow events, has an impressive collection of rare saxophones, vintage photos and historical recordings that will make every music lover’s heart sing. Admission is free. 2114 Cherokee Street, 314-664-1234; www.saxquest. com

43. GET GUSSIED UP FOR DINNER AT AL’S RESTAURANT What was more upsetting: that clown Stan Kroenke’s protracted breakup with St. Louis or the fact that the solution to keeping the Rams would’ve meant losing Al’s Restaurant? Get dressed up for dinner, head to this icon of St. Louis dining and dig into the signature “beef

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45. VISIT STAGGER LEE’S GRAVE It has been more than 100 years since William “Billy” Lyons was murdered by “Stagger Lee” Shelton on a dark Christmas night. With so much time passed — not to mention the numerous songs throughout the years that have since elevated the story to folklore — it can be easy to forget that these two men really existed. What better way to draw that point into focus than to visit the grave of the infamous badman himself at Greenwood Cemetery? 6571 St Louis Avenue, Hillsdale; 314-772-7466; www.greenwoodstl.org

46. CRUISE OVER TO CHUCK-A-BURGER At its peak, Chuck-A-Burger boasted eight restaurants in its drive-in empire. Opened in 1957, the St. John diner was popular among teenagers, who would gather there and cruise nearby St. Charles Rock Road, sometimes to the great chagrin of neighbors and authorities. That sole remaining Chuck-A-Burger location still features cruise nights to this day — as well as one of the best burgers this side of the 20th century. Chuck-A-Burger, 9025 St. Charles Rock Rd., St. John; 314-4279524

47. TAKE A SWING AT TOWER TEE Tower Tee’s batting cages are simply the best in town. With the complex’s plethora of speed and arc options, baseball and softball options, and snow cone options (seriously — try the snow cones), nowhere else comes close. Remember: Aim for the Cubs logo. 6727 Heege Road, Marlborough; 314-752-7767; towerteebattingcages.com

48. CATCH A PEDICAB RIDE DOWNTOWN Pro tip for Cardinals fans: Next time you go to a game, take the Metro. But when you leave, don’t head right back to the station — instead, hop on one of the many pedicabs lingering around the stadium and tell your chauffeur to take you to the

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nearest bar. While the line for the train slowly dissipates, you’ll be able to tie one on and likely even flag down another bike on your way out. Why walk your fat drunk ass around the city when these guys have kept themselves in good enough shape to drag you?

49. PAY A VISIT TO THE CITY’S NEWEST MUSEUM St. Louis has a remarkable history of the blues, as you may have surmised by the name and logo of our hockey team. Another clue? St. Louis is now host to the National Blues Museum, a sprawling space that opened this winter dedicated to preserving the rich history of the classic American art form. 615 Washington Avenue, 314-925-0016; nationalbluesmuseum.org

50. REMEMBER LEWIS AND CLARK AT CONFLUENCE PARK We have schools and roads named after them. We consider their great adventure our city’s foundational myth. But until you’ve stood at Confluence Point State Park and watched Big Muddy merge with the mighty Missouri, though, you have not paid your proper respect to Lewis and Clark. Get thee to Alton. 1000 Riverlands Way, West Alton; 636-899-1135; mostateparks.com/park/edward-ted-andpat-jones-confluence-point-state-park

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here’s an art fair or street festival just about every weekend from May to September, but some cultural events on the crowded summer schedule are better than others. You’ve probably already got your LouFest early bird tickets, and you’d never miss the Fourth of July fireworks at Fair St. Louis — but here’s our shortlist of twelve others not to miss in 2016.

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SCHLAFLY ART OUTSIDE, MAY 27-29 Schlafly Bottleworks, 7260 Southwest Boulevard, Maplewood; www.schlafly.com The annual end-of-summer art fair is now the start-of-summer art fair. The Bottleworks parking lot becomes a small tent city filled with artists selling their work, live bands and a wide selection of delectable comestibles from Schlafly’s kitchen.

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St. Louis Riverfront, 50 Leonor K. Sullivan Boulevard; www.cityarchriver.org/ riverfront The new-and-improved St. Louis Riverfront under the Arch is now two feet higher than before and officially open for business. Come out for a massive picnic with your friends and neighbors — there will be

a 2,016-foot-long picnic table, so there’s plenty of room. Bring your own food or buy something from the on-site vendors, then pose for the aerial photo. A fireworks display over the Mississippi rounds out the night.

TOUR DE MUSEUM, JUNE 4 Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, 1 Brookings Drive; www.kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu Trailnet sponsors this low-key scavenger hunt/bicycle tour that takes you from the Kemper to the Saint Louis Art Museum, the World Chess Hall of Fame, the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis and the Pulitzer Arts Foundation.

FESTA JUNINA, JUNE 12 Kirkwood Community Center, 111 South Geyer Road; www.e.vivabrasilstl.org Festa Junina is a traditional Brazilian folk festival that celebrates the harvest and country life. People dress in rural clothing and dance the quadrilha, which is a Brazilian twist on the square dance. It begins with a theatrical piece about young lovers being forced to marry; traditional songs are sung by those portraying the families, the police and the priest who performs the service. After the performance, guests eat traditional Brazilian food and play games such as Correio Elegante (“elegant mail”).

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Stratford Inn, 800 South Highway Drive, Fenton; www.con-tamination.com Back after a gap of several years, this convention dedicated to all things horror and gore returns with a full slate of scheduled guests (Dirk Benedict, Richard Hatch, Herbert Jefferson Jr., Anne Lockhart and Jack Stauffer from the original Battlestar Galactica; porn legend Seka), a dealers’ room full of amazing merchandise, and film screenings.

Tower Grove Park, 4256 Magnolia Avenue; www.festivalofnationsstl.org Tower Grove Park becomes the center of the world every year during the Festival of Nations. Immigrants from dozens of countries show off the culture, music and food of their old homeland for the benefit of their new one. Where else can you eat Nepalese food while hearing the music of the Ivory Coast? If you don’t want to eat your way through the festival (what’s wrong with you?), you can shop at the World Bazaar, enjoy the family arts and crafts area, and learn something about religions of the world through the St. Louis Interfaith Partnership of Greater St. Louis.

St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 4967 Forest Park Avenue; www.sngoc. org Now in its 99th year, the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Festival turns one corner of the Central West End into a little slice of Athens. You get some Greek music, some folk dancing and a market selling Greek objects. The perennial star, however, is the massive amount of food. It might be the biggest eating weekend of the year — you can start with spanakopita and progress to the moussaka and lamb shank with rice pilaf before ending with an assortment of pastries. Winter’s coming, you know — eat well while you can.

Missouri Botanical Garden (4344 Shaw Boulevard; www.mobot.org) If you need one last big weekend out before school starts and fair days dwindle, there’s no event better than the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Japanese Festival. With sumo wrestlers, taiko drummers, dancers, food vendors, martial arts demonstrations and special presentations on the Japanese tea ceremony and traditional ikebana flower arranging, the Japanese Festival is an action-packed weekend. Sure, it’s crowded, and there’s a good chance the weather will be hot and humid, but in two short months you’ll be pining for that sun. Have fun while you still can.

LABUTE NEW THEATER FESTIVAL, JULY 8-31 Gaslight Theater, 358 North Boyle Avenue; www.stlas.org The festival resulting from St. Louis Actors’ Studio’s partnership with playwright Neil LaBute has become a legitimate event because of what happens on the Gaslight Theater’s small stage — and in front of it. The loyal St. Louis theater-going community comes out in droves to see new one-act plays from developing and established American playwrights. It’s a chance to see new work and get a sneak peek at what will be happening on stages in a few years, thanks to the inclusion of plays written by high schoolers.

SLIDE THE CITY, JULY 9 Oakland and Tamm avenues; www.slidethecity.com It’s a 1,000-foot-long, padded waterslide running down the middle of the street.

What more do you want? Buy a wristband good for a single or triple ride down the slide ($13 to $50), or go for the all-day pass ($99). Admission to the block party that surrounds the slide is included.

INTERNET CAT VIDEO FESTIVAL, JULY 13-15 Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, 3750 Washington Boulevard; www. camstl.org The internet is heavy with cat videos, but does that make them art? Yes, but it’s a folksy, outsider art. The Internet Cat Video Festival brings the best of the bunch to museums so you can reassess their aesthetic value — but it’s also for the lolz. No cats are invited, but you and the kids can participate in family-friendly, hands-on activities.

ST. LOU FRINGE FESTIVAL, AUGUST 19-27 Grand Center, North Grand and Lindell boulevards; www.stlfringe.com In its fifth year, St. Lou Fringe Fest moves to August and expands in numerous small ways. New this year are microtheater performances (short shows for audiences of thirteen or fewer patrons) and an incubator program that will give emerging artists more support and a collaborative experience. There will also be more talkback shows, more workshops and more involvement by underrepresented artists.

Established favorites such as the Fringe Family shows and the Artica sculpture garden remain, as do the ultra-affordable ticket prices ($1 to $20).

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THURSDAY 0526 A Beautiful Planet Filmmaker Toni Myers wrote and directed the 2002 IMAX documentary Space Station 3D, which was about the construction of the International Space Station. Fourteen years later she’s returned to the space station for her new documentary, A Beautiful Planet. Using footage shot by astronauts and by cameras mounted on the station, Myers’ new IMAX film offers a spectacular view of Earth. You’ll see a lightning storm popping like camera flashes from under heavy clouds, the unblinking eye of a hurricane and the surreal sight of the aurora borealis from above.

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with electricity in the dark, and the greenish-brownish haze of our atmosphere as the station races around the globe once every 92 minutes. A Beautiful Planet is now showing daily at the OMNIMAX theater at the St. Louis Science Center (5050 Oakland Avenue; 314-2894424 or www.slsc.org). Tickets are $9 to $10.

FRIDAY 0527 St. Louis County Greek Fest The first official day of summer is still a few weeks away, but the unofficial start of summer is already here: It’s time for the St.

Louis County Greek Fest. The family-friendly festival is a great way to ease into the season, thanks to its bounty of food, live music and folk dancing, as well a unique marketplace. This year’s St. Louis County Greek Fest takes place from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday through Sunday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday (May 27 to 30) at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church (1755 Des Peres Road, Town & Country; www. stlouisgreekfest.com). Admission is free.

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stretched across three nights. Each of those nights has ten companies from across the nation performing a new program with no overlap or repetition. Each night also has opening acts. You’ll see everything from traditional West African dance (St. Louis’ own Afriky Lolo) to high-flying aerialists (Aerial Dance Chicago) to the unique work of the Dancing Wheels Company, a Cleveland-based company that blends the talents of dancers with and without disabilities. Spring to Dance takes place at 5:30 p.m.

Friday through Sunday (May 27 to 29) at the Touhill Performing Arts Center on the University of Missouri–St. Louis campus (1 University Drive at Natural Bridge Road; www.dancestlouis.org). Tickets are $10 to $20.

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Giuseppe Verdi bound all of these crowd-pleasing elements together with music in his opera Macbeth.

The grisly masterpiece is the second show of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’ current season. Macbeth is performed in English at 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 28, at Webster University’s Loretto-Hilton Center (130 Edgar Road; 314-961-0644 or www. opera-stl.org). OTSL presents Macbeth in repertory six more times through June 26. Tickets are $25 to $129.

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out version isn’t until autumn, but this sneak peek lets you see some of the live entertainment, such as the stage performers, the wandering actors who portray the citizens of the sixteenth century French village Petit Lyon, and yes, the food, which does in fact include turkey legs and mead. But those are good things. St. Louis Renaissance Festival is open for previews from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday (May 28 to June 5) at Rotary Park (2577 West Meyer Road, Wentzville; www.stlrenfest.com).

SUNDAY 0529 City of Women Snàporaz (Marcello Mastroianni) follows a beautiful woman off a stopped train. She leads him through a forest to a hotel, which is packed with women attending a feminist conference. Surprisingly (for Snàporaz, at least), the women don’t need a chauvinistic, philandering, middle-aged Italian man at their symposium on polyandry. When they scare him off, he retreats through a dream-like world of former lovers, angry older women and exuberant gals on roller skates who practice their crotch-kicking skills on poor Snàporaz. City of Women is Federico Fellini’s 1980 meditation on changes in the way men and women viewed each other, and perhaps on the unkind way a younger Fellini treated women (Mastroianni is Fellini’s usual cinematic stand-in). The Webster Film Continued on pg 45

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Series screens City of Women at 8 p.m. Friday through Tuesday (May 27 to 31) at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (470 East Lockwood Avenue; www.webster.edu/ film-series). Tickets are $4 to $6.

MONDAY 0530 Gypsy Caravan For 44 years now the St. Louis Symphony Volunteer Association has raised money for the symphony’s educational concerts by presenting the Gypsy Caravan. This massive antique market has grown to involve more than 300 outdoor vendors and 150 indoor vendors, thanks to its recent move to the Family Arena (2002 Arena Parkway, St. Charles; www.stlsymphony.org/ gypsycaravan). Vendors sell vintage furniture, art, craft items and legitimate antiques from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Admission is $10, with an early-bird option that gets you into the show two hours early for $20.

her exotic dancing to get involved.

Then a masked man with shocking blue eyes and a straight razor starts menacing her, demanding she tell him where the jewels are. Is there any way this sordid tale doesn’t end with more bloodshed? The Strange Brew Film Series presents Death Walks on High Heels at 8 p.m. tonight at Schlafly Bottleworks (7260 Southwest Boulevard, Maplewood; www.webster.edu/film-series). Admission is $5.

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All Eyes on Weiner A new documentary reveals the venal nature of American politics in the internet age.

Written by

ROBERT HUNT Weiner

Directed by Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg. Written by Eli B. Despres, Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg. Starring Anthony Weiner, Huma Abedin and Sydney Leathers. Opens Friday, May 27, at Landmark Plaza Frontenac Cinema.

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f you want to see the exact moment when twentieth century politics put the image over the idea and the electoral process became a media event, take a look at Robert Drew’s Primary, a documentary about the 1960 Wisconsin primary recently released

by Criterion; it’s a crucial piece of political history, often cited as the first example of cinéma vérité. In one sequence, candidate John Kennedy works a starstruck crowd like a pop star; he’s young, his wife is glamorous, and in the background the recorded voice of Frank Sinatra chimes in with his endorsement, “Everybody’s voting for Jack!”

Drew then cuts to an event for Kennedy’s rival Hubert Humphrey, where voters are welcomed at the door by an accordion-player singing “The Ballad of Davy Crockett.”

Goodbye 1950s, it’s showtime!

In the very first scene of Weiner, a revelatory film about the political process in the age of celebrity, scandal and Twitter, former congressman Anthony Weiner mumbles, “This is the worst — doing a documentary about my scandal,” as if the film itself was a form of punishment. And perhaps it is: Weiner is, among other things, a film about what it means to be a public figure in the digital age.

Its subject is a political campaign shaped more by the monologues of late-night comedians and online comments than by policy, and a

Anthony Weiner explains himself yet again to the hungry press. | © SUNDANCE SELECTS campaigner who seems at least as devoted to his smartphone as he is to his constituents.

Weiner served for more than a decade in the U.S. House of Representatives and had begun to earn a national profile, only to be brought down in 2011 by a notorious (and ineptly handled) online scandal: a photo of Weiner in his underwear, presumably intended to be sent privately, appeared on his Twitter feed. After initial denials, none of which were convincing, he resigned.

Two years later, he sent a message to Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg, two documentary filmmakers who had contacted him about making a film about his fall from grace. (Kriegman worked for Weiner as his New York chief of staff before entering filmmaking.)

Weiner had initially turned down their offer, but now he was pursuing New York’s mayoral nomination and was willing to offer full access as he leapt back into the public eye. With the filmmakers following every move, Weiner was back in action and, despite the earlier scandal, seemed on the verge of a major political comeback. Contra F. Scott Fitzgerald, Weiner was proving that there are second acts in American lives.

Unfortunately, Weiner’s second

act had a plot twist: A few weeks before the election, everything fell apart again with the discovery of more photos and text messages, sent with the ready-for-pornography alias “Carlos Danger.” Weiner tried to convince voters (and himself) that he had always claimed that more photos would surface, but his refusal to pin down the exact number of his previous online contacts didn’t play well with the press. Even worse, one of his pen pals, a young woman named Sydney Leathers (equally porno-ready), had decided to go public, hitting the Howard Stern show and hoping to set up a direct confrontation with Carlos himself.

At this point, Weiner sets an almost-comic tone — imagine The War Room refashioned as a TV sitcom. Weiner’s campaign staffers agree to stay on, but their shellshocked expressions reveal how little enthusiasm they have for a campaign that has transformed from a comeback story to 24-hour damage control. The campaign seems to take a back seat to the candidate’s personal quest for self-preservation, with Weiner’s wife Huma Abedin (currently vicechair of the Clinton campaign) becoming a foreboding presence.

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lowed to film almost everything.

In a move that pleases no one but himself, Weiner fights back and allows himself a display of testiness in a remote interview with a sanctimonious Lawrence Davis, but it comes across as equal parts defensiveness and desperation.

(The filmmakers underscore this by cutting to Weiner’s half of the interview, alone in a studio shouting at the off-site Davis.) The once-fiery politician seems a bit lost. “I lied to them, I’ve got a funny name. They don’t do nuance,” he explains, as if trying to redeem himself to anyone who will listen to him for five minutes, the filmmakers included.

Is Weiner an act of cinematic voyeurism? Certainly — at least as much as any other example of cinéma vérité, but in this case it’s also fueled by the indissoluble bond between its subject and the never-sleeping cycle of news/ gossip/online celebrity, which is really just a new and refined form of exhibitionism. This, for better or worse, is the new political arena: Showtime and real time collide.

It’s an extraordinary film, not just an example of filmmakers being in the right place at the right time (old, pre-Twitter concepts), but one of the most significant movies about American politics since JFK outshone HHH in 1960. n

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Show Me Some (Potato) Skin You may not come to Social House II for the food, but you just might be pleasantly surprised by it Written by

CHERYL BAEHR Social House II

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oes the food matter at Social House II, the controversial body paint and pasty bar that opened in the Delmar Loop after a great deal of ruckus this March? Let’s be honest — coming here for the culinary offerings is like reading Playboy for the articles. There’s only one thing that the men who patronize the place want served at their table, and it has nothing to do with burgers and fries.

That’s not how the folks behind Social House see it, however. “We’re a sports bar and restaurant,” a manager insisted when pressed about the concept. “The girls just happen to be a bonus.”

Right.

Or so I thought before I stopped by for dinner. Let’s be clear before I stun even myself by insisting that Social House II is a worthwhile food spot: This is not haute cuisine. It’s wings and ’tater skins and nachos.

But, surprisingly, it’s wings and ’tater skins and nachos done pretty well. Add a bright, modern atmosphere and enough televisions to stock a Best Buy and, true enough, it’s a darn fine sports bar.

The civic leaders of University City would surely be unhappy to hear it. Since declaring his intent to open a Delmar Loop spinoff of Soulard’s Social House, owner John Racanelli fought an uphill battle against the municipal government, facing everything from restraining

Executive Chef Tina Westcott (far right) presents a well-executed menu of sports bar favorites. | MABEL SUEN

If the chicken breast entree is a taste of what’s to come, the restaurant has a bright future. orders to temporary revocations of his liquor license. Racanelli enlisted the help of the reliably quotable attorney Albert Watkins to lead the charge in the fight to bring painted ladies to (what the University City Council deems) the “family-friendly” Loop. At least for now, they’ve succeeded.

One reason for that, legally, was Racanelli’s insistence that the place is not a new business, but rather an update to his previous concept, the Market Pub House, which closed its doors after six years in the space

this past January. He’s right in the sense that the bones of the building remain the same. The lofted metal and glass atrium — a holdover from the restaurant’s days as the old Market in the Loop — provides natural light to the space, and the large, three-sided wooden bar takes up roughly half of the real estate.

The sports bar décor is gone, replaced with minimal decorations and faux tufted leather banquettes, and the windows have been rendered smoky to keep pre-teens on the street from catching a glimpse of body paint. Still, innumerable televisions give the sizable gametime crowd an unobstructed view from every angle, keeping the sports bar feel.

Not that you are looking at the televisions — unless you are awkwardly staring at them to avoid looking like a pervert. (The latemiddle-aged attorneys who made up the entirety of the restaurant’s brisk weekday lunch service had no problem making their intentions shamefully obvious.) The servers’ uniforms leave little to the imagiriverfronttimes.com

nation. Bottoms are skimpier than what you’d find on the beach in Ipanema and tops are, well, not there.

But that visual needn’t impede your enjoyment of some respectable bar and grill fare. I was surprised to learn that Social House II employs a female executive chef, Tina Westcott. She has been cooking in restaurants around the country since she was fifteen, including most recently at Soulard’s Social House, though this is her first executive chef gig. Her menu has a lot in common with the one in Soulard, with a few specialties at each place.

That menu doesn’t stray far from the sports bar playbook, but why should it? When you’re at a pasty bar watching the game, all you really want are some good chicken wings. Here they are meaty, crisp and glazed in a mouth-puckering, mildly spicy “Social Sauce,” which is like a cross between tangy mustard and Buffalo sauce.

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SOCIAL HOUSE II Continued from pg 49 vehicle for hunks of chicken, molten cheese and a drizzle of the same spicy “Social Sauce.” This is buffalo chicken dip in a potato boat.

The “Shrooms” were not as dazzling. The humongous mushroom caps, filled with herbed cream cheese and battered, lacked flavor unless liberally dipped in the accompanying horseradish sauce.

The bacon-wrapped stuffed jalapeños more than made up for this lapse, however. Vibrant green peppers, hollowed out and filled with cream cheese, are wrapped in bacon and baked. The result is an addictive mélange of spice, salt and richness that is so good, you won’t care what your server is or isn’t wearing.

Pizzas are touted as “Sicilian Style,” so I was surprised when I was instead served a thin-crust, St. Louis-style pie (Sicilian style pizzas typically have a very thick, almost focaccia-like crust). In that spirit, the Margherita on offer is not a traditional Neapolitan Margherita, but rather a local interpretation. Oregano-spiked tomato sauce was generously spread atop a crisp, golden crust, along with fresh mozzarella cheese and a chiffonade of fresh basil. If you can get over the misnomer — and the desire to eat a real Margherita pizza — it’s adequate.

The two steak sandwich offerings I tried were the restaurant’s biggest misses. The prime rib sandwich was fatty, mushy and bland, while the beef tenderloin steak wrap had so many jalapeños it was overwhelmed with spice and drowned in jalapeño ranch dressing. When you could get a taste of actual steak, though, it was perfectly cooked, deliciously peppery and coated in char. Tone down the accouterments and this will be a fine sandwich.

"Baja Fish Tacos" feature seasoned and grilled grouper fillet topped with cabbage, mozzarella and sour cream. | MABEL SUEN I anticipated the “Grouper Reuben” to be a disaster and happily ate my words. A thick, lightly battered filet of mild white fish is topped with coleslaw, Swiss and 1000 Island dressing then served atop griddled marble rye. I’ve had too many riffs on the reuben to count — most typically ending in disappointment. This was a pleasant surprise.

The “Black and Bleu” burger, seasoned with Cajun spices and topped with blue cheese, was dry and underwhelming. The “Frisco Burger” redeemed this side of the menu with its buttery, griddled bread, well-seasoned beef and tangy 1000 Island dressing.

It was nothing compared to the lamb burger, however. The merguez seasoning gave the beautifully cooked meat a warm, Moroccan spice that was offset by tart, melted goat cheese. This alone would be worth a return visit.

I was equally impressed with the grilled chicken breast entrée, a dish that would be at home at any of the city’s Italian restaurants.

The herbed breadcrumb-coated chicken is pan fried, giving it a crisp exterior that coats the succulent meat. Artichoke hearts, tomatoes and a white wine lemon drizzle make this entrée a standout.

Westcott says that she plans to offer more entrée specials. If this

is a taste of what is to come, the restaurant has a bright future.

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ohn Bogacki, who plans to open a breakfast-and-lunch spot called Yolklore (8958 Watson Road, Crestwood), has no problem admitting it: When you hear his name, he’s not the first person you think of.

Bogacki is the son of Westwood Country Club’s John Bogacki, an internationally known chef who has also taught a large number of St. Louis cooks as an instructor at St. Louis Community College at Forest Park. It seems natural that he followed in his father’s footsteps, but it wasn’t that simple.

“My dad didn’t want me to do it,” Bogacki explains. “It’s more than the hard work. It’s all about sacrifice. When you are a chef you work every night, weekend, holiday. You can’t call in sick when you have a cough. I think he wanted me to do something that would allow me to spend more time as a father.”

Bogacki, however, could not resist the calling that seemed to be in his blood. His great-grandfather and grandfather were both butchers, which is what pushed his father into the business. Being surrounded by such figures, Bogacki learned about food and hospitality at an early age. By the time he was fourteen, he was cooking at Andre’s banquet center. “Cooking was the only thing I knew,” says Bogacki.

“When I needed a job, that is what came easy to me.”

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His latest venture, a partnership with his wife Mary and friend Billy Oziransky, is Yolklore, a chef-driven breakfast-and-lunch restaurant set to open in Crestwood sometime later this year. And according to Bogacki, his dad has changed his tune on his career path.

“He’s ecstatic,” Bogacki says.

“Honestly, he’s probably a little jealous because he has always wanted to open a restaurant but never really had the support of a business partner who would do it with him. Now he’s getting ready to retire and it’s just too late. I’m lucky. Mary and I have led parallel lives and have both wanted to do this. It’s the perfect time.”

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

I think that traveling and experiencing the world is very important. I have been determined from a young age to see as much of the world as possible, living in England and Australia before making the decision that St. Louis is the place I wanted to plant my roots.

What is a daily ritual that is non-negotiable?

Learning something new — I try really hard on a daily basis to learn something, anything! No subject is off limits, but lately I’ve been really interested in ancient knowledge ...

I’ll just leave it at that.

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

FLIGHT! And yes I did put that in all caps. To be truly free and soar wherever whenever.

Who is your St. Louis food crush?

This is the easiest question you’ve asked. Chef Mary Bogacki is my food crush; she is one of the most talented and humble people on the scene right now. Mary can out-cook any man, woman, or child on the hot line, and then step into the bake shop and whip up a tentier wedding cake for the Queen of England. When we created the menu for Yolklore, that was the approach taken: how can every item have something from the bake shop and from the hot line. Everything will be made in-house from scratch.

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

Bob Brazell [Byrd & Barrel]. Literally I follow his hourly moves; he is doing what we all want to do. Have a dream, work for it, and have fun with good people while doing it.

What ingredient is most representative of your personality?

Saffron. Complex and misunderstood. A little bit goes a long way.

If you weren’t working in restaurants, what would you be doing?

I would love to be a traveling musician. My grandpa was in a big band and traveled all over playing, and I think that would be really fun.

Name an ingredient never allowed in your kitchen.

White truffle oil/essence. Every ingredient has its uses and purpose, but some things don’t belong.

What’s your food or beverage guilty pleasure?

My mouth is watering right now thinking about this answer. Close your eyes and imagine the first diner experience you ever had as a child. It could be Crown Candy, it could be Carl’s, Eat Rite, Chili Mac’s or Tiffany’s. The sound of a malt being mixed, the sizzle of potatoes in fryers, the lingo of the waitress yelling to the line cook, “Drag the patty through the garden and make it a double.” I love diners. A double cheeseburger with fries and a vanilla malt.

What would be your last meal on earth?

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fter five months in business, the Fort Taco (multiple locations including 8106 Manchester Road, Brentwood; 314-647-2391) located inside Chesterfield Mall has closed.

“The Chesterfield location’s closure is in no way indicative of a problem,” insists co-owner Elizabeth Sedlock, who is also the company’s chief marketing officer. “It just wasn’t the right fit.

We’re a young business and we are experimenting with our concept. The mall channel just wasn’t the right fit.”

Even before opening the original Brentwood location to critical acclaim and throngs of patrons in November 2014, the owners of Fort Taco had their eyes on multiple locations. The store in the Chesterfield Mall food court, which opened in December 2015, was the second outpost of the popular “puffy taco” spot. It was followed one month later by a combination drive-thru/sit-down

restaurant in Florissant.

The three locations allowed Sedlock and company to experiment with different concepts as they figured out how best to expand their brand into a franchise.

It didn’t take long to realize that the food court model just wasn’t for them.

“Brentwood and Florissant are killing it,” Sedlock explains. “And Chesterfield had a loyal base and really good delivery business.

There was just no foot traffic though. We realized that with the type of fresh food we are doing, a true sit-down restaurant is what we should be offering.”

In that vein, Sedlock is excited that the drive-thru-only Brentwood location will finally be getting a patio early this summer.

“It took a while, because we had to work out zoning issues, but we finally have a spot to serve our customers their food. We originally thought [a drive-thru-only] would be ideal, but we realized we are not a Rally’s model.”

If you’re worried that the Chesterfield closure means there will only be two Fort Tacos in town, rest assured: Sedlock confirms that the restaurant is in the final stages of negotiating a lease for a Fort Taco in St. Charles. Though she cannot reveal the exact address, Sedlock notes that the new spot will have both a drive-thru and a dining room.

“We’re a young company and we are figuring it out,” Sedlock says. “We are starting to realize what our market is, and we just really need both options like the St. Charles and Florissant locations have.” n

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he Stratford Bar & Grill (800 South Highway Drive, Fenton), the sprawling complex instantly familiar to anyone who’s driven south of the city on I-44, closed after last call Saturday.

The Fenton dive was located within the Stratford Inn but was a far cry from your usual hotel bar. With a 6,250-squarefoot interior, a 30-foot stage, foosball, pool and arcade games, plus three sand volleyball courts outside, the place has hosted everything from burlesque to bands to midget wrestling — and boasts serving 10 million drinks since its 1993 opening.

The one consolation to the closure news: Volleyball on-site will continue, according to a rep for the bar (who declined to be interviewed but answered a few questions). Other special events scheduled for the facility will be honored.

In the meantime, if you have an idea for the space and know your way around a restaurant kitchen, there’s a listing on Craigslist with all the details.

And if you thought the bar & grill was huge, think again — there’s also an adjacent 7,200-square-foot ballroom and a 4,500-square-foot banquet room, both included in the lease.

It’s not the only nightlife spot that may soon be available.

Last month, Soulard Supper Club (706 Lafayette Avenue) opened its doors in Soulard, replacing year-old drag bar Woodies Bar & Grill with drag and burlesque shows hosted by entertainment director Charlotte Sumtimes. Just three weeks later, the bar/venue has abruptly closed.

Owner Shain Tooley tells the RFT that middling crowds led him to cut his losses.

“I invested in the Supper Club to try to save Woodies, which was closing the doors,” Tooley wrote Thursday. “We changed the food and format of shows, but the crowds weren’t at all what we thought they would be. So with several thousand dollars lost I needed to pull the plug.”

Tooley is still holding out hope for his other nightclub venture — a plan to reopen the shuttered Complex Nightclub in Midtown under a new name, Spectrum nightclub. However, its future may depend on obtaining a 3 a.m. liquor license. Failing to do that “might be the n kicker on that venue,” he says.

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That’s according to co-owner Billy Thompson, who says a deal is nearly finalized.

“We are getting extraordinarily close and are very excited. Our new location will be even bigger than the last,” Thompson says. Of the new neighborhood, he says, “I think it really fits the bar’s concept itself.”

The move comes after the slushie bar’s liquor license was revoked by a city hearing officer in March, followed by St. Louis City Circuit Court Judge Joan Moriarty granting the bar a stay in early April.

The Soulard location had angered some neighbors, who blamed the bar for drawing trash, crowds and even armed patrons.

(At the city hearing over its license, Trops owners suggested racism might be fueling its critics, as the bar drew a black clientele to a largely white neighborhood.)

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Judge Moriarty’s stay put the license revocation under judicial review, granting Trops enough time to find a new location. In the mean time, the bar and its neighbors have lived side by side in an uneasy truce.

Soulard resident Billy Tomber says that, while some of the problems have subsided in recent months, he’ll be happy to see Trops move away from his neighborhood as it gets warmer.

“I would wish them well in another location,” Tomber says.

“The location was 90 percent of the problem to begin with. It’s a dead-end street and it’s too small for the size of crowd they were attracting.”

Thompson says he believes the Grove will better suit the volume of customers Trops brings to its St. Louis location.

“We never really had any actual issue, it was just volume. The Grove already has volume there,” Thompson says.

Of the Soulard location, he says, “In our opinion, everything had already been running as it should, and we continue to have no problems.”

In April, after Judge Moriarty granted the stay, a press release noted that the owners would be looking for a new location that would be “eager to have Trops.”

The same press release noted that “the purpose of the order is to maintain the status quo, and requires that the owners continue their voluntary efforts to work with neighbors, including closing at midnight, not allowing to-go cocktails and keeping current additional security in place.” n

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Death in the Afternoon is a culinary oasis set in downtown’s idyllic Citygarden. The weekday lunch spot is the brainchild of Adam Frager and TJ Vytlacil of the members-only restaurant and bar Blood & Sand. Death in the Afternoon features impeccably presented soups, salads, sandwiches and snacks. From kimchi and pickled vegetables to housemade pastrami served on a pretzel, the menu offers something for everyone’s palate. The mahi mahi sandwich is spectacular: The fresh grilled fish is so moist it’s as if it were poached. Served with Meyer lemon and dill aioli, pickles and fennel salad, it’s an excellent lunchtime treat. The restaurant’s signature entrée is the tonkotsu ramen, a bowl of mouthwatering pork broth teeming with housemade noodles, mushrooms, pork loin and belly, a soft-boiled egg and garnished with black garlic oil. It’s comfort in a bowl. And lest the kids romping in Citygarden’s fountains have all the fun, Death in the Afternoon serves a rotating selection of cotton candy for dessert. It’s a whimsical end to a perfect meal — a great way to kill an afternoon. $$-$$$

Eat-Rite Diner

622 Chouteau Avenue | 314-621-9621.

“Eat Rite or Don’t Eat At All.” So it says on the coffee cups (and the souvenir T-shirts) at this no-frills 24-hour greasy spoon amid the industrial wasteland between downtown and Soulard. Folks come from miles around to fill up on the breakfast-and-burgers menu: bar-hoppers and club kids finally coming down from their late-night-into-early-morning highs; factory workers and blue-collars getting off graveyard shifts; curious newcomers who’ve heard about the bizarro vibe that pervades these cramped counter-only environs. To call the food at Eat-Rite cheap is an understatement — six burgers (real-size, not White Castle-size) run $4.50.

And many swear by the Eat-Rite’s redoubtable slinger (for the uninitiated, that’d be fried eggs, hash browns and a burger patty, avec chili). $

Maurizio’s Pizza & Pasta Bowl 220 S. Tucker Boulevard | 314-621-1997

Dives usually aren’t this spacious; there are enough tables and chairs set up in Maurizio’s to make it look like a cross between a sports bar and a corporate cafeteria.

Dives also never boast menus this expansive: New Yorkstyle pizzas, strombolis, lasagna, manicotti, rib-eye steak, lemon chicken, pork steak, subs, burgers, salads and — the icing on the cake — tiramisu. And while getting tons of food at cheap prices is great and all, what makes Maurizio’s a don’t-miss is the late-night people-watching. Open till 3 a.m. seven days a week, Maurizio’s is the place to cap off a night of downtown debauchery — and to witness all walks of Lou life in their after-hours glory. $

Tony’s

410 Market Street | 314-231-7007.

In St. Louis, many restaurant discussions begin and end with Tony’s, for very good reason. The Bommarito clan, which owns the restaurant, is positively fanatical about perfection in every aspect of the meal. Entrées are not particularly elaborate but are perfectly balanced. Lobster Albanello is considered something of a signature dish, but nowhere will you find a better veal chop. There is generally something available either on or off the menu to please any mood, including a layering of roasted fresh vegetables for the non-carnivore. Throughout the meal, patriarch Vince Bommarito wanders and schmoozes. $$$$

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1104 Locust Street | 314-241-8118 This charming crêperie brings a little bit of Paris to downtown. Savory crêpes feature both the hearty (“German-style” sausages, bacon, roasted sirloin) and the delicate (brie with roasted apples, egg with Gruyère). Fans of owner Dave Bailey’s Lafayette Square hot spot Baileys’ Chocolate Bar won’t be surprised by the excellent sweet crêpes, from a simple lemon one dusted with sugar to the indulgent “Peanut Butter Cup,” which is even richer than its namesake. The menu also features soups, salads and sandwiches, as well as Serendipity ice cream and Kaldi’s coffee. $ Continued on pg 63

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had Rogers is all confidence as he steps up to the microphone.

Clad in a red plaid shirt, with a thick beard on his chin and a guitar slung over his shoulder, the Bobby Dazzlers singer stands front-and-center on the performance side of Foam on Cherokee Street, the rest of his band poised and ready behind him. Sound check is done — Rogers and bassist Pete Millar chose Blue Oyster Cult’s “Burnin’ for You” to get their levels right, contorting the word “burning” into a CCR “Proud Mary” accent for added effect: “Boynin’, boynin’, boynin’ for you.” The 40 or 50 people filling out the small space have been called to the front with promises of a “high-energy” show. If there was a stage in this venue it would be “set,” as the saying goes.

Rogers surveys the scene and begins to speak.

“Alright, alright,” he begins.

“Our album is called Champion and this song called ‘Champ-’” His voice suddenly cracks as he speaks, while simultaneously he drops his pick. Several friends in the crowd laugh and jeer at the unfortunate, yet somehow perfect, timing.

“Oh. Oh no. Party foul,” Rogers says, bending down to retrieve the pick. Composed once again, he does away with the typical band-banter formalities: “Yo, let’s just play fucking music.”

With that inauspicious start, the Bobby Dazzlers proceed to rip into a tight 30-minute set of garage-rock madness, heavy and catchy at once, with hooks and high tempos and all-around reckless abandon. Rogers is clearly the showman, wild-eyed and animated

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“They say you can never go home again, but I went home again and it’s fucking awesome. It really rules.” and cracking wise throughout the set, but his charisma never outshines the work of his bandmates.

Drummer Jack Stevens keeps the beat steady and propulsive, never slowing down even when a lesser beatkeeper would have grown fatigued. Bassist Millar’s rumbling low end adds to the guitars’ chord progressions rather than simply mimicking them — a reliable mark of a great bassist. Lead guitarist Sean Gartner, quite simply, fucking

shreds.

The May 19 show serves as the release party for the band’s debut EP, the aforementioned Champion.

It was recorded in mid-September

by Ben Majchrzak at St. Louis’ Native Sound studio, just two months after the group’s first show.

But while the band is relatively new, it has considerable pedigree: Over the years its members have played in such local favorites as the Breaks, Speedboats, Arthur & the Librarian, Victoria, the Hibernauts and Dear Vincent. Stevens currently also plays in Union Rags — or “Onion Rangs,” as his Dazzler bandmates joke. Those collected years of experience are evident throughout the rock-solid set, with each player locked in and operating ably as a laser-focused unit.

On the sidewalk outside the venue after the show, the band members trade jokes and stories, ruminating on the differences between this group and their previous output. Still shiny with sweat from the energetic performance, they frequently add to and build upon each other’s thoughts, displaying a palpable camaraderie.

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that we’ve all been in other bands before and there’s been drama. Or not even drama as much as complication, and we were writing really complex songs that are like fighting over certain things,” Rogers explains. “And then with this band it’s just kinda like, I write a song, then Pete writes a song and then we just bring it in, and then it’s basically done.”

“I think this is the least effort any of have put into making good songs,” Gartner adds.

“This band is fucking easy,” Rogers agrees.

It would be folly to interpret that laid-back approach as laziness, though — especially considering the band’s background. Its earliest seeds were planted in high-level neuroscience.

Rogers, who earned his doctorate in psychology at Washington University in St. Louis, had moved to Boston to do post-doc work in neuroscience at Brandeis University. He met Millar in the program.

“I was doing neuroscience research on how aging and hearing loss affect brain function and structure,” Rogers says.

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BOBBY DAZZLERS Continued from pg 65 “I was in a different lab that also studied old people, but it was more just memory. Studied how memory declines in old age, and Alzheimer’s disease,” Millar says.

When it came time for his own doctorate, Millar was choosing between Wash. U and UCLA. Rogers put his thumb on the scale for St. Louis: “I said, ‘Go to Wash. U, ‘cause it’s way better because of the people who you’re working with, but we’d also be able to play in a band together,’” Rogers laughs. “I think that gave it the extra kick.”

The two musicians both moved to St. Louis in the fall of 2014, and

by January 2015 they were already practicing with Stevens, Rogers’ previous bandmate in the Hibernauts. Gartner joined a month later, and the band started rehearsing at his house in Dogtown, equipped with a foosball table on the porch and a “dumbass cat that will just lay in the middle of the street and attract cars.”

For Rogers it was a homecoming in more ways than one.

“When I used to play in Dear Vincent, all the Dear Vincent guys lived in that house,” he says. “And then I moved to Boston and they all moved out, and then Sean took that house over and it ended up becoming the Bobby Dazzlers’ house. So they say you can never go home again, but I went home again and it’s fucking awesome. It really rules.”

As for future plans, the band already has a second EP, Crusher.

Recorded in the same sessions as Champion, it’s lined up for a July 22 release at Blank Space.

“Champion is definitely the poppier one; it definitely has more of a pop influence,” Rogers says. “And then Crusher is gonna be like the heavier tracks that we played tonight.”

Asked about the ongoing local garage rock boom, in which the Bobby Dazzlers plays a significant part — the band was recently nominated for an RFT Music Award as Best Garage Rock band, alongside the Brainstems, Kenshiro’s, Shitstorm and Tiger Rider — Rogers is concise.

“It fucking sounds raw and awesome. Don’t even fucking think about it; just fucking love it, dance to it and have a good time,” he says. “We’re just here to have a party. I mean, this is my therapy.

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hen Webster Groves native Mikey Wehling left St. Louis to study music at North Texas University in Denton, his education didn’t come just from the faculty. While the guitarist does recall “being beat down mercilessly by people who knew a whole lot more than me” as part of his formation, it was the record collections shared and dissected by his classmates that offered an alternate pathway to musical wisdom.

“You could go to somebody’s room and listen to Albert Ayler or you could go to somebody’s room and listen to Autechre,” says Wehling. “I had never heard of Aphex Twin.”

Over rainy-afternoon drinks at the Tick Tock Tavern in Tower Grove East, the 35-year-old Wehling talks about his experiences and influences as he discusses Vandeventer, his new trio, which just released its debut EP Trainyards and Graveyards. After leaving Denton and returning to St. Louis, Wehling was part of the six-headed jam/fusion hydra Messy Jiverson, a group whose reach extended well beyond the tiedyed, noodle-dancing scene normally associated with instrumental, exploratory acts.

After that band’s dissolution, Wehling formed the Reverbs in 2011, which initially released quick-hit instrumental grooves but gradually expanded to encompass fully fleshed-out songs that leaned heavily on jazz-rock smoothness and Wehling’s own high tenor vocals. The Reverbs’ final album, Looking for an Echo, paved the way for Vandeventer’s formation.

“With the Looking for an Echo record I wanted to go back to a band feel and pay homage to those ’70s records that I was a big fan of — Steely Dan and Grateful Dead and that stuff,” says Wehling. “It feels like this record is a nice combination of the funky, Donald Byrd vibe of Messy [Jiverson] with that Reverbs influence of Steely Dan and Fleetwood Mac. I was able for the first time to put all that stuff under one canopy. It all makes sense to me, at least.”

The core trio finds Wehling on guitar and occasional vocals, Mike Schurk on drums, and Nate Carpenter on bass. Carpenter and Wehling first played together in Messy Jiverson, though with Carpenter handling organ and synth duties. This EP marks his first time instead handing bass detail on a recording, a move that happens to include a bittersweet passing of the torch.

“Unfortunately he lost his father about two years ago, and he had been a bass player,” says Wehling of Carpenter. “He let me know that his dad had left him his bass, and he said, ‘Hell yeah, I’m down.’ He used his dad’s bass and we started playing some songs.”

On Trainyards, Vandeventer picks up where the Reverbs left off, with a mix of groove-based instrumentals that reference various strands of classic rock tradition and a few vocally driven songs that show-

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Vandeventer. | COURTESY OF THE BAND case Wehling’s impressionistic lyrics alongside tight musicianship. Wehling takes “Paints and Paper” as an example of the band’s various influences — from his jazz-conservatory training to his diverse record collection.

“It started with a poor-man’s homage to Nigerian stuff at the top, as far as a white-guy south city vibe with that, and then we ended up with this middle section that kind of has a Mahavishnu [Orchestra] vibe to it,” explains Wehling. “That last section to us sounded like a lot of ’70s rock & roll, like a KSHE Klassic, and in particular that section reminded me of Nate’s dad and the kind of blues vibe. I think it’s a pretty good summation of where I’ve gone and been as a guitar player.”

So how did Vandeventer, a relatively short south city surface road with dubious pronunciation, come to inspire this trio?

“It started when a friend and I went to see Sleater-Kinney,” he says. “I hadn’t listened to them since I lived in Portland and we used to gig in Olympia a lot, and the exit for Evergreen State is Sleater-Kinney. I told my friend it’s just the name of the exit for the college — she had no idea. I said it would be like naming your band ‘Vandeventer’ or something. And that was it.”

“Outside of St. Louis you wouldn’t have any idea what that word meant,” Wehling continues, “and here it’s kind of a ‘so St. Louis’ vibe.”

If the band name acts as a kind of shibboleth, some of the song titles are similarly referential, from the “Life During Wartime”-like vibe of opening track “Southside” to the sticky, hard-plucking stoner funk of “The Arena” — named, presumably, for the old barn on Oakland Avenue that hosted no shortage of Blues games and hard rock concerts. Wehling was inspired to title the song and album “Trainyards and Graveyards” after his weekly trips to Lemay’s Nottleman Music, where he teaches lessons. He recalls feeling hemmed in by one or the other as he drove up Lemay Ferry from his south city abode.

“It’s life on the south side,” says Wehling of the album’s title. “You are either moving forward or backward, or you aren’t going anywhere.”

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alongside Tech. Appropriately dubbed the “Independent Powerhouse” tour, the outing includes Strange Music labelmates Ces Cru, Stevie Stone, Mayday, Rittz and Krizz Kaliko.

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trans and he’s a psychopath.”

Mike’s Hard Lemonade

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Block Mike’s number, block his email address, block him on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, LinkedIn, Periscope, Kik, FuckStick, WhatsApp, CumDump, etc., etc., etc., ad infinitum.

And stop talking about Mike — don’t discuss him with random coworkers, casual acquaintances or friends. If you absolutely, positively must discuss him with someone — a true intimate with a right to your relationship history, who needs to be sensitive to the abuse you suffered — you can be a good ally to other trans people (not your abusive trans ex) by carefully using nouns and descriptors in place of your asshole ex’s preferred pronouns. So instead of “I met him when I was still a teenager,” you say, “I met the abusive piece of shit when I was still a teenager.”

Instead of “It took me eight long years to get away from him,” you say, “It took me eight long years to get away from that asshole psychopath.”

What I’m gonna say next will get me slammed on Twitter (heavens), MHL, but I’ve learned not to read my @s, so here we go…

If using male pronouns when referring to your ex is gonna complicate your life — really complicate it — if the “transitioned later” part

Hey, Dan: I am a 40-year-old woman; I came out when I was 16.

When I was 17, I met M and we dated for eight years. M was a horrible human being — emotionally and occasionally physically abusive. M still sends me the occasional (creepy) email, wishing me a happy birthday or giving me updates on people I don’t really recall. I don’t respond. A few years back, I got an email saying that M was now “Mike.” I think it’s important to use the pronouns people want you to use for them. But Mike wasn’t Mike when he was in my life. Changing his pronoun when describing him feels like I’m changing my identity — my first real long-term relationship was with someone I thought was a woman. Mike caused a lot of damage in my life — does he get to fuck up (or complicate) my identity, too? It’s not like the subject of Mike comes up daily. When it does, I feel like a liar if I use “she,” using “he” makes me feel like I’m lying about myself, and stopping to explain everything derails the conversation.

And it’s not like I’m being a great trans ally when a conversation gets sidelined by something like: “Well, random coworker whose only trans reference is Caitlyn Jenner, my ex is

is likely to get dropped during a game of interoffice telephone, if the qualifier about your ex having identified as a woman while you were together is likely to get dropped too, and if either of those drops could lead coworkers or casual acquaintances to assume something about you that isn’t true, i.e., that you’re into dudes and therefore gettable by dudes, and if that erroneous assumption could result in your having to deflect awkward and/or unpleasant advances from confused males, or if having your status as a Gold Star Lesbian questioned could induce orientational dysphoria … I don’t see the nontheoretical harm in you — and only you — misgendering Mike on the rare occasion when a convo about him can’t be avoided. You don’t live near him, no one you know knows him and the misgendering is unlikely to get back to him. The adage “no harm, no foul” applies here.

But it would be simpler, easier, and ally-ier if you sidestepped the issue by not speaking to anyone about your asshole ex ever again.

Hey, Dan: I am a fortysomething bi woman happily married to a newly transitioned 50ish trans woman.

I have a history of putting myself about a bit (safely) before our relationship, but we have been monogamous since we met (except

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for a disastrous threesome). My wife hasn’t put herself about and has slept with only myself and one other to whom she was also married — and that threesome. She understands that I have a high libido and mostly she doesn’t. Our sex life is loving and good mostly, but I do want more. There have been discussions on opening up our relationship — but essentially, I want to and she is resistant. I want to do this with transparency and with men (mostly), but I don’t feel this is realistic emotionally for her given some conflict we’ve had over this issue. Is cheating the only answer here?

Never Overly Terrified I can see how it might be emotionally tricky for a recently transitioned trans woman — that would be your wife — to cheerfully sign off on her second wife sleeping with men (mostly) and with transparency (ethically). But if you absolutely, positively can’t commit to sleeping with only her for the rest of your life, NOT, and you can’t get her permission to sleep with others… then, yes, there’s cheating.

There’s also fantasy, masturbation, repression, sublimation, self-sacrifice — and divorce.

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