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Police Sgt. Brian Rossomanno is on the streets when things get ugly. Protesters say that’s no coincidence

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Riot King

Police Sgt. Brian Rossomanno is on the streets when things get ugly. Protesters say that’s no coincidence Written by

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Killed in a SWAT raid, Isaiah Hammett is remembered by his family — and the community that’s embraced them

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On October 3, protesters blocked I-64 to traffic for nearly 30 minutes. After the group exited the highway, 143 people were arrested. | KELLY GLUECK

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tate Representative Nick Schroer (R-O’Fallon) plans to introduce legislation mandating harsher penalties when protesters block the highway — something Schroer’s very own colleague, state Representative Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis), was arrested for last week.

After protesters blocked I-64/40 for more than half an hour on October 3, police arrested 143 people, including Franks.

“We knew it was a high possibility that we would get arrested,” Franks said upon his release Wednesday.

“We tried to organize around mak-

ing it as safe as possible and not get arrested, but we know that’s always a possibility. And whenever we talk about going onto the highway, I mean — that risk goes all the way up.”

The protesters were charged with “trespassing,” a municipal charge.

“Nobody has a First Amendment right to block traffic,” Schroer says.

“This isn’t a protected constitutional right.”

Schroer announced on October 4 that he plans to introduce legislation in 2018 that will increase the criminal penalty for people who intentionally impede traffic on roadways, highways or interstates without a permit.

“Whether I agree or not, I will protect everybody’s constitutional rights all day long,” Schroer says.

“When you are presenting a clear and present danger in society, that is not a First Amendment protection.”

Schroer tells the RFT that he is still looking at what the harsher penalty should be. He says he is considering making it a felony or charging a fine — and that he wants to include mandatory community service hours.

Currently, it is a misdemeanor to intentionally impede traffic. In March, the Missouri House of Representatives shot down a bill that would have made intentionally

impeding traffic on an interstate a felony.

Schroer isn’t the only St. Louis-area politician responding to recent events in St. Louis with a legislative proposal. Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is asking the city for $1.3 million for an independent team to investigate all police shootings in St. Louis. In addition, Alderwoman Megan Green of the city’s 15th ward wants clearer protections for protesters’ First Amendment rights.

“I think that the police response that we have seen to protest — tear gassing people, the macing of people with hands tied behind their back — are all intimidation techniques to keep people from exercising their First Amendment rights,” Green says.

Green is sponsoring Board Bill 134 — a bill intended to set clear guidelines for police conduct during protests, repeal an “unlawful assembly” ordinance and protect First Amendment rights.

“Basically it sets out clear guidelines,” Green says. “Our current unlawful assembly ordinance is vague.

It’s difficult to infer what it is trying to say at all. We need guidelines that succinctly say, ‘We are only using things like tear gas if there is an imminent threat.’” n riverfronttimes.com

our months ago, Isaiah Hammett was killed by St. Louis police officers, who’d stormed his family’s south city home in a SWAT raid.

On Saturday, his family finally laid him to rest, saying the 21-year-old was a hero. They believe he saved the life of his disabled grandfather, Daniel Torres, who was also in the house during the raid. Torres, they say, avoided being shot only because his grandson came to his bed even after being mortally wounded and pulled him to the floor.

“I know my son’s a hero,” said Hammett’s mother, Gina Torres. “I just wish I didn’t have to lose him so soon.”

The family was joined by a large contingent of the protesters who have taken to the streets in the city in recent weeks. The more than 300 mourners who filed the McClendon Mortuary in north county included state Representative Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis), Pastor Cori Bush and the Reverend Darryl Gray, who all gave remarks tying Hammett’s death to the larger movement.

The speakers noted that Gina Torres has become a regular presence at the protests, which were catalyzed by the September 15 acquittal of former St. Louis officer Jason Stockley, who was charged with first-degree murder after shooting a drug suspect named Anthony Lamar Smith.

Even as the protesters have focused on the idea that Black Lives Matter, they have found common ground with a family left reeling from a police shooting, even though the young man shot was not himself black.

“Ever since this tragedy happened and we took to the streets, Isaiah’s mother and brother took to the streets with us,” Franks says. “We see Isa-

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iah was loved. And he will always be our brother.”

To Torres, Franks vowed, “We are going to fight for you and fight for justice for Isaiah.”

Said Bush, “We need more folks to pay attention to this. If we stay in their faces, this can’t continue to happen. We allowed it to happen because we were complacent. But no more. Every person in this room is challenged to make sure it won’t happen again.”

Many mourners wore buttons saying “Justice for Isaiah Hammett” or T-shirts bearing his name and face.

The speakers alternated between messages seeking justice and fond remembrances of the young man they knew, including a statement from Hammett’s father, read aloud by his uncle Jeremiah Hammett.

His father remembered Isaiah as a Boy Scout winning the boxcar derby and delighting in video games.

“I can’t think of a better way to go out than by taking care of your family,” Jeremiah Hammett said in his own remarks. “And that’s what he was doing.”

Police have said that they were executing a search warrant on the family’s home because they suspected Hammett was selling guns and drugs. But the family has said any guns in the home were legal — and note that even the police have said only that they found a “quantity of marijuana” after the deadly raid, with an amount they have never specified.

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“I can’t think of a better way to go out than by taking care of your family.

And that’s what he was doing.” claims that Hammett had surveillance cameras and surely saw them coming, the cameras hadn’t worked in years. And while the police department claims Hammett fired on them, the family says their investigation has shown the only bullet holes came from outside the house. They are calling for an independent investigation into the circumstances of Hammett’s death.

The sole survivor of the raid targeting Hammett’s home, his grandfather, was not there for Saturday’s service.

“My dad couldn’t even be here today because it was too hard for him to say goodbye,” Gina Torres said through tears.

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RIOT KING POLICE SGT. BRIAN ROSSOMANNO IS ON THE STREETS WHEN THINGS GET UGLY. PROTESTERS SAY THAT’S NO COINCIDENCE

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Sgt. Brian Rossomanno speaks into his radio as protesters ‘kettle’ him on Sept. 28 in downtown St. Louis. | DOYLE MURPHY

t. Louis police Sergeant Brian Rossomanno is known as an expert tactician, but tonight he has been outflanked. The cop nicknamed “Riot King” is surrounded — kettled, you might say — by a group of protesters bearing down on his SUV. “Who do you protect?” the protesters shout in unison. “Who do you serve?”

It is just after dark, about 8 p.m. on September 28. Rossomanno, a linebacker-sized SWAT leader and former Marine, is parked about twenty yards short of the Tucker Boulevard intersection where, eleven days ago, he helped corral and arrest 123 people, including protesters, journalists and neighborhood residents. Officers were recorded on video filmed by livestreamer Rebelutionary Z as they manhandled people who had already surrendered, pepper sprayed people on their knees.

“It’s going to be like this every night,” witnesses say Rossomanno warned that night.

State Representative Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis) has just watched video of the arrests, and he is upset.

“When they did what they did, they called it ‘kettling,’” Franks says over a bullhorn. “They said they ‘kettled’ them.”

The kinetic 33-year-old lawmaker has been on the front lines of the protests every day since September 15, when a white ex-St. Louis cop named Jason Stockley was found not guilty of murdering Anthony Lamar Smith, a black 24-year-old whom he suspected of making a parking-lot drug deal.

With images of the kettle fresh in his head, Franks thinks it is time for

Rossomanno to understand what it is like to be surrounded, penned in with no escape route. By the time he and several dozen marchers swarm to the front and sides of the sergeant’s whiteand-blue Chevrolet Tahoe, a second, smaller band of protesters has already fanned across the street behind the vehicle, blocking it in. For the next twelve minutes or so, the crowd is in the officer’s face, shouting at him from all sides. A woman holds a sign in front of his windshield that says “My Son Matters” above a “Black Lives Matter” hashtag.

Rossomanno has a long face and bags under his eyes that give him the melancholy expression of a cartoon hound dog. As he sits in the SUV, he alternates between speaking into his radio and holding up his phone to film the protesters.

“Fire Rossomanno!” the crowd shouts. “Fire Rossomanno!”

Riot King holds the loudspeaker mic in front of his mouth and begins what has become a familiar refrain: “This is an unlawful assembly. This is an order to disperse.” He warns that those who linger are subject to arrest. He threatens to deploy “chemical munitions.”

This is a big part of how Rossomanno earned his nickname. The frequent threats. The reminders that arrests, pepper spray or worse are subject to his whims. The protesters do not call him Riot King because he responds to riots; it is because, they say, he brings the riot.

He seems to have embraced the image. On the Facebook page for his side business, a company that provides security details and training, the caption below a picture of him included the hashtags #riotking and #protestseason. The post was only removed after livestreamer Heather De Mian, who had taken the photo, complained on Twitter about him pilfering her work.

And yet what galls many protesters about Rossomanno isn’t just that he’s mercurial; it’s that he simply isn’t effective. Not only is he prone to inflame tempers on the street, they say, but his aggression actually fuels further action.

Take tonight, for example. Other supervisors assigned to monitor the neardaily marches have mostly avoided riverfronttimes.com

these situations simply by putting their vehicles in reverse and driving up the street a bit. As long as the demonstrations are non-violent, as tonight’s has been, the idea is to maintain enough distance to avoid needless confrontations. Rossomanno, however, remained defiantly in the middle of the street as the crowd approached. Now it is too late to drive away. He sits cocooned behind the wheel, working his radio and awaiting backup.

Sgt. Randy Jemerson is among the first to arrive. A stoic professional, he joined the department in November 1997 as part of the same class as Rossomanno and is also a SWAT leader and tactics instructor. But where protesters have come to see his counterpart as temperamental and vindictive, Jemerson is respected as a calming influence.

He starts by working his way to the driver’s side window of the Tahoe, making himself a human barrier between the crowd and Rossomanno while he quietly explains to protesters that they have put him in a bad position by surrounding a police vehicle.

But as Jemerson works to de-escalate, there is a new antagonism from the east. A line of riot police with shields, helmets and batons starts to march across Tucker toward the demonstrators. The helmeted troops step in unison, chanting “move back, move back,” until they reach the mouth of Washington and stop. The crowd leaves the Tahoe and goes to meet them, freeing the cop from the kettle.

But Rossomanno is not the type to make a graceful retreat. Now that he’s no longer boxed in, he opens his car door and calls out to Franks.

“Mr. Franks, you’re wanted for assault on a law enforcement officer,” he says.

Franks is in disbelief. Assault on a law enforcement officer? When?

Where?

“You hit me on the arm,” Rossomanno says. “We’ve got it on tape.”

The accusation touches off another flurry of shouting. Franks angrily denies assaulting anyone. He yells at the highest-ranking officer on the scene, Major John Hayden, to get control of his sergeant. After more shouting, the focus shifts back to the front line, where protest organizers Continued on pg 14

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RIOT KING Continued from pg 13 are ushering demonstrators onto the sidewalk even as they demand the riot police retreat across the intersection.

A force of at least two dozen St. Louis County police officers has arrived, dressed in helmets and heavy tactical gear. A few carry the bright orange “less lethal” shotguns capable of firing bean bag rounds. Some protesters worry that police are setting the stage for yet another kettle.

Rossomanno, now with a small army surrounding him, chats with an elderly woman at the edge of the street. He has apparently abandoned the assault claim against Franks and is telling the woman just how lenient he has been.

“Right now, we have every legal right to start snatching people,” he says.

The woman is hoping for peace.

No protester has thrown anything or broken any windows. Really, all they did was circle his Tahoe and yell at him.

“If you surround a police car and starting banging on it, that’s going to elicit a response,” Rossomanno says.

Jemerson has continued to work back and forth between the crowds and the police line. Eventually, with protesters on the sidewalk, the riot police retreat back across the intersection, draining the tension as they go. The crowd goes the other way. They chant “united we stand, united we fall,” and march past the county cops still holding those orange shotguns.

The mood is bright as they turn left and downtown opens up. Soon a new chant begins: “Fuck Rossomanno! Fuck Rossomanno!”

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ergeant Brian Rossomanno is not a rogue cop.

That would imply he is out of step with the direction of the department’s leadership, and that is surely not the case. In fact, the 45-year-old is not only the most prominent face for police on the front lines of the demonstrations, he is the instructor who teaches other St. Louis officers tactics for crowd control. It is his specialty, and he is a student of the genre.

When the Republican National Convention came to Cleveland last year, the police department sent Rossomanno and a team of officers to pow wow with other riot cops who had come from around the country to learn and share tips. It was from that trip that St. Louis police got the idea to use bike cops at protests. Now, the speedy, wheeled fleet is a regular part of the city’s response.

“Sgt. Rossomanno is the department’s most qualified team coordinator and plays an integral role in civil disobedience training,” police spokeswoman Schron Jackson says in an email.

His influence is such that even when he is not in the street, you can see his fingerprints on the work of his pupils — lines of Riot Princes rattling cans of pepper spray.

Rossomanno’s role has only grown under Lt. Colonel Lawrence O’Toole. The interim chief is the former commander of the department’s mobile reserve and SWAT units and is known as an old-school cop who came of age in a less-diplomatic era of American policing. The department’s overall response to protests is his decision.

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A total of 143 people were arrested on October 3 after they blocked a section of Interstate 64/40. | DOYLE MURPHY patrolmen out in regular uniforms? Or is this a situation for helmets and batons?

So far, O’Toole has leaned unapologetically on the riot police, with Rossomanno as the tip of the spear. That’s an unsettling thought to protesters who first encountered the sergeant three years ago during the Ferguson protests.

“Often times, you can figure out what’s going to happen that night by how angry he is, which is pretty frightening,” says Keith Rose, a seasoned protester.

Rose and others originally started calling Rossomanno “Riot King” because tensions escalated whenever he arrived on the scene.

Also, he wore no identification, and they didn’t know his name back then. Rose says he has since tried to cultivate a working relationship of sorts with Rossomanno, solely as a way to sense his mood and gauge the danger level that night. Some days, they have cordial conversations. Others, Rose advises people to watch out.

“He’s the one you look at if you want to know what’s going to happen next,” Rose says.

Cheyenne Green, one of the protests’ core organizers, says she can tell the difference between a night when Sgt. Jemerson is in charge versus Rossomanno.

“When Jemerson is out, there is more leeway,” she says. “When Rossomanno is out, there is more police aggression, more police

presence, and there is animosity in the air.”

O’Toole has rotated higher-ranking commanders in and out of the protests, but Rossomano has been a regular presence since the first day. He was involved on the night of the mass arrests (the department denies using a kettle tactic) at Washington and Tucker, when officers swept up everyone on the street, including St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Mike Faulk.

Hours later, O’Toole bragged in a news conference that police had “owned the night” and praised officers for doing “outstanding work.”

The actions of police that night are now the subject of two lawsuits, including a class action suit filed by the ACLU alleging that officers beat people, erased videos from their phones and ripped off their goggles so they could be pepper sprayed directly in the eyes.

A documentary filmmaker from Kansas City claims he was knocked unconscious and officers tried to smash his camera. At the end of the night, a chorus of police officers chanted “Whose streets? Our streets,” witnesses said.

Mayor Lyda Krewson, who stood at O’Toole’s side during the resulting news conference, has since said she disapproves of the “police owned the night” comment. She and the interim chief eventually issued a joint statement promising an investigation into the allegations.

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he meeting at Schnucks was a decoy.

Organizers had announced a 6 p.m. meet-up on October 3 for the night’s demonstration, but this turned out to be only the jumping-off point.

After a brief huddle in the parking lot of the grocery chain’s Lindell Boulevard store, the protesters who were willing to risk arrest loaded up three, four, five to a car and started driving west.

Now, more than 100 people are on foot in the middle of Interstate 64/40, marching east. They walk in the glow of headlights under Compton Avenue. City police officers and crowds of curious onlookers have gathered along the overpass to watch the procession from above and snap photos. A line of more than a dozen St. Louis County police cars trails the group, but there is little to do but roll along and wait.

For weeks, keeping protesters off the highways has been a top priority for police. Officers and state troopers have repeatedly massed at on-ramps any time they have spotted marchers headed that way. But tonight, they have been out-maneuvered. Carloads of protesters drove onto I-64 and then stopped to unload passengers directly onto the asphalt. The transport vehicles then formed a rolling barrier to protect the marchers from regular traffic.

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and march forward as photographers hurry into position to capture the scene.

When the group finally exits at Jefferson Avenue, they turn north and slide over to the sidewalk. Police are waiting. Riot cops form a line across Jefferson while bike officers pedal around Clark Avenue to sweep in from behind. Finally off the highway, the county cops cut off traffic on Jefferson and surge toward Market Street to join the operation. Protesters are surrounded and ordered to “sit down!” on the sidewalk and curb.

Officers move in with plastic zip ties to bind their wrists. Franks posts a message on Twitter: “We getting locked up!”

Protesters who were not on the highway or who had peeled off before the arrests have begun to gather at Jefferson and Market, but they are kept back by police. Rossomanno strolls along next to the newcomers.

One shouts that police never gave anyone a dispersal order, and the sergeant says that’s true: “We’re under no obligation to give a dispersal order.”

A woman asks, “Why did you arrest them then?”

Rossomanno replies, “If you’ve got a burglar trapped in a house, you don’t give them a dispersal order.”

Vans roll in, and officers begin loading up their prisoners in bunches.

There are 143 in total. The group includes pastors and multiple journalists. It is a diverse crowd. Young black men from the city are being locked up along with middle-aged white women from University City, Clayton and Webster Groves. Several are being arrested for the second time since the protests began. All are charged with trespassing.

They call out their names and birth dates to people beyond the police line who will work on finding lawyers and raising bail if need be. A few ask friends to tell their spouses what has happened or inform bosses they will be late for work in the morning. The prisoners seem generally upbeat, still riding high on the success of their caper.

“Show me what a family looks like,” chants one. “This is what a family looks like.”

Police are similarly in a good mood. A bike cop gives a photographer a thumbs up, and Rossomanno grins and shakes hands with a county police officer dressed like a paratrooper.

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RIOT KING Continued from pg 15 all. A contingent of lawyers off to the side work their cell phones and wait to be allowed in. A jail supervisor in a white shirt steps outside and taps his hand against his leg to the rhythm of the chants: “If we don’t get it, shut it down!”

A few die-hards sleep there all night, and reinforcements arrive in the morning with coffee. Franks emerges from lockup a little before 2 p.m., wearing a Superman T-shirt.

“One of the arresting officers made a comment, said, ‘I bet this will teach y’all about protesting,’” he says. “I said, ‘If that’s what you gathered out of this, you need to go back to the drawing board.’”

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t. Louis city police had made 306 arrests in the ongoing protests as of Monday.

Although cops have reported violence, including an officer whose jaw was dislocated by a thrown piece of brick, the vast majority have been for people walking or standing in places police told them to leave. This does not count the 22 people tackled and hauled out of the St. Louis Galleria in Richmond Heights. It does include the Rev. Darryl Gray, twice.

He was knocked to the ground on September 29 outside Busch Stadium and charged with interfering. He says police turned on him when he stepped between them and a female pastor whom they were shoving out of the roadway. This set off a chain reaction. Another man was hit with a taser and arrested when he started to come to Gray’s side. Democratic Committeeman Rasheen Aldridge says he was pepper sprayed in the face when he asked what was going on.

Livestreamer Heather De Mian, who has covered protests for years, was pepper sprayed from the side as she filmed the chaos from her wheelchair.

“They seem to be threatened by women in wheelchairs with cameras,” De Mian deadpans later.

The incidents have continued to pile up, angering new groups of people each time. Critics say the clashes are examples of a needlessly aggressive, militarized police force.

Those who see Rossomanno as part of that culture point to his side business training law enforcement, security officers and even the military for nightmare scenarios such as active shooters. He is the co-founder of a company called 0311 Tactical Solutions and lists corporate clients

such as A-B InBev and the St. Louis Cardinals. “0311” is Marine code for a rifleman, and the company website is filled with pictures of warriors in training: helmeted tactical teams with guns drawn, a security detail with black boxes hiding their faces.

“Too much is stake in this world of ever increasing violent incidents,” warns 0311. “One casualty is too many.”

The site previously included the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department as a client, although the company noted it didn’t have a contract.

Those references were removed after Post-Dispatch reporter Jeremy Kohler began questioning possible conflicts of interest. Schron Jackson, the city police spokeswoman, tells the Riverfront Times that 0311 Tactical has no affiliation with the department, although multiple officers work second jobs with the company.

Reached by email, Rossomanno says he will agree to an interview if his bosses at the department clear it.

But the police spokeswoman says he will not be available.

A few of the questions sent to his 0311 Tactical email were later answered from a general company email and attributed to 0311 Tactical’s management.

The company tries to instill a warrior or combat mindset in its instruction, but only for specific purposes, such as active shooter training, the email says.

“In that very narrow and specific discipline, we do advocate a particular mindset for those going towards the gunfire during a mass shooting incident,” it says. “It is a mindset that is not appropriate for nor is it applicable to all police functions, such as patrol or conflict resolution, and we never claimed it to be.”

The company declines to say how many St. Louis police officers it employs. The founding papers filed with the Missouri Secretary of State name Rossomanno and police Captain Michael Deeba, a controversial supervisor who was implicated in a costly retaliation case and disciplined when officers under his command were caught helping themselves to World Series tickets seized from scalpers.

A tweet from 2015 shows Rossomanno posing with a client and others identified as 0311 instructors.

One of the men is former St. Louis police officer Jason Flanery, who fatally shot VonDerrit Myers Jr. in 2014 in the Shaw neighborhood and was later forced out of the department when he crashed a police SUV after drinking and using cocaine.

A cached version of the company

“TOO MUCH IS STAKE IN THIS WORLD OF EVER INCREASING VIOLENT INCIDENTS. ONE CASUALTY IS TOO MANY.”

Sgt. Rossomanno (shown on November 30, 2014) first landed on protesters’ radar following the death of Michael Brown. | DANNY WICENTOWSKI website lists officer Joshua Becherer, who was sued along with Rossomanno and other officers by journalists who were arrested several years ago in Ferguson. The out-of-town reporters claimed they were trying to get back to their car when they were intercepted by police in armored vehicles. The officers motioned them to come forward. When they did, holding their press credentials above their heads, Becherer shot them both with what they believed to be rubber bullets, according to the suit. Rossomanno was supervising, the journalists claimed. The city eventually settled the suit.

Asked about the suit, 0311’s management says, “We encourage you to research the lawsuit you mention more thoroughly before making that part of your article. Mr. Becherer and Mr. Rossomanno were never even deposed in that case.”

Ex-city cop Ronnie Fowlkes was also listed in early versions of 0311’s website. Fowlkes became a notorious figure when he sent a racist email to 23 people, including retired city cops and at least a half-dozen current ones, after Barack Obama was elected in 2008.

“I can’t believe I live in a country full of NIGGER LOVERS,” he wrote.

Chris King of the St. Louis American, who obtained the email and broke the story in 2008, counted 31 exclamation points at the end.

The email was exposed after a black officer, who was apparently included by accident, read the email and called Fowlkes out.

Heather Taylor, president of the union that represents black St. Louis police officers, points to the scandal as symptomatic of a cultural problem within the department.

“Everyone that was on that email should have chastised him and immediately put him in his place,” she says. “And the only one who did was the African-American officer.”

In June, a white officer shot an off-duty black officer, apparently mistaking him for a fleeing car thief.

The white officer claimed he fired “fearing for his safety,” even though two other officers were on scene had already identified the black officer as their colleague. Taylor, a sergeant who works homicides and juvenile crimes, also mentions the mass arrests from Washington and Tucker.

Among those bloodied by riot police was a black undercover officer who was embedded with protesters — a stunning detail first revealed by the Post-Dispatch.

Given the problems within the department, Taylor is not surprised to hear stories of police abuse coming out of the protests.

“Did anyone expect anything different?” she asks.

Rossomanno was one of the police officers who received Fowlkes’ email after Obama’s election.

“This issue has come up before and we have then, and currently do now, condemn the 2008 email in the strongest of terms,” 0311 tells the RFT. “The media has in the past chosen to ignore that. Mr. Fowlkes does not work for 0311.”

The company does not respond to follow-up questions — including why 0311, which was founded in 2010, would have ever been affiliated with Fowlkes after his email.

The last thing 0311 says is this: “We assist organizations in preparing for the worst case scenario. In light of recent events, the need for such preparation speaks for itself.”

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police helicopter hovers overhead as protesters bunch up in the parking lot of another Schnucks, this one in the Hampton Village Plaza in south city.

The headquarters of the St. Louis Police Officers Association are a quarter-mile to the north, but the demonstrators take a meandering route to get there.

“We do have some folks out here who don’t necessarily agree with us, but that’s alright,” Franks says as they head across Hampton Avenue toward the Target.

About a dozen counter protesters stand on the corner, some of them calling “blue lives matter” and “all lives matter.” They wave flags in support of police — a version of the American flag in white and black with a blue line for one of the bars.

Shouting ensues, and a pair of patrolmen in fluorescent traffic vests slide in to keep a little barrier between the groups. But it is short-lived, and no one seems too mad.

There are signs protesters are out-dueling police in the battle for hearts and minds. A recent poll showed roughly equal disapproval rates for the tactics of both groups, and 62 percent agreed that protesters had “legitimate concerns that need to be addressed.” Support for a sales tax measure to increase officer pay has fallen to 52 percent from 60 in August, before demonstrations began.

The protesters march through the Target parking lot and then out into the intersection of Chippewa and Hampton, where they spread out to block the intersection on all four sides. There is minor drama for a few moments when a motorcyclist in a Patriot Guard vest tries to nose his riverfronttimes.com

way through the line. He eventually pushes through, and they let him go.

The “Ride with Respect” patch on his back disappears from sight as the lines close up again.

There is potential for conflict when they move up the street to the union hall. Jeff Roorda, the union’s business manager, has spent recent years serving as something like the id for the angry cop. He wore a Darren Wilson bracelet after Michael Brown was killed. He wrote “THIS BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS, MR. PRESIDENT” above a picture of two bloody hands after five police officers were killed in Dallas during the Obama presidency. And when the union picked a fight with business owners who signed a letter in support of protesters, more than a few suspected it was yet another Roorda classic.

“We know he’s a racist, and I don’t mean sorta,” calls out one of the protesters. “Y’all gotta fire that pig Jeff Roorda!”

Nobody comes out of the union hall. The protesters go unchallenged as they speak, and eventually move back toward Schnucks. It is a pleasant night. A group of school kids have joined the crowd. A little girl rides on her father’s shoulders. Some officers watch from a distance, but they’re all in short-sleeve uniforms. Captain Angela Coonce of south city’s Second District walks the street. There’s not a shield or a helmet in sight.

The next morning, Franks dissects the police response to protests while he eats a late breakfast at Chris’ at the Docket. He respects Coonce, because she does not act like he is the enemy.

O’Toole, with his “police owned the night” approach, is an example of the culture problem at the head of the department, he says. Then you have a sergeant like Rossomanno lining up his men in full riot gear, blasting people with pepper spray.

“Take off the riot gear,” he says.

“Why are you in riot gear? What are you coming to protect, and who are you at war with?”

Change is coming, he says. He has begun to feel it as he moves across the region. When he visits his mom at work in Webster Groves, middle-aged white women give him hugs and ask how they can help. Older white men see him in the county and tell him to keep fighting.

“We not going to be deterred, and we not going to let anybody paint a narrative for us,” he says. “You know, if folks can’t look at this diverse of a group, this diversity that’s out here, and see that change is going to come, and we’re not going to allow anything but change, effective change, then they’re sadly mistaken.” n

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THURSDAY 10/12 Evil Dead: The Musical Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead series of films is a late-night staple for both its outlandish gore and its bizarre sense of humor. A team of Canadians led by comedy writer George Reinblatt believed that with one major tweak — the addition of songs — the cult classics could also rule the stage. Their Evil Dead: The Musical is as tonguein-cheek (and as explosively gory) as the films, with everybody singing as they lose limbs and suffer possession by deadites. The plot

remains mostly the same, with a group of friends heading to a cabin in the woods for sexy times, only to suffer some very unsexy times indeed. If you are one of those special people who believe a musical would be enhanced by geysers of blood raining down on the people in the front row, you’re in luck — you can buy tickets for the “splatter zone.” Imagine Gallagher smashing heads instead of watermelons and you’re on the right track. Evil Dead: The Musical is performed at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 3 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday (October 12 to 22) at the Grandel Theater (3610 Grandel Square; www.thegrandel.com).

Tickets are $50 to $90.

FRIDAY 10/13 Soulard Oktoberfest Never doubt the resilience of the German people, who will always find a way to celebrate autumn in high fashion. This year is no different, as Soulard Oktoberfest is back in action. The party takes place from 5 to 11 p.m Friday and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday (October 13 and 14) in Soulard Park (Lafayette Avenue and South Eighth Street; www. soulard-oktoberfest.com). There will be bands, brats and beer, and not necessarily in that order. Tickets are $20 and include a commemriverfronttimes.com

orative one-liter stein and access to the Bierhall and its traditional culinary delights. This year’s non-beer entertainment includes a human glockenspiel, a German market, a wine garden and live music from Die Spitzbaum, Terry Thompson & Bavarian Stompers and the Good Times Band.

Killer Napkins: Crummy Deities Killer Napkins (who also goes by Jason Spencer) is a St. Louis artist who combines his passion for horror with things that are conventionally cute. His paintings range from

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CALENDAR Continued from pg 19 totemic combinations of icons to the grislier realms of fantasy/nightmare; his sculptures hew closer to pure horror, with an emphasis on disembodied heads and damaged faces. His exhibition, Killer Napkins: Crummy Deities, showcases new work in both painting and sculpture and should feel seasonally appropriate. Crummy Deities opens with a public reception from 6 to 10 p.m. tonight at Hoffman LaChance Contemporary (2713 Sutton Boulevard, Maplewood; www.hoffmanlachancefineart.com). The show remains up through the end of the month, and the gallery is open noon to 3 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

Hamlet In its 50 years of operation, the Repertory Theatre St. Louis has somehow never mounted a production of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

That all changes this year — the company’s 51st season. Prince Hamlet mopes around castle Elsinore, trying to figure out what to do with his life now that his father the king is dead and his Uncle Claudius has assumed both the throne and the heart of his sister-in-law, Hamlet’s mother. When his father’s ghost tells Hamlet that Claudius is a murderous usurper, the young man finds his bloody purpose in life. Will he throw away everything to avenge his father? The Repertory Theatre St. Louis presents its first-ever Hamlet Tuesday through Sunday (October 12 to November 5) at Webster University’s Loretto-Hilton Center (130 Edgar Road, Webster Groves; www.repstl.org). Tickets are $18.50 to $89.

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SATURDAY 10/14 Small Press Expo Back for its fourth year, the St. Louis Small Press Expo once again returns to the central branch of St. Louis Public Library (1301 Olive Street; www.stlouissmallpressexpo.com) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today. More than 80 vendors selling comics, art, literary magazines and traditional books are scheduled to attend, providing an in-depth look at the small-press scene. A host of informative seminars and classes will also be on offer — everything from a creative writing workshop for kids to a seminar on copyrights.

The library’s Creative Experience area also gets in the act, with a digital drawing demo by Marie Enger and an intro-to-podcasting session.

Admission to all of this is free, but bring your funds for that vendor room.

Brew in the Lou This year’s Brew in the Lou features more than 40 distilleries and craft breweries (national and local) serving up samples, as well as dozens of local restaurants and businesses serving up everything from bundt cakes to barbecue. Wristbands are $40 to $50 and include unlimited tastings and a commemorative glass — you won’t go home hungry or thirsty. And for all you competitive types, there are three different arenas of action: the People’s Choice Home Brew Competition, the Battle of the Bratwurst and a Brew Chili Contest. Brew in the Lou takes place from 1 to 5 p.m. today in Francis Park (Eichelberger

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August Wilson addressed the black power movement and civil rights in his Pulitzer Prize-winning play Two Trains Running. Memphis Lee’s diner used to be a hot-spot in the Hill District, a successful black neighborhood in Pittsburgh. But in 1969, there are very few people left. Memphis knows eminent domain is about to push him out of his own diner, but not before he gets payment for it — not their price, his. Sterling is a young man fresh out of prison and trying to convince Memphis’ regulars to attend a rally about racial injustice, but he finds few takers. The old-timers are more interested in rehashing old grievances and avoiding unnecessary confrontation. The times may be a-changing, but that doesn’t mean people want to change. Clayton Community Theatre presents Two Trains Running at 8 p.m. Thursday to Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday (August 12 to 22) at the Washington University South Campus Theatre (6501 Clayton Road, Richmond Heights; www.placeseveryone.org). Tickets are $12 to $20.

SUNDAY 10/15 Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery What if Arthur Conan Doyle was more interested in Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson getting laughs than in solving another thorny case? This is the conceit of Ken Ludwig’s comedy Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery. Something stalks the Baskerville family, killing off the male heirs with startling precision; is it the fabled beast that prowls the moors, or is it a greedy relative? Holmes and Watson take the case, and in due course an ensemble cast of three essays the 35 different characters entangled in the investigation. Insight Theatre

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Thursday through Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday (October 12 to 29) at .Zack (3224 Locust Street; www.insighttheatrecompany. com). Tickets are $20 to $35.

MONDAY 10/16 Samurai Jack Samurai Jack, Genndy Tartakovsky’s acclaimed cartoon series, finally got an ending in 2017, thirteen years after it went off the air. The complete series will be released in a Blu-ray boxset on Tuesday, October 17, but the day before you can go back to the very beginning with a special screening of Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie. Fathom Events presents the fully remastered origin film, which begins the saga of a samurai prince who is trained to defeat the ultimate evil — malevolent sorcerer Aku — and almost succeeds in his goal. Cast forward in time to a futuristic world now controlled

by Aku, Jack must finish his quest and also find a way to get back to his own time. Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie screens at 7:30 p.m. today at Marcus Wehrenberg Ronnies 20 (5320 Lindbergh Boulevard; www.fathomevents.com).

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American Murder Song Presents: The Donner Party During American Murder Song’s debut year, Terrance Zdunich and Saar Hendelman led audiences back in time to 1816, to the infamous inn that served as the hunting ground for America’s first female serial killer, pretty Lavinia Fisher. Now, inspired by 1960s television spook shows, they have imagined the one and only true retelling of the Donner Party experience via the lens of their own, fictional Twilight Zone-style show: The Black Wagon. Come check out a historical, musical reenactment of cannibalistic proportions at The Donner Party Reunion Tour. Mon., Oct. 30, $30. The Crack Fox, 1114 Olive St., St. Louis, 314-621-6900.

Arika Parr’s Costumes & Cocktails Halloween Parrty Arika Parr’s fifth annual Costumes & Cocktails Halloween Parrty is at the Jewel Event Center (formerly Yakovelli’s in Florissant).

Enjoy complimentary Remy Martin cocktails the first hour, not to mention prizes, surprises and a chance for you to create who you want to be. Proceeds help benefit the nonprofit Notes for Life Art & Technology. Sat., Oct. 28, 8 p.m.-1 a.m., $20, www.CostumesAndCocktails.com. The Jewel Event Center, 407 Dunn Rd., Florissant, 314-395-3500.

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Festivities kick off with fun daytime activities for the whole family. Then, as the sun sets, the party continues with an adults-only bash and costume contest, featuring $6,000 in cash and prizes. Attendees must be at least eighteen to participate in the costume contest. Sat., Oct. 28, 11 a.m.-midnight, free, 314-305-4012, info@cwenorthcid.com, cwescene.com. Central West End, Euclid and Maryland avenues, St. Louis.

Classic Horror Movie Marathon Swing by the Collinsville Library on Halloween for a marathon of classic horror movies.

Whether you want to drop by for one or catch the complete lineup, there will be free candy to get you through the frights. 9 a.m.: The Old Dark House (1932), 10:30 a.m.: House on Haunted Hill (1959), noon: The Wolf-Man (1941), 1:30 p.m.: The Mummy (1932), 3 p.m.: Dracula (1931), 4:30 p.m.: Frankenstein (1932), 6:30 p.m.: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948). Tue., Oct. 31, 9 a.m.-8 p.m., free, 618-344-1112, mvlibdist. org/collinsville_calendar. Collinsville Memorial Public Library, 408 W. Main St., Collinsville, Illinois.

The Darkness St. Louis’ most terrifying haunted house returns for another Halloween season. All scanners, props, animations and FX are new this year, as is the interactive Horror Escape Room and Zombie Laser Tag (every Thursday). Hours vary leading up to Halloween: Oct. 13-14, 7 p.m. to 12:15 a.m.; Oct. 2021 and Oct. 27-28, 6:30 p.m.-12:15 a.m.; Oct. 12, 15, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29 and 30, 7:30-10 p.m.; and Oct. 31, 7-11:30 p.m. $25, www.scarefest.com. The Darkness, 1525 S. Eighth St., St. Louis, 314-631-8000.

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314-650-0528, www.keithjozsef.com. Lynch Street Tavern, 1031 Lynch St., St. Louis.

Celebrate the season at Six Flags. Fridays, 6-11 p.m.; Saturdays, noon-midnight; Sundays, 12-9 p.m.; Mon., Oct. 30, 6-10 p.m.; Tue., Oct. 31, 6-10 p.m. Continues through Oct. 31, $63.99-$78.99. Six Flags St Louis, 4900 Six Flags Rd., Pacific, 636-938-4800.

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Halloween Spooktacular on Ice This fun-filled event, presented by the St. Peters Figure Skating Association, offers ice skating, games, prizes, candy and a costume contest. Some costume restrictions apply, including no masks or facial coverings that may restrict your vision, no costumes or accessories that drag below your feet, no inappropriate or controversial costumes that may offend other guests, and no costumes that may prohibit the movement of your arms or legs. All participants must wear skates on the ice. Fri., Oct. 27, 7-9 p.m., $10 (includes skate rental), 636-939-2386, ext.

1400, www.stpetersmo.net/rec-plex. St. Peters RecPlex, 5200 Mexico Rd., St. Peters.

Halloween/Anniversary Party Planet Score Records is celebrating its second anniversary in Maplewood Oct 30. Since it coincides with Halloween, the store makes a spooky fun time of it, with free Schlafly beer and treats for kids and adults plus an array of discounts and prizes on its wheel of deals. Sat., Oct. 28, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., free, 314-282-0777, jastulce@gmail.com. Planet Score Records, 7421 Manchester Rd., Maplewood.

Haunted Mystery Maze and Escape Adventure You are the detective in two live adventures at St. Jordan Creek Winery after dark. The first adventure is a haunted mystery maze. You look for clues in the corn maze to discover which pirate kidnapped the lovely maiden Buttercup, with what weapon and on what island in a sea of corn. The second adventure is a short escape game. You enter the Pirate’s Lair to find enough evidence to bring the kidnapper to justice before your time runs out because Dead Men Tell No Tales. A stout heart, sturdy shoes, keen observation and a flashlight are required. Free parking. Fridays and Saturdays, 6:30-9 p.m. through Oct. 28; Tue., Oct. 31, 6:30-9 p.m. $11 for one adventure, $20 for both, 314-609-5488, st.jordan. pj@gmail.com, www.stjordancreek.com. St. Jordan Creek Winery, 2829 US-50, Beaufort.

He Do Voodoo Master illusionist Keith Jozsef, fresh from celebrating his 25th-anniversary season, takes his annual October magic spectacular back to its roots with two intimate performances. The beautifully refurbished private event space at Lynch Street Tavern will host the audience as Keith takes them on a journey of the imagination. Bizarre magic, mind-reading and never-before-seen illusions will conjure dreams and nightmares sure to linger after the show is over.

Seating for this event is general admission. Private, cash-bar service will be available to the audience throughout the evening, should you wish to conjure up spirits of your own. Fri., Oct. 13, 8-10 p.m.; Fri., Oct. 20, 8-10 p.m., $25 in advance, $30 at the door,

Join the Collinsville Library for a celebration of Stephen King’s It. The library will be showing ABC’s TV miniseries in its entirety, and there will be activities, snacks and plenty of red balloons. Sat., Oct. 14, 1 p.m., free, 618-344-1112, mvlibdist.org/ collinsville_calendar. Collinsville Memorial Public Library, 408 W. Main St., Collinsville, Illinois.

Lilliputian Film and Photography Festival This is a short film screening of films perfect for Halloween as well as creepy photographic work., with costumes/cosplay encouraged. Screenings will be held in the Mini Moolah Lounge where there is comfy couch seating and bar access.

Sat., Oct. 28, 7-9 p.m., free, Hoogamedia@gmail. com, www.facebook.com/lilliputianFilmFest.

Moolah Theatre & Lounge, 3821 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, 314-446-6868.

Mollyween Are you ready for one of the spookiest nights of the year? Mollyween is coming. Freaky drink specials, dance parties, shot girls, decorations of monstrous manifestations and a $1,000 cash costume contest., What goes bump in the night?

Awesome people dancing in great costumes.

No cover charge. Sat., Oct. 28, 7 p.m.-1:15 a.m., free, 314-241-6200, www.facebook.com/ events/133809077251364/. Molly’s in Soulard, 816 Geyer Ave., St. Louis.

Re-Animator A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus in Stuart Gordon’s film adaptation of an H.P. Lovecraft story. Fri., Oct. 13, 11:55 p.m.; Sat., Oct. 14, 11:55 p.m., $8. Landmark Tivoli Theatre, 6350 Delmar Blvd., University City, 314-727-7271.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show The Tivoli Theatre’s annual Halloween screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show features a live shadow cast (the Samurai Electricians). Starting Oct. 20, Fridays, Saturdays, 11:55 p.m. Continues through Oct. 28, $10. Landmark Tivoli Theatre, 6350 Delmar Blvd., University City, 314-727-7271.

Slashed 3 Girls in the Dark Presents Slashed!, its third annual Halloween party. $10 gets you door prizes, one house drink ticket, costume contest, appetizers, drink specials and more. Tarot card readings are available by Eva Gehlert. Come as your favorite horror icon or dress to impress for the costume contest and dance your life away at Mad Art Gallery in Soulard. Sat., Oct. 28, 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m., $10, www. facebook.com/events/1618407504899993/.

Mad Art Gallery, 2727 S. 12th St., St. Louis, 314-

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Spooky Poochies Yappy Hour The last (and our favorite) Yappy Hour of the year is coming up. Get out your best costume for Spooky Pooches. There will be prizes for best dog costumes, tastings of dog treats, drink specials and more. Help raise funds for Soulard’s Frenchtown Dog Park Association; 20 percent of every Yappy Hour goes to them. Thu., Oct. 26, 4-7 p.m., free, 314 241 6200, www.facebook.com/ events/180545782506177/. Molly’s in Soulard, 816 Geyer Ave., St. Louis.

St. Charles County Symphony Halloween Concert Enjoy the haunting sights and sounds of the St. Charles County Symphony for a special Halloween Concert. Orchestra members will get dressed up in costume to deliver this free concert that the entire family will enjoy. Kids in costume get to parade around and will receive a special treat. St. Peters Cultural Arts Centre is located in the west wing of St. Peters City Hall.

Tue., Oct. 17, 7-9 p.m., free, 636-397-6903, ext.

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Hear from costumed ghosts in Sappington House’s past and take an after-dark tour of Father Dickson cemetery. Bonfires on site include hot cider, s’mores and an appearance by the macabre eighteenth-century surgeon John Murphy. Fri., Oct. 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Sat., Oct. 21, 6:30-8:30 p.m., $5 for adults, $2 for children under 12, 314-822-8171, shcakouros@gmail.com.

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Tails of the Night This family-friendly celebration of Missouri’s nocturnal animals lets you behind the scenes at a professional wildlife rehabilitation facility, visit with wild costumed characters on the nature trail, have an up-close critter encounter with a reptile ambassador, and relax and chat at the campfire with the volunteers and staff of the Wildlife Rescue Center. Sat., Oct. 28, 5-9 p.m., $6 in advance, $8 at the door, 636-394-1880, education@mowildlife.org, www.mowildlife.org/tailsofthenight. html. Wildlife Rescue Center, 1128 New Ballwin Rd., Ballwin.

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Terror on the Rooftop at 360 Three Sixty’s Halloween party will include digital decorating and production, roaming performers, and other tricks and surprises. Providing the music will be DJ Steve Meier and DJ Jwin, with a $500 costume contest. VIP table packages are available.

Sat., Oct. 28, 9 p.m.-2 a.m., $10-20, 314-2418439, 360halloween.eventbrite.com. Three Sixty St. Louis, 1 S. Broadway, St. Louis.

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A Graceful Exit In Lucky, Harry Dean Stanton goes gently into that good night Written by

ROBERT HUNT Lucky

Directed by John Carroll Lynch. Written

by Logan Sparks and Drago Sumonja.

Starring Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch, Ron Livingston and Ed Begley Jr. Opens Friday, October 13, at the Landmark Plaza Frontenac Cinema.

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arry Dean Stanton, who died on September 15 at the age of 91, was an actor’s actor, appearing in dozens of films, from B westerns and biker films to The Godfather Part II and Alien. He always stuck out in even the smallest roles as a man who probably had a pretty good story to tell, if only someone would ask.

In Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas, his greatest performance and his first starring role, he barely spoke at all, but the burden of silence was written on his face, driving him to near madness. A reluctant actor — he frequently walked away from Hollywood in favor of making club appearances singing Mexican ballads — Stanton seemed to draw on a private Method, a simple, honest approach to character that relied less on the boiling emotions of the Kazan/Strasberg school than on a kind of open-hearted and bemused empathy.

Lucky, Stanton’s only starring role since Paris, Texas, is part homage to the actor (the screenplay was co-authored by Stanton’s personal assistant, adapted from anecdotes he heard on the job), part laid-back lesson in sagebrush surrealism, and both parts equally enjoyable.

Stanton is leaner and frailer than in Wenders’ 1984 film — it’s been more than 30 years, after all — and while he’s not catatonic like the earlier film’s Travis, he is so soft-spoken that his voice seems to

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Lucky has a past, although we don’t learn much about it.

The important thing is that he has a past, by virtue of being 90 years old. have retreated far into his body. As always, he’s a compelling presence, whether he’s bursting into an impromptu ballad, struggling to convey an abstract belief or simply kicking a can down the street with Chaplinesque abandon. It could be seen as a companion piece of sorts to this year’s earlier The Hero, another film about a proud man growing old, but where that film showed Sam Elliott dealing with glamorous matters like celebrity, Lucky sets its sights solely on ordinary living, the day-to-day struggle of getting out of bed and facing another day.

The eponymous hero lives in a small town somewhere in the California desert. He follows a strict routine — exercise in the morning, a walk to the local diner for coffee

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and the daily crossword puzzle, afternoons watching game shows and an evening appearance at the local bar — with a determination that suggests some hidden pattern of logic known only to himself. He doesn’t speak much, but you get the sense that he’s always thinking, making small revisions to a lifetime of deep thought.

Directed by the actor John Carroll Lynch (who played President Johnson in last year’s Jackie), Lucky is a rambling shaggy-dog story structured around Stanton’s encounters with his neighbors and not-quitefriends. David Lynch (who is no relation to the film’s director) appears, trying to tone down his usual calculated weirdness as a man whose only companion — a tortoise named President Roosevelt — has run away. Stanton’s fellow Alien cast member Tom Skerritt drops by to swap war stories. Even more unexpectedly, 1960s teen idol James Darren turns up as an amiable lounge lizard, suggesting a more carefree Christopher Walken.

At its best, Lucky strikes a balance between a kind of (David) Lynchian absurdity (without that director’s patronizing attitude for the “ordinary”) and a loose cowboy lyricism. There are frequent

allusions to a kind of Southwestern Buddhism, as when Lucky and his pals greet each other with a cheery “You’re nothing,” or when Lucky asks the diner’s chef (Barry Shabaka Henley) “Is realism a thing?”

Director Lynch tosses in a few references to his star’s film career — a nod to the opening shots of Paris, Texas, a special effect of a glowing doorway that recalls Repo Man — but they’re discreet. This is a tribute to his lead player, not a fawning nod to movie cultism. To a large degree, it’s a film about a man realizing, as doctor Ed Begley Jr. tells him, that he’s “old and getting older,” coming to terms with it and using that knowledge to define his place in the universe.

Is that man Lucky, or is he Stanton? It’s not clear, but perhaps that doesn’t matter. Lucky has a past, although we don’t learn much about it. The important thing is that he knows he has a past, by virtue of being 90 years old. This is the realism that he learns to accept, and the details behind it are his business alone. As far as he cares, his very existence confirms his essence. This may not be a particularly profound observation — at best, it’s a kind of sand blown New Age thinking — but it’s his, and he’s earned it. n

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The Spanish Play St. Louis Shakespeare makes the most of the Bard’s uneven lost romance Cardenio Written by

PAUL FRISWOLD Cardenio

Written by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher. Re-imagined by Gregory Doran.

Directed by Donna Northcott. Presented by St. Louis Shakespeare through October 15 at the Ivory Theatre (7620 Michigan Avenue; www.stlshakespeare.org). Tickets are $15 to $20.

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ardenio is billed as Shakespeare’s “lost” play, a work that the historical record shows was performed in Shakespeare’s lifetime but that left no other trace of its existence. This tragicomic romance, inspired by an episode found in Cervantes’ Don Quixote, stayed hidden for many years. A version was then discovered in 1727 and reworked by an editor. Three hundred years later, Gregory Doran, the artistic director for the Royal Shakespeare Company, painstakingly crafted yet another version, using the found copy, Cervantes’ story, some bits written by Shakespeare’s occasional collaborator John Fletcher and some original work.

The revivified Cardenio is now being mounted by St. Louis Shakespeare at the Ivory Theatre through October 15. It’s a strange work populated by surprisingly passive heroes, self-righteous parents undone by pride and a tremendously devious villain. Despite a few bumps here and there, though, it feels satisfyingly like Shakespeare, even if it leaves you with a sense of profound relief: If one of Shakespeare’s plays had to be misplaced for 400 years, at least it was this one and not Macbeth.

Cardenio is a nobleman of Andalusia (beautifully evoked by Madeline Schneider’s warm lights and Matthew Stuckel’s airy set of columns and arches) who loves the

Gerardo (Karl Hawkins) watches Fernando (Jason J. Little) plot to steal the affections of Luscinda (Shannon Lampkin). | RON JAMES Lady Luscinda, but cannot marry her without the approval of his mother Camilla. Just as Cardenio broaches the idea, he’s called to court to serve as a friend and a good influence on Fernando, the Duke’s wastrel of a younger son. Erik Kuhn captures Cardenio’s noble bearing and obedient nature well. Despite being frequently being compared to the Greek hero Perseus for his horsemanship and bravery, he comes across as a milquetoast mama’s boy, all too willing to do whatever is asked of him.

Fernando (Jason J. Little) is charismatic, brash and something of a ladies’ man (he obnoxiously compares wooing women to breaking the spirit of a wild mare). He yearns for Dorotea (Lexie Baker), who doesn’t reciprocate his feelings — but when Fernando takes her hand, she briefly loses herself in the fantasy of being a prince’s wife, the carrot Fernando dangles to sweeten his offer. She succumbs (or is forced; even the characters are uncertain how Fernando succeeded), only to awaken to a Dear Dorotea note delivered by Fernando’s long-suffering servant Gerardo

(a mostly mute but very good Karl Hakwins, who conveys his inner dialogue through eye rolls and burning glares). Fernando then sets his sights on Luscinda (Shannon Lampkin), which precipitates the destruction of Cardenio, Luscinda and their respective parents.

Poor Dorotea is left with only the best line of the play: “I am now become the tomb of mine own honor,” bleakly delivered by Baker.

Act One is 90 minutes long, and at times feels even longer. Director Donna Northcott keeps things moving, but Cardenio suffers from kitchen sink syndrome. Gregory Doran had quite a bit of material to incorporate and integrate, and it feels as if all of it was included in his rebuilt script. Numerous small scenes give characterization to Camilla (Larisa Alexander) and Luscinda’s father Bernardo (Colin Nichols), but don’t add much to the plot. Both Alexander and Nichols are excellent as bereaved parents who process their feelings as bitter anger (Camilla) and dolorous weeping (Bernardo), so it’s hard to begrudge these moments, but Cardenio himself could have used riverfronttimes.com

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Act Two is brisker at an hour and includes a terrifically entertaining Northcott set-piece in which all of the actors playing nobles gamely double as sheep. Cardenio has been reduced to madness in the mountains, but a chance encounter with a disguised Dorotea leads him to a sadly defiant Luscinda, now cloistered in a nunnery. Even there she’s not safe from the rapacious Fernando. Shannon Lampkin eloquently collapses in silent, horrified defeat at the sight of the man who has stolen her happiness, while Jason J. Little’s ear-to-ear grin displays all the smugness of the rich kid whose lusts will soon be satisfied.

Cardenio is a romance, so all accounts will be happily settled by the end, save one. When Fernando is finally brought to task for his numerous misdeeds, forgiveness is forthcoming from all, even vengeful mother Camilla. Some of us were really hoping she’d break his ankle with her walking stick, and Larisa Alexander’s steely gaze suggests Camilla has thought about it, too. n

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Highlights at Confluence Kombucha include, from left, nukazuke, tempeh and celery pancakes, as well as many, many flavors of kombucha. | MABEL SUEN [REVIEW]

Bring in da Funk Confluence Kombucha isn’t just a tea shop. It’s also one of the most inspired restaurants to open in St. Louis in quite some time Written by

CHERYL BAEHR Confluence Kombucha

4507 Manchester Avenue, 314-833-3059.

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hen a friend, an avid meateater with whom you’ve shared a nearly religious experience over smoked brisket, insists that the tempeh

at Confluence Kombucha is lifechanging, you listen. You may listen with a raised eyebrow at the thought of a fermented soybean cake inspiring the sort of primal reverie normally derived from a hunk of fatty beef fresh from the smoker, but still, you take it seriously.

My friend’s enthusiasm was vindicated the moment chef William Pauley delivered the tempeh to the table, erasing any doubts that a slice of fermented soybean cake can be worthy of such high praise. Unlike the firm, dried-out versions that have become a sad staple of vegetarian cuisine, Pauley’s tempeh looks more like a PayDay bar that is held together by marshmallow fluff. Pearl-sized beans are suspended in a web of white mycelium (fungus) threads, then sliced into two rectangles and plated with pickled beets, fermented kale, microgreens, black garlic paste and honey. There’s funk, tang, sweet, popping crunch, chew — a complex symphony of

flavor, texture and color that are so unlike anything you’ve previously experienced, they fill the mind as fully as the stomach. This is not just tempeh; it’s a window into the future of food.

As shocking as it is — at least to this omnivore — that tempeh can be genuinely mouthwatering, it might be more surprising to learn that such cutting-edge, experimental cuisine is being served out of a kombucha tasting bar. The fermented beverage is more frequently associated with the sort of “crunchy” gathering spot you go to after a kundalini yoga class.

And in some ways, that picture does capture Confluence Kombucha. The small spot sits on the western edge of the Grove, a plantbased serenade in a neighborhood known for its pulsing beat. Inside, just four tables line the wall of windows that faces Manchester; barely two feet separate the seating area from the counter that only partially conceals the prep area and kombucha taps. Green riverfronttimes.com

plants, dried flowers and a shelf that holds empty kombucha bottles from a variety of brands decorate the room. If there’s music, it isn’t audible over the sound of sizzling that comes from the table-top griddle behind the counter.

From that griddle — a piece of equipment neither larger nor more sophisticated than what you get at Bed Bath & Beyond — Pauley prepares mostly, though not exclusively, plant-based concoctions that dazzle in their sophistication.

You’d think such cooking should come from someone who went to culinary school, but Pauley’s education comes entirely from outside the classroom.

About eight years ago, Pauley got into brewing kombucha. The fermented tea beverage is wildly popular in naturopathic circles for its purported health benefits; in Pauley’s case, he used it as a way to treat a bleeding ulcer. Around the same time, in need of a job following graduate school, Pauley found

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CONFLUENCE KOMBUCHA Continued from pg 27 himself in the restaurant business.

He began as a dishwasher at Mangia Italiano, worked his way up to prep cook and then lucked into a job at Blood and Sand, where working under then-executive chef Chris Bork inspired him to begin thinking about food in new ways.

Under Bork, Pauley began experimenting in the kitchen even as he continued to make kombucha on the side. As he became more confident in is cooking, he began to explore the culinary possibilities of fermentation. He eventually parted ways with Blood and Sand to focus on brewing in the hope that he would turn his passion into a business. He started slowly, doing private dinners and pop-ups and selling his wares at local farmers’ markets and yoga studios.

About two years ago, Pauley was introduced to his now-business partner, Julie Villarini, who was looking to invest in a local business. With her help, he was able to take his vision for Confluence Kombucha — a tasting room and experimental food concept referred to as the GastroLAB — to the next level.

The two eventually opened their storefront last summer with the help of Pauley’s former Blood and Sand co-worker, chef Christopher Krzysik. Together, they developed a mostly plant-based menu similar to the one at Blood and Sand in its ambition — one that represents one of the most inspired restaurants to open in recent memory.

The commitment to vegetable-forward cuisine does not limit what is offered at Confluence; instead, it inspires Pauley to innovate. A simple platter of tomatoes is anything but; the peak-of-the-season beauties are rolled in sherry crumbles and artfully plated with

Celery pancakes are made of celery and chickpea flour, then topped with fermented radish, spinach, ancho chile and garlic honey. | MABEL SUEN smudges of black garlic paste, baby arugula, fennel pollen and soft ripened cheese. Rustic bread the flavor of nutty rye is dehydrated and serves as a substitute for croutons. A handful of edible flowers are scattered across the plate.

Confluence’s two vastly different soups show the breadth of Pauley’s skill. Gooseberries enliven an already bright tomatillo and cucumber gazpacho for a flavor that is as refreshing as a glass of lemonade in the Sahara. His Thai green curry soup, on the other hand, has the fire of that desert’s sand. Searing

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hot green curry is softened by coconut milk; fermented kale and red dulse (a type of algae) bob in the spicy broth with a brown sticky rice cake. It’s a marvelous burn.

Confluence serves traditional Japanese nukazuke, a selection of fruits and vegetables that have been fermented in rice bran. The rice bran imparts a tang that’s more subtle than vinegar-based pickling, also lending a very slight nuttiness to cucumbers, apples, pears, squashes and radishes. The technique preserves the fruits and vegetables’ crunch and vibrant col-

ors, resulting in a platter of technicolor pickles that looks as if it was staged for a magazine shoot.

In place of traditional soy-based tofu, Pauley makes his shana tofu from turmeric-laced chickpea flour, resulting in a spongy, lightas-air delicacy. Though the tofu itself was bland, it absorbed the salty punch from an accompanying satay sauce. Wakame (green algae), pickled watermelon radishes and sliced almonds added tang and texture to the dish.

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menu is a golden trout that has been smoked with chaga mushrooms. Niter kibbeh, an Ethiopian seasoned clarified butter, coats the fish with just a suggestion of its presence while crispy trout skin, pickled squash and mustard greens round out the plate.

As revelatory as the tempeh may be, the dish that captured my heart is the celery pancake.

Two flat fritters made from celery and chickpea flour are fried on the griddle, then topped with Indian spiced saag (spinach), fermented radishes and ancho chiles.

Pauley serves them with a side of garlic-infused honey that is meant to be drizzled over the top; I ate the whole cloves with a spoon while reveling in what is basically the Indian version of a slinger. It’s as outstanding as it sounds.

As difficult as it would be to leave Confluence without that celery pancake, many patrons come exclusively for the kombucha. As a neophyte I did not understand

the allure until I tried Pauley’s creations. They feature everything from local Missouri paw paw to Asian pear to my personal preference, a blend of elderberry and sarsaparilla that finishes with a hint of vanilla. That same elderberry is paired with blackberry juice and served over shaved ice for what’s quite possibly the most hippie snow cone on the face of the earth.

You don’t have to be a hippie to enjoy that refreshing dessert. You don’t have to be a vegetarian to fall in love with Pauley’s food either — or even drink kombucha to thoroughly enjoy your experience.

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He’s Keeping It Real Written by

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hris “Mac” McKenzie, the chef/ owner of Mac’s Local Eats (1225 Tamm Avenue, 314-4798155), had no idea what he was getting himself into when he posted on a local food message board asking if anyone wanted to go in on a whole Red Wattle hog.

“I just wanted to eat better meat, so I put up a post on STL Bites,” says McKenzie. “I did it several times and started to feel bad that I was wasting their bandwidth, so I started emailing friends and family directly. It just kept growing until one day my wife looked at me and asked, ‘Why are there all of these coolers here?’”

In retrospect, McKenzie always had a passion for “real” food. He knew that using quality, seasonal ingredients was important, but it wasn’t until he dined at Monarch, with chef Josh Galliano at its helm, that he had a revelation.

“One night my wife and I had dinner there and he kept bringing out course after course,” McKenzie recalls. “I remember asking him how he did it.” When Galliano explained the sources of his meat and produce, McKenzie knew he wanted to not only eat better food, but to devote himself to helping others do the same.

For six years, McKenzie served as a produce and protein middle-man for friends and family looking for access to quality food.

He made things official in 2012, launching Mac’s Local Buys as a CSA and whole animal share with the goal of giving his customers access to nutrient-dense, consciously raised ingredients at an affordable price. As he cultivated relationships with producers and chefs, he became further immersed in the St. Louis food scene, developing a reputation for his commitment

Chris McKenzie, whose Mac’s Local Eats is located at Tamm Avenue Grill, followed his obsession with eating better to his job as a chef. | SARA BANNOURA to his mission to help people eat better.

Though McKenzie was content running Mac’s Local Buys, he couldn’t say no when his friend Bob Brazell (of Byrd and Barrel) approached him about doing the food service in his bar, Tamm Avenue Grill. “I’ll be damned if I wasn’t talking to my wife four days earlier about opening a little shack doing smash burgers,” recalls McKenzie. “Then Bob called and the rest is history.”

That restaurant, Mac’s Local Eats, looks like a simple fast-food window in the back of a bar — and in many ways, that’s what it is. Fries, burgers, pork sandwiches, and bacon and onion dip satisfy the need for greasy food to soak up the beer.

For McKenzie, however, the restaurant exists to show people that quality meat is not reserved for white-tablecloth restaurants.

“It’s nothing magical what we’re doing,” McKenzie explains. “It’s just that the conventional food sys-

tem has warped everyone about eating. We’re the only species on the planet that is so disconnected from our food source. Something had to die so that you could live, and you need to respect that.”

McKenzie took a break from the restaurant to share his thoughts on the local food scene, why diners should be aware of “greenwashing,” and the one thing you’d never see inside his restaurant — besides factory-farmed meat, of course.

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

That I wouldn’t be doing any of this without the unending support and hard work of my wife, and that Mac’s Local Buys literally started with a post on the food forum stlbites.com.

What daily ritual is non-negotiable for you?

Listening to Phish.

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The ability to bring people back to life, if only just once. I’d bring back my dad so he could see what I’m doing and my son could meet his grandpa.

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

Too many to list.

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

Transparency. I tell people all the time, local doesn’t mean good; it means close. There are local conventional pig farms that are pimped as high-quality proteins on menus across the city. Few things frustrate me so much as purposely confusing consumers about sourcing products (a.k.a “greenwashing”), which is why, at this point, Mac’s Local Buys is effectively a consumer advocate.

Who is your St. Louis food crush?

Two groups. First, the local farmers taking the time to make

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n May 2017, a Thai fusion spot called the Blue Pearl (2926 Cherokee Street) opened without fanfare in the popular Cherokee district. And if that date gives you some confusion, there’s good reason for that. The Blue Pearl is also the name of a bar that sat at the exact same address for about a year, from 2015 to 2016. While the two concepts are unrelated, the new owners liked the name so much they kept it.

Co-owner Jesse James first conceived of the idea for the Blue Pearl: the Restaurant while working at Basil Spice on South Grand Boulevard.

James put Thai sweet chile sauce on chicken wings and thought it was a hit. He enticed Basil Spice’s owner Somying Fox to try it, and she agreed. The two began collaborating on a new Thai fusion venture together.

The Blue Pearl now serves small plates that meld Thai, Mexican (a nod to the restaurant’s location) and soul food flavors.

The small menu starts with some fairly traditional dishes, such as egg rolls and fried shrimp rolls with sweet chile sauce, edamame and Rangoon with plum sauce. South-ofthe-border flavors shine through in a unique, deep-fried Thai street corn topped with sriracha mayonnaise, cheese and cilantro and a nachos platter topped with lettuce, Thai chile, fresh salsa and queso blanco.

James’ wings, the restaurant’s best-seller, are available with Thai sweet chile sauce, lemon pepper seasoning, barbecue or spicy buffalo, served with blue cheese or ranch dressing. More typical bar items — French fries, toasted ravioli and mozzarella sticks — round out the menu.

Unique, crinkle-cut tofu fries prove that James has not stopped innovating. He says, in fact, that “whenever an order comes in, I always make an extra plate for me.”

A changing list of specials, which has included barbecued jackfruit, allows him to keep the creative juices flowing.

A full bar offers a few signature drinks — a blue margarita served with a flaming shot of Everclear

and “the Pink Pearl,” made with grenadine and pineapple juice, created in support of breast cancer research.

Friday and Saturday nights feature a DJ. The restaurant also hosts “DJ Vibe” on Wednesdays, a night that welcomes other DJs and anyone who wants to learn the art.

Friday nights are often theme nights; recent themes include a ’90s night, a white party and a glow-in-the-dark party. Saturday nights feature a rousing drag show that starts at 10 p.m. “Two dollar Tuesdays” offer $2 rail drinks and “walking nachos” — Doritos with meat, cheese, lettuce and tomatoes served in a bag. Thursdays are open mic nights.

The restaurant retains features from the Blue Pearl’s original owner Julie Sommers, who still owns the building and is passionate about sustainability. The floors are crafted from sustainably harvested wood.

The bar top is made of reused wood slats, while the bar sides are made of old wood doors; doorknobs are used for purse hooks.

The original tin roof remains and even showcases a bullet hole from the days when a biker bar occupied the space.

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ince moving back to St. Louis from New Mexico last summer, James Beard Award semi-finalist Rob Connoley has been giving diners a peek at his culinary prowess through a series of pop-up dinners, classes and guest appearances. Now, he will give them a more permanent place to enjoy his cooking.

On October 3, Connoley announced that he will open Squatters Cafe, a breakfast and lunch counter-service restaurant in the KDHX building in Grand Center.

Squatters will occupy the spot that formerly housed Magnolia Cafe and will serve “familiar breakfast and lunch items” in a grab-and-go setting, Connoley explains in a press release issued last week.

The menu at Squatters Cafe will include dishes such as yogurt bowls, seasonal meaty grits and baked goods. Connoley will be doing as much in-house as possible; he intends to mill his own grains, process his own meats and prepare his own dairy.

For those who have been following Connoley since his return to town, Squatters Cafe may seem like a departure from the foraged-focused evening concept, Bulrush, he has been developing for the last year. However, Connoley is emphatic that Squatters does not replace Bulrush; it merely represents an opportunity to do something different while Bulrush plans continue to develop.

“I’ve been wanting to serve the Grand Center Arts District for some time now,” Connoley explains. “It’s an underserved area for restaurants, and with the district’s pending development, this allows me to shake my longterm master plan up and seize an amazing opportunity. We believe our dinner concept’s location is worth doing right and that requires more patience. So for now we are putting our energies into a daytime concept.”

Squatters Cafe will open for breakfast and lunch service on November 1. Restaurant hours and a detailed menu will be provided as the opening date nears.

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Living Room Is Now a Cafe Written by

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f you’re looking for a daytime spot in Maplewood, Living Room Coffee & Kitchen (2808 Sutton Boulevard, Maplewood; 314-8990173), which opened with just coffee and pastries nearly three years ago, has since expanded to include full breakfast and lunch service.

The space originally housed a wholesale coffee business called Arthouse Coffee, but, says co-owner Nate Larson, “It’s been dwarfed by the cafe, so we changed the name of everything to Living Room.”

The business also produces Bitt’s cold-press coffee, which can be purchased at Living Room as well as at fellow Maplewood restaurant Southwest Diner.

It has been a slow process to go from a coffee place to a full-blown cafe, Larson says.

“When we first opened, we needed a space for people to come and taste our wholesale coffee, and we had been selling our coffee at farmers’ markets, and people asked if we had anything to go with that coffee. So I taught myself to make this gluten-free peanut butter chocolate chip cookie that people really liked, and then I taught myself to make bread, and things kind of went from there.”

Larson’s partner is his sister Hannah, who does everything from make cakes to head up a job-coaching program. Living Room has employed a number of people with

The “Workday Sandwich” features a soft-boiled egg and greens on a baguette. | LAUREN MILFORD disabilities, something the Larsons believe strongly in doing.

They’ve recently revamped their coffee program, hiring Justin Livon to be the front-of-the-house manager. Larson says that Livon has “invigorated the coffee program,” adding, “People are raving again about our speciality drinks and cappuccinos.”

Food is handled counter-service, with a small number of stools and tables inside. Several picnic tables with colorful umbrellas add charm to the patio, which is otherwise basically a glorified parking lot.

There are child-size chairs and a kids’ picnic table as well.

Breakfast menu options include a baguette sandwich with softboiled egg, peppered bacon, white cheddar and greens; a cheesy biscuit served with bacon, soft-boiled egg and melted cheddar; milk and cereal with local organic milk; granola jam parfait with housemade

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granola; and Elvis toast, peanut butter toast with three strips of peppered bacon and local honey.

The lunch menu features a panzanella salad with toasted chickpeas and gruyere; a Bento box with pita, hummus, olives, feta and a shortbread cookie; a Mediterranean chicken sandwich with tomato jam, mint yogurt sauce and feta on tomato focaccia; crispy falafel on housemade pita; and a smoked egg sandwich.

For the kids, there’s a toasted cheese sandwich with cheddar and gruyere, or a PBJ with housemade peanut butter. Living Room also offers scones, biscuits, cookies and biscotti, plus occasional dinners, often in collaboration with other local restaurants like next door’s Bolyard’s Meats and Provisions.

Living Room is open 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sundays.n

high-quality, nutritious produce and proteins. Places like Meadowlark Farm, Such & Such, Circle B Ranch, Bellews Creek Farm and Side Lot Farms to name a few. Second, the handful of chefs who actually make it a point to consistently source said high-quality local products.

I’m talking at you, John Perkins of Juniper, Kevin Willmann of Farmhaus, Chris Meyer and Mike Miller of Kounter Culture, Anthony Devoti of Five Bistro and Josh Poletti.

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

My staff. Nick Wegman, Ryan Maher and Sam Nawrocki are killing it. And they don’t steal pickles.

Which ingredient is most representative of your personality?

Anything that is made with love and care from artisan producers, not the least of which is the beer from Civil Life Brewing Company or the granola from Banner Road Baking Company.

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

Hard to say, but preferably something near a beach and mountains — or, even better, slinging grilled cheese sammies on a Phish tour.

Name an ingredient never allowed in your restaurant.

Ranch dressing. My staff knows this all too well.

What is your after-work hangout?

Home.

What’s your food or beverage guilty pleasure?

Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and craft beer. Specifically, 4 Hands, 2nd Shift or Civil Life.

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or nearly fifteen years, Aaron Weaver has been an integral part of the black-metal band Wolves in the Throne Room.

Actually, that’s understating it. Alongside his brother Nathan, Aaron is Wolves in the Throne Room. They are one and the same.

Two men, one entity, one spirit.

None of that is changing. But Aaron, the band’s drummer, is scaling back his travel schedule, choosing to stay home in Olympia, Washington, instead of heading out on tour.

“My place is really at home in the studio, and just being in the woods every day and doing what I do,” he says with passion palpable in his voice. “I’d considered [playing some shows] but the live lineup is just sounding so fucking beautiful, I just don’t want to mess with it.”

That lineup includes Nathan and newest full-time member Kody Keyworth on guitars and vocals, plus touring members Peregrine Somerville (guitar), Brittany McConnell (keyboards/percussion) and Trevor Deschryver in Weaver’s spot behind the drum kit. Each is a vital part of the band’s unique ecosystem, Weaver explains.

“The way I see it is at this point, Wolves in the Throne Room is a clan,” he says. “It’s a family and it’s growing.”

Family has always been fundamental for the Weavers, who started the band in 2003 with a goal of using the traditional elements of Norwegian black metal — heavily distorted guitars, rapid-fire drums

“When I close my eyes, I see blackness and shimmering gold and fire and smoke. That’s what it brings to my ears.” | PETER BESTE (a.k.a. “blast-beats”), epic crescendos and demonic shrieks — to reflect the verdant landscape of the Pacific Northwest. With their 2006 debut album Diadem of 12 Stars, the Weavers established Wolves in the Throne Room as a giant of American black metal.

But the band’s style has always been too adventurous for black metal’s narrow allowance of sounds. Throughout the years, the Weavers have blended in their own influences: shimmering postrock, dusky neo-folk, ambient music, earthy mysticism and a sort of ecological ethos that courses through everything Wolves in the Throne Room does. Someone somewhere along the way gave this sound its own subgenre: Cascadian black metal, named for the Northwest’s ancient backbone, the Cascade mountain range.

Until recently, it had been years since Wolves in the Throne Room even released a true black metal album; 2014’s Celestite was an exploration of the band’s other side, packed wall to wall with spaced out, psychedelic synth pieces that move at a glacial pace. That work is a “necessary part of being in the band,” says Weaver, one that had been simmering on a backburner for years.

“We’ve always had that dream.

I remember recording Diadem of 12 Stars and saying, ‘We should do an ambient synth record,’” Weaver says. “It took having our own studio to be able to do it, because that’s where the magic happens.”

The Weavers’ studio, Owl Lodge, sits on forested land near Olympia, not far from Evergreen State College and the Pacific Ocean. It’s where Aaron is working on new music and running the band’s own record label, Artemisia, rather than touring. (“We’re a DIY band at heart, and putting records out to the people is sacred work,” he says.) And it’s where Wolves in the Throne Room recorded much of its new album Thrice Woven, a galloping return to the band’s black-metal roots released in September.

Thrice Woven is threaded with stories and figures from Norse mythology, plus lyrics about dying winters and fertile grounds, blackened suns and soaring eagles, fourheaded dragons and dead worlds stirring. Sonically, the songs are thunderous but also unabashedly melodic, with a firm grip on dynamics. In “The Old Ones Are With Us,” for example, stretches of skyscraping thrash sit comfortably alongside doom dirges. “Born From the Serpent’s Eye” blooms from a jangling riverfronttimes.com

acoustic riff into a blackened blastbeat assault. And at eleven and a half minutes long, “Fires Roar in the Palace of the Moon” is an epic saga worthy of the term Cascadian.

For Weaver, the album is much more than just a collection of notes and stories and rhythms.

“When I close my eyes, I see blackness and shimmering gold and fire and smoke,” he says. “That’s what it brings to my ears.”

He continues, putting Thrice Woven in context with Wolves in the Throne Room’s past works and its physical existence: “Every record looks different to me. The colors of it are different,” Weaver says. “If I think back to [2007’s] Two Hunters, it feels like roots. It feels like being underground. It feels like being under stone. And Celestite, the name says it all. It feels like being in the stars.

Or being under starlight.

“Thrice Woven has its own thing going on,” he continues. “It’s literally this woods I’m standing in right now. A thousand acres of cedar trees that goes down to the salt water. There’s just spirits here. It’s just the most beautiful place. To me, that’s the music. It’s just gratitude.

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he Potomac Accord, a piano-fired indie rock trio, has had a lifespan more recognizable to long-hibernating species of cicadas than most music groups. Having formed in 2000, the band played at home and abroad and released a few records in the early part of the decade — its most recent was in 2003. But now, after a yearslong hiatus, some lineup shifts and an evaporated record deal, the band is ready to re-introduce itself as a gig-playing, record-making entity.

It only took fourteen years.

“We were well on our way to writing a third album when I moved to Chicago in 2006,” says pianist and singer Andrew Benn. “When I moved back in 2009 we regrouped but didn’t have any intention of reforming Potomac Accord.”

After a few sessions with his old bandmates, Benn found that they were scratching at an old itch.

“It just made sense to pick up where we left off.”

Beams was recorded in 2015 with Jason McEntire at Sawhorse Studio, with some post-production by Glenn Burleigh, and the band hoped to release it on a local record label. When the label went bust, Benn says, the band briefly considered stepping away entirely. Ultimately, “we came to the conclusion that we did want to release it, because we were happy with the songs,” he explains.

But once the record was complete, some personnel drama further threatened to scuttle the whole operation. “The bass player we recorded with quit, so we had to find a new bassist and relearn all that material,” Benn says. “When we were getting to release the album properly, both our guitarist and our bassist quit. It takes some time for people to find their place in the group.”

Having recorded Beams as a quartet, the band now operates happily as a trio, with drummer Jerry Green and bassist Joe Willis playing alongside Benn’s piano and guitar. For Benn, who has helmed the band since 2000, it’s a comfort to simply be able to play these songs with able and sympathetic musicians.

“At this point we’re able to perform the music the way we want to,” he says of the altered lineup.

So while the songs have been floating in the digital ether for some time, both on Spotify and Bandcamp, the Potomac Accord will release physical versions of the album on Thursday, October 19, at the St. Louis Public Library’s Central Branch as part of the Not So Quiet! series.

The band reasserts itself with a bright, effervescent clatter on opening track “Bigger or Better” as a quick flurry of handclaps and glockenspiel gives way to insistent piano chords and big-sky guitar trails. The song is a snapshot of what Potomac Accord can do well — propulsive rhythms pushing smart melodic runs and Benn’s vocals, which can lift from a warble to take full flight. A similar energy gives the track “Bounce” its, well, bounce: Benn’s spry piano again takes the leading role,

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but the rhythm section’s ability to shift the dynamic energy takes the mood from airy to florid.

For Benn, the band’s first new recordings in more than a decade were a chance to tweak the Potomac Accord’s sound. “The first two albums are really quiet at times, and it’s not just in your face,” he says.

Looking back at those early releases — 2001’s Silver Line on a Black Sea and 2003’s In One-Hundred Years the Prize Will Be Forgotten — Benn sees a methodical, nearly post-rock element.

“They were tactful in their approach to the songs — we tried to analyze what every note meant and have quiet, meticulous parts,” he says.

While the band is still artful and careful in its arrangements, Beams has a looseness to it that feels borne of natural interplay among the players. Benn says that looking backwards in his own musical development helped with inspiration.

“When we regrouped we started playing punk rock and the kind of music we loved when we were younger,” he says. “I remember looking at my wall of records and CDs and thinking of records I hadn’t listened to in 25 years — Fugazi, Slint, June of 44, Rodan.”

All that time with the formative albums of their youth helped, Benn says. “That’s where the sound is a little louder or more confident.”

Benn points to the album’s longest, most brooding song, “The Rendering,” as the track that signals a renewed and viable future for the Potomac Accord. Its opening lines hint at the comforts of the familiar (he sings “In this town where I was born / Everybody knows your face”), but what follows isn’t exactly the theme song from Cheers. Benn views the song as his own personal reckoning with coming back to St. Louis and seeking satisfaction in the music Potomac Accord made in the early 2000s — without simply retreading the past.

“It’s a song about being OK with picking up where we left off and growing as musicians, as musical mates,” says Benn. “It was something we had worked so hard on for so many years, and we didn’t want to let it go.”

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BEATS ANTIQUE: 7 p.m., $28-$30. Old Rock House, 1200 S. 7th St., St. Louis, 314-588-0505.

THE BLACK LILLIES: 8 p.m., $14. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-498-6989.

THE BONBON PLOT: 7 p.m., free. Evangeline’s, 512 N Euclid Ave, St. Louis, 314-367-3644.

FARFETCHED PRESENTS: THE LINK-UP: 8 p.m., $7.

Foam Coffee & Beer, 3359 Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, 314-772-2100.

THE HEAD AND THE HEART: w/ The Shelters 8 p.m., $42.75-$47.75. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.

IVAS JOHN & BRIAN CURRAN: 7 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222.

JOE METZKA BAND: 10 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-4365222.

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

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KNUCKLE PUCK: w/ Movements, With Confidence, Homesafe 7 p.m., $19-$22. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE: w/ Royal Blood 7 p.m., $36.50-$56.50. Peabody Opera House, 1400 Market St, St. Louis, 314-499-7600.

SWEET KNIVES: w/ Shitstorm 9 p.m., $7. 2720 Cherokee Performing Arts Center, 2720 Cherokee St, St. Louis, 314-276-2700.

FRIDAY 13 ANDY MINEO: w/ Social Club Misfits 8 p.m., $22.50-$25. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.

THE BACKROAD BOYS: 7 p.m., $15-$18. Old Rock House, 1200 S. 7th St., St. Louis, 314-588-0505.

The Head and the Heart 8 p.m. Thursday, October 12.

The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard. $42.75 to $52.75. 314-726-6161.

Even amidst the deluge of neo-riverboat folkies that closed out the 2000s, the Head and the Heart seemed to float above it all. The band’s crystalline melodies, exuberant harmonies and, most telling, effortless way with Americana archetypes rarely succumbed to cliché. But the Seattle sextet’s patio-deck sound was always strung with party lights, a luminous pop sensibility it turned up to eleven on last year’s major-label debut Signs of Light. With a full spectrum of

synths, stacked guitars and stampeding grooves, the band retains the yearning and musical camaraderie that won it headlining slots on scores of festivals. Through the sonic changes the last word in the name still has the last word: It’s the heart that matters.

Carrying On: Founding member and key songwriter Josiah Johnson remains on hiatus as he works through addiction issues. Matt Gervais, husband of violinist Charity Rose Thielen, continues to tour with the band in Johnson’s absence.

—Roy Kasten

BIT BRIGADE: w/ Thor Axe 8 p.m., $10. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-498-

NIGHTMARE ON LOCUST STREET: ROCKTOBER-

Webster Groves, 314-968-0061.

HE IS LEGEND: 7 p.m., $16-$18. The Firebird,

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

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p.m., free. The 560 Music Center, 560 Trinity

ISSUES: w/ Volumes 7 p.m., $25-$28. Delmar

Born, NuttunxnycE, Cannibal Crew, John Boi,

glasses, Between Elsewhere, Casper, Never Go

Ave., University City, 314-421-3600.

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

Sawblade, Infamiz, Filthee Benjaminz 8 p.m.,

Quietly 6 p.m., $10. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St.

BEARTOOTH: w/ Make Room 8 p.m., $20-$23.

6161.

$5-$8. Pop’s Nightclub, 401 Monsanto Ave., East

Louis, 314-289-9050.

The Ready Room, 4195 Manchester Ave, St.

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GIRLYBOI: w/ I Could Sleep in the Clouds, Sleep-

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BUDDY MONDLOCK: 8 p.m., $18. Music Folk,

p.m., $30-$35. Old Rock House, 1200 S. 7th St.,

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833-3929.

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CLEAN BANDIT: 8 p.m., $22. The Ready Room,

JOE & VICKI PRICE: 4 p.m., $10. BB’s Jazz, Blues

LEROY JODIE PIERSON: 7 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz,

BAND: 5 p.m., $10-$15. National Blues Museum,

4195 Manchester Ave, St. Louis, 314-833-3929.

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

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

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

Statik 9 p.m., $15-$25. 2720 Cherokee Perform-

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$10. The Heavy Anchor, 5226 Gravois Ave., St.

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

Louis, 314-436-5222.

MAGIC BEANS: 9 p.m., $8-$10. The Bootleg, 4140

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DAVID DEE & THE HOT TRACKS BAND: 10 p.m., $5.

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Manchester Ave., St. Louis, 314-775-0775.

THRASHAMANIA 8: w/ Hell Night, Cross Exam-

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

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

MARQUISE KNOX BLUES BAND: 10 p.m., $10. BB’s

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Louis, 314-436-5222.

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

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

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GIANT CLAW: w/ Blank Thomas, Nadir Smith,

9050.

THE PIXIES: 8:30 p.m., $36.50-$56.50. Peabody

MOON HOOCH: 10 p.m., $15-$17. Old Rock House, 1200 S. 7th St., St. Louis, 314-588-0505.

SATURDAY 14

NEKROMANTIX: 7 p.m., $13-$16. Fubar, 3108

3 OF A PERFECT PAIR: 6 p.m., $30. Hwy 61

.rar 8 p.m., $7. Way Out Club, 2525 S. Jefferson

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

Roadhouse and Kitchen, 34 S Old Orchard Ave,

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

[CRITIC’S PICK]

498-6989.

STRUMBELLAS: 8 p.m., $20-$25. The Ready

Opera House, 1400 Market St, St. Louis, 314-

Room, 4195 Manchester Ave, St. Louis, 314-

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SHIVER: 9 p.m., free. Nightshift Bar & Grill, 3979 Mexico Road, St. Peters, 636-441-8300.

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3 OF A PERFECT PAIR: Sat., Oct. 14, 6 p.m., $30.

To Kings, Project Emira, Silent Hollow, Hollow

Hwy 61 Roadhouse and Kitchen, 34 S Old

Point Heroes, Seventh Sword, Robbing Jon 7

Orchard Ave, Webster Groves, 314-968-0061,

p.m., $5-$8. Pop’s Nightclub, 401 Monsanto

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Ave., East St. Louis, 618-274-6720.

BARNS COURTNEY: Tue., Oct. 24, 8 p.m., $18-

TWIDDLE: 11 p.m., $12. Old Rock House, 1200 S.

$20. The Ready Room, 4195 Manchester Ave,

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

St. Louis, 314-833-3929, thereadyroom.com.

BASSAMP AND DANO’S SECOND ANNUAL DAY BE-

SUNDAY 15

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AL STEWART: w/ The Empty Pockets 8 p.m., $40-

and Dano, Brasky, Tracing Wires, Wed., Nov.

$65. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis,

22, 9 p.m., $7. The Heavy Anchor, 5226 Gravois

314-726-6161.

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

ELLIS PAUL: 8 p.m., $20. Off Broadway, 3509

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Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-498-6989.

JOHN FORD: 4 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222.

Perfume Genius

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

8 p.m. Friday, October 13.

Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314436-5222.

RIVER CITY OPRY: OCTOBER EDITION: w/ Jack Grelle, Beth Bombara, Ryan Koenig, WT Newton, The Opera Bell Band, Michael Patrick Leahy, Les Gruff and the Billy Goat 1 p.m., $5.

Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314498-6989.

SOUL REUNION: 10:30 p.m., $7. Beale on Broadway, 701 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-621-7880.

THE WORLD IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE & I AM NO LONGER AFRAID TO DIE: w/ Rozwell Kid, Slow Mass 7 p.m., $15. The Firebird, 2706 Olive St., St. Louis, 314-535-0353.

TOXIC REASONS: w/ Ultraman, Filthy Jill and

The Ready Room, 4195 Manchester Avenue. $15.

314-833-3929.

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BØRNS: Tue., Jan. 30, 8 p.m., $26-$28.50. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-

queer, and his songs approach identity from interior and exterior perspectives.

Songs on this year’s No Shape make overt references to icons Bowie and Prince and Kate Bush, but Hadreas and his supporting players (including, on “Sides,” Weyes Blood’s Natalie Mering and Hadreas’ longtime partner Alan Wyffels throughout) make space for smartly glossy pop music all his own.

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BIG WILD: Thu., Feb. 15, 8 p.m., $17-$20.

Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314726-6161, delmarhall.com.

BRONCHO: Thu., Nov. 30, 8 p.m., $12. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-498-6989, offbroadwaystl.com.

BUTTERCUP: W/ Traveling Sound Machine, Bagheera, Thu., Nov. 30, 9 p.m., $7. The Heavy Anchor, 5226 Gravois Ave., St. Louis, 314-3525226, theheavyanchor.com.

CHASE GARRETT’S 8TH ANNUAL BLUES & BOOGIE WOOGIE PIANO STOMP FESTIVAL: Sat., Nov. 11, 7 p.m., $20-$25. National Blues Museum, 615 Washington Ave., St. Louis.

DAMIEN ESCOBAR: Sun., Dec. 3, 8 p.m., $3-$65.

The Sheldon, 3648 Washington Blvd., St. Louis, 314-533-9900, thesheldon.org.

The Muscles 8 p.m., $12-$14. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

EL MONSTERO: Thu., Dec. 21, 8 p.m.; Fri., Dec.

UNCLE ALBERT: 4 p.m., $10-$15. National Blues

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

WEDNESDAY 18

Museum, 615 Washington Ave., St. Louis.

CITY OF THE SUN: 7 p.m., $10-$12. The Bootleg,

BIG RICH MCDONOUGH & RHYTHM RENEGADES: 7

p.m.; Fri., Dec. 29, 8 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 30, 8 p.m.,

4140 Manchester Ave., St. Louis, 314-775-0775.

p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broad-

$27.50-$75. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd.,

FAMOUS LAST WORDS: w/ Conquer Divide,

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CRAIG FINN & THE UPTOWN CONTROLLERS: w/

Awake At Last, Anima/Animus, Cohen 6 p.m.,

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

EXCISION: W/ Dion Timmer, Monxx, Wed., Feb.

John K. Samson 8 p.m., $20-$25. The Ready

$13-$15. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-

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

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

BOONDOGGLE: A TWO-MAN COMEDY SHOW: 9

EXHUMED: W/ Arkaik, Tyranny Enthroned,

DEATHCROWN: 8 p.m., $10-$12. Fubar, 3108

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

p.m., $5. The Heavy Anchor, 5226 Gravois Ave.,

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FARFETCHED PRESENTS: THE LINK-UP: Thu., Oct.

Louis, 314-535-0353.

MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT: 8 p.m., $20-

HOODIE ALLEN: w/ Luke Christopher 8 p.m.,

12, 8 p.m., $7. Foam Coffee & Beer, 3359 Jeffer-

ROCKY MANTIA & THE KILLER COMBO: 8:30 p.m.,

$25. The Ready Room, 4195 Manchester Ave,

$27.50-$30. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St.

son Ave., St. Louis, 314-772-2100, foamvenue.

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

St. Louis, 314-833-3929.

Louis, 314-726-6161.

com.

St. Louis, 314-436-5222.

PENNY AND SPARROW: 8 p.m., $15. Old Rock

JASON DAVID COOPER BLUES BAND: 10 p.m., $5.

GIRLYBOI: W/ I Could Sleep in the Clouds,

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

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

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

Sleeping Craines, Fri., Oct. 13, 8 p.m., $7. Foam

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

ST. LOUIS SOCIAL CLUB: 8 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz,

Louis, 314-436-5222.

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

621-8811.

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

LEADRS: 8 p.m., $7. Foam Coffee & Beer, 3359

314-772-2100, foamvenue.com.

WHEELER WALKER JR.: 8 p.m., $18-$20. Old Rock

436-5222.

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

ILLENIUM: Sat., Dec. 16, 8 p.m., $25-$30. The

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

WHITNEY CUMMINGS: 8 p.m., $45. The Pageant,

NORA JANE STRUTHERS & THE PARTY LINE: w/

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

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

Caroline Spence 7 p.m., $12. The Stage at

6161, thepageant.com.

WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM: w/ Pillorian 8

KDHX, 3524 Washington Ave, St. Louis, 314-

KEYBOY: Fri., Nov. 3, 8 p.m., $10. Fubar, 3108

BIFF K’ NARLY AND THE REPTILIANS: w/ TV Moms,

p.m., $20-$25. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd.,

925-7543, ext. 815.

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

Marriott, Flora 9 p.m., $7. The Heavy Anchor,

St. Louis, 314-726-6161.

ROGERS, NEINHAUS AND BRYAN: 8 p.m., $10-$15.

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Handed Bandits, Sat., Oct. 14, 8 p.m., $12-$14.

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The Backroad Boys

If you’ve never heard of the Backroad Boys, that’s understandable — the band is a newly formed supergroup of sorts. A quartet, its elder statesmen are Kevin Welch and Michael Fracasso, who helped birth the Americana genre in Nashville and Austin in the early ‘80s. They’ll be joined by Welch’s son, Dustin, a formidable, Austin-based country-rocker in his own right. And then there’s John Fullbright, an Oklahoma farm boy who could hold his own in the ring with Jason Isbell and James McMurtry. Fullbright, an NPR darling known for his vivid lyrics, is more than

a singer-songwriter. With the Backroad Boys, he plays keyboards with the aplomb of a fast-fingered organist in a Baptist band, noodling anxiously between tunes. Not being familiar with the group yet is fine. But skipping its show this week at the Old Rock House? Well that would be just plain stupid.

Backroad’s Back, Alright? The Backroad Boys’ name is a self-deprecating spin on a woebegone country supergroup, the Highwaymen (Cash, Kristofferson, Waylon and Willie). During their set at the Rock House, the Boys will play each other’s songs as well as a handful of choice covers. One can only hope they wink at the similarly named boy band.

—Mike Seely

LEADRS: Wed., Oct. 18, 8 p.m., $7. Foam Coffee

7 p.m. Friday, October 13.

Old Rock House, 1200 South Seventh Street. $15 to $18. 314-588-0505

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

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DAVID DEE & THE HOT TRACKS BAND: Sat., Oct.

Hwy 61 Roadhouse and Kitchen, 34 S Old

14, 10 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S.

Orchard Ave, Webster Groves, 314-968-0061,

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

hwy61roadhouse.com.

bluessoups.com.

AL STEWART: W/ The Empty Pockets, Sun., Oct.

DEATHCROWN: Mon., Oct. 16, 8 p.m., $10-$12.

15, 8 p.m., $40-$65. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar

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

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

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ANDY MINEO: W/ Social Club Misfits, Fri., Oct.

DREAM CULT: W/ Fides, Grand House, Sat.,

13, 8 p.m., $22.50-$25. The Pageant, 6161 Del-

Oct. 14, 8 p.m., $7. The Sinkhole, 7423 South

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

Broadway, St. Louis, 314-328-2309, sinkholere-

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ELLIS PAUL: Sun., Oct. 15, 8 p.m., $20. Off Broad-

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way, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-498-6989,

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Sat., Oct. 14, 8 p.m., free. The 560 Music Center,

Oct. 12, 8 & 10 p.m., $5. The Heavy Anchor,

560 Trinity Ave., University City, 314-421-3600.

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

BEARTOOTH: W/ Make Room, Sat., Oct. 14, 8

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p.m., $20-$23. The Ready Room, 4195 Manches-

FAMOUS LAST WORDS: W/ Conquer Divide,

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

Awake At Last, Anima/Animus, Cohen, Tue.,

Oct. 17,ST. 6 p.m., $13-$15.

Fubar, 3108 Locust St, VOTED LOUIS’

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BEATS ANTIQUE: Thu., Oct. 12, 7 p.m., $28-$30.

St. Louis, 314-289-9050, fubarstl.com.

Old Rock House, 1200 S. 7th St., St. Louis, 314-

FARFETCHED PRESENTS: THE LINK-UP: Thu., Oct. 12, 8 p.m., $7. Foam Coffee & Beer, 3359 Jeffer-

29, 7 p.m., $10. The Firebird, 2706 Olive St., St.

588-0505, oldrockhouse.com.

2017 BEST OF BIFF K’ NARLY AND THE REPTILIANS: W/ TV ST. LOUIS Moms, Marriott, Flora,Poll Tue., Oct. 17, 9 p.m., Readers

& Beer, 3359 Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, 314-772-

Louis, 314-535-0353, firebirdstl.com.

$7. The Heavy Anchor, 5226 Gravois Ave., St.

FRIDAY THE 13TH JUGGALO SHOW: W/ Project

2100, foamvenue.com.

RIVER CITY OPRY: OCTOBER EDITION: W/ Jack

Louis, 314-352-5226, theheavyanchor.com.

Born, NuttunxnycE, Cannibal Crew, John Boi,

LEARNING TO FLY: A TRIBUTE TO TOM PETTY:

Grelle, Beth Bombara, Ryan Koenig, WT

W/ The Sleepy Rubies, Shooting With Annie,

Newton, The Opera Bell Band, Michael Patrick

BIG RICH MCDONOUGH & RHYTHM RENEGADES: Karaoke

Brothers Lazaroff, Jimmy Griffin, Town Cars,

Leahy, Les Gruff and the Billy Goat, Sun., Oct.

Karate Bikini, Whoa Thunder, Wed., Nov. 15, 8

15, 1 p.m., $5. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave.,

p.m., $12-$25. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave.,

St. Louis, 314-498-6989, offbroadwaystl.com.

KJ Kelly’s Saturday Night popsrocks.com.

GENITORTURERS: Wed., Oct. 18, 8 p.m., $15-$20.

BIT BRIGADE:Karaoke W/ Thor Axe, Fri., Oct. 13, 8 Dance p.m., Parties

St. Louis, 314-498-6989, offbroadwaystl.com.

RUSSIAN GIRLFRIENDS: W/ Captain Dee and The

$10. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis,

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

MARINER: W/ Cult Season, Thee Oswalds, Thu.,

Long Johns, Sleeper Hold, Tue., Oct. 24, 8 p.m.,

314-498-6989, offbroadwaystl.com.

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Oct. 19, 9 p.m., $3-$5. The Ready Room, 4195

$8-$10. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-

THE BLACK LILLIES: Thu., Oct. 12, 8 p.m., $14.

GIANT CLAW: W/ Blank Thomas, Nadir Smith,

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

289-9050, fubarstl.com.

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

adyroom.com.

SAM SMITH: Tue., Aug. 7, 8 p.m., TBA. Chaifetz

498-6989, offbroadwaystl.com.

MARK FARINA: Fri., Nov. 17, 9 p.m., $15-$20.

Arena, 1 S. Compton Ave., St. Louis, 314-977-

BOB “BUMBLE BEE” KAMOSKE: Wednesdays, 8

7638, facebook.com/pages/The-Way-Out-

The Ready Room, 4195 Manchester Ave, St.

5000, thechaifetzarena.com.

Club/248380771801.

Louis, 314-833-3929, thereadyroom.com.

SECONDARY CD RELEASE SHOW: W/ New Lives,

NF: Tue., Feb. 27, 8 p.m., $27.50-$30. The

Choir Vandals, The Longshot, Fri., Nov. 3, 8

p.m. Beale on Broadway, 701 S. Broadway, St. 2017 BEST OF Louis, 314-621-7880, bealeonbroadway.com.

ST. LOUIS Readers Poll THE BONBON PLOT: Thu., Oct. 12, 7 p.m., free.

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

p.m., $10-$12. The Firebird, 2706 Olive St., St.

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

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

6161, thepageant.com.

Louis, 314-535-0353, firebirdstl.com.

367-3644, evangelinesstl.com.

314-772-2100, foamvenue.com.

PINK: Wed., March 14, 6 p.m., TBA. Scottrade

SIMO: Tue., Oct. 31, 8 p.m., $10. The Ready

BOONDOGGLE: A TWO-MAN COMEDY SHOW:

HE IS LEGEND: Sat., Oct. 14, 7 p.m., $16-$18. The

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

Room, 4195 Manchester Ave, St. Louis, 314-

Wed., Oct. 18, 9 p.m., $5. The Heavy Anchor,

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

1888, scottradecenter.com.

833-3929, thereadyroom.com.

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

firebirdstl.com.

PLANET WHAT: W/ Sister Wizzard, Thu., Oct. 19,

SLUMPER PARTY: W/ Roll Bro, Spheres, Fri.,

theheavyanchor.com.

THE HEAD AND THE HEART: W/ The Shelters,

8 p.m., $7. The Sinkhole, 7423 South Broadway,

Nov. 17, 8 p.m., $15-$17. The Firebird, 2706 Ol-

BUDDY MONDLOCK: Sat., Oct. 14, 8 p.m., $18.

Thu., Oct. 12, 8 p.m., $42.75-$47.75. The

St. Louis, 314-328-2309, sinkholerecords.com.

ive St., St. Louis, 314-535-0353, firebirdstl.com.

Music Folk, 8015 Big Bend Blvd., St. Louis, 314-

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

PLANNED PARENTHOOD BENEFIT SHOW: W/ Ba-

STICK FIGURE: W/ Twiddle, Iya Terra, Wed., Jan.

961-2838, musicfolk.com.

6161, thepageant.com.

gheera, Syna So Pro, The Pat Sajak Assassins,

24, 8 p.m., $21-$26. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar

CITY OF THE SUN: Tue., Oct. 17, 7 p.m., $10-$12.

HOODIE ALLEN: W/ Luke Christopher, Wed., Oct.

The Goes, DJ Vinca Minor, Sat., Nov. 18, 8 p.m.,

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

The Bootleg, 4140 Manchester Ave., St. Louis,

18, 8 p.m., $27.50-$30. Delmar Hall, 6133 Del-

$7. The Heavy Anchor, 5226 Gravois Ave., St.

A TRIBUTE TO DICK GREGORY: Sat., Nov. 4, 2

314-775-0775.

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

Louis, 314-352-5226, theheavyanchor.com.

p.m., $15. Harris-Stowe State University, 3026

CLEAN BANDIT: Sat., Oct. 14, 8 p.m., $22. The

com.

POKEY LAFARGE: Wed., Dec. 27, 8 p.m.; Thu.,

Laclede Ave., St. Louis, 314-340-3366, hssu.edu.

Ready Room, 4195 Manchester Ave, St. Louis,

ISSUES: W/ Volumes, Sat., Oct. 14, 7 p.m., $25-

Dec. 28, 8 p.m., $20-$22. Off Broadway, 3509

TRIO OF PARKS: W/ Man The Helm, Goodbye

314-833-3929, thereadyroom.com.

$28. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis,

Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-498-6989, offbroad-

Old Friend, Your Last Chance, Sat., Nov. 4, 8

CONSIDER THE SOURCE: Sat., Oct. 14, 8 p.m.,

314-726-6161, delmarhall.com.

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p.m., $7. The Heavy Anchor, 5226 Gravois Ave.,

$12. Blueberry Hill - The Duck Room, 6504

IT’S A STRING THING!: W/ Leftover Salmon, The

THE POTOMAC ACCORD: W/ Altamira, Fri., Nov.

St. Louis, 314-352-5226, theheavyanchor.com.

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

Infamous Stringdusters, Keller Williams, Sat.,

17, 9 p.m., $7. The Heavy Anchor, 5226 Gravois

U.S. BOMBS: Sun., Jan. 28, 8 p.m., $18-$20.

blueberryhill.com.

Oct. 14, 6 p.m., $30-$35. Old Rock House, 1200

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

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

CRAIG FINN & THE UPTOWN CONTROLLERS: W/

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

com.

fubarstl.com.

John K. Samson, Mon., Oct. 16, 8 p.m., $20-$25.

house.com.

PRESTON LACY: W/ Mike Stricker, Tim Brennan,

Y98 MISTLETOE SHOW: W/ All Time Low, Fitz

The Ready Room, 4195 Manchester Ave, St.

IVAS JOHN & BRIAN CURRAN: Thu., Oct. 12,

Cuvi, Sun., Dec. 17, 8 p.m., $13-$15. The Fire-

and the Tantrums, All American Rejects, John

Louis, 314-833-3929, thereadyroom.com.

7 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S.

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

Rzeznik, Lights, Sat., Dec. 2, 6 p.m., $9.81-

THE CREEPSHOW: W/ Opposites Attack, The Red

firebirdstl.com.

$79.95. Family Arena, 2002 Arena Parkway, St

RAPPED OUT: W/ Amr Dee Huncho, Sun., Oct.

Charles, 636-896-4200, familyarena.com.

Wed., Oct. 18, 7 with p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz,KJ Blues &

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

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Sawblade, Infamiz, Filthee Benjaminz, Fri., Thursdays

Oct. 13, 8Ortega p.m., $5-$8. Pop’s Nightclub, 401 Ray

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BY DAN SAVAGE Hey, Dan: I’m a 25-year-old woman currently in a poly relationship with a married man roughly twenty years my senior. This has by far been the best relationship I’ve ever had. However, something has me a bit on edge. We went on a trip with friends to a brewery with a great restaurant. It was an amazing place, and I’m sure his wife would enjoy it. He mentioned the place to her, and her response was NO, she didn’t want to go there because she didn’t want to have “sloppy seconds.” It made me feel dirty. Additionally, the way he brushed this off means this isn’t the first time. I go out of my way to show him places I think they would like to go together. I don’t know if my feelings are just hurt or if it’s a reminder of my very low place in their hierarchy. I hesitate to bring this up, because when I have needs or concerns, they label me as difficult or needy. Is this part of a bigger trend I’m missing? Should I do anything to address this or just continue to stay out of their business and go where I wish with my partner?

Treated With Outrage I’m having a hard time reconciling these two statements, TWO: “This has by far been the best relationship I’ve ever had” and “when I have needs or concerns, they label me as difficult or needy.” I suppose it’s possible all your past relationships have been so bad that your best-relationship-ever bar is set tragically low. But taking a partner’s concerns seriously is one of the hallmarks of a good relationship, to say

nothing of a “best relationship ever.”

That said... I don’t know you or how you are. It’s entirely possible that you share your needs and concerns in a way that comes across as — or actually is — needy and difficult. Our experience of interpersonal relationships is subjective. One person’s reasonable expression of needs/concerns is another person’s emotionally manipulative drama. I would need to depose your boyfriend and his wife, TWO, to make a determination and issue a ruling.

That said... It’s a really bad sign that your boyfriend’s wife compared eating in a restaurant you visited with him to fucking a hole that someone else just fucked, i.e., “sloppy seconds.” It has me wondering whether your boyfriend’s wife is really into the poly thing. Some people are poly under duress (PUD), i.e., they agreed to open up a relationship not because it’s what they want, but because they were given an ultimatum. In a PUD best-case scenario, the PUD partner sees that their fears were overblown, discovers that poly/open works for them, embraces openness/ polyamory and is no longer a PUD. But PUDs who don’t come around (or haven’t come around yet) will engage in small acts of sabotage to signal their unhappiness — their perfectly understandable unhappiness. They didn’t want to be open/poly in the first place and are determined to prove that open/ poly was a mistake and/or punish their ultimatum-issuing partner. The most common form of PUD sabotage? Making their primary partner’s secondary partner(s) feel unwelcome.

That said... As you (probably) know, poly relationships have all kinds of (sometimes incredibly arbitrary but also incredibly important) rules. If one

of their rules is “My wife doesn’t want to hear from or about my girlfriend,” TWO, then your restaurant recommendations are going to fall flat. Being poly means navigating rules and juggling multiple people’s feelings, needs and concerns. You have to show respect for their rules, TWO, as they are each other’s primary partners. But your boyfriend and his wife have to show respect for you, too. Secondary though you may be, your needs, concerns, feelings, etc., have to be taken into consideration. And if their rules make you feel disrespected, unvalued or too low on the hierarchical poly totem pole, you should dump them.

Hey, Dan: My wife said she didn’t care who I slept with soon after we met. At the time, I didn’t want to sleep with anyone else. But we eventually became monogamish. It was fun, but it wasn’t something I needed. After a couple years of playing together with others in private and in clubs, she said she wanted to open our relationship. I got a girlfriend, had fun until the new relationship energy (NRE) wore off and ended things. Then my wife got a great job on the other side of the state and I stayed behind to get our house into a sellable state. Right now, we see each other only on weekends. I also got a new girlfriend.

The NRE wore off, but we still really like each other and we’ve discussed being long-distance secondaries once the move is complete. Here’s the problem: Last night, my wife confessed to me that being in an open relationship was making her miserable. Not just my current girlfriend, whose monopoly over my time during the week could be a legitimate cause for concern, but going back to the previous girlfriend I saw only one

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night a week. I told my wife that I would break up with my girlfriend immediately. My wife is the most important person in my life, and I don’t want to do anything to hurt her. But my wife told me not to break up with my girlfriend. I don’t want to string my girlfriend along and tell her everything is fine — but my wife, who doesn’t want to be poly anymore, is telling me not to break up with my girlfriend. What do I do?

Dude Isn’t Content Knowing Priority Is Crushingly Sad Your wife may want you to dump your girlfriend without having to feel responsible for your girlfriend’s broken heart, DICKPICS, so she tells you she’s miserable and doesn’t want to be poly anymore, and then tells you not to end things. Or maybe this is a test: Dumping a girlfriend you didn’t have to dump would signal to your wife that she is, indeed, the most important person in your life and that you will prioritize her happiness even when she won’t. Or maybe she’s watched you acquire two girlfriends without landing a boyfriend of her own.

But there’s a middle ground between dumped and not dumped, DICKPICS: Tell your girlfriend what’s going on — she has a right to know — and put the relationship on hold. Get the house sold, get your ass to your wife, and keep talking until you figure out what is going to work for your wife going forward: completely closed, open but only to sexual adventures you two go on together, i.e., “playing together with others in private and in clubs,” or open with GFs (and BFs) allowed. Good luck. mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage on Twitter

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