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personal trainer has been fired from a south St. Louis gym after clients and fellow trainers spotted him in photos of white supremacists marching in Charlottesville three weeks ago. Bobby Ritter, wearing a white helmet, stares straight into the camera in an image that was used as the lead photo in a Vox.com story: “Unite the Right, the violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, explained.” The fitness instructor is not identified by name in the story, and part of his face is obscured by a gas mask. But a telltale tattoo on his raised forearm gives him away. It was not long before appalled members and co-workers at the Lab Gym began sharing the image, as well as another photo showing a white-helmeted protester shouting in the midst of a crowd of tiki-torch-carrying marchers. Gym owner Justin Thacker declined to comment when contacted by the Riverfront Times, but he told clients in an email that Ritter had been terminated.
If you clicked in on Vox.com’s story, you could see Bobby Ritter’s distinctive tattoos. Members saw the photos — and pushed for action by the gym’s owner. “After careful consideration, the Lab Gym has severed working relations with Bobby Ritter,” Thacker wrote. “There has been questions, concerns, and some evidence to part ways based on differences concerning important core principles that are innate to the Lab Gym and it’s mission.” Ritter, who moved to the St. Louis metro area after attending Washington State University, taught a course called “Heavy Metal CrossFit,” although CrossFit’s general counsel says he is not a licensed CrossFit trainer and he does not appear in CrossFit’s official trainer directory.
He was known around the gym as a vocal Trump supporter, people associated with the gym told the RFT. He has since gone quiet, shutting down his Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn accounts. His phone number is also unlisted, and the RFT has been unable to reach him for comment. In a cached version of his nowdark Twitter account, a younger Ritter is shown pressing a barbell overhead. The tattoo, prominently displayed in the Vox story, is clearly visible. Ritter is the latest person from St. Louis to come under fire after being
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identified from images taken around the Charlottesville march, which drew white supremacists from around the nation. They gathered in Virginia to oppose removal of a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Marchers clashed throughout the weekend with counter-protesters, leading up to the terrifying moment when a twenty-year-old marcher drove a Dodge Challenger into a crowd of anti-racists, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer. Ladue Horton Watkins High School grad Clark Canepa was filmed in a Vice video chanting “You will not replace us!” He posted an Instagram photo of himself, smiling in the center of three young men and a young woman. The location tag was Charlottesville, and the 21-yearold wrote in the caption, “It was a weekend for the books with the St. Louis goys.” Canepa later told KMOV he had a “fantastic time” at the march. One of the other people in Canepa’s post, Zach Morley, was later identified by St. Louis University High graduates as one of their own. He is now a student at Saint Louis University. Morley told the RFT in an email he was the victim of an ideological witch hunt and compared his plight to Jesus Christ, Joan of Arc and Oscar Romero, the social-justice-minded Archbishop of San Salvador who was assassinated after giving a sermon.n
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Annie Smith spoke at a candlelight vigil for her son Monday. Anthony Lamar Smith was killed by a St. Louis cop. | DANNY WICENTOWSKI
‘Why Is It Taking So Long?’ s rain began to fall on the corner of West Florissant and Acme avenues Monday night, Annie Smith asked the question on everyone’s mind. “Why is it taking so long for the verdict?” Surrounded by activists and family members, Smith echoed the mounting tension felt in St. Louis over the case of former city police officer Jason Stockley, who is accused of murdering Smith’s son more than five years ago. Monday night’s vigil was held at the same intersection where Stockley shot and killed Anthony Lamar Smith following a highspeed pursuit on December 20, 2011. Prosecutors charged Stockley last year with first-degree murder, citing video and forensic evidence to support claims that the cop had “executed” a drug suspect in cold blood and then planted a gun on him to cover up the crime. Stockley denies planting the gun and maintains he acted out of self-defense. Stockley previously waived his right to a jury trial, leaving the final decision to a single judge. Al-
though the trial’s arguments concluded August 9, St. Louis Circuit Judge Timothy Wilson has yet to deliver a verdict. There’s no telling when he might do so. In the mean time, Smith and her family members have repeatedly called for Stockley’s conviction. Last week, she joined joined more than 40 protesters and clergy on the steps of the Carnahan Courthouse in downtown St. Louis to demand justice for her son. Some protesters have promised that the city will face “mass disruption” if Stockley is acquitted. Seemingly in response to the threat, city officials quickly erected barricades around police headquarters and courthouses. “I’m not at peace. I’m mad as hell,” Smith said at the vigil. Her anger, she added, had nothing to with money, though she and other relatives were awarded a $900,000 civil settlement in 2013, more than two years before Stockley was criminally charged. “It ain’t enough money or gold they could give me, because he wasn’t for sale,” Smith said. She wants the officers involved with her son’s death to face justice. “I want all of them arrested, and they can rot in hell.” — Danny Wicentowski
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he sister-in-law of a mother who was killed with her sons is pleading for information in the mysterious quadruple homicide that shook north county in late August. Carmen Steward says she has advocated against violence for years but still wasn’t prepared for this level of tragedy. “I never thought it would hurt this bad,” Steward told reporters last week. Her family called police at 11:53 p.m. on Thursday, August 24, after they couldn’t reach 56-year-old Patricia Steward or her boys, twenty-year-old Joseph Corley and ten-year-old Terrence Dehart. Officers met relatives at the family’s home in the 10400 block of Balmoral Drive, which is in an unincorporated section of north county. Dehart, who was first identified by law enforcement last week, had recently been adopted by Patricia Steward. Patricia Steward hadn’t shown up for work that Thursday, which was odd, her sister-in-law says. And when officers entered the house with family members, they found a grisly scene. Spread across different rooms, they found the bodies of the mother, both her sons and Corley’s friend, eighteen-yearold Deandre Kelley Jr, who had been visiting. All four had been shot with the same caliber of bullet. Police suspect the crimes occurred between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m. on Thursday. Investigators quickly ruled out a murder-suicide, and police said at a news conference last week that they don’t have any suspects and aren’t sure if they’re looking for one killer or if multiple people were involved. St. Louis police Lt. Colonel Ken Gregory says the house seemed to be in order and that investigators don’t believe any of the four had any idea they were about to be attacked. “These were people were pretty much true victims,” Gregory says, adding he had never seen something so terrible in his 38-year career. “Something as horrific as this — no, I have not.” CrimeStoppers has increased the reward for information to $15,000 from $10,000. The organization’s executive director, Lisa Pisciotta, says they’ve received few tips so far, and she’s hoping the extra cash will persuade someone to come forward. “If you’ve got a little bit of information, you’ve got to send it in,” Pisciotta says. “It’s a piece of the puzzle.” Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 1-866-371-TIPS (8477). — Doyle Murphy
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oufest can be an intimidating affair. With some 32 bands performing across three stages and two days this year in Forest Park, some difficult decisions are going to have to be made regarding live entertainment. Do you catch indie rock darlings Spoon or the eclectic garage rock of Ron Gallo at 6 p.m. on Saturday? Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats or Lizzo at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday? And what’s the deal with this cool Chuck Berry tribute, anyway? That’s where we come in. Below you will see sixteen can’t-miss acts performing on this year’s bill; the information found within will hopefully help you on your musical journey. More astute readers may notice that none of the six local acts — Mathias & the Pirates, Mvstermind, Beth Bombara, Jack Grelle, 18andCounting & the Only Ensemble, and Starwolf — can be found on this list. There’s a simple reason for that: Those acts are no-brainers. In fact, five of the six were among our STL 77 award winners just this past June (not to toot our own horns or anything). You should go see each of them — this is “Lou” Fest, after all — though your difficult decisions will continue in choosing between Jack Grelle and 18andCounting on Sunday. In order of appearance, here are sixteen can’t-miss acts performing at this year’s fest.
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1 P.M. SATURDAY @ ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR STAGE With an appearance on Conan O’Brien, worldwide touring and slots at major festivals, Middle Kids has managed to accomplish most artists’ five-year plans in just under seventeen months. The Sydney, Australia trio began garnering attention when its debut single “Edge of Town” was featured on Sir Elton John’s Beats 1 playlist last year. The single, a dreamy slice of indie pop with a ’90s-ish guitar hook, would eventually appear on the band’s debut, released in February. Featuring five songs, the self-titled EP shows the group painting with a broad palette that moves from moments of folksy country to dalliances with electro-pop. —Jeremy Essig
ZZ WARD
4 P.M. SATURDAY @ BUD LIGHT STAGE Born in Pennsylvania, raised in Oregon and now based in Los Angeles, electric-blues howler ZZ Ward isn’t easy to pin down. She has a mean Southern-rock streak and a convincing funk strut, but as a singer she owes as much to the pop and soul diva delivery of Adele and Amy Winehouse as Etta James (one of her most commonly cited in uences . She’s also savvy enough to take her time between debut and sophomore albums, and after five years, the recently released full-length The Storm hit No. 1 on the Billboard blues chart and No. 12 on rock. And Ward has won that success without losing her edge; if anything, she’s taken a welcome turn for a tougher, more elemental sound. —Roy Kasten
2 P.M. SATURDAY @ BUD LIGHT STAGE The Minnesota quartet Hippo Campus sounds deliberately calibrated to nab a slot at late-summer festival sets. That’s not a knock: The band — whose members cut their teeth in the Minneapolis all-ages music scene — favors breezy, retro-kissed pop that’s ideal for afternoon chillouts. Hippo Campus’ debut album, Landmark, touches on laissez-faire indie rock (“Way It Goes”), ’80s dream-pop (“Epitaph”) and keyboard-freckled dance jams (“Western Kids”). What separates Hippo Campus from the fray: strong, well-crafted songwriting — and, on somber tunes such as “Monsoon,” deep wells of emotional sincerity. —Annie Zaleski
HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS
5 P.M. SATURDAY @ ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR STAGE Over the years, Huey Lewis & the News has performed at nearly every major venue in St. Louis, from the Fox to the Muny to the Zoo. The stalwart pop-rock group’s appearance at LouFest is a first, though. While the festival traditionally caters to musicians who started their careers after the new millennium began, rocker Billy Idol proved in 2015 that nostalgia draws a crowd even at LouFest, and nostalgia is what the News has in spades. With dozens of decades-spanning hits such as “The Power of Love” and “The Heart of Rock & Roll,” Lewis and his fellow kings of the ’80s will unleash irresistible hooks, glorious synths and all the guitar solos you can handle. —Allison Babka
SPOON
6 P.M. SATURDAY @ BUD LIGHT STAGE It was 2007’s “The Underdog,” ironically, that vaulted Spoon from criminally under-appreciated indie perfectionists to indie royalty overnight. Now, each new album showcases the band’s simmering indie-soul tension, while its back catalog yields considerable hits like “The Way We Get By” and “I Turn My Camera On.” Singer Britt Daniel’s mystery accent — certainly not Texan, though the band hails from Austin — is inherently charismatic, and he and drummer Jim Eno are masters of dynamic energy: not the loud-quiet-loud of yore, but the tamped-down pressure that heats and heats and begs for release. The
albums are often restrained, but the live show is not. Do yourself two favors: First, investigate Spoon’s early albums, especially Kill the Moonlight and Gimme Fiction, and second, post up in front of Spoon’s stage early for a good view. Expect to lose your shit. —Evan Sult
RON GALLO
6 P.M. SATURDAY @ BMI-TUNESPEAK STAGE A boho, word-drunk punk whose pre-show ritual is to circulate Xeroxed copies of his bio (written as absurdist free verse of course), Ron Gallo knows his Roky-Erickson-meets-Lou-Reedmeets-Dylan shtick is ridiculous. Thing is, he also knows what to do with his influences: He shreds the fuck out of his guitar and dares his audience to follow him down the withering, absurdist rabbit hole of his lyrics. His whip-smart, anti-corporate, screw-the-bourgie tirades make for thrilling rock & roll. Yeah, most of LouFest will be across the grounds Saturday for the pre-sundown Spoon set, but if you want to discover a new favorite garage rocker, Gallo more than deserves a shot. —Roy Kasten
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HAIL! HAIL! CHUCK RAINBOW KITTEN BERRY SURPRISE 8 P.M. SATURDAY @ BUD LIGHT STAGE According to LouFest organizers, plans for a Chuck Berry tribute were already underway prior to the man’s passing in March of this year. It’s fair to say the loss of the father of rock & roll has raised the stakes just a bit. Working closely with Berry’s family, the festival has enlisted members of the Roots, Dave Matthews Band, Spoon and more, with St. Louis’ own Kevin Bowers leading a supergroup of local musicians as well. The breadth of musical knowledge and specialization from the assembled group is vast, but whether it’s hip-hop, funk, indie, pop, folk or jam artists honoring him at LouFest, they all wouldn’t be here without Chuck Berry. This Saturday evening event should be one of the most memorable and moving in the history of the festival. —Roy Kasten
8 P.M. SATURDAY @ BMI-TUNESPEAK STAGE If the band’s name alone doesn’t pique your interest, then perhaps the eclectic sonic smorgasbord deployed by the North Carolina quintet Rainbow Kitten Surprise will. Originally formed in 2013 by dorm mates Sam Melo and Darrick “Bozzy” Keller, the group thrives on shambling curveballs. On 2013’s Seven + Mary and 2015’s RKS, Rainbow Kitten Surprise explores Modest Mousestyle askew folk (“First Class,” “Shameful Company”), festive campfire sing-alongs “All That And More (Sailboat)”), gruff indie-soul (“Lady Lie”) and bluesy shredfests (“Run”). —Annie Zaleski
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SNOOP DOGG
9:15 P.M. SATURDAY @ BUD LIGHT STAGE What more can be said about Snoop Dogg in 2017? The man is a national treasure, a towering pop figure who is as comfortable (and entertaining) baking treats alongside Martha Stewart for their unlikely VH1 cooking show as he is onstage izzle-ing his way through a set of smoothed-out, G-funk classics. At the prolific rapper has fifteen studio albums under his belt; his latest, May’s Neva Left, finds Snoop in top form, with guest appearances by everyone from Too $hort to KRS-One to Kaytranada to Devin the Dude. Suffice it to say his Saturday night set should be a hazy, smoked-out good time.—Daniel Hill
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2:30 P.M. SUNDAY @ BUD LIGHT STAGE With only one album to its name, the trio of Chris Vos, Alex Stiff and Mark Cazorla still has something to prove. Fusing its stripped-down approach with shredding harmonica, chunky bass, slide guitar and Vos’ Delta blues-inspired moan (he’s got a chilling falsetto), the Record Company, which formed six years ago in Los Angeles, is anything but glitzy. Recorded in a living room and intended as a demo, the band’s 2016 debut, Give It Back to You, sounds as fresh as no-frills rock & roll gets. If you’re looking for the next White Stripes or Black Keys, move along to another LouFest stage. The Record Company has its own fiery, unpretentious spirit. —Roy Kasten
ROBERT RANDOLPH NONAME & THE FAMILY BAND 3:30 P.M. SUNDAY @ ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR STAGE Though he didn’t pick up the instrument until the age of seventeen, Robert Randolph’s skills on the pedal steel guitar blossomed quickly enough that he was getting write-ups in the New York Times by 25 and playing with Eric Clapton by 30. It’s not just Randolph’s virtuosity that attracts his wide fan base, though. Randolph, along with his family band — vocalist Lenesha Randolph, drummer Marcus Randolph, bassist/guitarist Ray Ray Randolph and a revolving cast of other members — put on an electrifying, improv-heavy live show, occasionally even inviting audience members to the stage to take part in the singing and dancing. —Nick Horn
4:30 P.M. SUNDAY @ BMI-TUNESPEAK STAGE Glance at Noname during the course of a given performance and you’re pretty much guaranteed to see a slight smile, a faintly furrowed brow, or — more often — both. These subtle expressions, along with her relaxed, self-confident posture, form a perfect visual representation of the Chicago rapper’s sonic stylings. On her self-released debut, Telefone, Noname — born Fatimah Nyeema Warner — immediately sets the bittersweet mood with the opener “Yesterday,” reminiscing about her deceased grandmother and mentor (“When the sun is going down/When the dark is out to stay/I remember your smile/Like it was yesterday”) atop dreamy timbres and soothing, gospel-inuenced harmonies.—Nick Horn
LIZZO
6:30 P.M. SUNDAY @ BMI-TUNESPEAK STAGE Minneapolis singer and rapper Lizzo radiates positive energy — even when she’s tackling less-than sunny themes like racial oppression and police brutality. As she told the pop music blog Idolator, “I want to keep people smiling because I want to smile.” Since working with pop legend Prince on his 2014 album Plectrumelectrum, though, Lizzo (born Melissa Jefferson) has shifted her focus away from social commentary and toward anthems to positivity. “I have a lot of fun talking about issues and I have so much fun standing up for what I believe in and representing, but one of the keys to me to being a feminist, or to being an activist, sometimes is just being about it and showing it instead of talking about it.” —Nick Horn Continued on pg 16
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6:30 P.M. SUNDAY @ BUD LIGHT STAGE Sometimes it only takes one song. Just ask a band like the Lumineers, which continues to ride the pirate-folk stomp of “Ho Hey” through every arena that hasn’t banned fedoras and suspenders. Hermann, Missouri, native Nathaniel Rateliff now finds himself fated to sing “S.O.B.” for the rest of his life, but he could do worse. The song is a joke, but it’s a damn catchy slice of bluesy steam-punk. Of course, Rateliff has dozens of better songs, and his music has expanded into swampy soul and swinging gospel. With a live ensemble as good as the Night Sweats, you can bet he’ll weather the one-hit-wonder curse. And you can bet every son of a bitch at LouFest will want to get him a drink. —Roy Kasten
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7:45 P.M. SUNDAY @ ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR STAGE The last time Run the Jewels came to town is a day that will live forever in infamy. That’s because November 24, 2014, wasn’t just the date of the rap duo’s performance at the Ready Room — it also marked the announcement of the grand jury’s decision not to indict former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown. As businesses across town boarded up their windows and closed early in anticipation of widespread unrest, RTJ and the Ready Room made it a point to make sure the show went on. While tear gas filled the streets of St. Louis and buildings burned to the ground in Ferguson, Killer Mike and El-P (and their longtime backup, St. Louis’ own Trackstar the DJ set fire to the hearts and minds of all in attendance with a blistering and emotional set that none in attendance will ever forget. Don’t be surprised if Mike makes mention of the night from the LouFest stage — it is surely seared into his memory as well. —Daniel Hill
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8:45 P.M. SUNDAY @ BUD LIGHT STAGE There are few human beings on the planet who have mastered the popsong form as well as Rivers Cuomo. The Weezer frontman has famously written and discarded hundreds (thousands?) of tunes over his band’s 25-year career — while still managing to release eleven full-length albums of consistently infectious earworms. There were a few misfires, sure “Beverly Hills” could surely be stricken from the record, please — but those moments all fall away when you find yourself in a crowd of thousands singing along to every word of “Say It Ain’t So.” Come for your favorite Blue Album hits, but be sure to cross your fingers for some more modern-day “The Futurescope Trilogy” action as well. —Daniel Hill
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THURSDAY 09/07 Bruce Campbell Actor, raconteur and wielder of a most manly chin Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead, Jack of All Trades) is a man at peace with where he stands in Hollywood. The self-proclaimed B-actor’s first memoir, If Chins Could Kill, revealed the world of “blue-collar Hollywood,” where actors work steadily without ever breaking through to mainstream acclaim. His new book, Hail to the Chin, picks up the thread and chronicles Campbell’s more recent years in Hollywood and points beyond. Campbell will sign copies of Hail to the Chin at 5 p.m. tonight at Left Bank Books (399 North Euclid Avenue; www.left-bank.com). Tickets are $35.99 per person for a copy of the hardcover and a signature. You must purchase the book from Left Bank to get in the signing line.
FRIDAY 09/08 Mickalene Thomas: Mentors, Muses and Celebrities New York-based artist Mickalene Thomas pursues the perception of black women in the spotlight in her new exhibit, Mentors, Muses and Celebrities. Known mostly for her rhinestone, acrylic and enamel paintings, here Thomas explores how gender and beauty are represented in modern society through film and video installations. Her twelve-minute, two-channel video projection Do I Look Like a Lady? features images of Eartha Kitt, Moms Mabley and Whitney Houston,
all of them black women who attained a level of power and fame. Thomas draws equal inspiration from the three women at the heart of the film adaptation of The Color Purple, as played by Oprah Winfrey, Whoopie Goldberg and Margaret Avery. The juxtaposition of three characters who had little to no power in their lives being portrayed by three exceptionally powerful women is the essence of Thomas’ work. Who decides which women are beautiful? What is the source of their power? Who controls the image? Mickalene Thomas: Mentors, Muses and Celebrities opens with a free public reception at 7 p.m. tonight at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (3750 Washington Boulevard; www. camstl.org). The show remains up through December 31, and the museum is open Wednesday through Sunday. riverfronttimes.com
Kader Attia: Reason’s Oxymorons Human beings’ adaptability is what allows people to gradually come to terms with catastrophic change and trauma. In the Western world, we consider it possible for someone who has experienced a tragedy to “heal,” thereby erasing a wrong. But the non-Western world doesn’t always believe that disaster can be plastered over. In some countries, the scars and imperfections are celebrated. These con icting ideas of past damage are the inspiration for French-Algerian artist Kader Attia’s exhibition Reason’s Oxymorons. Attia interviewed and filmed historians, storytellers, philosophers and ethnographers from around the world discussing their cultural
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CALENDAR Continued from pg 19 ideas of healing psychic damage. These films are then continuously played on an array of televisions placed throughout a maze of gray cubicles. The viewer can pass from cube to cube, gaining exposure to previously foreign worldviews. Kader Attia: Reason’s Oxymorons opens with a free public reception from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum on the Washington University campus (1 Brookings Drive; www.kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu). The show remains up through January 8, and the museum is open every day except Tuesday.
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real Kilroy is an ex-boxer who wakes up in unfamiliar territory. He’s here on the edge of nothingness, which is populated by such well-known strangers as Lord Byron, Casanova, Don Quixote and Esmerelda, the gypsy dancer from The Hunchback of Notre Dame. A series of ten short scenes plays out, many of them with songs and dances, driven by the dream-like qualities of a mystery play. Tennessee Williams’ short play Ten Blocks on the Camino Real is an allegorical exploration of what happens when you age out of your fame and fall out of step with the larger world. Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis brings the National Theatre of Ghana to town to presents its version of the show at a series of free public performances Friday through Sunday (September 8 to 10). You can catch it at 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Friday at Strauss Park (Washington and North Grand boulevards); 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Soulard Farmers Market (730 Carroll Street); and 1 and 3 p.m. Sunday at Strauss Park again. Visit www.twstl.org for more information.
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Kader Attia, Reason’s Oxymorons, 2015. Installation of cubicles and eighteen films, durations variable, 13 to 25 min. Courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong. Photo by Max Yawney. holidays. In her place is a woman who forgets to take her pills and can’t safely prepare her own meals or be trusted alone in her own home. Her daughter Shelly has taken charge of Dotty’s care, but Shelly has her own life to get back to. What does Dotty have left? Colman Domingo’s play Dot deals with aging, Alzheimer’s and the unsettling passing of the baton that happens when children step up to care for their own parents. The Black Rep opens its 41st season with Dot. Performances take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday (September 6 to 24) at Washington University’s Edison Theatre (6465 Forsyth Boulevard; www.theblackrep.org). Tickets are $15 to $45.
South Pacific If you want to end a season on a high note, it’s difficult to beat Rodgers Hammerstein’s South Pacific. The perennially popular musical has everything: sweeping romance, a pointed lesson about learned prejudice, the loss of innocence and the horrors of war. And we haven’t even mentioned the songs yet, which include “There’s Nothing Like a Dame” and “Some Enchanted Evening.” Stages St. Louis goes brings down the curtain on its 2017 season with the incomparable South Pacific. Performances take place Tuesday through Sunday (September 8 to October 8) at the Robert G. Reim Theatre at the Kirkwood Community Center (111 South Geyer Road, Kirkwood; www. stagesstlouis.org). Tickets are $47 to $63.
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Christopher Boone is discovered next to the corpse of his neighbor’s dog and is immediately accused of killing her beloved hound. Christopher professes his innocence, but nobody — neither the dog’s owner, Mrs. Shears, nor his father — appears to take what he’s telling them into account. Of course, Christopher has trouble understanding emotions and personal interaction; he’s a bright young man, especially for a fifteen-year-old, but he just doesn’t process people that well. So Christopher sets out to find the real dog-killer, which requires him to comprehend motivation and the many ways people fudge the truth. He’s also going to have to go to London, a place that overwhelms him even when he’s chaperoned by a responsible adult. This time, he’ll go it alone. Simon Stephens won the 2015 Tony Award for his modern mystery The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime, which is based on the novel by Mark Haddon. The Repertory Theatre St. Louis opens its new season with this unusual comingof-age story. Performances take place Tuesday through Sunday (September 8 to October 1) at the Loretto-Hilton Center on Webster University’s campus (130 Edgar Road; www.repstl.org). Tickets are $18.50 to $89.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is not only the best film in the entire Trek canon, it also features William Shatner’s finest performance. James T. Kirk is an older man who’s being gently pushed out to pasture by the Federation, but he gets one more great adventure when his old enemy Khan Noonian Singh (the brilliant Ricardo Montalban) escapes from exile to seek revenge. Khan and his fellow escapees capture a ship and with it gain a weapon capable of reshaping a planet. They also get a handful of hostages, among them one of Kirk’s old ames and her hot-headed, surprisingly charismatic son. The Wrath of Khan has action, Ricardo Montalban’s fabulous pecs, and some serious consequences at stake — one of the Enterprise’s original crew doesn’t make it out alive. Paramount Pictures presents a special 35th anniversary screening of The Wrath of Khan with a special introduction from William ... Shatner. You can catch it locally at 2 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Wednesday (September 10 and 13) at Marcus Wehrenberg Ronnies 20 (5320 South Lindbergh Boulevard; www.fathomevents.com). Tickets are $15.
WEDNESDAY 09/13 Concert in Forest Park The St. Louis Symphony is currently preparing for its new season — the final one with David Robertson wielding the baton — and at 7 p.m. tonight, they’ll blow out any remaining cobwebs with a free performance at the base of Art Hill in Forest Park. Conductor Gemma New helms this show, which features guaranteed crowd-pleasers such as “The Star Spangled Banner,” the overture from The King and I and Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever.” The only thing that can follow Sousa is fireworks, so it’s a lucky thing they’ll be playing outside. Bring a blanket and a picnic, or just a friend. n
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Colin Warner (Lakeith Stanfield) waits for justice, a dream deferred for almost two decades. | AMAZON STUDIOS [REVIEW]
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orget the recycled superheroes and barrel-scraping fantasy films that have filled screens for the last few months the most urgent subject matter in American cinema in 2 1 has been race or, more accurately, the deep roots of institutional racism. From the immediacy of documentaries such as Ava DuVernay’s 13th and the recent Whose Streets? to historical dramas such as Loving and the new Crown Heights, filmmakers are taking a close look at the ten-
sions behind recent headlines and struggling to understand the past events that foreshadowed them. It’s not just a question of showing black lives that matter it’s a matter of exploring situations and con icts that could only occur because of racial differences. The subject of race is rarely mentioned in Crown Heights, but it’s always present, shaping the circumstances of the characters. A retelling of real events and based on a lengthy account that aired on This American Life in 2 , it’s the story of Colin Warner Lakeith Stanfield . The dreadlocked young man from Trinidad had been living in Brooklyn for nearly two years when he was arrested in 1 for a murder he didn’t commit. Although the only evidence against him was a statement from a fourteen-year-old boy under pressure from police to pin a suspect, Warner was put on trial and given a sentence of fifteen years to life. Ironically, the real murderer, whom he’d never previously met, was his co-defendant. eatly compressing two decades into a concise minutes, Crown Heights explores how Warner survived his prison sentence while simultaneously showing how his
lifelong friend Carl King namdi Asomugha spent that time working through the legal system and looking for proof of his innocence. Even if you’re unfamiliar with Warner’s history, you can probably guess the outcome, but that doesn’t detract from the consistently strong drama. The power of writer-director Matt Ruskin’s thoughtful retelling comes from its calm, carefully reasoned realism. This is not an underdog-against-the-system story with fist-pumping moments of triumph or calculated moments of outrage at melodramatic villainy. The subject here is the criminal justice system the pattern of overworked police, over ealous prosecutors, overcrowded jails and underrepresented defendants that makes it easy for injustice to occur and difficult to fix it. But it’s also a story of real people living through real trials, of the endurance of the innocent Warner and the perseverance of King. Guided by strong performances from Stanfield and Asomugha, Ruskin’s film shows the complexities of a awed legal system, balancing it with consistent respect for the humanity of its characters. It’s a simple film but also an exriverfronttimes.com
pressive one. Years pass, with the leaps of time indicated by brief news montages. As politicians from Reagan to Clinton give their best law-and-order speeches, the bluster of their rhetoric contrasts with the reality of the broken system. There are also brief semi-impressionistic moments where the film becomes visually unclear, the images reduced to streams of light and color, but these aren’t simply arthouse flourishes. They create a momentary jolt, a shock to the senses that actually enhances the subjectivity and reminds the viewer of the sheer disorienting illogic of the injustice surrounding Warner and King. Ultimately what sticks with you about Crown Heights is its uneasy familiarity. The film never says much about race specifically, but we know why Warner ended up in jail and why his innocence made no difference. And though his arrest occurred nearly years ago, it isn’t distant history or an indictment of past injustice it could be happening today. In Crown Heights, Ruskin uses a modest story to indict an entire system for an epidemic of injustice. The sequel is probably taking place around us. n
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When the players take the court, says artist William LaChance, they complete the piece. | COURTESY OF DANIEL PETERSON country. Peterson notes that the paint jobs have a purpose beyond just aesthetics: “Basically the way you renovate is by using a specific type of resurfacing paint. So in a sense, the painting is the renovation itself.” Peterson reached out to St. Louis County Parks and Recreation about doing a project in St. Louis. The parks department identified Kinloch and, in April, Peterson began working with LaChance. An abstract artist, LaChance has pieces at the U.S. Federal Reserve, St. Louis Lambert International Airport and Nike headquarters, among others. He says he’s done a few murals, but never anything like this. “We intentionally designed the basketball courts to have these really enormous fields of color,” LaChance says. “We were kind of thinking ahead to when people will be using the basketball courts and be playing ball on them. Potentially
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completing the piece. Peterson is pleased with the artist’s vision for the project. “The way he uses color and shape has a lot of energy,” Peterson says. “It was very fortunate that he
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Keri Gilyard: “It’s more than just a basketball court. It’s artwork.” | KATIE HAYES was willing to collaborate on this project. His approach works well when you’re trying to cover a large surface like that and you can’t step back and look back at your mural.” Peterson and LaChance didn’t know each other before the project but spent months emailing designs back and forth. The court, Peterson notes, “was in pretty rough shape.” Kinloch has famously suffered from years of neglect and corruption, even earning a profile in Vice titled “The City Next to Ferguson Is Even More Depressing.” The majority black city, which used to have 10,000 residents, now has fewer than 300. People in the area gave the project a warm welcome, Peterson says. “There’s a lot of passion for that community from current and former residents. A lot of people came back to assist,” he says. “We also had people just show up, wondering what was going on and asking if they could help. I had one guy
who brought his own rollers.” Gilyard was one of the residents who took an interest. For the past ten years, he and his family have been maintaining the courts — replacing old nets, mowing grass when the county was slow with upkeep. “Keri was the first guy that came up to talk to us as we were painting,” LaChance says. “I think the very first day he pulled up. After he started volunteering and working, he told us he has been maintaining the courts for the past however many years, and I believe on his own dime.” Gilyard says he was thankful when he saw the courts. “It’s more than just a basketball court,” he says. “It’s artwork. On Daniel’s way out of town he showed us a picture. He showed us a picture from the airplane. Coming in and out of St. Louis everyone can see the court.” And this time, Kinloch is on the map for something good. n
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any years ago, David Kirkland was a house music DJ, creating layers of pounding rhythms to throngs of pul-
sating dancers in the San Francisco music scene. If you taste the biscuits and gravy at his new restaurant Turn, however, you might think his former gig was as a choreographer for classical ballet. So often, biscuits and gravy land like a load of lead in the gut, but Kirkland has somehow managed to make the Southern delicacy, dare I say, delicate. Two light-as-air biscuits are halved and smothered with sage-perfumed gravy that tastes like Thanksgiving, its silken texture broken only by pieces of herbed turkey sausage. Microgreens and a few sprigs of fresh sage evoke a springtime garden. The restraint, subtlety and intention are striking. Fo r a ny o n e w h o e n j oy e d Kirkland’s cooking during his near-decade at Café Osage, such
a masterpiece comes as no surprise. As executive chef at the Bowood Farms restaurant, the St. Louis native was responsible for translating the farm’s bounty into hyper-seasonal dishes, often having to scramble when a harvest of 50 pounds of tomatoes or 70 pounds of squash would get plopped on his kitchen counter. The experience energized his creative side by forcing him to come up with different ways of using the same product — and helped to define his cooking. Kirkland’s creative side is what attracted him to the restaurant business in the first place. A self-described “latchkey kid,” he began experimenting with cooking at a young age and quickly realized that he had a passion for it. During college, he worked in kitchens to make money, then riverfronttimes.com
got increasingly serious about the field as he graced the lines at restaurants around town including Frazier’s and Venice Café. In the late 1990s, Kirkland entertained the idea of going to culinary school in San Francisco, but though he moved there, that plan never materialized. Instead, he began working in retail management for Crate & Barrel by day, taking on DJ gigs by night as an outlet for his creative energy. When he moved back to St. Louis in 2005, he continued his career in retail but stopped DJing. In need of an outlet, Kirkland was all ears when a friend of his wife’s boss approached him about opening Café Osage. That was 2007, and by the time he left the Central West End eatery in 2016, Kirkland had made
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TURN Continued from pg 29 a name for himself and was looking to branch out on his own. He launched his catering company, David Kirkland Catering, but had dreams of owning his own place. The opportunity arose when he was approached by mega-donors Ken and Nancy Kranzberg, who were looking for a chef to occupy the restaurant space at their new multi-use arts space, .ZACK. Kirkland saw the offer as a win-win: Not only would he have a restaurant of his own in a building filled with other creatives, but he would be able to continue his catering business at .ZACK’s events space. Befitting its location in an arts building, Turn feels like the sort of stylish, modern restaurant you’d find in a museum (that’s no back-handed compliment: museum restaurants around the country have upped their game over the past few years). It’s a bright and inviting space with large glass windows on two sides, grey geometric-print carpet and lantern-like light fixtures that give off a soft glow. Sleek white chairs surround wood-colored tables, a bar offers diners a place to belly-up for some brunch-time cocktails and — in a nod to Kirkland’s passion for music — a mural of album covers decorates one wall, oor to ceiling. Turn is strictly a daytime operation, and Kirkland has created a menu of wonderful breakfast and lunchtime dishes that give the feel of a sophisticated, yet approachable, brunch. Pancakes, ecked with whole grains, taste of vanilla-scented funnel cake and achieve the ideal uffy inside and crisp exterior. Paired with local butter and warm maple syrup,
Chef David Kirkland’s love of music is evident in the restaurant’s decor, including this wall of album covers. | MABEL SUEN you’ll want for nothing more from breakfast. Then again, that would mean missing out on the biscuit ight, a board of four rotating varieties ranging from the slightly smokey spiced poblano and cheddar to a sweet orange and cranberry. The biscuits are served with local honey, butter and Kirkland’s signature “Slow Jam.” On this occasion, he served a pleasantly tart raspberry version that is so delightful, it’s no wonder he’s contemplating a line of jams as a side project. Turn’s “L.E.O.” is an homage to a dish that, when Kirkland’s father used to make it, delighted the entire family. It’s clear why it was
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between two slices of griddled rye bread with Swiss cheese, rich Thousand Island dressing and sauerkraut so pungent it makes your eyes water. This perfect sandwich has all the taste of a Jewish deli reuben, but it lacks the slide and accompanying mess you get from the usual strips of corned beef — though, granted, the meat is so juicy you might still end up wearing your lunch as a badge of honor. It’s all wonderful, and made even better by the soundtrack: Kirkland’s eclectic music collection. Yes, that patty melt is tasty, but when it’s eaten while bouncing to Stevie Wonder’s “I Was Made to Love Her,” the experience is simply magical. Kirkland keeps the music playing to give guests a peek into his other passion. As he explains, cooking and DJing are the same to him — the motions put him into the same headspace. In both, you are always thinking of the next step, looking for the right moment to add something and slowing down or speeding up depending on what the instance requires. At Turn, he proves his talent, no matter which way you spin it. n Turn
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haron Asher-Harter, the pastry chef of Scape (48 Maryland Plaza, 314-361-7227), had just one birthday party her entire childhood. So when she became a mother, she vowed to go all-out for her kids. “I made sure every birthday was a total blowout for them,” Asher-Harter explains. “The night before their birthday, after they fell asleep, I would sneak into their rooms and decorate with balloons and streamers. Every year they would have a different theme, and I started making cakes with stencils of their favorite characters on them — everything from Powerpuff Girls to Scooby-Doo. That’s when I realized I loved to cook and bake.” Asher-Harter was content as a home cook and baker, but her friends and family could see that she had a real knack for the culinary arts and served as her biggest champions. In fact, her sister’s praise landed Harter her first professional cooking gig. “My sister was dating the owner of Bar Italia and was in there for dinner one night,” Asher-Harter recalls. “They served her this very plain and sparse-looking cake, and she found out that their pastry chef had left, so there was no one really there to make the desserts.” Harter’s sister informed them that she’d be perfect for the job — and in no time, they offered her a meeting. At first, Asher-Harter wasn’t sure that she wanted to jump into the business, but she realized an
Sharon Asher-Harter, Scape’s pastry chef, feeds dough into a pasta machine. | KELLY GLUECK opportunity like that might not present itself again. Though she had limited experience in pastry, she looked up a recipe for Italian custard with fresh raspberries and headed into the restaurant for an interview. “We just started talking, and then they started showing me the kitchen and telling me where I was going to work,” Asher-Harter recalls. “I thought, ‘I guess I have the job.’” Asher-Harter ’s excitement quickly turned into angst as she couldn’t help but wonder whether she was ready for her new role. At her employer’s instruction, she was supposed to make Genoise cake, a notoriously difficult recipe. For two weeks, she attempted the cake, making mistake after mistake and questioning her competence. “I was so stressed out and out of my comfort zone that I wanted to cry and go home,” Asher-Harter says. “But I finally made it, and I made all of their other recipes, and eventually I got to the point where
I didn’t even have to look at recipes and was even changing them.” Asher-Harter happily worked at Bar Italia for fourteen years, and she would have worked for many more if not for a former co-worker who encouraged her to pursue the executive pastry chef position at Scape. Though the timing was not great (her daughter had been in a serious car accident), something inside of her told her to say yes. For nearly a year, Asher-Harter worked for both Bar Italia and Scape before finally leaving the former to devote herself fully to her new job. Now she sometimes can’t help but stop and think how she got to where she is, despite her lack of professional training — a fact that she sees as an asset. “Everything I know I’ve learned by trial and error,” Asher-Harter explains. “I have a palate and I have passion. That’s the important thing. Anyone can go to culinary school, but if you don’t have passion, you won’t go very far.” riverfronttimes.com
Asher-Harter took a break from the pastry kitchen to share her thoughts on the St. Louis culinary scene, the places she’d go if she could travel at the speed of light, and why you will never see a certain syrupy staple in her kitchen. What is one thing people don’t know about you that you wish they did? That I’m self-taught. I think the fact that I’m not classically trained gives my baking a signature style. What daily ritual is non-negotiable for you? Listening to music. I’m a huge lover of house music, and people rarely see me without my earbuds. If you could have any superpower, what would it be? The ability to travel at the speed of light. I could travel to any place in the world whenever I wanted: brunch in Paris and dinner in Morocco followed by a house music fest in Ibiza.
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ASHER-HARTER Continued from pg 33 What is the most positive thing in food, wine or cocktails that you’ve noticed in St. Louis over the past year? The positive support chefs give each other. It’s competitive, but the mutual love for food and each other’s success (which helps our city succeed) is inspiring. What is something missing in the local food, wine or cocktail scene that you’d like to see? Even though we have a very culturally diverse culinary scene, I still think we are missing a few key representations. I’d like to see an Indonesian restaurant. Who is your St. Louis food crush? Nathaniel Reid. I admire that he’s traveled to Paris to get his culinary education and chose to come back to his roots to teach classes and offer the best pastries in St. Louis. Who’s the one person to watch right now in the St. Louis dining scene? Tyler Davis at Element. He’s not only one of the top pastry chefs in St. Louis, but his culinary talent is cutting edge and always inspires me to do more. Which ingredient is most representative of your personality? Truffle oil. Adding this ingredient transforms so many dishes into something that sets it apart. Its unique and seductive avor keeps you thinking about it days later. If you weren’t working in the restaurant business, what would you be doing? I would either be making jewelry or anything creative like gardening or something in the music industry. Name an ingredient never allowed in your restaurant. Hershey’s syrup. It’s an abomination, period. What is your after-work hangout? Brennan’s. It’s my absolute favorite place to unwind and see the other regulars and staff, many of whom have become dear friends. What’s your food or beverage guilty pleasure? Before bed, I sometimes like a hefty spoonful of peanut butter and a glass of pinot grigio. What would be your last meal on earth? A dish I recently had at Herbie’s: seared scallops over farro, with arugula and a beurre blanc ....with n pinot grigio.
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aco Buddha (7405 Pershing Avenue, University City) offers just what you would expect from its name: tacos. The flavors, however, are delightfully unexpected, representing the owners’ travels through the American Southwest, Mexico, the Caribbean, India and Asia, and limited only by their imagination. Co-owner Kurt Eller describes the taco as a “humble vessel for flavors from around the world,” referencing the nod to Buddhist philosophy in the restaurant’s name. The menu is designed to cater to all tastes, vegetarians and carnivores alike, and offers simple food made from scratch with fresh, quality ingredients. Eller and his partner Erin McCracken have taken over part of the space on the corner of Pershing and Jackson that previously held Perjax and Bici Cafe. (The other half is Cursed Bikes & Coffee, which opened in May.) Eller had worked in the restaurant industry in Austin before moving to St. Louis eleven years ago. More recently, he operated as a caterer under the Taco Buddha name before sensing opportunity in the storefront, which is located in his neighborhood. Though its grand opening was August 24, the restaurant is operating on a limited schedule with a smaller
menu for a couple of months while staff and inventory ramp up. The day’s offerings are written on a wall-mounted paper wheel. Already a customer favorite, the tandoori-style chicken taco is one of the more unusual items on the menu. Chicken marinated in a marsala sauce is grilled and served on a flour tortilla with cabbage slaw, cotija cheese, cilantro, mango chutney and New Mexico red chile cream. Other unusual tacos on the restaurant’s roster include the “Thai Street Beef,” with beef marinated in a ginger, soy and lime sauce on a flour tortilla; a smoked beef brisket taco; a jerk chicken taco with mango chutney; and a New Mexico Cajun shrimp taco. A vegetarian taco is served brimming with portabella mushrooms, squash, onions, peppers, cabbage slaw, cilantro and jalapeño sauce and topped with a fried avocado. On the more traditional side, one taco offers steak crusted with New Mexico red chiles and served with lettuce, jack cheese, avocado and jalapeño sauce on a flour tortilla. A frequent visitor to New Mexico, Eller wants to showcase its chiles, which can be hard to find locally. Breakfast tacos are offered in the morning ready to go or made to order. Appetizers are on the traditional side. Chips come with a roasted red pepper salsa or guacamole. Other offerings include New Mexico green chile queso, riverfronttimes.com
ceviche or quesadillas. Get a side of fried avocados or street corn for more Southwestern-influenced nosh. A sizeable dessert menu includes flan, tres leches cake, Texas pralines, sopapillas and bananas de leche. Taco Buddha also offers margaritas, cocktails, beer and wine. Meals inside are served on hefty wooden tables, which Eller made personally with wood salvaged from the Cupples Station renovation. (The lumber was originally harvested before the Civil War.) It’s not the only furniture in the restaurant with a story to tell. Eller purchased the mango wood buffet and shelving in India, where he had a stint in the furniture industry. Mango wood is a fast-growing, renewable wood, making it a sustainable option for furniture. Repurposed wood is also sustainable, as it avoids the need to cut down new trees. This is just part of the sustainable plan being implemented at Taco Buddha by McCracken, the restaurant’s operating partner. All of the eatery’s to-go containers (and the paper straws) are recyclable, and the restaurant is in the process of implementing a composting program for food scraps with St. Louis Composting. Breakfast and lunch are available Thursday through Saturday (8 a.m. – 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.). Dinner service is available on Saturday from 4 -- 9 p.m. — Sara Graham
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hen Katie Lee-Collier thinks back on opening day at her first restaurant, Katie’s i a, she can’t help but laugh at how far she has come. “I had never run a kitchen, and the only place I’d worked on a line was the pantry,” Lee-Collier recalls. “I remember I even had to figure out how to fold a pi a box.” Ten years later, Lee-Collier, together with her husband Ted Collier, again finds herself in the midst of a restaurant opening, only this time she is a seasoned veteran. On August 17, the pair opened the second location of their wildly popular Katie’s Pizza & Pasta Osteria (14173 Clayton Road, Town & Country; 636-220-3238) in the heart of Town & Country, and it’s already packing in the crowds. In fact, Lee-Collier explains that this sort of demand was why she and Ted Collier knew they needed to expand. “When Rock Hill opened, it was a success, but it’s only a 75-seat
restaurant so there were long waits,” Lee-Collier explains. “We couldn’t accommodate everyone and were always having to turn people away.” But while she and Collier began thinking about a second location not long after they opened the Rock Hill spot, they had certain parameters. They wanted to be respectful of her father, who continued to operate the original Katie’s Pizza in Clayton. (Lee-Collier helped her father found the place, but he was always its sole owner.) “We didn’t want to open within ten miles of him because we didn’t want to affect his business, so that meant we couldn’t open in the city,” Lee-Collier explains. (Her father ultimately closed the Clayton spot earlier this year.) “We didn’t want to open in Webster Groves or in Kirkwood because those were too close to Rock Hill, so we began exploring neighborhoods like Creve Coeur and Town & Country.” She and Ted Collier found the space for the new Katie’s about a year and a half ago, but they had to wait for the former tenant to finish out its lease. Finally, they were able to take possession of the restaurant a little over four months ago and renovated it in record speed. The result of their efforts is a stunningly beautiful space that pulses with energy like an authentic Italian osteria. The dining rooms, divided by an open wooded wall filled with succulents, are light and airy, thoughtfully decorated with hints of copper, wooden tables and mismatched chairs. The most striking Continued on pg 41
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KATIE’S TOWN & COUNTRY Continued from pg 38 decor, however, are the colorful modern paintings by Ted Collier, who is also an artist, that decorate several of the walls. The open kitchen, dough room and bar bustle with activity as the staff works to assemble Katie’s delectable handmade pastas and pizzas. Favorites include everything from the “Coppa” pizza with San Marzano tomatoes, cured ham and arugula to the “Tomato Paccheri,” a handcrafted pasta made with butter roasted cherry tomatoes, stracciatella cheese and fresh mint. Opening a brand new restaurant would be enough to keep anyone busy, but Katie Lee-Collier and Ted Collier are not letting that stop them from launching yet another major project. Two months ago, the husband-and-wife team dove into the meal delivery market with their meal kit Vero Pizza and Pasta. They’ve been testing the kit locally for the past two months and will be launching it nation-
wide in the next few weeks. “If you look at what’s out there, there aren’t any pizza kits available,” Lee-Collier explains. “Plus, most other kits are not specific. Ours is strictly Italian, pizza and pasta, and we will use really cool meats and cheeses that you just don’t see out there.” With two restaurants and a meal kit concept occupying their time, they realize they cannot predict what will come next, though Lee-Collier admits that their ultimate goal is to reach as many people as possible — without compromising the brand. “The goal is to have Katie’s in other cities and fulfillment centers for the meal kit, but we have to do it in a way that doesn’t compromise quality,” Lee-Collier says. “We are looking at how you grow a brand and still maintain a culture, which is so important.” Katie’s Pizza & Pasta Osteria is open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Fridays from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. n
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he moonshine comes as a complete surprise. Bryan Bedwell has just sat down on the edge of the Peter Mathews Memorial Skate Garden, which is currently under major construction in the Bevo Mill neighborhood, when a colleague shows up with a clear glass mason jar. The man is proud of what he has wrought, explaining that it is good shit. “If you take a spoonful of it and light it on fire it burns blue,” he says, “and when you shake it up the frog-eye bubbles disappear pretty quickly.” These are apparently desirable qualities in homemade liquor. Bedwell unscrews the lid and takes a sip. It is just past 3 p.m. on a sunny Wednesday afternoon — but hey, it’s five o’clock somewhere, right? If the midday consumption of home-distilled alcohol seems out of the ordinary for a work site, well, it probably is — but this is no ordinary work site. The group of men smoothing out concrete are here on an entirely volunteer basis, offering up their labor for no reason beside a love of skateboarding. On this day they’ve already been at it for a few hours, though they didn’t start too terribly early because, well... “A lot of them don’t wanna wake up until nine in the morning at the earliest,” Bedwell says with a grin. “And I can’t yell at them too hard or else they won’t come back!”
KHVT president Bryan Bedwell stands, trowel in hand, among the new construction at the outdoor park. | DANIEL HILL The project is an expansion of the Peter Mathews Memorial Skate Garden, St. Louis’ first legal outdoor skate park. Initially constructed in 2014, the park was recently granted $25,000 by the Tony Hawk Foundation to expand and improve. Hawk himself — as big a name in skateboarding as one could possibly find is slated to make an appearance at the grand opening celebration. The party will take place beginning at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, September 12, and will see a portion of the street blocked off, with DJ Mahf and VThom spinning tunes while Such and Such Farm provides a pig for roasting. “It was the only time the Hawk man could get his schedule to fit us in,” Bedwell explains of the afternoon soiree. Bedwell is chairman of the board of directors for Kingshighway Vigilante Transitions, better known as KHVT, a 501c(3) nonprofit that takes its name from the now-demolished guerrilla skate park that was located beneath the Kingshighway Bridge. Renovations to that stretch of Kingshighway closed the park,
which was technically not legal and constructed with no permits. (The city still allowed the operation because the skaters proved more diligent about picking up trash and painting over graffiti than the homeless folks who had previously dwelled there.) About a year before the guerrilla park’s closure, the Peter Mathews Memorial Skate Garden opened for business. The park was constructed on a 14,000-square-foot lot where a radiator shop had previously stood. Initially the city was going to lease the land to the group — they had been impressed with the plucky skaters’ stewardship of the Kingshighway spot — but with the neighborhood supporting the effort, KHVT was able to raise $5,000 to purchase the lot outright. Another $35,000 was raised for the construction of the park; the project relied on a number of fundraisers, as well as GoFundMe and Kickstarter campaigns. The Tony Hawk Foundation even chipped in $5,000 at that time — and officially offered its support. Peter Whitley, the foundation’s programs director, came to town riverfronttimes.com
last year as part of a parks and recreation conference held in St. Louis. While he was here, he decided to check in on the park. “He was wondering how it was going here, and we picked him up from his hotel, took him around, showed him some of the spots we had going, showed him this place and a couple cool spots to hang out at,” Bedwell says. “And he was all about it.” Six months ago Whitley called Bedwell again, this time with big news. Mini, the car company known for its Mini Coopers, wanted to get involved in skateboarding. The company hoped to make a documentary about a DIY spot as part of an advertising campaign, and it had $25,000 it was willing to throw at the cause. Mini had asked for the foundation’s help in finding a worthy park. The St. Louis spot ended up being one of three finalists, alongside similar projects in New Orleans and Detroit. Then St. Louis won, triggering more than a month of work. The renovations, which have been designed and constructed by Bedwell and Continued on pg 47
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music Volunteer Jonathan Harms takes a break from tying rebar. | THEO WELLING his crew of volunteers, will include a new zone with a half-dozen new features and a couple of pockets. It will run along the backside of the park, facing an alley on the south edge. “It’s a snake run, kinda, but it’s a street snake run I guess, right ” Bedwell asks JP Kraus, another worker on site. “A snake run elbow with some street obstacles,” Kraus confirms. “And if we have some money left over we’re gonna repair some other things and add some other features.” “I think we’re gonna try to add a barbecue pit,” Bedwell continues, “and, like, a little gazebo type thing, creekside cabana over there on the corner for the guys to hang out at and get some shade.” In addition to those amenities, volunteer Jennifer Russell persuaded Home Depot to fund and build a community bulletin board/food pantry just outside the park itself. The wood structure will have a neighborhood bulletin board on its front, with the back opening up to a small food pantry where people can drop off and pick up food as needed. “At first we thought we were gonna have to build it, but they’re paying for it and building it,” Bedwell says.
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Predictably, many of the volunteers hard at work at the site spend their free time skateboarding as well. Jonathan Harms, who is also on KHVT’s board of directors, shares his dreams for future projects during a break from tying rebar. “After this I hope we can work on another project,” he says. “My favorite kind of skateboarding is bigger. I want a bowl. Like a bigger bowl that’s nine to ten feet deep, and it’s wide open and super easy to skate. On the bigger stuff I can do a lot better.” But not every volunteer pushes wood. “There’s at least one guy I can see right now, probably two or three other people here that don’t even skate, that are here just helping out,” Bedwell says. “It’s something cool in the community that they wanna help out with, so they’re doing it.” “Sometimes skateboarding involves not skateboarding,” Kraus offers. And it’s true. Sometimes skateboarding involves smoothing concrete or tying rebar, or maybe barbecuing some eats for a hungry, all-volunteer crew. And just sometimes, it involves a nip of some frog-eye free, blueburning midday moonshine. n
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MOVIE: 5 p.m., $20. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups,
less quality, whether she’s exploring more pop sounds or, as on her forthcoming The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone, a smoky, bluesy feel. Her voice, warm and clear as an Indian summer morning, always finds its way to the emotional core of a great song. Rock the Jukebox: While his hit-making days are in the past, headliner Alan Jackson, like Womack, remains an elite, pure country singer. And nobody this side of the Marlboro man pulls off Stetson-and-mustache cool like Alan. —Roy Kasten
700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222. WAYBACK POINTFEST: w/ Sublime with Rome, the Offspring, the Urge, Goldfinger, Reel Big Fish 5 p.m., $25-$89.95. Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, I-70 & Earth City Expwy., Maryland Heights, 314-298-9944.
MONDAY 11 BEN HARPER & THE INNOCENT CRIMINALS: 8 p.m., $45-$50. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161. MOUNTAIN GOATS: 8 p.m., $26-$29. The Sheldon, 3648 Washington Blvd., St. Louis, 314-533-9900. MUSIC UNLIMITED BAND: 8 p.m., $10. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314436-5222. PALLAS: w/ Complainer, Muskie 8 p.m., $7.
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Wayback Pointfest 4 p.m. Sunday, September 10. Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights. $25 to $89.85. 314-2989944.
It’s interesting that the Point decided to schedule this year’s Wayback Pointfest on the same day as LouFest’s second day, but on reflection, it kinda makes sense. The people that are interested in the bands on this bill — Sublime with Rome, the Offspring, Reel Big Fish, the Urge, Goldfinger — probably have no time or interest in the music the kids these days are listening to anyway. These are folks who grew up with chain wallets on their hips, ball
chain necklaces adorning their necks, bleached-blonde highlights in their spiked hair. They can skank a circle around you, even if they have no idea what “dabbing” is. They will be more than content to immerse themselves in the pop-punk and ska sounds of the late nineties. This is their day to shine. Check Your Head: While you’re basking in the nostalgia, make sure not to ignore the smaller names on the bill. My Posse in Effect, St. Louis’ premier Beastie Boys tribute act, always fights hard for your right to party, and you need to respect that.
Broadway, 701 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-621-
Louis, 314-772-2100.
7880.
REAPING ASMODEIA: w/ Nethersphere 7 p.m.,
BRAND X: 8 p.m., $30. Old Rock House, 1200 S.
$10-$12. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-
7th St., St. Louis, 314-588-0505.
289-9050.
THE CACTUS BLOSSOMS: w/ Jack Klatt 8 p.m.,
THE SHOWCASE TOUR: 7 p.m., $10-$15. Fubar,
$12-$15. The Stage at KDHX, 3524 Washington
3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.
Ave, St. Louis, 314-925-7543, ext. 815.
SINGLE MOTHERS: 8 p.m., $12. Blueberry Hill -
DREW HOLCOMB AND THE NEIGHBORS: 8 p.m.,
The Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Blvd., University
$20-$25. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St.
City, 314-727-4444.
Louis, 314-726-6161.
SOULARD BLUES BAND: 9 p.m., $5. Broadway
KEVIN MORBY: 8 p.m., $15. Off Broadway, 3509
Oyster Bar, 736 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-
Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-498-6989.
621-8811.
MARY J. BLIGE: 8 p.m., $55-$150. The Fox 1111. MICAH SCHNABEL: w/ Shortsweather 8 p.m.,
Louis, 314-289-9050.
$7. The Heavy Anchor, 5226 Gravois Ave., St.
HOSER: w/ Sister Wizzard, Babe Lords, Sunset
Louis, 314-352-5226.
Over Houma 8 p.m., $7. Foam Coffee & Beer,
PETUNIA & THE VIPERS: w/ Lonesome Cowboy
3359 Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, 314-772-2100.
Ryan Koenig 8 p.m., $7. Foam Coffee & Beer,
JAMAICA LIVE TUESDAYS: w/ Ital K, Mr. Roots, DJ
3359 Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, 314-772-2100.
Witz, $5/$10. Elmo’s Love Lounge, 7828 Olive
SHABAZZ PALACES: w/ Porter Ray, DJ Mahf 8
Blvd, University City, 314-282-5561.
p.m., $17-$20. The Ready Room, 4195 Manches-
KIM MASSIE: 10:30 p.m., $10. Beale on Broad-
ter Ave, St. Louis, 314-833-3929.
way, 701 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-621-7880.
STEVIE NICKS: w/ Vanessa Carlton 7 p.m., $53-
KYLE KINANE: 8 p.m., $20. The Ready Room,
$153. Family Arena, 2002 Arena Parkway, St
4195 Manchester Ave, St. Louis, 314-833-3929.
Charles, 636-896-4200.
SEU JORGE PRESENTS: THE LIFE AQUATIC, A
WEDNESDAY NIGHT JAZZ CRAWL: 5 p.m. contin-
TRIBUTE TO DAVID BOWIE: 8 p.m., $30-$40. The
ues through Dec. 27, free. The Stage at KDHX,
Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-
3524 Washington Ave, St. Louis, 314-925-7543,
6161.
ext. 815.
Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-
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436-5222.
ALEX CUNNINGHAM: W/ Bob Bucko Jr., Musth
WEDNESDAY 13
LIVE MUSIC or DJ EVERY FRIDAY & SATURDAY HDTVs EVERYWHERE & ALL THE SPORTS
Bardo, Fri., Sept. 15, 8 p.m., $7. Foam Coffee & Beer, 3359 Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, 314-772-
BIG RICH MCDONOUGH & RHYTHM RENEGADES: 9
2100.
p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broad-
BARE KNUCKLE COMEDY: Sat., Oct. 21, 9 p.m.,
way, St. Louis, 314-436-5222.
$5. The Heavy Anchor, 5226 Gravois Ave., St.
BOB “BUMBLE BEE” KAMOSKE: 8 p.m. Beale on
IT’S A PARTY - ALWAYS!
Theatre, 527 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, 314-534-
BUNGLER: 7 p.m., $10. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St.
ST. LOUIS SOCIAL CLUB: 9 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz,
ENCLOSED, CLIMATE CONTROLLED PATIO PAVILION
—Daniel Hill
Foam Coffee & Beer, 3359 Jefferson Ave., St.
TUESDAY 12
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A TRIBUTE
$12-$15. T
Ave, St. Lo
The Mountain Goats 7 p.m. Monday, September 11. The Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington Boulevard. $26. 314-533-9900.
John Darnielle’s love of the dark musical arts is well known. One of his best-loved songs as the leader of the Mountain Goats is “The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton,” and he has been known to opine on the differences between metal’s many strands. But on the band’s latest, Goths, Darnielle and company plainly telegraph their love for the black-wearing, eyeliner-clad, ankh-sporting folks
among us. But rather than coat these songs in chorused guitars or austere synth, Darnielle favors the gentle pings of the Fender Rhodes electric piano as his weapon of choice, giving of a soft, spry bed on which to pay tribute to the singer of the Sisters of Mercy on “Andrew Eldritch Is Moving Back to Leeds.” Main Stage: You may have seen the Mountain Goats opening for Jason Isbell this summer; a headlining show at the Sheldon will give Darnielle his rightful stage to plumb his vast catalogue. —Christian Schaeffer
ALAN JACK
8, 7 p.m., $
Parkway, S
*ASK: W/ C
Tattooed T
Fubar, 310
BEN HARPE
Sept. 11, 8
Delmar Bl
BIG GEORG
$15. Natio
Ave., St. Lo
BIG RICH M
Wed., Sept
Soups, 700 5222.
BILLY BARN
BB’s Jazz, B
Louis, 314
BOB “BUM Louis, 314-352-5226.
Monsanto Ave., East St. Louis, 618-274-6720.
p.m. Beale
THE BEL AIRS: Sat., Sept. 16, 7 p.m., $10. BB’s
ROGERS, NEINHAUS AND BRYAN: Wed., Oct. 18, 8
Louis, 314
Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis,
p.m., $10-$15. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave.,
BRAND X: W
314-436-5222.
St. Louis, 314-498-6989.
House, 120
CALL ME KARIZMA: W/ A Summer High, Skyhav-
ROVER: W/ Good Times & Co., Bone Roaster,
BUNGLER:
Made possible by
en, Tue., Nov. 14, 6 p.m., $15-$20. The Firebird,
Sat., Sept. 16, 9 p.m., free. The Ready Room,
3108 Locu
Official Print Media Partner
2706 Olive St., St. Louis, 314-535-0353.
4195 Manchester Ave, St. Louis, 314-833-3929.
THE CACTU
CKY: W/ City Of Parks, The Few, Sat., Oct. 21, 8
SEASHINE: W/ Panda Riot, Star Tropics, Sat.,
Sept. 13, 8
p.m., $18-$20. Pop’s Nightclub, 401 Monsanto
Sept. 30, 9 p.m., $7. The Heavy Anchor, 5226
3524 Wash
Ave., East St. Louis, 618-274-6720.
Gravois Ave., St. Louis, 314-352-5226.
ext. 815.
CRUSHED OUT: W/ the Vanilla Beans, the Public,
SHARK JACKSON: W/ Bear Cub, Hands and Feet,
COFFEE BR
Thu., Sept. 28, 8 p.m., $7. Foam Coffee & Beer,
Syna So Pro, Fri., Sept. 29, 8 p.m., $7. Foam
p.m., $7. F
3359 Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, 314-772-2100.
Coffee & Beer, 3359 Jefferson Ave., St. Louis,
Ave., St. Lo
DAIKAIJU: W/ Subtropolis, Thu., Sept. 14, 8 p.m.,
314-772-2100.
CROWBAR:
$7. Foam Coffee & Beer, 3359 Jefferson Ave., St.
SIDNEY STREET SHAKERS: Wed., Sept. 20, 8 p.m.,
3108 Locu
Louis, 314-772-2100.
$7. Foam Coffee & Beer, 3359 Jefferson Ave., St.
DAN BAIRD
GOJIRA: W/ Torche, Code Orange, Wed., Oct. 11,
Louis, 314-772-2100.
p.m., $12-$
8 p.m., $27-$29. Pop’s Nightclub, 401 Monsanto
SNAILS: Thu., Dec. 7, 8 p.m., $25-$30. The
St. Louis, 3
Ave., East St. Louis, 618-274-6720.
Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-
DAVE STON
GWAR: W/ Ghoul, Doyle, U.S. Bastard, Fri., Nov.
6161.
p.m., free.
3, 7 p.m., $20-$22. Pop’s Nightclub, 401 Mon-
SNOW THA PRODUCT: Sat., Oct. 21, 8 p.m., $18-
Ave., St. Lo
santo Ave., East St. Louis, 618-274-6720.
$60. The Ready Room, 4195 Manchester Ave,
DREW HOL
JUSTIN HOSKINS & THE MOVIE: Sun., Sept. 17, 5 &
St. Louis, 314-833-3929.
Sept. 13, 8
7:30 p.m., $15. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S.
THIEVES TO KINGS EP RELEASE SHOW: W/
Delmar Bl
Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222.
Thieves To Kings, Project Emira, Silent Hollow,
DRYJACKET
MANIC OUTBURST: W/ Plagued Insanity, King
Hollow Point Heroes, Seventh Sword, Robbing
Animals, N
Goro, Tropical Storm, ThorHammer, Sat., Oct.
Jon, Sat., Oct. 14, 7 p.m., $5-$8. Pop’s Nightclub,
Fubar, 310
14, 7 p.m., $10. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis,
401 Monsanto Ave., East St. Louis, 618-274-
THE DUST C
314-289-9050.
6720.
Broadway
TODRICK HALL: Tue., Oct. 10, 7:30 p.m., $25.
6989.
Miss May I, William Control, Fri., Oct. 20, 7
Blanche M Touhill Performing Arts Center, 1
ERIN JAIME
p.m., $23-$25. Pop’s Nightclub, 401 Monsanto
University Dr at Natural Bridge Road, Norman-
p.m., $5. B
Ave., East St. Louis, 618-274-6720.
dy, 314-516-4949.
way, St. Lo
NEKROMANTIX: Fri., Oct. 13, 7 p.m., $13-$16.
TWIZTID: W/ Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Whiteney
EVA UNDER
Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.
Peyton, Andrew W Boss, Prozak, AXE, Tue.,
Saracoma,
NOT WAVING BUT DROWNING: W/ Fuse 12, Day-
Oct. 31, 6 p.m., $20-$40. Pop’s Nightclub, 401
Firebird, 2
bringer, Kill Their Past, Sat., Sept. 30, 7 p.m.,
Monsanto Ave., East St. Louis, 618-274-6720.
EVE UNDER
$10. Blueberry Hill - The Duck Room, 6504
WHOA THUNDER CD RELEASE: Fri., Oct. 6, 8 p.m.,
The Firebi
Delmar Blvd., University City, 314-727-4444.
$10. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis,
0353.
REBECCA LOEBE: Sat., Sept. 16, 8 p.m., $12. The
314-498-6989.
FAITH: Fri.
Stage at KDHX, 3524 Washington Ave, St. Louis,
YELAWOLF: W/ Mikey Mike, Big Henri, Cookup
History Mu
314-925-7543, ext. 815.
Boss, Tue., Oct. 3, 8 p.m., $25. Pop’s Nightclub,
Ave., St. Lo
RITTZ: W/ Sam Lachow, Eric Biddines, Sun.,
401 Monsanto Ave., East St. Louis, 618-274-
FLANNEL: S
Nov. 26, 7 p.m., $22-$25. Pop’s Nightclub, 401
6720.
Bar & Gril
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE: W The Amity A
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SAVAGE LOVE STRANGER THINGS BY DAN SAVAGE Hey, Dan: I’m a lady considering taking on a foot fetishist as a slave. He would do chores around my house, including cleaning and laundry, and give foot rubs and pedicures in exchange for getting to worship and jack off to my model-perfect feet when I’ve decided he’s earned it. Am I morally obligated to tell my roommates? Technically the guy would be in their common space too. I will fully vet him with references and meet him in a neutral location at least once — and anything else you might suggest I do for security’s sake. I would have my slave come over when no one is around, and then my roommates could come home to a sparkly clean common area! My slave would never have access to their personal spaces, nor would I leave him alone in any area of our home until a strong bond of trust had been established. No harm, no foul? Or am I crossing a line? Man Into Cleaning A Shared Apartment A friend in Berlin has a similar arrangement. This guy comes over to clean his apartment once a week and my friend rewards him with a knee to the balls. It’s a good deal for both parties: My vanilla-but-kink-adjacent friend gets a sparkly clean apartment (which he loves but doesn’t want to do himself), this guy gets his balls busted on a regular basis (which he loves but can’t do himself). But my friend lives alone, MICASA, and that makes all the difference. Or does it? Time for some playing-games-withfoot-fetishists theory: If you were
having sex with a boyfriend in the common areas of your apartment when your roommates weren’t home, you wouldn’t be morally obligated to text your roommates and ask their permission. But we’re not talking about a normal guy here or normal sex — we’re talking about a fetishist who wants to be your slave. Does that make a difference? It might to people who regard kinksters as dangerous sex maniacs, MICASA, but a kinky guy isn’t any more or less dangerous than a vanilla guy. And a kinky guy you’ve gone to the trouble to vet presents less of a threat to you and your roommates than some presumed-to-be-vanilla rando one of you brought home from a bar at 2 a.m. Strip away the sensational elements — his thing for feet, his desire to be your chore slave, the mental image of him jacking off all over your toes — and what are we left with? A friends-with-benefits arrangement. A sparkly clean apartment benefits you (and your roommates); the opportunity to worship your feet benefits him. This guy would be a semi-regular sex partner of yours, MICASA, and the sex you have in your apartment is ultimately none of your roommates’ business. That said, MICASA, unless or until all your roommates know what’s up, I don’t think you should ever allow this guy to be alone in your apartment. Hey, Dan: My seven-year-old son started getting really into gauze, splints, and bandages when he was three, and by the time he was four, it became clearly sexualized. He gets a boner when he plays “broken bone” or just looks at bandages, and he has expressed how much he loves to touch his penis when he does this. My husband and I (both happily
vanilla) have been accepting and casual about this. We’ve provided him with a stash of “supplies,” taught him the concept of privacy and alone time, and frequently remind him to never wrap bandages around his head or neck. Is it normal to be so kinky at such a young age? I know kinks generally develop from childhood associations. When he was two, he had surgery to correct a common issue on his groin. Might that have sparked this? I want my son to grow up with a healthy and positive sexuality. Are we doing him a favor or a disservice by supplying him with materials, freedom and privacy to engage in a kink so young? Boy Always Needing “Doctoring” And Getting Edgier Your son’s behavior isn’t that abnormal, BANDAGE. It’s standard for kids, even very young kids, to touch their genitals — in public, where it can be a problem, or in private, where it should never be a problem. And lord knows kids obsess about the strangest shit. (What is the deal with dinosaurs, anyway?) Right now your son is obsessed with bandages and splints and gauze, his interests aren’t purely intellectual, and it’s easy to see a possible link between his experience with bandages and gauze in his swimsuit area and his obsession. one of this means your son is definitely going to be kinky when he grows up, BANDAGE — not that there’s anything wrong with being kinky when you grow up. There are lots of happy, healthy kinksters out there, and your kid could be one of them when he grows up. But it’s too early to tell, and so long as his interests aren’t complicating his life (he’s not behaving inap-
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propriately with friends or at school), your son’s whatever-this-is will become less of your concern over time. In the meantime, you don’t wanna slap a “so kinky” label on a seven-yearold. But you’re doing everything right otherwise. You aren’t shaming your son, you aren’t making bandages and gauze and splints more alluring by denying him access to them, you are teaching him important lessons about privacy and what needs to be reserved for “alone time.” You ask if it’s normal to be “so kinky” (a phrase we shall both retire, at least when referring to your son, after today) at such a young age. Probably not — but so what? According to science, most adults have paraphilias, aka “non-normative sexual desires and interests.” That means kinks are normal — at least for grown-ups — so even if your son isn’t normal now, BANDAGE, he’ll be normal someday. Most happy, healthy, well-adjusted adult kinksters can point to things in their childhood that seemed to foreshadow their adult interests in bandages/bondage/ balloons/whatever. Author, journalist and spanking fetishist Jillian Keenan (Sex with Shakespeare) was fascinated by spanking when she was your son’s age; Keenan likes to say she was conscious of her kink orientation before she knew anything about her sexual orientation. So while your son’s behavior may not be “normal” for a kid who grows up to be vanilla, it would be “normal” for someone who grows up to be kinky. Listen to Dan’s podcast at savagelovecast.com. mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage on Twitter ITMFA.org
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Board of Trustees of Ledge Mount Condominium Trust, Plaintiff Vs Condominium Unit 818-C of Ledge Mount Condominium aka Ledge Condominium, Defendant and Laurence L. Maroney and US Bank National Association, Defendants/Parties-In-Interest To the above-named Defendant, Condominium Unit 818-C of Ledge Mount Condominium aka Ledge Condominium and anyone who may have or claim an interest in Unit 818-C of Ledge Mount Condominium aka Ledge Condominium and Defendant/Party-In-Interest, Laurence L. Maroney: Whereas a civil action has been filed against the Unit in the District Court, within and for the county of Bristol, by Board of Trustees of Ledge Mount Condominium Trust And whereas it appears from the officer’s return on process issued therein that after diligent search there is no one upon whom he can lawfully make service, and after hearing it is ORDERED by the Court that the following summons issue for service upon you in the Riverfront Times for three consecutive weeks: You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon Ellen A. Shapiro, Esquire, Plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is 3 Allied Drive, Suite 107, Dedham. MA 02026, a copy of your answer to the complaint which is herewith served upon you, within 20 days after service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service. You are also required to file your answer to the complaint in the Office of the Clerk of this Court either before service upon Plaintiff’s attorney, or within 5 days thereafter. If you fail to meet the above requirements, judgment by default may be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. Unless otherwise provided by Rule 13(a), your answer must state as a counter-claim any claim which you may have against the Plaintiff which arises out of the transaction or occurrence that is the subject matter of the Plaintiff’s claim or you will be barred from making such claim in any other action. WITNESS at Attlboro, this 4th day of August, 2017.
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