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“Casey just had a happy, positive vibe about him. So many people know him locally because he’s raced next to so many people and he does it so consistently. He’s always there. And he’s been one of the people that I’ve worked with for a long time at the shop. He was somebody where you don’t go to work thinking, ‘Jeez, I got to work with him again?’ It was like, ‘Good, Casey’s here. Alright! This will be a good day.’”
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TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURE
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The Bevo Question What will happen to St. Louis’ Little Bosnia when it’s not so Bosnian? Written by
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NEWS
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The Lede
Your friend or neighbor, captured on camera
Seven days worth of great stuff to see and do
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Through Their Eyes
Film
A new photo exhibit shows the world through the lenses of St. Charles’ homeless population
Sam Elliott pokes fun at his Marlboro man image in The Hero
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In Memoriam
Time Capsule, Found
Danny Wicentowski has the scoop on an intriguing box buried within the concrete of the Confederate monument
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Sarah Fenske pays tribute to Steve Truesdell, the RFT’s go-to photographer and a friend to everyone he met
It’s a Gas
Long-running Soulard Blues Band releases its eleventh album — but who’s counting?
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Side Dish
Sue Wong-Shackelford of Kalbi’s Taco Shack comes by her love of fusion honestly
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First Look
Terrific sandwiches make Bolyard’s a lunch destination
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Food News
A coast-to-coast food extravaganza is coming to St. Louis (and only St. Louis)
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Beer
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The Secret Lives of St. Charles’ Homeless Written by
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he photographs being displayed at the new group show at the St. Peters Cultural Arts Centre (1 St. Peters Centre Boulevard, St. Peters) aren’t the work of professional artists — but they offer a startlingly new perspective, and have a fascinating story to tell. The photos were shot by members of St. Charles’ homeless community, using Fuji Film Flash cameras given to them by Sts. Joachim and Ann Care Service. The Roman Catholic program, which works with impoverished residents of St. Charles, Warren and Lincoln counties, distributed 100 disposable cameras, asking its clients and contacts to use them to depict their lives. They got 25 back — “about what we expected,” notes Pam Struckhoff, director of program services. From that, a judge’s panel culled the twenty images (plus five staff picks) now on display. Struckhoff acknowledges that the idea came from a similar show overseas. Still, she believes this one, titled In Plain Sight — Homelessness Exposed, is the first of its kind in the Midwest. The fact that it’s being mounted in one of the most a uent arts of the St. Louis region only makes it more relevant. “I have a gentleman that I work with who sits at a busy intersection in St. Charles,” Struckhoff notes of one of her agency’s clients. “Yet people in this area will tell me, ‘We don’t have any homeless people here’ — even while there’s a homeless person sitting less than a mile from us. They never saw him. They never looked at him. And he was there
Photographers captured the reality of their living conditions, as in this parking garage. | COURTESY OF STS. ANN AND JOACHIM CARE SERVICE every day.” By giving men like that a camera, Sts. Joachim and Ann forces viewers to see the world from their perspective — not only to acknowledge their humanity, but to see the brutal reality of the world they live in. Even for workers at Sts. Joachim and Ann, who deal with poverty every day, the photos have been eye-opening. Karen Grant, the agency’s director of development, says she found herself marveling at the community depicted: “Just like any other family, they stick together, they care for each other, and even if they’re not getting along, they’re going to take care Continued on pg 10
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of each other.” Struckhoff mentions a photo showing a young girl washing her family’s dishes in a cheap hotel bathtub. “Their survival instincts are amazing,” she says. “I was fascinated by the resilience they showed.” The people who agreed to take cameras were a self-selecting group, Struckhoff notes. Those who feared their boss learning that they lacked housing, or were concerned about opening their children up to ridicule, generally didn’t end up participating. As a result, she believes the group skews more toward single men than St. Charles’ homeless population as a whole. But their photos show that, whether St. Charles wants to admit it or not, the homeless live right alongside their more a u-
ent neighbors. Unlike St. Louis, they might not be sleeping on the sidewalk, but they’re there — “in parks, in car washes, in creekbeds and local motels,” as Struckhoff puts it. Now they’re showing all those places through a camera lens. The photos will be on display in St. Peters through August 20. An audio tour of the display tells the stories behind the photos, while a contest allows viewers to vote for their favorite photos. The winners get a prize, and on top of that, a live auction on August 19 will benefit rograms that assist the homeless. After that, another twenty images from the project will go on the road as a traveling show, raising awareness of the secret lives hiding right there in plain sight.
Mark Trout, center, director of the Missouri Civil War Museum, carries away a time capsule previously concealed in the Confederate monument’s base. | DANNY WICENTOWSKI
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orkers removing the final pieces of the base of the Confederate monument in Forest Park Thursday morning made a find a time ca sule concealed within the poured concrete. Although the century-old monument had already been fully removed on Wednesday, June 28, workers remained on site for several hours the next day searching for a box they knew was there. Mark Trout, director of the Missouri Civil War Museum, was on the scene in work clothes as crews lifted a small black box out of the pit at the base of the monument at 12:27 p.m. Trout says that the museum was working off records it had obtained from the monument’s orig-
Trout, right, swears he won’t open the capsule until a museum fundraiser scheduled for August. | DANNY WICENTOWSKI inal owners, the United Daughters of the Confederacy. That group recently bequeathed the monument to Trout’s organization in order to preserve it, usurping the city’s removal efforts. (A lawsuit pushed the museum’s view that it was the legal owner; the city
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capsule — Trout says those are records the city did not have. The museum director says that his organization will open the box at a fundraiser in August for its Civil War Preservation Fund. Any money raised will hel finance its Civil War projects, including preservation of the 32-foot shaft. Trout says he will not open the box before the event. Removing the box intact was no small feat. It took two heavy construction drills to blast into the concrete base around it, followed by a large handheld saw. Trout says his organization knows what a couple of the items inside are, thanks to the records it obtained from the Daughters of the Confederacy. He declines to disclose what they are and notes that other items may be in the box as well. It’s possible the opening of the time capsule could be something of a bust. Workers found water in the hole where the base used to be, and the box did not appear to be watertight. The site in Forest Park that held the monument for 103 years is now empty, covered only with dirt and straw.
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Above: The Bevo Mill, reborn as Das Bevo, reopened in May. | DOYLE MURPHY
THE BEVO QUESTION
What will happen to St. Louis’ Little Bosnia when it’s not so Bosnian?
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ony Zanti walks up the sidewalk along the newly laid blacktop of Gravois Avenue as drivers zip past a string of revamped buildings on the north edge of Bevo Mill. “These were all boarded-up buildings,” he says, pointing at them one by one. “Boarded up. Boarded up. There used to be a building there, but they tore it down.” Now, the block includes one of the city’s better Mexican restaurants, a hair salon and Gurlly Gurl, a women’s clothing boutique decorated with a sharp pink logo that pops off the shop’s dark windows. There’s more good news — critical news for Bevo, really — just to the south. The towering Bevo Mill reopened in May, with a smart new German-influenced restaurant on site, more than a year after one of the former operation’s partners bolted to Arizona. That’s our flagshi , lderwoman arol oward says. “If the Bevo Mill is closed, it doesn’t do well for the neighborhood.” The new owners, husband and wife team Pat and arol chuchard, have embraced the wonderful weirdness of beer baron ugust usch r ’s auda-
cious watering hole, rechristening the landmark as Das Bevo with a winking tagline: “World Famous. Only in t ouis Things had been a little bleak in Bevo. Bosnian refugees, who had filled and revived the neighborhood during the mid 1990s and early 2000s, still own businesses along the X-shaped commercial district of Gravois and Morganford Road, but they have nearly all moved to the county in search of safer homes and better schools for their kids. In the vacuum left behind, an old reputation for crime had begun to resurface as one of the neighborhood’s defining features evo Mill became a locator to orient news audiences during reports of double homicides, shoot first robberies and, horrifically, a deadly hammer attack. But now, with the old windmill spinning, brunch crowds flocking and trendy dive bars such as the ilver allroom and the eavy nchor roving they’re here to stay, business owners like Zanti see new buzz around Bevo. It’s the ne t herokee treet, he says anti, who uit high school and bought his first property at age eighteen, Continued on pg 14
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THE BEVO QUESTION Continued from pg 13 began investing in Bevo in 1999 with a used car lot and six cars. e now owns real estate all over the city, but the bulk of his holdings are still concentrated here on ravois e owns twenty buildings on this street alone. Maybe it won’t be the ne t herokee treet Others along evo’s main drag look toward the future and see the ne t outh rand, the next Grove or even the next Delmar oo ertainly, the district will never see an influ as big as the thousands of Bosnians who moved here in a very short time nearly a quarter-century ago. But Zanti envisions a wave of hipsters or atinos, or maybe a combination.” e unlocks one of his laces, the shuttered una ounge, which has been closed more than a year. It’s all low lights and exposed brick. Zanti points out the arched opening where they expanded the space into the next room years ago. But the show stopper is the bar itself arved in ermany for the 1904 World’s Fair, the polished wood rises majestically to the ceiling. Anheuser-Busch used to rent out the bar from time to time to use as a backdrop for commercials, Zanti says. e figures the old una would make a great “hipster bar” at some point. The rent is $2,000 a month, low compared to what he thinks he could ask in other parts of the city. Zanti says he could even charge more here, but he is looking for a tenant who will thrive in the new Bevo. “I want someone who is going to make it,” he says. Until then, he keeps the door locked and waits. To be clear, the Bosnians who came to Bevo are not really gone. On any afternoon, the booths of affe Milano coffee sho are filled with men of all ages, and a few women, drinking strong coffee and oca ola in small glass bottles The workers at Zlatno Zito Bakery and Deli speak almost exclusively Bosnian as they stretch the dough impossibly thin across back tables before whirling it into ropes of bread. First Bosnian Insurance Agency is open for business, and shoppers still wander the aisles of Europa Market in search of comfort foods they cannot find anywhere else. It’s just that now, most of these
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people go home at night to south t ouis ounty or even efferson ounty Ibrahim a ovic recently searched through voter rolls and estimates the number of Bosnians still living in south city is down to several hundred. “Not many of us live in Bevo Mill anymore, but we are still connected to that area through our businesses, a ovic says e arrived in t ouis in along with thousands of other refugees. The International Institute s onsored , and atholic harities’ refugee services s onsored another 2,500. Those initial arrivals attracted tens of thousands more friends and family members until the metro area had what many believe is the largest concentration of Bosnians outside of Bosnia. International Institute resident nna rosslin estimates as many as 50,000 settled here. The institute helped place the first waves of newcomers in evo
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for ractical reasons, rosslin says: The neighborhood had a cache of affordable housing, and it was an easy bus ride to the organization’s headquarters, which were then on outh rand a ovic and his family lived in an apartment complex off of Gravois at the southern tip of Bevo. Fourteen Bosnian families stayed in the twenty-unit building back then. “We were like one big family, like ittle osnia in that building, he says. Now, people look back at the refugees’ history in t ouis as a huge boost for Bevo and the city, but rosslin remembers all the com laints that flooded the institute during the early years. Neighbors bitched about the shoes left on front porches and the smoke from the backyard smokehouses built by some osnians ittle old ladies would
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see a group of refugees roasting a goat and swear they had the family pet on the spit. “Oh my God, we had calls here constantly, rosslin says e had people call that they were barbecuing dogs, ‘they’re killing sheep, there’s rivers of blood.’” The Bosnians were, of course, not cooking dogs, but the fear of newcomers was not anything new, either rosslin remembers a similar surge of complaints when the ietnamese began moving into south city a few decades before that veryone has finally settled down, and the Bosnians impressed their new city with their industriousness and aptitude for business. Bevo also saw a resurgence. It was all boarded u , rosslin says. “It got a second breath from the Bosnian resettlement.” a ovic, who had earned a master’s in engineering in Bosnia, started over in t ouis is first job was an entry-level position at a print shop that paid $8 an hour, and from there he began to build. Now an instructor of business management at Webster University after earning a master’s and then a doctorate there, a ovic and his wife own several businesses. First Bosnian on Gravois is their insurance agency. They recently sold off a successful trucking operation, and their real estate business has about forty properties, including that twenty-unit apartment building where they first lived. Their family, too, has flourished is daughters graduated from two of the country’s top law schools, niversity of hicago and
arvard, and work in hicago and ew ork is son has a master’s in engineering from Washington University. a ovic and his family are among countless success stories of osnian refugees in t ouis For this, he is grateful, and particularly grateful to Bevo. “The neighborhood is very friendly to us,” he says. a ovic was art of a grou that has worked in recent years to establish a new development district in Bevo. It was easy enough to see that Bosnian businesses alone would not be able to sustain the neighborhood into the future. They needed an infusion of diverse newcomers. o he and others began collecting signatures for what would eventually become the Bevo ommunity Im rovement istrict. Approved last year, the district covers a strip of Gravois from Taft Avenue in the north to hristy venue in the south The new board has hired Park entral evelo ment, the neighborhood planners whose résumé includes similar districts in the rove and entral est nd They don’t have a lot of money — voters rejected a one percent sales tax, leaving only a special assessment on property owners in the district — but they plan to start by reinvigorating Bevo’s image annah urtin of ark entral says they’re working on a new logo and plan to start small with a This ould e cam aign of covering the windows of empty storefronts with posters detailing potential uses for the spaces. The board hopes a second run at the sales tax vote will eventually help fund additional security and infrastructure projects,
Far left: Sadik Kukic, chair of Bevo Community Improvement District, says the neighborhood needs more diversity. Left: Fredy Guijosa says Mariachi’s II has thrived in Bevo Mill. | PHOTOS BY DOYLE MURPHY which could include pedestrian lighting oard hairman adik Kukic says they have set a goal of attracting one new business a month to Bevo. “We have to bring life to the neighborhood,” he says. ukic, who came to t ouis in 1993 from a concentration camp, says he sees similarities to outh Grand, where an abundance of ietnamese restaurants started by that earlier wave of refugees have melted into an international mix of restaurants, bars and shops. “People are still thinking about old things happening here,” says Kukic, who is also president of the osnian hamber of ommerce I think a lot of things are changing.” Everyone in Bevo Mill talks at some point about crime. Opinions are split about whether it gets too much attention or not enough, but the topic is unavoidable. ast year there was a shooting,” Mina Omerovic says one afternoon in her kitchen. The 33-year-old housekeeper is one of the few Bosnians who have stayed in the neighborhood he’s talking about a 73-year-old man who police say gunned down a pair of armed robbers in February 2016 when they ambushed him in his garage. The bloody showdown happened in the middle of the afternoon about four blocks south
of where Omerovic lives with her husband and five kids ow, she keeps the door to her backyard shut, even when it’s warm and she would prefer the breeze. At times, some Bosnians have felt like crimes against their community have gone unnoticed. When 32-year-old Zemir Begic was bludgeoned to death with hammers in the early morning hours of November 30, 2014 on Itaska treet, do ens of osnians protested in the middle of Bevo. ome held signs that said osnian ives Matter olice arrested four teens in the attack, one of whom has pleaded guilty to seconddegree murder. “Morganford used to be like a small community in Bosnia,” Omerovic says. “Everybody like Morganford, like Bevo Mill. Now it’s 2017. People move.” he does not blame those who go — everyone has to do what they think is best for their families — but she still has a few friends and family members nearby. Ultimately, she figures crime can happen anywhere, even the county, so she and her family are staying for now. There are certainly more dangerous places. When then-Mayor rancis lay and lderman ntonio rench identified evo in ecember as one of fifteen high-crime neighborhoods to be
targeted for services as part of a new plan to reduce crime in the city, they put it on a list with places such as south city neighbor Dutchtown and Wells Goodfellow in north city, where crime totals are far, far worse. Bevo was actually the safest of all the neighborhoods on the list, but it’s not exactly a selling point to say you’re only the fifteenth most dangerous of the city’s 79 neighborhoods. “The biggest challenge is to make people aware that we have businesses here that are thriving and that it’s safe, oward, the alderwoman, says. he admits security has been a concern but insists perception is much worse than reality ess than a week after Begic was killed, a woman claimed four young black men forced her out of her car, robbed her at gunpoint and said they should kill her because she was Bosnian. The story made headlines as a possible hate crime, but it was later revealed to be a hoax when police found video that showed the woman was never approached by anyone, much less attacked. Bevo’s reputation for crime often overshadows better characteristics of the neighborhood, oward says, such as a com aratively affordable cache of houses. The alderwoman suspects that may be changing. Building perriverfronttimes.com
mits are up, she says, and she sees anecdotal evidence in the 35- and 40-year-olds she has noticed moving in. They, like the Bosnians before them, seem to be finding a neighborhood with potential. Perhaps the most encouraging sign for neighborhood watchers was the opening of Das Bevo. Owners arol and at chuchard say they considered crime before buying the mill from the city in May 2016. “We at first wanted to make sure it was safe, says arol, an artist who also owns event spaces Ma orette and the oo at lub with her husband. What they saw didn’t scare them. They have spent the thirteen months since their purchase working day and night to restore the landmark, which includes a massive beer hall, wide patio, underground event space and even bedrooms up in the windmill tower that they eventually plan to rent out for overnight stays. Now, with Das Bevo up and running, the chuchards say their early assessments of the neighborhood as a safe place and good investment have proven correct. “You would think there are assassins lining up on Gravois,” arol chuchard says of evo’s reputation. “It’s not that way at all.”
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THE BEVO QUESTION Continued from pg 17 Mariachi’s II opened five years ago in the heart of ittle osnia “It was kind of a risk,” says Fredy Guijosa, whose family owns the Mexican restaurant. “For one, it was Bosnia Town, as you can see. We really didn’t think we were going to be as successful as we have been.” The fact that there weren’t any other Mexican restaurants nearby seemed a little scary, but to Guijosa, it was also a bonus. Instead of trying to battle it out with a half-dozen spots on herokee treet, Mariachi’s was able to tap into a crowd of margarita-drinking customers all the way to Fenton. They also got a lot of walk-in business from the neighborhood, which Guijosa says they didn’t expect. Their success has not gone unnoticed Mi indo Michoacan opened recently on Gravois to critical acclaim, and a third Mexican restaurant is expected to open across the parking lot from Mariachi’s in the vacant home of the former Bosna Gold, a Bosnian restaurant that some believe was the first of its kind in t ouis “I really think they want a piece of the pie,” Guijosa says of the sudden influ of com etitors Bevo still feels wide-open when it comes to new ventures, but businesses such as Mariachi’s, which once seemed like islands in a monoculture, are finding they’re no longer alone aconia Adams says she has seen four or five salons o u along ravois since she o ened tyles alon nearly seven years ago in one of Zanti’s buildings on the north end of the strip. “I cannot complain,” she says. ast year was my best year The majority of her clientele is African-American, but Adams says the neighborhood’s diversity is what she likes best. “I’ve got people that come in with a translator,” she says. “They have a picture, and they point, and we make it work.” he has found a communal s irit here he organi ed a toy drive with the owners of Gurlly url last hristmas If her car needs work, she takes it next door to lus uto are, and when the garage’s owner, Dave Ratliff, needs a haircut, he knows to drop in. “It’s a south city neighborhood where we’re all trying to make it,”
says Ma imus Ma oric, who owns uality rinting with his father, Mirko Mike oric The father and son are roatian American, a fact you might gather from the flag emblem above the shop door or the massive print of the country’s scenic coastline osted inside on an o ce wall The father arrived in 1964, fleeing communism on a ourney that took him through the former ugoslavia and rance e layed for the t ouis tars soccer team as a younger man and studied mechanical engineering at Washington University. Partially retired at age 77, he drops in at the sho to fill a few orders and banter with his son. They’re explaining the finer points of the geo-politics of the lavic languages when they start talking over each other. “Don’t interrupt when I’m talking,” he tells Max. “As if you would let me,” the son shoots back, laughing. The print shop has been in business since 1981, and Max says they’ve seen the neighborhood cycle up and down. Each new group of immigrants brings a little of their culture and leaves with a little of others’ does everything from vehicle wraps for businesses to wedding invitations. On this particular afternoon, Max fills a small order for a cou le of T-shirts. A young woman has died, and these will be printed with her picture and dates of birth and death. A four-year-old boy with long braids and a big smile sprints around the shop as his aunt tries to keep up. Partway through the work, Max learns the woman on
the shirts is the boy’s mother. “It’s not easy,” he says to the aunt. “I was six when my mom passed away.” Max lifts the little boy onto a table so he can see the machine work. There is a small space on the top of the machine where you can see the print coming through. In this case, it’s the mother’s smile. “Momma, hi!” the boys says, and he waves. Max finishes the shirts and walks them to the door. “Bye, little man,” he says as they go. Even within the neighborhood’s traditional Bosnian businesses, cultures have begun to blend together rna, rmin and enada rbic recently o ened emmons by Grbic. The siblings are secondgeneration restaurateurs, having grown u at the south t ouis favorite Grbic Restaurant, the city’s most famous Bosnian eatery. Their father bought the building three years ago when the old emmons folded, with plans for a new venture. Eventually, he instead handed it off to his kids. They describe the fare as Balkan-American fusion, a mash-up of the traditional dishes they learned from their parents and the typical American meals they ate growing up with friends in south city flatbread i a to ed with the little sausages called cevapi, chicken wings glazed with a Bosnian brandy called rakija and a version of the old emmons’ fried chicken with Bosnian spices. “It’s been going over quite well,” says Erna Grbic. “I think it’s more people don’t know what to expect.”
Amela Okanovic, 32, grew up in evo ike the rbics, she had the blended childhood of a younger generation of osnians he graduated from the OT rogram at the old leveland igh chool and was raised by parents who speak Bosnian almost exclusively. After school, she went to work at a salon in layton, but three years ago she returned to Bevo, where she o ened Infinity air esign on ravois he at first de ended on her layton clients who followed her into south city, but eventually Bosnians began to
come, too. Now, her business is a mix — about 60 percent Bosnians and ercent everyone else he thinks all of Bevo will eventually be mixed, too. er sho is ne t to the eavy Anchor, a bar that attracts a tattooed clientele for cheap PBR specials, metal bands and comedy shows. Okanovic is eager to see more businesses move in all around them. “I can picture a book store,” she says, looking out the window, “or a coffee shop — like an American coffee shop.” riverfronttimes.com
Far left: Oleatha Gurlly and Jamayca Smith, right, took Gurlly Gurl from an online shop to a brick-and-mortar store on Gravois. Above: Father Mirko, right, and son Max Coric run a busy print shop in the middle of Bevo. Below: Amela Okanovic grew up in Bevo and returned to the neighborhood to open a salon. | PHOTOS BY DOYLE MURPHY
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THURSDAY 07/06 Helene Slavin: Paracosm Helene Slavin’s abstract paintings are actually fractals infinite atterns that repeat themselves at different scales — which she creates by throwing paint and then using an electric toothbrush to fine tune the patterns that form. There’s an organic quality to her work that becomes more apparent the longer you look at it, which makes sense; fractals appear everywhere in the natural world, from ferns to mountains. But Slavin’s fractals all exist in the created world of her paintings. Hence the title of her new exhibit, Paracosm — a paracosm being a highly detailed imaginary world. This show of worlds within worlds is a fundraiser benefiting ust Moms T and the Earth Defense Coalition. Helene Slavin: Paracosm opens with a free reception from 5 to 8 m Thursday, uly , at the hili lein allery Mc herson venue aracosm remains u through ugust
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FRIDAY 07/07 Magic Smoking Monkey Shane and The Sixth Sense don’t seem to have much in common u on first glance ut Magic moking Monkey will arody both films, along with 98 other cinematic treasures, as part of its new show, The AFI’s Top 100 Greatest American Films of All Time: A Parody. Even better, the company plans to hit all of them in about minutes ome of the films on the list are easy targets — one line from Forrest Gump ought to do it — but how will they convey something recognizable from Murnau’s silent parable Sunrise to a post-modern audience? Therein lies the
Albert Herring is about a young man finding his way in the world and ceasing to care so much about what other people think. Union venue O era o ens its new season with a production of Albert Herring, with home-town opera star Christine Brewer in the role of the aristocratic ady illows erformances take lace at m riday and aturday uly to at the nion venue hristian Church (733 North Union Boulevard; www.unionavenueopera. org Tickets are to
BY PAUL FRISWOLD challenge and, perhaps, the fun. The AFI’s Top 100 Greatest American Films of All Time: A Parody takes lace at and m riday and aturday uly to at the egional rts ommission elmar oulevard www stlshakes eare org Tickets are to
Albert Herring It is the best of times and the worst of times for lbert erring The young Englishman has just been selected as his small town’s
May ing, but every as ect of his life is controlled by his oppressive mother. He’s not crazy about having to wear snowy white clothes during his coronation (to better underline his virginal purity, natch , but the ceremonial position does come with a notinsubstantial honorarium. Things get worse when he overhears his friends from work, Sid and Nancy, commiserating about oor lbert.” But what can a browbeaten man do to break away from his mother and start really living? Benjamin Britten’s comic opera riverfronttimes.com
ow in its fifth year, t ouis ctors’ Studio’s LaBute New Theater Festival is a guaranteed good time for fans of new and exciting plays. The e onymous eil a ute contributes “Hate Crime,” which will o en every erformance mong the five other finalists are two t ouisans, arter ewis and Tearrance hisholm ewis should be familiar to Repertory Theatre of St. ouis audiences, as the com any has mounted four of his plays in the past, including the incendiary Evie’s Waltz. Chisholm rocked Washington, D.C., early this year with his play Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies, a sharp bit of meta-theater with a laugh track and a wary eye for the dangers of growing u black in merica The a ute ew Theater estival takes place at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and at 3 p.m. unday uly to at the aslight Theater orth oyle venue www stlas org Tickets are to $35.
Weaving as Ritual and Art mily Oliver’s work in Weaving as Ritual and Art is deceptively sparse. Her widely spaced color bars and shapes only look that way because you’re thinking like a painter; all the white space in
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One of the Modernist pieces from Weaving as Art and Ritual. | EMILY OLIVER her weaving requires as much work as the colored bits, after all. Oliver’s new e hibition Weaving as Ritual and Art alludes to early Modernist ainters through her use of negative space and isolated color, but her work also hews to the traditional pattern-making that comprises traditional textile arts. The exhibition opens with a free rece tion from to m riday, uly , at the ark oom randel uare www thedarkroomstl com The show remains up through September 3.
SATURDAY 07/08 Roxane Gay Roxane Gay has repeatedly challenged the nature of feminism and race in her writing. Her new memoir, Hunger, deals with merica’s other great re udice — overweight people. In Hunger Gay traces her own fraught history with food, emotional vulnerability and the outside world’s persistent reminders that she would somehow be a better, more valuable person if she just lost some weight. Gay appears at 7 p.m. tonight at t ouis ounty ibrary ead uarters outh indbergh Boulevard, Frontenac; www. 22
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Andrew Bolton prepares a display in The First Monday in May | ©2016 MAGNOLIA PICTURES slcl org to discuss her book and sign co ies Tickets are admits one person and includes one copy of unger and good for two eo le and one co y of the book
On Golden Pond Norman and Ethel Thayer are looking forward to another tranquil summer spent on the lake, but their adult daughter Chelsea has other ideas. She plans to bring her new boyfriend Bill along to celebrate her dad’s birthday, but what she doesn’t announce is that Bill’s teenage son Billy Ray will be tagging along. Norman and Chelsea have had a rocky relationship over the years, but the visit is mostly pain-free — at least until Chelsea asks if Norma and Ethel can take care of Billy Ray for the rest of the summer while she and Bill head to Europe. Ernest Thompson’s On Golden Pond captures a family in transition thel and Norman are approaching the end of their lives, while Chelsea is simultaneously stuck in her unhappy past and eager to face the future. Insight Theatre Company presents On Golden Pond at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and at m unday uly to at ack ocust treet www insighttheatrecom any com Tickets are to
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MONDAY 07/10 Route 66 Vintage Films
If you’re curious about how much work goes on behind the scenes in re aration for a show at the Metroolitan Museum of rt, ndrew ossi’s documentary The First Monday in May has the details. Rossi follows ndrew olton, the chief curator of the Costume Institute, as he organizes and oversees the installation of China: Through the Looking Glass, a massive e hibition of garments Compounding his work stress are the media’s concerns about cultural appropriation and the wrangling of various celebrities who will attend the Institute’s big fundraiser, the Met ala The First Monday in May screens at m today at the t ouis rt Museum ine rts rive www slam org as the inaugural entry in the Fashion on Film series dmission is
It’s di cult to imagine an merica that is not criss-crossed by highways. But it hasn’t always been this way. Return to a past in which the interstate system was a new and futuristic feature of the landsca e at m tonight at the Missouri istory Museum indell oulevard and e aliviere venue www mohistory org The Route 66 Vintage Films screening features a selection of educational and promotional films about driver safety, new develo ments in tra c lights and the latest in automotive technology between and The program is a tie-in to the museum’s oute e hibition, which closes on unday, uly dmission is free.
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All Cowboy, No Hat Sam Elliott pokes fun at his image in The Hero Written by
ROBERT HUNT The Hero
Directed by Brett Haley. Written by Brett Haley and Marc Basch. Starring Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon, Nick Offerman, Krysten Ritter and Katharine Ross. Now screening at the Landmark Plaza Frontenac Cinema.
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hough he’s been a leading man for more than 40 years, Sam Elliott has had a strange kind of celebrity. From almost the beginning of his career he’s been a walking Marlboro man at a time when cigarette advertising declined to nothing, an unmistakable Western hero who emerged exactly when the Hollywood Western was becoming extinct. Though he appeared in do ens of films and television series throughout the years, his image is somehow bigger than any of his performances, and what is probably his most memorable — I’ll avoid the cliche “iconic” — role was barely more than a cameo in The Big Lebowski. With his steady, warm drawl and bushy mustache, he’s the Westerner as archetype, a cowboy hero without a vehicle. The slight but enjoyable new film The Hero gives Elliott ample room to play on that image. He plays Lee Hayden, a wellremembered but underemployed Western star. Estranged from his family, he’s facing his old age with relaxed bemusement, making a comfortable living recording advertising voice-overs and hanging out with a stoner friend (Nick Offerman) between jobs. There may be miles between the character and Elliott’s own off-screen life, but it suits his personality well enough to be a comfortable fit As co-written and directed by
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Sam Elliot and Laura Prepon share a brief moment in The Hero. | BETH DUBBER Brett Haley, The Hero is content to stand back and give its subject room, less a drama (or more precisely, less a melodrama) than a laid-back glimpse into its rotagonist’s life arly in the film, Lee learns that he has pancreatic cancer, but like nearly everything i n t h e f i l m , i t ’s p r e s e n t e d unemotionally. Even when Lee finally tells his e wife layed by Elliott’s real wife, Katharine Ross) about his illness, Haley keeps the camera at a respectful distance and the conversation off-screen. For better or worse, this is a film that avoids highs and lows. It’s about getting by. Although Lee’s diagnosis looms over the film, it remains marginal The most extended narrative element is a lengthy sequence in which the actor travels to receive a lifetime achievement award at a small-town ceremony. It’s a strange and bittersweet occasion, with Lee reacting simultaneously like a mischievous child and a tired survivor. He works the crowd,
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smiling through that mustache in a way that lets you think he’s seeing through the pretenses of every person he meets. When he finally hits the stage, slightly drunk, he delivers a rambling, humble speech before finally choosing a woman in the audience at random and handing her the award. It’s an awkward, potentially embarrassing scene, but Haley turns it into a quiet triumph. He cuts to a close-up of the woman carried away with joy, and the moment becomes a validation of both Lee’s anti-stardom speech and his awkward attitude to his own celebrity. The Hero depends so heavily on Elliott’s personality that it inevitably slips whenever it tries to follow a conventional narrative path. There are heavy-handed moments, as when Lee auditions for a fantasy film whose characters reflect his own strained relationship with his daughter. Laura Prepon is a welcome presence as a younger woman who briefly becomes
involved with the actor, but she also rovides the film’s flattest note when she performs a stand-up monologue about him the day after they’ve slept together. For all its narrative weaknesses, The Hero is a pleasure to watch, depending on your degree of involvement with Elliott and his cowboy persona. Having already served as an emblem of the past, Lee now reluctantly becomes an emblem of his own image, and both actor and character treat that inflated image with a kind of tolerant exasperation. The joke hidden within The Hero is that what the aging star represents isn’t really the old Western sensibility; it’s the twilight of the baby boomers. After a career setback, he doesn’t walk off into the sunset — he takes some psychedelic mushrooms and hallucinates around his yard. For a brief second, The Hero lets us see the real person behind the rugged hide of the Marlboro man and the open horizon of the Hollywood Western as a hazy pipe dream.
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teve Truesdell died on Saturday, June 24. He was 55 years old and had suffered a stroke in the early hours of the morning. In the late afternoon, following surgery to remove a massive blood clot, he died at St. Anthony’s Medical Center. For years, Steve was the RFT’s go-to photographer, the guy who covered everything from police tear-gassing protesters in Ferguson to portraits of rising political stars to gritty burlesque shows. Just three weeks ago, he shot our cover story about Cherokee Street’s attempt to grapple with crime — and scored the cover with a striking, unposed image of a local rehabber wielding a giant mallet. Any other photographer assigned to shoot the neighborhood’s power players might have glimpsed that D.I.Y. construction effort out of the corner of his eye and kept walking. Steve knew to slow down. Everyone at the RFT has a Steve Truesdell story — but the bizarre thing about these stories is that, even in a profession that by nature is gossipy and hypercritical, not one includes the slightest hint of unpleasantness. He was kind to everyone — story subjects, editors and interns alike — and never less than 100 percent professional. His commercial work paid the bills, but he took on many RFT assignments because he loved the work and loved connecting with people. Allison Babka, the RFT’s then-digital editor, recalls that she already had a few photographers lined up to cover the unrest in Ferguson in its early days, but Steve decided to go anyway. He wanted to be there — and then he sent her hundreds of photos, with no concern for whether the paper could pay him. He’d go back again, he told her. And in November, he did, returning to chronicle the night of Darren Wil-
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son’s grand jury decision. The result was a series of gripping images of a community at war. Steve’s enthusiasm shone through even on low rofile shoots e’d regularly send us a i file of hotos of Circus Flora. “Use them if you want,” he’d say, his polite way of saying he knew we couldn’t afford to pay for the gallery. And they were always, unfailingly, gorgeous. Unlike a lot of great shooters, he didn’t hide behind his lens. Many photographers hate event coverage (or consider themselves too good for it). Never Steve. He loved shooting concerts, raves, crazy hippie festivals in the middle of nowhere. “The more weird people, the happier Steve was,” Babka says. But even stiff people didn’t bother him. We knew we could put him on any story and he’d break through his subjects’ hostility or discomfort with unflagging good humor e all loved him. And of course we weren’t the only ones. A native of Webster Groves
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(class of 1980), Steve left behind a beloved wife, Krystal Phillips, and a family — her three grown children, whom he adored as his own, and six grandchildren, whom he doted on. He also had two sisters, a brother, countless friends and a daughter from his first marriage, Mae, who lives in Canada. One of his closest bonds was with Erika Johnson. When they met through mutual friends in the late 1990s, Johnson, who is adopted, was struggling to deal with rejection from her biological brother. When teve first saw her, she recalls, she was sitting in a hot tub by herself, crying. Of course he asked what was wrong. She told him the whole story, finishing, ll I wanted was a big brother who was proud of me.” “I’ll be your big brother,” Steve promised. And from that point on, he was — in the best sense of the word. They even lived on different floors of the same building for six years, sharing meals, confidences, video games
and endless horror movies. He was a punk rock guy and she was jazz, but they learned from each other. “He was the best big brother ever,” Johnson says. “If a little girl ever dreamed of what a big brother would be — someone who was strong, who was talented, who was brave — it would be Steve.” When the pair met, Steve had been grappling with the fallout from a nasty divorce. He dated, Johnson says, but he wasn’t sure he could ever love again. Then he met Phillips, a language arts teacher at Eureka High School. “That’s when I saw a different side of my big brother,” Johnson says. “I was like, ‘Oh my God, my big brother loves somebody, finally ’ Phillips’ children — Tony Riley, Aly Shead and Hannah Wheeler — loved him right back. “Steve saw beauty in the unique,” says Riley. “He understood that there is no ‘black and white’ and lived in the gray. He believed in the freedom of speech. He fought the
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Johnson jokes that Steve left this earth in “true punk rock fashion” fuck that, I’m out of here till, there is some comfort for his family and friends in knowing that he didn’t suffer long, even if the speed of his departure has shaken them. “He was there and present and his best self before the collapse, and then almost instantly he was gone,” his brother Jeff, a fellow journalist, wrote on Facebook. Those who know him best probably won’t remember Steve as the smoky, intense figure in the stunning portrait that resulted from his session with Johnson. They will instead remember him by the photos he took. “All of us look out on the world, and we see whatever we see,” recalls Jeff Truesdell. “But we can see what Steve saw. He left us with this vast archive of the world as he saw it. And now we can look at the world through his lens. There’s still that element of having him present. And I find that moving
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circumstances, eat sushi from a truck stop. Until a few weeks ago, I would have added a sub-clause to that last point: Unless you’re in Lima, never, ever eat gas station ceviche. Under normal circumstances, I’d stand by that rule, but the Fairview Lounge — an unlikely bar and grill located inside a Conoco in Fairview Heights — is no normal circumstance. Pulling off the Illinois suburb’s main drag and down a smaller road, you’d never sus ect the filling station before you to be anything but a place to gas up the car, cash a check and get some Scratchers tickets. And you can do that there. As it turns out, though, you can also enjoy a fullfledged authentic eruvian feast in what may be the area’s most unexpected setting. Lorena and Abdallah Abraham had been running their Conoco
as a traditional filling station for thirteen years when they got the idea to convert the area reserved for fountain sodas and roller dogs into a bar. For Lorena, a native of Peru, it just made sense: Gas station restaurants aren’t that uncommon in her native country, she loved to cook and they had the space. Why not? As part of the 2014 renovation, the Abrahams put in a full kitchen and started serving American bar staples like wings and pizzas to curious Fairview Heights residents. Their experiment was a success, but a ten-week trip to visit Lorena’s family in Peru inspired them to take it even farther. Lorena was confident in her abilities as a cook and saw the cuisine of her homeland gaining popularity across the world. “I already have this full kitchen,” she thought. “Why not do the food that I’m most proud of?” riverfronttimes.com
In 2015, the Abrahams converted the Fairview Lounge into an authentic eruvian restaurant, filling the menu with Lorena’s family recipes. “Converted,” however, does not mean this is a hip, repurposed garage filled with craft cocktails and mustachioed barmen. There’s no irony; the Fairview Lounge is literally inside a working gas station. When you walk through the front door, you enter a vestibule. To the right is a cashier window where you can pay for your fuel and grab a pack of smokes or an airline bottle of Fireball. To the left is the kind of wooden door with an etched window you’d find on a suburban home. That door leads into a surprisingly comfortable dining room that’s much like you’d find in a typical bar and grill. To the rear of the room, the large wooden
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FAIRVIEW LOUNGE Continued from pg 29 bar is filled with an impressive tap selection and an even more impressive assortment of bottles. They have the space for such a comprehensive beer list: The grab-and-go coolers that hail from the room’s traditional gas-station days have been transformed into a display case for Fairview Lounge’s offerings. A stage for live music lines the wall facing the parking lot, and a partition near the entrance partially hides a wall of slots. Seeing all that, you might imagine you’ll be eating chicken wings and a burger. Which you can in fact do here, but once the menus hit the table, the full ambition of the Abrahams’ restaurant reveals itself. One Peruvian specialty after another beckons. That includes massive empanadas, with flaky shells that can barely contain their juicy ground beef stuffing. Kalamata olives, tomatoes, onions and raisins are studded inside, giving the dish a complex combination of sweet, salt and varying textures. The papa rellena, a hybrid of a potato croquette and a doughnut, has the same filling as the empanada, plus the addition of diced hard-boiled eggs and chile spices. The golden, deep-fried potatoes envelope their contents in a buttery illow, while the filling imbues the spud with juices and spice like a Peruvian gravy. After such wonderful, but admittedly heavy, appetizers, a Peruvian salad provided welcome respite. Hunks of avocado, tomatoes and queso fresco are tossed with lime juice and herbs like a deconstructed guacamole. It was at this point, after enjoying the salad’s refreshment
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We ravenously ate up every crumble of the alfajor, an outrageously delicious Peruvian cookie sandwich. and having a little more faith in my surroundings, that I took a bold
leap and ordered the ceviche. It was dazzling. Pearlescent pieces of whitefish, dressed in fresh lime juice, transported me from the East Side to a South American beachfront café. Small slices of serrano peppers added heat, and cilantro and shaved red onions infused the fish with flavor The ceviche is presented with chilled sweet potatoes, hominy and cancha, a Peruvian “soured corn” best described as a lighter version of a corn nut. I could have made an appetizer of these alone. A massive platter of arroz con pollo might have been big enough to feed the table, but its delicious flavor makes it di cult to share. Tender, cilantro-laden rice serves as a bed for several
pieces of marinated chicken that have been kissed with grill char. A simple tomato and red onion salad gives a pleasant cool contrast to the steaming dish. Lomo saltado, the Peruvian cousin to fajitas, features strips of steak, bell peppers and onions that have been flamed with isco brandy. A related dish, tacu tacu con lomo saltado, serves the same meat, pepper and onions, only with a red wine and soy reduction drizzled over the top. It soaks into the accompanying rice and fried bean mixture to give each bit a wonderful mix of sweet and salt. Fairview Lounge’s Peruvian grilled specialties are also noteworthy, particularly the anticuchos, or Continued on pg 32
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marinated beef hearts. Served on a skewer and cooked over open flame to get a crispy char, the tender pieces of heart are coated in a delicate house secret glaze that tastes like chiles and red wine. For even a not-so adventurous diner, this dish is not all that different from eating a fine filet The molle jitas are another example of the Fairview Lounge’s proficiency with offal. Chicken gizzards, coated in herbs, garlic and chile, are impossibly tender and mild. Mixed in with a side of garlic rice, they make for a delectable riff on chicken fried rice. For those not feeling the gizzards, the Peruvian-style kabob of simple marinated chicken is a worthwhile alternative. For dessert, our server enthusiastically recommended the alfajor, which proved to be an
outrageously delicious Peruvian cookie sandwich. Caramel-rich dulce de leche is sandwiched between two corn starch cookies that are similar to shortbread but crunchier. We ravenously ate up every crumble. As we staggered out of Fairview Lounge, full of Peruvian delicacies and Pisco sours, my friends egged me on to try my hand at the slots behind the partition. The list of payouts, hung near the restaurant’s exit door, were enticing, but I’d taken enough of a gamble that day by venturing into the realm of gas station ceviche. I was already a winner. Fairview Lounge
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rowing up in Sue Wong-Shackelford’s household, there was no way to avoid the cooking bug. Born in Hong Kong, the owner of Kalbi Taco Shack (2301 Cherokee Street, 314-2405544) came to the United States with her family when she was six. To make ends meet, her parents immediately secured jobs in the restaurant industry: Her mom worked at the original Rice Bowl on South Grand, her father at Trader Vic’s. As they became masterful cooks, Wong-Shackelford’s parents branched out on their own, turning their experience into a string of successful restaurants. However, it was in their home kitchen where Wong-Shackelford fell in love with food. “We didn’t just cook Chinese food,” she explains, describing glorious feasts of Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese and acific im flavors That’s where I caught the bug. I just loved every aspect of the kitchen.” As she grew up, Wong-Shackelford worked in her parents’ restaurants, where she did everything from cooking to managing the front of the house, and she eventually used this knowledge to become a restaurant consultant. Though she loved the industry, her mother’s death made her reconsider her demanding career. “One of the reasons I decided to get out of the restaurant business was because it was so time-consuming,” Wong-Shackelford explains. “You just don’t have any family time.” So Wong-Shackelford followed her other passion: antiques. She and her husband began a successful antique and estate liquidation business, raising their two daughters and enjoying a work-life balance.
Sue Wong-Shackelford comes by her love of fusion honestly. | SARA BANNOURA She continued to cook, however, and dinnertime became a way for the family to connect. As her daughters took an interest in learning about food, it brought out a longing in Wong-Shackelford to get back into the business. “My daughters, Olivia and Sierra, have the same bug I did,” she explains. “Olivia, my oldest, was always in the kitchen with me, and it really brought back memories for me when I was with my parents. As she was leaning toward culinary school after high school, it got me thinking that I wanted to get back into my first love, which was cooking.” For the past year, that love for cooking has been on display at Kalbi Taco Shack, a bright, food truck-inspired storefront on Cherokee Street that expertly blends sian and Me ican flavors Though Wong-Shackelford admits the concept is trendy, she explains it’s actually rooted in her family experience. “I’m not trying to copy anyone. This is what is meaning-
ful for me,” she explains. “These are the recipes that my parents and I have cooked over the years and the marinades I have worked my whole life on perfecting. And the Mexican part — well, it’s my daughters’ favorite food. They’re the ones who brought my passion back.” Wong-Shackelford took a break from the kitchen to share her thoughts on the St. Louis food and beverage scene, her sweet way of supporting the neighborhood and why she will always make time for family dinner. What is one thing people don’t know about you that you wish they did? As a child, I grew up learning and cooking from two great chefs: my parents. I have been cooking ever since. What daily ritual is non-negotiable for you? In the busy life we all lead, it’s to have dinner with my husband and my two daughters. If you could have any superriverfronttimes.com
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power, what would it be? To slow down time since it’s going by way too fast. What is the most positive thing in food, wine or cocktails that you’ve noticed in St. Louis over the past year? I’ve noticed that people want to eat healthier these days. For vegetarians and vegans there seems to be limited options. That’s why we offer sauteed tofu and marinated sweet and spicy jackfruit along with our house-made vegan aioli sauce. We try to accommodate everyone. What is something missing in the local food, wine or cocktail scene that you’d like to see? I honestly don’t see anything missing. I think St. Louis is very innovative and diversified It’s a great city to get delicious food. Who is your St. Louis food crush? Wei Hong Seafood Restaurant on Olive. It’s delicious food, and she cares about her customers. Who’s the one person to watch right now in the St. Louis dining scene? I can’t really pick one because I respect everyone who is in this industry. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication to do this, but when someone comes up to say they love your food, it’s very rewarding. Which ingredient is most representative of your personality? Sugar with a dash of pepper. If you weren’t working in the restaurant business, what would you be doing? My other passion is antique and estate liquidations. I still do it when I find time Name an ingredient never allowed in your kitchen. MSG and peanut oil. What is your after-work hangout? Home sweet home. What’s your food or beverage guilty pleasure? Our Vietnamese iced coffee. I drink at least one a day when I can. Oh, and a brownie at Whisk, our neighbor on Cherokee Street. What would be your last meal on earth? A juicy steak, fresh lobster, oysters on a half shell and a side of crab legs.
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ince opening in late November 2014, Bolyard’s Meat & Provisions (2810 Sutton Boulevard, Maplewood; 314-6472567) has grown to become one of the brightest gems of the St. Louis food scene, serving the best meat you can buy out of a charming Maplewood storefront. These days, however, it’s not just what’s in the case that is making customers salivate. Late last summer, owners Chris and Abby Bolyard quietly expanded their business to include a handful of daily sandwich specials and a seating area. Now, rather than waiting to get home to enjoy the butcher shop’s wares, guests are invited to take a seat and relax with some of the city’s best lunchtime offerings. “On a weekly basis,” Bolyard said last summer when he announced the expansion, “we get a handful of people who come in but see that we don’t have seating and leave.” The acclaimed butcher and graduate of the Culinary Institute of America explained that though sandwiches were not a part of the original idea for Bolyard’s, they’d
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received such a positive reception for their weekly sandwich special that expanding their repertoire just made sense. That positive reception has grown as their menu has gotten larger. Currently, Bolyard’s serves a rotating selection of four or five sandwiches on average, often using components from other local outfits such as Pastaria and Strange Donuts. Recent sandwiches include the “Southern Belle,” or fried bologna topped with pimento cheese and chow chow on Companion bread. “The Dip,” a French Dip style sandwich made with shaved roast beef, Swiss cheese, caramelized onions and served with a side of au jus, has been another popular offering that is in regular rotation. Seating consists of three communal-style tables, each accommodating approximately eight people. Bolyard’s also shares an outdoor patio area with its neighbor, the Living Room, and guests are welcome to sit at one of the umbrella-covered tables, weather permitting. Though the heart and soul of Bolyard’s remains its butcher shop, the sandwiches are one more example of Bolyard’s foray into prepared offerings, including a weekly “Smoke Out” menu, a Tuesday roasted chicken special and its wildly popular lard biscuits, made with buttermilk from local, pasture-raised cows and house-rendered lard. “We’re going to stick with what we are doing and see how it goes,” Bolyard said when he began the sandwich program. From what we can see, it’s going mighty fine
ver wanted to try a different food from each of the 50 states in America, without leaving the city limits? From October 27 to 29, you will have a chance to do just that — and it’s happening only in St. Louis. That weekend, a new event, Flavored Nation, is coming to the Dome at America’s Center (901 N. Broadway) to offer a vast array of foods from the different corners of the United States. As St. Louis was the location of the 1904 World’s Fair, this event aims to return the various foods and cultures of America to the Gateway City. After extensive research was done by a team of culinary experts, Flavored Nation promises to feature “the most iconic food” from each state, along with “the restauranteurs or chefs who prepare them best.” The event is headed by Richard Gore, Flavored Nation’s executive producer and formerly the president of live events at the Food Network. He led the development of events including “Food Network Live” and “Food University at Caesar’s Palace.” For now, you can only experience the 50-state concept in St. Louis. Spokeswoman Beth Hoops says the goal is for Flavored Nation to come back to St Louis year after year, as well as expand to cities in other regions. “Flavored Nation is too big to tour city-to-city, but could expand to as many as four to six ‘super-regional events,’ with St Louis remaining the location for the Midwest,” she says. Some of the featured dishes this year will include gumbo from Louisiana native Dickie Brennan Jr., chicken fried steak from chef Grady Spears of Texas restaurant Horseshoe Hill, a lobster roll hot with butter from Connecticut and another one cold with mayonnaise from Maine. Now, we know what you’re thinking: “What in the world will Missouri’s dish be?” Hoops isn’t ready to divulge that sensitive information just yet. “Missouri is honestly a tough one because BBQ is huge across the whole state,” she says. “Yet here on the eastern side of the state we also have staples like toasted ravs and gooey butter cake.” Tickets begin at $45. Find more information at flavorednation.com. Organizers hope as many as 12,000 attendees will check out the coast-to-coast culinary extravaganza. — Quinn Wilson
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he owners of Third Wheel Brewing (4008 I-70 North Outer Road, St. Peters) came up with the name for their brand-new restaurant and brewpub in the same way most good ideas are discovered — over beer. The idea was simple. “We wanted to bring good beer, good food, and just a comfortable, fun, local, artisanal thing to St. Peters,” says Abbey Spencer. The name came from a three-wheeled truck that co-owner Ron Worendel — an American Pickers type/auction fanatic — had bought at an auction. “Someone mentioned third wheel,” says co-owner Brad Wheeling. “And it all just clicked.” The brand’s slogan, “bring a friend,” puts a positive spin on the idea of being a third wheel.
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“It really encompasses what we’re about: community, community involvement/engagement, coming together, conversation and dialogue,” Spencer says. The owners are actually a quintet — Worendel and his wife Valerie, Wade and Erin Alberty, and Wheeling — who hired Spencer to be their head brewer. Third Wheel opened in early une with five brews she crafted in-house, along with a handful of guest draughts. Although she has no formal training, Spencer started home-brewing her own beer eight years ago. She’s now a certified cicerone, offering mostly all-American blends, with names including Ophelia’s Wit (Belgian Wit), Trixie’s Pale Ale, Quit Your Day Job (American Brown Ale), Dyslexic API (India Pale Ale) and Going Once…Going Twice… (Berliner Weisse). So far, St. Peters residents are thrilled to have this type of brewpub in their area. “The biggest complaint I get is that my St. Louis city friends ask me, ‘Why the hell are you so far?’ joked Spencer. “But it’s been awesome. We couldn’t be happier.” The Third Wheel Brewing storefront sits in a strip mall in between a Fastenal and Marcone appliance store. But don’t let the odd neighbors fool you; on the inside, natu-
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he Soulard Blues Band has a new album available, sensibly titled Soul and Blues. It’s far from the grou ’s first that one, Live at Burkhardt’s, came out in 1979. The only person to appear on each of them, and all the ones in between, is the group’s founder and sole original member, bassist Art Dwyer. Asked how many albums the band has put out to date, Dwyer pauses for a second, then realizes that the answer is in his hands. He undoes the shrinkwrap of the CD he’s clutching. He pops the disc out of the jewel box and starts to read the liner notes. The count begins. “One, two, three, four,” he starts, before offering a guess. “I think there’s twelve. Five, six, seven, eight. There might not be a dozen. Nine. Ten. Eleven. One might be missing. Shows you how much I know.” The count starts again, but not audibly. After the second round, he’s satisfied that this album makes eleven exactly and adds offhandedly, “I don’t know anything. I have no answers. I have an opinion or two. but I’m not even sure about those.” That’s not completely true: He does know that what he likes most about Soul and Blues is its strong lineup. “When you’re putting a band together, that’s what you want,” he says. “And I like it for that reason.” The group that recorded the disc a year ago is different than the one playing under the Soulard lues and flag these days On it are Dwyer, natch, but also drummer Kirk Grice, who gigs with the band on weekends fre uent collaborator/keyboardist Matt Murdick guitarist aron ri n,
Soulard Blues Band has changed lineups recently. Longtime vocalist Marty Abdullah, seen holding the mic, left the group in June. | KELLY GLUECK since departed for his own projects and schooling and o ular vocalist Marty Abdullah, who recently left a dozen-year run with the band in mid-June — the same week that the CDs arrived. verything’s fine, wyer says, between the two men. “We’ve talked since then. We had a good run. Twelve years? That’s a good run.” The album, a seven-track affair featuring a variety of cuts that find themselves in the group’s live sets (“Little by Little,” “Turn Back the Hands of Time” and “Corrine, Corrina”), won’t be given the honor of a formal release show. Instead, the band will sell discs over time, one by one at gigs across the region, at clubs, wineries, weddings and other assorted affairs. “I’ve never been much for CD parties and anniversary shows,” Dwyer says. “If you had a record ready for Christmas and it doesn’t come, just tell people you meant it for spring.” And this is where the band might
really miss Abdullah, who had a steady, go-to pitch for selling CDs from the stage, starting off with an offer of $100 for three, then winding his way down to roughly $10 apiece as the band steady-churned behind him. Who’ll be the pitchman going forward? Well, it could be anybody. “Surprises come in music,” Dwyer figures, “just like they do at birthday parties. You know what I mean?” In Abdullah’s stead, the band is using a mix-and-match approach to vocals (and to overall membership, generally). Horn player Brian Casserly, who’s had a couple runs with the group, has been handling some songs ditto guitarist ohn Mc ey, the recent Texas transplant, who followed ri n into the band On vocals, “the rest of us add in our nickels and dimes,” Dwyer says. (Drummer Rob Lee is behind the kit for the band during its Monday night residency at the Broadway Oyster Bar, in lieu of Grice, and serves as the drummer for Mc ey’s riverfronttimes.com
active, self-titled band as well.) It’s not as if change hasn’t been a constant for the group, with Soulard Blues Band alumni stocking blues, soul and jazz bands all over town. “You learn that the music is what’s most important,” Dwyer says. “There are plenty of people wanting to play. Everywhere. Maybe people think they’re invisible, but I don’t think so.” Though sympathetic to fans sad to see a favorite member move on, Dwyer is pragmatic. “It’s not the end of the world, that’s for sure,” he says. “As long as there’s respect all the way around, for the music and your other members, then the music can exist. And the music always comes first, for my money For the disc, Dwyer turned to a trusted associate, David Torretta, who brought the band into the latter’s self-named recording studio. The group, minus Murdick, who tracked his keys later, recorded
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SOULARD BLUES BAND Continued from pg 43 largely live, in a comfortable setting. “Dave Torretta, I’ve known him for not as long as I wish as a studio guy,” Dwyer says. “But I’ve known him for over years his work here goes back to the ‘70s. I tell you what, that CD that’s getting rave reviews all across the country, Chuck Berry’s? That’s Dave’s work. And I don’t think he pulled any punches with this one either.” Listening to the new record and trying to put it into context with the group’s history, Dwyer gives a nod to aron ri n, whose father, Larry, preceded him in the group. Aaron was just a teen when joining up. “The young lad, he worked really hard at learning soul music,” Dwyer says. “That’s hard. It was out of his musical wheelhouse. But we’re playing the blues these days, and this is a return to it ...” As Dwyer ponders the relative bluesiness versus the soulfulness
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eation between ottle ockets and iesel Island, says oui e loves it that’s not it at all but the ottle ockets and his songs are his bread and butter or oui, who released his first solo last year but has filled albums and songbooks with his artful and wry inter retation of rock, o and country across a handful of bands since the early s, ins iration came from the softer side of s country e credits acts like oco, the Marshall Tucker and and even the often and unfairly reviled agles as his sonic touchstones I wanted to turn in some hard country, and also do a ti of my hat to ’ s country rock, says oui It’s funny as a kid and as a twenty something hi ster, I hated the agles and country rock ut I eventually grew u and reali ed that the agles are great musicians and songwriters They did sort of crowd out other ty es of country influence on the airwaves ust that they took u so much o ygen in the room they were an easy target for our ire oui’s o ening cut hine a ittle ight is the disc’s best re resentation of this eaceful, easy feeling, but one of his character driven songs, the country boogie of hen I rite My umber One, has a little more fun in e loring the syche of a would be hitmaker That’s me singing about a character, oui says of his ho eful, erha s delusional rotagonist, who dreams of enning a hit single I don’t think that fame and fortune are around the corner I’m gently mocking him, but at the same time I kind of love that guy the o timism and youthful belief that you might win the lottery some day I know guys like that they’re in their s trying to write that hit song ou think ason ldean is gonna cover that song ut oui turns reflective as he considers the song’s message, es ecially as he sings it amid a band filled with e ert musicians with slim chances of receiving a gold record There’s a beauty in reaching for that brass ring, he says, even when the demogra hics are against you —Christian Schaeffer
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SUNDAY 9
8 p.m., $36-$136. Hollywood Casino Amphi-
314-588-0505.
land Heights, 314-298-9944.
AFTER 7: w/ DJ Kut 8 p.m., $40-$60. The Pag-
theatre, I-70 & Earth City Expwy., Maryland
VICKY MICHAELS & EDICKS WAY BLUES BAND: 10
THE PROVING GROUND: 5 p.m., $10. The Stage
eant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-
Heights, 314-298-9944.
p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broad-
at KDHX, 3524 Washington Ave, St. Louis, 314-
6161.
KEITH MOYER QUINTET: 9:30 p.m., free. The Dark
way, St. Louis, 314-436-5222.
925-7543, ext. 815.
ANOTHER LOST YEAR: w/ Loka 7 p.m., $12-$13.
THE PUNKNECKS: w/ Home Wreckers 9 p.m.,
The Firebird, 2706 Olive St., St. Louis, 314-535-
$5. The Haunt, 5000 Alaska Ave, St. Louis, 314-
0353.
Room, 3610 Grandel Square inside Grandel Theatre, St. Louis, 314-531-3416.
SATURDAY 8
KIM MASSIE: 10:30 p.m., $10. Beale on Broad-
BREWER & SHIPLEY: 8 p.m., $30-$35. Delmar
481-5003.
CODY THOMPSON: 2 p.m., free. Howard’s in Sou-
way, 701 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-621-7880.
Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-
SEA OF TREACHERY: w/ Grave Friends, Anima/
lard, 2732 S 13th St, St. Louis, 314-349-2850.
LUCERO: w/ Banditos 8 p.m., $25-$35. Off
6161.
Animus, Sleeper Hold 6 p.m., $10-$12. The Fire-
THE COLEMAN HUGHES PROJECT: 4 p.m., $10.
Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-
DANBURY STREET: 6 p.m., free. Howard’s in Sou-
bird, 2706 Olive St., St. Louis, 314-535-0353.
National Blues Museum, 615 Washington Ave.,
3363.
lard, 2732 S 13th St, St. Louis, 314-349-2850.
SISTER WIZZARD: w/ The Free Years, S.A.M., and
St. Louis.
RICKY NYE QUARTET: 10 p.m., $10. BB’s Jazz,
FUBAR HORRORFEST: THE FUBAR CHAINSAW
Hunterchild 8 p.m., $7. Old Rock House, 1200 S.
GLENN JONES: w/ Dubb Nubb 7 p.m., $8. Foam
Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-
MASSACRE: w/ Candy Coated Evil 3 p.m., $10.
7th St., St. Louis, 314-588-0505.
Coffee & Beer, 3359 Jefferson Ave., St. Louis,
436-5222.
314-772-2100.
SEARCHING FOR NOSTALGIA: w/ Acceptable Losses, Striking Dawn, A440 6 p.m., $10. Fubar,
LOVE JONES “THE BAND”: 10 p.m., $10. BB’s Jazz,
[CRITIC’S PICK]
Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-
3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.
436-5222.
SIDEWALK CHALK: 8 p.m., $10-$12. Blueberry
MEEK MILL: w/ Yo Gotti 7 p.m., TBA. Hollywood
Hill - The Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Blvd.,
Casino Amphitheatre, I-70 & Earth City Expwy.,
University City, 314-727-4444.
Maryland Heights, 314-298-9944.
WAY DOWN WANDERERS: 8 p.m., $10-$12. Old
POLLY O’KEARY & RHYTHM METHOD: 7 p.m., $10.
Rock House, 1200 S. 7th St., St. Louis, 314-588-
BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St.
0505.
Louis, 314-436-5222. SOUL REUNION: 10:30 p.m., $7. Beale on Broad-
FRIDAY 7
way, 701 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-621-7880.
CODY CANADA & THE DEPARTED: 8 p.m., $15. Off
TAYLOR PHELAN: w/ Casper Webs, The Dive
Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-
6 p.m., $12. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis,
3363.
314-289-9050.
DIXIE WRECKED: 6 p.m., free. Howard’s in Soulard, 2732 S 13th St, St. Louis, 314-349-2850.
MONDAY 10
JEEZY: 9 p.m., $40-$60. Ambassador, 9800 Halls
ERYN WOODS: 7 p.m., $12. Fubar, 3108 Locust
Ferry Rd, North St. Louis County, 314-869-9090.
St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.
JOE METZKA: 5 p.m., $10. National Blues Muse-
Lucero. | PHOTO VIA THE BILLION CORPORATION
um, 615 Washington Ave., St. Louis. LEROY JODIE PIERSON: 7 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314436-5222. THE LINDBERGH BABIES: 8 p.m., $6-$8. The Firebird, 2706 Olive St., St. Louis, 314-535-0353. MEGADETH: w/ Meshuggah, TesseracT, Lillake 6:30 p.m., $43-$63. Family Arena, 2002 Arena Parkway, St Charles, 636-896-4200. THE MIGHTY PINES: 8 p.m., $15-$20. The Focal Point, 2720 Sutton Blvd, St. Louis, 314-5602778. NIKEE TURBO: 8 p.m., $10. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050. PAUL BONN & THE BLUESMEN: 7 p.m., free. Hwy 61 Roadhouse and Kitchen, 34 S Old Orchard Ave, Webster Groves, 314-968-0061. RAW EARTH: 8 p.m., free. Stone Spiral, 2500 Sutton Blvd., Maplewood, 314-335-7388. REAPING ASMODEIA: w/ Animated Dead, Au-
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Lucero 8 p.m. Thursday, July 6. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue. $25 to $30. 314773-3363.
Lucero took the long way around to its Memphis home. Starting out as a Pogues-meets-Drive-By-Truckers outfit — with everything, tattoos included, turned to eleven — Lucero has made its best records in the second half of its career. That run began with the horn-blasting 1372 Overton Park in 2009 and carried through to 2015’s All a Man Should Do. The latter includes some of the band’s most soul-con-
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scious songs, including an unapologetically sentimental cover of Big Star’s “I’m In Love With a Girl” and “My Girl & Me in ’93,” on which grainy-voiced songwriter Ben Nichols distills Southern working-class screw-up poetry into a universally romantic hymn. And lest you doubt, the band can still rock: These dudes will always be country punks at heart. Smokey Bandits: Nashville band Banditos opens with a set of blues-country outsider tunes. Think banjo-meetsHammond-B3-organ with soul-torch vocals. —Roy Kasten
Crazy P. & King Irish 6 p.m., $8. The Firebird, 2706 Olive St., St. Louis, 314-535-0353. MICHELLE BRANCH: 8 p.m., $29-$32. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-7266161. MUSIC UNLIMITED: 8:30 p.m., $10. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314436-5222. SOULARD BLUES BAND: 9 p.m., $5. Broadway Oyster Bar, 736 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314621-8811.
TUESDAY 11 AESOP ROCK: w/ Rob Sonic and DJ Zone 8 p.m., $20-$22.50. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161. CROBOT: 7 p.m., $13-$15. The Firebird, 2706 Olive St., St. Louis, 314-535-0353.
[CRITIC’S PICK]
Iron Maiden. | PHOTO BY JOHN MCMURTRIE
Iron Maiden 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 12. Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights. $29.50 to $99.50. 314289-9944.
The members of Iron Maiden won’t be hanging up their instruments anytime soon, despite what you may have heard. Rumors have run rampant recently that the legendary metal act would be calling it quits after the tour supporting its latest album, The Book of Souls. It makes sense — after all, the band has been at it for more than four decades. But this is the inexhaustible Iron Fucking Maiden we’re talking about, and in keeping, longtime guitarist Dave Murray squashed those rumors in a June 27 interview with the Press-Enterprise of Riverside, California. “We’re not stopping after
this tour; this isn’t the last tour by any means,” Murray said. “We’re going to finish this one out, which we’re having a lot of fun [doing], and then we’re going to take some time off and next year there’s going to be some surprises.” And metalheads all across the world rejoiced. Could Be Worse: Swedish heavy metal band Ghost will open the show. Many metal purists turn their noses up at Ghost, decrying the group’s costumes and stage shtick as nothing more than a gimmick without the tunes to back it up. Before you join them in naysaying, consider that about half of this tour’s dates featured Shinedown as the opener. Then thank Satan that Ghost is coming here instead. —Daniel Hill
JAMAICA LIVE TUESDAYS: w/ Ital K, Mr. Roots, DJ
way, St. Louis, 314-436-5222.
Witz, $5/$10. Elmo’s Love Lounge, 7828 Olive
BIG THIEF: 8 p.m., $10. Old Rock House, 1200 S.
Blvd, University City, 314-282-5561.
7th St., St. Louis, 314-588-0505.
KIM MASSIE: 10:30 p.m., $10. Beale on Broad-
BOB “BUMBLE BEE” KAMOSKE: 8 p.m. Beale on
way, 701 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-621-7880.
Broadway, 701 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-621-
LEVI PLATERO BLUES BAND: 8 p.m., $10. BB’s
7880.
Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis,
IRON MAIDEN: w/ Ghost 7 p.m., $29.50-$99.50.
314-436-5222.
Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, I-70 & Earth
OTHERWISE: w/ Through Fire 8 p.m., $16-$18.
City Expwy., Maryland Heights, 314-298-9944.
Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.
JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT: 7:30 p.m.,
SHINEDOWN: w/ Lacey Sturm 8 p.m., $42.50-
$31.50-$46.50. Peabody Opera House, 1400
$65. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis,
Market St, St. Louis, 314-241-1888.
314-726-6161.
KILLER QUEEN: A TRIBUTE TO QUEEN: 7 p.m.,
THIRD EYE BLIND: w/ Silversun Pickups 6 p.m.,
$30-$58. Family Arena, 2002 Arena Parkway, St
TBA. Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, I-70 &
Charles, 636-896-4200.
Earth City Expwy., Maryland Heights, 314-298-
SANTANA: 7:30 p.m., $69-$150. The Fox Theatre,
9944.
527 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, 314-534-1111.
WEDNESDAY 12 BIG RICH MCDONOUGH & RHYTHM RENEGADES: 7 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broad-
BIKES WELCOME
SWEETIE & THE TOOTHACHES: 10 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222.
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Big Thief. | PHOTO VIA GROUND CONTROL TOURING
Big Thief 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 12. Old Rock House, 1200 South Seventh Street. $10. 314-588-0505.
To enter into Big Thief’s musical world is to surrender to a vision of childhood complete with complementary moods of mystery and danger, strain and succor. On this year’s Capacity, singer and guitarist Adrianne Lenker weaves a loose thread through her family history that winds around hazy recollections and diamond-hard emotions. Sometimes she writes
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delmarhall.com.
6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.
CLINT BLACK: Fri., Sept. 29, 7 p.m., $37.50-
WEDNESDAY 13: w/ Once Human, Grays Divide,
$77.50. River City Casino & Hotel, 777 River
Arkangela 6 p.m., $15-$18. Fubar, 3108 Locust
City Casino Blvd., St. Louis, 314-388-7777,
St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.
rivercity.com.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT JAZZ CRAWL: 5 p.m. contin-
GEM OWLZ: W/ Chrisfrmkro, Zado, pinkcar-
ues through Dec. 27, free. The Stage at KDHX,
avan!, Nicholas Louis, Anwar, Fri., Aug. 4, 8
3524 Washington Ave, St. Louis, 314-925-7543,
p.m., $15-$20. The Firebird, 2706 Olive St., St. ouis,
ext. 815.
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LEWIS WATSON: Tue., Oct. 31, 8 p.m., $18-$20.
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The Firebird, 2706 Olive St., St. Louis, 314-535, firebirdstl com
Sat., Aug. 5, 8 p.m., $10-$13. 2720 Cherokee
THE LILLINGTONS: Fri., Aug. 25, 8 p.m., $15.
Performing Arts Center, 2720 Cherokee St, St.
Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050,
Louis, 314-276-2700, 2720cherokee.com.
fubarstl.com.
BASTARD AND THE CROWS EP RELEASE SHOW:
LOUFEST U: Fri., Sept. 8, 4 p.m., free. Forest Park,
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THE AQUABATS!: 7 p.m., $23-$25. Delmar Hall,
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discrete stories and sometimes, as on the stunning “Mary,” she creates a tumble of words that link together through some unknown alchemy. The album builds off last year’s excellent debut Masterpiece and finds the band leaning into its guitar-led tightness, where Buck Meek’s inventive leads lasso themselves around Lenker’s high, beguiling voice. Mark It, Twain: Brooklyn-based trio Twain opens the show with a set of acoustic avant-folk songs.
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Highway 40 (I-64) & Hampton Ave., St. Louis.
2100 Locust St., St. Louis, 314-241-2337, schla-
LOVE JONES “THE BAND”: Sun., July 9, 10 p.m.,
fly com
$10. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway,
THE BLUE LOTUS SOUL REVUE: W/ Roland John-
St. Louis, 314-436-5222, bbsjazzbluessoups.
son, Gene Jackson, Renee Smith, Everett Dean,
com.
Devon Cahill, Honeybaked and the Choice Cuts,
MDC:
DJ Hal Greens, Sat., Aug. 12, 8 p.m., $10. Off
p.m., $12-$14. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis,
Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-
314-289-9050, fubarstl.com.
3363, offbroadwaystl.com.
SAN FERMIN: Wed., Sept. 27, 8 p.m., $15-$17. Old
CAVO: Sat., Aug. 5, 8 p.m., $15. Delmar Hall,
Rock House, 1200 S. 7th St., St. Louis, 314-588-
6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161,
0505, oldrockhouse.com.
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SAVAGE LOVE SACRIFICE BY DAN SAVAGE Hey, Dan: I’m a 29-year-old straight woman facing a dilemma. I dated this guy about a year ago, and in many ways he was exactly the guy I was looking for. The main hitch was sexual. Our sex was good, but he had a fetish where he wanted me to sleep with other guys. Basically, he gets off on a girl being a “slut.” He was also into threesomes or swapping with another couple. I experimented with all of that for a few months, but I finally realized that this lifestyle is not for me. I want a more traditional, monogamous relationship. I broke it off with him. We reconnected recently, and he wants to get back together. He says that he wants to be with me, even if it means a more traditional sex life. I’m interested, but suspicious. If he decides to forego his fetish in order to be with me, can he ever feel truly fulfilled with our sex life? I don’t want to be with someone I can’t completely satisfy. I also worry that down the road he might change his mind and try to convince me to experiment with non-monogamy again, which would make me feel pressured. I’m looking for someone to settle down with, and I’m scared to waste more time on this guy, even though in many ways he’s a great fit. Do you think it’s possible for us to be happy together in a traditional arrangement when deep down he wants more? Interested Despite Kink Every partnered person on earth is with someone they “can’t completely satisfy.” No one person can be all things to another person — sexually or in any
other way. So don’t waste too much time stressing out about that. That said, IDK, this guy gets off when girls — his girl in particular — are “sluts.” That doesn’t mean he can’t/ won’t/doesn’t get off when you’re not being slutty. (In this situation, “being slutty” refers to you sleeping with other people, which is only subjectively slutty.) He likes it when you’re a slut, but I bet he also likes it when you ___, ___, or ___. (I don’t know your sex life. Fill in the blanks.) Are you focusing too much on one of the things he’s into (you fucking other people) and not enough on all the other things he’s into (things like ___, ___, and ___)? If those other things are enough for him to have a great sex life with you without getting to enjoy this particular kink, you can make this work. In other words, IDK: If giving up his hotwife/cuckold fantasies is the price of admission he’s willing to pay to be with you, maybe you should let him pay that price. If being with someone who fantasizes about sexual scenarios you would rather not participate in (and who may be fantasizing about them while you’re having sex) is the price of admission you’re willing to pay to be with him, maybe you should pay that price. Another maybe: Are there accommodations that would allow him to have his fetish/fantasies without having to stifle them and allow you to have your monogamous commitment? No fucking other guys, but sometimes sharing stories of past exploits? Or making up dirty stories you can share while you’re fucking? Kinky people sometimes place a few of their kinks on the shelf for years, decades, or all their lives because they love their partner, but their
partner doesn’t love their proclivity for ball-busting/piss-pigging/whatever-evering. And, yes, sometimes a person says they’re willing to let go of a kink and then changes their mind and starts pressuring their partner years or decades later — often when it’s much harder for the non-kinky partner to end things, i.e., after marrying, having kids, etc., which renders the pressure coercive and corrosive. Another thing that sometimes happens: People who never thought they’d be into X and married someone with the understanding that X was forever off the table suddenly find themselves curious about X and wanting to give X a try years or decades later. Who we are and what we want at 39 or 49 can look very different than who we were and what we wanted at 29.
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“those three words” two weeks ago) to keep the gel/foam and literal pussy coming, BEDS, or this guy likes you, he really likes you. Since men can get cats and mattresses of their own, BEDS, my money is on the latter. But you’re right about one thing: Your question makes you sound crazy. Hey, Dan: I was surprised by your advice to CUCK, the gay man whose husband was sleeping with another man who insisted on treating CUCK like a cuckold — sending him degrading text messages — even though CUCK isn’t into that. Why isn’t this a case of someone involving another person in his sex life without his consent? While CUCK has agreed to let his husband fuck another person, he didn’t agree to receive sexually explicit texts from that person. Consensual Lovin’ Is Paramount
Hey, Dan: My boyfriend of three months is great! He’s smart, funny, and attractive — and two weeks ago, we said those three words. My parents like him, my friends like him, and my cat is enamored with him. But that’s where the problem starts. I had some reservations that he was only coming around to cuddle with my cat — which I know sounds crazy — so I disregarded it. Then he told me that he loves sleeping in my bed because of the mattress! He says his mattress at home hurts his back and he feels achy all day unless he sleeps at my place. (I splurged on an expensive gel/foam combination mattress.) I can’t shake the feeling that he is using me for my mattress and my cat. Boy Erodes Dame’s Satisfaction
The Other Man (TOM) is fucking CUCK’s husband, CLIP, so TOM is involved in CUCK’s sex life — at the margins, on the edges, but kindasorta involved. When CUCK told his husband he didn’t appreciate TOM’s texts, his husband asked CUCK to play along because it turns TOM on. (I suspect it also turns CUCK’s husband on.) I told CUCK that he should play along only if the texts didn’t bother him. It may have been out of line for TOM to send that first message without making sure it would be welcome, but it was a party foul at best. And, again, if the texts don’t bother CUCK and he’s willing to play along for his husband’s benefit, I think he should.
Which seems likelier: This smart, funny and attractive guy has been fucking you for three months (and said
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