Vol. 24, No. 38
Down the Drain
For 14 years, Tom Sullivan has been smelling a rat at the Metropolitan Sewer District. It may not be just his imagination.
By C.D. Stelzer
Does a Major Plane Crash Discourage You from Air Travel?
Published the week of September 20-26, 2000
By Wm. Stage
Cat's Cradle
A story of cats in an abandoned house, the woman who feeds them and the imminent threat they face
By Melinda Roth
For Schnucks, Friendly Just Isn't Enough
A plan to close three city Schnucks stores sets off a backlash
By D.J. Wilson
Wistful Whizzers
To master their bashful bladders, first they must learn to transcend fear
By Jeannette Batz
Audiocity
Leroy Huddleston likes to reach out and touch his neighbors -- all day long
Letters to the Editor
Schnucks: Not the Friendliest Weeks in Town
By Ray Hartmann
Tiger Beat
Kathleen Hanna's new group is the cat's meow
By René Spencer Saller
Backstage Pass
Gene Bradford brings all that jazz to St. Louis by way of the Backstage Bistro
By Terry Perkins
Coleman Cooler
Gene Bradford makes the case for his favorite jazz artist
Death of a Format
Remodeling St. Louis' radio dial
By Randall Roberts
Chic-A-Go-Go Touring Show
Thursday, Sept. 21; Way Out Club
By Jason Toon
John Cowan
Thursday, Sept. 21; Off Broadway
By Roy Kasten
The Go-Betweens
The Friends of Rachel Worth (Jetset Records)
By Niles Baranowski
St. Louis African Chorus
A E Na O: The Sacred Music of Harcourt-Whyte
Russian Roulette
A visit to Astoria European Cuisine yields mixed but largely enjoyable results
By Melissa Martin
Almost Famous
Written and directed by Cameron Crowe
By Robert Wilonsky
The Girl Next Door
Directed by Christine Fugate
By M.V. Moorhead
Girl on the Bridge
Directed by Patrice Leconte
By Gregory Weinkauf
Smells Like Bean Spirit
Fiery fun at the 25th Missouri Chili Cook-off and Salsa Competition
By Byron Kerman
Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell isn't Carrie Bradshaw. Like, really.
Fighting Chance
In the ring with Karyn Kusama, the Ladue-bred writer/director of Girlfight
By Eddie Silva
Spray Tell
Dedicated artists shake their cans at Paint Louis
By Ivy Schroeder
Twin Stars
As if local commercials weren't already (unintentionally) funny, a pair of twin comics have made them their stock-in-trade
A Chorus Line
Conceived by Michael Bennett, book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante, music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban (Stages St. Louis)
By Brian Hohlfeld
Ain't We Got Fun
By Eric LeRoy Wilson (Historyonics Theatre Company)
By Sally Cragin
Dance Close-up 2000: Alumni Celebration
Washington University Performing Arts Department
By Harry Weber
Visiting Mr. Green
By Jeff Baron (New Jewish Theatre)
Garrison Keillor
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Special-Event Concert
