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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Health & Science 8

Doctor’s Note

Family 10

Family First

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Crossword Puzzle

Home 14

The Reset

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Dig It

Style 18

The Look

Arts & Culture 20 Taste of the Town 22 Bookmarked 24 A Storied History 26 The Muse

Out & About

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28 Fleur de Lis

Features 36 ON THE COVER > The Big Muddy Dance Company The Big Muddy Dance Company delivers innovative firsts for its highly anticipated 2024 season.

Photo of Molly Rapp taken by Kelly Pratt, courtesy of The Big Muddy Dance Company. Space provided by the Pulitzer Arts Foundation.

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Get the inside scoop on an upcoming release from bestselling romance author Tessa Bailey, who chats with copy editor and staff writer Madeleine Ackerburg on p. 22. On p. 40, join me in celebrating the revival of St. Louis’ oldest literary journal, River Styx, and check out all the up-and-coming writers and artists sharing their work in its pages.

Explore a different corner of the St. Louis arts community on p. 36, where contributing writer Brittany Nay shares a Q&A with Big Muddy Dance Company. Or, if visual art is more your speed, Ackerburg returns on p. 26 to offer a closer look at painter Sarah Crowner’s “Around Orange” exhibition, currently at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation.

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Researchers at WashU, alongside the St. Louis Wildlife Project, are using hightech sonogram recordings to track bat species patterns in the Midwest region and showing how these flying mammals contribute to the health of our ecosystem.

Visit laduenews.com to learn how these audio recordings identify – and protect – urban bats in our neighborhoods.

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Amid the bitter cold of the last couple weeks, I’m already counting down the days until spring.

In the meantime, I’ll be looking to the creative folks featured in this edition of LN to breathe some inspiration back into the dreary winter days to come.

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HEALTH & SCIENCE > DOCTOR’S NOTE

The

& of

Weight Loss Drugs

By Connie Mitchell

H

appy New Year! If your goal is to lose weight this year, then you may have already asked your doctor about the popular “weight loss” drugs talked about by influencers and celebrities. But are these injectable drugs really a magic bullet? Dr. Katelin Mirkin, a Mercy general and bariatric surgeon, suggests proceeding with caution.

Two of the most talked-about drugs are Ozempic and Wegovy, a class of drugs known as a GLP-1 agonist. Mirkin explains that these drugs work by mimicking the hormone GLP-1, which helps the pancreas release insulin, delays digestion and sends signals to the brain that reduce hunger and increase a feeling of fullness.

The drugs are labeled to treat diabetes. Two other drugs being used for weight loss, Mounjaro and Zepbound, work on GLP-1 and an additional hormone receptor.

People who have a body mass index of 30 or more or a BMI of 27 or more with weightrelated health concerns like Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol might be candidates for the drugs. “However, obesity is not a monolith,” Mirkin says. “A variety of other health conditions or risks should be considered.

For instance, people who are at risk for thyroid cancer, gallbladder disease or pancreatitis should avoid these drugs.”

Additionally, people should be aware that these drugs come with a risk of significant side effects like nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea and constipation. “There is

also a risk of pancreatitis, gallstone disease, hypoglycemia, gastroparesis, thyroid cancer, suicidal ideation, renal injury and retinal damage,” Mirkin continues.

“Eating disorder experts have voiced concerns that these drugs may worsen eating disorders.

Furthermore, it appears that once the drugs are stopped, much of the weight is regained,” she adds. “I have seen several patients who have not been able to tolerate the drugs due to debilitating nausea, and several who have developed gallbladder disease and pancreatitis.

I have also seen many patients frustrated that

While it’s exciting that additional tools are becoming available to help people achieve a healthy weight, everything in medicine – KATELIN MIRKIN comes with risks and benefits.

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the weight returned once they stopped the drugs and who are now looking to surgery for a more sustainable option.”

No matter how much we want that magic bullet to rid us of unwanted pounds, Mirkin says that medications and bariatric surgery are just tools for people who have morbid obesity. “A healthy diet and active lifestyle are integral parts of a healthy life and provide benefits outside of a number on the scale,” she says. “While it’s exciting that additional tools are becoming available to help people achieve a healthy weight, everything in medicine comes with risks and benefits. Medications should only be taken under medical supervision.”

In the meantime, make a healthy lifestyle part of your new year’s goals. Eat right, exercise, manage stress, connect socially – and make 2024 a healthy new year.

Dr. Katelin Mirkin, Mercy Clinic Bariatrics at the Mercy Center for Performance Medicine, 701 S. New Ballas Road, Ste. 300, St. Louis, 314-251-5890, mercy.net

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FAMILY > FAMILY FIRST

No Snow, No Problem

By Hope Timmermann

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t’s winter in the Midwest, and the holidays are over. What to do? Grab your coat and gloves and fend off cabin fever with these outdoor activities offering family fun with or without snow on the ground.

ICE SKATING Looking for daytime fun with kiddos? A happy hour activity with coworkers? A first date idea? Ice skating is the answer. Steinberg Skating Rink at Forest Park offers skating for all ages, with admission starting at $10 per person. Venture outside of the city, and you’ll find more ice skating fun at The Loading Dock in Grafton, Illinois. The Loading Dock’s rink is open through Feb. 25 to help you keep winter blues away. Eureka, Missouri’s Brookdale Farms boasts an outdoor rink made with synthetic ice – so get ready to lace up no matter the weather.

Admission is $12 per individual, and private parties are $200 for two hours of skating for up to 20 guests.

Photo courtesy of The Loading Dock

Photo of Tower Grove Farmers Market by Jessica Bremehr

Photo courtesy of the audubon Society

FARMERS MARKETS

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A stroll through the farmers market may be a summertime activity at heart, but a selection of metro-area markets keep their stands running year-round. Tower Grove Farmers Market will host markets on Jan. 20, Feb. 3 and 17 and March 2 and 16 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Tower Grove Baptist Church parking the Mississippi River, so it’s lot at 4257 Magnolia Ave. safe to say they have winter There’s no shortage of local shopping down to a science. treasures to peruse, including Buy produce and other wares hot and prepared foods; from local vendors, stop by the chicken, pork and beef; winter butcher shop, and grab a bite to veggies; and gifts like art, soap, To r we eat from Joyce’s Corner Kitchen jewelry and candles made by eh rG m ro v B re a e ic Fa rm while you’re there. Don’t let a wintry local artisans. s s e e rs M a r ke t b y J mix downpour deter you – the market is The Soulard Farmers Market is covered and partially heated. the oldest continuous farmers market west of ot

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WINTER BIRD WATCHING Did you know that now through March is the best time to spot bald eagles as they migrate south? Spend an afternoon along the Mississippi River this winter with a self-guided tour at a local conservation area or museum, such as the National Great River Museum or the Audubon Center at Riverlands. Throughout January, the Audubon Center will host special Birds of Winter events, including meet-and-greets with actual eagles and swans and walking tours. Some events are ticketed; others, like the Eagle Day with the Missouri Department of Conservation on Feb. 10, are free. You can even stay home and participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count, a global four-day event in which bird lovers are invited to count the different birds they spot in their own backyard.

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HOME > THE RESET

Chic

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These understated but glamorous furnishings pack a powerful punch in your small space.

The Marjie Scope chandelier from the Marjorie Skouras collection for Currey and Company diffuses light through a ring of beautiful faceted optic crystal prisms.

The circular metal body is finished in a warm antique brass. (wilsonlighting.com)

The 50-inch diameter Sheila dining table blends practicality and style, making it an ideal choice for smaller spaces. The cerused white finish on Mindy wood, offset by stained gold accents, offers a neutral palette that’s perfect for pairing with different dining chair options. (donnellyinteriors.com)

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The dramatic Storm Clouds mirror is part of the Barry Dixon collection for arteriors. It features a bronze and antiqued brass cloud motif at the bottom. use in a powder room or over a hallway console to magnify and brighten the space. (metrolightingcenters.com)

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By Pat Raven, Ph.D. and Julie Hess > Photos courtesy of All American Selections

F

or some, the cold, gray days of January are enjoyable thanks to football games, beer and nachos. For others, winter happiness can be found in the arrival of the spring plant catalogs. Browsing both by web and hard copy, I always drool over new varieties and old favorites from former gardens that I want to grow again. With yet another new garden in St. Louis, choosing what to plant is a pleasure comparable to decorating a house – but with beds and borders instead of sofas and coffee tables.

This year, some of my special vegetable garden picks include “Astro” arugula and perpetual spinach chard. I tried “Astro” in 2023 and fell in love with its speed, freshness and deer resistance. The perpetual spinach is a leafy favorite that can be relied on for garden greens all summer. Next to my raised beds will be the trellis for the iconic moon vine, an annual I grow yearly. In my new garden, it climbed the rain gutter to the secondstory roof and draped itself magnificently along the deck rails. Who could skip that?

Award-winning annuals from All-America Selections for 2024 have been heavily tested and judged to be superior plants. Impatiens Solarscape “Pink Jewel” is a new seed-grown variety, similar to the New Guinea types, which thrives in full sun or part shade and presents a vivid fuchsia carpet of color. Petchoa “EnViva Pink,” a Petunia x Calibrachoa hybrid, is a shocking pink trailing annual for beds, containers and baskets. These

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floriferous, self-cleaning vines leave standard petunias in the dust. I grew Petchoa “Sunray Pink” last year and it was the star of my front garden.

The Scabiosa Scoop Series, from the Israeli plant breeder Danziger, elevates the old purple pincushion flower to new heights. Originally available only in the cut flower trade, these new hybrids have luscious pompons of lavender, rose, burgundy or white, with long, sturdy stems and an extended vase life. Now available to home gardeners, these lovely lollypop flowers will punctate your flower border with excitement. Listed as an annual, I may try to keep some cuttings over the winter if I can.

For perennials, I can’t wait to try the new Phlox paniculata “Jeana,” a robust soft pink selection of the native phlox, and the award winner for 2024 for the Perennial Plant Association.

Another star-studded winner is Salvia “Blue By You.” A top performer, it won an AAS ribbon in 2023. Leucanthemum “Carpet Angel” (AAS 2023) is a breeding breakthrough as the first groundcover Shasta daisy. Look it up.

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STYLE > THE LOOK

AWink & a Smile L

By Amanda Dahl

ike a classic scene from many teen flicks, Francesca Eales explored the world of cosmetics during her growing years only to learn through trial and error what her skin could tolerate. In true leading lady fashion, she discovered beyond those initial lessons that she has what it takes to make it in the beauty business. Meet Hello Wink, Eales’ business venture into clean makeup, produced right here in the Lou. “I had dabbled in [making mineral makeup] before, but nothing serious,” Eales says. “I made Hello Wink during the pandemic when we were all kind of home ‘forever.’ That’s when I decided to take this hobby and make a business out of it.”

That era of isolation inspired a name for her budding brand. “We were experiencing a lot of emotional stress. [I asked myself], what is a kind gesture? Saying ‘hello,’ sending a card [or] a wink. The name evolved from there.”

The ace up Eales’ sleeve? Her unorthodox background. She joined the air force straight out of high school and credits her service for helping her become a successful entrepreneur.

“That experience was a culture shock,” Eales says. “I came from an undisciplined background; not a lot of boundaries. Being a veteran was really important for creating a foundation for [my sense of] self. [I know] I can do something and be successful at it. And to keep going even if you fail, even if you fall. You get back up and keep going.”

During Hello Wink’s development, Eales took her passion for cosmetics to a new level by focusing on what happens after her lip balms are used.

Making everything sustainable ... is the foundation that I build everything else upon.

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Photo by Maddie Kamp of Maddie K Photography, courtesy of Hello Wink

“200 million plastic lip balms end up in landfills every year,” she says.

“I couldn’t imagine my little product floating in the ocean decades after I’m gone. Making everything sustainable, from the packaging tape and mailer to even the containers I use to make the products, is the foundation that I build everything else upon.”

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Eales continues to dream up new ideas. She’s playing with a new kind of product, skin care creams, and hopes to someday expand the Hello Wink line. In the meantime, however, be on the lookout for a monthly lip balm bar, hosted by Eales at Procure, where you can learn about the development process and mix your own lip colors.

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ARTS & CULTURE > TASTE OF THE TOWN

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BAT Story and photos by Mabel Suen

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he Headless Bat features some of owner Rick Giordano’s favorite things: heavy metal and horror-themed posters, pinball machines, a life-size ceramic sculpture of a tiger and an occasional appearance by his playful Rottweiler puppy, Debbie. The meticulously polished pizzeria and bar held its soft opening in Tower Grove South in December, quickly selling out of Giordano’s thin-crust pies, which he spent the past year perfecting.

As reported by Feast in May, the passion project gets its name from one of metal’s most memorable moments – a homage to when Ozzy Osbourne infamously bit a bat’s head off onstage during a performance. Giordano has spent much of his career at music venues, wearing all hats at the Ready Room and leading local metal band The Lion’s Daughter. When the Ready Room closed for good, he decided to go into business for himself.

“I thought, ‘Okay, if I could do my own thing and do whatever I wanted to, what would I do?’

You start with asking yourself, ‘What do I like?’”

Giordano says. “I’m going to pretend that I won the lottery and do whatever I want to open my dream bar and restaurant, and it’s this. I’m intent on having the best pizza in town and in addition to that, a bar and hangout space that has a vibe unlike anywhere else – with a lot of cool music.”

Giordano makes his pizza dough by hand with double zero flour (a finely ground Italian flour) and a slow cold-ferment method, giving it “plenty of time to get nice and airy.” The dough’s flavors develop over a few days and are then stretched and slid directly onto a stone brick pizza oven set at 800 degrees Fahrenheit. “It instantly crisps

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up on the bottom and still rises a bit,” Giordano says. “The crust is super crispy and durable while being kind of light. It’s the perfect crust.”

Vine-ripened California tomatoes lend a subtle sweetness to a robust house red sauce that has a hint of spice, and Grande whole milk mozzarella ties it all together. “It’s the staple New York pizzeria cheese,” Giordano says. “Being low moisture, it gets nice charred spots while being rich, stretchy and creamy.”

The menu features 12 or 18-inch New Yorkstyle pizzas as well as pizza by the slice. Build your own whole pizza with topping options including housemade sausage and fresh veggies, or choose from six specialty combinations. Born Of Fire, for instance, comes with pepperoni, jalapeño and cherry peppers, served with hot honey and a side of Murder Spice. “Our insanely hot hot sauce is made from scorpion and Szechuan peppers,” Giordano adds. Guests can

substitute vegan mozzarella or gluten-free crust for any pizza.

Another highlight is a Thai Curry pizza with a green curry sauce made with coconut milk, cilantro, yellow curry powder, coriander, turmeric and lemongrass. The pie is inspired by one of Giordano’s favorites from the now-defunct Thai Pizza Company; it comes topped with shallots, peppers, red onion and cilantro, and chicken is available for a $2 upcharge. Jumbo wings come tossed with buffalo, Thai curry or Murder Spice, served with housemade ranch.

For the bar menu, Giordano collaborated with Tony Saputo of Platypus to create five cocktails such as the sweet and spicy Queen Wasp with Arette blanco tequila, mango, smoked jalapeño, lime, agave, chipotle and cacao bitters. The beer selection is always changing. “I want to carry stuff you can’t find everywhere,” Giordano says. “This whole project is just one big selfish Christmas present from me to me. If other people like it, that’s awesome. I want to offer something different.”

“It’s a place I hope is for everybody,” he adds.

“You don’t have to be a metalhead to come in here or a skateboard punk, pinball wizard, horror trivia champion or anything like that. You can just be somebody that wants to eat some tasty food, have some drinks and chill out.”

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“She’s tenacious and a helper. She always wants to be a part of the solution. Her one trigger is that she feels hurt when she’s left out of fixing something. She doesn’t want people to judge her or not ask her to do something just because she has diabetes. When she puts her mind to something, she achieves it. And she really, genuinely believes that Wells is amazing.

She sees it and nobody else sees it. And I think that’s what makes her so special.”

“FANGIRL DOWN” WITH TESSA BAILEY

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February is the month of love, and nobody knows love like No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey. The queen of swoon-worthy (and sizzling hot) romance sat down with LN to talk about her upcoming novel, “Fangirl Down,” which releases on Feb. 14. The newest addition to Bailey’s impressive list of published works, “Fangirl Down” promises a bad boy professional athlete, one tenacious fan and another steamy rom-com duology you won’t want to put down.

Bailey will join The Novel Neighbor to discuss “Fangirl Down” on Feb. 14 at The Sun Theatre in St. Louis. There will be a signing line after the discussion. Register for the event online at eventbrite.com/e/tessa-bailey-in-person-eventfangirl -down-tickets-749523243197.

Without giving too much away, what can you tell us about your upcoming book, “Fangirl Down?”

“We have this bad boy golfer, Wells, who is sort of this villain of the tour. People love to hate him, and his career has gone from the top to straight down the tubes. He’s not doing well and is close to being kicked off the tour. His number one fan, Josephine, keeps showing up to every tournament. She’s always there holding a sign and wearing his merch. Wells is sort of annoyed by her. He’s like, ‘Why won’t this girl just quit on me so I can quit? She’s the reason I keep coming to do this. I just wish she would go away so I can go live my life in agony.’ But she won’t leave him.

“When a weather event happens, Wells realizes Josephine was right in the path of this hurricane, and rushes to go see her to make sure she’s okay. When he gets there, he realizes Josephine is in a dire financial situation and offers to bring her on as his caddy until she can earn back the money that she needs. She ends up being this incredible golf encyclopedia and turns his whole career around.”

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How would you describe Josephine as a character?

writing about love and romance?

Did you have to conduct any research to accurately portray the world of golf, or were you drawing on personal experiences or interests?

“I had recently gotten into it because my husband watches it a lot. There’s this one tournament called the Ryder Cup, and it’s not like the other sedate golf tournaments. It’s very intense, with a loud crowd and a lot of trash-talking. I was fascinated by the backstories of the various golfers and started doing more research. I actually read two books to prepare to write ‘Fangirl Down.’ When I took it to my editor, she was like ‘This is way too much golf.’ So I had to go back and re-write it a little, but I still really enjoyed what I learned.”

“For me, I would say that my characters can fall in love, but they can’t save each other. I think it’s really important that my characters learn how to save themselves and how to grow on their own. The other person can help them grow and inspire them to change, but I think that change has to come from each individual character. It has to come from within to be authentic. If you change for somebody else, it doesn’t stick.”

Are there any real life romances that inspire you?

“Well, like everyone else right now, I’m riveted by Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift. But for this particular book, there’s a golfer named Brooks Koepka. If you watch the show ‘Full Swing’ on Netflix, he gets an episode with his girlfriend (who is now his wife). They were very much the grumpy/sunshine trope and had a lot to do with inspiring this book.”

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How does ‘Fangirl Down’ differ from other books you’ve written?

“It feels different. I don’t think I’ve ever written something where the main character was a fan of a celebrity, so that’s a different trope for me. Also, Josephine has a chronic illness – she’s a Type 1 diabetic. I think that was a major part of my book because my daughter is a Type 1 diabetic. I felt really comfortable when I was writing the book, and it flowed easily. I felt like I knew Josephine so well because she has this thing that we live with day to day in our house.”

could read again for the first time?

“I would say Julie Garwood was the number one inspiration for me to become a romance author. She passed away last year, and her books are probably the reason I write romance now. My favorite would have to be ‘The Prize.’ She writes these strong, silent heroes and courageous heroines who are almost too noble and say the wrong things at the wrong time. Garwood was a huge inspiration for me.”

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ARTS & CULTURE > STORIED HISTORY

A Tour of TOWER GROVE HOUSE

Story and photos by Emily Standlee

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o matter where you live in St. Louis, chances are you’ve visited the ultrabeautiful Missouri Botanical Garden.

With grounds located just north of Tower Grove Park, the garden’s herbarium – a collection of plant specimens used for scientific study – is the second largest in North America.

MOBOT is a National Historic Landmark with various ponds and paths crisscrossing its 79 acres; seasonal festivals; the looming, junglelike Climatron; and opportunities to view art and special plant collections. But with so much to see and do, visitors might miss the historic Tower Grove House, situated in the depths of the garden near its southeast corner.

The Italianate-style structure was built in 1849 by St. Louis architect George I. Barnett. “I like to call Tower Grove House the origin point of the garden because everything on the grounds came after this house,” says Emily Spuhler, historical and cultural interpretation supervisor for MOBOT. “It was finished in 1851, and for the majority of the 1850s, [MOBOT founder] Henry Shaw spent his time here creating the garden – figuring out what to plant and where to plant it.”

Shaw was just 19 years old when he immigrated to the United States from England in 1819. Upon arriving in St. Louis, Shaw rented a room in the Wahrendorff building and sold cutlery and other hardware goods. It wasn’t until 1823 that he could purchase his own storefront on the land that would later become the grounds for the St. Louis Arch. “He took several trips across Europe in the 1840s, and that’s when he became interested in botanical gardens,” Spuhler says. The rest is history: MOBOT opened to the public for free in 1859. In fact, the garden’s Board of Trustees didn’t start charging an admission

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Did you know?

Tower Grove House is open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and entry is included with garden admission. The house is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays and from January through March. a small staff of devoted volunteers is on-site, ready to answer questions and lead you in exploration.

fee until 1966.

Shaw was never a “career botanist,” as Spuhler puts it, but he was a generous philanthropist who wanted the people of St. Louis to enjoy a botanical garden like the ones he’d seen in Europe. He did all of his garden business at Tower Grove House, meeting with guests in the formal dining room or parlor room he had built onto the house. Shaw lived in the west wing, a section of the home that consists of a first-floor hallway and grand staircase, a front parlor, and a formal and informal dining room.

The ceilings throughout are fantastically tall – especially on the second floor, where they reach to 15 feet. The high ceilings, along with transoms above many doors, kept Tower Grove House cool.

In 1890, the house’s east wing was torn down and rebuilt to make room for Dr. William Trelease, the garden’s first director, plus his wife Julia and their children. But in Shaw’s time, that side of the house was used for storage and laundry space as well as living quarters for house-paid employees and the enslaved individuals he acquired between 1828 and 1860.

Shaw wanted his family to move to St. Louis, but they refused. “His family, except for his sister Caroline, stayed in New York,” Spuhler explains.

“His mother did not approve of slavery, and

when her son became involved in enslaving individuals, she never visited him in St. Louis again.” Spuhler adds that although MOBOT has discovered more about Shaw’s background through his personal papers, tax documents and government records, the process is still ongoing. Due to a lack of paperwork from the time period, it’s difficult to provide an accurate number of the individuals that Shaw enslaved during his lifetime. “The thing about history is there’s always something to learn,” she says.

“There’s always a story to be told, so we’re continuing to do our research.”

After Shaw’s passing in 1889, the Trelease family lived in Tower Grove House for 23 years, updating the space with newfangled technology like indoor plumbing. The upstairs bathroom has been completely preserved and features a bathtub that looks to be made partially from wood. As the garden grew to be the glorious, important facility it is today, the house was used as a school, dormitory and office building.

Today, Tower Grove House exists as a space that both preserves the garden’s history and embraces the future thanks to the Garden staff and a devoted group of volunteers.

Missouri Botanical Garden, mobot.org

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“arOunD Orange”

By Madeleine Ackerburg

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arah Crowner’s exhibition at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation may be titled “Around Orange,” but her vibrant three-part commission project can’t be pinned down to one specific color.

The exhibition, on view at the Pulitzer through Feb. 4, 2024, is organized by curator Stephanie Weissberg.

Weissberg had been interested in Crowner’s work for years after viewing one of her installations at MASS MoCA in 2017. When conversation began between the artist and the museum, it was immediately clear that Crowner’s deep interest in architecture, Ellsworth Kelly’s work and natural light would be a perfect fit for what the Pulitzer had in mind.

“Crowner hadn’t exactly shown her work in completely natural light before,” Weissberg says. “But she was interested in how light changes our environment and our perceptions of space. This was an opportunity for her to do a type of work, in relationship to architecture, that she hadn’t done before. It seemed like a great moment to collaborate.”

The project took a year and a half to complete, but Crowner knew what she wanted the core of the exhibition to be just two hours after stepping inside the museum for the first time. The resulting installation serves as a visual dialogue between Crowner and the late Ellsworth Kelly, a painter, sculptor and printmaker whose sitespecific wall sculpture, “Blue Black,” permanently resides in the Pulitzer. Crowner was drawn to the relationship between Kelly’s work – which was specifically created for the museum’s main gallery – and the architecture of the building itself, which was designed by Tadao Ando. By strategically selecting colors and materials, “Around Orange” responds to both Ando and Kelly’s influential work while also showcasing Crowner’s intrinsic understanding of space and color that she demonstrates in her bold abstract paintings, terracotta tiles and birchwood

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floor structures.

Before entering the museum, guests are greeted with a 17-foot tile mural on the entrance courtyard’s outer wall, where Crowner’s handmade red and orange glazed terracotta tiles – imported from Ceramica Suro, a Guadalajara-based ceramic studio – parallel the dimensions of Ando’s architecture and hint at reoccurring visual themes in “Around Orange.” Inside, a curved birchwood platform invites visitors to engage with a white-on-white collage that geometrically pays homage to an earlier work of Kelly’s: “White Plaque: Bridge Arch and Reflection.”

“Crowner’s work often engages the viewer in a physical dialogue,” Weissberg says. “Whether that’s by inviting people to walk onto a platform to view art from a different angle and experience architectural space differently, or through a giant mosaic that viewers can walk on, or alongside of, that transforms the way your body feels in space.”

The foundation of the exhibition can be found in a 75-foot-long red, orange, blue and black canvas in the main gallery. The installation, comprised of 10 panel sections that are sewn together from painted canvases, stretches the entire length of the east wall, wraps around the north wall and transitions into the glazed terracotta tiles outside the museum. Crowner’s painting installation explores a horizontal take on the dimensions of Kelly’s “Blue Black” and creates a dynamic and immersive experience for viewers.

Through subtle attunement to the environment and strategic selection of color and texture, “Around Orange” illuminates the Pulitzer’s identity and serves as a testament to the power of artistic dialogue across generations.

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Story by Emily Standlee > Photos by Christina Kling-Garrett and Bryan Schraier

he 65th Annual Fleur de Lis Charity Ball was held on Friday, Dec. 29, 2023, at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch. Mrs. Malcolm K. Briggs was Ball Chairman this year. Mrs. Peter Fonseca is the president of the Fleur de Lis organization. As is tradition, the 2023 Fleur de Lis Charity Ball, at which 30 young women were presented to The Most Reverend Mitchell T. Rozanski, Archbishop of St. Louis, will benefit SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. To date, the Fleur de Lis has exceeded a total of $3,057,000 to SSM Cardinal Glennon. Last year, the hospital provided millions of dollars in free care to children from St. Louis and the surrounding bistate area.

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THE BIG MUDDY DANCE COMPANY REDEFINES ITSELF IN A TRANSFORMATIVE 2024 SEASON.

Amid The Big Muddy Dance Company’s metamorphic “Becoming” season, LN spoke with the award-winning St. Louis dance troupe’s executive director, Erin Warner Prange, about the slate of special shows and innovative firsts it aims to deliver in 2024.

Tell us about the artistic direction of the company.

“Over the last two seasons, we have truly begun to emerge as an organization that reflects life in our community. With [artistic director] Kirven DouthitBoyd’s artistic vision at the forefront, we have continued to cultivate a diverse ensemble of artists who not only strive for world-class performances on the stage, but also support one another in art and in life. The company dancers have come from all across the nation and beyond and have chosen to plant roots in St. Louis in order to make a significant impact on the community here. I love this family that has transpired.”

Share the inspiration behind “Becoming.”

“The beauty of the ‘Becoming’ season is the wide range of music and movement genres being presented onstage, with creative inclusivity as the main focus.

Each production weekend (past shows ‘Awakening,’ and ‘Evolution’ and the upcoming ‘Identity,’ May 16 to 19 at COCA’s Catherine B. Berges Theatre) showcases three different programs over five performances. Our audiences will see stories brought to life by worldrenowned choreographers who span the global and the cultural fabric of dance.”

Describe your collaboration with St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

“The collaboration with SLSO (March 16 and 17 at Stifel Theatre) is a prime example of the multi-disciplinary partnerships that The Big Muddy has always prioritized and will continue to build upon. This particular project, choreographed by Kirven Douthit-Boyd and featuring the musical composition ‘Picture Studies’ by Adam Schoenberg, will serve as the start of an ongoing relationship between our two organizations. This

combined performance of a full orchestra and full dance company onstage together clearly portrays The Big Muddy’s values of collaboration and artistic excellence.”

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“The Tour de Dance event (April 11 in Grand Center) has become a special tradition in recent years. Within the walking tour, our guests taste a series of curated cocktails and small plates by David Kirkland Catering, paired with small dance vignettes from the company’s main stage repertoire.”

What can audiences expect from this year’s live performances? “[This year] will bring a multitude of new works by world-renowned guest artists, including Sidra Bell, Omar Román de Jesús and Tommie-Waheed Evans. Each production weekend will feature a blend of premiere works and returning favorites, specially programmed to give the audience a unique mix of styles and storylines.

“This year will also bring a series of paired experiences for audience members for each production, such as a DJ after-party with musical artist Lamar Harris, talkbacks in the theater with Kirven and dancers, a hot chocolate bar and wine tastings. The 2024-25 season lineup will be announced in May 2024, which will also include unveilings about the company’s next chapter of growth.”

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Mirroring her own story, the founder of Allison’s Angel Gowns has created a network of donated wedding dresses, talented seamstresses and hospitals to provide grieving parents with bereavement outfits after the loss of a child.

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outfits. She estimates her team creates hundreds of angel gowns fter the death of a child, all a grieving parent can think each year, totaling in the thousands since AAG’s founding in 2014. about is surviving their tremendous loss, one second “No matter what, we try to use everything donated to us,” Scheller at a time. The aftermath of a child’s passing, however, says. “All of my seamstresses have different styles. One of my ladies, also requires countless difficult decisions to be made.

Kathy F., loves plain white satin gowns; another one of my ladies, As a mother who intimately understands profound Marilyn M., loves blingy, lacy, modern gowns. Sue S. can make grief, Janet Scheller hopes to ease the decision-making process for anything beautiful. parents with one invaluable gesture: providing a free, hand-sewn “The ones that really leave a mark are the custom gowns,” she bereavement outfit for their child’s funeral. continues. “We’ve created some custom gowns for children up to 8 Scheller created Allison’s Angel Gowns in 2014, about one year years old. We’ve created gowns for babies who were killed. We had after the loss of her second child, Allison, who died a day after she one mother come speak at one of our get-togethers about her baby’s was born in December 2012 from a rare chromosomal abnormality. murder. It was devastating. And we have done custom work for a few Scheller was shell-shocked and broken but knew her daughter of my own friends. If there is a need, we will fill it. No matter what. needed something to wear at her funeral. “I anticipated Allison We find a way.” would be small, but she was so small that When she first began, Scheller only preemie clothes were still quite big on her,” had a few seamstresses helping to Scheller says. “You can’t just go to the store create the angel gowns. She met her first and buy a burial gown for a premature seamstress, Kathie, on Facebook after infant. It’s something most people would putting up a post to ask volunteers for never have to prepare for, but the need is help. “Our first gown donation was a dress absolutely there.” from a friend of mine that I took over to Scheller’s pastor, who was there to Kathie to create our first angel gown,” baptize Allison and whom she worked with she says. “When we began AAG, I had the at her church, gifted her a gown at the idea to get only a few gowns created and hospital, which helped alleviate one small donated to Barnes-Jewish Hospital where anxiety Scheller was facing at the time. The Allison was born. We grew tremendously kind gesture inspired Scheller to recreate after that, and this organization would not a similar feeling of relief for other grieving be what it is without every person on parents. “It feels good to be able to lighten my team.” the burden for parents suffering the same Scheller’s other daughters, Olivia type of loss I did,” she says.

– JANET SCHELLER and Elizabeth, assist with sorting and Allison’s Angel Gowns takes wedding packaging gowns for the hospitals and gowns – donated from brides and bridal help keep Allison’s legacy alive in their shops – and collaborates with a growing family. Sharing her story with the wider community is part of the network of talented seamstresses to transform each dress into reason Scheller founded AAG and why she continues to expand the anywhere from two to 20-plus infant bereavement suits and gowns, nonprofit’s impact nearly 10 years later. depending on the quality and quantity of the donated dress material “I think it’s important to understand that child loss is not a taboo and the size of the child. The nonprofit serves hospitals nationwide subject,” she says. “Since the day I found out Allison was sick, I have and provides bereavement outfits at no cost to families. talked about her openly and freely. I was so surprised at how many “I personally select, package and send out the gowns when people reached out to me and said they’d suffered the loss of a baby, hospitals place an order for a refill,” Scheller says. “I intentionally a miscarriage, a stillbirth, etc. that they’ve never really talked about. send many different styles of gowns so parents get something they Giving grieving parents the support they need is paramount to their love. I package each gown in a beautiful sheer tulle white bag so the healing. It’s surprising and disheartening to know there are so many parents can see what they are selecting without compromising the people carrying this pain with no outlet to talk about their child gowns by opening them and handling them. When a parent receives whom they loved and lost. This is not something to be ashamed of. a gown from AAG, we want them to look brand new and I have learned, through Allison, that sharing my story helps others perfectly done.” heal and feel empowered to talk about their own loss.”

Scheller says her seamstresses love working with rich satins and beautiful lace, as tulle and heavily ruffled gowns are more technically Allison’s Angel Gowns, allisonsangelgowns.com difficult and often don’t produce as many finished bereavement

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REVIVES ST. LOUIS’ OLDEST LITERARY JOURNAL RELAUNCHES AFTER A YEAR-LONG HIATUS.

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By Ashley Klein > Photos by Phillip Harris

n Greco-Roman myth, the river Styx separates the land of the living from the Underworld, the land of the dead. It is only fitting that River Styx, St. Louis’ oldest literary journal, would come back to life.

River Styx’s roots run deep. According to Washington University in St. Louis’ Department of Special Collections, Michael Castro and Jan Garden Castro, along with a cohort of St. Louis poets and musicians, hosted the River Styx Poets radio show on KDNA-FM from 1969 to 1972. They officially founded the magazine in 1975 and began to host public poetry readings at Duff’s Restaurant in the Central West End until 2014.

The journal became a cultural cornerstone for St. Louis’ literature and arts communities and achieved national relevancy; its star-studded list of published writers includes Margaret Atwood, Toni Morrison, Jorge Luis Borges, Joy Harjo, Gabriel García Márquez, Julio Cortázar, Octavio Paz and more.

In 2022, however, the future of the journal looked bleak. The organization collapsed when River Styx’s then editor-in-chief and executive board submitted near-simultaneous resignations. Following the rocky years of the pandemic, the board and staff could not come to a consensus in charting a financial and strategic path forward. With no one left to run the organization, a hiatus became inevitable. Months later, however, former co-presidents of the executive board Deborah Taffa and Bryan Castille (now editor-in-chief and managing editor, respectively) began planning a resurrection.

“Deborah called me up some months after we folded and asked if I would be willing to try to bring it back to life,” Castille says. “[She] said something to me along the lines of ‘If we don’t rescue it, it won’t be rescued.’ That resonated with me. There are many, many people in the St. Louis area – and around the world – who love the magazine, and many of our readers have been with us for years, if not decades.

I felt that we owed it to the readers and donors, and the many writers and artists published in our pages, to at least try. And so we did.”

Castille credits the Missouri Arts Council, the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis, The National Endowment for the Arts and River Styx’s grant writer Michele Young for creating a viable financial base for

the journal. In addition, the newly formed editorial team worked pro bono through almost all of 2023.

“I wouldn’t be doing this with anyone besides Deborah,” Castille says. “She’s incredibly talented, smart, connected, and has great instincts. I trust her, and I trust the editors we’ve hired, who are all amazingly talented and hardworking individuals.

Christa, Carla, Danielle and Micah – these are editors who edit.”

Before the hiatus, the journal followed a subscription-based model, in which a paywall blocked published writing. Castille and Taffa agreed to make contributors’ work available to the public going forward.

“We simply want the writing we publish to be read by as many people as possible,” Castille says. “Writers seem to really appreciate being able to share their work online for free, especially emerging writers who are in the early days of finding an audience. River Styx wants to be the emerging writer’s gateway to a larger audience.”

Other changes include expanding the range of accepted submissions to encompass various art forms and focusing on elevating the journal’s online visibility over its traditional print format. The magazine plans to produce an annual print edition, however, and a spring 2024 print issue is currently in the works. Efforts are also underway to digitize archived editions dating back to the inaugural 1975 issue.

Continuing the journal’s long history of community gatherings and live readings, River Styx is hosting an event in the spring that will include a literary reading and a memorial for Michael Castro, one of River Styx’s founding editors and St. Louis’ first poet laureate, who passed away in 2018.

“Michael was well-loved in St. Louis and throughout the poetry community,” Castille says. “We want to provide an opportunity for his colleagues and readers to honor his contributions.”

River Styx, riverstyx.org

Check out California writer and photographer Philip Harris’ “Observations Suburban” series,

River Styx wants to be the emerging writer’s gateway to a larger audience.

– BRYAN CASTILLE

a collection of Polaroids published

by River Styx in October 2023 and pictured here. riverstyx.org/pages/ observations-suburban

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