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“I’m 56 and I’ve made it to 56 of these parades. I just hate that it’s not a city holiday, because this is not an African-American parade, it’s a St. Louis parade. Annie Malone’s story is an American story. She came to America and made her money off hair care product. And at the time there was no program to take kids off the street. She owned a home, and she took kids off the street, and the politicians decided to give her this day for what she did. That’s how this parade came about. That’s the history of it.

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Famously depicted during Ferguson protests, Edward Crawford later killed himself.

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Family to Fight PostDispatch for Photo Rights Written by

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he day after Edward Crawford’s death, his attorney Jerryl Christmas scrolled through the coverage on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website. Unsurprisingly, the lead image on the paper’s May 5 story was the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph that showed Crawford winding up to throw a tear gas grenade during the Ferguson protests.

Beneath the photo, next to the caption, was a green button with the words, “Buy now.”

“I bought it that day,” Christmas says. “Just to prove that even in death they’re still profiting off him.”

Crawford, says Christmas, had long been frustrated by the PostDispatch’s seemingly ironclad ownership of the image that made him famous. Bootleg t-shirts, blog posts and social media accounts continually ripped off the photo, and such unauthorized usage invited take-down notices from the newspaper. Yet Crawford, who had five children was no different than anyone else seeking to use the photo. Even though he was its subject, he had no rights to the image.

“He reflected on that all the time,” says Christmas. “He could not understand how he could see his image worldwide, and the Post owns it and sells his image, and him not having any access to it.” rawford’s official cause of death has yet to be determined, pending an autopsy, but police believe the 27-year-old died from a self-inicted gunshot to the head. iting witnesses, investigators have said Continued on pg 13

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At Edward Crawford’s May 15 funeral, his family’s attorney referenced plans to fight the Post-Dispatch. | DANNY WICENTOWSKI

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n Labor Day weekend in 2014, Megan Rieke’s mother, a retired schoolteacher, threw a party at her home in Crestwood. After the other guests left, Rieke and her mother and brother sat around on the back patio, listening to the radio.

That’s when a cop car pulled up.

Around 1:50 a.m., the officer, Kevin McFarland, shone a spotlight on the family. And then he gave them an order: Go inside, he said, or he would “take everyone to jail.”

After Rieke’s mother had a short conversation with the cop, the three agreed to go in. But Rieke couldn’t resist a parting gesture: She silently

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flipped the officer the bird.

And McFarland apparently was livid.

“He bursts into her house, slams her head onto a table and then the countertop right in front of her mother,” says Rieke’s attorney, James Brady of Kansas City.

Then McFarland marched Rieke out to his patrol car and slammed her, again, onto the hood of the car, Brady alleges. Cuffed and thrown in the vehicle, she was arrested and taken to the Crestwood Police station.

In his report, McFarland alleged that Rieke had said “fuck you” while flipping him off — and booked her on a charge of “Disorderly Conduct (Language).”

A mother of three and an artist who lives in Kirkwood, Rieke denies she ever dropped an f-bomb, and a Crestwood Municipal Court judge apparently agreed — he issued a “ver-

dict and judgment” finding her not guilty last September.

But the incident isn’t going away.

Rieke was left visibly bruised, with photos to prove it. And now Brady has filed a lawsuit on her behalf in federal court, alleging a violation of her first and fourth amendment rights, as well as malicious prosecution. She spent two years fighting the disorderly conduct charge — a charge that Brady says is not only untrue, but unconstitutionally vague on its face.

As Brady notes, case law is clear: Extending your middle finger is, in fact, protected speech under the first amendment. Even if it wasn’t wise, Rieke had every right to do it.

In light of that, Brady alleges, McFarland had to come up with a pretext for arrest. “To make that complaint, he had to say she said something,” Brady says.

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But the municipality’s disorderly conduct statute is also problematic, Brady says. It forbids, among other things, “using loud or profane language within the hearing of other persons; cursing or threatening any person or annoying persons with threats or abusive or foul language...” hat’s even though the courts have repeatedly held that police cannot arrest someone merely for using profanity in public. Still, it took two years to beat the charge in court.

Crestwood Mayor Gregg Roby did not return a call seeking comment last week.

After Rieke was booked in the early hours of the morning of August 31, 01 , the sergeant on duty drove her back to her mother’s home. He told her that McFarland had “just got off the front line in Ferguson,” Brady says. Michael Brown had

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been killed just a few weeks earlier, and protests and riots had left the metro area on edge.

But nothing about the situation should have suggested to the officer that he was in any danger. The family later learned that a new neighbors’ air conditioner was broken, so they had been trying to sleep with the window open. Instead of asking Rieke and her family to keep it down, they apparently called the cops. That was all it took.

“This wasn’t one of these situations where he was going into a dangerous neighborhood,” Brady says.

“This is a middle-class soccer mom who just happened to have a little bit of an attitude.”

Ironically, in the days before the Labor Day party, Rieke had been working on a mural related to the Ferguson unrest. Its message: “Heal S L.” —Sarah Fenske

PHOTO RIGHTS Continued from pg 10 that Crawford sounded distraught in his final moments and that he was complaining about “personal matters.” Tragically, the reported circumstances point to suicide.

Crawford could have been worrying about any number of things on the day of his death, including the charges he was facing from his arrest during the Ferguson protests more than two years ago. But Christmas says his client was clear on one point: Crawford wanted Christmas to fight the Post-Dispatch for rights to use the photo.

“I had talked to Edward that Thursday,” says Christmas. “I had drafted a letter to the Post trying to reach an agreement. It was shortly after I had faxed it on Friday morning that I learned that Edward had passed.” nd that fight hristmas says will continue, even with his client’s passing.

In response to questions about Crawford and the photo, Post-Dispatch spokeswoman Tracy Rouch writes, “We declined Mr. Christmas’s request for promotional use of the photo.” (It’s also worth noting that the Post-Dispatch’s May 5 story reporting on Crawford’s death currently does not show a “Buy Now” button for the photo of Crawford, although the option is present on previous stories.) Rouch declined further comment on the details of the newspaper company’s communication with Christmas, saying such correspondence is “confidential.

Christmas says he is not deterred by the newspaper’s initial rejection. Crawford’s children deserve compensation from the photo, he says; he won’t rule out a lawsuit.

Legally speaking, however, the Post-Dispatch and its corporate owner, Lee Enterprises, appear to be standing on solid ground.

In general, U.S. copyright law considers ownership of a news photo like this one to belong to the media outlet that shot it, not the person depicted in it. (The photo would be an example of “work of hire,” meaning that the newspaper, not photographer Robert Cohen, retains ownership.)

Christmas acknowledges that prevailing copyright law doesn’t appear to be on his side. Still, he believes that Lee, and the Post-Dispatch, have a moral responsibility to Crawford’s family.

“I’m going to challenge that, laws

get changed by challenging them,” he says, although he declined to get into specifics. “If we’re unable to resolve it,” he adds, “it’s going to be a lawsuit. But I don’t believe the corporate heart of the Post is totally hard.”

Along with appealing to the Post-Dispatch’s good will, Christmas hints that the newspaper could soon be facing pressure from the public.

“There’s nothing legally that prevents the Post from sharing the rights of the picture with Edward,” Christmas says — perhaps

retaining the copyright, even while also authorizing the family to use the image for some commercial purposes.

The money derived from the photo wouldn’t just be lining someone’s pockets, he says, but supporting five kids who suddenly have no father. To Christmas, granting Crawford rights to the photo “would have been, prior to his death, the proper thing to do.”

Now that Crawford is gone, he says, the newspaper can still do the right thing.

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Your Summ Who says there’s nothing to do in the Lou? These twenty — count ’em — events will get you off the couch and into the fun zone

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ummer in St. Louis is hot, humid and lasts for months. That leaves you with two choices: You can either hole up in your air-conditioned bunker, making the occasional mad dash to your car for a post-sunset Ted Drewes run, or you can embrace the sweat and the mosquitos and live your life to the fullest. Well, maybe not the fullest. But you can definitely get outside and mingle with the other sweaty people — it won’t cost much. Each of the twenty concerts, festivals and crawls on this list will set you back $10 or less.

And don’t worry about missing out if you choose the “carpe diem” route. We have it on good authority: Ted Drewes will still be there when you need it.

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mmer, Solved Jungle Boogie Concert Series

Truly, the greatest injustice at zoos worldwide is that the animals inside never get a chance to watch humans play music. Or do they? The Jungle Boogie Concert Series brings bands to Schnuck Family Plaza, located at the center of the St. Louis Zoo, to perform every Friday this summer (except for June 16, an off-day this year). Turnabout is fair play: Join the animals in gawking at some humans for a change. This year’s highlights include bluegrass act the Mighty Pines, jazz swingers Miss Jubilee, Beatles cover act Ticket to the Beatles and plenty more. All the fun goes down at 5 p.m. Fridays, May 26 to September 21 at the St. Louis Zoo (1 Government Drive; www.stlzoo.org). See www.stlzoo.org/events/calendarofevents/jungle-boogie for more info.

Mississippi Nights Music Festival

What better way to kick off the summer than with a stroll down memory lane?

The Mississippi Nights Music estival thrown for the first time this year (but with an eye on becoming an annual Memorial Day affair) is sure to bring nostalgia, especially for those who spent time at the now-bygone Mississippi Nights venue before it was demolished in 2007 to make way for Lumiere Place. Even if you don’t count yourself among that (relatively) older group, 2017’s all-local lineup offers plenty of reasons to leave the house. More than 25 acts will perform, including such highlights as Bruiser Queen, Steve Ewing, Jeremiah Johnson, Ultraman and

the Trophy Mules. Things kick off at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 27, in Laclede’s Landing (710 North Second Street, www.lacledeslanding.com).

And with tickets set at only $10, you’ll spend less than 40 cents per band. Even the price is nostalgic!

Twilight Tuesday Concert Series

Though it is technically billed as a springtime affair, the Missouri History Museum’s Twilight Tuesday Concert Series does poke into the summer months just a bit — and considering the free concert series’ massive popularity, it certainly seems worth a visit.

Bring a blanket and a picnic basket, or grab some grub from one of the nearby food trucks, and stretch out on the front lawn of the Missouri History Museum (5700 Lindell Boulevard, www.mohistory.org). The event starts at 6 p.m., so you can watch the sun set in beautiful Forest Park while taking in some tunes.

The last two events of this series are sure to be crowd pleasers: Long-running tribute act Jake’s Leg will perform the songs of the Grateful Dead on May 30, while A Musical Revolution will tackle Prince’s catalog on June 6. For more information visit mohistory. org/twilight-tuesdays.

Circus Flora

Would it be possible to experience summer in St. Louis without Circus Flora? No one wants to find out. The one ring circus sets up in Grand Center at the start of June, acting as a de facto starter’s pistol for the season’s fun.

This year’s show, Time Flies, is inspired by the fourth dimension — time itself. Acrobat

Sasha Harrington, juggling champion Kyle Driggs and the always-popular Flying Wallendas will take you with them as they travel through space and time, magically making you feel like a kid again. New this year is equestrienne Heidi Herriott, who teams up with dancer Andrea Murillo to unveil the world’s first tango performed by a human and a horse. Circus Flora does it all in the Circus Flora Big Top (Samuel Shepard Drive and North Grand oulevard www.circus ora. org) from June 1 to 25. Tickets start at $10 for select shows.

An Evening With Smooth: A Tribute to Santana and Rob Thomas

We are living in the time of Peak Meme. We thought the internet would make all of us more connected, better educated, wiser, smarter.

It hasn’t. Instead we’ve invented new and increasingly ridiculous ways to make ourselves giggle spoofing every part of our lives, from movies to politics to music, with increasingly absurd online gags. And now, horrifyingly, the memes are beginning to step into our real lives. Case in point: Rob Thomas and Carlos Santana’s 1999 hit “Smooth” has become one of the most-memed songs of our time, second only perhaps to Smash Mouth’s “All Star,” and is now getting its own tribute show. It’s planned for Friday, June 2 right here in St. Louis. Naturally, smoothies will be sold, and t-shirts featuring the track’s unforgettable lyrics are free with admission at Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue, www. offbroadwaystl.com). The Continued on pg 19

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ummer’s extra-long days are perfect for learning something, whether it’s dance, sewing or even how to survive the zombie apocalypse. Here are ten St. Louis options for anyone who’d like to acquire a new skill or brush up on an old one.

Stretch Toward Serenity

They say it takes 30 days to build a habit and that rewards help people stick to plans. At Practicing Yoga Studio (www.practicingyogastudio.com), if you pull off 30 days in a row of class attendance throughout June, July or August, you’ll be entered into a drawing for a free lifetime pass at the studio. That’s a serious prize! Pull off the feat more than once and your name goes in the pot again. Monthly passes during the challenge are at a discounted rate of $100.

You Sexy Thing

Sure, you know how to take your clothes off (we hope). But there can be a lot more to it than just shucking your drawers! Van Ella Studios (vanellaproductions.com), the burlesque center owned by the incomparable Lola Van Ella, is offering a suite of classes starting June 5. Classes like “Thinking on Your Feet,” “Cardio Tease” and “Cultivating a Character” will school you in the ancient and beguiling art of burlesque as the summer heats up.

Ballet for Adults

Do you find yourself thinking back on the halcyon days of your youth, when you were just a wee kid bellying up to the barre? You may have a mortgage and a receding hairline now, but those days don’t need to be over. Consuming Kinetics Dance Company (www.ckdc.org) offers classes in ballet, hip-hop and even capoeira, specifically tailored for adults.

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SCHOOL’S IN Continued from pg 17 Spot o’ Tea, Good Sir?

The London Tea Room (3128 Morganford Road, 314-241-6556) is more than just a place to slurp fragrant infusions, shop for ludicrously charming tea pots and overdo it on scones. Classes onsite cost as little as $15 and teach you about the social history of tea and the plant it comes from, how to make your own delicious scones (eating them, naturally, with perhaps a bit too much double Devon cream) and allow you to sample rare teas under the expert tutelage of their sommelier. Spending time with a sommelier automatically makes anyone cooler. See thelondontearoom.com/classes-events for this summer’s offerings.

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Don’t Throw That Out!

We’ve all heard the three enivro-Rs: reduce, reuse, recycle.

The middle one seems to cause the most trouble — a great idea, but how? At south city’s Perennial (perennialstl.org/) you can take classes related to specific projects like rag rugs, canvas

tote bags, stools and record crates. Maybe you have plenty of ideas, but power tools seem a little intimidating — never fear.

Their “Tools 101” series walks you through using table saws,

drills, sanders, planers and power saws. The second Sunday of every month is the community workshop, where you can use their hardware and hit up their experts for advice.

Quiet That Monkey Mind

The practice of meditation has been credited with all sorts of things. It’s generally accepted to bring peace and calm by training the mind to slow down,

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Join the club or join a foray.

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stop the chatter and just be.

But ... like ... how? It’s perfectly simple! … OK, maybe you’ll need some help. Dharmatown (dharmatown.org) is an online clearinghouse for information on St. Louis sitting groups and resources for honing your mental focus. Connect with other seekers virtually and in the real world, and then disconnect mindfully.

‘Shroom Out, Dude

That one dude in college was right — mushrooms are mind-expanding. And salad-expanding.

(What did you think we meant?)

The gloriously weird not-quiteplants grow in abundance in Missouri’s forests, which is nice to consider when you see what they go for at the grocery store.

The Missouri Mycological Society (www.momyco.org) hosts meet-

Do you dream of beautiful garments, and then awake unable to sew on a button? Make this summer the beginning of something beautiful. City Sewing Room (www.citysewing.room) is a charming spot for beginners or old hands. Use their machines (during drop-in studio time) or select a class like sewing machine basics, patterns and fitting. The ladies also offer their services in making your dreams a reality. (And yes, they are ladies, but they note that fellas are more than welcome.) Call to set up a Sip N’ Sew, a two-hour project they’ll lead. Bring your own libations.

Divine What the Future Holds

Planning and setting goals are great and all, but wouldn’t you just like to know what’s next?

Gain insight into your own future or pick up an intriguing party

trick this summer from Little Fox Tarot (littlefoxtarot.com). Melissa Cynova, author of Kitchen Table Tarot, has been consulting the tarot since 1989, and this summer, she can teach you how to do it. She’s holding Tarot 101 sessions Saturday, June 17 and Saturday, July 9, 4 p.m. at Cherokee Street’s Fortune Teller Bar. Just $50 buys 2.5 hours of insight for the first ten takers — reserve your seat online.

Make Dead Things Deader

The tagline for Zombie Squad (www.zombiehunters.org), “We Make Dead Things Deader,” seems like a pretty straightforward means to living your best life. The group’s focus on zombie-attack preparedness in fact bleeds into general disaster prepping, so even if, somehow, zombies don’t attack St. Louis, your work won’t be in vain.

The group does charity work in addition to prepping, and each summer hosts a members-only retreat known as Zombie Con. This year’s con is in late June, so check out the website now to sign up.

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for adults with disabilities, veter veterans and children. Scheduled for Saturday, June 3 from 5 to 10 p.m., Rockin’ the Ritz will see some seven St. Louis acts performing in Ritz Park (3147 South Grand Boulevard, southgrand.org/loca southgrand.org/locations/ritz-park/). Enjoy the poprock stylings of Whoa Thunder and Middle Class Fashion, catch agheera on the heels of its first album in several years and fall into a trance with the hypnotic looping magic of Syna So Pro. perMangia will be donating 25 per cent of its profits for the evening.

Admission is free, but donations are strongly encouraged.

kicker? The show will close with “Smooth” being performed live no less than ten times in a row by local musicians led by Tok bassist Matt Basler. The evening is sure to be just like the ocean under the moon, the same as the emotion that I get from you. Head down to Off Broadway with $8 and your sense of humor intact — or else forget about it.

Summer Gras 2017

New Orleans is cool, sure, but it’s also a ten-hour drive and everything kinda smells like pee.

Who needs it? Especially when we have Summer Gras right here in our own backyard. Now in its fourth year, the annual event aims to bring the music and food of New Orleans to the Old Rock House (1200 South Seventh Street, oldrockhouse.com) with an outdoor stage and plenty of way-down-South eats. This year’s lineup kicks off at 5 p.m. and includes the Provels, Al Holliday & the East Side Rhythm Band, the Grooveliner and more for just

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It happens far too often. Riddled with summer boredom, you give in and head to one of the county’s shopping malls, only to regret it immediately. The empty shops, the giant baby carriages coming at you from all angles — it feels like Mad Max in Romper Room, and it is depressing as hell. You can still satisfy your hunter/gatherer tendencies, just do so in the city. The Grand Market: Fashion, Flowers & Folk is a one-day celebration of

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oral design booth. The inaugural Grand Market takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 4.

Admission is free.

Not So Quiet! Concert Series

local fashion artists, folk musicians and oral design centered on .Zack (6224 Locust Street, www.instagram.com/thegrandmarketstl) and spreading out along Locust. You can browse

booths and fashion trucks offering designs and beauty essentials from local businesses such as Tiny Hedgehog, Mineral and Root, and Pop Vintage while enjoying the music of Catching the Westbound,

Salt of the Earth and Letters to Memphis. Chef David Kirkland offers samples of the food at his new place, Turn, and you can practice your flower arranging skills at Snapdragon Studio’s DIY

We all remember countless scenes in movies and television depict depicting the librarian as a no-nonsense ass-kicker, fed up with your crap and ready to send your sorry ass packing if you make so much as a peep. And with good reason: You’re loud, and it’s annoying.

But fret not: The Not So Quiet!

Concert Series is just the library experience for you. Every third Thursday of the month, the St. Louis Public Library’s central branch (1301 Olive Street, www. slpl.org) invites a group of local musicians to stop by and make a ruckus. This summer’s shows kick off June 15 and include per performances by R&B act Soul Re Reunion the ever funkified unky Butt Brass Band, Rearview Mirror (a tribute to Pearl Jam) and local blues legend Kim Massie. Admission is free. For more information, visit www.slpl.org/news/2017-notso-quiet-concert-series-lineup/.

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SUMMER SOLVED Continued from pg 23 Make Music Day

Make Music Day was first born in 1982 as the Fête de la Musique in France, an annual celebration of music on the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. Since its inception, the free event has spread to more than 700 cities and 120 countries across the world. It came to St. Louis for the first time last year filling the air with the sweet sounds of music. The premise is simple: Anyone who can make music should, anywhere they can.

Storefronts, sidewalks, parks, churches, schools — anything that can be a venue will be a venue. At makemusicstl.org you can sign up to be a volunteer, to host some music or to perform come June 21.

Participating artists and venues have not yet been announced, but the specifics hardly seem to matter with an event this cool. This is what summer is all about.

Grand Center Theatre Crawl

St. Louis’ theater scene is strong enough that you can see thought-provoking and entertaining work almost every weekend of the year. But only one weekend offers three months’ worth of shows in a single shot. The Grand Center Theatre Crawl gathers 24 companies and then lets you loose on them. Each company will perform a short work from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday (June 30 to July 1) at various venues in Grand Center. To ensure everybody doesn’t lump up at the same show, you need to register through www.stlpublicradio.org. You’ll then be emailed a starting venue; once the first show ends you’re free to ramble through Grand Center, catching plays as you can.

Admission is free; participating companies include Upstream Theater, That Uppity Theatre Company, Theatre Nuevo and Prison Performing Arts.

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his time of year, our desire mounts for the thrill of the open road, the smell of salt air and the excitement of discovery — only to be met with the sad state of our bank account. Summertime may be meant for languidly basking on a South Pacific beach or sipping rosé in Provence, but who has the money for that? Many of us seem destined to a vacation season spent closer to home.

But you don’t have splurge on a trip to feel like a globe-trotter. We’ve hand-picked ten St. Louis restaurants that offer a chance to get away without leaving town. These oases are the perfect spots to live your Amalfi dreams, even if you’re on a River Des Peres budget. riverfronttimes.com

Mariscos el Gato

2818 Cherokee Street, 314-449-1220

When you walk up to Mariscos el Gato’s Cherokee Street storefront, you’re immediately greeted by a turquoise-hued canoe, set up on sawhorses as if it’s in the final stages of being made seaworthy.

It’s the perfect signal — for a meal at this delightful Mexican seafood spot will make you feel like you’re at a beachfront cookout on the Sea of Cortez. The food at Mariscos el Gato is an extravaganza of the ocean’s bounty: Platters the size of an entire table overflow with lobster, shrimp, crab, whole fish and scallops prepared in a rainbow of styles — do not attempt to eat one of these with any less than four friends. Even the crab cocktail is an event, with so many whole crab legs sticking out of the mammoth dish you just might mistake it for a sea monster.

Aside from a cheese quesadilla and papas fritas, this is a seafood-only establishment — not that you’d want anything else at this temple to Poseidon. It may be in the heart of south city, but Mariscos el Gato will make you feel like you’re at a Mexican coastal villa.

The Palm Trees

2837 Cherokee Street, 314-226-9243

Now that you’re banned from using your laptop on many flights to the Middle East, you’re probably rethinking that planned jaunt to the Persian Gulf. No fear: The

downstairs dining room at the Palm Trees offers an authentic Saudi dining experience without having to worry about what to do on a longhaul. At this Cherokee Street gem, owner Fedaa Alsadeq has transformed a former basement into a Saudi-style dining lounge, complete with low-profile couches and authentic artwork from her homeland.

Yes, you can dine American-style on the first floor, but why not go all the way? Go down a half-flight of stairs, take off your shoes and recline on one of the cushy seats as servers greet you with an ornate pot of Arabian coffee and a gilded tin of candied dates. It’s delectable precursor to a Saudi feast of lamb, chicken, grape leaves and kibbeh, served family-style on communal platters.

The pacing is purposely slow, allowing you time to linger, sip coffee and relax, making you feel as if you’re in an oasis in the middle of the city.

Who needs a plane ticket when such an experience is available in your own hometown?

Brasilia

3212 South Grand Boulevard, 314932-1034

If you have one too many caipirinhas at Brasilia’s thatched bar, you might mistake the giant Christ of the Andes mural on the wall for the real thing.

The authentic Brazilian feel at this charming South Grand spot makes you feel closer to Copacabana Beach than the banks of the Mississippi.

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The vibe hits you the moment you walk though the door as the soft bossa nova soundtrack carries you off to the part of the southern hemisphere where deep-fried plantains and feijoada reign supreme. Owner Jorge Carvalho designed the restaurant to be as authentic as possible as a way to assuage his homesickness for his native country. In that sense, the restaurant — with its yellow-and-green color scheme representing the Brazilian football team and its traditional food — is a love song to his homeland. And considering what a charming gem this place is, it’s one we can’t help but sing as well.

Wudon

1261 Castillons Arcade Plaza, 314628-1010

Wudon owners Victor and Moon Jang know a thing or two about authentic Korean cuisine. Growing up in Seoul, Moon was reared in the Korean barbecue restaurant her parents have owned for the past twenty years. When she and her husband decided to take the leap and open a place of their own in their adopted town of St. Louis, they called upon Moon’s parents, who helped them every step of the way. The result is not only one of the city’s most delicious restaurants, but also a place that captures the feeling of an evening out on the town in a South Korean metropolis. Vivid pop artwork (painted by Moon, who is an artist in addition to a restaurateur), televisions playing K-pop videos and an always-packed dining room imbue Wudon with lively energy. It’s elbow-to-elbow most evenings, and as soon as you dig into the food, you’ll understand why Wudon is so popular. The barbecue meats are of impeccable quality, the house specialties dazzle (do yourself a favor and order the seafood stew), and the banchan, or small side

must see summer events dishes, are thoughtfully prepared.

It’s as close to Seoul food as you’ll get without having to fly halfway around the world.

Tai Ke

8604 Olive Boulevard, University City; 314-801-8894

If you’ve been fortunate enough to travel to Taiwan, you’ll know that one of the city’s main attractions is its vibrant street food culture. If you haven’t made the trek, you can head over to University City’s Tai Ke and see what all the hype is about.

Meant to capture the culinary style of Taiwan’s night markets, Tai Ke’s menu focuses on street snacks — tapas-like dishes meant to be eaten by hand while ambling around the city. For instance, you can enjoy Taiwan’s version of a hot dog, a garlicky pork sausage stuffed into a sticky-rice “bun,” or a panko-encrusted pork chop meant to be held by the bone like a lollipop.

However, the restaurant’s dishes oriented for sit-down dining, like “Three Cups Tofu” and sizzling beef, are just as compelling. It’s no wonder people come back from a trip to Taipei raving about the food.

Fortunately, Tai Ke makes it so you can too, without even leaving town.

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Cate Zone

8148 Olive Boulevard, University City; 314-738-9923

When someone utters the words “authentic Chinese restaurant,” what does that convey? Perhaps dim sum or Peking duck come to mind, served in a room outfitted with handsome red furniture and brush paintings. With its fiercely modern aesthetic and innovative Chinese cuisine, Cate Zone blows this stereotype out of the water — and, in doing so, gives us a better understanding of what it’s like to eat in a modern Chinese restaurant. Though the restaurant leans

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SUMMER SOLVED Continued from pg 24 hosted Fair St. Louis, taking the pressure off the construction-addled Arch, where the event has traditionally been held. No knock on that big beautiful horseshoe or anything but it’d be fine by us if Fair St. Louis stayed in the park. Since moving, the huge outdoor party has brought upwards of 250,000 people each year, marking the largest crowds in Forest Park since the 1904 World’s Fair. Dubbed “America’s Biggest Birthday Party,” this year’s affair — held Sunday, July 2 through Tuesday, July 4 — will bring Akon, 3 Doors Down and Jake Owen as its headliners, with each night wrapping up with a fireworks show. As always, admission is free. For more information visit www.fairsaintlouis.org.

Fringe Fest shows will cost you just $5 to $15 per performance. | ALLAN CRAIN

Baseball Road Trip

Have you ever wanted to undertake a baseball road trip, traveling from stadium to stadium and making summer memories?

The only thing holding you back is the expense and your own lack of time. Well, in St. Louis you can live out your dream of fields without breaking the bank or bankrupting your vacation days. Every summer the River City Rascals and the Gateway Grizzlies play a home-and-home series, and since they’re minor league teams, tickets are affordable enough that you can bring the husband and the kids. The Rascals host the Grizzlies at 6:35 p.m. Friday and Saturday (June 30 and July 1) at TR Hughes Ballpark (TR Hughes Boulevard and Tom Ginnever Avenue, O’Fallon; www.rivercityrascals.com), and Friday just so happens to be Rick Ankiel bobblehead night. The two teams face off again at 6:35 p.m.

Sunday, July 2, at the Grizzlies’ GCS Ballpark (2301 Grizzlie Bear Boulevard, Sauget, Illinois; www. gatewaygrizzlies.com). That Sunday night in Sauget is All-American Weekend, so the kids get to run the bases after the game and there will be fireworks. Tickets for Rascals’ home games are $5 to $25; Grizzlies’ tickets are $6 to $45. Those higher-end prices are for multiple people to attend, by the way. If you want to go for the trifecta, you could hit Busch Stadium on Monday and Tuesday (July 3 and 4), and see the St. Louis Cardinals take on the Flor26

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A Funny Thing Happened ...

The Muny has been a tradition for 99 years, outlasting such previous St. Louis favorites as the jitterbug, the horse-drawn carriage and American League baseball (sorry, Brownies fans). The last of its double-digit seasons features seven musicals, and the cream of the crop just might be A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. This modern take on ancient Roman farces has music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim (he’s pretty good) and a book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart (both quite talented themselves).

It’s a fast-paced and quick-witted show about Pseudolus, a slave who wishes to buy his freedom, and his young master Hero, a love-struck youth. The pair set off on a uest to fulfill each other’s dreams, only to get entangled in a never-ending series of mistaken identities and bungled schemes. It’s the perfect entertainment for a night under the stars, in the much-cooler-thanyou think Muny (those newish fans make a huge difference). A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum takes place at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday through Tuesday (July 5 to 11) at the Muny in Forest Park (1 Theatre Drive, www.muny.org). Tickets are $15

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Art Hill Film Series

Perhaps you noticed that the Saint Louis Art Museum (1 Fine Arts Drive, www.slam.org) has gone

mad for fashion. With an ongoing exhibition about the Paris millinery trade’s in uence on egas and Mucha, and another exploring the work of modern haute couture hat designer Stephen Jones, the museum has clothing on the

brain. That thread is further embellished in this year’s Art Hill Film Series, with a uartet of films plump with Academy Award-nominated and -winning fashion. The popular movie screenings, which take place out front on Art Hill, start with Titanic at 8:30 p.m. Friday, July 14, and end with The Devil Wears Prada on Friday, August 4. In between those two are Dream Girls (July 21) and To Catch a Thief (July 28). Food trucks and concession stands will be set up at the top of the hill and ready for business from 6 to 8:30 p.m., and local bands will play while you eat. Admission to all four films is free.

Grove Critierium

We know, we know: You haven’t watched a bicycle race since Lance Armstrong was exposed as a cheat. But hear us out. There’s a huge difference between seeing a race on TV and standing on the sidewalk as a knot of 41 hard-charging cyclists throw themselves into a sharp corner just inches from you. The Grove Criterium is a challenging 1.2 mile course with six turns, taking cyclists through and around the popular Grove neighborhood. In fact, the race starts and ends in front of Urban Chestnut Brewing Company (4465 Manchester Avenue; www.thegrovecrit. com). Imagine spending a warm summer day observing athletes in peak physical condition compete for your amusement, while you drink beer and enjoy Urban Chestnut’s amazing french fries.

Nice, right? Races start with the Juniors division at 10 a.m. and continue all day until the Men’s Pro racers take the course at 3:45 p.m. Admission is free for spectators.

ScratchFest

Tom Huck’s Printbangerz Ball is a biannual celebration of the printmaker’s art, with open studios, classes and hobnobbing taking place for a week at Huck’s Evil Prints (1931 Washington Avenue, www. evilprints.com). The week culminates in ScratchFest, a one-night art show/dance party that commemorates Continued on pg 31

TASTE THE WORLD Continued from pg 25 toward the cuisine of China’s Dongbei region, the kitchen actually offers a variety of regional styles perfected by owners Daniel Ma and Quincy Lin. Some are authentic, some have been tweaked to reflect the chefs’ preferences, but all represent some of St. Louis’ most thrilling cuisine. From Szechuan hot pots to Middle Eastern-spiced lamb skewers to the addictively spicy hot crisp fish, Cate Zone captures the diversity that exists in Chinese food — and in doing so redefines what we mean when we say “authentic.”

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India Palace

11380 Natural Bridge Road, Bridgeton; 314-731-3333

Located at the top of a dated and empty office building off north Lindbergh Boulevard near the airport, India Palace is indeed transportive — it’s just not immediately clear where it’s trying to take you.

The restaurant’s aesthetic is as much South Pacific as it is South Asian, a carryover from its days as a Polynesian spot back in the 1970s. That bit of history explains the outrigger canoes, palm frond décor and why there’s a statue of Shiva peeking out from a Tahitian water feature. The quirkiness is indeed part of India Palace’s charm, but it’s only half of the reason that this Sub-Continental spot is such a success. While the décor may not be wholly authentic, the food is. Lamb vindaloo, bone-in goat “pickles” (named for the tangy flavor) and delectable channa masala delight the palate, while egg curry will make you wonder why we’ve confined the little ovals to breakfast time.

Add to this a stunning view of the airport lights that dance off the restaurant’s windows, and one thing is clear — you may not know where India Palace is trying to take you, but you’ll know you won’t want to leave.

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4465 Manchester Avenue, 314222-0143

You won’t find any lederhosen, and there won’t be anyone with an accordion playing the polka, but that doesn’t stop Urban Chestnut’s Grove Brewery & Bierhall from being a bona fide German-style drinking hall. Like Continued on pg 30

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its beers, which exemplify both traditional and modern styles, the beer hall simultaneously evokes the feeling of a massive, Oktoberfest-style drinking establishment and embraces a contemporary aesthetic. There are large, communal wooden tables and the loud din of jovial folks imbibing UCBC brews in the hall’s wide open space just like in Bavaria, even as the room looks like a modern loft you’d find on Washington Avenue. Spatzle, schnitzel, raclette and liverwurst are as authentic as what you’d find in a Munich café while avoiding cliché — much like the brewery itself. That’s not saying you can’t show up in a dirndl or some leather shorts, though. This may not be Munich, but no one here is going to judge.

Kamayan Night at Hiro Asian Kitchen 1405 Washington Avenue, 314-2414476

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Malou Perez-Nievera — better known as “Skip to Malou” — understands the apprehension that diners feel at their first kamayan. After all, this traditional Filipino feast includes no utensils, and chances are you’ll be asked to throw everything you’ve learned about table manners out the window in front of complete strangers. However, once you get over your initial hesitation to dig into a communal platter of meat and bare-hand a hunk of slow cooked pig leg, you’ll lament the confinement of cutlery. Though she grew up in the Philippines, Perez-Nievera didn’t start cooking until she moved to New York City as an adult and wanted to do something to make sure her

children stayed connected to their roots. Her experimentation in the kitchen led to a food blog, then pop-ups around town and now her monthly kamayan gig at Hiro Asian Kitchen. There, in the center of the dining room, Perez-Nievera sets out a long, communal table, covers it with banana leaves and then lays out a traditional Filipino feast, just like you’d find in her native country. There’s pork and beef, fried fish and fruits stuffed into coconuts. And more importantly, there’s the opportunity to leave your dining inhibitions — and your hunger — behind.

De Palm Tree

8631 Olive Boulevard, University City; 314-432-5171

Recently, the owners of De Palm Tree announced on their Facebook page that they would be temporarily truncating their hours. It wasn’t noted as a “vacation” or a “closure,” but rather as “De Palm Tree Downtime,” a nod to the low-key island vibe that permeates the quaint Jamaican restaurant.

Located in a strip mall on the western edge of University City’s Chinatown, De Palm Tree feels miles away from the hustle and bustle of city life. The place is outfitted like a Jamaican jerk shack, but there is more to the menu than the delectable spiced chicken.

Ackees and salt fish (Jamaica’s national dish), curried goat, oxtail soup and fried plantains offer a true taste of the islands — one that’s more off the beaten path than what you’d find at a polished all-inclusive resort. However, it’s not just the food that makes this such a gem. The gentle reggae sounds and even gentler demeanor of the staff makes you feel like you’re on a beach in the Caribbean, minus the ocean view of course.

SUMMER SOLVED Continued from pg 27 the life of local musician and artist Bob Reuter. The big draw: All the affordably priced, hand-printed art that will fill the eady Room (4195 Manchester Avenue; www.evilprints. com/printbangerzball) from 6 p.m to midnight on Saturday, August 5. Prices start at $50 per print, each of which has been made by an established or emerging printmaker. The dancing music is provided by Alley Ghost, as well as Reuter’s legendary collection of vinyl delights. Admission to ScratchFest is free, but don’t be a cheapskate; buy stuff while you’re there.

St. Lou Fringe

The fringe festival paradigm was established in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1947, but the format continues to be relevant. The idea is that a disparate assemblage of performing artists — be they dancers, actors, storytellers or musicians — gather to present a number of rapid fire performances in a short amount of time. It may just be the perfect entertainment for our modern attention spans. The 2017 St. Lou Fringe Festival runs from August 17 to August 26 at a number of Grand Center venues. This year’s acts include headliners ERA Theatre, Ashleyliane Dance Company and A Song for Vanya (a musical adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s drama Uncle Vanya), but don’t sleep on the undercard. From the death-defying feats of escape artist duo Judas and Magnolia, to the one-man confessional tales of The Adventures of Les Kurkendaal, this year’s St. Lou Fringe has something for everyone. Admission varies, but is usually within the very affordable range of $5 to $15 per show.

See www.stlouisfringe.com for more details.

The Great American Eclipse

For the ultimate in free entertainment, you can’t beat a total solar eclipse. The moon’s perpetual journey

around the Earth will bring it between us and the Sun during the middle of the day on August 21, blocking out the light for almost twoand-a-half minutes across a large swath of America.

They’re calling it the Great merican clipse — the first solar eclipse that will be visible in America in 26 years.

(The next one won’t pass through until 2024.) The path of this current eclipse passes right through St. Louis from the northwest down to the southeast, but you’ll need to head southwest to Union, DeSoto or Festus to experience the full daytime dimming of the sun (which is called “totality”).

The further south you go, the longer you’ll be in darkness, which should arrive around 1:15 to 1:17 p.m., depending on location. Of course, you can’t look up at the sun during this time for fear of eye damage, but there’s an app for that; get three pairs of solar glasses shipped to you via www. eclipse2017.org for just $3.90. That’s only $1.30 per pair to see a very rare sight.

Big Muddy Blues Festival

Granted, ten dollars will only buy you a one-day ticket to the Big Muddy Blues Festival, but that is a small price to pay for what will be a master class in local blues. Last year, the long-running event went all local for the first time bringing 45 of St. Louis’ finest and most blues riddled acts to three outdoor stages and three venues in Laclede’s Landing (710 North Second Street, www. lacledeslanding.com). This year’s lineup has not yet been announced, but the dates are set for Saturday, September 2 and Sunday, September 3. A solid track record of excellence makes this show a must-see affair.

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Hidden from the bustling streets, these twenty patios each offer a secret oasis in the middle of the city

BY ELIZABETH SEMKO

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hat could be more idyllic than a drink outside on a summer night? While St. Louis has no shortage of sidewalk tables and prominent patios spilling out onto the street, others keep a lower profile. Tucked away from cars, surrounded by ivy-covered walls or tall trees, they’re the Gateway City version of a secret garden.

This summer, why not seek out a new spot for drinking and dining al fresco? Whether you’re looking for a romantic spot hidden from prying eyes or a big party in one of the most expansive courtyards you’ve ever seen (we’re looking at you, McGurk’s), this list has something for everyone. The one common denominator: All of them offer a place to eat and drink away from exhaust fumes and car-driven chaos — and the perfect spot for a night under the stars.

33 Wine Shop & Bar

Equal parts elegant and laidback, 33 Wine Shop & Bar (1913 Park Avenue, 314-231-9463) is that neighborhood wine bar you’ll want to enjoy again and again. The knowledgeable staff and intriguing wine list are enough to keep you coming back, but the pergola-covered patio in the back makes a visit that much sweeter.

Southtown Pub

A south city staple for more than twenty years, Southtown Pub (3707 South Kingshighway Boulevard, 314832-9009) is home to great barbecue and a spacious hidden patio.

Features include a full bar, 60-inch TV, seating for meals and three reservable, shaded cabanas with couches and TVs. Top that off with free shuttle service to and from Cardinals and Blues games, and sports fans are set.

HandleBar

A cycling theme, a Russian-inspired menu and a calendar full of bingo nights, DJs and dance parties help make HandleBar (4127 Manchester Avenue, 314-652-2212) a Grove destination. HandleBar gives no indication of a patio from the street.

Go out back, though, and you’ll find tables surrounded by a fence covered in art.

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Nora’s

A terrific little sandwich shop in Dogtown, Nora’s (1136 Tamm Avenue, 314-645-2706) is the definition of adorable. You’d never guess that there was a patio here simply by walking by, but inside, you’ll find a side door leading out to a small fenced patio, complete with shady trees and umbrella tables.

Bailey’s Chocolate Bar

Bailey’s Chocolate Bar (1915 Park Avenue, 314-241-8100) is a chocolate lover’s dream, serving up decadent drinks and delicious desserts. The romantic candelit space in Lafayette Square draws patrons all year round, but during the warmer months you can also enjoy the back patio. Filled with cozy corners, it’s as intimate as the inside, and just as sexy.

Three Kings Public House

You’d think that it would be difficult to hide a patio from the bustling foot traffic of the Delmar Loop, yet somehow Three Kings Public House (6307 Delmar Boulevard, University City; 314-721-3388) does just that. In addi-

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tion to sidewalk seating out front, the beer-centric bar offers tables tucked into a surprisingly pretty alleyway.

Copia Restaurant & Wine Garden

Who says you have to sacrifice sunshine and open air when you eschew an honest-to-goodness winery for a wine bar in the city? The garden at Copia Restaurant & Wine Garden (1122 Washington Avenue, 314-2419463) has a retractable roof, making it accessible year-round. The walls provide a rare bit of privacy in the heart of downtown.

Molly Darcy’s

Attached to the Seven Gables Inn, Molly Darcy’s (26 North Meramec Avenue, Clayton; 314-863-8400) does offer patio seating out front, but make your way to the back and you’ll find a stunning courtyard surrounded by ivy-covered walls.

Square One Brewery & Distillery

The patio at Square One Brewery & Distillery (1727 Park Avenue, 314231-2537) isn’t completely hidden, but the three walls surrounding it

keep it shielded from the street. Inside, diners are treated to shady trees, hanging lights and two water features.

Mak’s Pub and Grub

Mak’s Pub and Grub (6109 Gravois Avenue, 314-354-8148) is the place to go for creative takes on your favorite childhood dish: mac and cheese.

It also happens to have a sizable rear patio with TVs, arcade games and a foosball table.

CBGB

CBGB (3163 South Grand Boulevard) is your dive bar of choice when you want a stiff drink with a side of punk rock. But beyond the cheap booze, loud local concerts and game area, CBGB is also a solid place for drinking out in the open. You’ve surely already noticed the big patio in front, but head out back and you’ll find a patio there, too.

The Crow’s Nest

Sitting at a table on the elevated back deck at the Crow’s Nest (7336 Manchester Road, Maplewood; 314-781-

The Scottish Arms

The Scottish Arms (8 South Sarah Street, 314-535-0551) may be in the Central West End, but it’s a great way to transport yourself to the Highlands. Surrounded by trees and a fence, the back patio is the perfect place to enjoy bangers and mash ... or maybe just whiskey.

The Heavy Anchor

Part concert venue and part bar, the Heavy Anchor (5226 Gravois Avenue, 314-352-5226) always has something going on. In addition to live music, shuffleboard and trivia, the Heavy Anchor also has a back patio — safe and sound from the street traffic out front. Bonus: there’s no cover charge to enter the bar side, ever.

Ryder’s Tavern

From the burgers and array of draft beers to the pool table and lack of TVs, Ryder’s Tavern (4123 Chippewa Street, 314-899-9343) is the perfect neighborhood spot to kick back and relax. Look for a door in the back corner that resemebles the entry to a bathroom or a storage room.

Behind it awaits your new hangout ... and some lovely fresh air.

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0989) is like chilling at a laidback friend’s house, only with a server to take care of you — and a full menu of burgers, sandwiches and booze.

The name pretty much gives away the fact that there’s an open-air option, but it doesn’t even begin to sell the charms of the patio at Soulard Coffee Garden (910 Geyer Avenue, 314-241-1464). It offers a particularly beautiful oasis with trees, plants and umbrella tables.

Why sip your coffee at a chain when you can have a setting like this?

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The Gramophone

The legendary party patio at John D. McGurk’s (1200 Russell Boulevard, 314-776-8309) is hardly a secret — but that doesn’t mean it’s not one of the loveliest gardens in town. It’s large enough to include several additional bars, a fountain and even a beautiful waterfall.

The patio at Molly’s in Soulard (816 Geyer Avenue, 314-2416200) is massive — and yet you would never know it was there from passing by on the street.

A great destination for lunch, a night out or brunch, Molly’s has an outside bar and plenty of tables for you to sit and enjoy the Creole-inspired menu. Not hungry? Molly’s also has a bustling party scene.

You can never get too much of the patio at Scape American Bistro (48 Maryland Plaza, 314-361-7227).

The large courtyard hidden behind the stylish Central West End restaurant is flanked by ivy-covered walls, decorated with twinkling lights at night and a sizable bar of its own for mingling with the beautiful people.

Formerly a concert venue, the Gramophone (4243 Manchester Avenue, 314-531-5700) was rebranded in 2015 as a sandwich-centric pub — and its new concept rocks just as much as the old one. You’re not likely to see its patio unless you drive down one of the Grove’s obscure side streets, but why do that? Park your car, get a Mississippi Night’s Club sandwich and stay awhile.

The Games We Play Pokémon Go? So last year. Here are five ways to scratch the itch

BY NICK FIERRO

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e all remember Pokémon Go — Niantic’s crowd-sourced, augmented reality hit had crowds in the hundreds chasing down busy streets in search of Snorlax.

But Pokémon is old news. You’re in search of something different, but still something that satisfies that same urge: the desire to play a game, to compete against yourself or others, to get off the couch on some sort of quest... no matter how silly it may seem.

To that end, we’ve developed a detailed list of five things you can do this summer that get you moving, socializing, or both — without any pesky Pokéballs.

1. Run from Zombies

Maybe stumbling across dead bodies, as some Pokémon players famously did in San Diego, isn’t your thing, but what about running from them? Zombies, Run! (zombiesrungame.com) might be up your alley. The immersive “exergame” simulates a zombie apocalypse in your ears, and in this one staying fit means staying alive. With audio episodes synced to each user’s pace, it requires no set route —meaning you can ee the living dead anywhere from Forest Park to Maryland Heights. The app features an ongoing story that unspools with each step, with missions and goals designed around your stride. Although it’s on the old side (it predates Pokémon Go by four years) it’s still going strong.

If zombies aren’t your cup of tea, try The Walk (www.thewalkgame. com), an app from the same creators that drops you into a spy thriller where the fate of the world depends on your morning stroll.

2. Hunt for Victory

If you fancy yourself an amateur Sherlock Holmes, or just have a craving for some good old-fashioned St. Louis exploration, you might be interested in a puzzle hunt — a combination scavenger hunt and race that takes you around the city. While some of the better ones riverfronttimes.com

aren’t coming to St. Louis this year, X-Race (xperienceadventures.com/ xrace) is a well-run scavenger hunt that allows you to compete against teams in other cities. All the fun goes down June 24 at 2 p.m. If that sounds appealing but you’re not free that day, check out Big City Hunt (www.bigcityhunt.com) for a more fluid experience; options are available both downtown and around the Wash U campus. Or, if you’re looking to drink and derive, check out Puzzled Pint (www.puzzledpint.com), a bar-crawling hunt every other Tuesday.

3. Escape Some Room, Somewhere

If you’ve been out in the real world catching ‘em all, there’s a good chance you made some real-life friends along the way. Grab a few (or a dozen, if you’re a particularly popular poke’master) and try beat a series of spacial and mental puzzles that will challenge you to escape a locked room before the timer hits zero. In the past few years, “escape rooms” have blossomed across St. Louis, including Mastermind (www. mastermindroomescape. com), located both downtown and in St. Charles, and Red Herring (www.rherooms.com) on the Delmar Loop. Teamwork and listening skills are just as important as raw smarts here, so if you’ve already caught your fill of ok mon ust think about how cool “Escapist and Pokémon Master” would look on a business card. Right?

4. Play Board Games with Your Friends (or Strangers)

If you’re less into the running-aroundthe-city part and more into the beating-friends-and-random-strangers part, you can take the competition to a tabletop at Pieces (1535 South 8th Street, 314-230-5184). Whether you’re into Candyland, Cards Against Humanity or Carcassonne, Pieces has it, and more, in its giant library, which boasts more than 500 options. Bring a group of friends or look for someone with a “More Players Welcome” sign on the table to take things to a whole new level.

5. Play More Pokémon Go

Who are we kidding? Being in style is so out of style. Forget “out with the old, in with the new”; Pokémon Go was popular for a reason, and that reason hasn’t gone away. Even with plenty of stuff to do in St. Louis, we expect to see crowds of Pokémon trainers at it again this summer. Get the app at pokemongo.com and get going.

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FRIDAY 05/26 Art Outside It’s Memorial Day weekend, which means you have a bevy of festival options. One of the best is Schlafly’s Art Outside, the long-running juried art show that takes over the front parking lot at Schlafly Bottleworks (7260 Southwest Avenue, Maplewood; www.schlafly.com).

More than 60 local artists will be set up selling their hand-made art direct to the people. There are some familiar names among that group (Eric Woods and Firecracker Press, Jay Thompson and his magical CatWorks digital photographs and paintings) as well as emerging artists, selling everything from jewelry to textiles. Art Outside runs from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday (May 26 to 28). Local bands will perform all three days and Schla y’s kitchen will offer some new takes on festival food (chorizo nachos) and beverages (a sticky toffee pudding milkshake). This year’s artist series beer is Dr. Kentucky’s Concoction from His Curious Cabinet: Batch 40004, with a label designed

by Noah McMillan. Admission to Art Outside is free.

Cinema at Citygarden It’s been a little while since this town has hosted a film festival but just like that, Cinema St. Louis and Gateway Foundation plug the gap with Cinema at Citygarden. The biennial program invites filmmak-

ers to create new works on a single theme to enter in a juried competition. This year’s theme is Nature, and the winning entrants are David Rocco (“Summer Louis”), Natalie Rainer (“Hypervide”) and Yihuang u “ cean reathes . Their films along with entries from Zlatko Cosic, Yuhan Zhang and Cole Hieronymus, and a handful of other filmmakers will screen from 5 to 10 p.m. daily (Friday, May 26 to Friday, June 30) on Citygarden’s video wall (801 Market Street; www.citygardenstl. org). Admission is free.

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each perform once during the festival, which runs Friday to Sunday (May 26 to 28) at the Touhill Performing Arts Center on the University of Missouri-St. Louis campus (1 University Drive at Natural Bridge Road; www.touhill.org). So, will you pick the main stage session on Friday night with MADCO and the Joffrey Ballet, or will you opt for the Saturday show with San Francisco Ballet, the Dancing Wheels Company and Chicago Tap Theatre?

There’s also the matter of the early show, which takes place each night in the Lee Theater and features Clinard Dance and St. Louis’ own Leverage Dance Theater. You may not have to decide, because ticket prices are only $10 for the 6 p.m. shows in the Lee Theater, and $15 for the 7:30 p.m. main stage performances; you could see all six for less than $100.

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SATURDAY 05/27 The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck’s novel of the Great Depression, follows the Joad family across America as they pursue a better life. Chased out of Oklahoma by the Dust Bowl, the Joads head for California to try their luck as migrant fruit pickers.

Once there, they discover they’re a drain on the local labor force, pawns for the wealthy and subhumans to everyone else. Their only crime is poverty, yet the denizens of the promised land are determined to keep them suffering from it. Ricky Ian Gordon and Michael Korie adapted Steinbeck’s morality play for opera audiences in 2007, and this year present the premiere of their new performing version at Opera Theatre of St. Louis. The Grapes of Wrath is performed at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 27, at the Loretto-Hilton Center (130 Edgar Road; www.opera-stl.org). Tickets are $25 to $129. The opera is performed six more times in repertory through June 25.

St. Louis County Greek Fest “Saturday is all right for festing,” as the old song goes, and there’s no fest like a Greek festival, because the Greeks invented the concept of the outdoor party. (The Greeks invented everything.) The St. Louis County Greek Fest invites you to celebrate Greece’s rich heritage with mountains of food and oceans of music from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday through Sunday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday (May 26 to 29) at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church (1755 Des Peres Road, Town and Country; www.stlgreekfest.com). And it really is a mountain of food on offer: You can get everything from a lamb shank to a humble gyro sandwich; there are even non-Greek children’s plates for picky eaters. You may leave sunburned and weary, but you won’t go home hungry. Admission is free.

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Crossin’ Over Ron Himes and Charles Creath first debuted their musical revue Crossin’ Over in 2005, when we were fighting a war on terror and our civic freedoms were being restrained in the name of public safety. Twelve years later the show returns to a changed America, one that’s seen the gains in liberty and equality achieved under our first black president under assault from yet another power-mad dum-dum. Crossin’ Over charts the path of the African diaspora, from the middle passage to the civil rights movement. The show incorporates the entire trajectory of black spiritual music, from traditional West African drumming to church hymns and gospel standards, right up to the contemporary gospel of the moment. Throughout, the music runs the constant refrain of survival and resistance -- we shall overcome, no matter the odds.

Crossin’ Over is performed at 7 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday (May 26 to June 18) in the Emerson Performance Center at Harris-Stowe State University (3026 Laclede Avenue; www.theblackrep.org).

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by Howard Carter in 1922 set off a mania for all things Egyptian that still hasn’t quite settled down. The fantastic artifacts recovered from the undisturbed tomb captured the imaginations of the public. (Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s solid gold funerary mask remains the visual shorthand for “Egypt,” and shows up everywhere from comic books to t-shirts to summer blockbusters.) Back in 1963, some of the discovered items visited St. ouis as part of an official tour.

Now a new traveling exhibition, The Discovery of King Tut, will bring back some of the excitement. Starting Friday, May 27, more than 1,000 recreations of Tut’s eternal possessions including his entire tomb fill the Saint Louis Science Center (5050 Oakland Avenue; www.slsc.org) as part of the 12,000 square-foot exhibition. Carter’s own diaries provide the text for the guided tour of the installation, which includes information on the discovery and the culture of Tut’s Egypt. The Discovery of King Tut remains on display through Thursday, August 17. Admission is $14 to $16.

MONDAY 05/29 Gypsy Caravan Start reserving those U-Hauls now: The Gypsy Caravan is back at the Family Arena (2002 Arena Parkway, St. Charles; www.familyarena. com). The annual fundraiser for the Saint Louis Symphony is both indoors and outdoors, and it will have perhaps as many as 450 vendors selling antiques and vintage items. The question is not whether you will find something you absolutely have to have; it’s whether you can cart it all home hence the truck rental. Early bird admission (7 to 9 a.m.) is $20, general admission (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.) is $10, and parking is free.

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Lost at Sea The new Pirates of the Caribbean film should be consigned to the briny deep Written by

MARYANN JOHANSON Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Written by Jeff Nathanson and Terry Rossio.

Starring Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem and Geoffrey Rush.

Opens everywhere Friday, May 26.

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K, make it stop. This amusement-park ride has gone on long enough.

I adored the original Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy: They were smart fun popcorn icks that worked as clever updates on the classic Hollywood swashbuckler. I tolerated 2011’s On Stranger Tides because it still had hints of what made the original trilogy great.

No such luck here. With the uncalled-for fifth chapter in the franchise, Pirates has officially outstayed its welcome. Dead Men Tell No Tales is a cacophony of CGI

spectacle that assails the senses but forgets to give us a reason to care about the people caught in the middle of it. It is pandemonium, and incredibly boring. It is full of the supernatural, but it has no magic.

POTC 5 does avoid one of the signature problems of blockbusters of recent vintage, in that so few of them seem interested in crafting something new for our eyes to behold even while they’re tossing people and vehicles and buildings around in ways that are meant to be exciting. A lot of the action we witness here isn’t like anything we’ve seen before … yet little of it actually entertains. The rest is like a joke with a great setup and an unfunny punchline.

One early sequence involves a bank robbery by Jack Sparrow and his crew, which goes very badly wrong. It should be absolutely hilarious, but it falls completely at. It’s loud and kinetic and crashy but it has no pizzazz whatsoever.

Directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg aren’t only new to the Pirates series, they’re new to big-budget FX extravaganzas, and it shows.

And lackluster action takes a backseat to lackluster characters. ne big aw of On Stranger Tides is that Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) was missing the Bones and Spock

to his Kirk, the Ron and Hermione to his Harry, which he’d previously had in Orlando Bloom’s Will Turner and Keira Knightley’s Elizabeth Swan. bigger aw in POTC 5 is that the new sidekicks Jack gets saddled with are incredibly dull both separately and together.

Brenton Thwaites, as Will’s son Henry, and Kaya Scodelario, as woman of science Carina, share one expression between them (a slackjawed, dead-eyed befuddlement), some cringe-worthy banter, a painful lack of chemistry and one of the least convincing onscreen romances ever.

POTC 5 cannot escape another problem of the 2010s blockbuster: too much plot. Screenwriters Jeff Nathanson and Terry Rossio seem to think more is better, but it’s just more, and in this case, the story’s attempt to find footing is confusing convoluted and crammed with too many characters. Jack, Henry and Carina are all seeking a mythical object called the Trident of Poseidon, which is said to break all curses of the sea. Henry needs it to free his father, cursed in POTC 3 to endless service on the Flying Dutchman.

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it because … well, that’s never entirely clear, but it has something to do with “Galileo’s diary,” which she inherited from her unknown scientist father. (It doesn’t seem as if Galileo could have had anything to do with the book, and as labyrinthine as the plot is, it fails to account for the diary’s presence here.) And Jack’s old frenemy Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) is also hanging around, for completely unnecessary reasons until a ridiculously contrived one pops up, so he has to be shoehorned into the story.

As torturous as the writing is, it’s also lazy, with abuse passing as wit and coincidence as fate. Worse, it doesn’t even seem to appreciate the balancing act that the previous films managed to pull off in making pirates romantic and heroic and making us forget that in reality, pirates are cowardly brutish criminals. ere it’s really difficult to accept Salazar as a villain: He is portrayed as an honorable Spanish naval captain whose mission was to clear the seas of the scourge of pirates. nd it’s really difficult here to accept Jack as someone we should feel any sympathy for: Jack is cruel to his friends, comes across as stupid rather than cunning and lacks all the crafty charm he once had.

We should be rooting for Salazar, and mostly I was.

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As Cio-Cio-San, Rena Harms has a gorgeous voice and a surprisingly steely core. | © KEN HOWARD [OPERA]

Gone Girl Opera Theatre of St. Louis kicks off its 2017 season with a surprisingly resonant Madame Butterfly Written by

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cultural references. The broad outline is familiar mostly for its exotic pathos: the Japanese beauty abandoned by her American husband, the little boy taken from her the suicide as finale.

Mounting this warhorse in 2017, as Opera Theatre St. Louis has done with Saturday’s season-opening premiere, is both a no-brainer and a decision fraught with challenges.

Puccini’s music is consistently glorious, but the idea of an Asian woman as a suffering little butter y feels uncomfortably dated — and in an age when even Halloween costumes are policed for insensitivity, it’s hard not to squirm at a mostly white cast decked out in kimonos.

Yet in the hands of director Robin Guarino and her extraordinarily talented cast, this Madame utterfl is no yellowface minstrel show. It’s instead a work of breathtaking power, a production grounded in its heroine’s agency and a tragedy that feels far more

modern than you’d anticipate.

As Cio-Cio-San, Rena Harms is no suffering sphinx. She’s utterly sympathetic, a teenager who had only a few choices but made the most of them — and whose biggest mistake was casting her lot with a .S. Naval officer who proves far from a gentleman. Harms at first is wide eyed and beguiling but as adame utter unfolds, her Cio-Cio-San is revealed as a woman in her own right, and that’s when we see the steel that girded her coquetry. She continues to insist on the values she was told America believed in — even when the evidence increasingly points to the contrary — not because she is stupid, but because she cannot allow herself to contemplate the alternative. Her suicide is not a cry for help; it’s a political statement.

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Rapier is also a standout. It is evidence of how thoroughly Rapier inhabits her role that, at the end of the play you may find yourself thinking not of what will become of Cio-Cio-San’s blue-eyed boy, but what will happen to her maid. The women’s friendship is the second love story in what, by the end, feels like a feminist fable — A Handmaid’s Tale with international borders.

Indeed, it is fascinating to consider that adame utter y made its premiere in 1904. This was before the Korean War, before Vietnam, before, even, the U.S. went “over there” and helped to end World War I and II. Yet Michael Brandenburg’s Officer Pinkerton — Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, no less — is a villain right out of a Graham Greene novel, an American who blunders his way through a foreign country armed only with feckless selfishness and a cheerful blindness to the chaos he leaves

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in his wake. His musical theme is our national anthem, which would feel didactic in the hands of a lefty playwright pushing an agenda. In the hands of Puccini, never one for politics, it feels downright chilling, an indictment of everything we’ve done as a nation and the fact we’ve seen it as one great adventure.

Special praise, too, goes to set designer Laura Jellinek. Her deceptively simple version of a Japanese home in the mountains is no cartoon, but it’s somehow instantly evocative. Puccini may have had a European’s tendency to exoticize Asia, but the talented women at the helm of this production have grounded it, thrillingly, in reality — no small trick for a century-old work in the most artificial of stage genres.

Pinkerton is a villain right out of a Graham Greene novel, an American who blunders his way through a foreign country armed only with a cheerful blindness to the chaos in his wake.

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Caroline Bingley and Mr. Darcy (Kristen Strom and John Wolbers) discuss the fascinating Bennet family. | JOEY RUMPELL [ S TA G E ]

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r. Bennet, country gentleman and indulgent father of five high spirited daughters is gently chiding his family over their excitement at the new male neighbor when everybody freezes. Actor Carl Overly Jr. steps forward, abandoning Bennet’s chuckling, glee-

ful voice to address us directly in his own strong baritone: “I recognize that this is a novel about upper class privilege and an a uent minority that is very different from my own world — and yet I can’t help but enjoy it.” Immediately Overly is gone again and Mr. Bennet is back with his loving family.

Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble’s First Impressions is a lightly enhanced adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice.

The enhancements come from the first impressions the book made on readers. Slightly Askew crowdsourced these recollections, both positive and negative, and now deploys them as sudden monologues throughout the show. These memories of the novel serve as an interior life for some characters, and act as an occasional commentary track for the play itself. The result is a play that winks at the arcane social interactions of Austen’s comedy of manners even as it lovingly follows the plot to its joyous denouement.

First Impressions is an ebullient and effervescent take on Pride and Prejudice that will both please the novel’s devotees and charm even its crustiest haters (I speak from

my own experience on this count).

The action, such as it is, centers on the Bennet sisters’ race against time. ne of the five needs to marry into money to save the family home, which will be inherited by a male cousin upon the death of Mr. Bennet. If one of the Bennet girls can’t snag a winner, their mother will be left out in the cold.

The new male neighbor, Charles Bingley (Michael Cassidy Flynn), seems a likely lad for matrimony.

He’s got the cash and the breeding, but he pals around with the overproud Mr. Darcy (John Wolbers).

Several of the inter ected first impressions are inspired by the protean hotness of Mr. Darcy, either as depicted on the page or as portrayed by Colin “Hot Sex” Firth in the BBC adaptation. Wolbers is welcomed to the play by a fawning honor guard of breathless women who coo “Mr. Darcy!” as he prowls the catwalk that opens up between them. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet (Ellie Schwetye) make an undeniably attractive pair as they prick each other’s pride, spar and slowly fall in love.

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a glorious ball held at Bingley Manor. The cast slows to halfspeed during a dance and Darcy and Elizabeth lock eyes; slowly he smiles, then she glows. In a crowded room only these two people exist.

Their only obstacle to happiness is their own pride — well, that and the Reverend Collins (a very funny Andrew Kuhlman). Collins is the cousin who will inherit the family home, and he’s also a supercilious and self-important ninny who proposes marriage to Elizabeth (her mother has already accepted on her behalf). He touches Elizabeth’s face as if he’s a wooden puppet petting a dog, which repulses her and sees him swiftly kicked to the curb. Now if only she and Darcy can work out their monumental personal problems.

Of course, this all ends happily with marriages and succor for Mrs. Bennet. It’s not the tale itself but the telling of it that resonates across time. Austen’s wit, the cast’s skillful treatment of the material and the numerous sexual awakenings wrought by Mr. Darcy, the nineteenth century’s immortal panty-dropper, make First Impressions a pleasure to behold.

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On May 1, CAM announced Uslip’s replacement: Wassan Al-Khudhairi, previously the Hugh Kaul Curator of Modern Contemporary Art at the Birmingham Museum of Art. CAM Spokesman Eddie Silva says he hopes the public will be open to a new face, a new perspective and a new vision.

“Wassan is very much her own person, with her own set of ideas,” Silva says. “And that’s how we want her to be seen and recognized — as very much her own self.” Al-Khudhairi will begin her new appointment at CAM this August, Silva says. “It’s going to be exciting to discover what she brings to the chief curator role. It’ll be exciting to see how she brings all of her skills and experience and talent to the museum — and in turn, to see what St. Louis springs from her.”

Wassan Al-Khudhairi has not spent any considerable amount of time in St. Louis. Born in Kuwait to

Wassan Al-Khudhairi begins her role at CAM this August. | COURTESY OF CAM Iraqi parents, she’s lived in seven countries — Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, Egypt, Qatar, South Korea and the U.S. — in addition to four different American states. When she begins her new role in August, she’ll be able to add Missouri to that list.

Over the phone, she says that her travels have in uenced both her work as a curator and her relationship to the communities she’s been a part of over her career. “A curator’s job is to listen,” she explains. “My job is listen and be open. A curator acts as the medium between the artist’s work and the public, and my job is to make people think.”

Uslip notoriously said the same thing about the Kelley Walker exhibit in an interview with St. Louis Public Radio — that the toothpaste- and chocolate-smeared photos of black women’s bodies were meant “to help us think through the issues of our time.”

Asked about the exhibit, Al-Khudhairi doesn’t say much. She says

she watched the livestream of CAM’s community town hall following the exhibition’s opening, but refrains from offering her own opinion on the controversy, saying only that she can’t comment on any specifics because she wasn’t there. On first glance, it sounds like a convenient excuse to side-step a sensitive topic. But Al-Khudhairi says she simply prefers to ground her perspectives and opinions in actual lived experience, rather than operate off assumptions and second-hand information.

For a city that has spent the last several years navigating the national limelight fielding opinions from people with only a glancing knowledge of our history and a passing fascination with our present, that reservation may be refreshing. Al-Khudhairi’s genuine respect for the communities she’s moved in and out of over her career deeply informs how she approaches her curatorial work and her new position in St. Louis. riverfronttimes.com

“I don’t have a vision for the position. I mean, how could I?” she asks matter-of-factly. “If I went into this with my own vision for how things would be, that would be disingenuous and self-serving.

It wouldn’t work. I have to meet the artists and talk to people and build actual relationships with people in St. Louis.” In her early months at the Birmingham Museum of Art, she explains, she built relationships with artists and makers in the community by deliberately creating opportunities to connect with locals outside of the museum walls.

Even so, Al-Khudhairi’s internationalist perspective and experience remain a powerful defining force in her curatorial work. Her research interests focus on modern art from Middle Eastern countries. She received a masters of arts with distinction in Islamic art and archaeology from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, eventually becoming one of the youngest museum directors ever as the founding director of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Qatar.

In her curatorial work in the U.S., Al-Khudhairi marries her non-Western influences with a keen attention to place and community, crafting inventive exhibitions that invite viewers to reimagine complexities like history and citizenship. Her last exhibition in Birmingham, Third Space: Shifting Conversations bout ontemporar rt, deftly draws connections between the American South and the global South, considering ideas about migration, diaspora, agency, memory and more.

Nonetheless, she’s approaching her new job — and her new city — with a gracious curiosity. She ends her phone call with a reporter by asking for advice on her upcoming transition. She seems ready for the challenge, eager to join the fold of the community to craft new experiences and opportunities in the city — and determined not to make the mistake of trying to tell St. Louis about St. Louis.

She can’t wait, she says, to start cultivating relationships with members in the community, “It’s good for me to know what people in St. Louis are interested in, what they’re looking for, what excites them. I know there’s so much there already, and I’m just excited to meet everyone and learn about it.”

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Options at Rise include now include delicious baked goods (courtesy of Jackie Pierce) and chef Scott Davis’ amazing sandwiches. | MABEL SUEN

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Rising Star When a neighborhood coffee shop hires a terrific chef, the result is daytime magic Written by

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few weeks ago, Rise Coffee House’s chef Scott Davis did what no other chef has done in the ten-year history of the Riverfront Times’ Iron Fork competition: The defending cham-

pion repeated his win.

If you’ve never attended Iron Fork, the event is the paper’s annual food fiesta, which recently returned after a two-year hiatus. Its centerpiece: a cooking competition that pits area chefs against each other in an hourlong culinary battle anchored by a secret ingredient. This year, Davis returned to defend his title, coming off his win in 2015, when he was the chef de cuisine at the now-shuttered Three Flags Tavern.

Following Davis’ repeat victory in Battle: Red Hot Riplets — a clear and unanimous decision by the judges — you could hear whispers throughout the crowd.

Scott who? Where’s he from again?

When people learned that Davis is the chef at Rise, the knowledge seemed to elicit more questions than answers.

The confusion is understandable. Rise, after all, is a beloved neighborhood institution, the place you go in the Grove for a glass of Sump cold brew and an ethically sourced scone. It is not, however, traditionally thought of as a culinary bastion. Since opening in 2013, it’s been the quintessential gathering spot for everyone from young St. Louis politicos plotting a progressive agenda to tired moms desperate for caffeine and social interaction. In other words, it’s a fantastic coffeehouse — but it’s still a coffeehouse.

That perception is no longer fully accurate. In 2015, Aaron Johnson bought Rise from its original owner, renovated the storefront a couple of doorsteps down and relocated the coffee shop this past November, a move that both doubled its space and provided a full kitchen and riverfronttimes.com

upstairs pastry facility. With this added kitchen capacity, Johnson was able to transform the food program. Previously, the lack of a kitchen had precluded Rise from doing its own cooking; now it’s a bona fide caf serving not only its own pastries but a full breakfast and lunch menu as well.

Johnson brought in Davis to develop the food offerings and run the kitchen. On its face, it seemed like an odd move for a chef who has worked in some of the city’s top kitchens (Brasserie, Elaia, Three Flags). For Davis, however, it was the right fit. fter years spent working grueling chef hours, the breakfast and lunchtime gig at Rise allows him the freedom to explore what his next step may be; it also gives him the chance to spend quality time with his wife and young son while creating the

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RISE Continued from pg 61 sort of fresh, uncomplicated fare he prefers to eat.

Uncomplicated does not mean boring, however, as Davis’ menu brings an elegance and sophistication to caf fare. crepe thin frittata ecked with herbaceous nettles, is adorned with hunks of creamy goat cheese, a salad of fresh herbs and mushroooms. If a typical omelet is a down filled parka, this is a delicate pashmina.

This restraint is equally present in the vegetarian hash, a platter of roasted fingerling potatoes placed atop silken sweet potato puree. A glistening poached egg that occupies a state between liquid and solid balances atop the potatoes, releasing its yolk at just the suggestion of a fork’s tines.

The egg’s interior mingles with carrot-infused vegan hollandaise — an addition that gives the sauce an earthy undertone. Strips of carrots, peppers and asparagus top the hash, cutting through the richness with their vinaigrette dressing.

It pains me that the brisket benedict offered as a special one Saturday is not a permanent fi ture on Rise’s menu, though that fact may save me from developing a problem. Davis starts with two slices of Union Loafers’ bread, the worthiest of canvasses, and tops them with thick slices of fall-apart brisket that infuse the dish’s other components with gentle smoke.

These include two of those impeccably poached eggs and the most cloud-like hollandaise I’ve ever encountered. Less a sauce than an egg-pouf, Davis claims his only secret is making the sauce fresh every day. He’s being modest; this is far and away the best hollandaise around.

The coffee bar and kitchen share a space in Rise’s new, larger digs. | MABEL SUEN Even the child’s dinosaur pancakes are a delight, and not just because of the whimsical shape.

The cakes have a light, airy feel, as if you’re eating a cloud — a cloud scented with hints of vanilla and butter. For another daily special, Davis layered traditionally shaped pancakes with warm banana compote; it turns a plain pancake into the banana bread version of lava cake. It’s outstanding.

On one of my visits, the intoxicating scent of freshly baked shortbread was wafting through the entire building so strongly that I was momentarily hypnotized.

On a subsequent day, I realized the source of the aroma: Rise’s shortbread biscuits. These buttery beauties are a work of art in their

own right, though employing them as a base for an egg sandwich is not a bad use of their talents.

This biscuit is so thick and uffy it makes the sandwich look like a gigantic cream puff; its texture is firm enough to hold together but still delicate enough to yield to the chive-studded scrambled egg between its layers. Adorned with cheddar, bacon and avocado, this is the Platonic form of a breakfast sandwich.

Rise’s lunchtime offerings are no less spectacular. Though avocado toast has become trendy enough to induce a re e ive eye roll avis’ version shows why it came to prominence in the first place. A crusty slice of Union Loafers’ bread is thickly spread with smashed

avocado, then topped with such beautifully assembled vegetables — pickled white onions, rolled-up radish slices, thin discs of cucumber and fresh herbs — it looks ready for a photo shoot. The accoutrements elevate this simple dish to a work of genius.

Creamy mint-ranch dressing transforms a simple kale salad into a refreshing bowl of flavor.

Sliced carrots and bread crumbs adorn this solid lunchtime offering.

Likewise, turmeric and ginger infuse a simple rice bowl with brightness and layers of avor a poached egg makes for a delectable creamy dressing.

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A veteran of some of the city’s top kitchens, Scott Davis is now at home at Rise. | MABEL SUEN

RISE Continued from pg 65 achieve in a vegetarian offering.

Pungent soft cheddar is spread on crusty bread, then layered with piquant giardiniera, peppery arugula and cucumbers. It’s richly satisfying and perfectly balanced with a refreshing pop.

Davis is not Rise’s only culinary genius. Jackie Pierce runs the pastry kitchen, and in addition to those heavenly biscuits, she’s responsible for the vegan peanut butter cookies that delight with just a hint of coconut oil avor whole wheat chocolate chip cookies that taste like brown butter in solid form and a raspberry bar that marries tart (and somehow not overly sweet) preserves with buttery crumbles.

Even if you just drop by for coffee, do yourself a favor and grab a pastry to go with it.

And if you want to stop into Rise for just that — a cup of coffee and a muffin like you used to do at the old spot — it’s still an option. The new digs and expanded menu have not interfered with Rise’s essential character.

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“When I was thirteen years old, I was hospitalized for Crohn’s disease and was bedridden for a month,” Rotert explains. “I was on an all-liquid diet — I couldn’t eat any food. At the time there was nothing to watch on television but cooking shows, so all I could do was sit around all day and watch Mario Batali and Emeril Lagasse on the Food Network.”

Rotert’s experience may have been an exercise in self-torture, but it instilled in him a love for food and cooking that he carried with him throughout his adolescence. When he was in high school, he took an introductory culinary class to see what it was all about, then ended up pursuing advanced studies in pastry and baking, and securing a job cooking at the University Club in Columbia, Missouri.

As he realized that he had both a passion and a knack for cooking, Rotert enrolled in an apprenticeship program through a small college in Kansas City that would allow him to stay on fulltime at the University Club. The experience immersed him in all aspects of the business — menu planning, food cost analysis, catering, business management — and afforded him the opportunity to spend the summer in Florence, where he immersed himself in Italian food, wine and culture.

Following school, Rotert knew he was ready for a move, and was lucky enough to land an interview with St. Louis restaurant icon Zoe Robinson. “Interviewing with Zoe

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I Fratellini’s Casey Rotert also helps at Bar Les Freres and the upcoming Bille-Jean, making him an essential part of Zoe Robinson’s empire. | SARA BANNOURA was like having a conversation with a friend,” Rotert recalls. “She was so warm and unassuming and inviting that I knew I needed to work with her.”

That conversation turned into a full-time job running the kitchen at I Fratellini, helping out at Bar Les Freres and preparing to take on the kitchen at Robinson’s forthcoming Billie-Jean. Though these three gigs keep him busy, Rotert took a break to share his thoughts on the local food scene, his sweet tooth and why dining out in St. ouis is keeping his satisfied.

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

I am lactose-intolerant.

What daily ritual is nonnegotiable for you?

It is more of a nightly ritual, but getting a good night’s rest is essential to success.

If you could have any superpower, what would it be?

Teleportation.

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

The influence of immigrant culture and cuisine and the fact that people are eating and shopping locally and buying healthy, local, organic and sustainable products.

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

I have not found anything missing yet. Anything I am craving I can usually find and be very satisfied with.

Who is your St. Louis food crush?

No food crushes yet, but never say never!

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

Since I am relatively new to the St. Louis dining scene, I am watching everyone and trying as many new restaurants as I can.

But I can say to be on the look out

for Zoe Robinson and our new restaurant Billie-Jean.

Which ingredient is most representative of your personality?

Coffee: complex, with a good balance of bitter and sweet.

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

Something sales related or a stockbroker/trader.

Name an ingredient never allowed in your kitchen.

An abundance of dried herbs. I love fresh herbs.

What is your after work hangout?

Usually just my house to relax and gather my thoughts after a long day.

What’s your food or beverage guilty pleasure?

Food: anything chocolate. I have a major sweet tooth. Beverage: good Champagne.

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or years, Jeff Gerhardt has built custom bicycles for customers who want their frames just so — taking the knowledge he gained in his half-dozen years at Big Shark Bicycles to make a name for himself as FeCycles.

But now Gerhardt has a new business combining his love of bicycles with a much different product: coffee. His new retail spot, Cursed Bikes & Coffee (7401 Pershing Avenue, University City; 314-601-3136), isn’t just a coffee shop with a bike theme — it’s a true hybrid that combines coffee and pastries with bicycle sales and repairs in a casual cafe setting.

There’s nothing like it in St. Louis.

Gerhardt hopes the separate

concepts will feed traffic to each other.

“People will come in for coffee, and while they’re waiting for it, they’ll look around and think of their bikes,” Gerhardt explains.

“Maybe they need to have a bike repair, or they see what we have in stock” — with inventory that includes both bike accessories and actual bicycles. “Even the novelty of the two together may draw people to come check it out.”

To that end, there are three distinct areas in the sunny storefront, which sits at the corner of Pershing and Jackson in University City, just a few blocks from the Clayton border. There’s a coffee counter, where you can order drinks (the beans are from local Dubuque Coffee) and pastries (by Dottie’s Flour Shop and Pie in the Sky). There’s a second counter, with stools lining it, where you can linger with or without a drink in hand, watching as Gerhardt plies his trade. Or, you can grab a seat at a table or a big comfy chair and mingle with friends — or just read the paper.

A fourth option, sidewalk seating, will provide fresh air on nice days.

The shop’s name, Cursed, is a nod to the space’s history — as Gerhardt notes, “There’s been a lot of places here, and they’ve all failed.” The most recent tenant, a restaurant called Perjax, lasted just

a few weeks before its owner called it quits.

But it was that closure that got Gerhardt’s wheels spinning. He and his family, which includes three kids, live next door. Since his wife, Erin, had been pushing him to think about a physical space for his business, the unexpected opening seemed almost like a sign.

“I would have loved a good restaurant next door,” he says. But when suddenly there wasn’t one, he started to think about what he himself could do with the space.

“It took a lot of prodding from a lot of people.”

To keep the operation lean, Gerhardt did just about all renovations himself, building both counters from scratch, building stands to showcase the bikes and arranging everything just so. He intends to be on site himself as much as possible — another reason it’s great to live right next door.

“When you start a business, it runs your life,” he says. For now, that’s something he’s looking forward to. That and finally perhaps, breaking the building’s curse.

Cursed Bikes & Coffee opened its doors to the public on May 16.

It will be open Tuesday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. It’s closed on Mondays. riverfronttimes.com

p-Down Arcade Bar has been granted a liquor license for 405 N. Euclid Avenue in the Central West End, but both the details — and a possible appeal of that decision — are still in flux.

The city’s hearing officer, Tom Yarbrough, said he will take two weeks to survey the particular area and the concerns of the neighborhood, and will attach some conditions to the license.

But, he said, Up-Down has satisfied the city’s requirements and is good to serve alcohol.

The decision wasn’t without contention.

Yarbrough made his decision after a hearing May 17 that stretched nearly two hours, much longer than the fifteen-minute block of time scheduled for the case. Bystanders packed into the room included not just neighbors, who sought to block the license, but a host of supporters from other local businesses as well as residents who want to see the concept open.

Yarbrough based his decision strictly on one question: Had Up-Down’s owners gathered signatures from the two necessary groups mandated by city ordinances? (That’s 51 percent of homeowners and 51 percent of a combination of renters and business owners, for those keeping track at home.)

The totals came down to the wire. In both cases, Up-Down submitted petitions in excess of the requirements. But after the city completed its investigation, which involves everything from eliminating duplicates to knocking on doors to verify signatures, the Iowa-based chain only just made it over the finish line. It needed 69 signatures from tenants/business owners and got 70, and needed 41 signatures from property owners, and got 41. If opponents could knock out one homeowner’s signature, or two tenant/business signatures, all the bar’s efforts over the last three months would be for naught.

It fell to Liz Heller, the longtime Central West End resident leading the protest against the license, to

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Up-Down has earned raves in other cities, including Minneapolis (shown here). | DAVID HAYDEN take her best shot. But though Heller, who is also an attorney, raised numerous detailed objections, the bar’s lawyer, Albert Watkins, fought back, and Yarbrough ultimately overruled Heller on all of them. The signatures stood.

Up-Down, however, won’t be opening right away. Owner Josh Ivey says he basically stopped construction when it became clear the neighbors’ concerns might be enough to stop the project.

Now they’re looking at a matter of months before they can open their doors.

And their legal work might not be over, either. Reached by phone, Heller said she planned to work with the city to get conditions included in the license that make the bar more acceptable to neighbors. But she didn’t rule out an appeal — saying it may well make sense to ask for a hearing in the coming months that focuses more broadly on the neighbors’ concerns.

“We’ll certainly look at what the rules are in regards to an appeal of this decision,” she says. “We believe the officer disregarded clear evidence that people counted as signatures should not have been so.”

Watkins tells the RFT that his clients aim to do everything they can to render

an appeal unnecessary. “At the end of the day, they’re going to be neighbors,” he says. “They want a good relationship.”

But at the hearing, at least, Heller shot down the idea. “I’ve lived in the Central West End my whole life,” she said. “I know what’s best for this neighborhood. At the end of the day, Mr. Watkins goes back west — I guarantee he goes west of Skinker. But we will live and breathe the problems this business will bring on.”

The testiest exchange at the otherwise mostly technical hearing came between Heller and Up-Down’s landlord, Pete Rothschild, who was quoted in an RFT story about the controversy in March as saying, “These people belong in nursing homes, not the Central West End.” Heller brought up the comment, and Rothschild asked for the ability to respond.

“My wife Donna and I have our life savings invested in properties on those four corners,” he said, stressing that he wouldn’t do anything that harmed the neighborhood. “But if the orthopedic shoe fits, then you need to wear it.”

Rothschild also said he’d apologized for those remarks in a letter dated April 5.

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here’s so much history with Lemmons,” says Erna Grbic.

“It seems like everyone in St. Louis has been in this space.”

Each generation of St. Louisans may remember Lemmons differently, as the south city landmark reinvented itself multiple times over the years. Now its newest reinvention is nearly ready to show its face: After nearly three years of renovations, Lemmons by Grbic (5800 Gravois Ave., 314-899-9898) opens May 24 as a restaurant offering a menu of osnian in ected classics.

When the Grbic family, known for the city’s acclaimed Grbic Restaurant, purchased the building in 2014, they believed they were walking into a turnkey operation.

Perhaps a little perfectionism is at play, but just about the only thing that’s gone unchanged over the last three years are the classic

Gravois-facing signs. The once-dark — some might say dingy — dive is now bright, inviting and clean.

Renovations go far beyond the dining room with a brand new kitchen, upstairs (to be occupied by a law office and basement. The basement includes space for the Grbic family to butcher and cure meats as well as a special freezer directly below the bar. Promising the coldest beer in town, 27-degree brews ow directly to the twelve taps above.

In the restaurant space, some tables were hand-crafted by Ermin Grbic and others were imported from Sarajevo. St. Louis touches abound, including an Arch on the main set of doors, locally reclaimed wood and carved St. Louis sports symbols in the windows.

In addition to the new chapter for Lemmons, it’s a new chapter for the Grbic family. Father Sulejman was the driving force behind Grbic Restaurant, but children Erna, Ermin and Senada have largely taken the lead with Lemmons.

The menu, crafted by chef Senada Grbic, is described as “American cuisine with a Balkan fusion.”

It’s meant to provide a little something for everyone, with dishes representing both Lemmons’ history and the Grbic family’s roots.

For example, the burger. It’s a savory 50/50 blend of ground beef and beef bacon, topped with a Bosnian spiced-fried egg and provolone on a fresh bun from a local Bosnian bakery. It’s a play on Slater’s 50/50 ground beef/bacon burger, only for a crowd that doesn’t eat pork.

Lemmons’ previous chapter offered Black Thorn pizza. As a nod to that history, Senada has a line of atbreads available — one featuring the chicken her father serves at Grbic Restaurant, known as Babo’s Chicken.

Older generations may associate the space with fried chicken, as it was a staple at Lemmons from the 1950s through 1980s. After trying more than 100 recipes to test different avors and techni ues Senada landed on one with the help of a friend at the Billy Goat Chip Company. The fried chicken is served alongside carrot mashed potatoes with brown butter. Other offerings include fresh pasta, chicken and vegetable kabobs, Balkan pastries and a decadent freak shake featuring layer after layer of sweet delight.

Lemmons by Grbic opens its doors for the first time this ednesday, May 24, and will initially open for dinner from 4 p.m. until 11 p.m. or so. Expanded hours (and menu) to follow. riverfronttimes.com

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nn Wilson is wrong. There is no way around it. Just minutes into a recent conversation over the phone in advance of her performance in St. Louis, the long-time lead singer of Heart makes a statement that is just totally and completely inaccurate.

In response to a compliment of her singing abilities, she modestly demurs and says, “You know, I think that sometimes I’m better than others. But I really don’t feel comfortable going around saying ‘I am the greatest!’ when I’m not the Muhammad Ali of singers, for sure.”

The thing is, Wilson is the Muhammad Ali of singers. She’s the Serena Williams of singers.

She’s the Wayne Gretzky of singers.

In fact, her voice is so universally revered, so deeply treasured and historically important, that it would be fully appropriate to say that Muhammad Ali was the Ann Wilson of boxing. Wilson carries within her the standard to which all strong female singers are held. She is it; her voice is the ultimate. It’s the kind of voice that can’t be taught or even imitated without great effort. But for her, it seems at once powerful and effortless. A gift.

After much prodding, the voice behind legendary mega-hits such as “Barracuda,” “Alone” and “What bout ove finally concedes some innate skill. After all, she must be aware that her voice is irrefutably the greatest, because she has heard

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“I really don’t feel comfortable going around saying ‘I am the greatest’ when I’m not the Muhammad Ali of singers, for sure.” others sing and she is objectively better.

At the suggestion, Wilson laughs.

“Yeah, when I hear a lot of people sing, the complaint I have — and something that I take really seriously for my own self — is just not trying to be any way,” she explains. “Not trying to copy anything. Just being authentic, you know? Whatever it is that I sound like that day, hopefully it’s great and I can light it up with my spirit.”

Her spirit is something that she has had to rely on lately. Wilson is currently in a time of turmoil and adjustment. Heart, the groundbreaking band she has co-piloted with her sister Nancy Wilson since is on indefinite hiatus after a family dust-up. The story goes that Ann’s husband of two years, Dean Wetter, physically assaulted Nancy’s then-sixteen-year-old sons while Heart was on stage last August. Wetter was charged and pled guilty to two counts of assault.

His plea deal was strict: 364 days in jail suspended in favor of probation, with restitution to be paid, no contact with drugs or alcohol, zero contact with his nephews and required counseling. While the accusations were serious, Wilson has downplayed the assault in the press, insisting that the incident was “overblown” and something that could’ve been worked through in a family meeting without getting the police involved. (The tour did continue for twenty more gigs after the incident, with the sisters keeping separate dressing rooms and interaction at a minimum.) riverfronttimes.com

Wilson’s public defensiveness on behalf of her husband, though, set off alarm bells amongst longtime Heart fans. Wilson said that her husband was “complex” and a misunderstood “zen warrior” who was “provoked” into violence against the children. Many Heart followers thought that she seemed to apologize for Wetter just a bit too much, and were dismayed that she appeared to side with her husband over her sister and nephews.

We didn’t ask Wilson about her husband during our interview, but she brought him up multiple times.

She spoke of their relationship frequently, describing their time together as an innocently blissful and fruitful adventure. Wetter has been touring with Wilson, and when they’re on the road they live together on her bus. The pair stays at campgrounds instead of sleeping in hotels. ‘“The pressures of traveling are really offset by being out under the trees at night, and sitting outside and looking at the stars and the moon and everything after a show

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HEART-ACHE Continued from pg 85 out in the woods,” Wilson says.

“We can have ultimate freedom and we can look in each other’s eyes and just be all lovey-dovey and look at the moon. It’s blessed, you know, terribly.” And when they’re at home, home is now in Florida. They’ve moved away from Seattle, the physical and spiritual home of Heart.

“My husband is from Seattle, too, and he convinced me that it’s cold and wet and lonely up there, and it really is!” she says. “We wanted to go someplace warm with great weather, big water and, you know, make it happen. I don’t think people in Seattle think it’s true yet. I think they’re still thinking that I’ve taken leave of my senses and I’ll be back. But…” She trails off, implying that her near future is not to be based in the soggy acific northwest. This more than anything, makes fans think that Heart is well and truly over. For her part, Wilson is moving full steam ahead and has given no indication that she’s counting on a business reconciliation with her sister. Wilson is touring on her own, finishing songs for an upcoming and has booked a series of show dates where she sings not only Heart songs but also cover songs (which are all greatly improved by her voice, no doubt). And though it appears as though Wilson is in the middle of a struggle between her marriage unit and her family unit, she is still driven and productive.

Sometime soon she might have to do the unthinkable: choose between Heart and her heart. But for now, she is resilient and always eager to perform, even under stress.

“When you have hard things happen in your personal life and then you go up on stage, you know, you get through it,” she says. “Sometimes that can bring really amazing, soulful things, and sometimes it’s just living hell.

Because you really want to be in the moment on stage, and you don’t want to be fretting about something else — you have to be present. So thank goodness those times don’t happen often, but when they do, there’s almost nothing harder.”

And maybe these hard times will serve to inspire something even bigger for Wilson. As she said in her Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction speech in 2013, “Aren’t the sweetest parts of music sometimes about what’s wrong?”

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here’s a fair chance that Joe Thebeau has been playing his brand of nervy, powerpop-inflected rock & roll longer than you’ve been alive. As the lead singer and guitarist of the Finns, Thebeau led that band to the upper echelons of local and regional success, marrying some Cheap Trick grandeur with more of-the-moment excursions into experimentation and dissonance.

“I was eighteen or nineteen years old when I started playing, and started writing songs at nineteen and twenty. To me, that was always the appeal — ‘Hey, we could do our own instead,’” says Thebeau, who will turn 51 this year. “When you’re eighteen and nineteen years old in cover bands, you’re gonna be doing the KSHE cover list, and that’s only fun for a little while. Then you start wanting to carry a notebook around.”

After the Finns disbanded in the mid-1990s, Thebeau used the similarly named Finn’s Motel as his creative outlet. His last release was the 2006 album Escape Velocity, and while Thebeau has played alongside other bands and artists, Finn’s Motel has been mostly relegated to his home studio in Affton, Missouri.

Eleven years after its last record, however, Finn’s Motel is set to re-enter the atmosphere in a big way; its new LP Jupiter Rex has a release show this week, and Thebeau has another full-length and an EP of material he hopes to release in 2017. It’s a serious case of feast or famine for one of St. Louis’ most gifted and devoted disciples of curious and exploratory rock & roll.

Thebeau estimates that, if things go as planned, Finn’s Motel will release more than 30 songs this year.

In apportioning them for individual releases, he began sorting these songs — some of which are more than ten years old — into thematic groups. For Jupiter Rex, Thebeau looked to the history of air travel and Greek mythology for inspiration.

“In the earliest days of airline travel, if you crossed the e uator you were given a special certificate signed by the pilot and by the crew to say that you had entered into the realm of Jupiter Rex, which meant that you were in a special club for having crossed that line,” he says. “Not a lot of people had done it.” The album’s cover art borrows an old an m certificate harkening back to a time when continental travel felt like a lordly enterprise. And while Thebeau has long been fascinated with movement and travel, the album’s thrust has more to do with boundaries that are less clearly defined.

“A lot of the lyrical themes are about crossing lines, and they’re not always lines that are just geographic lines — temptation within relationships, things you’re not supposed to do,” Thebeau says. “One of the tunes, ‘Icing the Equator,’ I stole that from an alternate title that Henry Miller had for Tropic of Cancer, which is also about crossing a geographical latitude line. It all

sort of swarms together — you start toying around with words and certain language, and you almost build a certain lexicon.” rom the first rumble of opening track “ rounded it’s clear that neither the band nor its members have settled into middle-aged boredom. Galloping bongos and fuzz-bombed bass attend quick and crunchy guitar bursts. A number of these songs get in and out with a Guided By Voices-esque quickness; Robert Pollard himself should be jealous he didn’t coin the title to “Drinking Wine at Beer Speed,” one of the album’s punchiest moments. But perhaps in keeping with a re ective songwriter given to big picture musings — Thebeau received his degree in philosophy a few years ago — the most striking moments on the album are the quietest and most ruminative.

Thebeau notes that he turned 40 when Escape Velocity was released and 50 when he wrapped this new album; when asked how he views the breadth of a 30-year career in songwriting, he simultaneously demurs while defending the primacy of his current output.

“I tend to only think about it when people bug me about it; people that used to come see us play, occasionally I’ll get messages about it, saying, ‘So, when are you doing another [Finns] reunion thing?’ And I think, geez, I don’t need a reunion thing; I’ve got this thing!

It’s coming out in May! “I don’t feel like I write all that differently than I did before,” Thebeau continues. “Early on, I would focus in on a certain musical style a lot harder. The first inns record was supposed to be a power-pop type of thing, and the second one we lost our minds on U2 and R.E.M., and the third one was back to being a Cheap Trickinspired thing. All those overly tight focuses, none of that worked in the commercial world — after that, I decided I wasn’t gonna worry about it anymore. On Jupiter Rex, there is every different type of whatever thing ies through my ear. I indulge every single muse.

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As founder of the Wilco-inspired (in name, if not often much else) band American Aquarium, BJ Barham wears his alt-country bona fides proudly.

The genre, at its best, has always focused on songs, often drawn from the bittersweet stories of the American Midwest and South, which is precisely the Tarheel’s target on last year’s solo debut Rockingham. Often as stark and

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TUESDAY 30 ANIMALS AS LEADERS: w/ Veil of Maya, Alluvial 8 p.m., $25-$28. The Ready Room, 4195 Manchester Ave, St. Louis, 314-833-3929.

BLIND WILLIE & THE BROADWAY COLLECTIVE: 9 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222.

JAMAICA LIVE TUESDAYS: w/ Ital K, Mr. Roots, DJ Witz, $5/$10. Elmo’s Love Lounge, 7828 Olive Blvd, University City, 314-282-5561.

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

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William Michael Griffin, better known to the world as Rakim, is one of the greatest MCs ever to hold a mic. There’s nothing even remotely controversial about that claim. Having started his prodigious career in the mid-’80s, Rakim is, at this point, your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper’s favorite rapper. With his work alongside DJ Eric B., Rakim was one of hip-hop’s finest golden era acts — and one of the artists most responsible for defining

what a real MC even is. Eschewing the simplistic, high-energy rhyme schemes of his peers, Rakim built a name for himself on a relaxed flow filled with internal and multi-syllabic rhymes.

If lesser MCs were telling limericks, Rakim laid down pure poetry.

Reunited and It Feels So Good: After 23 years apart, Rakim and Eric B. announced in October that they were working together again. Though the latter will not appear at this show, future reunion tours and perhaps even a new album seem very likely.

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BRANTLEY GILBERT: Sat., Sept. 16, 7 p.m., TBA.

Scarlet Summer 7 p.m., $10. The Firebird, 2706

Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, I-70 & Earth City

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

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Smino 8 p.m. Sunday, May 28.

It’s hard not to feel a touch of hometown pride as St. Louis native Smino’s star continues to rise. The Chicago-based hip-hop artist, born Christopher Smith Jr. to a musical family, has been a talent to watch since he released a pair of hotly tipped EPs, but this year’s full-length blkswn shows his talents in Technicolor hues. His vibe can shift

from syrupy to Soulquarian, and on a track like “Spitshine” he’s able to move between quick-hit verses and dreamy falsetto against a bed of heavy bass and stuttering electric piano.

No Sleep, Ever: Smino will be joined by several of his Zero Fatigue crew, including fellow St. Louis native Bari Allen; local heads will remember the pair’s duo act Young Dumb and Out of Control.

—Christian Schaeffer

CUT UP: W/ Breakmouth Annie, The Mondales,

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Mon., June 12, 8 p.m., $8-$10. Fubar, 3108 Locust St,

MOJO CRAFT BEER AND MUSIC FESTIVAL: W/ Story of

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the Year, P.O.D., Unwritten Law, the Orwells, Lucky

DESERT NOISES: Wed., Aug. 23, 8 p.m., $10-$12. Off

Boys Confusion, Joe Dirt and the Dirty Boys Band,

Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-3363,

Sat., Aug. 19, 1 p.m., $55. Jefferson Barracks Park,

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DREW HOLCOMB AND THE NEIGHBORS: Wed., Sept.

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13, 8 p.m., $20-$25. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar

PENNY AND SPARROW: Tue., Oct. 17, 8 p.m., $15. Old

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

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

DROIDS ATTACK: W/ Sumokem, Path of Might,

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Venomous Maxomum, Spacetrucker, Sun., July 2, 7

POPTONE: Wed., July 26, 8 p.m., $30-$35. Delmar

p.m., $12. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-

Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161,

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THE FORMER ME: W/ Ashland, Isabella, Strikes

Louis, 314-436-8889, themarqueestl.com.

Back, Skyline In Ruins, Sat., July 22, 7 p.m., $7. The

S.L.U.M. FEST 2017: W/ Indiana Rome, Ackurate,

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

Tank the Machine, Kendall Davidson, Graphic

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Nature MC’s, Man of Destiny, P.R.E.A.C.H., Frost

GLENN JONES: W/ Dubb Nubb, Sun., July 9, 7 p.m.,

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$8. Foam Coffee & Beer, 3359 Jefferson Ave., St.

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BY DAN SAVAGE Hey, Dan: I have two female sex partners who want to be breath-play dominated. I know the practice is dangerous, and I employ the rules of consent and communication a pro-Dom escort friend taught me. But is there a legal release document we could sign that protects consenting adults in the event of an accident or death?

Ruminating About Consensual Kinks Restricting someone’s air intake is always dangerous, RACK, and while we all too often hear about people dying during solo breath play, a.k.a. “auto-erotic asphyxiation” (an activity no one should engage in ever), we rarely hear about someone dying during partnered breath play. (I recently discussed partnered breath play with Amp from Watts the Safeword, a kink-friendly sex-ed YouTube channel. Look up Episode 533 at savagelovecast.com.)

That said, RACK, someone can’t consent to being strangled to death by accident.

“The lawyers in my office discussed this, and we agree that there is no way to ‘waive’ or ‘consent to’ criminal negligence resulting in substantial bodily harm or death,” said Brad Meryhew, a criminal-defense attorney who practices in Seattle. “I don’t think you’ll find any lawyer who would draft such an agreement. Even if an agreement were executed, it is not going to constitute a complete defense if something goes wrong. There are principles of criminal liability for the consequences of our decisions, as well as public-policy

concerns about people engaging in extremely dangerous behaviors, that make it impossible to just walk away if something goes wrong.” Another concern: Signing such a document could make breath play more dangerous, not less. “A person who had such a waiver might be tempted to push the boundaries even further,” said Meryhew.

And now the pro-Dom perspective…

“As consenting adults, we assume the risks involved in this type of kink,” said Mistress A Elena, a professional Dominant. “But if you harm your partner or they become scared, shamed, shocked or, even worse, gravely injured, it’s the Dom’s problem. At any time, the submissive can change their mind. Some cases have been classified as ‘rape’ or ‘torture’ afterward, even though consent was initially given. It’s our job as Dominants/Tops/Leads to make sure everyone is safe, consenting and capable.”

Hey, Dan: I’m a 32-year-old guy, my gal is 34, and we’ve been together for two years. Every time we get it on or she goes down on me (though not when I eat her out), my mind wanders to fantasies involving porno chicks, exes or local baristas. A certain amount of this is normal, but I’m concerned that this now happens every time. When I’m about to come, I shift my mind back to my partner and we have a hot climax, but I feel guilty. Advice?

Guilty Over Nebulous Ecstasy As is often the case, GONE, the solution to your problem is right there in your letter. You’re able to “shift [your] mind” back to your partner when you’re about to come, and when you eat her out, your mind doesn’t wander at all. My advice: Make the shift earlier/often and engage

in more activities that force you to focus (like eating her out). Problem solved.

Hey, Dan: My college girlfriend and I were together for four years. The relationship ended ten years ago when she cheated on me. She did eventually marry the guy, so, hey, good for them.

She recently gave birth to a boy. She gave her son my name as his middle name. Nobody in either family has this name and it isn’t an especially common name. I’ve asked dozens of people with kids, and nobody can think of a reason why a person would give their child a name anywhere close to an ex’s name.

Thoughts?

Nobody’s Answers Make Effing Sense Maybe your college girlfriend remembers you a little too fondly. Maybe a family friend had the same name.

Maybe she met someone else with your name in the last ten years, and she and her husband had a few threesomes with that guy, and she remembers those fondly. Maybe you’ll run into her someday and she’ll tell you the real reason. Now here are a few definitelys to balance out all those maybes, NAMES: This is definitely none of your business and you definitely can’t do anything about it — people can definitely give their children whatever names they want — and there’s definitely no use in stressing out about it.

Hey, Dan: I’ve been reading your column forever, and your response to CLIF (the guy whose wife could no longer orgasm from PIV sex after having a child) is the first time I’ve felt the need to gripe about your advice. My wife was also the “Look, ma, no hands!” type, and it was amazing to be able to look into her eyes as we

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came together. But after a uterine cyst followed by a hysterectomy, something changed and that came to an end. It was a pretty hard hit for us sexually and emotionally. Things have gotten much better, but I’d be lying if I said we didn’t occasionally talk wistfully about that time in our relationship. I can empathize with what CLIF is going through. When we went through this, we did research and spoke with doctors wondering the same thing: Is there some way to reclaim that PIV-and-her-orgasms connection? We even thought of writing you, the wise guru of all things sex, but am I glad we didn’t. In response to CLIF asking for some fairly simple advice, you bluntly said that it’s not a problem that she can’t come from PIV sex. You ignored the fact that up until fairly recently, she could.

Then you suggest that, because he hasn’t mastered the subtle art of acronyms, he might be a shitty lover whose wife has been faking orgasms for years and is just tired of it. Dick move, Dan. A Callous Response Only Negates Your Motivation You’re right, ACRONYM, my response to CLIF was too harsh. But as you discovered, there wasn’t a way for you and your wife to reclaim that PIV-and-herorgasms connection. So CLIF would do well to take Dr. Gunter’s advice and embrace how his wife’s body works now and not waste too much time grieving over how her body/PIV orgasms used to work then.

Listen to Dan’s podcast at savagelovecast.com. mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage on Twitter ITMFA.org

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