Ann Lemons Pollack
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Yia Yia’s Euro Cafe Brunch
This is the year’s high brunch season. It technically began at Easter, but will b e followed by Mother’s Day, various graduations, Fathers Day, and the wedding season, when dozens of out-of-towne guests yearn for coffee nd eggs and no mostaccioli in giant buffet pans. (This is not the venue in which to discuss the
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Taste by Niche
Niche-the-Original, as we now may need to refer to the Mother Ship, always has seemed pleasantly New York-y to us. The color, the lighting – about the only thing that made us think we weren’t in some dining room on West 75th Street was that the tables were sufficiently far apart. Now, Taste by
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The Most Dangerous Man in America
Daniel Ellsberg helped start the Vietnam war, then realized the horror he had created and helped end it. His story is told powerfully in "The Most Dangerous Man in America," a stylish documentary that opens today. And in one frightening scene after another, without saying a word or pointing a finger, it illustrates exactly how
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A Prophet
Prison movies can be just another style of horror film, and through punishment and agony, a rigid caste system and some exciting acting, "A Prophet" scores on every level. A French film about a Frenchman of Arab descent in a French prison, it won the grand prize at the Cannes Film Festival a year ago.
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Neil Young Trunk Show
Decisions on concert movies are the easiest to make for a movie-goer. If you like the group, you'll want to see the movie. After all, you know the kind of music you'll get, and it's cheaper than a concert, though the fidelity of the sound may disappoint. If you don't like the group, wild horses,
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A Few Thoughts
"Spring can really hang you up the most," wrote Fran Landesman and Tommy Wolf, and "Younger than springtime," said Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. We're solidly into the season now, with flowers budding and weeds sprouting, and there's a great deal going on to interest readers of St. Louis Eats. For example — we
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2010 Farmers’ Markets
Farmers markets are one of the best things to happen to St. Louis eaters since the invention of the ice cream cone. We've decided to keep a schedule of the area's markets at the top of St. Louis Eats. We hope this will make it an easy reference for both you and us. As we
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Five Guys Named Moe
Two-tone wingtip shoes were only the beginning. The flash and dash that make "Five Guys Named Moe" a joyous evening extended from there through the costumes to lights and set, gained momentum from Charles Creath's talented quartet and rolled through the evening with six talented performers and the vibrant music and lyrics of Louis Jordan.
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Chloe
If sex sells, as some maintain, "Chloe" should be a real blockbuster of a movie. The slick tale of a woman who hires a "professional escort" to do a little chick-check of her husband's fidelity stars Julianne Moore as the jealous wife, Liam Neeson as her flirtatious husband, Max Thieriot as their son and Amanda
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Greenberg
Ben Stiller is a talented actor. Noah Baumbach ("The Squid and the Whale") is a talented writer and director. But the two of them now have combined to create one of the most disagreeable, unpleasant and irritating leading men I've ever seen. I don't walk out on movies or plays. It's my job to see