Ann Lemons Pollack
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Courtesy Diner: Breakfast
I think I'll start an argument. I think the slinger at Courtesy is the best in town. I wrote about that, and more, here at the Dining blog of St. Louis Magazine.
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The Winter’s Tale
The Winter's Tale has it all, drama, tragedy, comedy. This year's presentation of Shakespeare Festival ST. Louis puts this lesser-known work out for all to see – and enjoy. As with much of his work, there's a certain amount of suspended disbelief necessary, but give it that, and you're good to go. Leontes, King of
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Gado Gado Salad
The visiting vegetarians always are a challenge to cook for. I like it, certainly, especially I cook far less than I used to, so when I come across something that seems like it would work, I bookmark it for later. I found this via Leite’s Culinaria http://leitesculinaria.com/, where it was titled “Healthy Gado Gado Salad”.
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The Grapes of Wrath
If you are – relatively – new to opera, you, in particular, need to see The Grapes of Wrath. It will change and inform your perspective for a long time, possibly even permanently. This is a revised, shortened version of the opera that debuted in 2007. Composer Ricky Ian Gordon and librettist Michael Korie also
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Crossin’ Over
Crossin’ Over closes the Black Rep’s fortieth anniversary season. Created by the company’s founder and producing director Ron Himes and Charles Creath, it first appeared in the autumn of 2005. Described as “a musical with a measure of silent rebellion”, it’s a series of musical suites. Himes directed and Creath is the musical director as
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Flashback: Cafe de France
Classic French food in an elegant room in downtown St. Louis: That was Cafe de France. The city deserved that food. It needed that food. And Marcel and Monique Keraval made sure we got it. After I married my husband as he recovered from a life-threatening illness, it was where he chose for us to go
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Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly has returned to Opera Theatre of St. Louis. Is it a warhorse or a classic? It’s the sixth most-performed opera in the world, according to the website Operabase, which keeps track of these things. It’s also been lambasted as racist and sexist, and even now, there are serious efforts to re-think it, as shown
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First Impressions
What a romp they’re doing at Slightly AskewTheatre Ensemble. First Impressions is a take on Jane Austen’s classic Pride and Prejudice. It’s close to madcap, switching back and forth from scenes from the book to actors breaking the fourth wall to speak directly to the audience about their own (and others’) experiences with the book.
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A Human Being Died That Night
A friend of mine (you know who you are) once went to a theatrical performance in Israel. It was an Irish play about the Troubles, those violent difficulties between Catholics and Protestants that have only in recent years halted. One hopes they’ve stopped rather than paused, certainly. At intermission in this country where buses get
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4000 Miles
4000 Miles opened last week at The New Jewish Theatre. It’s the story of an old New York radical whose 22-year-old grandson comes to crash at her apartment for a while. This all sounds warm and cozy, of course. But while it doesn’t fall into the realm of pathology, it’s very realistic in that things