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21. Night & Day

    Eileen Favorite

    Published: January 16, 2008

    Author of The Heroines discusses and signs copies of her novel about a bed & breakfast where the heroines of world literature hang out when the plot becomes too thick. ...

22. Night & Day

    Berlin Story

    By Paul Friswold

    Published: January 16, 2008

    History is purportedly written by the winners, but the anonymous author of A Woman in Berlin would beg to differ. In April of 1945, the Russian army doggedly fought its way...

23. Night & Day

    Let's Go Ride a Bike

    By Nicole Beckert

    Published: January 16, 2008

    Although St. Louis isn't as bicycle-friendly as some other cities, that doesn't mean it isn't high time for more of our streets to be striped with bike lanes — and for...

24. Night & Day

    Go, Dog. Go!

    By Ms. Day

    Published: January 16, 2008

    Ms. Day is a known friend to all dogs, and she loves them and their ways almost unconditionally. But let's face it: Even the best pups have faults. They drink from toilets and...

25. Night & Day

    Opera to the Power of Four

    By Alison Sieloff

    Published: January 16, 2008

    You've happened to awake from your winter slumber in Webster University's Moore Auditorium (470 East Lockwood Avenue; 314-968-7128). It's 7 p.m. on Friday night (January 25),...

26. Night & Day

    Saving Grace

    By Alison Sieloff

    Published: January 16, 2008

    St. Louis is a city with plenty to salvage, and it's nice to see some of our old treasures being used in new ways. The City Museum (701 North 15th Street; 314-231-2489 or...

27. Night & Day

    Get Inline

    By Alison Sieloff

    Published: January 16, 2008

    The Professional Inline Hockey Association-Gateway Division kicked off its second season in December, and you still haven't checked out the sport! Shame on you! You have no...

28. Night & Day

    Train in Vain

    By Paul Friswold

    Published: January 16, 2008

    Is it something as momentous as a rite of passage, or is it nothing more than a fleeting escape from the monotony of small-town life during the Great Depression? Racing the...

29. Night & Day

    Raise a Glass

    By Anna Teekell Hays

    Published: January 16, 2008

    "From Glasgow to the Hebrides, when Scottish bagpipes wail/And drummers drum for Robert Burns, 'tis time to drink Scotch Ale." The opening lines of Tom Schlafly's ode to the...

30. Night & Day

    Murder Was the Case

    By Amy George

    Published: January 16, 2008

    There are some things we'd like to believe no longer have a place in our world, and hate crimes probably top that list. It takes someone strong to confront these horrors and to...

31. Night & Day

    The Other Newsworthy 40

    By Alison Sieloff

    Published: January 16, 2008

    Powell Symphony Hall (718 North Grand Boulevard) opened in 1925 as the St. Louis Theatre, a vaudeville and cinema space, and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra didn't move into...

32. Night & Day

    Old is the New New

    By Paul Friswold

    Published: January 16, 2008

    No offense, but you have a lot of old crap sitting around the house. Maybe you could get rid of — no? How 'bout you at least spruce it up? Scott Hepper can help you find...

33. Night & Day

    Maybe Ask St. Anthony?

    By Paul Friswold

    Published: January 16, 2008

    The gold mine once belonged to the Apaches. Or it was owned and operated by the Peralta family. Many say it was discovered by a German immigrant, either Jacob Waltz or Jacob...

34. Night & Day

    Turangalîla-philia

    By Paul Friswold

    Published: January 16, 2008

    Olivier Messiaen's Turangalîla Symphony appropriates structural concepts and sounds from Indian music, ancient Greek rhythms, gamelan orchestras and the composer's...

35. Night & Day

    Breasts in Show

    By Jeanette Kozlowski

    Published: January 16, 2008

    The ritualistic Mardi Gras flesh dance of the plastic-bead collectors will begin this year with something, shall we say, titillating. What could match Soulard's annual...

36. Night & Day

    Food (and Drink) for Thought

    By Jeanette Kozlowski

    Published: January 16, 2008

    Refrigerating malbec, sloshing it in a martini glass and matching it with pre-sliced American cheese are certainly forgivable sins. Forgivable, yes, but never forgotten: There...

37. Night & Day

    The Italian Job

    By Paul Friswold

    Published: January 16, 2008

    Pantalone is old, wealthy and miserly. He wishes to marry his daughter to a high-class, wealthy man, because he's an advocate of the whole "rich-get-richer" philosophy. Of...

38. Night & Day

    Feelin' Hot, Hot

    And, well, hot

    By Alison Sieloff

    Published: January 16, 2008

    Your heating bill has been a little high this winter, hasn't it? Well, that's what happens when you keep turning up the thermostat every five minutes to get your furnace to...

39. News Real

    Sacred Garbage?

    Native Americans trash plans to expand a sprawling Illinois landfill.

    By Keegan Hamilton

    Published: January 16, 2008

    Kathy Andria steers her white Geo sedan down the gravel road that skirts the Milam Landfill in south Madison County. She pulls up next to a couple who are hunched behind a...

40. Unreal

    Speed Bumps

    Unreal narrowly averts Car-mageddon, dispels a Brad Pitt rumor and gets some berry good news about vino.

    Published: January 16, 2008

    This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions." "What do you mean, 'biblical'?" "He means 'Old Testament,' Mr. Mayor. Real wrath-of-God type stuff." "Fire and...