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Tony La Russa stops in at Jazz at the Bistro to catch Christian McBride and “Inside Straight”

Deb Peterson — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:09:06 +0000

from left: Standford Chase, Tony La Russa, Christian McBride

ANOTHER KIND OF SWING FOR LA RUSSA: During the last part of the second set at Jazz at the Bistro on Thursday night, while the faithful were swinging to Christian McBride and his…

Even though he died in 2000, Herbie Balaban is more popular than ever as he spawns a second namesake restaurant

Deb Peterson — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:29:26 +0000

A TOUCH OF THE BALABAN: We can’t help but wonder what Herbie Balaban would think. The name - or, rather, names — of the beloved local restaurateur, who died in Chicago in 2000, now graces a second restaurant.

What Herbie Balaban…

Local icons named to select group in Academy of Missouri Squires

Deb Peterson — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:03:08 +0000

MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS: St. Louis attorney, civil rights pioneer and nonagenarian, Frankie Freeman, and “Voice of the Cardinals” Mike Shannon are two new, local members of the Academy of Missouri Squires.

Gov. Jay Nixon and his wife, Georganne Wheeler Nixon, hosted a lunch…

SLSO communications director, Adam Crane, to be honored by the National Alliance on Mental Illness

Deb Peterson — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:14:34 +0000

from left: Steve Lopez, Adam Crane, Nathaniel Ayers

ERASING THE STIGMA: Adam Crane, communications director for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, will be honored Saturday night with the President’s Award from the St. Louis chapter of the National Alliance on Mental…

St. Louis Zoo gives four major awards to local supporters and a conservancy group in Kenya

Deb Peterson — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:06:26 +0000

ZOO KNEW: The Coovert Foundation, Wells Fargo Advisors, St. Louis businessman Jay Henges and Ian Craig of the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, were presented with major awards from the St. Louis Zoo at the zoo’s recent Marlin Perkins Society dinner at the Ritz Carlton.

Henges got…

David Siteman Garland and Dr. Marcie Epstein hear wedding bells

Deb Peterson — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:52:15 +0000

RINGED: Dr. Marcie Epstein and David Siteman Garland, founder and host of a business shows that’s broadcast online and on television, were ringed on Saturday night when Garland popped the question while surrounded by 50 dozen roses, rose petals, a chocolate…

Dance director and motorcycle enthusiast wed in Jamaica

Deb Peterson — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:35:19 +0000

WEDDING BELLS, MON: Kacy Voskuil, owner and artistic director of the St. Louis Academy of Dance in Olivette, and her beau, Jeremy Stagner, had one of those romantic destination weddings and came back to town to whoop it up with…

New City School holds 40th anniversary celebration

Deb Peterson — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:03:25 +0000

NEW CITY HURRAH: When New City School marked its 40th anniversary on Friday night with a Founders’ Scholarship Celebration, Thomas Hoerr, head of the school, said it marked New City’s “coming of age” and evolution from a social and cultural…

Lester Miller drops about $100,000 at auction of some of Madoff possessions

Deb Peterson — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:09:30 +0000

LES LIKELY: The closest our town might come to having a Bernard Madoff-like character is Lester Miller. Not the swindling part, but the big-spending, larger-than-life part.

So it’s only fitting that Miller, owner of Lester’s Sports Bar and Grill and the…

Cape Girardeau cutie makes it into the top five in the Victoria’s Secret competition

Deb Peterson — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:05:19 +0000

Allison Turner

TIME FOR TURNER: Ali Turner of Cape Girardeau made it into the top five today in the Victoria’s Secret model competition leading up to a Dec. 1 fashion show that will be nationally televised on CBS.

Turner, who is using her full name, Allison,…