Culture Articles
The City Museum: St. Louis' answer for the inner child in everyone
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There's something magical brewing behind sculpted serpents guarding the gates of 701 N. 15th Street in downtown St. Louis. It's a place where kids can go nuts and where adults can pretend they're kids again. A former shoe factory now houses the ultimate interactive art-playground experience - the City Museum.
Atomic Cowboy hosts art students' "eleven"
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A flier with a young Arnold Schwarzenegger flexing his Mr. Universe frame attracted the attention of 11 students, who, in turn, signed up for The Photographic Body. Little did those students know, the course would turn into, for many, their first professional photography exhibit.
Gorloks show off break dancing skills
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The '80s have been making a comeback recently, and fashion isn't the only outlet open to the revival. Break dancing is also regaining popularity. Webster has responded to the spike in interest by forming a break dancing club. The club was approved by SGA this semester, although students were meeting on a weekly basis last semester practicing their moves and teaching others in the University Center (UC).
Students for Gender Equality tries to raise awareness
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In today's public arena, women's issues are frequently discussed. Topics like abortion, politics and equality of women in the workplace are common conversations. Even today, there are groups that believe that gender equality is still unevenly balanced. Students for Gender Equality (SFGE) is one of those groups, but with a focus that mostly concerns college students.
Good music you're not listening to...The Decemberists
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It isn't often that you can find accordions in pop music. Aside from the occasional polka at a Polish wedding in a VFW hall in Detroit, I don't think I've seen an accordion used by a band. One upstart group from Portland, Ore., uses this oft-maligned instrument to the immense pleasure of the listener.
Reality, sexual lines blurred in "Dreamers"
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In his latest film, "The Dreamers," director Bernardo Bertolucci offers a lush, surprisingly politically aware and bizarrely sexual portrait of three youths in 1968 Paris that is similar to his 1996 foray into sexual awakening, "Stealing Beauty." Like a postcard from the era of the great New Wave directors-François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville-"The Dreamers" puts us inside the smoky theatres of the Cinematheque, where we first meet Matthew, an American, and follow him into the strange but alluring world of twins Isabelle and Theo.
