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My Father's Day present

Country Mouse
By Donna Korando, Beacon Staff

I opened an email from a sender whose address I didn't recognize, and got a message I'll long cherish.

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Turning Hi-Pointe

Lens: June 2008
By Cliff Froehlich
Last Updated ( Thursday, 12 June 2008 )

It's coming back, it's really coming back. Brian Ross, a St. Louis native, is moving back from Chicago to revive the Hi-Pointe Theatre with a combination of commercial and art films.

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Factory girl

Lens: June 2008
By Robert Hunt
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 11 June 2008 )

The first movie star, Florence Lawrence, had one of the first celebrity appearances in St. Louis to prove she hadn't died.

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Journalism at the crossroads

Editor's Hotseat
By Margaret Wolf Freivogel, Beacon Editor
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 11 June 2008 )

Two recent happenings mark the contradictory paths that journalism is on these days. What's clear is that even more drastic changes are in store for news coverage, which is to say the way we find out what's going on around town and around the world.

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Carried away

Lens: June 2008
By Chris Clark
Last Updated ( Thursday, 05 June 2008 )

Hey, guys, give "Sex and the City" a shot. Here's a guy who saw it and not only survived but liked it, he really liked it.

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Woody, take two

Lens: June 2008
By Robert Hunt
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 04 June 2008 )

What are the best and worst Woody Allen films? And yes, the director has made some duds, but some of his work is perfection plus.

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St. Louis fantasy baseball firm tosses shutout vs. MLB

Law Scoop
By William Freivogel
Last Updated ( Monday, 02 June 2008 )

The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to review a case where a St. Louis fantasy baseball company got court approval to use the names, bios and stats of Major League Baseball players without paying Major League Baseball or the players.

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Go ahead. Make my day.

Lens: June 2008
By Robert Hunt
Last Updated ( Monday, 02 June 2008 )

Clint Eastwood interview shows that the tough guy would only shoot at someone who's ready to shoot back -- not at animals.

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Lessons from the West Lake Landfill

Editor's Hotseat
By Margaret Wolf Freivogel, Beacon Editor
Last Updated ( Friday, 30 May 2008 )

I'm always a little nostalgic when the decades-old story about radioactive waste in the West Lake Landfill pops back into the news - nostalgic and nervous.

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Double feature

Lens: May 2008
By Robert Hunt
Last Updated ( Friday, 30 May 2008 )

You might want to stop your TiVo before it picks up "Wicked, Wicked."

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