The Commonspace > June 2001

Church and State:
By Amanda E. Doyle
Young'un on Board
Michael McMillan is still the youngest member of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen, five years after his election >>

Games:
By Michael Renner
Softball Makes Hard Sense
Dave Difani hits a home run with the Black Thorn League >>

Expatriates:
By Kristin Baird Rattini
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
A once-reluctant St. Louisan copes with the parched earth and omnipresent slots of Reno, Nevada >>

Communities:
By Amanda E. Doyle
Senior Moments
Sharing their life stories is all a part of the day at the Grand Oakhill Community Center's senior program >>

From the Source:
By Lara Granich
Justice and a Paycheck
A coalition of labor unions, churches and community groups seeks Jobs with Justice >>

It's All Happening:
By Thomas Crone
June Events: Musts to See, Do and Hear
Heating up with hot tickets and cool places to be in the warm month of June >>

Young Minds:
By Jeanne Boland
Building Community from Behind a Counter
The College School's seventh graders learn the ingredients of smoothies, good customer service and how a city works >>

The Ordinary Eye:
By Thomas Crone
Local Color
Alleys provide an odd, backwards glance at our town's style >>

Elsewhere:
By Joy White
Lessons from the Twins' Cities
From cars to the cost of living, St. Louis ain't like Oakland, as Joy found out and Joy II will come to know >>

Sights and Sounds:
By Thomas Crone
Been There, Done That
A compendium of readings, events and other assorted stuff of recent vintage >>

Media Shoegaze:
By R. Emmett McAuliffe, Jr.
Talk Radio
On KMOX's wee hours shift, the "interesting" callers come out when the sun goes down >>

A Day's Work:
By Lauren Gofney
Just the (Natural) Facts
After hours and behind the scenes at the coolest deli in town >>

From the Editor:
By Amanda E. Doyle
Welcome to the Tram of the Renaissance
Will Vince Schoemehl's plan get Grand Center back on track? >>