St. Pat’s Day Always Has Special Meaning

By Tom Anselm

This Saturday will be the official 40th anniversary of inarguably the most significant event of my life. March 17, St. Patrick’s Day, was the day I met my lovely wife Jill.  A lass of the Quinn clan, sure and she stole my heart away, that night and ever since.  But enough about this Austro-Hungarian kids Irish luck.

by Sandra Olmsted

Most adults, at one time or another, have wished to run away and return to a simpler life, especially in tough times.  As director David Wain’s movie Wanderlust starts, one gets the impression that it will offer some insight and laughs on that dream of escape from the problems such as job loss, financial ruin, and lack of direction.  Unfortunately, Wain and his co-screenwriter Ken Marino seem to believe that the audience is so stupid and hard up for sensationalized cursing and sexless nudity that these filmmakers can fill the screen with little that is funny or affecting.

By Maggie Scott

Are residents who still have St. Louis Baseball Cardinals fever after seeing their hometown team win the 2011 World Series will now be able to view and have their photo taken with the team’s championship trophy at St. Louis Mills on Tuesday, Feb.  28.  It will be on display at the U.S. Cellular store inside of St. Louis Mills, 5555 St. Louis Mills Boulevard, in Hazelwood from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

By Maggie Scott

With the popularity of TV shows like “America’s Got Talent,” “The X-Factor” and “Sing-Off,” it’s inevitable that someone like Todd Graff, with two other music competition-themed films to his credit (Camp and Bandslam) would decide to make a movie based on L.A.’s annual How Sweet the Sound Gospel Competition.

Something for everyone?  That is surely hard to find, but Hawthorne Players have just announced their 2012 season at the Florissant Civic Center, and it looks like there just might be something everyone will enjoy.