2014 April

From Damascus to Damas

Middle Eastern restaurant Damas opened in Woodland Plaza (south-side Busch’s) in February. The turnover from Biwako Sushi was quick: “We bought some machines: a food processor, a blender for juice,” says Lamis...

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Green thieves

What’s not to like about reusable shopping bags? “People put things in them, and then at the register, they’ll pull out a third of the stuff to pay for. That’s one trick,” says Bob Sparrow, owner of...

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Venus in Fur

Venus in Fur by David Ives made a big splash off Broadway and an even bigger one on Broadway when Nina Arianda won a Tony in 2012 for playing the role of Vanda in this two-hander based on a nineteenth-century erotic novella....

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