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ForestParkReview.com Vol. 107, No. 26
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REVIEW JUNE 26, 2024
Slaying Forest Park’s Pride celebration PAGE 11
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The new BABS comedy club is ‘comedy under construction’
The owners soft-launched with open mic nights while they renovate their century-old building
Wunderbar!
By JACK HELBIG Contributing Reporter
Every unfinished storefront is an empty stage. With the right props it can become anything: a clothing store, a coffee shop, an office, a restaurant, a bar. This storefront on Madison in Forest Park will be a comedy club. It’s just taking a little while. Emily Ramirez and her husband Chase Maness are painstakingly renovating the building, which was erected between 1913 and 1915 (records vary) for the past few years. First, they renovated the upstairs apartments See BABS on page 8
German Fest delighted with beer, brats and Bavarian creams. Story, page 10
TODD BANNOR
Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Tom Holmes: Who’s to blame for poor test scores?
Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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IN Big Week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 THIS ISSUE Crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
John Rice: Father of the bride PAGE 18