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St. Louis Restaurants Openings and Closings: August 2015
What a month it was! We saw some exciting new places open —Randolfi's, anyone?— and lost very few in return.…
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A New Play About a Mass Shooting? How Timely
Mustard Seed's one-woman show The Amish Project examines the idea of forgiveness by Paul Friswold It's a hard thing to go see a play about a high-profile shooting shortly after a different...
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To Save Black Lives, Protester Bruce Franks Will Do the Unthinkable: Work...
Can he really reform law enforcement from within? by Nicholas Phillips Bruce Franks Jr. knows he fits the description. Black male.…
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Review: Taze Mediterranean Street Food Falls Far Short of Its Aims
by Cheryl Baehr I suppose I shouldn't be all that surprised at how utterly lackluster Taze Mediterranean Street Food is. After all, a place that is basically the "Chipotle of Middle Eastern food"...
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She's Funny That Way Ought to Be More, Well, Funny
Peter Bogdanovich's old-fashioned farce suffers from a lack of confidence by Robert Hunt It's been said that the filmmakers of the "New Hollywood" of the '70s (more than 40 years later, has no one...
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For Dengue Fever, Inspiration Comes from a Terrible Time in Cambodian History
by Mike Appelstein Dengue Fever is a testament to music's sheer resilience. The Southern California band's roots are in the Cambodian psychedelic-pop scene of the 1960s and '70s.…
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Guess Where I'm Eating This Pulled Pork Sandwich and Win $20 at Porter's...
UPDATE: Reader Angie is correct — we were eating at Salt & Smoke. We'll be sending her the Porter's gift certificate.…
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Of Course Wells Fargo Is Helping St. Louis Homebuyers. Legally, It Has To
On Monday, Mayor Francis Slay and Treasurer Tishaura Jones trumpeted an initiative by Wells Fargo to spend $4.5 million to help people in our metropolitan statistical area buy homes. It's called...
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Another Band Van Burglarized — This One, Outside Schlafly Tap Room at Lunch
A Charlottesville, Virginia-based group became the latest victim Tuesday of what's become an epidemic of band thefts in St. Louis — and this time, the burglary happened in broad daylight. Love Canon,...
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Guerrilla Street Food's Joel Crespo on Going from Funerals to Filipino Food
Joel Crespo was toiling in the funeral industry when he and pal Brian Hardesty first hatched the plan for Guerrilla Street Food(3559 Arsenal Street; 314-529-1328). …
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Expanded Modest Mouse Lineup Still the Isaac Brock Show: Review, Photos and...
Isaac Brock is one infectious dude. From the first notes of “The World At Large,” it was obvious: When the man is on stage with a guitar in hand, any Modest Mouse fan, fairweather or diehard, cannot...
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Miss Molly Simms' One Way Ticket: Review and Video Premiere
Molly Simms’ voice is too big to be contained by one mere band or project. The singer, songwriter and guitarist came to local prominence as the leader of the Bible Belt Sinners, and that band’s 2014...
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8 Great Things to Do This Weekend for $20 or Less
In addition to celebrating the movement that brought us the 40-hour workweek and paid vacation (thanks, unions!) Labor Day means taking a break from your labor.…
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Jessie-Pearl's Poundcakes Bakes Up Nostalgia
Jessie-Pearl Hairston sold her first pound cake when she was thirteen years old, baking cakes inspired by the way her grandma made them. Now nearly 68, the self-proclaimed CEO of Sugar and Butter for...
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Tim Kasher Brings the Good Life Back After a Near-Decade Hiatus
Tim Kasher never wants to be bored. It's a simple desire, one that keeps him bouncing from project to project, whether its the start-stop punk-meets-whatever thrashing of Cursive, the feel-good...
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X, Dead Rock West Pack Blueberry Hill: Review and Photos
Anyone entering Blueberry Hill’s Duck Room on Tuesday night may have been surprised to find a crowd that looked more appropriate for Taste of St. Louis than punk pioneer X, who slated to perform. With...
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Deceased Jazz DJ's Enormous Record Collection to be Sold at Euclid Records on...
Dave Brubeck. Dexter Gordon.…
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The 10 Best Concerts in St. Louis This Weekend: September 4 to 6
Sure, Midwest Extreme United Fest is a mouthful, but the modest fest brings together more than ten bands that stretch and smash the metal genre. This weekend is yet another that cuts deep in the...
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Ron Johnson, Once Hailed as Ferguson's Protector, Gets Slammed by Police in...
When Ron Johnson, a captain with the Missouri Highway Patrol, was named commander of Ferguson operations on August 14, 2014, he was stepping into a situation that had already stretched multiple police...
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Who's the Dick Behind Those "Dick to Dick" Billboards?
The billboard seems to be an advertisement for being, well, a dick. “Dick to Dick, LLC Executive Consulting.…
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