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QuikTrip That Burned in Ferguson Protests Is Now a Community Center
Today, on the land that once held rocks and charred rubble resulting from pain and unrest, a new center opened for the Ferguson community. Nearly three years after the shooting death of Michael Brown...
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Composer Walter Whitney Takes a Varied Approach on Science & the Unprovable...
The last time we caught up with local synthesist and instrumental musician Walter Whitney, in January 2015, he had just released Phantom Worlds, a catch-all collection that gathered more than a dozen...
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The City’s Incentive Guidelines Are Toothless. Here Are Some Real Reforms
Policymakers and development officials appear incapable of responsibly awarding subsidies through programs like tax-increment financing (TIF) and tax abatement. These programs redirect increased taxes...
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Overland Food Pantry Serving 2,000 Could Close Next Month
When clients finish picking up supplies at Ritenour Co-Care Food Pantry, they typically schedule their next monthly “appointment” to come back for more food. However, to the dismay of the 2,000...
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Eric Greitens to Address 'Women of Power' Lunch — One Day After Signing...
Talk about awkward timing. Yesterday, Missouri Governor Eric Greitens signed into law harsh new restrictions on abortion, thus pissing off a whole bunch of women who consider reproductive choice to be...
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It Is Your Civic Duty to Hate on Axl Rose
Guns N' Roses is coming to town tonight for the first time in 26 years. It should be fun!…
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The Best Things to Do This Week, July 28 to August 2
And just like that, it's August. Where did this summer go?…
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MetroLink Turf Battle Between St. Louis County and Metro Has Festered for Years
In December 2013, a pair of public safety officers working for Metro wrote emails to their chief to complain about a St. Louis County police officer. The officers had run a background check the night...
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Bing Bing Is Now Serving Chinese-Style Crepes in the Delmar Loop
The newest restaurant to open in the Loop, Bing Bing (567A Melville Avenue, University City; 314-669-9229), has done zero advertising. It doesn't have a sign out front.…
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Mac's Local Eats Fights Back After Protests, Facebook Blasts from Animal...
On the surface, the war waged by Mac's Local Eats earlier this week was a Facebook battle — a fight between people who'd never dined at the Dogtown restaurant (armed with one-star reviews) and its...
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NAACP Warns Travelers About Missouri: 'Know Before You Go'
The NAACP has a message for anyone thinking about traveling to Missouri: Be careful. At the organization's national conference in Baltimore Wednesday, delegates approved a "travel advisory" warning...
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The 10 Best Concerts in St. Louis This Weekend: July 28 to 30
The swampy St. Louis summer is in full effect as a one-hit wonder, a hardcore super group and multiple festivals hit the river city throughout the next three days. Friday night is especially ripe for...
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'People's Special Session' Offers a St. Louis Rebuttal to Gov. Greitens Tomorrow
A "People's Special Session" has been called in response to Missouri Governor Eric Greitens' special session, which ended this week with additional restrictions on abortion. The People's Special...
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St. Louis Restaurant Openings & Closings: July 2017
As far as intriguing food offerings go, this was a very good month. The Mad Crab, which opened in University City, is the area's first Gulf-style boiled seafood joint, while Bing Bing— now open in the...
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Your Favorite VHS Movies Are Now Works of Art on Cherokee
Nothing can make a young adult feel nostalgic — or old — as quickly as a kid pointing at a VHS tape and asking, "What's that?" But while DVDs and streaming services may rule the day, artist Katie...
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Seoul Garden's Second Location Is Now Open in Creve Coeur
Kyung and Dong Moon were at the top of the restaurant business in their native Seoul, employing roughly 100 people at a massive operation that was frequented by business leaders, politicians and the...
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Mayor Krewson Embarks on Emptying the Workhouse, But She'll Need Help
Temporary air conditioning units have brought a measure of relief to the St. Louis Workhouse and its 700+ inmates, but in the wake of mid-July's heatwave —which focused outrage over the jail's...
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Shitty Nature Sanctuary Dumps a Bunch of Poop in Missouri Creek, Kills Fish
A sea of rich-people poop dumped in a creek by a Warren County luxury resort that bills itself as a nature sanctuary resulted in the deaths of an estimated 700 fish over the course of July 4th...
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Woman Allegedly Steals Investigator's Gun While Filing Complaint Against Police
Last Thursday, 27-year-old Latoca Lashai Davis visited the city's Civilian Oversight Board to file a complaint against the police. But after her visit, police filed a complaint of their own — alleging...
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Brian Hardesty Found His Passion at Guerrilla Street Food
While many eight-year-olds can be found playing video games or running around outside with friends as dinner time approached, a young Brian Hardesty was in the kitchen. "When I was a child, my mother...
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