The Best Things to Do in St. Louis This Week, October 19-25
We're a week out from Halloween, which explains the number of scary movies in this week's events. But that doesn't mean you have to participate: Forced merriment is the worst.…
View ArticleUSA Today Is Wrong About O'Fallon
Late last week, USA Today published an article ostensibly running down a list of the 50 most livable cities in the U.S., looking at factors such as population size, median home value, poverty rate and...
View ArticleA Complete Guide to Halloween Fun in 2017 St. Louis
No, it’s not too early to start making plans for Halloween. Whether you’re looking for some pre-holiday chills or planning ahead to win a big costume prize, our list includes many of this year’s...
View ArticleHarrowing Testimony Details St. Louis Police Use of Chemical Agents on...
During hours of testimony on Wednesday, sixteen witnesses described brutal confrontations with city cops assigned to the protests following the Jason Stockley verdict. The American Civil Liberties...
View ArticleFormer Ram Chris Long Is Donating a Big Chunk of His Salary to St. Louis
Defensive end Chris Long, who spent eight years with the St. Louis Rams before winning a Super Bowl with the New England Patriots, announced yesterday that he'll be giving away his entire $1 million...
View ArticleGateway Arch Shows Off Progress on Visitor Center and Museum
This morning, the Gateway Arch Park Foundation and the National Park Service provided a media tour of the renovations for the Arch's visitor center and museum. Work on the project is supposed to be...
View ArticlePolice Seek Persons of Interest, Vehicles After Double Shooting in Dutchtown
St. Louis police are asking for help in identifying persons and vehicles of interest after a double shooting at a Dutchtown gas station parking lot last night left one man dead and another injured....
View Article13 Inspired Costumes for Snarky St. Louisans in 2017
Trump and Hillary? That felt tired even last October.…
View ArticleWhy Don't We Build Amazon a Goddamn Stargate While We're at It
Governor Eric Greitens made a big futuristic splash yesterday when his office announced that a hypothetical Hyperloop would be included in the state of Missouri's bid for Amazon's second headquarters....
View ArticlePig & Pickle Eatery Brings Southern-Inspired Small Plates to DeBaliviere Place
At their previous restaurant in Springfield, Illinois, chef Ryan Lewis and general manager Carina Flesch sometimes struggled to educate customers about the concept of small plates."It was kind of a...
View ArticleProtesters' Goggles, Masks Made Them Targets, Police Lieutenant Testifies
St. Louis police Lt. Timothy Sachs says he could see protesters meant trouble because they were wearing goggles, masks and backpacks. This was hours before police corralled and arrested 123 people...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Concerts in St. Louis This Weekend: October 20 to 22
Between the Blind Eyes reunion and the 40+ band DougFest, the next three days showcase beloved local bands of the past, present and likely future. The Sinkhole on South Broadway offers a strong weekend...
View ArticleCop Body Slams Adjunct Instructor at St. Louis Community College Trustee Meeting
Steve Taylor, a St. Louis Community College adjunct instructor, came to the college district's board of trustee meeting last night with prepared remarks. He planned to highlight the award he'd gotten...
View ArticleEric Donte Kicks Off Tour and New EP at Contemporary Art Museum Tonight
With teddy bear in hand, Eric Donté spits rhymes from behind plastic fangs with his body wrapped in a harness that looks equal parts grunge-rock and fetish club. He also goes by "Fadda Vampire" but...
View ArticleMan in a Halloween Mask Robs St. Peters Steak N Shake
Police are looking to identify two men following an early morning robbery at a Steak N Shake in St. Peters. The crime occurred just before 3 a.m. at the store's location at 1460 Jungermann Road....
View ArticleBack-In Angle Parking Is in St. Louis to Stay. We'd Better Get Used to It
In the last two and a half years, the city of St. Louis has been faced with an growing epidemic — a phenomenon terrorizing drivers from St. Louis Hills to downtown, from Shaw to the Central West End....
View ArticleFiddlehead Fern Cafe Brings a Stylish Cafe Option to Shaw
Fiddlehead Fern Café(4066 Russell Boulevard, 314-972-2637) opened in the Shaw neighborhood earlier this month. The counter-service café offers breakfast, lunch, coffee and sweets in a space designed to...
View ArticleDana Loesch and the NRA Are Trying to Stoke a Civil War Again
Back in the '70s, the philosopher-poet Edwin Starr posed a simple but powerful question to the American public. Specifically: "War: What is it good for?"…
View ArticleAfter Danny Barnett Was Jailed for a Crime He Didn't Commit, a Cop Visited...
On January 22, while her fiancé was still in jail for a brutal robbery he didn't commit, Nyeisha Muldrew found herself being stalked and chased through a south city neighborhood. Her pursuer was a...
View ArticleSTLCC Fires Instructor Who Was Body-Slammed at Trustee Meeting
Steve Taylor, the adjunct instructor who was violently arrested at a St. Louis Community College board of trustee meeting last Thursday, says he has been fired. Taylor says he received three versions...
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