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No, St. Louis Does Not Show That the Midwest Is 'in Trouble'
There was some bad news out of the U.S. Census Bureau yesterday. The federal agency released its annual population estimates yesterday, tracking the changes from July 2015 to July 2016, and St. Louis...
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The 10 Best Concerts in St. Louis This Weekend: March 24 to 26
In recent months, St. Louis has undergone a local music renaissance — and not in the sense of having more popular bands or even break-out acts. Benefit shows and fundraisers for organizations such as...
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PETA Wants to Convert Maya Angelou’s Home Into a (Literal) Caged Bird Museum
Your heart is in the right place, PETA, but you do know the book wasn’t actually about birds, right? …
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Newly Renovated Chase Club Brings the Nightlife to the Chase Park Plaza
If you haven't been to the Chase Park Plaza(212 N. Kingshighway, 314-633-3000) in awhile, it's highly possible that your last memory of the venerable hotel involves dancing the night away at Cafe Eau...
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Tom Hanks Shows Love to the Tivoli, Touts Wilson
Tom Hanks is an actor who has been in many movies, including one that famously co-starred a volleyball named Wilson. Woody Harrelson is also an actor, but he is no volleyball. That point was recently...
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How Alisha Blackwell of Reeds American Table Found Her Passion in Wine
Alisha Blackwell, the sommelier at Reeds American Table(7322 Manchester Road, Maplewood; 314-899-9821), remembers the second she was hooked by wine. "I was a server at Oceano Bistro, and they were...
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‘Anchor’ App Brings Uber-Style Boat-Sharing to the Lake of the Ozarks
A new service promises to bring all the ease of Uber to the Lake of Ozarks, allowing visitors to charter a boat ride across the water in real-time — with just the touch of a button. …
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Riverbend Restaurant & Bar Has Closed
Riverbend Restaurant & Bar(1059 S. Big Bend Boulevard, Richmond Heights) has closed its doors — seven years after opening and roughly three years after moving to a new, expanded location in...
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Sponsor of St. Louis Soccer Stadium Funding Bill Can't Say if She Personally...
When you're the alderwoman who sponsored a $60 million financing bill that could bring a soccer stadium to downtown St. Louis, you're naturally going to find yourself in front of curious city...
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Webster Groves Nursing Home Staffer Scammed Elderly Victim
A nurse's assistant who ripped off an elderly patient at a retirement home has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges. De'Janay Noldon, 27, pirated her victim's personal information while working at...
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$1,500 Fixer-Upper in South City Could Spark New Rehab Program
An empty, beaten-up house in Gravois Park is the site of an experiment. The city scrapped plans to level the two-story vacant home and instead used the money that would have gone toward demolition to...
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Up-Down Arcade Bar Runs Into Opposition from Central West End Neighbors
Last month, owners of the arcade bar concept Up-Down, which has thrived in Des Moines, Minneapolis and Kansas City, began the process of applying for a liquor license to open their fourth location in...
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New Interactive Map Shows Just How Noisy St. Louis Is
Want to know how loud your neighborhood is? There's now an interactive map for that. The U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics debuted an interactive noise map last week that displays data on noise...
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Missouri's Black Homicide Victimization Rate Is Highest in the U.S. — Again
A black person has a greater chance of being murdered in Missouri than any other state, according to a sobering new set of statistics. The report, compiled by the nonprofit Violence Policy Center...
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St. Louis Soup Dumplings, New Concept from Private Kitchen, to Open This Spring
Lawrence Chen, owner of the beloved fine-dining Chinese tasting menu restaurant Private Kitchen(8106 Olive Boulevard, University City; 314-989-0283), has a new concept in the works. Chen confirms that...
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Magic City's New (and Final) EP Bids Farewell to Anne Tkach
For Magic City, a wiry, dark-tinted rock combo made up of south city lifers, the twin engines of the sex drive and the death drive were pretty well intertwined. On the band's 2011 debut Les Animaux...
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With FREEDOM, MADCO Takes Inspiration From the Civil Rights Movement
After protests erupted in Ferguson in 2014, Stacy West, artistic director of the St. Louis-based modern dance company MADCO, looked for a way to respond to the situation. But the timing didn't seem...
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A New Screening of 1984 Shows Its Parallels to the Age of Trump
In January, a few days after a narcissistic television personality best known for gold-stamping his name on everything he owns was inaugurated to a position for which he was neither suited nor...
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Now Playing in St. Louis: A Nigerian Film Riffing on Purple Rain
Now in its twelfth year, Washington University's African Film Festival is one of the lesser-known events on the annual cinematic calendar, but it's always rewarding. The festival, staged by the...
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Review: Nixta Will Blow Your Mind — And That's a Good Thing
Perhaps we should be forgiven for thinking that Nixta was going to be a taco joint. After all, that's sort of how executive chef Tello Carreon originally threw out the idea to restaurateur Ben Poremba.…
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