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2008 Stories by Matt Kasper

• With a new trolley tax in effect, Loop business owners hope to not lose steam

  published December 17, 2008

  The little sticker in the front window of the Noodles & Company in the Delmar Loop says it all: "1 percent sales tax paid supports the Loop... More >>

• Reel It In: SLIFF rolls on with a host of events before the film fest wraps on Sunday

  published November 19, 2008

  The St. Louis International Film Festival continues this week and wraps with a closing-night party at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room at 8 p.m. on... More >>

• Hairy Times: St. Louis-based American Mustache Institute wants to put the 'stache back in style

  published November 12, 2008

  Inside the Lumière Casino theater last month, Richard Roundtree and his Shaft-inspired moustache appeared on a giant overhead... More >>

• Café Crumbles: Michael Lieb continues his fight to open a coffee shop in Belleville

  published November 5, 2008

  Michael Lieb's attempt to open a café has again been denied. On October 23 the Belleville Zoning Board of Appeals rejected his... More >>

• Waters, Waters Everywhere: Filmmaker John Waters is all over St. Louis — but not where you might expect to find him

  published October 8, 2008

  John Waters isn't scheduled to be in St. Louis for Halloween, but if you get a scare from his work in the meantime it won't hurt his feelings. On... More >>

• Abracadabra: St. Louis has become a flourishing place for magicians

  published October 8, 2008

  It is a Friday afternoon in August and Keith Jozsef is shuffling cards at Tucker's Place in Soulard. Happy hour has just begun and the regulars... More >>

• Free at Last: Darryl Burton's thoughts after 24 years behind bars

  published September 10, 2008

  Darryl Burton is not on parole and he's not heading off to a halfway house. For the St. Louis native, who was released from prison last week... More >>

• Meet our first MasterMinds: The RFT rewards four outstanding young St. Louis-based artists in the categories of film/video, visual arts, literary arts and performing arts

  published August 27, 2008

  I love my job. Like any job, it can be a pain; I suppose that, were this the best of all possible worlds, I'd be lying in a hammock on some... More >>