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4:26 pm
May. 25, 2012
Market Grill to Close June 9 -- A Sad Day in Soulard This just in from Market Grill (728 Lafayette Avenue; 314-436-7664) general manager Katie Shanahan: The restaurant will close June 9. "I thought I would let you guys know before rumor hits the ... More >>

Gut Check

4:00 pm
May. 25, 2012
Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: May 25-28 Friday (May 25): Cash Mob @ Local Harvest Grocery Take part in the Cash Mob movement to patronize local businesses by shopping at Local Harvest this weekend, and partake in a celebratory drink... More >>

Gut Check

2:30 pm
May. 25, 2012
Chris Sommers' Sqwid Wraps Its Arms Around Businesses and Patrons Everyone with a fork and an Internet connection fancies himself a restaurant critic these days, Yelping about an overcooked steak or Twittering on about a beautifully plated dessert. Which is fi... More >>

Daily RFT

2:20 pm
May. 25, 2012
Dr. Abid Nisar Gets Probation and a $250K Fine for Prescribing Misbranded Drugs to Cancer Patients Dr. Abid Nisar, he of the $2 million manse in Town & Country, received his sentence today for purchasing $352,504 worth of unlicensed and non-FDA approved cancer drugs from foreign distributo... More >>

Daily RFT

1:49 pm
May. 25, 2012
Zachary Clampitt Charged After Motel 6 Standoff Zachary Clampitt, 23, has been charged with resisting arrest, second-degree assault of police and first- and second-degree property damage following an almost four-hour standoff with police yeste... More >>

Gut Check

1:34 pm
May. 25, 2012
Flying High: Happy Hour to Arrive at Lambert at 4 a.m. The airline industry needs cash in a major way. Overall profits were down some $3 billion last year, and so airlines have started rolling out well-publicized, much-maligned fees for things like c... More >>

Daily RFT

12:29 pm
May. 25, 2012
Madison County Wants Your Dead Birds If you're looking for a new hobby that's both beneficial to society and a little bit morbid, Madison County health officials have an offer you don't want to miss. Between now and October 15, they ... More >>

Daily RFT

11:54 am
May. 25, 2012
The Time for Roy is Now John Mozeliak should be on the phone right now to Roy Oswalt. And I'll tell you why. The St. Louis Cardinals scored nine runs last night. It was a beautiful offensive performance, just the k... More >>

Daily RFT

9:42 am
May. 25, 2012
James M. Johnson: St. Louis Homicide No. 37; Shot by a Relative at Home Police report that James M. Johnson, a 50-year-old black man, was shot in the chest at 1:30 a.m. this morning after an argument with a relative in the 4200 block of Randall Place, where Johnson li... More >>

Daily RFT

9:00 am
May. 25, 2012
Soulard Girl Flatulates, Guy Falls in Love Every so often, we scour the local Missed Connections section of Craigslist, in search of the best posts. Here's one that caught our eye recently.Just the toots of us ... More >>

Daily RFT

8:45 am
May. 25, 2012
Collin Grundstrom, Busch Stadium Streaker: Two Balls, Nothing On and the Runner Goes Last night's Cards vs. Phillies game was a real eye-opener, at least when the seventh-inning stretch rolled around and a streaker jumped the rail. Collin J. Grundstrom stripped it and ripped it, ... More >>

RFTmusic

8:08 am
May. 25, 2012
Punk: Meet the 2012 RFT Music Award Nominees The 2012 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is two weeks away. And if that is our own St. Louis Music holiday, then consider this the season: Throughout May, we've been making our cases for all 1... More >>

Daily RFT

8:00 am
May. 25, 2012
University of Missouri Press to Shut Down in July The Post-Dispatch was not the only publishing institution in Missouri to have a bad week. Yesterday morning, Tim Wolfe, the president of the University of Missouri system, announced plans to shut ... More >>

Daily RFT

7:37 am
May. 25, 2012
Protestors Tag Downtown Banks, Get Cuffed Around ten people were arrested downtown late last night after tagging some banks and scuffling with cops and civilians. (Daily RFT happened to be a couple blocks away when the melee erupted. At... More >>

RFTmusic

7:27 am
May. 25, 2012
Blues: Meet the 2012 RFT Music Award Nominees The 2012 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is two weeks away. And if that is our own St. Louis Music holiday, then consider this the season: Throughout May, we've been making our cases for all 12... More >>

RFTmusic

6:00 am
May. 25, 2012
From Rihanna in Battleship to Will Smith in Men In Black III: Some Notable Music-to-Movie Mistakes Last week, Battleship, a movie based on the movies based on Transformers and a board game starring a bunch of plastic pegs that really suck to step on by accident and Rihanna, opened to $25 milli... More >>

RFTmusic

4:41 pm
May. 24, 2012
The Ten Best Shows In St. Louis This Weekend: May 25 to 27 This weekend is a good one: Bluesweek is bigger than ever, Big Muddy Records is hosting a Chili Cook-off (!), and apparently the 90's are back, based on the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snoop Dogg, and... More >>

Gut Check

2:34 pm
May. 24, 2012
Garlic Scape Season Is Here! Yesterday marked the beginning of the best three weeks of the year, if you happen to be a garlic junkie (like, um, Gut Check). Garlic scapes, the bright green, curly offshoots of garlic bulbs, m... More >>

RFTmusic

2:25 pm
May. 24, 2012
Farewell WSGX 100.3 FM, Gen X Radio, We Hardly Heard Ye Yesterday, Wednesday, May 23, St. Louis radio station WSGX 100.3 FM switched formats from '90s music mecca "GenX Radio" to "The Brew," a classic rock station. The last song for the Generation X-ai... More >>

Gut Check

12:00 pm
May. 24, 2012
Research Finds Red Potato Chips Curb Compulsive Potato-Chip Eating A recently released study conducted by researchers at Cornell University claims that stacking colored potato chips with regular 'ole potato chips acts as a visual cue to curb your chip intake. F... More >>

RFTmusic

11:30 am
May. 24, 2012
Helmet & The Toadies, Steel Panther, Gaslight Anthem and More in This Week's New Show Announcements Here again: every newly announced show for the week! On page one you'll find a quick list of shows that particularly caught our attention, followed by embedded YouTube videos; there, you can che... More >>

Gut Check

10:27 am
May. 24, 2012
BrickTop's Restaurant: Review + Slideshow BrickTop's Restaurant (1701 South Lindbergh Boulevard, Frontenac; 314-567-6300) has already proven wildly popular. What's all the fuss about? Maybe the $10 price tag on the (admittedly pretty goo... More >>

Daily RFT

10:04 am
May. 24, 2012
DEA Nets 21 Arrests in Huge Meth Ring Bust The DEA, the Franklin County Narcotics Enforcement Unit, and the police departments of Kirkwood and Pacific conducted a joint operation early Wednesday morning to break up a methamphetamine manufa... More >>

RFTmusic

8:01 am
May. 24, 2012
Fudging The Numbers With Last.Fm Art and life co-habitate, informing, imitating, and enriching each other constantly. Each week in Better Living Through Music, RFT Music writer Ryan Wasoba explores this symbiotic relationship. I... More >>

RFTmusic

7:16 am
May. 24, 2012
Country: Meet the 2012 RFT Music Award Nominees The 2012 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is two weeks away. And if that is our own St. Louis Music holiday, then consider this the season: Throughout May, we've been making our cases for all 125... More >>

RFTmusic

6:08 am
May. 24, 2012
Solo: Meet the 2012 Music Award Nominees The 2012 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is two weeks away. And if that is our own St. Louis Music holiday, then consider this the season: Throughout May, we've been making our cases for all 125... More >>

Feature

12:00 am
May. 24, 2012
Oh, My Landlord! The Luminary Center of the Arts is not a religious organization. But it's housed by one. Mystery solved. For the past few years, the vast second floor above the former Globe Variety Store at Cherokee Street and Ohio Avenue has been a hive of activity... More >>

Summertime St. Louis

12:00 am
May. 24, 2012
The RFT's St. Louis Summer Survival Guide Summer in St. Louis is not for wussies. For starters there's the suffocating heat and humidity, which (for the uninitiated) can feel like you're... More >>

Summertime St. Louis

12:00 am
May. 24, 2012
Get outta dodge! Sometimes, the best way to survive summer in St. Louis is to make like hell for the exit Romanticize a St. Louis summer all you want. There's always a flip side to the coin. The crowd roars at Busch Stadium — another one in the... More >>

Summertime St. Louis

12:00 am
May. 24, 2012
Mettle Fest: Got what it takes to tackle this summer's festivals? You will now. As you're considering which festivals to attend in St. Louis this time of year, it's easy to romanticize the experience — tasty eats,... More >>
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Oh, My Landlord! The Luminary Center of the Arts is not a religious organization. But it's housed by one. Mystery solved. Oh, My Landlord! The Luminary Center of the Arts is not a religious organization. But it's housed by one. Mystery solved.
By Nicholas Phillips

For the past few years, the vast second floor above the former Globe Variety Store at Cherokee Street and Ohio Avenue has been a hive of activity — a jungle… More >>

The RFT's St. Louis Summer Survival Guide

Summer in St. Louis is not for wussies. For starters there's the suffocating heat and humidity, which (for the uninitiated) can feel like you're being waterboarded — in a steam… More >>

Tame the Mississippi: A river rat's guide to enjoying our big brown stream
By Suzy Rust

You know what's really sad? "Most St. Louisans know more about the Lake of the Ozarks than they do about the great rivers in their own back yard," muses Rich Meyer,… More >>

Mettle Fest: Got what it takes to tackle this summer's festivals? You will now. Mettle Fest: Got what it takes to tackle this summer's festivals? You will now.
By Liz Miller

As you're considering which festivals to attend in St. Louis this time of year, it's easy to romanticize the experience — tasty eats, danceable jams, sudsy brews — but the… More >>

Pier Pressure: Unwind at these area marinas
By Suzy Rust

Don't leave shore without your Quimby's Cruising Guide. Published right here in St. Louis, this annual boater's bible offers a complete listing of inland waterway marinas where you can buy… More >>

Get outta dodge! Sometimes, the best way to survive summer in St. Louis is to make like hell for the exit
Brooke Foster

Romanticize a St. Louis summer all you want. There's always a flip side to the coin. The crowd roars at Busch Stadium — another one in the win column! —… More >>

Upstream With a Paddle: From cops to cottonmouths, float trips can be perilous if you're not prepared
By Julia Gabbert

Summer float trips are a time-honored tradition here in Missouri — a chance to become one with nature or unleash your inner redneck, depending on your prerogative. But whichever style… More >>

Quick Wicks: Keep docs and cops out of your Fourth of July activities
By Suzy Rust

While 500-gram cakes may pack a lot more punch than their predecessors, Greg Carrell, Missouri's assistant state fire marshal, notes that these modern-day fireworks are arguably safer than their earlier… More >>

Dog Daze: A surprising number of venues offer summer respite for man and best friend Dog Daze: A surprising number of venues offer summer respite for man and best friend
By Kristie McClanahan

Nothing can help you survive summer in the city quite like your dog. He trots next to you, adorable and fearless, all while making you seem more athletic, better-looking and… More >>

Sip the Summer Away: Ten great outdoor-drinking destinations
By Liz Ortmann

Yeah, summer in St. Louis is sticky and hot. But here's the deal: Were it not for the nearly triple-digit heat and humidity, would you ever fully appreciate St. Louis'… More >>

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