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Slope Springs Eternal: Twelfth Night lifts lunacy to new heights on Art Hill

25 Reasons to Love Summer in St. Louis

People may gripe about the heat and humidity of St. Louis in the summer. But ask someone to share his or her favorite memory about this town, and chances are you're going to hear a story about something that happened between May and September. Why? Because summer is when we get together with frien ... More >>

20 Reasons to Love Winter in St. Louis

We admit it. Winter in St. Louis can be pretty damn dreary. Weeks can go by without a ray of sunlight penetrating the grey sky. And then there's the cold -- a humid frigidity that drills right to the bones. It's enough to bring on a deep depression if you cannot open your eyes to all the great thi ... More >>

The Premiere of the Dragon Inn 3 Theme Song Video, Because You Deserve a Jam Today

Dragon Inn 3 is a new Springfield band featuring Roni Dickey, Phil Dickey and Brook Linder. The first thing you should know about DI3 is that it started as a project to write a "Will Smith meets Ghostbusters" style theme song for Linder's short film Ghoul School, which not for nothing is very much s ... More >>

High Notes: Witness jazz masters in the flesh with a season heavy on the horns

Barrel Roll Man Aims to Break World Somersault Record on Art Hill This Saturday

Last November, the Barrel Roll Man -- a group that goes around the world doing somersaults for charity -- attempted to set a world record for somersaulting on Art Hill. They failed. This Saturday at 2 pm, they're trying again. The existing record for group somersaulting was set almost exactly a yea ... More >>

MO Public Safety Director Jerry Lee's Car Burgled in Broad Daylight in Forest Park

Well, this certainly isn't going to help our image as "the most dangerous city in the country." Missouri Public Safety Director Jerry Lee was at Forest Park's Art Hill on Sunday morning for the STL Paper Crane exhibition benefiting BackStoppers. Sometime between 9:45  and 10:45 a.m., Lee's car ... More >>

Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: July 6-8

Friday (July 6): ArtDTour @ The Sheldon With local artists as tour guides, guests explore Gateway Gallery, Craft Alliance, Soulard Art Market Gallery and more, starting off with refreshments at The Sheldon. $20-35. Purchase tickets through the Art Dimensions Web site. 5:30 to 9 p.m. Grilling Univ ... More >>

Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: October 21-23

Image viaA glass-blowing demonstration from a Third Friday Open House event at Third Degree Glass Factory.​It might be a little tricky warming up to the cold weather that has blasted in with the fall season, but don't let nippy Mother Nature slow you down. There are plenty of ways to take adva ... More >>

Never Forget: 9/11 Memorials, Events in STL This Sunday

There will be 3,000 flags planted in Forest Park to honor the dead.​ On September 11, 2001, the country was shaken by terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Ten years later, St. Louis is coming together to remember -- and pay homage both to those lost in the attacks and ... More >>

Park Life

Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: July 29-31

Image via​Friday (July 29): Stairway to Heaven @ Bissell Mansion Restaurant and Dinner Theatre Enjoy a four-course dinner with wine while attempting to unravel bits and pieces of the this murder mystery featuring plenty of punny musical references. Entrée choices include New York strip stea ... More >>

Ten Best Food Events this Weekend: July 8-10

City of Maplewood​ Friday (July 8): Let Them Eat Art @ Historic Downtown Maplewood Maplewood's tribute to Bastille Day features 50 venues including Schlafly Bottleworks, Acero, Water Street Cafe and Cocktail Bar full of artists, entertainers and musicians. Have your art and eat out, too! 6 to ... More >>

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown, Paul Friswold and Lew Prince suss out the local theater scene

A Really Big Shrew

A Really Big Shrew

Art Hill Sledder Who Crashed Into Lake: "It's Cold. The Ice Ain't Safe. That's for Sure."

Need more proof that it's cold outside? Really? Okay, then behold the following testimony (via Fox 2) of this shirtless survivor who plunged into the Grand Basin at the bottom of Art Hill yesterday. Moral of the story: "You can't stop when you're going down an icy hill on an ice sled. It's just ... More >>

Thunder, Enlightening

Sledding Conditions on Art Hill: KICKASS!!!

Photo by Nicholas PhillipsMark Aaron, Julie Wheat, and Ryan Freeman rockin' the snow day. ​The campfire is a-cracklin' on the top of Art Hill right now, and according to the three lone sledders during the morning rush hour, the snow is fine, powdery and dry. That means: Snowboards and boogie board ... More >>

Dance Into Her Heart

To Be or Not To Be ... In the Trees

20 Things To Do (Stoned) in St. Louis on 4/20

Dude, it's 4/20 this week, and you know what that means! (Hee, hee.) It's time to celebrate marijuana's unofficial holiday, and here to help you plan your day is Daily RFT. Behold! Our gift to you: A list of twenty great ways to spend April 20 in St. Louis -- be you baked, half-baked or, stone-cold ... More >>

It Begins

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown, Lew Prince and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown, Paul Friswold and Lew Prince suss out the local theater scene

And They Shall Descend Forth From The Skies

www.purplemartin.orgSome say I'm purple. I say I'm Martin.After a long schlep from South America, the first adult male Purple Martins should be alighting in Forest Park any day now. You might be interested in this species of songbird (Progne subis) for the following reasons:1) If humans don't prepar ... More >>

Your Orchestra Awaits You

Do you really want to disappoint the brass?

Boulevard Lunar Ale

Schnucks, 6600 Clayton Road
Richmond Heights
314-644-0510

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown, Paul Friswold and Lew Prince suss out the local theater scene

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown, Paul Friswold and Lew Prince suss out the local theater scene

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene.

Park It

Thanks for the Memories

Bookworms bore through "Steal Das Book"

Much Ado ´Bout Nothin’, Y’all

Bittersweet Symphony

The Line Forms Here

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of September 14, 2005

Letters Column

Week of September 14, 2005

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Present Imperfect

2004 brought gifts galore (but one big lump of coal)

High Times

Lucy in the sky with balloons

The Boathouse Rocks

And rowboats row

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Caribbean Rhythms

Black dance is for everybody

Four-Wheelin' Down Art Hill

Relax -- it's on a skateboard

Best Museum

The Saint Louis Art Museum

American Originals

Saint Louis Art Museum exhibits its world-class collection of prints and drawings

Tragic Magic

Shakespeare on grass

Fairies of Forest Park

The St. Louis Shakespeare Festival conjures up A Midsummer Night's Dream