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Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: Jan. 11-13

Friday (Jan. 11): Nursery Crimes @ Bissell Mansion Restaurant & Dinner Theatre Catch dinner and a show with a spooky murder mystery based on nursery rhymes. The dinner menu includes appetizers of crab rangoon and toasted ravioli as well as entree options such as an 8-ounce New York strip and chick ... More >>

Band Mom is The Man: Five Musicians with Politician Parents

Sen. Daniel Inouye, who passed this week, was present for some of the 20th Century's pivotal events. Born in Hawaii in 1924, he witnessed the Pearl Harbor attack as a medical volunteer. He enlisted in the Army and fought in World War II; there he lost an arm and still stayed in the service until 194 ... More >>

The Ten Most Egregious Tax Loopholes in the U.S.

An Open Fan Letter to Mitt Romney and Todd Akin

Editor: Tef Poe is an artist from St. Louis City. Through powerful imagery and complicated honesty, he has earned a reputation as one of the best rappers telling the story of St. Louis, which is about much more than one place. Poe has been featured in music publications such as XXL and Urb Magazine. ... More >>

The Latin Sound of Missouri's David Wax Museum: Jarana Jarochas, Quijadas y Mas

For as stiff and coy as the band's name may be, the David Wax Museum's hybrid of indie pop, folk and folkloric music flares with smart sonic ideas and timeless and in-the-moment images. Born and raised in Columbia, Missouri, Wax (that is his last name) still has family in University City and still h ... More >>

Moves and Grooves: Art stands up, fills the streets and joins the circus

Assorted Offerings: Relive past moments through dance, music and still imagery

"Once People Start Giving You Free Shit You Have to Start Doing Things For Them." Steel Panther on Promotion and Ball Exposure

Let this week be a week for hairspray, black pleather, and boobs. Sunset Strip hair metal hooligans will let loose on St. Louis with a sweaty, balls out show at the Pageant on Wednesday. It's almost too easy to dismiss Steel Panther as a one-joke band that never realized Spinal Tap had been there ... More >>

Paul McCartney's Six Best Moustaches

Today, June 18, 2012, Paul McCartney celebrates his seventieth birthday. We're having our own private party by counting down Sir Paul's six best moustaches. Let us know your favorite McCartney mouthbrows in the comments below.

12 to 6 Movement on How they Got Raekwon and Others on Thier New Record and Why They Called it Titties Out

It took a while, but local hip-hop trio 12 to 6 Movement finally unleashed their new collaboration-heavy album, Titties Out. Since our last interview with the group, they added songs with Joe Budden, Opio and A-Plus from Souls of Mischief/Hieroglyphics and Psycho Les from The Beatnuts to a tracklist ... More >>

RFT Spring Arts Guide 2012: Visual Arts

Finding Hip-Hop in Kazakhstan and Country in India: American Voices Sets Up in St. Louis

Diplomacy between nations doesn't always involve dignitaries or high-level negotiations. A group with a presence in St. Louis engages in "cultural diplomacy," which involves exchanging musical expertise between Americans and countries often hit hard by conflict. Since it became incorporated as a non ... More >>

Reach for the Multicolored Ring: Why do Mexicans suck so bad at the Olympics?

The Adventures of Tintin and Haddock at the Scottish Arms

Deborah Hyland​With the spate of recent comic book adaptations, it's not surprising to finally see a Tintin movie. The real surprise is how long it took. Christopher Reeve reestablished the Superman franchise in 1978; Spiderman swung across the screen in 2002. Even the uber-imperialist Phantom ... More >>

Mister Heavenly

9 p.m. Saturday, November 12. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

12 to 6 Movement release new video with Sadat X, prepare new collaboration-filled album.

Image via​Local hip-hop collective The 12 to 6 Movement recently unveiled the video for its new song "Can't Be Done," which features legendary Brand Nubian rapper Sadat X. This is just one of many high-profile collaborations off of the group's upcoming, as yet untitled album that is due for re ... More >>

Too Hot To Live Winter Music Mix: Ten Songs To Lower Your Temperature

Refreshing! ​Finally, we seem to be on the other side of this week's bout of soul-shredding heat. Summer's all well and good, but the Beach Boys weren't singing about an endless summer where it feels like 115 degrees. Their summers were a good 30 degrees cooler than what we've been experiencin ... More >>

Calculating the St. Louis Heat Index

Traveling Tea's Ancient Forest Black Tea, Tower Grove Farmers' Market

Wikimedia Commons​The clock radio comes on playing "Lover Please," from 1962. Swing tempo, brassy saxophone, handclaps like an R&B reveille. You can hear echoes of his gospel days in Clyde McPhatter's pleading: Lover please, please come back Don't take a train comin' down the track Don't, ple ... More >>

The Ten Best Things To Do This Weekend in St. Louis: April 22 to 24

Joy Formidible (Wikimedia Commons)​Flip a coin: there's no other way to choose which of the excellent shows to attend this weekend. Whether your betting tastes lean toward the Joy Formidable's melodic fuzz from across the pond, or Ha Ha Tonka's Bible-Belt punk from St. Louis' backyard, odds ar ... More >>

The Rep's production of Beehive isn't theater. It's a cruise-ship sing-along.

Spring Into Poetry

Barenaked Ladies

8 p.m. Sunday, November 7. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Contest! Win a Ravi Shankar-George Harrison Boxed Set!

A shot of the boxed set​This is a cool one: On October 19, Dark Horse Records/Rhino Entertainment released a limited-edition, deluxe boxed set titled Ravi Shankar George Harrison Collaborations. The 3xCD/1xDVD set honors Shankar's 90th birthday and features a 56-page hardbound Book, 3 CDs in r ... More >>

Ten Frightfully Good Beers to Bring Your Halloween Back from the Dead

Dave Nelson​Looking to spice up the beer selection at your Halloween party? Here are ten excellent brews that play up the scary theme with their names and packaging -- and bring the quality as well. Jolly Pumpkin La Parcela ($15/750ml) For years tiny Jolly Pumpkin has walked the lonely, brill ... More >>

Knight Life

In the Studio: US English

US English Who: The new band featuring Brea and James McAnally Where: Bookermusic With Whom: Brad Booker When: Now! What recording: "We are recording 3 EPs in serial format to comprise a full length," says James McAnally. "The first EP, What Frontier, will be released locally on September 3. The oth ... More >>

Karate Kid remake too cynical to catch a fly with chopsticks

Cowboy Junkies Performing at the Sheldon in June

[Update, 4:12 p.m. Wednesday, May 12: Just got word that this show has already been postponed, with a new date TBD. So, um, temper the excitement for now.] Canadian alt-country stalwarts Cowboy Junkies will be performing a special show at the Sheldon on Sunday, June 27. Tickets are $28 to $32, and ... More >>

Hear a New Sleepy Kitty Song, Catch Them Tonight with Imperial China at Cicero's

​Tonight at Cicero's, Sleepy Kitty will be hosting an out-of-town pal. Imperial China hails from Washington, DC -- and carries on that city's grand tradition of spiky, rhythmically complex post-punk. (To me, they resemble Public Image Limited's early stuff.) As for Sleepy Kitty, the duo of Eva ... More >>

Pale Divine: What Have They Been Up to in 2009?

In this week's paper, the members of Pale Divine were kind enough to indulge questions about their favorite cover songs -- you see, their second-annual reunion show tonight at the Pageant will feature them doing two sets and tons of old covers. But the band's been quite busy in the last year since w ... More >>

Ten Things to Do Under $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, September 11-13

Well, this week went by quickly. (Thank you, Labor Day!) If while checking your online banking statement, you realize you might have gone overboard with the spending last weekend, here's your opportunity for redemption: Have fun this weekend on a budget. All the following events cost less than $10 - ... More >>

The Passion of the Dance

If Only the Night Would Go On and On ...

The Ming's the Thing

Dynasty Days

Mean to Me

Break ups, breakdowns and the blues of the gods

Bet the Ranch: What were the odds? Lumière Place has a steak house!

All Sorts of Strings Attached

Pipa, lute and you

Dance Fever

Have you got it?

Crank Tap, Indian-Style

Half-Lion, Half-Man, All Entertainment

Runway Wishes, Fashionable Dreams

Sumatra Gayoland coffee

Typo Café at the Tin Ceiling, 3159 Cherokee Street; 314-910-7321.

Rogue Dead Guy Ale

Dewey's Pizza, 124 North Kirkwood Road, Kirkwood; 314-821-7474.

Grand New

Another Vietnamese restaurant on South Grand? Yes, and the food is superb.

Babylon Rising

The South Grand strip takes on yet another cuisine

Pho Nouveau

A move to larger quarters brings Pho Grand nigh unto perfection

Sound Checks