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  • Music

    April 19, 2012

    Apop Record Store Day Block Party

    10 a.m. Saturday, April 21. Apop Records, 2831 Cherokee Street.

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    A Certified Cicerone™ (Beer Sommelier) Speaks

    Screenshot: www.cicerone.org​With the ongoing boom in the craft-beer market, the once simple beer list (Bud? or Bud Light?) can seem as intimidating as the fustiest tome of Bordeaux verticals. That's where a Cicerone -- or, if you like, a beer sommelier - can come in handy. The Cicerone pro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2011

    Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: November 25-27

    Friday (November 25): Black Friday @ Oceano Bistro Enjoy half price appetizers, $5 martinis, $2 select beers and $5 select wines during this post-turkey day Clayton intoxication celebration. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Holiday Beer Tapping @ International Tap House (both locations) Both locations of Interna ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    The Pageant Has The Fourth Most Ticket Sales Of Any Club In The World So Far This Year

    Photo by Todd Owyoung.Some of the Pageant' s 119,416 so far in 2011. ​Pollstar has just released the ticket sales number for the first three quarters of 2011, and the Pageant has once again sold the fourth most tickets of any club venue in the world. Our hometown venue has seen more people ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: September 30-October 2

    Friday (Sept. 30): Olivette On the Go Festival @ Stacy Park This neighborhood fest features dance lessons, live music and a bonfire on Friday night, a chili cook-off on Saturday, and a fun run on Sunday to name just a few items on the schedule of festivities. Free admission. Friday, Sept. 30 from 3 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 29, 2011

    Love Among the Dead

    Friday (Sept. 30): Olivette On the Go Festival @ Stacy Park This neighborhood fest features dance lessons, live music and a bonfire on Friday night, a chili cook-off on Saturday, and a fun run on Sunday to name just a few items on the schedule of festivities. Free admission. Friday, Sept. 30 from 3 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    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 >>

  • News

    May 26, 2011

    Beyond Schlafly: Three microbreweries for the St. Louis summer

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    Pollstar: The Pageant Is In the Top Five for Worldwide Club Venues

    Kholood EidFans at the Pageant during November's Iron and Wine show​Hot off the presses, just got word that a local venue has received a big honor from industry tour-tracker Pollstar: For the year 2010, the Pageant was ranked No. 4 in the world in concert-ticket sales for club venues, with ove ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Nightclubbing: HandleBar Grand Opening Tonight

    Here's one way to brighten up this dark, chilly Friday: Head over the brand-spankin' new HandleBar (4127 Manchester) tonight for its grand opening bash. $2 Fat Tire drafts, music by Box of Nerves, New Belgium and PBR giveaways and a "special surprise" from the bartender if you bike to the joint--tho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    R.I.P. Michael Been of the Call

    Michael Been, vocalist/guitarist for '80s band the Call, apparently died today in Belgium. He was 60. Been is the father of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club bassist/vocalist Robert Been (who's also known as Robert Turner), and was working as the band's sound engineer. According to reports from the Pukkel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    10 Things to Do for $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, Aug. 13-15, 2010

    As the temperature tops 100, RFT has discovered some cool ways to stay, well, cool in these dog days of summer. We've got art, music, magic and more indoors, plus a skate show and bike race for you daredevils who want to brave the heat. Viva la air conditioning!

  • Calendar

    August 11, 2010

    A Good Time By Design

    As the temperature tops 100, RFT has discovered some cool ways to stay, well, cool in these dog days of summer. We've got art, music, magic and more indoors, plus a skate show and bike race for you daredevils who want to brave the heat. Viva la air conditioning!

  • Calendar

    August 11, 2010

    Cycle of Assault

    As the temperature tops 100, RFT has discovered some cool ways to stay, well, cool in these dog days of summer. We've got art, music, magic and more indoors, plus a skate show and bike race for you daredevils who want to brave the heat. Viva la air conditioning!

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    It's Not Too Late to Plan for Bloomsday!

    Image source​It's rare that a classic of world literature is set on one particular calendar date. Maybe that's why June 16, the day on which James Joyce's Ulysses is set (1904 edition), also known as "Bloomsday" has achieved such immortality. Well, that and its main character Leopold Bloom spe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    Record Store Day in St. Louis: What's Going on at Vintage Vinyl, Apop Records and Euclid Records?

    [Update, April 14, 3 p.m.: Now updated with info on what's going on at Slackers!] On Saturday, April 17, record stores around the country are celebrating Record Store Day -- a time to unplug from iTunes, eMusic and Amazon MP3 (or torrent sites) and purchase tunes in-person. As enticement, Record S ... More >>

  • Music

    March 10, 2010

    SXSTL: St. Louis sends several representatives to Austin for this year's SXSW festivities

    [Update, April 14, 3 p.m.: Now updated with info on what's going on at Slackers!] On Saturday, April 17, record stores around the country are celebrating Record Store Day -- a time to unplug from iTunes, eMusic and Amazon MP3 (or torrent sites) and purchase tunes in-person. As enticement, Record S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    The Beertender: Extolling the Glories of Berliner Weisse While Stoked on Lou Reed

    www.colnect.com​Lou Reed's 2007 concert film Berlin features the rocker performing in its entirety the 1973 album of the same name. More than 30 years later, the repertoire remains pure Reed: loss, hate, depravity, a sourness for this cold, cruel world that's most evident when he closes with an un ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    Fired AB-InBev Workers In Belgium Took Their Bosses Hostage

    photo by Reuters via Brisbane TimesAngry Belgian brewers took hostages and burned pallets in the street​Yesterday, Anheuser-Busch InBev announced that nearly 800 workers in Belgium and Germany -- ten percent of the company's European workforce -- were about to lose their jobs in a cost-cutting mea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    Drink of the Week: Duchesse de Bourgogne, Brasserie by Niche

    ​I adore French food. I love food in general, and that love affair really began during a college semester spent studying in France. I returned home plump as a Christmas goose's liver, despite walking or riding a bike nearly everywhere I went. I simply could not pass the elaborate window display o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    The Beertender Can't Get Enough of That Wonderful Duff's Beer Dinner

    ​As if the holiday itself wasn't great enough, this year's Twelve Days of Halloween included some pretty fantastic beer moments. Celebrating the long-awaited opening of Foam on Cherokee Street. Sharing a friend's homebrew made with hops he grew himself. Pouring my own beer during a Mike Sweeney-le ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    Is AB-InBev Trying to Play Down the Belgian Roots of Bud Light Golden Wheat?

    anheuser-busch.com​On Monday, Anheuser-Busch-InBev announced the nationwide release of Bud Light Golden Wheat, the latest spin-off of the company's most popular brand (Chelada, anyone?) and another attempt by the world's largest brewer to break into the micro-brew market and quench the nation's ev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Photos: Beer and Bikes in Forest Park for the New Belgium Urban Assault Ride, 8.16.09

    Photo: Nick SchnelleSee more photos from the New Belgium Urban Assault Ride.​Beer and bikes came together Sunday in Forest Park for the New Belgium Brewing Urban Assault Ride, a bike race that included what most races should include: kegs upon kegs of beer. St. Louis was one of ten cities across t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Ten Things to Do Under $10 This Weekend, August 14-16, 2009

    TGIF! Here are ten things to do this weekend that won't bust your budget. soulardbluesband.com​Soulard Blues Band at Broadway Oyster Bar (Friday)The Soulard Blues Band has been around for more than 25 years, but this current lineup came together about two years ago. They play at 9:30 p.m. Friday. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 12, 2009

    This Means UAR

    TGIF! Here are ten things to do this weekend that won't bust your budget. soulardbluesband.com​Soulard Blues Band at Broadway Oyster Bar (Friday)The Soulard Blues Band has been around for more than 25 years, but this current lineup came together about two years ago. They play at 9:30 p.m. Friday. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Unreal Discovers The Most Beautiful Crapper in the World

    flickr.com/photos/earthwormOne of Unreal's favorite features in our apartment is the little shelf next to the toilet, which we naturally use to store our bathroom reading. Here we keep back issues of The Atlantic and The New Yorker, assorted volumes of Best American Essays and our alumni magazine. U ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2009

    Dolphins Stadium Might Be Named After Jimmy Buffett's Beer Ideas for St. Louis

    The Daily RFT reports: Anheuser-Busch is said to be working on a contract to purchase the naming rights to Dolphins Stadium in Miami. If concluded, the stadium would be the second professional sports stadium -- after Busch Stadium -- to name itself after an A-B product. The St. Louis brewer (via B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2009

    The Monads Do Europe: Tour Diary Entry, Number One

    (Last week, we told you that the Monads were going to be invading Europe. The band is going to be kind enough to send along some dispatches from the road. Here's the first installment!)Hey all, it's your good friend Patthew writing you from far across the Atlantic Ocean in a country called Belgium. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2009

    Gut Check's Swag Bag: Michelob Hop Hound Amber Wheat

    Ian FroebStill Life with Hop Hound and Black CatPeople send Gut Check stuff to try. So we try it.The typical Monday morning here at Gut Check International Headquarters goes something like this: Stumble into office, clutching thermos of coffee. Check voice mail, bracing self for angry messages from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    The Monads Touring in Europe in March

    Matt Shivelbine of the Monads dropped me a line to say that the energetic twang-punk quartet is going to be heading to Europe next week for a series of shows in Belgium and the Netherlands. He says the trek was set up via a European booking agency called Surfing Airlines, which has brought over Amer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2009

    FoodWire: New Belgium Brewer Tonight at Pi

    Are you a fan of Fat Tire, Blue Paddle, 1554 or any other beers from New Belgium Brewing? You can meet brewer Lauren Salazar from 6-8 p.m. this evening at deep-dish mecca Pi (6144 Delmar Boulevard; Web site).

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    AB/InBev Loves It Some Futbol, err, Football

    The economy has several advertisers sitting out this year's Super Bowl, but not AB/InBev. The Belgium-based brewer of Bud Light and everyone's favorite, Hoegaarden, has bought four-and-a-half minutes of time during the February 1 contest. The company's creative director, Bob La ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 10, 2008

    Foam, Sweet Foam: With a beer list as broad as a Clydesdale's backside, the Stable is true to its Lemp Brewery roots

    The economy has several advertisers sitting out this year's Super Bowl, but not AB/InBev. The Belgium-based brewer of Bud Light and everyone's favorite, Hoegaarden, has bought four-and-a-half minutes of time during the February 1 contest. The company's creative director, Bob La ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2008

    E-Mail of the Day: Pujols in Belgian Garb

    The economy has several advertisers sitting out this year's Super Bowl, but not AB/InBev. The Belgium-based brewer of Bud Light and everyone's favorite, Hoegaarden, has bought four-and-a-half minutes of time during the February 1 contest. The company's creative director, Bob La ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2008

    Belgium to St. Louis: We're Not So Different, Are We?

    The economy has several advertisers sitting out this year's Super Bowl, but not AB/InBev. The Belgium-based brewer of Bud Light and everyone's favorite, Hoegaarden, has bought four-and-a-half minutes of time during the February 1 contest. The company's creative director, Bob La ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 16, 2008

    Is St. Louis the New Brussels?

    Or is Brussels the old St. Louis?

  • Dining

    July 16, 2008
  • Calendar

    December 13, 2006

    The Amazing Racers

    Or is Brussels the old St. Louis?

  • Film

    May 17, 2006

    Belgian Waffling

    A street hustler sells his child, then fights to undo his mistake

  • Calendar

    April 5, 2006

    Single-Track Mind

    A street hustler sells his child, then fights to undo his mistake

  • News

    February 15, 2006

    Out of Egypt

    From a long-buried pyramid to the Saint Louis Art Museum: The mysterious voyage of the Ka-Nefer-Nefer mask.

  • Dining

    August 17, 2005

    La Fin du Monde

    Saleem's, 6501 Delmar Boulevard, University City; 314-721-7947

  • Film

    January 7, 2004

    Series/Festivals

    Week of January 7, 2004

  • Music

    April 16, 2003

    Vidna Obmana

    Spore (Release)

  • News

    March 13, 2002

    Cursing and Belittling

    Week of March 13, 2002

  • Music

    September 12, 2001

    Caught in the Net

    A quick surf turns up quite a catch

  • Restaurants

    April 18, 2001

    Beer Selection

    Growlers Pub

  • News

    April 26, 2000

    Plight of the Gypsies

    Home is where they have to take you in. But for the Roma refugees who've come to St. Louis, there's no such place.

  • Film

    September 15, 1999

    2000 Seen By ...

    Directed by Alain Berliner, Tsai Ming-liang and Laurent Cantet

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