Black Friday

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8 p.m. Friday, November 23. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

VIDEO: After Almost a Century and a Half, Missouri Has Wild Elk Again

The gates to the temporary holding pen have finally been opened. Wild elk -- unknown to our state since the end of the Civil War -- are back. As the man in the video says: "Welcome to freedom." The Farm Bureau has warned that reintroducing elk to Missouri would wreak havoc on farms and roads. The ... More >>

Kings for a Moment: The feds attack online poker, killing a $2.5 billion industry

Occupy St. Louis "Hijacks" Walmart, Macy's; Police Captain Explains Tactics

​Forcibly evicted from downtown's Kiener Plaza, Occupy St. Louis has taken its protest to area department stores. Yesterday afternoon, roughly 30 Occupiers held a meeting outside Macy's at the Galleria. Later, a few "mic-checked" -- using their collective voices as a human megaphone to shout anti- ... More >>

The Ten Best Things to do in St. Louis This Weekend: November 25 to 27

Happy Capitalism Celebration day! This weekend is as packed as your small intestine. First things first: shopping. Friday This year, ditch the evil big box stores in favor of supporting local art and business. You will not get $200 off a 87-inch flat screen TV, but you will find beer and Beryl, th ... More >>

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 >>

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Henry Rollins, Old 97s Lead This Week's Show Announcements

Courtesy of the artistHot.​From the looks of it, we're in for another killer spring as far as concerts are concerned. The Old 97's bring that highly accessible Texas twang to The Pageant is a bright spot on January 21. Henry Rollins, he of nimble mind and Black Flag fame also heads to the Page ... More >>

St. Louis Malls to Open At 12:01 a.m. Black Friday

​ What am I thankful for this holiday season? That I don't work in retail. Specifically, that I don't work for any of the malls operated by CBL & Associates. Yesterday the company announced that its five St. Louis malls -- Chesterfield, Mid-Rivers, South County Center, St. Clair Square and Wes ... More >>

Hear New So Many Dynamos Music Played Live

A few months ago, we pointed you to a stripped-back version of a new So Many Dynamos song. Well, courtesy of Trevor Juenger, here's fleshed-out live video of new SMD music from last year's Black Friday event. The band will be playing at the Firebird on March 4 as part of what's now a US English EP ... More >>

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Photos: Fresh Paint II at 2720 Cherokee on Black Friday, November 26

On Friday night, November 26, the music and art scenes converged for Fresh Paint II at 2720 Cherokee. Sarah Rusnak attended and brought back a slideshow of photos from the festivities. View all Fresh Paint II: Black Friday photos here; a sampling can be found below.Sarah Rusnak​View a slidesho ... More >>

Barack Obama Joe Biden ÷ Iron Man = Best Painting Ever

This gem was spotted at Fresh Paint II, the Black Friday art/music extravaganza at 2720 Cherokee:​To answer the obvious questions: Yes, it does portray Barack Obama and Joe Biden as the cast of Iron Man; no, we have no idea what kind of deep symbolic message the artist is trying to send.

This Week in Gut Check, Regurgitated

Image via​This week, Gut Check was all caught up in Thanksgiving preparations -- a holiday that's here and gone way too soon. But if a day of Black Friday shopping has left you not-quite ready to turn the page to December, relive the turkey day magic with a look at Thanksgivings past and a video h ... More >>

Gut Check Conjures the Ghosts of Thanksgivings (Far) Past

On November 29, 1900, the Park Avenue Hotel in New York City hosted a Thanksgiving dinner. While Good Housekeeping advised the masses to stick to roast turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, tomato soup and pumpkin and mince pies, the menu for the super-rich was quite different. ​

Make a Cat (or Dog) Thankful This Weekend

This glamorous creature once lived at a Humane Society.​Screw getting a stupid giant teevee machine on sale this Black Friday. Those won't make your life any better, and the big dumb pile of technology won't care one way or the other.Instead, take advantage of incentives from the Humane Society of ... More >>

Black Friday Record Store Sales Hit Vintage Vinyl, Euclid Records and Apop Records

recordstoreday.com​April's annual Record Store Day has been such a rousing success, a semi-sequel is happening on Black Friday. Indie record stores all around the country will have exclusives, special releases, deluxe editions and other rare, limited-run goodies for sale. Vintage Vinyl and Euc ... More >>

Artgasm: This Weekend's Art Openings, November 26-28, 2010

(c) Rock N Roll Craft Show​Most of the galleries forego opening a new show this weekend, what with all the turkey comas, family obligations and Black Friday riots. However, if you're in the market for some objets d'art that you can give to everybody on your list, here are two events that are right ... More >>

Top Ten Concerts During Thanksgiving Weekend in St. Louis: November 24 to 28

Wikimedia Commons​It's the biggest bar night of the year. Go big -- or go home. (Or, you know, just stay home.) More music here. Have a great holiday! Wednesday Tight Pants Syndrome @ Mangia Dubbed the "First Annual Night Before Thanksgiving Rock Pantstacular," this show features the power-po ... More >>

Fresh Paint For Black Friday (Hawthorne Headhunters So Many Dynamos Illphonics @ 2720 Cherokee)

Image viaHawthorne Headhunters is Black Spade, Coultrain and I, Ced.​You've probably already heard about the awesome awesomeness that is and will be Fresh Paint II this Friday at 2720 Cherokee. The event's Facebook page already has more than 15,000 (!) invites.But, if you aren't already in the kno ... More >>

This Holiday Season, Give 'Em an Animal Farm (Not the Orwellian Kind)

image viaTiny the Goat is in need of a sponsor.​Have a horrible fear of crowds? Feel like sleeping late on Black Friday? The Humane Society of Missouri has the solution for you! Instead of hiking out to the mall, sit down at your computer (you don't even have to get out of your pajamas!) and g ... More >>

Bootleg Beats Celebrates Black Friday at the Thaxton Speakeasy

Sarah ParadoskiThe Thaxton Speakeasy's main floor during its April 2008 opening​Bootleg Beats is a relatively new local monthly at the Thaxton Speakeasy (1009 Olive Street). The Friday, November 26 ("Black Friday") edition is a special expanded version: Besides the below-ground bar venue, the ... More >>

Loser Alert: Area Man Begins Camping Monday for Black Friday Deals

Say what you will about Isaac Bowser. The kid from Rolla has his goals. Since last night -- Monday -- Bowser has been camped out outside a Best Buy store in Fairview Heights, Illinois. Why? Because he wants to be the first shopper through the doors the day after Thanksgiving -- a.k.a. Black Friday.S ... More >>

Five Reasons to Embrace the Food Safety Bill

That food safety bill we keep talking about? Exactly what's it going to do for us? MSNBC breaks it down into the five most important points, the first being less intestinal distress. ABC reports that a recent change in the bill will exempt small farms that make less than half a million dollars annua ... More >>