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Bob Cassilly

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    The Six Best Solo Guitar Albums

    Playing music in general takes some guts. Doing it alone takes even more, and making a record of instrumental unoccupied guitar moves a musician from the "gutsy" category to "ballsy." Here is the list of six best solo guitar albums. Feel free to let us know what your favorite solo guitar record is, ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 29, 2011

    In the Galleries: Peat Street and EYEZ at Hoffman Lachance Contemporary, closes January 7

    Playing music in general takes some guts. Doing it alone takes even more, and making a record of instrumental unoccupied guitar moves a musician from the "gutsy" category to "ballsy." Here is the list of six best solo guitar albums. Feel free to let us know what your favorite solo guitar record is, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Paul Simon at the Fabulous Fox Theatre, 11/15/11: Review and Setlist

    Kiernan Maletsky​Paul Simon | Punch Brothers Fabulous Fox Theatre November 15, 2011 Paul Simon still takes a wide stance when he gets into it. He tosses his hands for emphasis of his words, he converses his lines with an unseen foil. His voice belies his 70 years. Close your eyes and you can ... More >>

  • News

    October 6, 2011

    Bye-Bye, Bob: St. Louis native Bob Cassilly's whimsical genius knew no bounds.

    Kiernan Maletsky​Paul Simon | Punch Brothers Fabulous Fox Theatre November 15, 2011 Paul Simon still takes a wide stance when he gets into it. He tosses his hands for emphasis of his words, he converses his lines with an unseen foil. His voice belies his 70 years. Close your eyes and you can ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Masculine Journey On Working For Bob Cassilly And Its Upcoming Rooftop Release Show

    The City Museum has always been a friend to St. Louis artists of all kinds. From employing local artists to work on the establishment's many oddball attractions, hosting art shows to providing a venue for some of the most memorable concerts in town (Fishbone, anyone?), St. Louis has always been able ... More >>

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 29, 2011

    Best Of St. Louis 2011

    The City Museum has always been a friend to St. Louis artists of all kinds. From employing local artists to work on the establishment's many oddball attractions, hosting art shows to providing a venue for some of the most memorable concerts in town (Fishbone, anyone?), St. Louis has always been able ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Bob Cassilly's Ashes To Be Spread Along Mississippi River

    facebook.comBob Cassilly: "He can't be put in a box in the ground."​Daily RFT had a chance yesterday to speak to Bob Cassilly's widow, Melissa Giovanna Zompa Cassilly. Giovanna tells us that funeral arrangements are still being made for the City Museum founder, but the event will likely take place ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Bob Cassilly: City Museum Founder Died the Way He Lived

    Peat WollaegerA portrait of Bob Cassilly by Peat Wollaeger.​Here's one thing anyone who knew Bob Cassilly will agree on: Cassilly, whose body was found yesterday morning in a bulldozer at Cementland, his larger-than-life sculpture museum/creative experiment, died the way he lived, building som ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Deerhoof And Sleepy Kitty At The Luminary, 9/27/11: Photo Essay

    All photos by Corey Woodruff​Prior to Sleepy Kitty's opening set, Evan Sult lamented the passing of St. Louis luminary Bob Cassilly and dedicated the first song to him. ​In further tribute to late City Museum founder Bob Cassilly, Evan Sult fashioned a t-shirt that read "Thank You BC".

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Bob Cassilly And City Museum's Impact On St. Louis Music

    Jennifer Silverberg​Bob Cassilly, the artist whose seemingly impossible visions included the City Museum, died yesterday while working on his most ambitious creation: Cementland. For a look at his life, his work and his famously enormous personality, read Aimee Levitt's obituary on Daily RFT. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Reports: Bob Cassilly Killed This Morning at "Cementland" in Bulldozer Accident

    Photo by Jennifer SilverbergBob Cassilly at Cementland in 2000.​UPDATE 2:45 p.m. A source close to the family tells Daily RFT that Cassilly died from a "bulldozer accident" at Cementland in which the vehicle apparently overturned. One of Cassilly's employees found him around 8 a.m. after Cassilly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Remembering Bob Cassilly's Cementland: A Photo Tribute

    Jennifer SilverbergBob Cassilly​It was Bob Cassilly's unfinished symphony: The noted sculptor and City Museum impresario spent more than ten years working on a project he called Cementland. And this morning, when police say his body was found there, apparently killed in a bulldozer accident, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Mourners at City Museum Pay Respects to Bob Cassilly

    Kholood EidCassie Smith pays her respects to Bob Cassilly with a quick visit to the City Museum. ​It's a quiet day at the City Museum, despite news breaking earlier of founder Bob Cassilly being killed in an apparent bulldozer accident at Cementland. Still, a group of four friends -- who make a ye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Cassilly Update: John Blake to be Charged in Shooting of City Museum Founder's Son

    ​One of the two men alleged to have shot Max Cassilly in his south-city apartment will be formally charged next month.John Henry Blake, 29, was arrested the morning of August 13 after two men shot Cassilly, son of City Museum founder Bob Cassilly, in his home near Grand and Montana. Blake, who's b ... More >>

  • News

    September 1, 2011

    The City Museum's Unwelcome Guest

    ​One of the two men alleged to have shot Max Cassilly in his south-city apartment will be formally charged next month.John Henry Blake, 29, was arrested the morning of August 13 after two men shot Cassilly, son of City Museum founder Bob Cassilly, in his home near Grand and Montana. Blake, who's b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    President Casino Craps Out; Brown Water to Blame

    Image Via​The first gambling boat to open its doors in Missouri back in 1994 is officially closed -- a week before its owner was to shutdown the casino anyway. The flooded Mississippi River in downtown St. Louis forced the President Casino to halt business a week ago. Yesterday the casino announce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    City Museum and Its Many Lawsuits Land in Wall Street Journal

    citymuseum.org​The front page of this weekend's Wall Street Journal took a look at the many personal-injury lawsuits swirling around the City Museum. For folks in St. Louis, the WSJ article wasn't earth-shattering news. The fact that people get hurt and sue the museum is old hat, so ,too, is the m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    City Museum Plants a Forest on Third Floor

    Image sourceBob Cassilly checks out his new Tree Walkaround and Climber.​For the past two years, a portion of the third floor of the City Museum has been closed off. If you had most of a floor left in an old factory building, what would you do with it? If you're Bob Cassilly and you've already ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    City Museum's New Box-A-Robot Toy: PR Fail, or Best Marketing Ever?

    Been on the City Museum website lately? Seen the rotating ad for the new robot thingie? www.citymuseum.org​Such a tease!Now here's a timely question: Having been rolled out roughly two weeks ago, right about the moment that City Museum and its founder Bob Cassilly were settling a lawsuit in which ... More >>

  • Music

    November 12, 2008

    Japanther

    8 p.m. Thursday, November 13. Cementland.

  • Calendar

    May 14, 2008

    Free Love

    City Museum wants you to feel it

  • Calendar

    October 24, 2007

    A Perfect Ten

    City Museum wants you to feel it

  • News

    March 7, 2007

    The Strange, Strange Tale of the U.S.S. Inaugural

    An old warship meets its most formidable enemy — the Mississippi River.

  • News

    July 26, 2006

    What If . . .

    A cadre of Missourians stand at the vanguard of the 9/11 "truth movement." Just don't call them conspiracy theorists.

  • News

    May 4, 2005

    Stranglehold

    Downtown real estate speculator David Jump goes for the jugular when he smells blood. Who the hell is this guy?

  • News

    July 7, 2004

    Party Down

    Tangerine. Lo. The Chocolate Bar. All of them brought to you by the genius of Blake Brokaw. All of them dead. The king of St. Louis nightlife reveals his dark side.

  • Calendar

    June 30, 2004

    Jump the Shark

    What could make the City Museum even better? Fifteen thousand sea creatures!

  • News

    January 28, 2004

    Going Postal

    Maybe it’s time to revisit Steve Stogel’s redevelopment plan for the Old Post Office downtown

  • Calendar

    November 5, 2003

    The Wide-Ruled Stuff

    Is the Wright stuff

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2003

    Michigan Rag

    Everybody loves the Ann Arbor Film Fest

  • Calendar

    October 15, 2003

    Belly of the Bob

    Enter Bob Cassilly's mind (really!) at the City Museum's newest attraction

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 24, 2003

    Best Place to Take Out-of-Town Guests

    City Museum

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 24, 2003

    Best Kids' Thrill

    The Zooline Railroad

  • News

    August 27, 2003

    Sonny, How We Love Ya

    City Museum, monstrous vehicles and a meet-'n'-greet with the Hell's Angels prove that danger can be fun; plus, the socioeconomic impact of bling bling

  • News

    April 2, 2003

    The Boxers' Rebellion

    When a renegade band of artists and writers tries to punch its way into the local fight game, the gloves come off

  • News

    August 14, 2002

    Ass in a Sling

    Bob Cassilly's got far-reaching plans for visitors to the City Museum

  • News

    February 6, 2002

    Which Two St. Louisans Would You Like to See Locked in a Room Together?

    Week of February 6, 2002

  • News

    April 4, 2001

    Water Hazard

    Fear of terrorism has the cost of a new bike trail shifting into high gear

  • Culture

    January 17, 2001

    State of Arousal

    An art exhibition tries to make St. Louisans act grown-up about sex

  • News

    November 22, 2000

    Letters

    Week of November 22, 2000

  • Culture

    November 8, 2000

    Shell-shocked

    A struggle between patron and artist creates panic in Turtle Park

  • News

    October 11, 2000

    Prescription for Resignation

    Upset over a new pay policy, docs are checking out of St. Louis University Hospital

  • News

    September 20, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Published the week of September 20-26, 2000

  • News

    September 13, 2000

    There He Goes Again

    If you liked the City Museum, just look at what Bob Cassilly is doing now

  • News

    June 30, 1999

    Hit Parade

    If you liked the City Museum, just look at what Bob Cassilly is doing now

  • News

    April 7, 1999

    Short Cuts

    If you liked the City Museum, just look at what Bob Cassilly is doing now

  • News

    February 10, 1999

    Bringing the Roof Down

    When the Arena is imploded later this month, a valuable example of a locally based but nationally renowned architect's work will be lost

  • News

    January 27, 1999

    Letters to the Editor

    When the Arena is imploded later this month, a valuable example of a locally based but nationally renowned architect's work will be lost

  • News

    January 20, 1999

    What About Bob's Plan?

    He's a sculptor and an entrepreneur, and he built the City Museum. Now Bob Cassilly has a "12th-hour" plan of salvation for the St. Louis Arena. But there are no believers at City Hall.

  • News

    January 20, 1999

    A Real-Estate History Lesson

    He's a sculptor and an entrepreneur, and he built the City Museum. Now Bob Cassilly has a "12th-hour" plan of salvation for the St. Louis Arena. But there are no believers at City Hall.

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