Details are still being worked out, but local label F5 Records is set to celebrate the tenth anniversary of its first release (a twelve-inch single from Hi Fidel and DJ Crucial called "Madeira") on Saturday, February 21 at the Gramophone. Confirmed performers for the party so far include Earthworms, Jia Davis, Nato Caliph, Toyy, DJ Needles and DJ Crucial. More will be announced. Roo Yawitz (of the Gramophone and F5) also reports that some of the proceeds from the night will benefit the Herb
Remember all that squabbling a few years ago when the city handed over a piece of Forest Park to Barnes-Jewish Hospital? Part of the deal required that the city replace the 9.4 acres of green space it would lose to the hospital with new park land. Two years later, one of those spin-off parks is now on the drawing board. Choteau Park in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood will occupy a vacant, three-acre lot bordered by Chouteau, Newstead, Tower Grove and Highway 40.View Chouteau Park in a lar
Jeff Smith remains free on bond -- until he gets the letter from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons telling him where and when to report. ​Susan Uchitelle wanted Jeff Smith to do more community service at Confluence Academy. Vince Estrada wanted the former poli-sci instructor for Washington University to tutor students in the Maplewood Richmond Heights School District and help coach the St. Louis Eagles basketball team. Martin Matthews asked that the former state senator be allowed to continue helping
