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SLSO Having a Good Year So Far, Performing Works By John Cage and Steve Reich in March

Wikimedia Commons​Received a press release from the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra yesterday, trumpeting some good news about revenue and ticket sales as it passes the middle of its season. As compared to the same time last year: Classical revenues are up 6.5% ($3.41m vs. $3.2m) Classical ti ... More >>

Readers rave about Leonard Cohen's magical concert and rant about Andrew Schlafly's re-edit of the Bible

Wikimedia Commons​Received a press release from the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra yesterday, trumpeting some good news about revenue and ticket sales as it passes the middle of its season. As compared to the same time last year: Classical revenues are up 6.5% ($3.41m vs. $3.2m) Classical ti ... More >>

NLDS Game One Recap: Dodgers 5, Cardinals 3

Okay, so it wasn't quite the start the Cardinals were hoping for. Okay, so maybe that isn't quite strong enough. ​Going into last night's game, the Cardinals should have been confident. Hell, even I was confident, and I am never, ever, ever confident when it comes to October baseball. Th ... More >>

Renaissance man Eugene Chadbourne brings a rake — and outspoken politics — to St. Louis

Okay, so it wasn't quite the start the Cardinals were hoping for. Okay, so maybe that isn't quite strong enough. ​Going into last night's game, the Cardinals should have been confident. Hell, even I was confident, and I am never, ever, ever confident when it comes to October baseball. Th ... More >>

Wicked Good: Opera Theatre pulls out all the bizarre stops in mounting The Tales of Hoffmann

Okay, so it wasn't quite the start the Cardinals were hoping for. Okay, so maybe that isn't quite strong enough. ​Going into last night's game, the Cardinals should have been confident. Hell, even I was confident, and I am never, ever, ever confident when it comes to October baseball. Th ... More >>

What's up with Mexicans and their Tweety Bird decals?

Week of September 14, 2006

A Cut Above

Opera Theatre of St. Louis stages a smashing Barber

Puppet Regime

The marionettes break out the classics

Verdi Interesting

Rigoletto returns

Fantômas

Suspended Animation (Ipecac)

Crash and Yearn

Howard Hughes gets what he wants, in this case a fun and loving biopic

A Very St. Louis Christmas

A local label gives you a soundtrack for the holidays

Who's the Cos?

Bill Cosby: man, comedian, legend

Film Openings

Week of November 12, 2003

Genome Whiz!

Learn fun things about the humble mole rat, getting busted in East St. Louis and why our city wants to have the blues

The Ice Cream War

It's a hot, sweaty, cutthroat business. And in most city neighborhoods, it's illegal. A report from the front lines of the battle of the Bomb Pop.

Fake Mustache

Groucho Marx returns from the grave in Frank Ferrante's one-man show

Ghostface Killah

Bulletproof Wallets (Sony/Epic)

The Last Dance

The little flower shops wound extra rolls of floral tape, and the photographers wound fresh film, and the Bosnian seamstresses stitched poufs of netting to strapless bodices. DuBourg High was planning its prom.

One of Everything

The Florissant Valley of Flowers Festival delivers a bouquet of activities

Ace of Spade

Disney finds its own new groove with a dynamic Emperor

Green Dregs and Ham

The new Dr. Seuss adaptation is more cynical than the Grinch ever was

A Guest of Honor

Scott Joplin receives a celebratory homecoming with Opera Theatre of St. Louis' revival of Treemonisha

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Scott Joplin receives a celebratory homecoming with Opera Theatre of St. Louis' revival of Treemonisha