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Changing of the Guard at Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical GardenAdieu, Dr. Raven.​Dr. Peter Raven, the director of the Missouri Botanical Garden, announced today that he is retiring. The garden's board of directors has hired Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson, director of the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, in Dublin, to take the reins. Raven ... More >>

Interview: The Rambling British Comic Eddie Izzard, Who's at the Fox Theatre Saturday

Rambling, improvising and eternally absurd actor/stand-up comedian Eddie Izzard certainly keeps himself busy these days, what between releasing his seventh DVD, searching for the perfect U.S. drama series to sink his teeth into and ushering a documentary film about his formative years into theaters. ... More >>

No Luck Among the Irish: Amy Adams is trapped in the land of blarney, cow pies and forced humiliation

Rambling, improvising and eternally absurd actor/stand-up comedian Eddie Izzard certainly keeps himself busy these days, what between releasing his seventh DVD, searching for the perfect U.S. drama series to sink his teeth into and ushering a documentary film about his formative years into theaters. ... More >>

Review Setlist: The Swell Season and Rachael Yamagata at the Pageant, Friday, December 4

Annie Zaleski​It was Glen Hansard's show last night at the Pageant. Although he shared the stage with Markéta Irglová, the Swell Season's other co-founder - as well as his other band the Frames, opener Rachael Yamagata and the occasional overzealous audience member -- Hansard commanded the s ... More >>

The Dive Bomber: Irish Diving at Foley's Bar

I got some sad news via a blog comment the other day. One of my favorite dives, Screamer's, will be closing at the end of the month. Just look at the comments on my post and think about all those patrons being displaced. It makes me sad to see a community that tight dissolved through a real-estate ... More >>

By the Boards: Dennis Brown on the STL Theater Scene April 30-May 3

You know you want you some Riverdance: In the opening "Reel Around the Sun," the stage throbs with a kind of orgiastic splendor.Some musicals continue to tour long after they've worn out their welcome. The orchestra grows thinner on each repeat visit, and the productions seem a little further remove ... More >>

Throwback of the House: No Luck for the Irish

Todd Ehlers, Wikimedia CommonsRobin Wheeler writes for the blog Poppy Mom. After years of making and eating fancy food, Robin is sick of it all. She's returning to the basics: recipes that haven't surfaced in three decades. She reports on the results for Gut Check every Tuesday.On this St. Patrick' ... More >>

Play It (Again), Sam

Remove Sam Shepard from this reimagining of a Frank O'Connor short story, and what's left?

Eire Apparent: A pair of Irish productions reign over soggy St. Louis

Remove Sam Shepard from this reimagining of a Frank O'Connor short story, and what's left?

Feeling Gravity's Pull: R.E.M. hurtles toward the future on Accelerate

Remove Sam Shepard from this reimagining of a Frank O'Connor short story, and what's left?

R.E.M. Accelerate: An Advance Review and Song-by-Song Analysis of the Band's New Album

Remove Sam Shepard from this reimagining of a Frank O'Connor short story, and what's left?

U2, "Pride in the Name of Love" Video: All Four Versions

Remove Sam Shepard from this reimagining of a Frank O'Connor short story, and what's left?

Radiohead Is Coming to St. Louis in 2008!!!!

Remove Sam Shepard from this reimagining of a Frank O'Connor short story, and what's left?

New R.E.M. song: "Until the Day Is Done"

Remove Sam Shepard from this reimagining of a Frank O'Connor short story, and what's left?

Lollapalooza, Day Two: A Review

Remove Sam Shepard from this reimagining of a Frank O'Connor short story, and what's left?

R.E.M. New Music Posted on YouTube

Remove Sam Shepard from this reimagining of a Frank O'Connor short story, and what's left?

Our top DVD picks for the week of June 6:

Remove Sam Shepard from this reimagining of a Frank O'Connor short story, and what's left?

Dublin, Sixteen Years Later

Week of May 24, 2007

Busker Love

Once upon a time in Ireland, a girl met a guy and they made sweet music.

Top o’ the Morning!

Take B-Sides’ annual St. Patrick’s day lyrics quiz, just before exploring religion with unlikely bedfellows the Thermals and the Hold Steady.

The Music Men

Halfway through Sundance, and still whistling a happy tune.

Monty Are I

7 p.m. Tuesday, December 19. Creepy Crawl (3524 Washington Boulevard).

When Stars Don't Align

Americano

(MTI)

MC Lars

Wednesday, February 22 at 8 p.m. at the Gargoyle (on the campus of Washington University, Forsyth and Skinker boulevards)

The Frames

Sunday, October 9; Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street)

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Best One-Person Show

St. Nicholas

Buzz Me

The Grandel binges on caffeine

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

The King James Version

Let's get free on Juneteenth

Beer and Skits

Drama brews at McGurk's

Blarney Rubble

Intermission kicks through the debris of modern Ireland

Say Yes to Craic

Traditional Irish sessions at the City Museum keep things reel

Must-See TV

Unreal just can't get enough of the KETC pledge drive; plus we give the Sanford-Brown update, celebrate the 125-day anniversary of our Editorial Fella and take "The Many Moods of Blake Ashby" to a new level

Number One With a Bullet

With In a Little World of Our Own, HotHouse hits the target

Film Openings

Week of October 15, 2003

Habitat for Inhumanity

The "asylums" depicted in The Magdalene Sisters undermine both the Catholic Church and the popular image of Ireland

Triumph of the Wilco

I Am Trying to Break Your Heart pushes pop propaganda

Tell It Slainte

Flogging Molly isn't punk, traditional Irish or rock & roll but all these things at once

Series/Festivals

Week of February 27, 2002

Flight of Fancy

St. Louis Shakespeare performs The Rivals, the debut work of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, a young playwright long since departed

Not Odd Enough

The mismatched couple of When Brendan Met Trudy never quite jells

Irish Cream

Irish poet Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill comes to St. Louis

THE WEIR

By Conor McPherson (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis' Studio Theatre)

BOOK OF DAYS

By Lanford Wilson (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

RETURN OF THE NATIVE

Missourian Lanford Wilson comes to the Rep to stage his new play, Book of Days, with longtime collaborator Marshall Mason. A look behind the scenes at the men who changed American theater.

Stout Fellows

St. Louis' Irish-bar fraternity shares the lore of that sturdiest of brews

Crime-Family Man

St. Louis' Irish-bar fraternity shares the lore of that sturdiest of brews

Lottery Winner

St. Louis' Irish-bar fraternity shares the lore of that sturdiest of brews