Egan O'KeefeErik "P.R.E.A.C.H." Bothazy is a 26-year-old local rapper originally from Oradea, a city in western Romania about seven miles from the border of Hungary. P.R.E.A.C.H., along with his parents and sister, immigrated to south St. Louis in 1991. After moving to St. Louis, P.R.E.A.C.H ... More >>
Egan O'KeefeA scene from 2009's Taste of MaplewoodThe weather forecast for the weekend may be full of storms and gloom, but forget about it! There's plenty of booze, food and tunes to keep everyone out of the house. Take, for instance, the Missouri Brewfest in Westport or the 30th Annual Fine ... More >>
Egan O'KeefeCarl Hazel of the Scottish Arms after winning the Iron Fork chef competition Last Thursday, the RFT hosted Iron Fork, its annual celebration of all things delicious. Relive the evening through Egan O'Keefe's photos.
Egan O'KeefeThe last time Matt & Kim were in town, the perma-smile duo spread good cheer and party vibes to a very packed Off Broadway. Crowds will have room to spread out during this M&K show, however: The pair has graduated to the Pageant, and will be performing there on Thursday, June 23. ... More >>
Last night at Exo, Solange Knowles came to town for a special DJ set. The night also featured a performance from Teresajenee. Photographer Egan O'Keefe headed to the club and brought back a slideshow of photos. You can view all of them here, but a few are below.Egan O'KeefeKnowles hard at work ... More >>
It's cold. But there are plenty of reasons to leave your warm house this weekend. Seriously. Some ideas are here; other ideas are below. Friday:Egan O'KeefeDesigner Drugs @ 2720 Cherokee Kick the year off right with these NYC DJs, who have entertained at London Calling in the past. With Cor( ... More >>
Egan O'KeefeLast night, Nelly held his fifth annual Black & White Ball at the Chase Park Plaza. Celebrities, athletes and various members of the local glitterati came to to the Jermaine Dupri co-hosted event. DJ Charlie Chan warmed the crowd up with a DJ set full of contemporary pop, hip-hop ... More >>
Summer in St. Louis continues to roll on: Last Friday, Nelly celebrated the tenth anniversary of the release of Country Grammar with a bash at HOME Nightclub. Egan O'Keefe surveyed the scene and brought back a slideshow of photos. View a sampling below:Egan O'KeefeNellyville! View more phot ... More >>
Club Velvet billed itself as the "epicenter of club culture" for St. Louis during its run from the mid '90s to the mid 2000s. And on Saturday, the second annual Velvet reunion took place at Rue 13 on Washington. Dance music was provided by DJ's Charles Feelgood, Scotty Mac and Jeff Hopkins. Nightli ... More >>
Last night, the business department for the Riverfront Times staged its annual Iron Fork chef competition. New this year was a bartending competition (photos on page 2.) The venue was the Marriott Hotel at St. Louis' Union Station, and in addition to the food-and-drink prep throwdown, more than 25 a ... More >>
Many players were involved in last night's Hood Internet show at the Gramophone, so it may not come as a surprise that the Manchester venue was packed for Steve Reidell -- who makes up one half of the The Hood Internet, a Chicago-based duo famous for splicing rap and indie rock.Photographer Egan O'K ... More >>
Good morning, St. Louis! Here's a recap of our weekend coverage."The Situation" at Club F15teenPhtoo: Egan O'KeefeSee more photos from Saturday night at F15teen.Despite the jaw-dropping douche-baggery that takes place on MTV's Jersey Shore -- but with ratings like the show's received, more of us ... More >>
Calling the crowd slim last night for a DJ set from two members of Holy Fuck set would be generous, reports photographer Egan O'Keefe. Still, Brian Borcherdt and Graham Walsh of the Toronto electro group played on. Holy Fuck was last in St. Louis on March 21, 2008 to open for headlining a show ... More >>
Good afternoon St. Louis. Here's a recap of our coverage from a foggy January weekend.1 a.m. at Sugar LoungePhoto: Egan O'KeefeA snapshot of the after-midnight nightlife at Sugar Louge on Washington Avenue. See the full slideshow here.
As you read in our review of last night's Lady Gaga concert at the Fox Theatre, there were scads of monsters there -- pay no mind to gender -- dressed like their favorite performer. After the concert, we headed to a Lady Gaga after-party at Erney's 32-Degrees Vodka Bar on Manchester. Among the look- ... More >>
Happy New Year. A bit hungover, you might be. RFT night life photographers were out last night at Off Broadway's New Year's Eve Party, the glitzy Masquerade Ball at Home Nightclub and the gritty Skatium in Lemay for "Dance Fiasco."Here's a recap of our NYE nightlife coverage, in photos:- New Year's ... More >>
St. Louis punk bands came together the day after Christmas at the Fox Hole, the new music venue at the Atomic Cowboy, to raise money for Nick Mardanes, a former St. Louis resident who's fighting cancer and Brad Cassidy, another former St. Louis resident who died last year. The benefit concert, expla ... More >>
It's Monday, December 14. Happy Monkey Day, National Bouillabaisse Day and while we're at it, happy birthday to Nostradamus. Here's a recap of our weekend coverage:Santarchy '09Photo: Egan O'KeefeRevelers with Santarchy '09 made their way to about 20 bars in St. Louis on Saturday. See more photos he ... More >>
Last night LA Riots played the Midtown venue Sol Lounge, bringing in an estimated 400 people, according to organizer Dwight Carter. Only half of the DJ duo -- Daniel LeDisko -- was in attendance. (Jon Pegnato, who doesn't always hit the road for tours, wasn't there.)Nightlife photographer Egan O'Kee ... More >>
Back at your desk after the long holiday break and looking to postpone doing any actual work for a few more minutes? We'll here's a diversion: Our recap of a very fun -- and filling -- Thanksgiving weekend.Local H at the FirebirdImage ViaLocal HOn Wednesday night, music writer Bob McMahon was in ... More >>
Photo: Egan O'KeefeWhere did she go to high school? Incarnate Word Academy. Take the quiz here.The BBNOTY ("Biggest Bar Night of the Year") was on Wednesday night, Thanksgiving Eve, and old friends reunited in bars over booze across St. Louis. With the bars packed with people who returned to STL ... More >>
French DJ David Guetta was at Home Nightclub last night, performing to an estimated 1,000 people. Guetta recently spoke with City Pages in Minneapolis, where he spins tonight. He describes his new album, One Love, as such: I've got some incredible people on the album -- Kelly Rowland, Kid Cudi, Akon ... More >>
Photo: Egan O'KeefeThe happy couple pose for Riverfront Times back in September. The Internets (well, snarky sports blogs anyway) are abuzz today about two factoids: Kyle Boller is now the starting QB for the Rams, taking over for the injured Marc Bulger.Boller's girlfriend, it's been revealed re ... More >>
Krista Ayne is one of the four women featured on Life on Top, a Sex in the City-like drama crossed with soft-core porn that airs each Friday night on Cinemax. Ayne was in St. Louis on Saturday to host a party at Lure nightclub on Washington Avenue. Nightlife photographer Egan O'Keefe caught up with ... More >>
Didn't make it out this weekend? Lame! You missed some damn good times, including the Japandroids at the Billiken Club, Elvis Perkins at the Gargoyle and a wild night at Lure with a soft-core porn star. Check out what you missed in the photos below. The Japandroids at the Billiken ClubPhoto: Jason S ... More >>
Ugh. Monday has reared its ugly head once more. And sadly, it looks to be a soaking wet week. (Again.) Hopefully our weekend coverage will brighten your day a bit. Here's the recap.Old School Tattoo ExpoPhoto: Jason StoffThis tattoo needs more... Cowbell! See more photos from the Old School Tattoo E ... More >>
Egan O'KeefeLondon Calling's last Saturday night at the Halo Bar. More photos here. You need a scorecard to keep up with the location of popular dance night London Calling. The event got its start at the cozy confines of the Upstairs Lounge, then spent a spell at the Stable and finally landed ... More >>
Photo: Egan O'KeefeSee more photos here.Here's a slideshow of photos from The Other Woman's corset show, held on Sunday at Cheap Trx on South Grand. "The Other Woman" is corset-maker and seamstress Dorothy Jones. Jones got her start as a theatrical patternmaker in New York. She learned how to mak ... More >>
All told, about 3,000 people showed up Thursday night at the City Museum for the Riverfront Times' annual Best of St. Louis party. There was a variety of attractions: free drink tickets, fire-breathers, burlesque dancing, stilt-walkers and the Dirt Cheap chicken among them. Nightlife photographer Eg ... More >>
After a week where we rarely saw the sun, the weekend's weather seemed to make up for the days of gray. Besides Halloween, there was a lot going on and here's a recap of our weekend coverage.John Oates at the 'Stache BashPhoto: Chad GarrisonJohn Oates at the 'Stash Bash on Friday night.You might ... More >>
Superstar DJ Tiesto performed at Home Nightclub on Wednesday, October 28. Egan O'Keefe was there and took photos of the man -- and crowd -- in action. View a few samples below, and an entire slideshow here. Photo: Egan O'KeefeView more Tiesto photos from last night.
Good morning, St. Louis! Here's a recap of our weekend coverage: two concert reviews for your reading pleasure and a slide show of the models at Saint Louis Fashion Week.Photo: Jon GitchoffLucinda Williams did her roots rock thing on Saturday night at the Pageant. See more photos from Saturday night ... More >>
Egan O'KeefeRibs from Jim Edmonds' F15teenThis weekend was the annual Taste of St. Louis event, a celebration of St. Louis restaurants, with art and live music. We offer not one but TWO slideshows of the event from photographer Egan O'Keefe. The first, "Food Porn at Taste of St. Louis 2009," is s ... More >>
Photo: Egan O'KeefeSt. Vincent last night at the Firebird. See more photos from last night's show. A few songs into her hour-plus set, St. Vincent's Annie Clark told the crowd that she was "flummoxed by your enthusiasm." For once, it didn't seem like an instance of rock-star faux-modesty -- her w ... More >>
Cicero's seemed like the place to be last night: Grey Market, Say Panther, the Antlers, Thom Donovan, the Starters DJ's and the Hood Internet performed for an excited crowd. (Superfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship performed nearby -- no room can contain him.) Take a look at Egan O'Keefe's slideshow of photos ... More >>
Labor Day seems like so far away on this Monday, September 14, doesn't it? Here's a recap of our weekend coverage.Jumbling Towers at the FirebirdJumbling Towers - myspaceThis is not Jumbling Towers on Friday at the Firebird. This is them in-studio.Music writer Bob McMahon was at the first Jumblin ... More >>
The long weekend behind us, at least we have a four-day work week ahead. If you missed some of these events over the three-day break, catch up here.The Dandy Warhols at Pop'sPhoto: Steve TruesdellOn Friday night, the Dandy Warhols played at Pop's in Sauget, Illinois. See more photos from Friday's gi ... More >>
Photo: Egan O'KeefeOrganizers of the ride, who ran it last year as a school project, but continued this year for fun. See more photos from the ride.Well, the 2009 version of the St. Louis World Naked Bike Ride, a bare-assed protest against the world's dependency on fossil fuels, is in the books. ... More >>
What a weekend. If you stayed inside constantly checking istwitterdown.com, here's what you missed. The What Cheer? Brigade on the City Museum roof On Friday night, the What Cheer? Brigade, a traveling 19-piece, punk brass band, took to the roof of the City Museum for a show, before heading to Chic ... More >>
Coldplay at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Photo: Kenny WilliamsonChris Martin of Coldplay on Friday nights. See more photos and read the concert review.Music editor Annie Zaleski ventured out to Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Maryland Heights to see Coldplay. Read her review here. We also have ... More >>
It was a music-heavy weekend, and here's what you might have missed.Sonic Youth at the ArchPhoto: Todd OwyoungIndie rock godfathers, and godmothers, Sonic Youth played a free show under the Arch on Friday. See more photos.Music editor Annie Zaleski called this show on Friday "one of the best concert ... More >>
Egan O'KeefeDid you know some St. Louis restaurants serve food after 9 p.m.? It's true. Here's a slideshow of some of the most popular places and those who frequent them.
Egan O'Keefe battled the sweaty, spazzing crowd for photos of Saturday's So Many Dynamos CD release show. Check out her slideshow here!Egan O'KeefeView entire slideshow.
German DJ Paul van Dyk performed last night at Home Nightclub, drawing club-goers with Germany T-shirts, furry leg warmers and at least one LP-toting super-fan. PVD was in the Lou last year as well and performed at Dante's Nightclub. (See photos from that show.) Below are photos from his gig last ni ... More >>
Around 1:10 a.m. or so, MSTRKRFT dropped bits of Daft Punk's "Da Funk" into its DJ set. The crowd - or what was left of it - at the Pageant naturally went apeshit, fueled as much by free Bacardi drinks as it was by the French techno-funk. And sure, at that hour, nothing is better than hearing an awe ... More >>
Okay, so the crowd wasn't exactly what I expected at last night's Mr. Lif show. Given the political and sometimes "radical" nature of his music, I thought the audience would be more -- shall we say -- diverse. Nonetheless, Lif has a message in his music, and if 30-something hipsters (mostly white) a ... More >>
Egan O'KeefeDidn't visit the Taste of Maplewood event on Saturday? Egan O'Keefe has a slideshow of all the food and fun you missed.
Egan O'KeefeClick here for more photos.This weekend, two-month-old Smoking Joe's Bar-Be-Que (1901 Washington Avenue) hosted a "Memphis in May Celebration." Freelance photographer Egan O'Keefe visited the event, and you can see a slideshow of her work.(No photos of the "Best Booty" contest.)Update: I ... More >>
Last night Lamb of God played a sold-out show at The Pageant -- with openers As I Lay Dying, Children of Bodom, Municipal Waste and God Forbid -- as part of its "head-spinningly awesome package tour."Freelance photographer Egan O'Keefe has this slide show of the carnage, if you were raging too hard ... More >>
El Borracho Mexican Cantina opens this week at 2001 Locust Street. RFT freelance photographer Egan O'Keefe attended the soft opening celebration this weekend. View a slideshow of El Borracho here.- Ian FroebPhoto: Egan O'Keefe
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