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Why You Should Care about Man City vs. Chelsea F.C. at Busch Stadium

Lately, the Premiership, or the Barclay's Premier League, or just the Premier League, has been called the world's "top league" -- mostly by players coming into the British league from France, Germany, Spain and yes, the United States. That's because in the twenty-team Premier League, play is faster, ... More >>

In the Galleries - Dark Star CLOSES February 16 at Good Citizen

In Hyde Park on Hudson, it's patriotic to pleasure a president

Ho, Ho: The current theater slate brings two very funny early Christmas gifts

AMC West Olive 16 Opens Dine-In Theatre With Full Menu and Seat-Side Service

Seeing a movie this weekend? Want to feel like the Queen of freaking England while you're at it? On Monday, November 5, AMC West Olive 16 (12657 Olive Boulevard, Creve Coeur; 314-542-4262) became the first local AMC Theatre to debut the theater chain's Dine-In Theatre in St. Louis. Billed as a "mov ... More >>

The Class War Between Food Culture and Music Culture

Art and life co-habitate, informing, imitating, and enriching each other constantly. Each week in Better Living Through Music, RFT Music writer Ryan Wasoba explores this symbiotic relationship I'm a sucker for the Food Network. Chopped is my jam, I have strong opinions about specific Iron Chefs, an ... More >>

Sigillito's Motion for New Trial Denied; His Associate, J. Scott Brown, Is Sentenced

A couple big developments yesterday in the criminal prosecution of the largest Ponzi scheme in St. Louis history, a.k.a., "The British Lending Program": 1) Bishop Martin Sigillito, convicted by a jury last April for masterminding the $52 million fraud, will not be getting a new trial. On Tuesday, Ju ... More >>

Play Musty for Me: Some plays grow old gracefully. Others just grow old.

New York Times Runs A-1 Feature on Fast Eddie of the Ozarks

Maybe Edward Maher was channeling his inner-James by choosing to relocate to the Ozarks while on the lam.​Our very own Ozark Mountains make a splash on the front page of this morning's New York Times, as Kansas City-based A.G. Sulzberger recounts the incredible yarn of super-fugitive Edward Ma ... More >>

British Fugitive "Fast Eddie" Found Hiding Out in Ozarks

Eddie Maher back in the early 1990s.​A British national on the lam for nearly two decades was arrested this week in Missouri in the small town of Ozark, south of Springfield. Edward Maher was working as an armored truck driver in his native country in January 1993 when he drove off with over 1 mil ... More >>

Ask a Mexican: Special Conquistador Edition

There Has to Be a Twist: Stray Dog Theatre's production of The Who's Tommy never tilts at all

Ask a Mexican: Do matanzas only happen in New Mexico?

The Peter Kinder Scandal -- Voices from the 34 Club

Albert Samaha"I think it's pretty typical for a politician," said England. "It feels like they're doing something like this all the time."​Peter Kinder blames the Stripper Scandal on Jay Nixon and the Democrats. "Jay Nixon may want to make up false stories about the past," he said last Thurs ... More >>

Johnny Flynn on Bob Dylan and Playing American Folk Music

Steve Gullick​Johnny Flynn & the Sussex Wit will be in town on Monday at the Duck Room. We talked to Flynn from the UK, where he lives. For more from our interview, read on as Flynn talks about American folk music and being the only kid at his school who liked Bob Dylan. Katie Moulton: Are ... More >>

Wax On and On, Forever

Jane Muscroft of Queen's Cuisine, Part 2

This is part two of Deborah Hyland's Chef's Choice profile of Jane Muscroft of Queen's Cuisine (qconline.us). Part one can be found here. Part three, a recipe from Muscroft, will be published tomorrow. Deborah Hyland​Did your family cook when you were a child? Oh yes. My mum cooked dinner eve ... More >>

Shrove Tuesday Poll: Show Us the Pancakes!

image via​Who says Catholics have more fun? Today is known to most in these parts as Mardi Gras (or Fat Tuesday), a celebration of indulgence in food, drink and all-around NSFW-itude. But for some religious revelers, the day before Lent means one thing: Pancakes! Yes, today is also known as ... More >>

St. Louis' Very Own Oscar Winner

image viaSt. Louisan and Oscar winner Colin Firth in one of his most celebrated roles: Mr. Darcy in the BBC's Pride and Prejudice.​Unreal has learned the hard way that we should read our New Yorkers as soon as we get them, because if we had, OMG, we would have learned that Colin Firth, Oscar w ... More >>

Battle Meat Pie: England vs. Australia Grudge Match!

​England vs. Australia may sound like a cricket match, but it's merely the latest Fight Club Sandwich installment: battle meat pie. The two nations may share one language and a similar gene pool, but culturally they're as far apart as they are geographically. One is planning a royal wedding; ... More >>

The Ten Best Things To Do This Weekend in St. Louis: February 18 to 20

​Leaving the house = still awesome. Some recommended critic's picks are right over here. Other beaucoup weekend events (such as Motörhead) are previewed elsewhere. And below, ten more good bets for the weekend. All Weekend: Crankfest @ Cranky Yellow Info about this all-ages art and music ce ... More >>

New Album Releases: The Dears, Sonic Youth, PJ Harvey, Yuck and More

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Beans' End It All​*Beans, End It All Spin gave End It All a 7 out of 10 review: "Beans always poses as an abstractionist, freaking motormouth cadences with a se ... More >>

How therapy saved the monarchy in The King's Speech

Fight Till Death

Food Packaging Labels Are Misleading

They fixed the nutrition labels on the back of food packages, now let's fix the front, says the National Academy of Sciences. The Los Angeles Times reports that the independent research group found that nutritional claims on the front of packages are often misleading. An upcoming study will report o ... More >>

Review Setlist: The National Glows Past the Gloom at the Pageant, Thursday, September 30

Jason StoffThe National at the Pageant.​ Click here for more pics from The National.The National was in chatty mood at the Pageant, or perhaps baritone intoner Matt Berninger and brothers Aaron and Bryce Dessner were just trying to fill the awkward silences between the acts of their rock opera ve ... More >>

White Collar Crime: Anglican bishop Martin Sigillito is accused of fleecing regular Joes and Racquet Club jet setters alike out of $45 million

The World Cup trophy is pretty darn ugly. But nothing says balls like the Golden Cup!

Argentina vs. Germany

For Country and Glory

Where to Watch the World Cup in St. Louis

St. Louis Beats England

The Marrying Kind

Whole Lotta Film

Delta Force: The Wedge is a tavern, through and through — but the pizzas take bar food to another level

Feel the Beat

They're tapping it out

Center of Fun

Grand Center brings it

Center of Fun

Grand Center brings it

Back in the Saddle

Get on your bike and ride

My Stomach, 'Tis of Thee

The melting pot has many flavors

War: What Is It Good For?

Nocturnal Emulsions

Meet us in St. Louis, Mexicans

The Mexican takes a look at the biggest cities in the U.S. with the smallest Mexican communities.

Orange You Glad They’re Ladies?

What Revolting Peasants

A Madrigal Evening

Out of Egypt

From a long-buried pyramid to the Saint Louis Art Museum: The mysterious voyage of the Ka-Nefer-Nefer mask.

What's Brew With You?

The new Bottleworks is full of Schlafly goodness -- and bison!

Planet Asia

The newly renamed Asian Grille tries to be all things Eastern but fails