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2012: The Year in St. Louis Music

Nick Lowe at the Sheldon Concert Hall, 9/26/12: Review and Setlist

Nick Lowe Sheldon Concert Hall September 26, 2012 "I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll," sang Nick Lowe to wind down an hour of songs at the Sheldon last night. For its part, the not-quite capacity crowd knew the groom when he used to power, pop, pub and punk, when he used to answer to ... More >>

Past Made Present: Creative history in the making

St. Louis Filmmaker's Showcase: The Schedule Is Set

We're just weeks away from the twelfth annual St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase -- in fact we're so close that Cinema St. Louis released the full schedule of all 96 films today. The SLIFF exists to highlight films written, directed, produced and/or edited in St. Louis, or by St. Louis natives.

This Was the Year That Is: Our two fearless theater scribes look forward to 2012

Review Preview: Dooley's Beef n Brew House

Jennifer Silverberg​Dooley's Beef n Brew House (601 North Grand Boulevard; 314-531-7600) is the successor to the late downtown institution Dooley's Ltd., and this week, I visit the new Grand Center location of the burger-centric restaurant. Check out a sneak peek of my review after the jump.

Honor Awards Highlight Weekend's St. Louis Art Happenings

This Saturday, Art St. Louis hosts its annual Honor Awards. Ten award of excellence recipients will display new work at this free reception. More details on this event -- and many more exhibits -- after the jump. Christa DenneyDeer Pair, part of Art Saint Louis' Honors Awards 2011.​

Every Taco Tells a Story, Don't It? Screen-Printed Tortillas Come to Cherokee Street for Southern Graphics Conference

Deborah HylandJesus ain't got nothing on this tortilla operation executed by artist Kim Wardenburg and Eric Woods, owner of Firecracker Press.​On the surface, Cherokee Street seems fairly diverse: indie printers and hipster stores co-existing with Mexican grocers and restaurants, hip-hop cloth ... More >>

Kota Wood Fire Grill Will Stoke Your Night

Kristen Klempert​The Joint: Kota Wood Fire Grill 522 North Grand Boulevard; 314-535-5577 The Hours: Mon.-Fri. 2-6 p.m. when there's a show at the Fox, 2-7 p.m. on non-show nights, Sun. 4 p.m.-close (no happy hour Sat.) The Deal: $2 domestics, $3 well cocktails, $5 wines by the glass, half of ... More >>

Top Ten St. Louis Music News Stories of 2010

Wikimedia Commons​As the old saying goes, no news is good news. However, no local news makes for a rather-boring music section - or music blog, as the case may be. If you aren't a regular visitor to this here music blog, definitely become one: We compile breaking news, show reviews and local t ... More >>

"Lady Jazz" Mae Wheeler: One of Seven St. Louis Arts Honorees Named Today

Mae Wheeler, a.k.a. "Lady Jazz"​The Arts and Education Council is out with the twentieth edition of its St. Louis Arts Awards honorees. Among those heading up the 2011 class (to be recognized at a January ceremony) are Mae Wheeler, a local singer better known as "Lady Jazz"; Wayne Salomon, directo ... More >>

KDHX Moving To Grand Center -- Specifically, the Old Creepy Crawl Location

​Community radio station KDHX announced today that it's moving its base of operations to 3524 Washington Boulevard. That's the location last occupied by the second iteration of the Creepy Crawl, which closed in December 2008. According to a press release, the station was gifted the building "t ... More >>

A guide to the things you just don't want to miss this summer

Ten Amazing Pieces of Street Art in St. Louis

via FlickrPeat Wollaeger's "Blaster Head" is a mind blower.​Once upon a time, the River City had a reputation as something of a street art and graffiti mecca. That was way back in 2000 when Paint Louis was happening and some of the coolest cats to ever shake a can of spray paint made pilgrimages t ... More >>

Last Jeff Smith Post: The Letters

One supporter of Jeff Smith compared him to a Kennedy.​Lt. Governor Peter Kinder, Build-A-Bear CEO Maxine Clark and an ex-girlfriend are among the hundreds of people who wrote to a federal judge asking for leniency in the sentencing for former state senator Jeff Smith. The letters, along with some ... More >>

Chalk One Up For The Egomaniac Artist Disliked By The Farting Art Critic

Bruno David Gallery in Grand Center announced yesterday that one of its more controversial artists, Cindy Tower, was hand-picked for a group exhibition going on this weekend at Art Chicago. Wikimedia CommonsAs I understand it (never been), Art Chicago is the international and contemporary art fair i ... More >>

Still Dressel's After All These Beers: For three decades and counting, this Central West End stalwart is good for what ales you

KWMU (90.7 FM) Hires New GM to Replace Patty Wente

University of Missouri - St. Louis announced today the hiring of Tim Eby as general manager of its public radio station, KWMU (90.7 FM). A veteran manager with WOSU Public Media in Columbus, Ohio, Eby will begin his new job January 20. Eby takes over for KWMU's longtime general manager Patty Wente, ... More >>

John Waters Really Likes Levi Palin

Waters, Waters Everywhere: Filmmaker John Waters is all over St. Louis — but not where you might expect to find him

Unreal News Challenge 2007

Week of December 27, 2007

Smooth Operators

Schoolhouse Rock's songwriter celebrates a few special birthdays in St. Louis while we pit Kenny G vs. Trans-Siberian Orchestra in a fight to the holiday death.

The Show Must GO

It's the best of times and the worst of times for St. Louis theater companies

Big Man on Campus

Sit back and marvel as Rick Majerus hoists SLU basketball from the morass of mediocrity. (Just don't let him near your pizza.)

Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene.

Stage Capsules

Week of June 14, 2007

Cincinnati Inquirer

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis might live up to its name — by relocating.

Au Revoir, 2006!

"Lita Ford is one of the greatest female guitarists in the world and a very accomplished musician."

Week of November 30, 2006

Hot Tickets

No, this ain't New York, but the shows sure go on.

Branching Out

Waterloo plays a CD release party for Out of the Woods; plus, a sneak peek at the new and improved Creepy Crawl

This Must Be the Place

New owners, new venues and old digs: A report on St. Louis' ever-evolving club scene

Child's Play

Want to build a strong theater community? Start with the kids.

Urban Explorers

Take an exciting excursion into the bowels of deserted St. Louis buildings

Remember Nonna?

Her kitchen welcomes you!

Nothing in Commonspace

A two-year cultural experiment comes to an end

Side Dish

Paint your plate at two new art-museum eateries

Sounds Around Town

Week of February 11, 2004

Letters

Week of October 22, 2003

Best Citizen

Robert Powell

Very Hemingwayesque

Running with the bulls, and other officially sanctioned behaviors; plus the Brad Cloepfil Death Watch!

The Scarlet Letter

In St. Louis, the "A" is for "ambition"

A Tale of Two Reps

Two plays at two Reps expose the cultural apartheid of St. Louis

Twisted Sister

Sit down and shut up, class. Sister has a wonderful lesson to teach -- though it's never the same one twice.

Best One-Man Band

Ed L. Golterman

People Persons

The people behind the people of the People Project

Slam-Dunk

Some uninvited guests are the cherry on the Sunday at the Slammies Music Showcase

Letters to the Editor

Published the week of February 16

Spaced Out

Local theater companies conduct an ongoing search for places to ply their craft

ADAMS RIBBED

Composer John Adams airs his "Naive and Sentimental Music" at Powell Hall