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Bubblehead or Tragic Medical Condition?: FAQs on Hydrocephalus

In last week's paper we told you about five St. Louis ghost stories that just won't die. One was the sad tale of "The Bubbleheads," a mythical family in north county with heads the size of pumpkins. Urban legend has it that their deformity was caused by experimental drugs or inbreeding. Other theo ... More >>

New Tapas Restaurant Joyia Reveals Menu

Chuck Pener, a partner in Momos Ouzaria Taverna (630 North and South Road, University City; 314-863-5311), will soon open the tapas restaurant Joyia at 4501 Manchester Avenue in Forest Park Southeast's Grove district. In promotional material Pener describes Joyia as "an eclectic Mediterranean Tapa ... More >>

The 10 Dumbest "Sports" of the Summer Olympics

This week thousands of international athletes will descend upon London to compete in 2012 Summer Olympic games. Some of the dozens of contests that make up the games are as old as ancient Greece; others are relative newcomers; and others are so incredibly inane that the International Olympic Committ ... More >>

Ask a Mexican: How can I clean up dirty mouths?

Bonnaroo 2012: Highlights from A to Z

The team: six 40-year-old men, leaving behind six fairly respectable jobs, five wives and 14.9 children for four days. The tools: a 32-foot RV, VIP tickets, comfortable shoes and enough beer to take down a small fraternity. The task: to do and see as much as physically and logistically possible at ... More >>

St. Louis Fed: The Crisis In Greece Could Happen Here

The St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank (one of 12 such regional banks in our nation) does cool stuff sometimes. One of its missions is to "disseminate economic research that is useful to a wide range of audiences, including the general public." Hence this simple video primer on the crisis in Greece, and ... More >>

The Veggielante Opts for Olympia Kebob House and Taverna

The Veggielante has had it up to here with people bitching that St. Louis restaurants are vegetarian unfriendly. Sure, we'd like to see more restaurants offering more meatless dishes, but there are excellent choices out there if you take the trouble to look for them. We're not here to proselytize ab ... More >>

This Week in Gut Check, Regurgitated

George Chronis​This week at Gut Check, we continued to count down our favorite dishes with the lamb burger at the Scottish Arms and the crispy pork spring rolls at Bobo Noodle House. What else did we do this week? We gave an Imo's pizza a makeover. Elie Harir of the Mediterranean Grill sh ... More >>

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Makes Yet Another Predictable Pick for 2012

​Fresh off its annual late-spring run (The Taming of the Shrew), this morning Shakespeare Festival St. Louis up and announced its production for 2012: Othello. You know SFSL, they're the folks who stage one of Shakespeare's plays each year on an outdoor stage in Forest Park and don't charge ad ... More >>

Subway and Avocados and Green Lantern? Movie and Product Tie-ins We'd Rather See

Hey, the Green Lantern's green! And so are avocados! Do you smell a marketing tie-in? And how many Subways will we spot in the movie?​While not watching television the other day, Gut Check looked up in time to catch a glimpse of the new Subway commercial that gets all hot 'n' bothered about av ... More >>

The Ten Best Things To Do This Weekend in St. Louis: April 8 to 10

​It's FRIDAY, FRIDAY! Gotta get down on FRIDAY! Here's where you can find this weekend's FUN, FUN, FUN and partyin', partyin' (yeah), starting with locals Bikini Acid at Floating Laboratories and ending with Lil' Wayne and a few of his famous friends.

Recap: Bob Dylan Conference at UMSL, March 19 -- All Along the Ivory Tower

Image via​On Saturday, March 19, about 30 people - a mix of middle-aged-and-older Dylanheads, Hellenic Studies and Classics scholars, and a couple of students - gathered at the University of Missouri-St. Louis for a conference exploring connections between Bob Dylan and ancient Greece. Titled ... More >>

Bob Dylan Academic Conference Coming to UMSL This Weekend

​Tomorrow, March 19, scholars and fans alike will gather at UMSL for a day-long conference to discuss Bob Dylan's connection with the Classics. "Bob Dylan: Immigrants, Wanderers, Exiles and Hard Travelers in the Poems, Songs and Culture of Ancient Greece and Modern America" takes place from 10 ... More >>

Bob Dylan Academic Conference Coming to UMSL This Weekend

​Tomorrow, March 19, scholars and fans alike will gather at UMSL for a day-long conference to discuss Bob Dylan's connection with the Classics. "Bob Dylan: Immigrants, Wanderers, Exiles and Hard Travelers in the Poems, Songs and Culture of Ancient Greece and Modern America" takes place from 10 ... More >>

Washington U. and Saint Louis U. stage Battle Shakespeare

The Futurebirds/Jonny Corndawg/The Dive Poets

9 p.m. Monday, November 15. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Diva Is An Understatement

Drink More, Live Longer? Perhaps.

Drink up! Time published a report that heavy drinkers live longer than non-drinkers. Alcoholics Anonymous has always attributed this to many non-drinkers being recovering alcoholics who damage their bodies beyond repair before they stopped drinking. But a new study claims people who don't drink have ... More >>

The World Goblet Round 3: Greece vs. France

​While scanning the World Cup groups in order to plan our daytime drinking over the next month, Gut Check noticed that most of the great wine-producing nations are represented in the tournament field, including all of those with a reputation for crafting good, value-priced wines. Because Gut C ... More >>

The World Goblet Round 3: Italy vs. New Zealand

​While scanning the World Cup groups in order to plan our daytime drinking over the next month, Gut Check noticed that most of the great wine-producing nations are represented in the tournament field, including all of those with a reputation for crafting good, value-priced wines. Because Gut C ... More >>

Something Fishier This Way Comes

​Bad week for tuna lovers. On Sunday the New York Times Magazine ran a feature warning of the dwindling numbers of bluefin tuna, those big and tasty cash cows of the deep. Now the paper's Green blog brings word that saltwater fish are more apt than their freshwater cousins to cause mercury poi ... More >>

The World Goblet Round 2: Italy vs. Greece

​While scanning the World Cup groups in order to plan our daytime drinking over the next month, Gut Check noticed that most of the great wine-producing nations are represented in the tournament field, including all of those with a reputation for crafting good, value-priced wines. Because Gut C ... More >>

World Cuppage: Argentina 2 - Greece 0; Figurative Feta at Anthonino's Taverna

photos by Keegan Hamilton​The feta burger at Anthonino's Taverna is a delicious mess. It comes sandwiched between two halves of baguette, slathered in tzatziki sauce and heaped with kalamata olives and feta cheese. A half-pound hamburger patty is cooked a perfect rosy pink in the center and it cru ... More >>

The World Goblet Round 1: France vs. Italy

​While scanning the World Cup groups in order to plan our daytime drinking over the next month, Gut Check noticed that most of the great wine-producing nations are represented in the tournament field, including all of those with a reputation for crafting good, value-priced wines. Because Gut C ... More >>

The World Goblet Round 1: Greece vs. New Zealand

​While scanning the World Cup groups in order to plan our daytime drinking over the next month, Gut Check noticed that most of the great wine-producing nations are represented in the tournament field, including all of those with a reputation for crafting good, value-priced wines. Because Gut C ... More >>

The World Goblet: The World Cup of Value Wines

via​While scanning the World Cup groups in order to plan our daytime drinking over the next month, Gut Check noticed that most of the great wine-producing nations are represented in the tournament field, including all of those with a reputation for crafting good, value-priced wines. Because Gu ... More >>

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the St. Louis theater scene

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

Vamp It Up: Local film Shadowland held over at the Tivoli through August 6

Press Release of The Day: Towel w/Arm Openings

Wikimedia CommonsExcuse me, is that a wearable towel you're wearing?For any of you with "only three arms," or an alter-ego who lived in Ancient Greece, for that matter, check out the $19.95 Wearable Towel, patent pending worldwide.Got this press release today...way too good not to pass along. The bo ... More >>

Your Weekly St. Louis Food Blog Digest

A look at what's happening at our favorite St. Louis food blogs...Let Them Eat Cake: Max checks in from Greece with a visit to a winery.The Cupcake Project: Stef offers a recipe for fudge brownie cupcakes.STL Bites: Plenty of discussion of the new Neapolitan pizza restaurant the Good Pie.St. Louis ... More >>

Eat, Dance, Laugh

The Grecian formula for happiness

Of Parking and Produce

Go! 3/7-3/9

Achaia Clauss Demestica Red

Spiro's
3122 Watson Road
314-645-8383

Go! 2/22-2/24

Greece Is the Word

Coming This Fall: Araka

2005 The Four Graces Pinot Noir

Pomme Restaurant, 40 North Central Avenue, Clayton; 314-727-4141.

Go-Go to Boots

Roxy Trading Inc.
Preserved Seedless Olive

$1.49
Seafood City Grocery
7733 Olive Boulevard
University City

You'd Better Run

To Art & Sole

Live Free or Die

It’s time to vote for your favorite St. Louis band. Would some malt liquor and acid punk help you decide?

Grecian Yearn

Cancel your plans for the evening -- you won't want to leave Momos

Call Him Al

An epic story turns human -- and fallible -- in Oliver Stone's Alexander

What Is the Most Interesting Thing About You?

Week of March 24, 2004

Unilateral Offensives

War or sex? Choose one, say the women of the Lysistrata Project

Eastern Exposure

Kabob International ups the tally of Middle Eastern restaurants in St. Louis

Short Cuts

Album of Memories