Kiel Center

Bloodsuckahz

They get off on vampires and horror movies and brutal deaths. It's all part of the hell-hop scene.

Phantom of the Opera House

The Cardinals' promises are worth as much as the Kiel Partners'

Ya Gotta Be a Player

Names change, but the games of the elite go on

The Accidental Politician

After five years in office, enigmatic Darlene Green has become a force to be reckoned with in St. Louis

Nothin' Could Be Fina Than to Be in the Medinah

Grand Center dishes out some not-so-grand treatment to local arts groups

Best Play Seen in St. Louis

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Guthrie Theatre at the Edison Theatre

True Believer

Craig Heller sees the future of downtown -- and it works

Slam-Dunk

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

Swarm Fuzzies

Spreading the buzz on St. Louis' pro-basketball franchise

The Price You Pay

Getting Springsteen tickets will cost you, one way or another

Target Stars on Ice

Produced by Scott Hamilton (Kiel Center)

PRESSING NEED

Great expectations, laid low, for St. Louis bands

Eat Drink Man Woman

Taking some time to let 1999's dinners digest

THROB, THROB

Herewith, a guide to the latest crop of musical heartthrobs

BREAD, CIRCUSES AND THE BLUES

The local NHL team wants to put the city's amusement tax on ice

THE NBA -- WANNA GO?

The large crowd at last week's exhibition game stuffs the ball in the face of naysayers who claim St. Louis can't support a pro-basketball team

OBVIOUSLY NOT A BREAST MAN

Post music critic Kevin Johnson makes a boob of himself

ZZ Top with Lynyrd Skynyrd

Friday, Oct. 29; Kiel Center

GO AHEAD, BILL, DOUBLE DOWN

Doing the math for the new owners of the Blues and Kiel Center

WHAT IF THEY CALL IT THE WAL-MART OPRY HOUSE?

Kiel is suddenly the Center of attention with its acquisition by Bill and Nancy Laurie, but that doesn't mean the Opera House will return to the spotlight

CONNECTIVE TISSUE

David Judd, UM-St. Louis prof and co-author of The Tourist City, wants St. Louis to be linked by more than just highways between sports palaces and shopping malls

Flotsam and Jetsam

Carol Daniel bogeys down with Tommy Chong; the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is short-circuited at the Post-Dispatch; Kiel Center should become a Rockets booster

Night & Day

June 16 - 23, 1999

Letters to the Editor

Sound Checks

Sun Dance

Sound advice on the summer's hottest concerts

Short Cuts

Short Cuts

Crossing Signal

Listening Post

This Week

Highlights from RFT's "Calendar"

Suffering in the Luxury Suites

This Week

Reconstructing Larry

City Treasurer Larry Williams used to be known for bounced checks, bad audits and bogus talk. Now he's emerging as the savior of downtown. Who'da thunk it?

Hit Parade

This Week

Sound Checks

This Week

This Week

What About Bob's Plan?

He's a sculptor and an entrepreneur, and he built the City Museum. Now Bob Cassilly has a "12th-hour" plan of salvation for the St. Louis Arena. But there are no believers at City Hall.

This Week

Hightlights from RFT's "Calendar"

This Week

This Week

The Last Picture Show

Ice Land

Grease evolves into a figure-skating show with Nancy Kerrigan as Sandy

Three-Study Opera

No one wants to talk about what it will cost to reopen Kiel Opera House and who should pay for it. But now comes yet another consultant -- paid $100,000 by St. Louis 2004 -- saying Kiel should not be reopened.

This Week

Highlights from RFT's "Calendar"

The Winners of the 1998 Slammies Music Awards

Barn Razing

Sparing an angelic intervention or an infusion of cash, the Arena is not long for this world

Sound Checks