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  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    The Cardinals' Online Museum Goes on the Road

    ​It's a marriage made in...Arkansas? The St. Louis Cardinals' Hall of Fame Museum went into storage back in 2008, in anticipation of it moving to Ballpark Village. As we all know, that didn't quite work out, so in January of 2012, the museum moved to its new home: online at this shiny new website. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    The Six Best Chain Restaurants in St. Louis

    Selecting Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this Gut Check series, we are chewing our way through notable runners up in a number of categories. To see hundreds more winners and finalists a ... More >>

  • News

    January 12, 2012

    When federal investigators busted Jeffrey Greenwell outside St. Louis, they hit the kiddie-porn jackpot

    Selecting Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this Gut Check series, we are chewing our way through notable runners up in a number of categories. To see hundreds more winners and finalists a ... More >>

  • News

    January 12, 2012

    The trail of an international child-porn ring led to a tiny house in the woods outside St. Louis

    Selecting Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this Gut Check series, we are chewing our way through notable runners up in a number of categories. To see hundreds more winners and finalists a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Meet St. Louis' Greatest Athlete: Baxter the Flying Dog

    image viaSt. Louis's greatest athlete in action. His trainer, Tony Lampert, is in the background.​Now that Albert Pujols has left us, you may think that the title of Greatest Athlete in St. Louis is up for grabs. But you'd be wrong. The new Greatest Athlete is a world-record holder and a force ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Wilco Gets the Lullabye Treatment: Listen To A Soothing "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart"

    ​No one can accuse this of being dad rock: On Aug. 30, Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star, a series that transforms artists' songs into children's lullabies, released a Wilco edition. The album features twelve tracks including "Heavy Metal Drummer" and "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart." Twinkle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    Help Find The Union Electric's Glenn Burleigh's Stolen Guitar

    Photo by Jess Luther. Larger image below.​Have you seen the guitar pictured to the right? Glenn Burleigh, who plays these days with Union Electric, had his home broken into earlier this week, and among the things stolen was his guitar: A 50th anniversary Fender Telecaster with Japanese custom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    "Cops" TV Show Coming to Springfield

    Image viaRun Ronnie, run!​We've been waiting for SO long, and now it's really happening!"Cops," America's oldest reality show, is coming to the Missourah Ozarks for the first time ever, according to the News-Leader. A quick visit to the show's page over at IMDB reveals that the "Cops" film crew ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Mountain Pure Bottled Water Recalled for Mold Contamination

    arkansasnews.comMountain Pure water​ In Clinton, Arkansas? Don't drink the water! Not even the bottled stuff, because it's been recalled. Mountain Pure Water in Little Rock, Arkansas voluntarily recalled cases of 16.9-ounce bottles of water. The Arkansas Department of Health issued a statem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    St. Louis Chefs Fall Short in Food & Wine Vote

    Screenshot: www.foodandwine.com​As seemed likely since early last week, all three St. Louis chefs competing to be named the "People's Best New Chef" by Food & Wine magazine fell short of being named a finalist for the Midwest region when voting closed yesterday.Lee Richardson of Ashley's at th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    Last Call for "People's Best New Chef" Voting

    Screenshot: www.foodandwine.com​Voting ends tomorrow for Food & Wine magazine's "The People's Best New Chef" competition. Our three St. Louis competitors -- Anthony Devoti of Five Bistro, Josh Galliano of Monarch and Kevin Willmann of Farmhaus -- need your help to pull off a last-minute miracl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    "The People's Best New Chef" Voting Update

    Screenshot: www.foodandwine.com​You have until Monday, March 1, to cast your vote in Food & Wine magazine's "The People's Best New Chef" competition -- and St. Louis' three competitors need your vote! As of 11 a.m. this morning, each of the three St. Louis chefs -- Anthony Devoti of Five Bistr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    UPDATE: Last of the Steam-Powered Trains May Puff Into Town -- If You Cast Your Vote

    image viaThe ol' 844 steams down the track.​Update, January 18: The Little Rock Express beat out the Tuscola Turn, 76,217 votes to 73,175. Daily RFT apologizes to Tuscolans who cannot take a little trash-talking in the name of friendly competition. -------- The nineteenth century was definit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Happy Big 3-0, St. Louis LGBT Media!

    ​For three decades, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in St. Louis has had a voice in print. Several evolutions from its beginnings, Vital VOICE Magazine is celebrating 30 years of LGBT media, and it's shaping up to be quite the party."We have really grown and showcased how grea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Jacques Hughes: Why He Had to Challenge the City Over a Noose Hung in the Courthouse

    Jacques Hughes: "The sad part is this lawsuit never had to happen if the sheriff had given us 30 minutes of his time..."​Jacques Hughes was working as a sheriff's deputy in 2006 when his colleague William "Patrick" Hill alerted him to a prank in the basement of the Civil Courts building. One of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    The Arkansas School for the Deaf Isn't F-F-F-Foolin' Around

    Armageddon it.​(Via Deadspin) This week, the Arkansas School for the Deaf joined the Great Plains Schools for the Deaf Conference. The Little Rock-based school is now eligible to compete against teams from states such as Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa and Missouri (specifically, the Missouri School fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    Chef's Choice: Cary McDowell, Winslow's Home

    Cary McDowell has been doing some reminiscing. "Maybe it's a function of turning 40," he says. "I feel very circular. I started my love of professional cooking at a very young age with a group in Little Rock, Arkansas, and they encouraged me to go off and do great things and work with the best peop ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2009

    Holiday Sneer: Do unscrupulous websites and fire-protection districts mess with our happiness quotient?

    Cary McDowell has been doing some reminiscing. "Maybe it's a function of turning 40," he says. "I feel very circular. I started my love of professional cooking at a very young age with a group in Little Rock, Arkansas, and they encouraged me to go off and do great things and work with the best peop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Cha-Ching! Feds Ask Public to Play "Who's That Bank Robber?"

    Congratulations, St. Louis! No fewer than 59 bank robberies have gone down in the area so far this year. That tops last year's total of 45 ... but pales in comparison to the 77 heists that local bandits pulled off in 2002 -- a banner year.Bandittrackerstlouis.com, a website rolled out this morning b ... More >>

  • News

    July 1, 2009

    An ode to Michael Jackson; plus, NeighborhoodScout tells us who's bad

    Congratulations, St. Louis! No fewer than 59 bank robberies have gone down in the area so far this year. That tops last year's total of 45 ... but pales in comparison to the 77 heists that local bandits pulled off in 2002 -- a banner year.Bandittrackerstlouis.com, a website rolled out this morning b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2009

    14th Street and MLK Drive Named St. Louis' Most Unsafe Neighborhood

    In a survey of the nation's most crime-ridden neighborhoods by Dr. Andrew Schiller of the website NeighborhoodScout.com, St. Louis' very own downtown, specifically the intersection of 14th Street and Martin Luther King Drive, ranked fourteenth.How nice that this statistic appears just in time for th ... More >>

  • News

    June 3, 2009

    Wifi comes from peas, woman accusing cop of illegal behavior has to answer some Qs

    In a survey of the nation's most crime-ridden neighborhoods by Dr. Andrew Schiller of the website NeighborhoodScout.com, St. Louis' very own downtown, specifically the intersection of 14th Street and Martin Luther King Drive, ranked fourteenth.How nice that this statistic appears just in time for th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2009

    STL Fed Reserve VP: Recession Will End in '10

    Read Arkansas Business much?Didn't think so. That's what Unreal's here for! Speaking yesterday in Little Rock, Julie Stackhouse, a senior VP with the St. Louis Federal Reserve, saw a hint of blue financial sky amid the gray.Isn't it nice to be reassured (again) that THIS ISN'T AS BAD AS THE GREAT DE ... More >>

  • News

    April 8, 2009

    Death Watch: Final Exit's clandestine ways have put the assisted-suicide network on life support

    Read Arkansas Business much?Didn't think so. That's what Unreal's here for! Speaking yesterday in Little Rock, Julie Stackhouse, a senior VP with the St. Louis Federal Reserve, saw a hint of blue financial sky amid the gray.Isn't it nice to be reassured (again) that THIS ISN'T AS BAD AS THE GREAT DE ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2009

    Breathe Uneasy: St. Louis Ranked Worst City for Asthma

    flickr.com/photos/wheatfieldsThe Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America recently came out with its annual ranking of worst cities for asthma. Leading the list is St. Louis. The study, funded by drug company AstraZeneca, took into consideration factors such as a city's air quality, pollen score, po ... More >>

  • News

    January 28, 2009

    Sweet Treatment: An experimental program offers rich rewards to drug-addicted ex-cons in St. Louis who keep themselves clean

    flickr.com/photos/wheatfieldsThe Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America recently came out with its annual ranking of worst cities for asthma. Leading the list is St. Louis. The study, funded by drug company AstraZeneca, took into consideration factors such as a city's air quality, pollen score, po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2009

    The Ghosts of St. Louis Football, Part 2

    I barely remember the St. Louis football Cardinals. I was only eight years old when they left; the extent of what I really have of them is an old nylon backpack in burgundy and a glass mug with the gridbird logo on the side. Even so, the team has a special little place in my heart. I suppose it prob ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2008

    Review Setlist Videos: Lucinda Williams at the Pageant, October 19, 2008

    I barely remember the St. Louis football Cardinals. I was only eight years old when they left; the extent of what I really have of them is an old nylon backpack in burgundy and a glass mug with the gridbird logo on the side. Even so, the team has a special little place in my heart. I suppose it prob ... More >>

  • Music

    April 9, 2008

    Unwed Sailor

    I barely remember the St. Louis football Cardinals. I was only eight years old when they left; the extent of what I really have of them is an old nylon backpack in burgundy and a glass mug with the gridbird logo on the side. Even so, the team has a special little place in my heart. I suppose it prob ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2007

    Two More Post Memos We Forgot to Post

    I barely remember the St. Louis football Cardinals. I was only eight years old when they left; the extent of what I really have of them is an old nylon backpack in burgundy and a glass mug with the gridbird logo on the side. Even so, the team has a special little place in my heart. I suppose it prob ... More >>

  • News

    June 28, 2006

    "When you think about it, is it really the school’s responsibility to prepare students for the outside world?"

    Week of June 28, 2006

  • News

    September 14, 2005

    Vodka and Grapefruit

    Unreal gets the lowdown on the Dirty Dog, meets plants who love a free lunch and finds a blogger who can't get enough Favre. Plus, Scientology's "volunteer ministers" are bringing relief to hurricane victims -- but not the kind you'd think.

  • Music

    August 31, 2005

    Cold as Ice

    Two St. Louis rappers deconstruct an early-'90s classic

  • News

    May 25, 2005

    Travelers' Tales

    A soda called Pipi Bubble, Austria's last wandering shepherd, a boat made of 164,321 wine corks: It's all here

  • Calendar

    May 11, 2005

    Weekend Forecast: Flurries

    Flurries of fists, that is

  • News

    May 4, 2005

    Heaven Help Us

    Unreal doles out seven helpful tips for a highly productive workplace, finds a local blogger in the closet and mourns the passing of Our Fair City; plus, we learn that God’s third in the gay evangelical ménage

  • Calendar

    April 13, 2005

    Welcome to the Cabaret

    The bar is open

  • Dining

    April 6, 2005

    Kids Today

    Sekisui Pacific Rim has no problem making the grade

  • News

    July 21, 2004

    Star Flack

    Publicist extraordinaire Jane Higgins has put St. Louis hip-hop on the map

  • Calendar

    December 17, 2003

    A Curious Grace

    With your ass on my face

  • News

    July 23, 2003

    Blowing Up the Apple

    Week of July 23, 2003

  • Calendar

    May 21, 2003

    Brassed Off

    The up-and-coming St. Louis Brass Band gives some lip to more established groups

  • Music

    April 9, 2003

    Family Affair

    Gigging cousins Big Smith keep traditional tunes from going extinct

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 25, 2002

    Best TV-News Anchor

    Vickie Newton, KMOV (Channel 4)

  • Culture

    July 10, 2002

    Terra Scoped

    Contemporary Museum St. Louis discovers treasure with the help of some maps

  • Music

    April 17, 2002

    Loving Cup

    East Side jazzman Eddie Fisher's soulful classic "The Third Cup" is a hot-ticket item all over the world -- too bad it's been out of print for 20 years

  • Culture

    September 12, 2001

    Feel His Pain

    Billy Bob has a simple plan: to sing about life and lovin' his wife

  • News

    May 2, 2001

    Letters

    Week of May 2-8, 2001

  • Music

    May 31, 2000

    Mama Let 'em Play

    St. Louis may be the center of the classic-rock universe

  • News

    April 28, 1999

    News of the Weird

    St. Louis may be the center of the classic-rock universe

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