Marie Antoinette

Eleven Can't-Miss Food Events In and Near St. Louis This Summer

Humans, allegedly, are supposed to eat to live, not live to eat, but where's the fun or danger in that? Especially in St. Louis, where each new season brings new crops of tempting food trends, festivals and seasonal favorites. Spring starts the fire with the reopening of farmers' markets. Food fests ... More >>

Beautiful, Damned: Gatsby's sometimes great, but not always good

Beck's Sheet Music Album: Five Especially Awkward Music Delivery Mechanisms

I'm willing to be surprised, on this, but if word got out that there was a Beck sheet music album coming out, I'm fairly sure the average RFT Music reader could fill in the rest of the news story him-or-herself. So: There's a Beck sheet music album coming out. It's called Song Reader, which is nicel ... More >>

"Mary Junck" Takes to Twitter to Defend Bonuses and Threaten Employees

[UPDATE: Moments after this post went live, the MaryJunckFake account was suspended by Twitter. Spoilsports.]Well, that didn't take long. After Friday's purge at the Post-Dispatch, someone took to Twitter on Saturday to give voice to Mary Junck's inner Marie Antoinette. MaryJunckFake has thus far ex ... More >>

P-D Employees Protest CEO's Half-Million Dollar Bonus

Many of you shared our outrage a few weeks ago when we reported that Lee Enterprises, parent company of the Post-Dispatch, gave its CEO Mary Junck a $500,000 bonus for successfully guiding the corporation out of bankruptcy. CFO Carl Schmidt made out pretty well, too: He got $250,000. The P-D employ ... More >>

Patron Secret Dining Society: The Secrets Revealed!

Jennifer SilverbergJosh Galliano: Normally of Monarch, he served as chef for last night's Patron Secret Dining Society at Busch Stadium.​These days, it is not enough to go to a wonderful restaurant and order a meal that's well-prepared and served gracefully. These days, food must be an event.A ... More >>

Fête le Maplewood

Hoop Dreams: East of St. Louis, the prom attire is right out of Gone with the Wind

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

Off With Their Heads! A Soulard Bastille Day Photo Essay

Photos by Keegan HamiltonThe King and Queen (Don and Jeanne Kirby) stood trial for high treason and public drunkenness.​Exactly 220 years ago this past Wednesday, the French Revolution culminated with the decapitation of King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette. The occasion, known as Bastille ... More >>

There's got to be more to Joan Rivers

Last Collector Standing: Webster University's Andrew Allen Smith on Combining Record Collections with His Girlfriend, Movie Soundtracks and the Pixies

(The number of chain-record stores nationwide has dwindled. However, St. Louis has become an unlikely safe haven for indie record shops -- and for DJs who prefer to spin the black circle instead of scrolling their iPods. In this weekly column, we'll focus on personal portraits of St. Louis' record a ... More >>

Sneaks Sans Frontieres

​Show: The Hangover, the caviar of immature-dudes-take-a-Vegas-roadtrip comedies, watched as late as possible in a theater in Vancouver's Chinatown to stay awake long enough to catch a red-eye flight back to the States.Food: Andres Baby Canadian Champagne, a British Columbian wine of low alcohol ... More >>

Art: It's What's For Dinner

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown, Lew Prince and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

The Queen Is Dead

Tonight at the Tivoli: Repo! The Genetic Opera

Repo! The Genetic Opera features a who's-who of cult actors and musicians, including Alexa Vega, Anthony Stewart Head, Sarah Brightman, Paris Hilton, Ogre, Terrance Zdunich, Bill Moseley and Paul Sorvino. The list of musician contributing to the soundtrack is even more impressive: Joan Jett, Poe, Cl ... More >>

Last Night: Let Them Eat Art in Maplewood

Art's on the Menu

Eat up!

Last Night: Burlesque Masque at Dante's

Royal Flush

Marie Antoinette

Blade of Flying Sparks

Visually stunning (as always), Zhang's latest is better seen and not heard

Film Openings

Week of January 11, 2006

Film Openings

Week of October 19, 2006

French Confection

Sofia Coppola pays opulent tribute to the innocent boredom of a teen queen

Our top DVD picks for the week of October 12

Gorge Busch

Live the luxe life at this revitalized St. Louis boite

Let Them Eat BBQ

Live music, bountiful martinis and a re-enacted regicide? Vive le France!

Kicking Disney's Ass

Opera Theatre's Beauty and the Beast is built to thrill

Seize the Days

A dozen things you just can't pass up this summer

French Tips

Celebrating Bastille Day with food, drink and parading Soulardians? Mais oui!

South(side) of Heaven

No hoosier jokes, just fine city folks

Headless Heroes

The guillotine stays busy during Soulard Bastille Days, but the "carnage" is all in good fun

Best Window Display

The Birds, Arrangements in the Loop