Martin Luther King Jr.

The Mayan Apocalypse Plans of Eight St. Louis Musicians

The Mayan Calendar says 2012 is the end: This Friday, December 21, specifically. and John Cusack likely won't be around to save our sorry asses. While some folks may be hoarding dish soap and cashing in on fear of the Mayan apocalypse, St. Louis musicians are having none of that. We asked local pe ... More >>

Royale's Cuban Missile Crisis Party Draws Ire of Right-Wing Blogger

This weekend marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, wherein the U.S. discovered Soviet missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from Key West. This led to a 13-day showdown with the USSR, during which Americans were sure the world was about to end. As we know, the world did not end beca ... More >>

In the Galleries - Bobby Fischer: Icon Among Icons (Photographs by Harry Benson) at the World Chess Hall of Fame

Judy Goffman Cutler Wins Long Court Battle for Stolen Rockwell Painting

​After more than five years of legal wrangling, art dealer Judy Goffman Cutler has won the right of ownership of a 1967 Norman Rockwell painting stolen from a St. Louis gallery way back in 1973. The 9th Court of U.S. Appeals ruled on Tuesday that the painting, Russian Schoolroom, is legally Goffma ... More >>

State Senator Evokes MLK to Defend Rolling Back Discrimination Laws

State Senator Brad Lager​Updated 1:15 p.m. with comments from State Senator Lager. This week Missouri Senate Republicans are pushing a bill that would dull workplace discrimination laws. Most notably, the legislation states that a person who files a discrimination lawsuit against an employer must ... More >>

Your civil rights history, brought to you by Swedish TV, in Black Power Mixtape

Peabody Opening Gala, 10/1/11: Review, Photos, Setlist

Peabody Opening Gala Aretha Franklin | Jay Leno October 1, 2011 After closing its doors twenty years ago, the Peabody Opera House (formerly Kiel Opera House) officially re-opened Saturday night and hosted a posh gala featuring the inimitable Aretha Franklin and comedic heavyweight Jay Leno. From ... More >>

Calvin Ross and Patrick K. Smith: St. Louis Homicides No. 71 and 72

5000 Ridge, where friends told police 32-year-old Patrick Smith was shot multiple times yesterday morning.​Two black north-county men were killed in separate incidents yesterday, according to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.In the first case, 32-year-old Patrick K. Smith was dropped o ... More >>

Charles Bryant and Michael Berry: Killed in Separate Shootings Last Night

The 3500 block of Vandeventer, where 38-year-old Charles Bryant was shot to death last night.​Two St. Louis men have been killed in separate shootings in north city -- one around 11:45 p.m. last night and a second around 1 a.m. this morning.Both men were found in north city, both were shot multipl ... More >>

Is It Wrong to Celebrate Osama bin Laden's Death? Religious Leaders Weigh In

euronews.netA crowd celebrates at Ground Zero in New York Sunday night.​By now you may have seen the quote that went viral on Facebook this week following the death of Osama bin Laden. The statement, allegedly from Martin Luther King Jr., said: "I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but ... More >>

Disgraced Ex-Senator Jeff Smith Writing Book About What He Learned in Jail

Jeff Smith, ex-con and man of letters.​There's a long and honorable tradition of books written in prison -- Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, Oscar Wilde's De Profundis, Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, possibly the letters of St. Paul. And why not? There's not much else to do there but reflect. ... More >>

The Rep's production of Beehive isn't theater. It's a cruise-ship sing-along.

St. Louis Census By Neighborhood: Downtown Biggest Winner; North City Biggest Loser

A vacant home in the Wells Goodfellow neighborhood for sale through the city's Land Reutilization Authority.​More 2010 Census date is out following the devastating (perhaps surprising) news yesterday that St. Louis lost 29,000 residents over the past decade. Today the website of St. Louis Mayor Fr ... More >>

Readers argue about whether blame for Anthony Rice's death is black-and-white — and whether Reggie Allen deserves the rap he's getting

UMSL Grad Student Honored as Hero

A St. Louis man has been chosen as a "Give Back Day Hero" for 2011 by Allstate.Leonard Johnson, Give Back Day Hero​Leonard Johnson, a graduate student in public policy and administration at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, was honored for co-founding a citywide initiative, Dreamkeepers. The n ... More >>

Myron Kimble: Associate of ATM Solutions Robbery Suspect Arrested for April Kidnapping

Currency Exchange at MLK Drive and Rowan in northwest St. Louis.​Officers with the St. Louis police department's Tactical Operations Unit, the FBI TaskForce and the U.S. Marshals yesterday apprehended 22-year-old Myron Kimble after a brief foot chase in the parking lot of St. Clair Mall.Kimble was ... More >>

Pujols, La Russa to Attend Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" Rally

​I don't know who's going to be there, who's going to accept it. But the gist of the day is not political. I think it's a really good concept, actually. -- Tony La Russa to stltoday.com.So, let's get this straight, TLR. You know next to nothing about conservative talk-show host Glenn Beck's "Resto ... More >>

Lure Owner Responds to City Nuisance Complaints

lurenightclub.comLure has nine nuisance complaints on file with the city since April 2009. ​Parking. Smoke. Fire alarms. Allegations of underage drinking. These are the nuisance complaints (attached below) filed against Lure nightclub with the city's Citizen Service Bureau over the past 15 months ... More >>

Ask a Mexican: Special Arizona Buycott Edition

Photos: St. Louis F.B.I.'s Most-Wanted Fugitives of All Time

James Earl Ray, one of the most notorious "Top Ten" fugitives of all time hailed from St. Louis (Alton) but was placed on the list by the Memphis F.B.I. following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. ​This Sunday marks the 60th anniversary of the F.B.I's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list, a ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of January 18

Euclid Records 1. Spoon - Transference 2. Eels - End Times 3. Vampire Weekend - Contra 4. Surfer Blood - Astro Coast 5. Tom Waits - Glitter & Doom Live 6. Josh Ritter - Hello Starling 7. John Mayer - Battle Studies* 8. Nirvana - Live At Reading 9. Ring ... More >>

Rev. Al Sharpton Highlights MLK Gala This Saturday at Harris Stowe

​According to our records, it's been some time since the Rev. Al Sharpton has visited our fair city. Yes, sadly for us, Sharpton never took up the Riverfront Times' suggestion that he move to St. Louis and run in last year's mayoral race. (Though just last October Sharpton did weigh in on a local ... More >>

The Big Bloody: Man Killed in Drive-By on Martin Luther King Drive

James Caston, 21, was shot and killed yesterday afternoon at the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and Billups. View Larger MapAccording to police, Caston was walking down the sidewalk around 3:30 p.m. when a blue pickup truck approached and several shots were fired. Caston was hit twice ... More >>

Ask a Mexican: Cha-ching: Mexican money mysteries and odd abbreviations explained

Show Review: Lambchop and Theodore at Off Broadway, Friday, January 23, 2009

Outside on the Off Broadway smoking patio, the whole hope thing was getting out of hand. "Do you have any joints?" some random dude inquired as I huddled next to the propane heater. "Joints? Plural?" I replied. "Would you settle for a three-day-old roach?" He wasn't settling. "Do you think they'll p ... More >>

When St. Louis was the Most Racist City in Major League Baseball

In Saturday's New York Times, in honor of Martin Luther King Day and Barack Obama's inauguration, columnist George Vecsey and the great Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe (pictured above, center) took a look back at the old days 60-some years ago when black players like Newcombe and Jackie Robins ... More >>

Master Stroke: The Black Rep aces August Wilson's Radio Golf

The Rockwell Files

Steven Spielberg's stolen painting, a St. Louis art thief, and a plot to kill Martin Luther King. It could make a helluva movie.

Why don't more people honor Jackie Robinson?

The importance of the great Number 42.

So, Joe, why do we need preachers?

Week of February 15, 2007

Local Motion: All Night Long: Arvell Sings Lionel Richie

7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, February 10. Finale Music & Dining (8025 Bonhomme Avenue, Clayton).

Ask a Negro Leaguer Column

Week of April 27, 2006

Beat Happenings

Music news you can use

Ask a Negro Leaguer Column

Week of October 12, 2005

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Week of August 17, 2005

Seeing Double

Nelly's dropping two discs on the same day. And somehow, it works.

Quiet, Shakespeare

Let the music do the talking

Smooth Landing

Jazz It Up rises anew

Film Openings

Week of February 5, 2003

Stupid Racist Tricks

St. Louis' homegrown white-rights leader rises with Lott's fall

Maya Way

Maplewood's Maya Café harks back to another Loop's heyday

Dr. Love

Feminist icon bell hooks' fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love

Banking the Coals

Getting fired up for the summer's last look at local barbecue joints

Smoke Signals

Touring area 'cue joints proves to be a saucy experience

SOONER OR LATER, WE'RE ALL DEAD CATS

Meditating on mortality, Walter Payton and the passing of Greg Freeman's kitties

Publish or Perish

Self-promoting poet and noted Faulkner collector Louis Daniel Brodsky tends to his legacy: shepherding his entire life's work into print

Still Raining, Still Dreaming: A Brief Remembrance of Jimi Hendrix