Every Wednesday, from roughly 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Delmar Loop institution Cicero's hosts beer school. As part of a semi-regular account of the beer sampling and sudsy knowledge gained, RFT editorial fellow Matt Kasper will write about the beer he tastes and the people who present it.
If you are reading this at work and get thirsty, Matt apologizes. But maybe you shouldn't be wasting company time.
It was a night for the hopheads -- the second half anyway.
The Missouri Beverage Company showed u
Well, beer school didn't happen this week. Surgery on my knee was my first priority. Unfortunately, I won't be able to imbibe as long as I'm on medication. This could be a good personal challenge for me.
An IBU-tiful brew?
Anyway, even if I am down for the count, that doesn't mean the world of beer stops spinning!
Controversy is bubbling up on the beer connoisseur Web site Beer Advocate over the recent New Yorker article "A Better Brew".
Extreme beers -- beers that include a lot of hop
Every Wednesday, from roughly 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Delmar Loop institution Cicero's hosts beer school. As part of a semi-regular account of the beer sampling and sudsy knowledge gained, RFT editorial fellow Matt Kasper will write about the beer he tastes and the people who present it.The semester is almost over. After twelve weeks of note-taking, studying and balancing driving with imbibing, Beer School has come to a close. Graduation is next week. Lots of prizes and treats are promised...I'
After fourteen years of research on a cold case murder, an Orlando writer is looking for St. Louisans who might have known the victim.
The catch? The woman was killed 38 years ago.
Mark A. Pinsky, author of The Gospel According to The Simpsons, among other books, says he has tried without success to find people in the area familiar with Nancy Dean Morgan, a 1968 graduate of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Read about where the case stands now after the j
The Christmas season is prompting some political groups to tap into their inner Scrooge.
Boo Krew, a group of people who gather for the purpose of booing Mayor Francis Slay, are planning to meet at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Missouri History Museum to, yes, boo Slay at a Civil Rights Summit.
Read more about the Boo Krew's gripes after the jump.
You know it's a down economy. No news there. But amongst all the chatter about bailing out financial industries, and now the auto industry, the St. Louis based American Mustache Institute is offering a salve for the weary: discount cards for mustache growers
Well, they're working on it anyway. The idea would be to have retailers provide a five percent discount on selected products for Americans with mustaches.
Aspiring poets, take heart: publication awaits!
Maybe not in book form, but how does the inside of a bus sound? A Metro car?
If so, your dreams are about to come true.
The 2009 Poetry in Motion contest is accepting submissions.
The contest is sponsored by Metro Arts in Transit and the Poetry Society of America, and will honor fifteen poets in the 50-mile St. Louis metro area.
Obesity researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are recruiting families with young children to participate in a new online study.
The catch: the young children have to be, how shall we put this, pleasantly plump.
Researchers want to know how the online program, dubbed Food for Thought, is affecting parents with overweight children who range in age from two to six-years-old.
Anyone feeling a wee bit wet lately can look to the record-breaking St. Louis clouds for the reason.Remember the floods in the spring and in the fall? (Photo from O'Fallon, Missouri in September. More photos here.) That's right. In a year of historical benchmarks -- first black president elected, first time dog was off the menu in Beijing due to hosting the Olympic games, etc. -- is it really any wonder it was a momentous weather year as well?
Riverfront Times Volume 33, Issue 10 (a.k.a. this week's paper!) is on news stands today. Below are a few of the highlights you'll find both in print and online.Unreal chews the fat with Tracie Sanderlin, a south county woman who blogs about her amazing 200-pound weight loss. Writer Matt Kasper profiles free-wheeling defense attorney Frank Anzalone. Our film critic digests (barely) the new film Watchmen; Dennis Brown reviews the Orange Girls' production of Eurydice at COCA; and Ian Froeb likes w
