Matt Kasper

RFT Readers say Yes! to Frank Anzalone and Mayor Slay, and No! to red-light cameras and sleeping with elephants

This Week's RFT, March 5-11

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 prof ... More >>

Raindrops Keep Falling on our Heads

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 e ... More >>

So That's Why My Kid is Fat!

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 progra ... More >>

Profiting from Poetry

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 ... More >>

Discount Cards for Stache Growers

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 ... More >>

Beer School Graduation: Clinking Glasses on a Bibulous Night of Revelry

Matt's final dispatch from Cicero's famed Beer School.

Boo Like You Mean It

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 mo ... More >>

Do you know this woman?

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 h ... More >>

Beer School: Alls Well That Ends Well -- With Ales

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 ... More >>

Bitter Beer Battle Over "Extreme" Brews?

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 o ... More >>

Reel It In: SLIFF rolls on with a host of events before the film fest wraps on Sunday

Beer School, Week 6: One, Two, Three, Floor

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 read ... More >>

Beer School, Week 5: Chip Off the Oak Block

Café Crumbles: Michael Lieb continues his fight to open a coffee shop in Belleville

Beer School, Week 4: Ringing Matt's Bell's

Beer School, Week 3: Matt's Belgian Waffle

Beer School, Week 2: Cuckoo for Cocoa Stout?

Abrahowdumbya: Only a herd of ignoble knuckle-draggers go to magic shows

Gut Check: When the going gets tough, the $6 Gourmet gets going

Beer School: Week 1

Meet our first MasterMinds: The RFT rewards four outstanding young St. Louis-based artists in the categories of film/video, visual arts, literary arts and performing arts