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Comedian Bill Burr Explains His Love for St. Louis and What it Means to be a "Comic's Comic"

In this week's print edition we interviewed Bill Burr, a standup comic who writes a new hour after every special, tours internationally and is now breaking into acting just for the fun of it. As story-telling comics tend to be long-winded, it was impossible to fit the whole thing in the paper. Here' ... More >>

Ryan Fogle: Diplomat Accused of Being CIA Spy in Russia From St. Louis, Went to Ladue School

Ryan Fogle, 29, graduated from Mary Institute and Country Day School in Ladue in 2002. His family reportedly has roots in Clayton and Richmond Heights. And yesterday, he was apparently detained and expelled from Russia after he was accused of being a CIA spy. In an incredibly bizarre story, Fogle w ... More >>

Don King Drops Lawsuit Against Ryan Coyne; Releases "Irish Outlaw"

Coming off of his first career loss, boxer and St. Louis native Ryan Coyne received some very important news yesterday morning. "Silver lining," he wrote in an e-mail to Daily RFT. "In this tough situation the nightmare ends." After many months (arguably years) of dispute, including a lawsuit and ... More >>

Sounds of the Silver Screen: The Music Fan's Guide to SLIFF

The 21st St. Louis International Film Festival officially kicked off last night. There was a line down the block at the Tivoli, news crews were on hand and it took us forever to navigate the traffic. Safe to say this is a big deal. For the uninitiated, SLIFF is a ten-day mega-celebration of films, h ... More >>

2012 SLIFF Film Festival capsule reviews

SLIFF Picks Up Speed: the Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival has never looked better

Nico Plated: A prominent location and a top-flight Soulard sibling -- Tom Schmidt's new baby has a lot to live up to

St. Louis Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura Wins his Third U.S. Chess Championship

To know what it feels like to win the United States Chess Championship, earn $40,000 and reconfirm your status as the No. 1 chess player in the country -- and as the most promising American player since Bobby Fischer -- look no further than the Twitter status of the man who just did all of these th ... More >>

Madonna is Coming to the Scottrade Center: Pre-Sale and Ticket Information [Update]

Madonna, fresh off a Super Bowl appearance and more aware of how to capitalize than possibly anyone in pop music, has just announced a massive 2012 tour. And just days before Madonna 2012 World Tour goes out in (presumably) a blaze of infinite production value in Miami, she'll make a stop here in St ... More >>

Deerhoof At The Luminary: Review And Q&A With Drummer Greg Saunier

Photo by Corey Woodruff​On September 26th, Deerhoof made tracks through St. Louis for the first time in its nearly twenty years of existence. The Luminary Center for the Arts held the loud but intimate sounds of the seminal experimental pop group, catering to a nearly sold out crowd on a chill ... More >>

Josh Ritter at Off Broadway, 7/22/11: Review and Setlist

Todd Owyoung​ Josh Ritter and the Royal Family Band | Yellowbirds Off Broadway July 22, 2011 "This will be the world's first protozoan slow dance," Josh Ritter said, squinting against the sweat, bringing the band down towards the end of the night. "You don't have to touch each other though." ... More >>

Iron Man 2 will lead to 3 and probably 4, but that doesn't mean it's good

Review Slideshow: Taste by Niche

Photo: Jennifer SilverbergThe crew, starting in front, going clockwise, owner/chef Gerard Craft, chef de cuisine Adam Altnether, mixologist Ted Kilgore, cook Nick Blue, pastry chef Mathew Rice and sous chef James Peisker. See a slideshow of photos from Taste by Niche.​My review of Taste by Niche ( ... More >>

A Sneak in the House of Love

​Today, my very dear friend and sneaking companion, Madame H, got married.Pros: Nobody believes marriage will make her change her sneaky ways. Now that they are flesh of one flesh and therefore sneak of one sneak, I can probably press her husband into happy service as a second set of pockets. He ... More >>

Nervous Nights: A writer memorializes New Jersey rock innovators the Feelies on the occasion of CD reissues

History Never Repeats: Josh Ritter conquers complacency with an orchestral-leaning record and a tour with on-the-fly horn sections

Congressman Lacy Clay Files for Divorce and a Democratic Loyalist Does What He Can to Help

lacyclay.orgWilliam Lacy ClayCongressman William Lacy Clay is filing for divorce.The local law journal Missouri Lawyers Weekly first reported the news last week. Gossip columnist Deb Peterson then picked the item up for her stltoday.com blog. Yesterday, Post-Dispatch reporter Jake Wagman went down t ... More >>

Prized Fighter: Boxing in St. Louis will never die — not as long as Kenny Loehr has a kid in the ring

Billy Joel Sets the Record Straight about the Soviet Union

St. Louis Concert Calendar: June 19

St. Louis Concert Calendar: June 15, 2007

The Popcorn King

Rush Hour 3 director Brett Ratner has been called a fauxteur, a womanizer and, worse, over budget. Why you should take him seriously anyway.

Piano Appeal

Regina Spektor sells out — in the good way.

Current Shows

Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

Current Shows

Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

Black Carrots

Eat 'em, they're good for you

Ragin' Cajun

Looking for cold beer and down-home Cajun classics? Head to Graham's.

Seasoned to Taste

Steven Woolf dishes on the Rep's repertoire

Opening Nights

Playing on Fear

Spielberg and Hanks spawn a daring new genre: The post-9/11 comedy

On the Rocks

Echo Theatre's production of Uncle Vanya is a mixed-drink approach to a hard-liquor play

Sounds Around Town

Week of December 10, 2003

Gideon's Trumpet

Is younger than Clark Terry's flugelhorn

Dogs & Cats in Harmony

Gregory Popovich's magic

Look Out Below

"New Rock Musical" Jouét sinks like one

In Harm's Way

Flying where no one is allowed to fly, bringing aid to people without hope

Red Snare

Kidman's Birthday Girl sets a trap, but for whom?

Gentry Trotter Gets Burned

Maybe he needs a public-relations consultant

A Glimpse into the Abyss

Thirteen Days takes viewers on a ride through a particularly bumpy period of world history

Russian Roulette

A visit to Astoria European Cuisine yields mixed but largely enjoyable results

East-West

Co-written and directed by Régis Wargnier

The Works of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention

St. Louis Art Museum

Design of the Times

St. Louisan Charles Eames and his wife, Ray, may have designed the very chair you're sitting in

BICENTENNIAL MAN

Directed by Chris Columbus

RETURN OF THE NATIVE

Missourian Lanford Wilson comes to the Rep to stage his new play, Book of Days, with longtime collaborator Marshall Mason. A look behind the scenes at the men who changed American theater.

Russian Unorthodox

He has been an advisor to Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin. He's renowned internationally as a journalist and scholar. And he has been a highly popular visiting professor at Webster University. So why is Nikolai Zlobin looking for a job?