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The Best St. Louis Comedy Shows in April

Jeremy Essig For those in search of laughter or curious about the on-goings of the comedy scene in St. Louis, we will be making monthly recommendations of shows in (and near) the city. From sure-thing-hilarious to fingers crossed, "Oh God! I hope this works," Funny Events is your connection to sket ... More >>

Gay Couple Claims Post-Dispatch Rejects Engagement Announcement

Update below: A gay couple that recently got engaged says that the St. Louis Post-Dispatch is intentionally rejecting their engagement announcement that they want to run in print, because they have some sort of unwritten policy against same-sex couples. The accusation of the duo Kurt Lee and Kyle Ha ... More >>

More on 801 Chophouse, Opening in Clayton This Fall

When Araka (131 Carondelet Plaza, Clayton; 314-725-6777) closes next month, its location will not sit empty for long. Des Moines, Iowa-based 801 Chophouse plans to open its fifth location in the expansive Clayton space. Gut Check spoke with 801 Chophouse director of marketing Hillary Stark to learn ... More >>

So Many Dynamos Celebrates Ten Years at Off Broadway

See Also: Here's a Look at So Many Dynamos in the RFT Over the Years

Sundance 2013: Sex with James Franco, Sultry Scarlett Johansson, Daniel Radcliffe's Jew-Fro, and a Great Film From Jordan

Daniel Day-Lewis and Steven Spielberg ably fill the hat in Lincoln

Only You Can Prevent Christmas Music From Starting Early on KLOU

Ours is a country divided -- almost precisely in half, it turns out -- between head-in-the-clouds idealists and stick-in-the-mud realists. Of course, we are referring to people who love Christmas music and others who could never again hear a bell jingle, jangle, or rock, and it would still be too so ... More >>

The Ten Best Shows In St. Louis This Weekend: October 19 to 21

This weekend has some pretty huge shows: Saturday especially is packed. There's a crazy ass rave thing (it's a rave, right? Cause that's what I'm calling it) happening at Scottish Rite (that bigass empty building on Lindell) that is headlined by none other than the Crystal Method. I think it would b ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From October 15 to 21

Please pardon my lack of enthusiasm today; I'm still mourning that crushing playoff-ending defeat our city's beloved Redbirds faced on Friday -- damn those victorious Nationals. Also, Dewey Defeats Truman! Oh, ESPN. There's good shows this week: Smashing Pumpkins plays the Chaifetz on Thursday -- i ... More >>

Arizona Winning, And What It Means to St. Louis

Last night, the Arizona Wildcats won the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, putting an end to the hopes for a third straight national title for South Carolina. It's the fourth national championship in school history for the U of A, their first since 1986, and caps off a magical run that saw th ... More >>

Boys at the Bar: New Movie Features St. Louis, Played By...Salt Lake City?

Remember Up in the Air (aka the Only Thing That Happened in St. Louis in 2009 Worth Remembering)? Remember how delightful it was to see our city on the big screen? Remember how it was even more delightful to spot George Clooney roaming through our city before it appeared in the big screen? The Boys ... More >>

Chill Out, Everybody: Best Coast at the Firebird: Review and Setlist

Best Coast | Bruiser Queen | Sleepy Kitty May 30, 2012 The Firebird "Why would you live anywhere else?" It was a rhetorical question. Bethany Cosentino can mean a lot more in her California obsessions than one might think, but that doesn't mean she wants answers. But here are a few anyway: Cheap ren ... More >>

Kansas City Gets High-Tech Gunshot Detector -- Where's Ours?

Kansas City's Police Chief Darryl Forte plans to use some leftover federal grant money to install SpotShotter, a sophisticated rig of audio sensors placed strategically throughout the city that can detect a gunshot and then notify police -- within 25 seconds -- where the shot was fired. The system c ... More >>

Warren Buffett Buys Lee Enterprise Debt, Now Owns 4% of the Company

Matt Wirz of the Wall Street Journal reports that famed investor Warren Buffett, "the Oracle of Omaha," has purchased $85 million of Lee Enterprise's debt through his Berkshire Hathaway investment company. The purchase translates to a four percent ownership of the company,  which itself owns th ... More >>

Norah Jones, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Do it Right: SXSW 2012 Day 3

Thursday, March 15, 2012 1 p.m. SXSW is time machine, not always dialed towards the future. Though the clubs change names every season, the gimmicks get more and more outrageous -- witness the skyscraper-sized vending machine stocked with minivan-sized bags of chemically-enhanced corn chips whose n ... More >>

Luminary Center for the Arts Heads South...to Cherokee Street

Jennifer SilverbergBrea and James McAnally, founders and directors of the Luminary Center for the Arts.​So many things have been heading south lately -- the temperature, the economy -- and so is the Luminary Center for the Arts. But for the four-year-old gallery, performance space and arts inc ... More >>

Luminary Center for the Arts Headed to Cherokee Street

Jennifer SilverbergLuminary Center for the Arts Directors Brea and James McAnally​​So many things have been heading south lately -- the temperature, the economy -- and so is the Luminary Center for the Arts. But for the four-year-old gallery, performance space and arts incubator, south is on ... More >>

Deliver STL Makes Delivery Food Even Easier (Also Lazier)

Courtesy of Deliver STL​Patrick Conner gets hungry sometimes. It happens to the best of us. About a year ago, he became both hungry and inspired, a less common combination that resulted in a website, deliverstl.com, and a fledgling business that it turns out is not protected by patents. The fu ... More >>

'All you really have is the show that night.' An Interview with Marnie Stern

David Torch​Marnie Stern hasn't taken shortcuts. Signed to Kill Rock Stars in early 2007 on the strength of a demo (which saw a cassette release earlier this year), last year's self-titled album served to dispel any lingering notion that she was just a guitar maximalist. Its ten songs laid bar ... More >>

Cassie Morgan & The Lonely Pine and Love Drunk Studio: Behind the "These Years" Video

Cassie Morgan & the Lonely Pine. Photo by Daniel Muller​Update, 4/6/11: Andrew Roger, of Ingrained, put together a mini-documentary on the filming of the video. It's out now; watch below for further contextualization, hott stacking action and track-listening pow-wows. Cassie Morgan & the Lone ... More >>

Adam Gnau of Acero Restaurant, Part 2

This is part two of Holly Fann's Chef's Choice profile of Adam Gnau of Acero restaurant in Maplewood. Part one can be found here. Look for part three, a recipe from Gnau, tomorrow. Holly FannAdam Gnau of Acero​Did your family cook when you were a child? Yes, but not well. I'm not doggin' my m ... More >>

Adam Gnau of Acero Restaurant

This is part one of Holly Fann's Chef's Choice profile of Adam Gnau of Acero restaurant in Maplewood. Part two, a Q&A with Gnau, will be posted tomorrow. Look for part three, a recipe, on Friday. Holly FannAcero chef Adam Gnau says love makes the restaurant go 'round.​Adam Gnau is in love. Wi ... More >>

The 2010 RFT News Challenge

Photos: Depressed Buttons at the Gramophone, Thursday, December 2

Depressed Buttons (a.k.a. a side project featuring members of Omaha synth scientists the Faint) deejayed at a special Thursday night dance party at the Gramophone. Co-promoted by London Calling and Get Serious!, the night kicked the weekend off early. Sarah Rusnak was there and took some photos. Her ... More >>

St. Louis Gothic Celebrates Ten Years Tonight at the Complex with the Twilight Garden

myspace.com/thetwilightgardenmyspaceTodd Loomis of the Twilight Garden​DJ Skeletal (a.k.a. Joel Lovins) has been the go-to guy for industrial and gothic music in River City for a decade, and tonight he's celebrating ten years on the scene with an anniversary blow-out at The Complex. Lovins sta ... More >>

Theodore refines its twang and noise sensibilities on Hold You Like a Lover

"I was a witness to 20 murders. I dug ten holes. I had to dig one up." Goodfella Henry Hill Talks

Photo by Nicholas Phillips​One day after his arrest for disorderly conduct in Fairview Heights, Illinois, former wiseguy Henry Hill, whose life story inspired the film Goodfellas, agreed to sit down and chat with the Daily RFT. Daily RFT: What did Goodfellas get right?Henry Hill: Ninety-five perce ... More >>

Destination Unknown: Up in the Air steers clear of the predictable route, lands the emotion

Covering the Bases: Mike Tomko hosts his third Under Cover Weekend

Photos Review: Cursive at the Firebird, Friday, April 24

Cursive killed it on Friday night at the Firebird. The Omaha quintet kicked off its latest tour with 75 minutes of cathartic material that struck a nice balance between new tunes from its latest, Mama, I'm Swollen ("From the Hips," "I Couldn't Love You") and back catalog ("Dorothy at 40," ... More >>

RFT readers love Laurell K. Hamilton's vampire stories, Albert Pujols, and foodie trivia

Ludo is fired up and ready to play on the national stage

Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times

Alt-Weeklies Provide Web Links to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaios Home Address

Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Stands Behind Phoenix New Times and Village Voice Media

Alt-Weeklies Provide Web Links to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Home Address

Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times

St. Louis Concert Calendar: July 25, 2007

St. Louis Concert Calendar: July 17

Running on Empty

Truck firms are so desperate for drivers that just about anybody can get behind the wheel

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of March 30, 2005

Transdermal Celebration Canceled

Radar Station mourns a broken streak

American Band

Tight melodies, true grit, a love of hair metal: The Doxies have it all

Hollywood Homies

Three recent video releases have local ties

Meet Our Match

This just in: St. Louisans are sexy, literate and breathing in way too many toxins; Unreal is invited to take part in uprisings -- legally sanctioned and otherwise; and the P-D editorial staff takes God to task

Trophy Room

The Schlafly Tap Room plays host to the RFT Music Awards presentation

Sensitive Swordsman

Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz mines his ladies'-man rep for creative gold

The Monroes

Friday, July 27; Frederick's Music Lounge

Stalking Back

Trying to collect a half-million-dollar debt from Floyd Warmann, the hunter becomes the hunted

Duets

Directed by Bruce Paltrow

PRAYING AGAINST THE ODDS

Developers of a Lemay casino have political muscle on their side. But the School Sisters of Notre Dame are betting on a higher power.

DROP DEAD GORGEOUS

Directed by Michael Patrick Jann