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  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    Brian Elliott Injured; Panic Ensues Just in Time for the Playoffs

    The Blues have been hit hard by the injury bug this year. Not that that's exactly anything new, of course; we've seen too many times the last few season this team derailed by players hitting the training table. But this year, it's been rough. The usual assortment of bumps and bruises, both uppe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Meet St. Louis' Greatest Athlete: Baxter the Flying Dog

    image viaSt. Louis's greatest athlete in action. His trainer, Tony Lampert, is in the background.​Now that Albert Pujols has left us, you may think that the title of Greatest Athlete in St. Louis is up for grabs. But you'd be wrong. The new Greatest Athlete is a world-record holder and a force ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Cassy Vires of Home Wine Kitchen

    This is part one of Stephen Fairbanks' Chef's Choice profile of Cassy Vires of Home Wine Kitchen. Part two, a Q&A, will be posted tomorrow, and part three, a recipe from Vires, will be posted on Thursday. Jennifer SilverbergHusband-and-wife owners of Home Wine Kitchen, Josh Renbarger and Chef Cassy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    While You Were Eating Left Over Turkey, Teenage Boys Were Living Out Gridiron Dreams

    Jennifer SilverbergProud American Traditions: Jazz... Ford... Capitalism... Thanksgiving weekend high school football state championship games.​Not even a man wearing a cowboy hat while eating a Big Mac, listening to Bruce Springsteen and trading derivatives on his iPad is more American than high ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    [UPDATE] Jenifer Goertzen: Body of Peoria Woman Found Bound in St. Louis Hotel

    Update 11:45 a.m.Police have identified the suspect who killed himself early this morning as 34-year-old Robert Fuller. Fuller and Goertzen were in a relationship, according to police. Update 9:40 a.m. The suspect in Goertzen's death, a 34-year-old man, reportedly killed himself around 2 a.m. today ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Headed Down the Illinois River Soon: The Nina and Pinta

    thenina.comGet your Columbus Day started early.​For ten days this fall, Grafton will be home to replicas of two of Christopher Columbus' three exploring ships. The Nina and Pinta are currently making their way across Lake Michigan before heading down the Illinois River this month. After a stop in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    Seether's Dale Stewart Rocks the Wings at the Silver Ballroom

    MTV.comSeether bassist Dale Stewart dreams of hot wings at work.​Yeah, he's come to snuff the rooster. Wait...wrong band, right poultry. Although Alice in Chains sang about snuffing roosters, Seether bassist Dale Stewart is going to be doing it for real on Thursday at the Silver Ballroom. So ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    The Painted Ad: Postcard Book Pays Homage to Billboards of Yesteryear

    A sign in Collinsville snapped back in 1983. (Images courtesy of The Painted Ad).​St. Louis author and photographer William Stage is out with a new book on one of his favorite subjects: the vanishing, brick-wall advertisements that once decorated buildings across America. Today these signs serve a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Central Illinois Congressman is DC's Hottest Male Eye-Candy

    It's official: Representative Aaron Schock of Illinois's 18th Congressional district has been anointed the hottest member of not just the House but also the Senate, eclipsing former Cosmo centerfold and current Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown. You can tell because a photo of him in a bathing suit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2010

    Salmonella Outbreak at Illinois Subways

    Image viaNot the Subway Diet that Jared meant.​Sometimes the true cost of that $5 Foot Long can't be measured in money.According to the Illinois Department of Health, via the delightfully named Food Poison Journal, there have been 68 confirmed cases of salmonella traced back to Subway sandwich sho ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 2, 2010

    St. Louis Stage Capsules

    Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the St. Louis theater scene

  • Culture

    May 26, 2010

    St. Louis Stage Capsules

    Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the St. Louis theater scene

  • Music

    May 5, 2010

    The Forecast

    7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 11. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

  • News

    March 31, 2010

    Honor Thy Father: A Muslim man in Phoenix "honor killed" his Americanized daughter

    7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 11. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

  • News

    March 24, 2010

    Tweakers 'N Diggers: Looters are pillaging Native American burial grounds to finance their meth habits

    7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 11. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Extremist Groups Rise 244% Nationwide; Missouri Now Has 10 "Patriot" Brigades

    ​The Southern Poverty Law Center has released a report suggesting that the number of extremist groups operating in the U.S. grew by 244 percent last year. According to the report, the number of these anti-government movements went from 149 in 2008 to 512 in 2009 -- an addition of 363 new groups in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    St. Patrick's Day Massacre: The Best Blues Hockey Fight of All-Time?

    Nineteen years ago today, the St. Louis Blues and Chicago Blackhawks beat the living crap out of each other. They also played a hockey game. The Hawks won 6-4 but the outcome was overshadowed by melees in the first and second period resulted in 278 penalty minutes, including 24 minor, 12 major and 1 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    The Blues' Next Big Thing Debuts Tonight

    Tonight is an exciting night if you're a St. Louis Blues fan. The team's top prospect, Lars Eller, will make his NHL debut at the Scottrade Center against the Calgary Flames. Eller will also become only the sixth player in NHL history of Danish descent. Personally, I'm hoping Eller can com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    Armadillo Plays Well in Peoria, So Why Not St. Louis?

    www.ci.peoria.il.us/nuisancepropertyThe Peoria "Armadillo"​The Wall Street Journal had an interesting article yesterday about the way the Peoria, Illinois, police deal with nuisance properties. Their solution? An unmanned armored truck that the police park outside the homes of drug dealers and oth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    Blues Update: The Light at the End of the Tunnel

    Over the weekend, we may have finally seen some real reason to be optimistic for the Blues' future. In the NHL's YoungStars Game, the Blues had two players participating, and both showed well for themselves. Don't get me wrong; there have been plenty of reasons to be optimistic before now, but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    Local College Hoops: A Rundown on The Rundown

    So what if March is still two months away? It certainly hasn't stopped ESPN's Joe Lunardi from updating his highly addictive Bracketology feature and projecting the entire 65 team NCAA tournament field despite the fact that most teams have only played one or two conference games and perhaps a pushov ... More >>

  • News

    September 17, 2008

    An Arrow Runs Through It: Bowfishers take aim at Asian carp

    So what if March is still two months away? It certainly hasn't stopped ESPN's Joe Lunardi from updating his highly addictive Bracketology feature and projecting the entire 65 team NCAA tournament field despite the fact that most teams have only played one or two conference games and perhaps a pushov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2008

    Exclusive: Interview With Eyewitness to Gym Class Heroes Altercation

    So what if March is still two months away? It certainly hasn't stopped ESPN's Joe Lunardi from updating his highly addictive Bracketology feature and projecting the entire 65 team NCAA tournament field despite the fact that most teams have only played one or two conference games and perhaps a pushov ... More >>

  • Culture

    April 30, 2008

    St. Louis Art Capsules

    Malcolm Gay encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

  • Culture

    April 16, 2008

    St. Louis Art Capsules

    Malcolm Gay encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

  • Culture

    April 9, 2008

    St. Louis Art Caps

    Malcolm Gay encapsulates the local art scene.

  • Culture

    April 2, 2008

    St. Louis Art Caps

    Malcolm Gay encapsulates the local art scene.

  • Culture

    March 26, 2008

    St. Louis Art Capsules

    Malcom Gay encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

  • Culture

    March 19, 2008

    St. Louis Art Capsules

    Malcom Gay encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

  • Music

    July 18, 2007

    OK Computer: Ten Years After

    B-Sides reboots Radiohead and takes a roadtrip with Ani.

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2007

    Coachella, Ho!

    B-Sides reboots Radiohead and takes a roadtrip with Ani.

  • News

    October 4, 2006

    Twist of Fate

    This former St. Louis Blues star has skated on some thin ice since leaving the rink

  • Music

    March 29, 2006

    The Format

    Wednesday, April 5 at 8 p.m. The Hi-Pointe (1001 McCausland Avenue)

  • Music

    November 23, 2005

    Pimping All Over the World

    B-Sides gets gangsta with Burt Bacharach, imagines a rainbow of worldly bands and dissects the nuances of two trumpets

  • News

    June 15, 2005

    Buffet of Champions

    You came, you saw, you voted: the winners of the 2005 Riverfront Times Music Awards

  • News

    July 28, 2004

    Letters

    Week of July 28, 2004

  • Music

    May 26, 2004

    Queer Eye for the Country Guy

    Cowboy crooners are putting some metro-sex into their rural images

  • News

    February 18, 2004

    Shooting Stars

    Tommie Liddell plays tortoise to Darius Miles’ hare in the annals of East Side High basketball lore

  • Calendar

    December 10, 2003

    Shootout Freak-Out

    Ho ho hoops at Savvis

  • Calendar

    November 12, 2003

    What a Difference a Gay Makes

    Jade Esteban Estrada tells the tales you won't find in textbooks

  • Culture

    November 13, 2002

    Sex and the City

    Hot lesbian sex and other gems are uncovered by a UM-St. Louis historian

  • Calendar

    November 6, 2002

    Joia to the World

    It's all fun and games for St. Louis' favorite Brazilian percussion ensemble

  • News

    May 22, 2002

    House of Cards

    So the Cardinals are taking bids. Good luck.

  • News

    July 18, 2001

    This Czechvar's for You

    Sporting a disguise, the original Bud readies for battle in the realm of the King of Beers

  • News

    June 28, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Published the week of June 28-July 4, 2000

  • News

    April 5, 2000

    Space Case

    Witnesses testify in the mystery of the Metro East UFO

  • News

    December 15, 1999

    ON SHAKY GROUND

    The earthquake hazard here may be greater than you think. And planning for it is less than you'd expect.

  • News

    April 28, 1999

    Revelations on Tragedy and the Young

    The earthquake hazard here may be greater than you think. And planning for it is less than you'd expect.

  • News

    February 24, 1999

    News of the Weird

    The earthquake hazard here may be greater than you think. And planning for it is less than you'd expect.

  • News

    February 17, 1999

    On With the Show

    Latter-day vaudevillian Danny O'Day hasn't let changing tastes or the loss of his beloved Gaslight Square keep him from his life's work

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