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Where Are They Now: Current NHL Players Edition

You know those Where Are They Now specials they have on VH1 from time to time, where they pick a bunch of has-been celebrities and tell you what they've been up to since the last time you cared? (Spoiler: It's usually cocaine.) Well, this isn't one of those specials. Actually, that's not true. ... More >>

A Traditional Southern, Jewish Christmas

A Traditional Southern, Jewish Christmas

Dam-Funk on Master Blazter, Collabing with Nite Jewel, and Maintaining the Funk

Damon Riddick may be the coolest dude alive. Better known as Dam-Funk, Riddick is a walking embodiment of West Coast Relaxation, creating an electrifying brand of modern funk. Heavily inspired by the synth-based funk of the late '70s/early '80s, his music is full of interstellar synthesizers rife wi ... More >>

Frenzied Shoppers Snap Up New Target Missoni Line -- Merch Gone In 20 Minutes

​Did you hear? The iconic Italian knitwear fashion house Missoni is releasing a reasonably-priced collaboration with Target...today! And...you have already completely missed it. Sorry.By about 8:20 this morning at the Brentwood Target, twenty minutes after the big-box retailer threw open its doors ... More >>

Swedish Fish Vodka, Farmhaus

Alicia Lohmar​First, a quick retraction. We wrote in this very column, just a little over a year ago, "...don't sully the time-honored occupation of respectable drinking by concocting all sorts of foolishness that ends in '-tini' and isn't 'gin martini' or that contains the words 'nipple' or 'bomb ... More >>

Spice World: Dill, Dull, Lull, Zzzz

Welcome to Spice World, in which Gut Check zeroes in on overlooked spices from around the globe, introducing those you may not own -- and probably should. Kristie McClanahanWhole dill seed. Perfect for pickling if you're not in a hurry.​History: Though today the word "dill" is right at home n ... More >>

Food Revolutionaries Murray Handwerker and Wallace McCain Die

Wikimedia CommonsFamous Nathan's, which Murray Handwerker made really famous.​Over the weekend two people who played major roles in the modernization of the food industry died. Murry Handwerker, 89, of Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs passed away on Saturday. Canadian potato entrepreneur Wallace McCai ... More >>

From Poland, With Love

RFT Web Awards: Meet the Judges

​The finalists have been chosen, the party planners are toiling away and the suspense is mounting: Who will be winning one of RFT's first-ever Web Awards?We're not answering that just yet. (You'll have to stay tuned for the complete list of winners!) But we are ready to introduce our esteemed pane ... More >>

RFT Web Awards: Meet the Judges

​The finalists have been chosen, the party planners are toiling away and the suspense is mounting: Who will be winning one of RFT's first-ever Web Awards?We're not answering that just yet. (You'll have to stay tuned for the complete list of winners!) But we are ready to introduce our esteemed pan ... More >>

RFT Web Awards: Meet the Judges

​The finalists have been chosen, the party planners are toiling away and the suspense is mounting: Who will be winning one of RFT's first-ever Web Awards?We're not answering that just yet. (You'll have to stay tuned for the complete list of winners!) But we are ready to introduce our esteemed pan ... More >>

Fenugreek: It's What Makes Your Breasts Better!

Welcome to Spice World, in which Gut Check zeroes in on overlooked spices from around the globe, introducing those you may not own -- and probably should. Wikipedia | Wikimedia Commons​History: Lest you feel sorry for fenugreek -- its stock overflowing at Whole Foods while its alphabetical ne ... More >>

Life After "Not to Be"

Why Is St. Louis Not Part of the 2010 No Pants Subway Ride?

But before answering that titular query you might be wondering, "What the heck is the no pants subway ride?"Excellent question. It's quite simple really: a group of hundreds of people (or in New York, thousands) rides the mass transit sans trousers. Confused onlookers gawk and gape and hem and haw. ... More >>

Holiday Jam Countdown '09: Four Versions of "Christmas Wrapping"

​Does it get any better than the Waitresses' "Christmas Wrapping"? I'm not sure. ("Oh, damn! Guess what I forgot?") The whimsical tale of meeting a kindred scatterbrained soul in the supermarket -- the same guy you've been chasing all year, no less! -- who also forgot cranberries, "Wrapping" w ... More >>

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

A Full Head of Extreme: Feeling apathetic? Helver's Night will shake you out of your torpor.

Interview Outtakes: Sunn O))), Playing Tonight at the Firebird

One of the summer's more anticipated shows happens tonight at the Firebird: Drone-metal legends Sunn O))). Paul Friswold interviewed the band Greg Anderson's this week. Here are some outtakes from the interview. ideologic.org Paul Friswold: Who first thought of doing the album with the acoustic e ... More >>

Earthworms European Tour Diary, Part Three: Kosovo

(Earthworms and Fresh Heir are currently touring around air force bases in England and Europe. Mathias from Earthworms is keeping a diary for us while he's away. Read on below for the third installment; the first one is here, second one is here.)Greetings from Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo! Kosovo... is b ... More >>

A Stiff Drink (or Ten) for Bush's Last Day

I just can't envision myself, you know, the big straw hat and a Hawaiian shirt sitting on some beach. Particularly since I quit drinking.- President George W. Bush at his final press conference, 1.12.09This is the most self-aware statement our soon-to-be former president has ever uttered. Not only ... More >>

Second Spin: Christmas In Poland

Artist: The Schola Cantorum of SS. Cyril and the Methodius Seminary, Directed by Rev. Henry A. Waraksa Album: Christmas In Poland From: Vintage Vinyl Year: Unknown. Label: Capitol Records What it sounds like: Christmas in Gitmo. 

Necaxa defeats C.D. Honduras in Amateur St. Louis Soccer Championship

Ask a Mexican: Is being in this country illegally a non-moving violation?

The Polish Egg Man gets its world premiere here

Journey to the Poles

Mel Gibson Is Responsible for All the Wars in the World

OK, slight exaggeration. But he's at least to blame for Apocalypto.

Vader

Monday, November 28; Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

Buon Natale!

Mr. Night and Ms. Day gawk at Hill Nativity scenes and then go eat sandwiches. You can, too!

Up From the Underworld

This year, blood-soaked extreme metal took its rightful place in the world of heavy music.

The Spy Who Wasn't

Unreal dabbles in espionage and gets motivated with Ed McMahon; plus, breaking news from the Department of Not Quite Getting It

Don't Fret!

New Pro Arte is fingerpicking good

Reagan's Creed

We examine conservative rock and learn why you should never throw anything away

How Far Back Do You Trace Your Roots?

Week of August 6, 2003

In the Ghetto

Polanski returns to Poland

Series/Festivals

Week of June 12, 2002

Series/Festivals

Week of November 21, 2001

Best Afternoon-Drive Destination

Black Madonna Shrine and Grottos

Oy to the World

Klezmer band Yidn holds court each week at Brandt's

Best Rabbi

Abraham Magence

Good Enough for Guv'ment Work

The kids at Centro Sociale put on a show

Jewish Film Festival

Through June 15 at the AMC Creve Coeur 12 Theatre

Stars of David

The Jewish Film Festival lights up St. Louis

Pho Nouveau

A move to larger quarters brings Pho Grand nigh unto perfection

Mr. Death

Directed by Errol Morris

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival

HRWIFF exhibits fiction and nonfiction, short and feature-length, experimental and traditional films

JAKOB THE LIAR

Directed by Peter Kassovitz

GROUP SHOW

Austral Gallery

News of the Weird

Sins of Omission

St. Louis is welcoming Pope John Paul II, but many devout Catholics don't feel so welcomed by him. They say he's blocking the light for women, intellectuals, non-Westerners, gays, lesbians and remarried Catholics -- and dimming the prospects for an inclus