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Deschutes Brewery Brings Weeklong Craft Beer Campaign to St. Louis Beginning Today

Our beer mugs runneth over here in St. Louis. Bend, Oregon-based Deschutes Brewery, the nation's fifth-largest craft brewery, is set to commence Base Camp for Fanatics, its week-long campaign to introduce new and specialty beers through tasting events, food pairings and a chance to engage with Woody ... More >>

Urban Chestnut to Open Second Craft Brewery, the Largest in St. Louis

St. Louis beer lovers, rejoice! Having entered the local brewing scene a scant two years ago, Urban Chestnut Brewing Company (3229 Washington Avenue; 314-222-0143) announced a major expansion earlier this week that, when completed, will make the craft brewery the second-largest overall beer produc ... More >>

Videos: Top Ten TSA Airport Groping Scandals

Last week, footage of Transportation Security Administration officials at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport trying to pat down a three-year-old girl in a wheelchair went viral -- and brought national attention to TSA in St. Louis. Nathan Forck, the father trying to get his family to Disney Wor ... More >>

Lumpy & the Dumpers: Slime Addicts On The Prowl

"One of these days, you're going to face the meat...one, two, fuck you!" This is fucking punk. It's creepy, in your face, and not smart enough to be a real metaphor. It's just getting screamed at you. Brainchild of former Sweet Tooth drummer Martin "Lumpy" Meyer, Lumpy and the Dumpers is a local sup ... More >>

Observe National Pancake Day Today at These 7 St. Louis Restaurants

Today, Tuesday, February 5, is National Pancake Day -- and no, it's not a fake holiday engineered by IHOP, though it does market the hell out of its celebratory free pancakes special. Nope, gulping down pancakes in February has much older roots. Next Tuesday, February 12, marks Shrove Tuesday, a med ... More >>

Jenny Murphy: 2012 Riverfront Times MasterMind Award Winner

National Survey Hails Crown Candy Kitchen, the Good Pie, Pappy's Smokehouse, Ted Drewes

Opinionated About Dining strikes again. In March, the restaurant website's annual survey, which draws from 70,000 reviews by 3,000 users, ranked Niche (1831 Sidney Street; 314-773-7755) one of the nation's top 100 restaurants. In April, it released the survey results by region, and six St. Louis re ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From March 5 to 11

This week brings us not one but TWO members of the Wu-Tang Clan (unfortunately on separate nights), Japanese punk-weirdos Peelander-Z, and the first visit ever from Seattle's raw Ramones-y punk band the Spits in its entire ten years of existence. Continuing with the punk rock / hip-hop aesthetic is ... More >>

The Music of True/False Film Festival: A Conversation with Music Director Amanda Rainey

As its title suggests, The True/False Film Festival is focused around a cavalcade of non-fiction motion pictures. In its ninth year, the scope of the festival has widened to feature prevalent artists in independent music such as Dark Dark Dark and Bramble. Based out of Columbia, True/False has becom ... More >>

New St. Louis Snack Asks, "What-A-Ya Nuts?!"

Julia GabbertHowie Sher stands with his new snack food, What-A-Ya Nuts?! Sher was pleased to see that a Schnucks location had almost sold out of the product after Labor Day weekend.​In the fall of 2009, Howie Sher stood before his pantry looking at the different varieties of bland nuts and tra ... More >>

Daniel H. Wilson: Robopocalypse Author Offers Advice on Surviving Robot Uprisings

​It's inevitable. Someday all this technology we love so much will turn on us and enslave us, and all sorts of badness will ensue. Author Daniel H. Wilson has thought about this a lot: The man has a Ph.D. in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University and once wrote a book called How to Survive a ... More >>

Nate Hereford of Niche, Part 2

This is part two of Katie Moulton's Chef's Choice profile of Nate Hereford of Niche (1831 Sidney Street, 314-773-7755). To read part one, click here. Stay tuned for part three, a recipe from Hereford, which we'll publish tomorrow. Katie MoultonThis man "loves offal." Thankfully, he opted to make En ... More >>

Nate Hereford of Niche

This is part one of Katie Moulton's Chef's Choice profile of chef Nate Hereford of Niche in Benton Park. Katie MoultonNate Hereford of Niche "balances efficiency and beautiful food." Whatchu wanna say about it?​ "One cool thing about cooking," Nate Hereford, chef de cuisine of Niche, says, "is ... More >>

The Decemberists and Justin Townes Earle at the Pageant, 4/27/11: Review

Decemberists. Photo by Jason Stoff​The Decemberists/Justin Townes Earle The Pageant April 27, 2011 Last night Colin Meloy of the Decemberists upended his reputation as a proggy prig with a (mostly) straightforward set of hyper-literate country-rock. Like the band's most recent album The King ... More >>

Fifteen Bands Keeping the Spirit of American Music Alive, As Chosen by Pokey LaFarge

Jo MccaugheyPokey LaFarge​(Editor's note: This weekend, Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three is celebrating the release of a seven-inch, "Pack It Up" b/w "Chittlin' Cookin' Time in Cheatham County." The record is being released by Third Man Records, the label founded by Jack White. In fact, ... More >>

Goose Island Sells Out to Anheuser-Busch

​ Sorry Chicago, but your craft beer star now belongs to St. Louis. Well, technically, it belongs to Belgium. It was announced this morning that Anheuser-Busch is buying Goose Island, the 23-year-old Chicago miccrobrew stalwart. (A-B has distributed Goose Island since 2006.) After the jump: ... More >>

Take That, Chicago: St. Louis Is "More Charitable"

We had vowed never to ever pay attention to those silly lists at the Daily Beast again -- but then we saw one that actually made us kinda happy about ourselves. Never mind that whole Most Dangerous City designation; it turns out we're actually the Fifteenth Most Charitable City in the country!If we ... More >>

Special Offer: Pay to Watch Doug Stanhope Get Liquored Up & Miserable

Image viaDoug Stanhope - adored in Britain, ignored in America. ​Doug Stanhope is a sick man: a sufferer of umbilical hernia, a surly boozer, recidivist smoker, champion of recreational drugs, former Libertarian candidate for President, rambling social satirist and stand-up veteran who's crawling ... More >>

Show Review Photos Setlist: Paste Tour featuring Jason Isbell and Langhorne Slim Brings Hodge-Podge of Talent to Off Broadway, Friday, October 15

Jess LutherJason Isbell​The Paste Tour brought together a hodge-podge of big talent to Off Broadway last night, and despite a disconnect in pacing between the first and second halves, the show was a solid showcase of guitar-heavy up-and-comers.

Talk Talk: God's Ear is a disorienting maze

Show Review: Modest Mouse Brings the Sound and the Fury to the Pageant, Saturday, July 17

Jason StoffIsaac Brock of Modest Mouse at the Pitchfork Music Festival, Friday, July 16. More photos coming tomorrow.​The Scottrade Center may have hosted a bigger light show last night, but everyone left the Pageant satisfied after Modest Mouse performed with fervor and nuance before a sold-o ... More >>

The potentially explosive "shake-and-bake" method is burning its way through meth land

Heard About the City's Plan to Shut Down Four Miles of Roadway May 1?

Click image for larger view of route.​This blogger hadn't. That is, not until I called Mayor Francis Slay's office (on a different matter) and ended up talking to Helen Yane. Yane serves as the coordinator for the mayor's Open Streets initiative that plans to temporarily close several large St. Lo ... More >>

Rejoice Tiger Fans: Mike Anderson Rejects Oregon

Image viaMike Anderson gave the Ducks the finger.​Money isn't everything in college basketball. Well, not quite everything.Over the weekend Missouri basketball coach Mike Anderson turned down the opportunity to coach the Nike-sponsored Oregon Ducks. The estimated $3 million contract he was offered ... More >>

Poetry in a Cold Climate: Ron Smith found his muse in Antarctica's vast icy wilderness

Is There a Doctor in the House? Confined to his home for a decade, Doug Lindsay is certain he knows what ails him, and he thinks he knows the cure.

Review: Blind Pilot and Old Lights at Off Broadway, Tuesday, August 11

You don't need to be a sociologist to know when a Happening is taking place. A line of concert-goers snaking outside Off Broadway's door is a good sign. A sold-out show on an unusually busy Tuesday is another one. On a night that featured concerts by Green Day, Diane Birch and Los Campesinos! (and, ... More >>

Java Enabled: Coffee Farmers in the Mist, Pt. 2

Zach Dyer is a writer living in Saint Louis. He did his thesis research on coffee farmers in Southern Mexico. Since then, he has visited coffee plantations in Costa Rica and Mexico as well as roasters and cafés across the U.S. He blogs about coffee for Gut Check every Wednesday.In last week's arti ... More >>

Java Enabled: Kaldi's Barista Smokes His Way to the Top

Zach Dyer is a writer living in Saint Louis. He did his thesis research on coffee farmers in Southern Mexico. Since then, he has visited coffee plantations in Costa Rica and Mexico as well as roasters and cafés across the U.S. He blogs about coffee for Gut Check every Wednesday.Tobacco smoke, cara ... More >>

Ozark Serenade: RFT readers share memories of the once wild punk-rock scene in Springfield and Joplin

We made you a mixtape! 2008: The year in music.

Show Review: Ratatat, Panther and E*Rock at the Gargoyle, Saturday, August 30

It's Educational!

Esperanza Spalding helps polish some of this city's bright young stars.

A Pug's Life

Menomena's manager is a bitch. No, really.

Widmer Brothers Hefeweizen

Maryland Yards, 2033 Dorsett Village, Maryland Heights; 314-579-9273.

SXSW: St. Louis Wrap-up

King's Cups

Unreal gets tipsy on premium cocktails, then asks a bunch of questions about beer bellies and white weddings.

Branching Out

Waterloo plays a CD release party for Out of the Woods; plus, a sneak peek at the new and improved Creepy Crawl

Read All About It

Another independent bookseller gives up the ghost

The Misfits

The fantastic, the majestic...the Decemberists

Loretta Lynn

Van Lear Rose (Interscope)

Film Openings

Week of December 3, 2003

Very Hemingwayesque

Running with the bulls, and other officially sanctioned behaviors; plus the Brad Cloepfil Death Watch!

Homegrown

Local labels keep their eyes on the prize

Getting Free

Will Aussie exports the Vines survive the "saviors of rock" hype?

Shin City

These Sub Pop recording artists may hail from Albuquerque, but musically they're all over the map

Mending Wall

Architect Brad Cloepfil comes to town for a test of his Forum for Contemporary Art design

Best New-Building Blueprint

Forum for Contemporary Art

Spray Tell

Dedicated artists shake their cans at Paint Louis

The Conviction of Tim Dreste

Tim Dreste's journey from Christian missionary to anti-abortion racketeer cost him a $6 million federal fine for his role in threatening to "kill, assault or do bodily harm" to abortion providers. But he isn't about to stop his crusade.