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Bob Dylan and Dawes at the Peabody Opera House, 04/23/13: Review and Setlist

Bob Dylan | Dawes April 23, 2013 The Peabody Opera House For Bob Dylan's visit to St. Louis last night -- his first since October 2010 and the fourteenth stop on his current tour -- the Peabody Opera House (14th and Market streets; 314-241-1888 ) stage was backed by a full-height semicircular bla ... More >>

Photos: Senator Roy Blunt Promotes Mental Health Plan, Irritated By Gun Control Questions

Late Friday afternoon, Senator Roy Blunt held a press conference at the Betty Jean Kerr People's Health Center in St. Louis to promote his plan to improve mental health treatment across the country. The time is right, he told reporters, since people want concrete actions taken in response to the ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From December 10 to 16

And now a Public Service Announcement from RFT Music: It's wintertime, folks, and you know what that means: It's cold! And as we all know, in the cold, everything dies. The trees, the bugs, at least one ill-prepared bird I found in my side yard -- and most important for the purposes of this post: t ... More >>

Are You a Missourian Who Wants God Out of Government? Meet Your Fellows

The Secular Coalition of America -- an umbrella group comprised of non-theists, believers in the separation of church and state, freethinkers, and others going straight to Hell -- is trying to open a chapter in Missouri. They're based in D.C., but they're now launching the second of five phases to g ... More >>

Jennifer O'Connor stops at foam 3/19/12

It's mid-March, which means it's once again time for South by Southwest. A couple of RFT scribes are currently soaking up the atmosphere (read: getting copiously drunk on Shiner Bock), but the rest of us are here in St. Louis, 900 frustrating miles northeast of the action. All we can really do is h ... More >>

The Ghosts of Thanksgiving Past

image via​Last Thanksgiving, Gut Check took a trip back in time to revisit the Thanksgivings of the good old days. Well, what we really wanted to revisit was the fabulous spread put on by the Park Avenue Hotel in New York, which started with oysters and continued through eleven courses, servin ... More >>

Missouri Among National Leaders in Mental Illness Rates

​Yesterday, we reported on the surprisingly low percentage of drug and alcohol use in Missouri, based on the latest state-by-state data released each year by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Today we'll use that same ... More >>

Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three to Play the Newport Folk Festival in 2011

For the second year in a row, Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three will be playing the prestigious Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island. Pokey and co. will be performing on Saturday, July 30, the same day that the Decemberists headline. (Other acts performing that day include Gillian Welch, Gogol ... More >>

Killer Salmonella-Laced Pastries, Melons a Menace

WikipediaLovely, deadly zeppole.​One person is dead and at least 38 have become ill - 24 hospitalized - from salmonella in pastries sold by a Johnston, Rhode Island bakery. Food Safety News reports that those infected all consumed zeppole made by DeFusco's Bakery. The pastries were sold in s ... More >>

Missouri Latest State to Push for Online Sales Tax

Local retailers want to wipe that smug smile off those Amazon.com boxes. ​Two state representatives held a press conference today in the University City Loop, calling attention to legislation that would add sales tax to purchases Missouri residents make over the Internet. State representativ ... More >>

Food Banks Conflicted Over Junk Food Donations

Just because they're hungry doesn't mean they should have junk food. NPR covers the touchy subject of how desperate food pantries manage junk food donations. Grocery stores often donate damaged items like soda and chips, which food banks are loathe to forgo for fear of losing healthy donations from ... More >>

Obituary: Dave Hagerty of Fattback, 1981-2010

David M. Hagerty memorial page/Facebook​Ask people what they remember most about Dave Hagerty, and chances are they won't mention his genre-bending guitar playing or the bizarre obsessions he sang about in his band, Fattback. What friends recall is Hagerty's smile - a genuine, kind-eyed grin t ... More >>

Deer Tick goes its own way on The Black Dirt Sessions

BP Honcho Says He'd Gladly Eat Gulf Coast Seafood

BP's COO says he'd eat seafood from the Gulf of Mexico. The AFP reports that Doug Suttles issued his statement of faith in Gulf seafood two days after Louisiana reopened 2,400 square miles of coastal water for fishing. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Louisiana have been testi ... More >>

Salmonella: It's Not Just for Chicken and Eggs Anymore.

How does a salmonella outbreak come from a meat production facility that's following all the rules? The Providence Journal investigates the strange case of Daniel, Inc., a sausage-curing company in Rhode Island with a perfect food safety track record for 34 years. That is, until the company's meat c ... More >>

Tuesday Tussle: Part 1, Sin Taxes Are the Best Solution to the Illinois Budget Crisis

Image sourceA two percent tax on apples would have kept the Garden of Eden solvent.​Illinois has essentially stopped paying its bills. According to the New York Times, the state has $62.4 billion in pension liabilities and "owes more than $5 billion for schools, rehabilitation centers, child care ... More >>

Badlands: From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border

Missouri Could Soon Have Lowest Cigarette Tax in Nation if South Carolina Bill Becomes Law

Missourah: Smoking with little cents since 1821.​The South Carolina legislature yesterday approved a bill that would raise cigarette taxes in that state from a nationwide low of 7 cents per pack to 57 cents. South Carolina governor Mark Sanford has said he'll veto the bill, though given the strong ... More >>

Exonerated: Steven Spielberg's Art Dealer in Case of Rockwell Painting Stolen from St. Louis

Rockwell's Russian Schoolroom disappeared during a 1973 gallery heist in St. Louis.​Daily RFT spoke to a very elated Judy Cutler on Friday as the Rhode Island-based art dealer made her way back east from a Las Vegas courtroom. For the past three years Cutler and her husband, Laurence, have been in ... More >>

Skeletonwitch/Howl

7:30 p.m. Sunday, February 28. Fubar, 3108 Locust Street.

New Venue Alert: Barbarella Opens Tonight, with Music from Talk Normal, Lazy Magnet & Exercise

Well, it's not an entirely new venue, but still: Barbarella (3131 South Grand Boulevard), occupying the space formerly known as the Jade Room, hosts its first concert tonight. Patrons of South Grand will know the space as the rear of Mekong restaurant; scenesters will know it as the place right belo ... More >>

Chef's Choice: Jeffrey Constance, Hanley's Grille and Tap

Robin WheelerChef Jeffrey Constance of Hanley's Grille and Tap​What do you mean, you haven't heard of Hanley's Grille and Tap? Chef Jeff Constance took over the former J.Buck's locations at St. Clair Square in Fairview Heights, Illinois, and West County Center in Des Peres a few months ago. Though ... More >>

No Canada: U.S. military deserters once again flock to Canada to avoid war. Looks like this time they picked the wrong country.

Math the Band/Harry and the Potters

5:30 p.m. Saturday, August 2. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street

Billikens Win, Majerus Whines

Billikens Win, Majerus Whines

See Spot Ascend

Unreal hunts for ghosts, gets right with God and tails Fido into Heaven.

Dan in Reel Life

Cobbled together from better movies, Steve Carell’s latest is strike two.

Steven Spielberg, Norman Rockwell, Martin Luther King Jr. and Us

Blah-Blah Sisterhood

Chick-flick genre to Evening: Why you gotta make us look bad?

Dream into Action

Jennifer O’Connor’s unexpected career path has helped her land among the stars.

Broad Strokes for Lead Paint Folks

Philadelphia Story

Arrow Rock’s 1776 is well worth the drive

W Is for Wrathful

All Yours

Yours, Mine & Ours lowers the bar for miserable remakes

V-licious

A confession: We just can't stop eating at Big V's

Film Openings

Week of October 13, 2004

Shoot First

Baldwin and Broderick should have dodged The Last Shot

Film Openings

Week of September 22, 2004

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of November 12, 2003

The Rec-ing Crew

Week of April 16, 2003

Lead Counsel

These lawyers could cash in big, but who hired them?

Summer of Slam

Spruill's plays host to the Slam America poetry tour

Me, Myself & Irene

Co-written and directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly

Getting Burned

A North St. Louis medical-waste incinerator has spewed dioxin for a decade. Nearby residents say it's time to fight the fire.

The Lead Menace

In its lawsuit, St. Louis is eager to blame the lead industry for making the area one of the most contaminated in the nation. But the city itself is guilty of doing little to prevent the poisoning of thousands of children like "Little Al" Evans.

Outside Providence

Directed by Michael Corrente

NEEM THE THING

The Neem offer up 29 songs on their self-titled debut

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