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AgriMissouri Brings Your Holiday Back Home

Image via​For many, holiday shopping means camping out in front of a chain store for cheap electronics. Fact: You don't have to spend the night in the cold or waste half the day looking for a parking spot at the Galleria to give the gift of local food. You just have to read the Holiday Gift Gu ... More >>

Drag Your Ass Out Tonight

Image via​For many, holiday shopping means camping out in front of a chain store for cheap electronics. Fact: You don't have to spend the night in the cold or waste half the day looking for a parking spot at the Galleria to give the gift of local food. You just have to read the Holiday Gift Gu ... More >>

Students- and Masters-pieces

Image via​For many, holiday shopping means camping out in front of a chain store for cheap electronics. Fact: You don't have to spend the night in the cold or waste half the day looking for a parking spot at the Galleria to give the gift of local food. You just have to read the Holiday Gift Gu ... More >>

Hear New So Many Dynamos Music Played Live

A few months ago, we pointed you to a stripped-back version of a new So Many Dynamos song. Well, courtesy of Trevor Juenger, here's fleshed-out live video of new SMD music from last year's Black Friday event. The band will be playing at the Firebird on March 4 as part of what's now a US English EP ... More >>

What's In Your Closet?

A few months ago, we pointed you to a stripped-back version of a new So Many Dynamos song. Well, courtesy of Trevor Juenger, here's fleshed-out live video of new SMD music from last year's Black Friday event. The band will be playing at the Firebird on March 4 as part of what's now a US English EP ... More >>

A Very Metal Christmas

A few months ago, we pointed you to a stripped-back version of a new So Many Dynamos song. Well, courtesy of Trevor Juenger, here's fleshed-out live video of new SMD music from last year's Black Friday event. The band will be playing at the Firebird on March 4 as part of what's now a US English EP ... More >>

Unwrap This

A few months ago, we pointed you to a stripped-back version of a new So Many Dynamos song. Well, courtesy of Trevor Juenger, here's fleshed-out live video of new SMD music from last year's Black Friday event. The band will be playing at the Firebird on March 4 as part of what's now a US English EP ... More >>

Photos: Fresh Paint II at 2720 Cherokee on Black Friday, November 26

On Friday night, November 26, the music and art scenes converged for Fresh Paint II at 2720 Cherokee. Sarah Rusnak attended and brought back a slideshow of photos from the festivities. View all Fresh Paint II: Black Friday photos here; a sampling can be found below.Sarah Rusnak​View a slidesho ... More >>

State of Buying

On Friday night, November 26, the music and art scenes converged for Fresh Paint II at 2720 Cherokee. Sarah Rusnak attended and brought back a slideshow of photos from the festivities. View all Fresh Paint II: Black Friday photos here; a sampling can be found below.Sarah Rusnak​View a slidesho ... More >>

Caravan for Deals

On Friday night, November 26, the music and art scenes converged for Fresh Paint II at 2720 Cherokee. Sarah Rusnak attended and brought back a slideshow of photos from the festivities. View all Fresh Paint II: Black Friday photos here; a sampling can be found below.Sarah Rusnak​View a slidesho ... More >>

Parlour the Course

On Friday night, November 26, the music and art scenes converged for Fresh Paint II at 2720 Cherokee. Sarah Rusnak attended and brought back a slideshow of photos from the festivities. View all Fresh Paint II: Black Friday photos here; a sampling can be found below.Sarah Rusnak​View a slidesho ... More >>

Zhu Zhu Pets Big Hit on Cyber Monday

​It's a good time to be an owner/investor in the St. Louis-based toy company Cepia LLC. Internet searches for the company's Zhu Zhu Pets is off the charts today -- Cyber Monday -- the biggest online shopping day of the year. By late this morning Google labeled Zhu Zhu Pets as "on fire" after thous ... More >>

And Now for 5 Black Friday Videos That Will Make You Want to Shop Online

Ah, the rush of finding deals! The thrill of getting discounts! The exhilaration of putting your thumb in the eye of somebody over the last flat-screen television.Here are some of the more popular documentaries found on YouTube from Black Friday. The first video is the awful one you may remember fro ... More >>

This Weekend: Rock N Roll Craft Show at Third Degree Glass Factory

If you're already weary from holiday shopping at traditional retail outlets on this Black Friday, the below reminder may provide a refreshing alternative for you.The sixth-annual Rock N Roll Craft Show gets going on today and runs through Sunday at the Third Degree Glass Factory (5200 Delmar Bouleva ... More >>

Create, Recreate

If you're already weary from holiday shopping at traditional retail outlets on this Black Friday, the below reminder may provide a refreshing alternative for you.The sixth-annual Rock N Roll Craft Show gets going on today and runs through Sunday at the Third Degree Glass Factory (5200 Delmar Bouleva ... More >>

Beep Beep

9 p.m. Saturday, April 25. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Buyer Beware: Bush and Confessions agree: Go shopping! (Wait, don't.)

9 p.m. Saturday, April 25. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Cheap, Cheap, Fun, Fun

Affordable clothes make for a good time

Gut Check Christmas* Gift Ideas: Foodie Fight Trivia Game

As part of the Year-End Bonanza, here are some Christmas* gift ideas for the foodie in your life. These are personal favorites, and these posts in no way imply an official RFT endorsement. The makers of these products didn't pay for my "endorsement," either.Foodie Fight Trivia GameMy wife and I sp ... More >>

Review Preivew: BC's Kitchen

A preview of this week's review of BC's Kitchen, Bill Cardwell's new restaurant in Lake St. Louis.

Unique Boutique

Artsy items for everyone on your list

Buying Power

Help yourself and others, too

Get in the Gifting Spirit

Receive the holidays

Now Open: Bella Vita

Receive the holidays

Craft Town Rockers

Receive the holidays

Walk It Off

Receive the holidays

She’s Crafty

Receive the holidays

Getting into the Groves

Receive the holidays

Daily Web Crawl

Receive the holidays

B-Sides gets our oontz-oontz-oontz on with Canadian DJs MSTRKRFT.

Then we check out a book about Edwardsville's legendary Mississippi River Festival.

Review Preview: Wapango

Then we check out a book about Edwardsville's legendary Mississippi River Festival.

Sugar and Spice

Can even make shopping today nice

The Qdefense Rests

Sandwich v. burrito: A nation decides.

Got Eggnog?

The holidays are for drinking. Um, we mean celebrating. Enjoy both this week in Clayton and Maplewood.

Best Music Web Site

www.stlscene.com

Best Vintage Clothing Store

Pixie 9 Vintage

Best Place to Buy Used Clothing

Rock Star Rags

Best CD Store (Used)

Euclid Records

Best Dollar Store

Deal$

Best Casino

Ameristar Casino

Uneasy Street

How many Metro employees does it take to screw in a streetlamp?

Best Gun Shop

Denny Dennis Sporting Goods

Best Mall

Plaza Frontenac

Best Vintage-Clothing Store

Pixie 9

Best Highway-2-Heaven

McCausland Avenue

How Would You Describe Your Fashion Sense?

McCausland Avenue

IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE ST. LOUIS

Jobs are leaving, the tax base is shrinking and the population is dropping. North County is feeling the squeeze.

Developing Situations

The following TIF projects have been approved by St. Louis County municipalities, according to the St. Louis County Department of Planning.