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Sign of the (Old) Times: Bill Christman preserves St. Louis history in dazzling new show

Blind Pilot started out in the saddle

America's Got Talent Winner Runs for Missouri Office: Eight Musicians He Should Learn From

Neal Boyd's American dream includes serving in Missouri House of Representatives.​Neal E. Boyd of Sikeston has already won lots of American votes. Enough to win the 2008 season of America's Got Talent, when he wowed audiences with his pop opera skills. Before finding reality-show fame, Boyd ... More >>

Trouble Resisting Cravings? Blame the Brain.

Wikimedia CommonsObsessed with food? Perhaps you took a blow to the head. ​Obsessed with food? Can't resist the fried chicken? You might have some brain troubles. Last week the Smithsonian's blog explored Gourmand Syndrome, prompted by an article in Outside about snowboarder Kevin Pearce. An ... More >>

Johnny Flynn on Bob Dylan and Playing American Folk Music

Steve Gullick​Johnny Flynn & the Sussex Wit will be in town on Monday at the Duck Room. We talked to Flynn from the UK, where he lives. For more from our interview, read on as Flynn talks about American folk music and being the only kid at his school who liked Bob Dylan. Katie Moulton: Are ... More >>

Memories of Danny McClain from Friends and Family

Courtesy of Mary Ann Starr​In this week's RFT, we profiled Danny McClain, the mind-blowing local musician who passed away on March 28 at the age of 31. To further honor his memory, we invited some of his friends and family to share their favorite Danny McClain stories with A to Z. Mary Ann St ... More >>

St. Louis Photographer Takes Eat-Rite to the Smithsonianan. Again.

In 2007 Jane Linders, an artist specializing in alternative-process photography, took her Polaroid to the corner of Chouteau and 7th to nab a piece of St. Louis' Route 66 history. She captured the original Eat-Rite Diner, still serving slingers and bags of burgers for over 60 years, in a gritty, omi ... More >>

Last Collector Standing: Rum Drum Ramblers Guitarist Mat Wilson on Collecting 78s and Vintage Guitars

Jon Scorfina​More so than any other form of black wax, the vinyl 78 has endured, preserving an essential portion of 20th century American music, culture and history. It's ironic, then, that you're more likely to find 78s collecting mold in a landfill than you are to find the hugely over-presse ... More >>

Last Collector Standing: Jason Rerun on Ending His Radio Show, "Scene of the Crime," Collecting Punk Records and What's Next for BDR Records

The number of chain record stores nationwide has dwindled. However, St. Louis has become an unlikely safe haven for indie record shops as well as for DJs who prefer to spin the black circle instead of scrolling their iPods. In this weekly column, we'll focus on personal portraits of St. Louis' recor ... More >>

Show Review Photos Setlist: Lucinda Williams at the Pageant, October 17, 2009

{note: photos to come - and this note to be deleted - real soon...}At a little after nine o'clock Saturday night, Lucinda Williams stepped onstage at the Pageant and began a two-and-a-half-hour, two-dozen-song chronological hopscotch through her career with a characteristically quiet welcome: "Hey e ... More >>

Julie & Julia, the RFT Review

​As you are probably aware, Julie & Julia, the Nora Ephron film, starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams, inspired by the lives of super-chef Julia Child and the blogger she inspired, Julie Powell, opens in St. Louis this weekend. Robert Wilonsky reviewed Julie & Julia for Riverfront Times and ... More >>

Top Chef: In praise of the Julia half of Julie & Julia

​As you are probably aware, Julie & Julia, the Nora Ephron film, starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams, inspired by the lives of super-chef Julia Child and the blogger she inspired, Julie Powell, opens in St. Louis this weekend. Robert Wilonsky reviewed Julie & Julia for Riverfront Times and ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Monday, 3.30

A U.N. official warns that tightened credit markets could lead to another spike food costs. (Wall Street Journal)American chefs are going ga-ga over the Mangalitsa, a Hungarian breed of pig. (New York Times)A Smithsonian conference on seafood sustainability urges consuemrs to eat less tuna, salmon a ... More >>

The Beautiful Rebellion

A U.N. official warns that tightened credit markets could lead to another spike food costs. (Wall Street Journal)American chefs are going ga-ga over the Mangalitsa, a Hungarian breed of pig. (New York Times)A Smithsonian conference on seafood sustainability urges consuemrs to eat less tuna, salmon a ... More >>

A Whole New Ballgame

Riverfront Times uncovers secret plan for Ballpark Village cultural landmark.

CSI:IRAQ

Sonny Trimble's grave undertaking: unearthing the victims of Saddam's slaughter.

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Comings and Goings

Say farewell to cine16 -- then say hello again in January!

By Georges!

The Missouri History Museum gets all presidential on ya

Meatball Hero

Todd Sanders' 10th Street Italian is a Provel-free zone

Past Time

Vintage ballplayers know their history, and they're repeating it

Bush Strikes Out

Our commander in chief takes to the mound, Missouri gets its very own dinosaur, an Old Kid on the Block remembers when he was New, and Unreal learns a little something about love and basketball

Uncommonly Playful

You can't swing a dead cat without hitting a theater offering

Genome Whiz!

Learn fun things about the humble mole rat, getting busted in East St. Louis and why our city wants to have the blues

Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign

But where are all the sign makers?

War on War Songs

Iraq and roll don't go together well when rockers protest

The Master

His inspired passion made him a favorite in the art world. Now Marcel Salinas is stuck in St. Louis, where hardly anybody knows his name.

The Longest Day

The Fairgrounds Park race riot of 1949 has been forgotten, just as racism in St. Louis continues to be denied

Not Easy Bein' Green

A traveling exhibit now at the Missouri Botanical Garden details the grim plight of the world's amphibians

End of the Road

Thirty years later, Harry Belafonte finds closure in a once-lost project

Frequent Flier

Graphic artist Art Chantry, éminence grise of grunge, on fliers, rock music and life in St. Louis

Going for Baroque

Peter and Andrea Tkach conjure the sublime by building harpischords in their basement

Sideshow Attraction

Part-time geek Matt Hely explains the lure of the circus life

Best Place to Stargaze

Washington University Observatory

Segundo Coming

Cuban-music master Compay Segundo sends greetings to St. Louis in advance of his visit here

Motorhome on the Range

Wanderlust doesn't preclude having the comforts of home

Westerfield Haul

Leaving the eaten path for a sumptuous dining experience at the Westerfield House

French Blessing

The film Men of Bronze: The Black American Heroes of World War I chronicles the warm welcome of American jazzmen by their French hosts

Letters to the Editor

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TOY STORY

Classical pianist Margaret Leng Tan downsizes her ambitions -- with big results

WHAT IF THEY CALL IT THE WAL-MART OPRY HOUSE?

Kiel is suddenly the Center of attention with its acquisition by Bill and Nancy Laurie, but that doesn't mean the Opera House will return to the spotlight

Russian Unorthodox

He has been an advisor to Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin. He's renowned internationally as a journalist and scholar. And he has been a highly popular visiting professor at Webster University. So why is Nikolai Zlobin looking for a job?

At the Crossroads

World music old and new is handled lovingly on Harold Hagopian's Traditional Crossroads label