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Wydown Middle School Students Launch Campaign to Ban Plastic Bags in Clayton

There are approximately 16,000 residents of Clayton. If each of them throws away eighteen plastic bags a year, they would collectively generate enough oil to drive a car around the equator 17.8 times. Why anybody would want to do that is a complete mystery, but this factoid, generated by a group of ... More >>

First Look: Wilson's BBQ Serves Up St. Louis-Style Barbecue in South City

This ain't no dry rub. With many proud proprietors of sauce-heavy St. Louis-style barbecue popping up as of late, Gut Check's going to have to loosen its belt every now and then to, ahem, draw some quality comparisons. More and more, this city puts itself on the U.S. barbecue map, and Southhampton's ... More >>

Matt Dawson of Brandt's Café in the Delmar Loop

This is part one of Deborah Hyland's Chef's Choice profile of chef Matt Dawson of Brandt's Café in the Delmar Loop. Part two, a Q&A with Dawson, will be published tomorrow. Look forward to part three, a recipe from Dawson, on Thursday. Deborah Hyland​In one of his first acts as chef at Brand ... More >>

The History of Hawaii, Told in Plate Lunches

Hipster historian/author/NPR voice/Violet from The Incredibles Sarah Vowell has a new book, Unfamiliar Fishes, that hits bookstores March 22. The book explores the history of Hawaii, which Vowell previews in a trailer (since when do books have trailers?), filled with slides of Hawaiian plate lunches ... More >>

Is Emeril Legasse a Big Fat Corn-Fed Hypocrite? Bam!

Celebrity branding is nothing new in the food biz. Ever since Ettore Boiardi Americanized his name and slapped his image on a can of spaghetti, chefs have looked for ways to leverage their way into home kitchens. Hey, everybody needs to make a living, right? But with his "Emeril's Red Marble Steaks ... More >>

An oral history of long-lost St. Louis punks the Welders

Artgasm: This Weekend's Art Openings, March 26 - 28, 2010

It's one of life's great mysteries: somehow the days go slowly but the months keep whizzing by. And, looky here, March is almost over. Console yourself with some of the great art events happening around town this weekend. But hurry up; time's a wastin'. If you don't see your show listed, ... More >>

An Exclusive Excerpt of Steve Almond's Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life, Part Two

Jimmy BruchBob Schneider, rocker, object of Steve Almond's drooling fandom.​Austin singer-songwriter/musician Bob Schneider is performing at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room on Wednesday, March 24. To go along with this appearance, we're going to run an exclusive excerpt from author Steve Almond's n ... More >>

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St Louis arts scene

Abracadabra: St. Louis has become a flourishing place for magicians

Perverts Beware: St. Louis area police have your number

Show Review: Wilco at the Pageant, Saturday, May 17

Green Teams: The Cardnials scramble to join the ranks of the environmentally conscious

God. Country (and what a country!). BRANSON.

Join us on a guided tour of emigré comedian Yakov Smirnoff's adopted home, a veritable geezer's Shangri-La.

Companion Mun-cha’i-ya Peking

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Out on the Missouri prairies, an odd collection of lawmen hunt modern-day cattle thieves.

Meet the "cow cops."

Ready, Set?

Lafayette Square gets a brand-new bistro -- or does it?

Blade Run

"It's easier to get your genitals pierced than to get a good shave in St. Louis"

The Resurrection of Carl Officer

East St. Louis’ prodigal son is back — but is he the man to save Sin City?

Lost Downtown

Amid the lofty renaissance, the hardcore of the urban core

Look Away

Unreal covers it all: Funnylady Kathleen Madigan, a traveling preacher who lacks Judgment and Bob Horner's Fatkins diet; plus, a new sport for extreme St. Louisans!

Just Your Type

Wassenaar uncovers meaning in fragments of ordinary signs

Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign

But where are all the sign makers?

Demolition Man

To save St. Louis public schools, Bill Roberti and his band of hired guns plan to blow things up. Who'll pick up the pieces when they're gone?

Best Evidence

George Allen claims police made him confess to rape and murder. Twenty years after Allen was convicted, his last hope hinges on a DNA test.

Vic Chesnutt with Andrew Bird

Saturday, May 10; Blueberry Hill's Duck Room

View of a Hanging

How do you handle seventeenth-century paintings? Very carefully.

Still Lips Still Whisper

Meet Dr. Michael Graham, the city medical examiner. He hears dead people.

Goliath, Meet David

A St. Louis charity tries to kill a Cleveland program for children, but the little guys fight back

Old Hat

Café Balaban, revered as one of St. Louis' great restaurants, is riding on its reputation

Fallen Angel

Angela Coffel, the first woman in Missouri deemed a sexually violent predator, is locked up despite overwhelming evidence that she isn't one.

Speed Demons

St. Louisans hope to cash in on their motorcycling skills -- if they live long enough

A Sewer Runs Through It

The River des Peres tells the history of St. Louis -- our relationship to nature, to this place, to our own waste. Now there's talk of "beautifying" the river we never got around to cleaning.

Inside the Soap Box

Michael Moore gets out of his La-Z-Boy to find The Awful Truth

Plight of the Gypsies

Home is where they have to take you in. But for the Roma refugees who've come to St. Louis, there's no such place.

Aromatic for the People

The sweet smell of success at the India's Rasoi in the CWE

Presumed Guilty

Luciano Silveira and Michele Wioskowski were convicted of having sex with a 16-year-old girl. But there's a lot the jury never heard.

Row Warriors

Vendors at historic Produce Row battle the forces of modern commerce

Material World

Tale of the Tape

The Improbable Theater Company's 70 Hill Lane relies on basic props and the audience's imagination