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Gorge on This Year's Oscar-Nominated Short Films

Fun. is Coming to the Pageant

Fun. has just announced a show scheduled for June 9 at the Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard, 314-726-6161). Tickets are $17.50 in advance and go on sale March 2 at 5 p.m. We think you should go. There are lots of reasons, one of which is the band's brand new LP Some Nights. It's helpfully streaming i ... More >>

Jack Danforth for Governor Facebook Page Illustrates Waning Support for Peter Kinder

243 Facebook users have found their Kinder alternative: former U.S. Sentor John "Jack" Danforth​The search for the Peter Kinder Alternative has unofficially begun. Last Thursday, a "Draft Jack- Danforth for Governor 2012" Facebook page popped up. John "Jack" Danforth, of course, is the moderate ... More >>

Ten Other Despots Who Need to Go

Image via​Now that Egypt's Hosni Mubarak has finally given in to the masses of brave demonstrators (and military leaders) demanding his resignation, we couldn't help but fantasize about who should follow his example.There are, after all, a ton of terrible dictators out there -- and the world would ... More >>

Live Blogging Obama's 100 Day Meeting at Fox High School

10:25: Hello everybody! Have a seat10:26: It's good to be out of Washington and back in the Midwest! Yes. I love you, too!10:27: Obama gives shouts out to Senator Claire McCaskill, Governor Jay Nixon, Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, State Auditor Susan Montee, and everyone at Fox High School. Th ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 12.10

In today's news: the dioxin scare in Ireland expands, the economy's effect on organic food and a beer for Sudan.

2007: The Year in Movies and Music

A year-end wrap-up of what we adored, what was ignored and what the new year will bring.

Daily Web Crawl

Mid-America Jihad?

Leaders of a now-defunct international aid charity face charges of funneling money to Iraq.

Film Openings

Week of April 5, 2007

Nothing But the Truth

Columbia's True/False Festival is the coolest four-year-old in Missouri.

A Lion in Winter

Danforth to fellow Republicans: You can come home again

Going Underground

Xiu Xiu dodges mainstream success in favor of DIY catharsis

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Scotch Risky

The Black Rep moves Macbeth to war-ravaged Africa

Pulitzer's Pain

Banished from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch a decade ago, Joseph Pulitzer IV lives in self-imposed exile in Wyoming. What went wrong?

Blade Runners

Hotel Rwanda finds hope amid the horrors of tribal genocide

Film Openings

Week of August 4, 2004

Lost in Translation

Sudanese refugees struggle to make their way in America

Bowling for Columbia

An upstart film festival in Tiger Town is generating big buzz

A Second Opinion

The flicks that the best-of list overlooked

Are We Really That Self-Conscious?

Unreal is encouraged to buy more beer (!) and drink it in style; plus, we see how St. Louis stacks up to Sudan

SEAL Appeal

Antoine Fuqua and Bruce Willis lend nobility to brutes

Coward's Quest

The boy-to-man adventure of The Four Feathers returns for a new generation

In Harm's Way

Flying where no one is allowed to fly, bringing aid to people without hope

The Torture Place

He was a godless communist journalist in Afghanistan -- so they took his eye, cut his ear and splashed acid all over his body. Now he is safe in St. Louis. But still burning.

SINFUL IN ST. LOUIS

Billy Graham has watched us go to hell for generations

SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT

Christian rock combines the Lord's message with the devil's beat. Sometimes the result is exhilaration. Sometimes it's god-awful confusion.

Radio Free St. Louis

A visit to Chuck Norman's Christmas Party for the Handicapped turns up some of the folks who give free speech a workout on the host's radio station, WGNU-AM