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Mobile Farmers' Market Undergoes Changes

The Farm to Family Mobile Market partnership between Sappington Farmers' Market (8400 Watson Road, Marlbourough; 314-838-7848) and Metro St. Louis Transit has undergone some changes over the past week. Beginning in March, the Farm to Family Mobile Market made four stops per week at four local trans ... More >>

Reminder: Farm to Family Mobile Market at MetroLink Begins Today

Gut Check first told you last month about Farm to Family Mobile Market, a partnership between MetroLink and the Sappington Farmers' Market (8400 Watson Road, Marlborough; 314-843-7848) to transit stations in areas traditionally underserved by farmers' markets and other sources of healthy food. The m ... More >>

Win Tickets For Jill Scott At Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

​Jill Scott's Summer Block Party Tour comes to the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on August 4th, and we have a handful of tickets waiting to find their way into the hands of some good-time seekers. Scott is touring in support of The Light of the Sun; DJ Jazzy Jeff, Anthony Hamilton and Mint ... More >>

IBM Suggests Ways to Make St. Louis Smarter -- and Safer -- City

​The official title of IBM's initiative to help municipalities increase government efficiency is the "Smarter Cities Challenge." In St. Louis, though, the initiative may as well be called the IBM "Safer City Challenge," as IBM's braniacs focused their efforts here on ways to improve public safety. ... More >>

Journey, Foreigner and Night Ranger Apparently Coming to St. Louis

[Update Thursday, March 10: This show is confirmed. On-sale information coming soon!] This just in: Journey, which is releasing a new album, Eclipse, on May 24 exclusively through Wal-Mart, is apparently coming to St. Louis at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on Wednesday, July 27, according to an ... More >>

Cable Company: "Time For People To Stop Apologizing for Loving TV"

Forget what you hear about television watching contributing to obesity and impacting brain development. And never mind the report out this week that watching the boob tube hastens your death. Television is good. Specifically it is "amazing" and "the one perfect thing that's keep getting better." How ... More >>

Good News DISH Network Subscribers: Missouri's Attorney General Has Your Back

Your DISH isn't broken, it's just blacked out.​Since October 1, Missouri subscribers to DISH Network have been without one of the most popular stations on the local broadcast dial: Fox Sports Midwest. DISH and FSM (which airs the St. Louis Cardinals, Blues and Missouri Tigers) have been in a pissi ... More >>

Did You Buy an LCD, Flat-Panel TV Between 1999 and 2007? You May Have Been Ripped Off

Did you get snowed?​Attorney General Chris Koster announced yesterday that he has filed a lawsuit against the world's leading manufacturers of flat screen LCD panels, alleging a conspiracy to fix the prices of their products. The AG is encouraging Missouri consumers, businesses, or organizations ... More >>

John Legend

8 p.m. Saturday, July 3. Fair Saint Louis, Gateway Arch, 707 North First Street.

Major Case Squad Accuses T-Mobile of Delaying Arrest of Double-Homicide Suspect

Justus: Has a lawman ever had a sweeter name?​The head of the St. Louis Major Case Squad and cell-phone carrier T-Mobile Wireless are trading shots over the investigation of Eric C. Tucker. On Monday prosecutors in St. Clair County charged the 19-year-old resident of Washington Park with the murde ... More >>

Rush, Heirs to Rush Coming to St. Louis

Rush​Tom Sawyer Time Machine, anyone? Canadian prog legends Rush are bringing their Time Machine North American Tour 2010 to the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on Sunday, August 22. The show is "an evening with" Rush, with the added enticement of a performance of the entire seminal album Moving ... More >>

St. Louis Cop Avoids Jail Time in Corruption Case

Brezill will be able to play Wii on probation!​A rookie St. Louis cop was spared jail time today for stealing electronics from an arrestee -- who happened to be carting the loot around as part of her "work" as an informant for the feds. U.S. District Judge Donald Stohr today sentenced 25-year-old ... More >>

CloudCamp STL Rolls into Town on Thursday

CloudCamp is coming to St. Louis this Thursday. CloudCamp is a conference that's structured in a similar way to a BarCamp except that it's all about cloud computing. Cloud computing is basically running applications and using other IT resources over the Internet (the "cloud") rather than on your des ... More >>

St. Louis Cops Indicted in Federal Sting; Colluded to Keep Stolen Electronics

Officer Jackson to Officer Brezill: "Wii are in trouble now."​St. Louis police officers Ronald Jackson and Christian Brezill have been indicted on charges of theft of government property, after allegedly stealing stolen merchandise after an arrest, Acting United States Attorney Michael W. Reap ann ... More >>

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: Friday, August 21 to Sunday, August 23

Friday, August 21 *Emily Wells, Luminary Center for the Arts *STL Showcase, Mad Art Gallery *The Jovian Chorus (CD release)/Making Movies/Humdrum/Hope and Therapy, Firebird *Dread Zeppelin, Duck Room *Leroy Pierson, BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups *Madahoochi, Old Rock House *Bunnygrunt/Used Kids/Teneme ... More >>

Wilco and Jason Mraz -- Plus Two Others -- added to Farm Aid Lineup

Wilco, Jason Mraz, Jamey Johnson and Phosphorescent were just added to the Farm Aid lineup this morning, according to a press release. (I was psychic, apparently.) The event takes place October 4 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater.

Ziggy Marley Performing and Signing at Barnes and Noble, July 7

Ziggy Marley is opening for 311 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre on Tuesday, July 7. But in the morning he'll be signing autographs and performing at the Barnes & Noble in Chesterfield (1600 Clarkson Road). Marley (son of Bob) just released a solo album called Family Time, a kid-oriented col ... More >>

Spotted: Joey McIntyre from New Kids on the Block at the City Museum

Heads up, ladies: Although New Kids on the Block's show isn't until this Wednesday, July 1 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, some of the boys are already back in town. According to the City Museum's twitter, Joey McIntyre and his kids were spotted at the funhouse this morning. See a cute picture ... More >>

Unemployment Can Be Fun!

flickr.com/photos/amin_tabriziLane Wallace came to an astonishing revelation two weeks ago, which she very kindly shared in The Atlantic: It is better to be unemployed in New York, L.A. or Silicon Valley than anywhere else in this great nation of ours.Of course, if all those unemployed New Yorkers o ... More >>

And the Blink 182 St. Louis Show Opening Acts Appear to Be...

Weezer, Taking Back Sunday and Chester French, according to Alternative Press. The Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre hasn't confirmed the show yet, but widely published reports set it as Thursday, September 3. If tickets go on sale next weekend, however, then count on a show announcement late ... More >>

New Kids on the Block Returns to St. Louis: Wednesday, July 1, at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Are the New Kids on the Block dreamier under the stars? Find out Wednesday, July 1, when the Fab Five returns to town at Riverport UMB Bank Pavilion Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. Tickets go on sale anywhere from April 8 to 11; more info here. Don't forget to re-read my review of November's Scottrad ... More >>

Dave Matthews Band The Hold Steady = BFFs at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, June 17?

So, odder bedfellows have existed, but this alleged show is on par with mods vs. rockers and metalheads vs. punks. According to Pollstar and an email I got from Dave Matthews Band's publicist, hipster barflies the Hold Steady are opening for the massively popular frat-rockers at the Verizon Wireless ... More >>

OMG, Cell Phone Turns Twenty-Five

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar, August 15 to 17

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: June 27-29

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar, June 20-22

St. Louis Concert News: Wilco Finally Playing, Van Halen Reschedules, Sold Out Shows and New Additions

Radiohead at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, May 14, 2008

Taxing Conversation

Can You Hear Me Now?

When you dial 911 on your cell phone, there's a good chance dispatchers will have no idea where you are.

Weekend Concert Round-up: July 27-29

Wired 4 Wireless

How did AT&T manage to be the only company bidding on the contract to bring Wi-Fi to St. Louis?

Film Openings

Week of January 18, 2007

Film Openings

Week of December 7, 2006

Potter Heads Unite!

Film Openings

Week of May 17, 2006

Shell Game

Over the Hedge wants you to feel bad about what it's selling, which is everything

The Guy Ain't Right in the Head

But his wallet's just fine, thanks

Film Openings

Week of July 13, 2005

Film Openings

Week of June 1, 2005

Quick Picks

Week of October 20, 2004

Quick Picks

Week of September 15, 2004

WWE in the House

And it's a house of pain

Worcester Booster

Almost-Blues and faded Stars

Gentlemen, Start Your Zambonis

Game on (finally)

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Queens of the Stone Age and the Mars Volta

Wednesday, May 7; Savvis Center

He Got Game

Bill Laurie has a basketball jones that won't go away. Who cares whether it makes economic sense?

A League of Their Own

The WNBA pays St. Louis a brief, tantalizing visit

SNAP CALL

City Hall makes a quick pick in an ugly battle over Internet and phone service. Prepare to pay the price.