The Gateway Arch

Local Authors Take Over Local Bestseller List

Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending February 17, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Subterranean Books and The Book House. This week The Book House in Webster Groves begins reporting sa ... More >>

Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending December 9, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books and Subterranean Books. According to the Mayan calendar, the world's about to end thi ... More >>

What's Next for the Arch?

​These are exciting times for the Gateway Arch. Our local icon is four years away from its 50th anniversary, and it's scheduled to have an entirely new look by the time that date rolls around. The City The Arch The River international design competition sought plans to complete architect Eero Saar ... More >>

Pitch Sessions: A look back at the wild and wacky local TV ads of yesteryear.

Mississippi River Bridge Project Employment Disparity Stings for African American Community Hit Hard By Recession

"I myself don't choose to be a third generation welfare mother. I want to work in the field that I'm trained in," says Dent.​Tiama Dent is a single mother of two children and a graduate of the Illinois Department of Transportation's Highway Construction Preparatory Training program. The eight-w ... More >>

Ten Best Food Events this Weekend: July 15-17

Image via​Friday (July 15): Pick-Your-Own Peaches @ Eckert's Keen on peaches? This plump fruit is in season at Eckert's, and picking season begins now. Plenty of homegrown Garnet Beauty and Red Haven varieties are ready. Peaches are $1.89/lb plus tax. 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Around the World Wi ... More >>

Happy 135th Birthday -- and Happy State Holiday -- Forest Park!

Forest Park turns 135 years old today. What do you give a St. Louis symbol for its birthday?​At 1,293 acres, the botanical Goliath that is Forest Park is hard not to love. If you profess not to love it, in fact, chances are you're a bad liar. Today marks the 135th anniversary of the park that ... More >>

Of Montreal, Tombs Lead This Week's New Show Announcements

Todd OwyoungOf Montreal at The Pageant last October. ​ The Luminary Center for the Arts weren't kidding about their "big" announcement yesterday--Of Montreal is the biggest act they've ever booked. The show is July 4th, so while the rest of the nation is celebrating our dubious democracy and t ... More >>

Angelo's Taverna Opens in the Shadow of the Gateway Arch

​Some of you might know the Lombardo brothers from their upscale steakhouse Carmine's, located on the ground floor of Drury Plaza Hotel on North Fourth Street, a stone's throw from the Old Courthouse and the Gateway Arch. Now Anthony and Michael Lombardo have opened a complementary restauran ... More >>

Kim Massie Pulls Out of September 12 Tea Party Event

Vocalist Kim Massie, beloved locally for her blues and gospel performances, has pulled out of a planned performance September 12 under the Gateway Arch -- saying she didn't realize that the event was sponsored by the St. Louis Tea Party.In a Facebook post yesterday, Massie made it clear she does not ... More >>

Happy Birthday, Eero Saarinen!

Finnish-born architect Eero Saarinen didn't live long enough to see the completion of his masterwork -- St. Louis' own Gateway Arch. He died in 1961, two years before construction even began.Happy birthday, old chap!​Had Saarinen lived (and lived and lived) he would have been 100 years old today. ... More >>

City to River Boulevard Plan Gains Steam as Arch Designs Come Due

Today's the deadline for the five finalists in the National Park Service's competition to redesign grounds around St. Louis' famed Gateway Arch. They didn't go for the Arch Slinky. Weird.​Oddly, even after our inspirational and, dare we say it, revolutionary suggestions last month, the RFT ... More >>

A guide to the things you just don't want to miss this summer

Local Artist Sheila Harris Displays Paintings of History of Arch Grounds

image sourceThe original Old Rock House.​Sheila Harris, a local artist, will be displaying a series of watercolors starting this Sunday, February 14, at the Old Courthouse. Harris painted nearly 40 portraits of buildings that once stood on the Arch grounds, showing how the landscape of the riverfr ... More >>

St. Louis Art Caps

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

Eero Saarinen in the Big Apple

​The Eero Saarinen exhibit "Shaping the Future" on display earlier this year at Wash. U's Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum is now headed to New York. While St. Louisan like to lay claim to Saarinen for his design of the iconic Gateway Arch, New Yorkers also consider the Finnish architect their own f ... More >>

Ten Things to Do Under $10 This Weekend, July 17-19, 2009

Now that Independence Day and the All-Star Game are in July's rear-view mirror, you might be watching your wallet, what with all those fireworks shopping sprees and major-league bar tabs behind you. So, here are a few economical things to do this weekend all under $10.Cowboy Mouth at Mad Art Gallery ... More >>

Philly Inquirer: Most Recent Newspaper to Compare St. Louis to a War Zone

Although it can be difficult -- but is never a bad thing -- to hear what others think of your community, I point you to a piece published last week in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Travel writer Alan Solomon recently spent several days tromping around St. Louis for the Philly newspaper and, yes, he doe ... More >>

Looking for a Cheap High This Weekend?

flickr.com/photos/lauroThen head downtown to the Gateway Arch. The National Park Service is offering adults a $3 discount off its tram rides to the top of the 630-foot tall structure. The park service is also offering additional discounts on its riverboat cruises, movies and other entertainment at t ... More >>

Hey St. Louis! Did Your Bling Get Confiscated in a Drug Bust? The DEA Wants to Know.

Lose your Cadillac Escalade in a drug bust, and you're a completely innocent party? The DEA wants to know!For the past several weeks the Drug Enforcement Administration has been running advertisements in the Wall Street Journal and other national publications asking people to identify thousands of i ... More >>

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

Dear Obama: Don't Forget to Buzz the Arch When You Leave. It Will Make a Great Picture!

Dear Prez: You're probably boarding Air Force One right now after that town-hall meeting down in Arnold, but just a reminder...

Photos: Pillow Fights Around the Country

If you forgot to mark it on your calendar, Saturday was World Pillow Fight Day. St. Louis had its own version, under the Gateway Arch. About 80 kids -- most seemed to be of high school age --  showed up around 2 p.m. and let the smacking commenced. National park rangers asked them to tone it do ... More >>

GOP Gone Wild! Silent Majority Gets Loud at "Tea Party" Under the Gateway Arch

A few months ago, presidential hopeful Barack Obama drew 100,000 supporters to the Gateway Arch. On Friday morning, President Obama's opponents followed suit, drawing a few hundred critics of the federal government's economic stimulus package.At the rally, the president was referred to as a terroris ... More >>

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

Go! St. Louis Weekend Calendar, January 30-February 1, 2009

Not totally satisfied with your weekend itinerary? Never fear, Go! is here! This regular feature delivers the Top 10 can't-miss activities to complete your fun-seeking agenda. Looking for live music? Here's your complete St. Louis weekend concert calendar in A to Z.

St. Louis Arch Grounds Remain In Limbo

So now maybe there won't be a big American migration museum on the Arch grounds. On the heels of my story last week about the St. Louis Arch grounds, and specifically the fact that Congressman William ''Lacy'' Clay had introduced a bill in Congress which would transfer control of parts of the gro ... More >>

Eero Saarinen's Legacy: More from the Man Who Gave Us the Arch

Show Review: The Cannanes at CBGB, Friday, June 6

Show Review: Madball, M.O.D., Shai Hulud at Pop's

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Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

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Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

Wonder About the Water

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Sounds Around Town

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Red All Over

Collinsville celebrates as its mighty catsup bottle turns 54

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Songs of Shame

Slay and Rigali arias soured by lack of decisive action and bully-boy politics

Paper Moon

Origami superstar Takaaki Kihara folds under pressure

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists with Juno and Stepleader

Friday, Aug. 24; Rocket Bar