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Rev. Larry Rice Considering Lawsuit as City Shuts Street Outside New Life Evangelistic Center

The battle between the city of St. Louis and New Life Evangelistic Center head Rev. Larry Rice wages on. The latest clash began last night as the city enacts "special enforcement" on a section of Locust Street west of 14th Street, right outside the NLEC. The sidewalk is often lined in the wee hour ... More >>

Trash Bash

Missouri's Cyber-Bullying Law Partly Struck Down by State Supreme Court

Missouri Supreme Court justices believe legislators went too far with the 2008 anti-cyber-bullying law they passed in reaction to the suicide of Megan Meier. (You may remember Meier as the 13-year-old from Dardenne Prairie who hung herself after a different girl and that girl's mother posed on MySpa ... More >>

Attorney General Wants to do $3.2 Million of Sprucing Up

​Attorney General Chris Koster wants to use some of that sweet penalty money he's collected prosecuting consumer fraud cases on behalf of the people of Missouri to jazz up his staff offices. He's proposed receiving $3.2 million to replace cubicles and carpet, raise the ceiling on two floors of the ... More >>

St. Louis Hills Holiday Light Display Keeps Growing and Glowing

Kholood Eid​Misplaced your Christmas cheer? Hop in the car and head to St. Louis Hills after sundown, because the denizens of the south city neighborhood have plenty to go around. View a slideshow of St. Louis Hills holiday lights. Every November to December, the 6500 block transforms into ... More >>

Fake Bell Ringer Gets Away with Salvation Army Donations

​Authorities in Columbia, Missouri, are on the lookout for a man who recently impersonated a Salvation Army bell ringer outside an Old Navy store. The real bell ringer was on break when the impostor stood in front of the store soliciting shoppers for money. Instead of asking donors to stuff money ... More >>

St. Louis Grocers Provide Holiday Cheer for the Less Fortunate

http://commons.wikimedia.org​It is twelve days until Christmas. You've finished your holiday shopping, put up your Christmas lights, and perfected your mother's gingerbread recipe, yet you still feel your holiday mission is not complete. Well, a quick visit to your local grocer may be the answ ... More >>

Dine Out at These Local Restaurants -- Help Joplin [Updated]

Sweet TomatoesSalad bar Sweet Tomatoes is just one local eatery donating to the Joplin tornado victims. ​Update: Another restaurant is the latest in the string of eateries to donate to the Joplin relief effort. This time, area Culver's (4140 Rusty Road, South St. Louis County; 314-845-0964 or ... More >>

Get a Free Doughnut From Krispy Kreme or Dunkin' Donuts on Friday

Salvation ArmyDoughnuts for the Dough Boys in WWI​ Friday, June 3, is National Doughnut Day, which sounds like it was created just to get people into doughnut shops and drop some change. But that's not the case. During World War I women volunteered for the Salvation Army as "Doughnut Lassies ... More >>

White Anarchists Commit Crimes on Cherokee

This recently appeared at the intersection of South Jefferson Avenue and Cherokee Street. ​The fledgling small businesses on Cherokee Street face plenty of hurdles on the path to sustainability. Now you can add anarchist mayhem to the list.In the past week, anarchist graffiti (see photo) has appea ... More >>

Blood Pony

Escapists
(self-released)

Don't Landfill Those JNCOs!

Not completely useless.​Got a few hangers holding bad ideas? Never going to fit into those pants again?Well, a University of Missouri professor wants you to think twice before throwing them out, even if they're too horrifying to inflict on your local Goodwill.Professor Jana Hawley, department chai ... More >>

Ask a Mexican! Hombres at Work: Can employers regulate what language is spoken in the break room?

Last Collector Standing: DJ Power Couple Nick Openlander and Brittany Browers Talk Skinny Jeans, Vinyl Scores and If Gender Affects Their Craft

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 >>

Interview MP3: Star & Micey, Playing at Cicero's and MoKaBe's This Week!

​Star & Micey are not a duo; they're not even Star and Micey. The young trio of Joshua Crosby (24), Geoff Smith (25) and Nick Redmond (26) took their name from a random encounter with a homeless man who inspired Crosby to get his shit together, form a band and turn his talent into more than ju ... More >>

Does the Holiday Spirit Involve Shoplifting?

The Associated Press reported yesterday:Parish priest Tim Jones says it's OK to shoplift at times as long as you don't take more than you need - but British police, retailers and clergy disagree. Jones says people in desperate need may at times be justified shoplifting items from large chain stores ... More >>

The Books

8 p.m. Sunday, September 20. The Luminary Center for the Arts. 4900 Reber Place.

SXSW: Day 1 with M. Ward, Billy Bob Thornton, Caitlin Rose and Gringo Star

On Sixth Street in Austin, it's Day One of SXSW 2009 (for Day Zero, go here) and the promotional and busking stunts are on: A couple of kids dressed in epidermally fused body suits to hype (sweetly) their outer space band Frontier Brothers, some Transformer mechano-dude on stilts, a posse with a sig ... More >>

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Winter of Our Discontent

This holiday season Dennis discovers that one head-scratcher leads to another.

Get off Your Cans!

The Lot

4 p.m. Saturday, August 25. Schlafly Tap Room, 2100 Locust Street.

L.A. Story

Charles Burnett's revered, rarely seen South Central-set film finally gets its theatrical due

Sky's the Limit

J. Samuel Davis hits the jackpot in the Black Rep's Guys and Dolls.

Phosphorescent

8 p.m. Friday, December 15. The Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center (3301 Lemp Avenue).

Running on Empty

Truck firms are so desperate for drivers that just about anybody can get behind the wheel

Dine Out for Relief

Area businesses give aid

Not on Our Street

Cherokee Street's business establishment wants that Mexican bus to vamoose

The Gourds

Tuesday, April 26; VooDoo Lounge in Harrah's Casino (777 Casino Center Drive, Maryland Heights)

Verboten!

We ban rock cliches, fatwa Eric Clapton and read up on music nerds

Where the Boys Are

Lee is 28 years old, lives at home with his parents and will let you jerk him off for $25

The Unsinkable Guys and Dolls

Frank Loesser's tunes stand up to the Muny's production

Celluloid Dreams

The St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase puts local talents on the big screen

Jesus For Juniors

How do you lure disaffected suburban teens into the bosom of the church? Try this unholy trinity: rock & roll, junk food and Foosball.

Raggedy Dandies

The fashion-forward minds behind Rock Star Rags, St. Louis' invite-only vintage clothing warehouse

Homeless Holy Wars

The defiant Reverend Larry Rice infuriates big developers and city leaders over a proposed shelter in a downtown federal building

Julia Sets

Wednesday, January 7, 14, 21 and 28; Frederick's Music Lounge

Go Get Santa a Bucket, Kid

Santarchy defiles the holiday

Jack Ingram

Saturday, November 1; Off Broadway

Film Openings

Week of May 21, 2003

Fail Safe

She thought she lived in a secure place. What she didn't know was that her landlord, desperate for tenants, would invite terror inside.

2002 Riverfront Times Music Award Winners

Your verdict is in: Check out St. Louis’ favorite local musicians.

Kill Your Radio

Week of May 1, 2002

Arms and the Ham

A minor Barbara at the Rep

The Girl Who Came from the Moon

She was alone in the world until a rebel psychologist befriended her. Now, all he wants for her is freedom. All she wants is family.

Best Thrift Store

Salvation Army

How Would You Describe Your Fashion Sense?

Teenage Wasteland

They have run away from home or been kicked out, and there are about 5,500 of them in the St. Louis area. They're homeless teens -- too old for foster care, too young to live on their own.

Depth Charge

River diver Dennis Georges has one of the most dangerous jobs going -- and loves it

John the Catalyst