The White House

Jazz: Meet the 2013 RFT Music Award Nominees

The 2013 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is this weekend! Think of it as St. Louis music's own official holiday and consider this the season. Throughout May we at RFT Music have been working hard to make our cases for all 130 bands and artists nominated for an RFT Music Award this year in 26 categor ... More >>

Missouri's Approved Gun Bills: Concealed-Carry Permits Easier to Get, Record-Keeping Banned

The legislative session in Missouri is finally over. And after months of heated debates on guns, lawmakers have sent controversial bills to the governor that would dramatically change the concealed-carry permit application process -- and increase protections for gun owners. That is, these bills ma ... More >>

Strings Attached

Pi Pizzeria's "Grove" Pizza: One of 100 St. Louis Dishes You Must Eat Right Now

The Gut Check One Hundred is our accounting of the 100 dishes in St. Louis that you must eat right now. These are the best dishes at the newest restaurants and the newest dishes at the best restaurants. These are the 100 dishes that define St. Louis dining in 2013. Our list culminates this fall when ... More >>

Thousands Sign Petition to Stop Pro-Gun Publicity Stunt Bills: "Get Serious Or Go Home"

A Missouri bill to stop bills that force others not to introduce certain kind of bills? Almost. Representative Stacey Newman, a Democrat who has been very vocal on gun control, has collected thousands of signatures on a petition to urge lawmakers and legislative leaders to quit introducing pro-gun ... More >>

Blowfly, the Original Dirty Rapper Brings Something Long and Hard to the Firebird Tonight

Before South Florida achieved its cocaine cowboy status and notoriety, Miami was known for a vibrant musical community that nurtured nascent Latin fusion sounds, old school soul, funk, R&B and jazz. Miami's historical Overtown district is a shell of its former self but at one point in time, before t ... More >>

U.S. Deer Collision Map Curiously Similar to Red State, Blue State Divide

West Virginia leads the nation in something. And, no, we're not talking about obesity or smoking or party schools. West Virginia is the most likely place in America for motorists to crash into deer!  According to State Farm insurance claims and statistics from the Federal Highway Administratio ... More >>

St. Louisians Lead the Charge to Re-purpose "Columbus Day"... You Still Probably Won't Get the Day Off Though

Karl Frank Jr. was never comfortable celebrating Christopher Columbus' accidental discovery of America, and he certainly never cared for the mixed legacy Columbus left behind. So today--the federal holiday created in 1939 by FDR to honor the Italian explorer and slave-wrangler who "sailed the ocea ... More >>

Gut Check's Ten Snacks to Pair With Democratic Convention Coverage

Last week, Gut Check offered up a list of ten snacks to pair with Republican National Convention coverage. Of course, the fun doesn't stop there. On Tuesday, September 4, the Democratic National Convention kicked off in Charlotte, North Carolina, prompting Gut Check to brainstorm another set of them ... More >>

Is St. Louis Better Off with Obama or Romney? There's an App For That

If Romney takes the White House this November, you'll want to be a Maplewood resident. According to an app developed by two students from the University of California, Berkeley, the benefits of another term for Obama vs a new start with Romney will be felt very differently, zip code by zip code ... More >>

Mary Quite Contrary

Olive Garden Reviewer Marilyn Hagerty Doesn't Have Time for Your Scorn [Updated]

Meet Marilyn Hagerty. She writes the "Eatbeat" column for the Grand Forks, North Dakota, Herald. Yesterday, she reviewed Grand Forks' new, eagerly awaited Olive Garden. Because the internet is a terrible creature fueled by snark (guilty, guilty, guilty), this review went viral. No less a food-media ... More >>

Ask a Mexican: Donde esta donkey show?

Ask a Mexican: Am I supporting the Mexican drug cartels if I smoke pot?

Tornado Proof Mega-Mansion Under Construction in Missouri Ozarks

pensmore.comPensmore will boast 13 bedrooms, two elevators and be damn near indestructible (so they say) once complete.​The home rising up over the Ozark hills of Highlandville, Missouri, is slated to be 72,000 square feet when completed next year, making it one of the ten largest homes ever const ... More >>

The Obamas Still Proud of That Chili Recipe

Ian FroebThe Obamas' chili, as prepared by Gut Check in 2008​Skimming Eater this morning, I couldn't not click on the link to an article titled "Michelle Obama, Your Chili Is Bullshit" -- and not just because that's one helluva compelling headline.You see, three years ago, Gut Check made the chili ... More >>

Stray Dog mounts Distracted and screws the pooch

Stan Musial Wins Medal of Freedom; Cardinals' "Grass Roots" Campaign Pays Off

The Cardinals' "grass roots" campaign that we questioned earlier this year, has paid off. Team legend Stan Musial has been tapped for a Presidential Medal of Freedom. The White House called "The Man" yesterday to deliver the news. (See a list of all 15 nominees for the award, here.) Congratulations ... More >>

The Gaslight Anthem's Jersey-born American slang is finally resonating all over the globe

Tonight: Great Rivers Biennial and CAMSTL Front Room Exhibit Curated by RFT's Own Jessica Baran

courtesy of Pavel Zoubok GalleryThomas Lanigan-Schmidt uses Foil, plastic wrap, vinyl, pipe cleaner, holographic tape, Britney Spears, aluminum cans, wire, ink, wood and staples in this piece ​Time for a bit of shameless self-promotion. In this week's dead tree edition, Paul Friswold told you abou ... More >>

First Lady of United States of America Settles Pizza Rivalry: New York is Better Than Chicago

But what about St. Louis? Pi: Not even in the running.​Many of us know by now that President Barack Obama dug the pizza from St. Louis' own Pi so much when he ate it here during his campaign, he invited Pi's staff to the White House to prepare it there.

The Dive Bomber Learns the State of the Union at LaRocca's

If you want to learn political theory, go to school. If you want to learn about the reality of politics, go to a neighborhood bar.I arrived at La Rocca's ten minutes into the State of the Union address. Five men sat at the bar, silent, engrossed in the speech. They turned to look at me as I tiptoed ... More >>

White House Will Host Midwest Governors to Discuss Asian Carp

Think of it like the beer summit only fishier. Officials from the White House Council on Environmental Quality announced yesterday that they will host governors from across the upper Midwest in early February to discuss how to stop Asian Carp from invading the Great Lakes.The announcement comes on t ... More >>

Gold digging, meat Match-ing and Obama's pants

Vets push for exposure, and a local Hooters Girl gets it. Plus: Colt 45 works every time.

Around the Horn: Ian covers all the bases to find you the best All-Star Game chow

Patties Take the Cake: Five Guys brings burger glory to Town & Country

A Look Back -- 56 Years Ago -- to "Citizen" Harry Truman's Great American Road Trip

It was the summer of 1953. Queen Elizabeth had just been cornonated. The Braves had left Boston for Milwaukee, and Elvis was making his first recording. Back in Independence, Missouri, meanwhile, there was Harry Truman, restless in his first months of presidential retirement and itchy ... More >>

Poll: The Most Asinine Comment on the Post-Dispatch's Pi Article

www.stltoday.comBumped: Only a few hours left to vote!As I write this, Jake Wagman's fine Post-Dispatch article on President Barack Obama inviting the Delmar Loop pizza restaurant Pi to the White House has garnered 178 reader comments.While a few readers are thrilled to see a locally owned St. Louis ... More >>

Review: John Prine at the Touhill, Friday, February 27

"Hello," John Prine said when he walked onstage at UMSL Friday night and picked up a guitar. Then he reeled off seven songs from his prodigious back catalogue before delving into his most recent collection, 2005's Fair & Square.That was just dandy with the audience at the sold-out Touhill Perfor ... More >>

Barack Obama, Restaurant Critic (With Video!)

A 2001 video of Barack Obama reviewing a Southern soul-food restaurant.

The Magic Mansion?

Now, bigger and better than ever!

About the Cover: Lipstick on a Pit Bull Meets Tricky Dick Nixon

Ted Nugent Sends New Book to Sarah Palin

Prisonshake took fifteen years to release its new double album, Dirty Moons – but the wait is worth it

Grove to Grave

St. Louis Club Chef Wins the "Silver Toque"

Assassination Tango

Controversial docu-drama imagines a post-Bush scenario.

Eat Better, Drink Better and Be Merry

Do it for all the starving actors

Rusty Nail

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Letters

Week of July 6, 2005

War: What Is It Good For?

In Ridley Scott's latest epic, it's good for one really stunning siege

Reefer Badness

There's a lot of misinformation out there: Here's more

Would the War Have Happened If George W. Bush Had Not Been Chosen President?

Week of April 30, 2003

Zuzu's Juju

A cinematic classic, adapted for the stage, still packs a punch by reveling in the Christmas spirit

Tempest Tossed

Writer Terry Tempest Williams believes the chaos and terror of recent weeks could bring about a restoration of place and spirit in America

Party Crashers

Ralph Nader tries to derail the corporate-sponsored presidential debates with a lawsuit. Protesters have their own plans to disrupt the Bush-Gore affair at Wash. U.

ESSENTIAL VIEWING

The Reduced Shakespeare Company offers the condensed version of human events with History Ain't What It Used to Be: The Complete Millennium Musical

Poll Stars

Would Prozac Have Helped the Post? Probably Not