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Sign of the (Old) Times: Bill Christman preserves St. Louis history in dazzling new show

Comedian Bill Burr on Carnegie Hall, Breaking Bad, and Losers Who Think New York is the Shit

Photo by Brian FriedmanStandup Bill Burr, coming to the Pageant this weekend​Nobody personifies wise-ass East Coast standup quite like the Boston-born Bill Burr (he once told an entire crowd of heckling Philadephians, "I hope your mother has herpes in the center of her asshole"). Yet he's schedule ... More >>

Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

​Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending October 16, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books, Subterranean Books and Sue's News. Hey, look, it's Freedom! Back again, in it ... More >>

Win Matt and Kim Tickets!

Matt Hoyle​Matt and Kim are coming to the Pageant tomorrow night. The Thermals will open; we strongly recommend this show to anyone who enjoys fun. Even more fun than buying a ticket is going for free, and we have here two pairs of tickets with (potentially) your name on them. All you have t ... More >>

Arby's Flash Mob Turns Spontaneous Joy Into Marketing

Ah, Corporate America. Once again you've taken something good and pure, created by the people, and turned it into a bland advertisement for bad food. Last week a well-choreographed flash mob infested Times Square to do a "spontaneous" dance routine to an Arby's commercial broadcast on a giant scre ... More >>

What Do You Want from Restaurants in 2011?

It's the new year (plus or minus 103 years)!​The end of the year brings with it the usual array of articles predicting restaurant trends for the new year. You know, this will be the year of rabbit testicles and crabapples. That sort of thing.Don't worry: We'll have our fearless forecasts up befor ... More >>

Pop Is Personal: The photography of Joseph Cultice

It's the new year (plus or minus 103 years)!​The end of the year brings with it the usual array of articles predicting restaurant trends for the new year. You know, this will be the year of rabbit testicles and crabapples. That sort of thing.Don't worry: We'll have our fearless forecasts up befor ... More >>

Interview: Photographer Joseph Cultice Brings "Pop is Personal" -- Including Shots of Bjork, NIN and Marilyn Manson -- to Maplewood

Joseph Cultice/courtesy of S. Carmody PhotographyGary Numan, London, 10/1997, by Joseph Cultice​You've seen photographer Joseph Cultice's work before. Marilyn Manson's iconic Mechanical Animals album cover? That's him. Jonas Brothers' retro Times Square scene on the cover of its 2008 disc, A L ... More >>

Review Setlist: Frightened Rabbit Enchants the Old Rock House, May 7, 2010

It was the end of the week of the end of the world (to paraphrase Jon Stewart) and (to paraphrase Michael Stipe) everyone felt fine. More than fine, judging by the smiles, clapping hands and dancing (mostly, sometimes not quite) bodies squeezed (but not jammed) onto the dance floor at th ... More >>

Senator Kit Bond Gets Frothy Over 'Terrorists' and 'Rights'

John McCain managed quite a feat this week: He somehow got both Glenn Beck and John Stewart to agree with each other. The issue? How flat-out wrong the Arizona senator is when he says that U.S.-born people merely suspected of being terrorists should be denied their Miranda rights. Agree with McCain ... More >>

Many Layers of Turkey

John McCain managed quite a feat this week: He somehow got both Glenn Beck and John Stewart to agree with each other. The issue? How flat-out wrong the Arizona senator is when he says that U.S.-born people merely suspected of being terrorists should be denied their Miranda rights. Agree with McCain ... More >>

Kirkwood's King of Comedy: Greg Warren's standup career takes him all over the USA, but St. Louis remains his home

John McCain managed quite a feat this week: He somehow got both Glenn Beck and John Stewart to agree with each other. The issue? How flat-out wrong the Arizona senator is when he says that U.S.-born people merely suspected of being terrorists should be denied their Miranda rights. Agree with McCain ... More >>

Balloonatics: Hey kid, wanna see my balloon dog?

John McCain managed quite a feat this week: He somehow got both Glenn Beck and John Stewart to agree with each other. The issue? How flat-out wrong the Arizona senator is when he says that U.S.-born people merely suspected of being terrorists should be denied their Miranda rights. Agree with McCain ... More >>

Top 10 St. Louis New Year's Eve Parties Over $75

Blow your cigar smoke right in the face of 2008 with these classy affairs full of fine-dining and cognac (most of them, anyway.) Great entertainment, comfort and sometimes a hotel stay are included with these events! Check out our complete list of more than 70 St. Louis New Year's Eve parties.Also b ... More >>

Gentleman Auction House Tour Diary, Day Ten: New York, NY

Blow your cigar smoke right in the face of 2008 with these classy affairs full of fine-dining and cognac (most of them, anyway.) Great entertainment, comfort and sometimes a hotel stay are included with these events! Check out our complete list of more than 70 St. Louis New Year's Eve parties.Also b ... More >>

Hell's Kitchen: Episode 14

Blow your cigar smoke right in the face of 2008 with these classy affairs full of fine-dining and cognac (most of them, anyway.) Great entertainment, comfort and sometimes a hotel stay are included with these events! Check out our complete list of more than 70 St. Louis New Year's Eve parties.Also b ... More >>

Just Shoot Me: Photographer's My Chemical Romance nightmare has a happy ending

Blow your cigar smoke right in the face of 2008 with these classy affairs full of fine-dining and cognac (most of them, anyway.) Great entertainment, comfort and sometimes a hotel stay are included with these events! Check out our complete list of more than 70 St. Louis New Year's Eve parties.Also b ... More >>

Photographer's My Chemical Romance Nightmare Has an Even Happier Ending

Blow your cigar smoke right in the face of 2008 with these classy affairs full of fine-dining and cognac (most of them, anyway.) Great entertainment, comfort and sometimes a hotel stay are included with these events! Check out our complete list of more than 70 St. Louis New Year's Eve parties.Also b ... More >>

Photographer's My Chemical Romance Nightmare Has an Even Happier Ending

Blow your cigar smoke right in the face of 2008 with these classy affairs full of fine-dining and cognac (most of them, anyway.) Great entertainment, comfort and sometimes a hotel stay are included with these events! Check out our complete list of more than 70 St. Louis New Year's Eve parties.Also b ... More >>

Box Tops: Devon Alexander

Blow your cigar smoke right in the face of 2008 with these classy affairs full of fine-dining and cognac (most of them, anyway.) Great entertainment, comfort and sometimes a hotel stay are included with these events! Check out our complete list of more than 70 St. Louis New Year's Eve parties.Also b ... More >>

Box Tops: Devon Alexander

Blow your cigar smoke right in the face of 2008 with these classy affairs full of fine-dining and cognac (most of them, anyway.) Great entertainment, comfort and sometimes a hotel stay are included with these events! Check out our complete list of more than 70 St. Louis New Year's Eve parties.Also b ... More >>

Rhythm's Gonna Get Ya

Blow your cigar smoke right in the face of 2008 with these classy affairs full of fine-dining and cognac (most of them, anyway.) Great entertainment, comfort and sometimes a hotel stay are included with these events! Check out our complete list of more than 70 St. Louis New Year's Eve parties.Also b ... More >>

Legend Has It

That old "last man on earth" setup? It really works.

Keeping the Meter Running

Taxi Driver: Collector's Edition

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene.

Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene.

Songs of the South

Corey Smith challenges ideas about "country" music.

Stage Capsules

Week of June 14, 2007

Sky's the Limit

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

Keeping the Meter Running

Taxi Driver: Collector's Edition

Hometown Legend

Coming of age and stayin' alive on the mean streets of Astoria, Queens

Monkey Shines

Peter Jackson's King Kong earns its crown.

RFT New Year's Eve Guide

Week of December 22, 2005

Pornucopia

The adult-entertainment industry descends upon Left Bank Books!

Becoming Babydaddy

Scott Hoffman is spreading the gospel...the sexy, sexy gospel

The Unsinkable Guys and Dolls

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

Staggering Genius

In which stellastarr* melds with the universe

2003 New Year's Eve Guide

In which stellastarr* melds with the universe

2003 New Year's Eve Guide

In which stellastarr* melds with the universe

Feat of Clayton

St. Louis Art Fair is #1

Dream a Little Dream

Jimmy's Cafe on the Park isn't what our reviewer thought it was, but she's happy nonetheless

Big Talkers

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing takes on some weighty topics

Series/Festivals

Week of February 20, 2002

Eyes Half-Open

Cameron Crowe takes Jerry Maguire on a dizzy trip through dreamland

The American Way

The premise of 15 Minutes sags, but the action is entertaining

Sideshow Attraction

Part-time geek Matt Hely explains the lure of the circus life

SHORT SUBJECTS

Fast-forwarding through recommended new releases and classic re-releases, including And the Ship Sailed On, La Sentinelle, Father, Some Nudity Required, Death by Design and Dash and Lilly

Making the Scene

Fast-forwarding through recommended new releases and classic re-releases, including And the Ship Sailed On, La Sentinelle, Father, Some Nudity Required, Death by Design and Dash and Lilly