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Nine Prohibition-Era Cocktails in Honor of The Great Gatsby (And Because We Like to Drink)

"There was music from my neighbor's house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars...In the main hall a bar with a real brass rail was set up, and stocked with gins and liquors and with cordials so lon ... More >>

PrideFest Move to Downtown Like "Watching Your Kid Grow Up," Says Aldermen Candidate

Lisa Miller, a candidate for the Board of Aldermen for the 15th Ward, says she had a range of emotions when she heard the news that the annual PrideFest would be moving from Tower Grove to downtown this year. "It's almost as if you're watching your kid grow up," says Miller, who is gay and has liv ... More >>

Muslim Hunting: David Horowitz has made taunting college students a spectator sport. Sometimes he's actually right.

Tikka Tikka Taco Truck Looks to Kickstarter for Startup Help

Do you like Indian food? Do you patronize food trucks? Do you have even one measly dollar to spare? Michael Swaleh wants to talk to you. Swaleh and his brother, Shaun, have turned to Kickstarter to raise $60,000 to buy the food truck that will launch their concept, Tikka Tikka Taco.

17 Missouri Women Who Could Kick Todd Akin's Ass

Or, Why You Shouldn't Be Ashamed to Be a Female Voter in Missouri It's become pretty clear over the past few weeks that Todd Akin hates women. Oh, he hasn't said that in so many words -- which is actually pretty surprising since he doesn't seem to care much about the possibility of offending his fe ... More >>

Happy Birthday to Jazz Virtuoso Julius Hemphill

Julius Hemphill may not have resided in St. Louis for his entire life. But it didn't take long for the jazz legend to make his mark in the Gateway City. Hemphill -- who was born on this day in 1938 -- was an jazz virtuoso who unleashed a string of groundbreaking music over his career. Born in Texas ... More >>

Missouri State Band Reignites Debate Over "Dixie"

Image via"Dixie" came out of blackface minstrel shows in the mid-19th Century.​The song "Dixie" was born from the blackface minstrel shows of the mid-19th century. The lyrics take the perspective, and exaggerated dialect, of a free slave who aches to return to his days of plantation bondage. The f ... More >>

Rugby Burn: Gravely injured in a fluke house fire, Iraq War vet Stephen Ellis is dead set on returning to the sport he loves

Return to Sender: What would comprehensive immigration reform look like if the feds got moving?

Pinalcchio: Forensics experts say a deputy's tale about getting shot by drug smugglers doesn't add up

Union Leader Recruited for KKK on Job Site, NAACP Says

A board member for a local union has been distributing promotional material for the KKK on a St. Louis County job site, officials with the Missouri State Conference of the NAACP alleged this morning.One T-shirt featured on www.kkk.com​Adolphus Pruitt, the NAACP's vice chair for legal redress, tell ... More >>

Badlands: From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border

Review Recaps: The 10 Movies Nominated for Best Picture, and Our Take on Them

Didn't get around to seeing all ten films nominated this year for Best Picture? No worries. Fake-it-til-you-make-it with these review snippets of the nominees, by our very own Basterds: the film critics of Village Voice Media.J. Hoberman writes of Avatar that it "is a technological wonder, fifteen y ... More >>

Illinois Man Gets Four Years for One-Punch Bar Fight Killing. Will he be flying to jail on Con Air?

Dustin Goy mugshot via​You have to feel a little sorry for 32 year-old Dustin Goy. In 2007, at a bar in Crystal Lake, Illinois, Goy got into an argument with Anthony Carlsen. The pair stepped outside and Goy punched Carlsen just once, in the side of the head, knocking him out instantly. Carlsen fe ... More >>

St. Louis Philanthropist Des Lee Dies at 92

E. Desmond "Des" Lee, a lifelong Missourian and successful entrepreneur who leveraged his business success to fund arts and education, died today at St. John's Hospital. He was 92.umsl.eduE. Desmond "Des" Lee (1917-2010) with his wife, Mary Ann.​According to a press release from his family, Lee ga ... More >>

Babe 'n Arms: Tom was a hot-tempered cross-dresser with a garage full of guns — and then he became Rachel

RFT talks with the St. Louis nurse who kept Saddam healthy until it was time for him to hang

Blown to Peaces: Weather Underground leaders claimed their bombings were devised to avoid bloodshed. But FBI agents suspect the radical '70s group killed a cop in the name of revolution.

Vanishing Act, Part 2: Missing since 2003, little Christian Ferguson is almost surely dead. Police think they've fingered the culprit — and there's nothing they can do about it. A Riverfront Times Special Report.

Old School: Unearthed in a cluttered storeroom, a pair of vintage St. Louis hip-hop recordings help tell the history of rap

Second Spin: Jackson Browne, Hold Out

Unreal cleans our sidearm and champions Phyllis Schlafly

Unreal prays to St. Francis and rejoices in the good news

Steal Das Book

Rod Shene paid a paltry few grand for a volume worth $500,000 or more. Only one hitch: The German government wants it back.

One Catfish, Two Catfish, Three Catfish, Four...

How much catfish can one person eat, anyway?

'Tis the Season

Wait — you actually can get laid on prom night? Unreal investigates!

Tuskegee Airman Lewis Lynch: An appreciation.

The lasting legacy of a native son.

Film Openings

Week of March 22, 2007

Nostalgia Trip

Steven Soderbergh tries, and largely fails, to make 'em like they used to.

Everything's Coming Up Laskey

Metro Messy

Transit chief Larry Salci knows he has his critics. Ask him if he cares.

"I Punched Saddam in the Mouth"

Meet Samir, the St. Louis auto mechanic who pulled Saddam Hussein from his spider hole

Letters

Week of August 4, 2004

Going Postal

Maybe it’s time to revisit Steve Stogel’s redevelopment plan for the Old Post Office downtown

Indian Giver

The Missing misses plenty, except ancient prejudices

These You've Got to See

Five educational films that'll alter your mind

Red Rocks

Nothing but love for Sammy F***in' Hagar, Melanie Moon and the Blanche; plus, we lay bare our soul (and other less metaphysical parts)

A Matter of Honor

Vets call on the military's top brass not to fight

Series/Festivals

Week of February 5, 2003

The Pretenders

The long arm of a Dallas stockbroker pulls the mask off local valor fakes

Speed Isn't Enough

Tim McAmis, drag-racing champ, tries to be a millisecond faster than the big-money boys. Tough duty.

Arabian Knight

Jack Shaheen crusades against cinema's depiction of Reel Bad Arabs

Fly Away Home

Henry Marganski's pigeons fly the coop all the time. Some race back, and some don't.

In Cold Blood

Novelist James Ellroy reshapes America's ugly history in his own image

The Right to Answers

Nobody knows why the babies are dying near Weldon Spring. But the grownups can't help asking whether the site's toxic stew is to blame.

This Ain't No Party

Ross Perot launched the Reform Party as the voice of the American people. Eight years later, it's a shrill, staticky free-for-all, and the moderates can't get heard.

In the Hands of the Father

David Richardson entrusted the management of his rental properties to a priest. Many of his properties have since been foreclosed on, and his credit is shot to hell.

A TEAM OF THEIR OWN

They fled war-torn nations and came to St. Louis. They pursued their passion for soccer at Soldan High -- and got a coach who didn't know the game. Then the real lessons began.

Deja Vu