Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Plunder Years: Opera Theatre starts off summer with a pithy Pirates of Penzance

Here Are All 80 Horrible Similes on Lil Wayne's I Am Not a Human Being II

Lil Wayne has just released his tenth studio album, I Am Not a Human Being II. It's been eighteen years since his first album: True Story as one half of The B.G.'z. In that time, he's been a lesser-known member of an embattled Southern hip-hop group, a scrawny kid, a mixtape hero, the greatest rappe ... More >>

10 Best Halloween Jokes -- 2012 Edition

So, we've gotten ourselves into something of a tradition here at Daily RFT of recapping the best jokes as told by trick-or-treaters. And by "best jokes" we are being kind. Many of the riddles we heard last night made absolutely no sense or were just completely unfunny. (Yeah, we're thinking of you, ... More >>

High Notes: Witness jazz masters in the flesh with a season heavy on the horns

Killer Shakespeare

After 52 years, the New Music Circle still lives up to its name

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown, Paul Friswold and Lew Prince suss out the local theater scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

All's Well that Ends in Hell

All's Well That Ends in Hell

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

Show Review Setlist Photos: Rodrigo y Gabriela at the Pageant, Tuesday, March 10

Whenever my father and I discuss great concerts he brings up the first time he saw the Jimi Hendrix Experience. "When just those three guys walked out on stage," he always says, "I said there's no way just the three of them could make all that sound like on the record. And they didn't. They made mor ... More >>

By the Boards: Dennis Brown on the STL Theater Scene September 10-13

The 2009-'10 theater season officially kicks in this weekend with the opening of the Rep season. Amadeus, Peter Shaffer's 1979 drama about one man's attempt to bring down God, is sure to provide sumptuous sets and costumes and lots of thrilling Mozart music (played not too loudly, please). But there ... More >>

Tony La Russa: "The Mozart of Overmanagers"

Wikimedia CommonsKansas City Star columnist Joe Posnanski penned a piece for Sports Illustrated today that attempts to break down what happens inside the manic mind of Cardinals manager Tony La Russa during spring training. In short, Posnanski suggests that TLR spends much of his time reveling ... More >>

Go! The St. Louis Weekend Calendar, October 3-5, 2008

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown, Paul Friswold and Lew Prince suss out the local theater scene

Turkish Delight

The Other Newsworthy 40

Capsule Reviews

Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater

Bleeding Heart Baby

B-Sides cuts right to the Heartless Bastards, intellectualizes Hayseed Dixie and dissects the anatomy of the common punk rocker

Undercover Party

Pappadam Preach

Indian dance, Christian love

Concerts

Screw Ball

HotCity gets intimately acquainted with Adult Entertainment

Opening Nights

Guitartist

William Kanengiser is a lot more than just Ralph Macchio's hands

Adrien's Wall

In Love the Hard Way, almost nothing breaks Brody's bad-boy façade

Saxophone of the Gods

The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra will blow you away

Film Openings

Week of May 22, 2002

John Cale

Stainless Gamelan: Inside the Dream Syndicate Volume III (Table of the Elements)

Chew on This

Chefs and musicians collaborate on a delicious piece of performance art

Allegro!

Despite financial jeopardy, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra puts on a game face for the start of its 122nd season

Oy to the World

Klezmer band Yidn holds court each week at Brandt's

Just Mad About Madeleine

The Piper Palm House's new Café Madeleine makes for a sweet Sunday

North and South

Goin' to N'Orleans, by way of I-270

Symphony Overtures

A great orchestra at great risk, the SLSO seeks major donors to close the endowment gap between their $28 million and the $100 million of their competitors

176 Keys of Love

Waxing romantic over husband-and-wife collaborators the Hirsch-Pinkas Piano Duo

Night & Day

May 26 - June 2, 1999

Note Worthy

This Week

They Might Be Giants

Cardinal Rule

Gunn Play

Former east St. Louis trumpeter Russell Gunn appears at the Sheldon as his major-label debut, Ethnomusicology, Volume 1, hits the shelves

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