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  50 Beer Lovers We'd Like to Party With
  Beer festivals bring out people who don't need a larger excuse to down some suds in the sun -- our kind of folks. We searched the nation and came back with these photos of beer drinkers doing what they love. Because beer makes the world go round (and spin sometimes too).
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  The RFT's March 2013 in Photos
  This month: A St. Louis boxer squares off against Don King, meet St. Louis' own human cannonball, step inside a haunted house convention, then step inside a comic book convention, then see comic book burlesque. After that, hop over to the 30th anniversary edition of the Mr. Missouri Leather...
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  2013 St. Louis Holi Celebration
  The St. Louis edition of of Holi, a spring festival of colors, was held on Saturday, March 30, 2013 at Sportport (12525 Sportport Rd.) in Maryland Heights. Photos by Jon Gitchoff for the Riverfront Times.
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  Top 20 Claustrophobia Movies
  In the new film Detour, Jackson Alder (Neil Hopkins) finds himself trapped by a mudslide inside his car, alone. It takes intense mental control, as well as purposeful distraction, to escape that kind of claustrophobic, panic-inducing situation (View it in iTunes.) So should you ever be in such...
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  2013 Iron Fork at the Union Station Hotel
  The 2013 edition of Iron Fork went down on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at the Union Station Hotel: A DoubleTree by Hilton, with food from more than 35 restaurants, drinks and more. Photos by Jon Gitchoff for the Riverfront Times.
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  Inside the Traveling Game of Thrones Exhibit
  Before Season 3 premieres on HBO this Sunday, fans of the TV adaptation of George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones series could get close-up with famous props from the show -- including the head of Ned Stark on a pike. Held at 3 West 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan (through April 3), the...
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  Judgment Call: The Best and Worst Easter Candy
  As Easter Sunday creeps closer, Gut Check dreams of baskets piled high with pastel-colored candies, chocolate shaped like baby animals and, oh sweet Jesus, Cadbury eggs. We remember well the ritual of sorting the bounty bestowed by the big, weird Easter Bunny: Would it be good stuff...or...
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  Inside Takaya New Asian
  This week's RFT features a review Takaya New Asian (634 Washington Avenue). Read Ian Froeb's review, "Takaya or Leave Ya." Photos by Jennifer Silverberg for Riverfront Times.
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  Scenes from Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con
  Photographer Jon Gitchoff brings back these photos from Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con, held over the weekend of March 22-24, 2013 at America's Center. Geek celebs (Tom Felton, Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter series, James Marsters of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Henry Winkler -- the Fonz, )...
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  A Comic Strip at The Factory, 3/23/13
  In honor of the first ever Wizard World Comic Con in St. Louis, The Randy Dandies performed a dazzling evening of comic book burlesque featuring all your favorite superheroes stripping down at The Factory (1128 Washington Ave). Photos by Jon Gitchoff for the Riverfront Times. See Also: - The...
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  Bacon Fest St. Louis
  The Bacon Fest St. Louis went down on Saturday, March, 23, 2013 at Kiener Plaza, celebrating all things bacon, including a 500-pound "hog log" in a custom smoker. Photos by Jason Stoff for the Riverfront Times.
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  The Women of St. Louis Comic Con
  The stereotype of comic book readers as overweight, nerdy men has been pounded into bits since Comic Book Guy made his debut on The Simpsons more than twenty years ago. That much was evident this past weekend at the first-ever Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con, held at America's Center (701...
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