Vol. 41, No. 36
When St. Louis Sings the Blues
Meet five artists representing the St. Louis sound — and anchoring the Big Muddy Blues Festival this weekend
By Thomas Crone
Black Caucus Calls for Removal of Missouri Lawmaker Who Called for Lynching
By Sarah Fenske
Politicians Just Cut My Pay — and That's Why Missouri Needs Union Protections
By Ontario Pope
Rejoice! Forest Park Parkway-Kingshighway Intersection Reopens Today
By Doyle Murphy
Judge Orders North St. Louis Landlord to Stop Locking Out Tenants
Missouri GOP Takes a Drubbing for Clueless 'Pay Raise' Tweet
Someone Accidentally Dropped $6,200 at a North County Goodwill
Two St. Louis Police Officers Shot With 'Assault-Style' Rifle
These St. Louis Businesses Have Pledged to 'Save the Raise'
On Stockley Verdict, Anthony Smith's Mother Asks, 'Why Is It Taking So Long?'
By Danny Wicentowski
Rocket Fizz to Reopen in the Loop After Clerk Maced Teens
University City Man Charged in Brutal Daylight Attack on Loop Bartender
By Elizabeth Semko
Snapchat Messages Using N-Word Lead to Discipline at MICDS
Brutal Labor Day Beating Leaves Tower Grove South Woman Unconscious
Van Smashes Through South City Building, Displacing Family
Tyson the Cat 'Boiled Alive' at Nestlé Purina, Complaint Says
Kid Scientist's Record Release Show This Weekend Looks Completely Bonkers
By Christian Schaeffer
St. Louis Comedian Kenny Kinds Brings the Laughs — No Matter the Medium
The 10 Best Concerts in St. Louis This Weekend: September 1 to 3
By Joseph Hess
LouFest Chuck Berry Tribute to Include Members of the Roots, Spoon, Dave Matthews Band
By Daniel Hill
The 10 Best Concerts in St. Louis This Weekend: September 8 to 10
Newly Announced: Snails, Rittz, Todrick Hall, Crushed Out, Not Waving but Drowning and More
Billiken Club Defunded by SLU's Student Government, Future Uncertain
Pizza Head Triumphs, With Punk Rock Edge and New York-Style Slices
By Cheryl Baehr
Missouri Really, Really Hates That Last Bite of a Hot Dog
Mona's in the Hill Is Closing This Sunday
Half & Half Brings Brunch — and Blueprint Coffee — to Webster Groves
By Lauren Milford
St. Louis Restaurants Openings & Closings: September 2017
How Jared Williamson Found Love — and a Head Brewing Job — at Schlafly
St. Louis Kolache to Open in Clayton
Red Hot Riplets Are Taking Chicago
Cafe Piazza Now Brings Fast-Casual Pizza — and Much, Much More — to Benton Park
Patti Cake$'s Danielle Macdonald Is a Star, But the Movie Falls Flat
By Robert Hunt
Titus Andronicus Is a Rare St. Louis Shakespeare Misfire
By Paul Friswold
Kinloch Park's Basketball Courts Are Now a Work of Art
By Katie Hayes
Strange Folk Festival Is Coming to Carondelet Park
St. Louis' Only Legal Outdoor Skate Park Prepares to Unveil a Huge Upgrade
New NFL Player Has a Surprising Alma Mater: Division III Greenville University
By Jered Schneider
The Best Things to Do This Week, September 7 to 13
Food-Focused Mural in the Grove Leads to Questions About Race — and Erasure
By Jacqui Germain