When most musicians come to town to perform, they're in and out in a matter of hours, leaving us locals with few opportunities for chance brushes with celebrity at watering...
British citizen John Oliver has a passport that states his profession as "comedian," and he's spent several years entertaining the prickly and fickle McSweeney's generation to...
Ah, the majesty of the bus. What? You don't think a bus ride is exciting? The Axis Theatre Company relieves you of that misconception with the funny and fast-paced The Number...
Opera lovers, rejoice. New Opera Saint Louis, as the name implies, is a new, locally based opera company dedicated to performing full operas in their original languages —...
Parties of the superunderground variety can't compete with what PanOptic Productions has in store for the third installment of the Winter Warpdrive. Top North American DJ...
If you're old enough to remember the Jim Starlin/Berni Wrightson comic-book series, Batman: The Cult, you'll recall the slightly ridiculous, mostly awesome monster-truck...
When Ms. Day was but a little miss, she had a friend who had the most awesome magic set with secret drawers, trick cards and all kinds of other fun stuff. Unfortunately, Ms....
You've gotta think that even though he's playing that great big piano in the sky, the King of Ragtime, Scott Joplin, is pretty happy with the way things are going here on Earth...
In 1975 Gloria Gaynor set turntables spinning with her rendition of Clifton Davis' "Never Can Say Goodbye," a hit that played a key role in sending disco music to the top of...
Did you know that the International Brotherhood of Magicians is headquartered in St. Louis? Seriously. St. Louis is the headquarters of magic. To prove it, you can try this...
The Sheldon Art Galleries present not one but six new shows to usher in the 2008 season. In the Gallery of Photography, photographer John Gossage continues his study into the...
It's a classic science-fair project: Build a model of the solar system using Styrofoam balls of various sizes to represent the planets. Maybe even mount 'em on wire rings so...
Ah, love. Is there no greater feeling than to be in love? The adrenaline, the rosy-colored appearance of the world around you, the make-out sessions — yes, love is quite...
Will Leitch has given so much joy to the time-wasting, boss-ignoring, drinking-on-the-job American workforce through his juggernaut of a blog, Deadspin, that buying his new...
Feature, January 17, 2008 Helter Smelter Yes to smelters: I would like to make a few comments on Chad Garrison's "Smelterville." I grew up during the Depression, and I...
If Missouri deer hunters were like Anton Chigurh, the cold-blooded hit man in the film No Country for Old Men, the animals would soon be considered an endangered species....
The City of St. Louis is moving forward with plans to build two new recreation centers: one for the south side in Carondelet Park and the other in O'Fallon Park on the north...
Dear Mexican: After working with Mexicans for years, I have noticed that Mexican men have a double standard when it comes to homosexuality. Why is it that the "giver" is not...
After cutting his teeth in the St. Louis music scene in the 1980s, Larry Dersch moved to Boston in pursuit of big music industry success. But while he fell short of his...
Though few outside of the indie circuit recognized Verbena, critics and fans hailed the group as the second coming of Nirvana. The comparison was easy to see — and not...