1. Art

St. Louis Art Caps

Malcolm Gay encapsulates the local art scene.

By Malcolm Gay

Published: April 9, 2008

The Annual Juried Photography Exhibit Each year Webster University presents a juried show featuring the work of its photography students in the School of Communications. As with any...

2. B-Sides

Remaking Michael

Why waste money (or steal) those bogus Thriller remixes when you can get better Michael Jackson reinventions legally — for free? Plus, the history of the classic Harlem Globetrotters song "Sweet Georgia Brown."

By Craig D. Lindsey and Dean C. Minderman

Published: April 9, 2008

Two months ago, the silver-anniversary reissue of Michael Jackson's Thriller — a souped-up, repackaged remembrance of the nine tracks of pop/soul perfection that the tree-climbing,...

3. Cafe

Peak Performance

Having moved from downtown to the Grove, Everest scales new heights.

By Ian Froeb

Published: April 9, 2008

Opening a good restaurant is miracle enough. I don't mean a four-star temple of haute cuisine or a bauble of glass and light the trend-humpers will pack for six months and then forget...

4. Feature

Cock and Awe

St. Louis pickup artists rule the roost.

By Aimee Levitt

Published: April 9, 2008

Trix stopped counting his conquests after he bedded more than 300 women. He met them in bars and in shopping malls. He met them on Central West End streets and in the Delmar Loop....

5. Unreal

Smokers' Olympics

Stuff Unreal likes! Plus: We smoke and run and picture Abe Lincoln on a Segway.

Published: April 9, 2008

For the umpteenth year, the GO! (formerly Spirit of) St. Louis marathon has passed Unreal by. We always dream of joining those runners, those veritable lungs on legs, who look so joyous...

6. Stage

Half A League

Mary's Wedding goes to war — but politely.

By Paul Friswold

Published: April 9, 2008

There's an old joke about Canadians that goes: How do you get 100 Canadians out of the swimming pool on a hot day? You say, "Get out of the pool, please." The joke is an obvious and...

7. Stage

You Say You Want a Revolución?

Beatles trump dictatorship in the U.S. premiere of The Concert.

By Dennis Brown

Published: April 9, 2008

An image of Fidel Castro looms at the far end of the stage, away from the action. His picture is barely lit; it never calls attention to itself. But its very existence ensures that...

8. This Week's Cover

Cover of April 10 Print Edition

Published: April 9, 2008

Cover: Actor Aaron Orion Baker as the pickup artist, photographed by Jennifer Silverberg...

9. Stage

Play It (Again), Sam

Remove Sam Shepard from this reimagining of a Frank O'Connor short story, and what's left?

By Dennis Brown

Published: April 9, 2008

Sam Shepard's The Late Henry Moss, a play that has died and been reborn as many times as its title character, is set in New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment. But there is nothing enchanting...

10. News Real

All In A Name

Did the Post-Dispatch deliberately give its new blog the same title as the competition?

By Chad Garrison

Published: April 9, 2008

After a year spent preparing and fundraising, a group of retired St. Louis Post-Dispatch editors were preparing to officially launch their online news site St. Louis Platform this...

11. News Real

Captain America

Navy SEAL Eric Greitens has come home to St. Louis to help fellow Iraq vets.

By Kristen Hinman

Published: April 9, 2008

Eric Greitens began the month of April with a difficult phone call from an Iraq war veteran lying in a hospital bed in Hawaii. The young man, a Missouri native, was severely wounded...

12. Music

A to Z

By Annie Zaleski

Published: April 9, 2008

As I wrote about last year, our music blog A to Z (blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz) has somewhat replaced the aim of this column: to discuss local music goings-on and happenings. The...

13. Music

Slice of Life

John Vanderslice celebrates warmer weather with an exclusive mix of tunes.

By Annie Zaleski

Published: April 9, 2008

When erudite indie rocker John Vanderslice played Saint Louis University's Billiken Club last May (which was a few months before the release of his latest album, Emerald City), a very...

14. Amazing Facts & Beyond

Leon examines cures for writer's block

By Ted May

Published: April 9, 2008

"Rats, Leon. This novel I'm writing is going nowhere! I think it's giving me O.C.D.!"...

15. Letters

RFT readers show their deep admiration for skunks.

Published: April 9, 2008

NEWS SHORT, March 27, 2008 Turn the Cesspool Green It's the right thing to do: Chad Garrison wrote in "Green Teams" that the Cardinals are scrambling to join the ranks of the environmentally...

16. Keep It Down

Can they package a Whopper into a potato chip? Yes, they can! But something's missing...

By Malcolm Gay

Published: April 9, 2008

Oh come on! Flame-broiled potato chips? Oh, excuse me, Burger King Flame Broiled Flavored Potato Snacks. That's right, Burger King, where you can Have It Your Way, is now offering...

17. Homespun

John Henry & the Engine

Under the Yellow Moon
(Home Tone Records)

By Christian Schaeffer

Published: April 9, 2008

On Under the Yellow Moon, it's unclear if John Henry & the Engine send us their greetings from Asbury Park, New Jersey, or Columbia, Missouri. The quartet is so steeped in Springsteenisms...

18. Gut Check

Food & Wine finds our Niche!

By Ian Froeb

Published: April 9, 2008

Food & Wine magazine has named Gerard Craft, executive chef and co-owner of the Benton Park restaurant Niche one of its ten Best New Chefs for 2008. Craft is the first St. Louis-based...

19. Game On

Just Shy of Seaworthy

Viking: Battle for Asgard shows promise, but not much more.

By Gary Hodges

Published: April 9, 2008

It's nice when a game comes along that pleasantly surprises you. I admit, I judged Viking: Battle for Asgard by the screenshots, writing it off as yet another one of those grimy, violent...

20. Film

Ordinary People

Intelligence goes soft in this more obvious than smart rom-com.

By Robert Wilonsky

Published: April 9, 2008

Smart people got no reason to live — and, sure, that's not quite how Randy Newman sang it, but the point still stands. Because in Noam Murro's directorial bow — one of...