Bob Cassilly played a profound role in reshaping the look and feel of St. Louis. The sculptor turned curator and creator of City Museum, Turtle Park, and many other beloved local installations r...
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Thursday 05/16 Skin Show In what has become a celebrated tradition for local lovers of boobs, butts and bawdy behavior (the four Bs!), the 13th Annual Show-Me Burlesque festival is bringing glit...
When the Missouri legislature brought back tax credits for film productions, there was hope it would lead to a boom in big-budget movies being made locally even beyond On Fire, the adaptation of...
For Opera Theatre of St. Louis, the past few years were tough. The pandemic upended the viewing habits of many of its biggest fans, who stopped attending live theater as COVID-19 ravaged the nat...
Get ready to laugh, St. Louis. This morning, Stifel Theater (1400 Market Street) announced that three very funny people will be visiting town this year. First up are Patton Oswalt and Tig Notaro...
Emanuel Taranu, a self-described “humble carpenter and urban prospector” was hunting for treasure in the Delmar Loop when RFT photojournalist Zachary Linhares came across him on April 20. An...
In theater, the term jukebox musical is most often used to refer to a musical that features a singular songbook, usually popular tunes from an era, performer or group. Moulin Rouge! The Musical,...
After producing several successful theatrical cabarets this spring, the Midnight Company turns its attention to the stage with an impressive production of Mickle Maher’s Spirits to Enforce. Th...
St. Louis is full of pride. We're not talking hometown pride, though that's cool, too. We're speaking Pride, capital P.
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Thursday 05/09 Too Good to Be True If you're one of the hundreds of thousands (or should that even be millions?) of theater lovers who thrilled to the glorious falsettos in Jersey Boys, the show...
Move over, baby zebra. Baby tiger triplets? You're yesterday's news.
Before there were theories about the devastating effects of social media or video games or Tide Pods on young brains, there was one about comic books. “Back in the day, Dr. Wertham was real...
Matthew Lopez’s The Inheritance Part 1 & Part 2 is a brilliant exploration of the legacy of AIDS on the lives and communal history of gay men. Last week, Tesseract Theatre Company stunned audi...
Last month, on April 16, the Saint Louis Zoo (1 Government Drive, stlzoo.org) welcomed a female Grevy zebra foal — Roxie. The adorable foal, who weighed 95.8 pounds at birth, was the first eve...
If you associate Sauget solely with strip clubs and heavy industry, prepare to be shook: Next weekend, the East Side town originally christened Monsanto, Illinois, is going to be crawling with k...
Literary fans will unite as St. Louis literary magazine december premieres its St. Louis LitFest at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (3750 Washington Boulevard) on Friday, May 17. The new...
It's going to be a busy Friday at the Saint Louis Art Museum (One Fine Arts Drive, slam.org) as the museum opens two exhibits that draw on its permanent collection. Both Romare Bearden: Resonanc...
Epic tales span generations, connecting historic events to contemporary perspectives and building a bridge of understanding. Such is the case with The Inheritance by Matthew Lopez. The play in t...
This is a week of revelations for Chelsea Handler. The saucy blonde comedian isn't slated to be on Real Housewives of New Jersey. Darn.
July 4th fireworks will be back at the grounds of the Gateway Arch National Park this summer, and after a one-year hiatus, the music is back, too, with the Urge and other bands set to play throu...
On the corner of Delmar Boulevard and Old Bonhomme Road sits University City’s newest boutique, Briefly Beautiful (8149 Delmar Boulevard). It's full of bright colors and vintage pieces — thi...
Saint Louis Art Museum will go back to the past this summer — with two fan favorites making encore presentations at its beloved Art Hill film series. Those films, Back to the Future and Meet M...
My neighbor told me she plans to cut down her tree and my heart stopped. The tree in question is an enormous Japanese maple that covers her yard and spills into my own. In the spring, it splashe...
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St. Louis’ 21c Museum Hotel was named one of the “41 Best New Hotels in North America and Europe 2024” by Esquire last month. 21c Museum Hotel (1528 Locust Street) opened last year in D...
For 25 years, Gene Salecker worked as a university police officer. There, Salecker met his wife, a professor, who inspired him to transition to the classroom, where he taught eighth grade for 12...