Baby-Faced Justin Lawrence Stands 5'8", Weighs 165 Pounds and Can Kick Your Ass Six Different Ways
By Keegan Hamilton
Vol. 34, No. 11
Robert Heckel, St. Louis Homicide No. 23; Son-in-Law James Hart Then Kills Himself
By Chad Garrison
Tea Party Goes Crazier: Burn Russ Carnahan in Effigy, Spit on Mo. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver
The Tigers' Tournament Post-Mortem
By Aaron Schafer
East St. Louis Councilmen: Not Mathemeticians, But City is Going Bankrupt
So How Will Texas's New Ultra-Conservative Interpretation of History Affect Missouri?
By Aimee Levitt
House To Vote on Health Care Bill on Sunday, All But One Mo. Congressman Toes Party Line
Forbes Rates Enterprise's Jack Taylor Richest St. Louisan
Wash. U. Women's Basketball Team Takes National Title
Bill To Outlaw Fake Marijuana, K2, in Missouri Moves Forward
Show-Me Institute Trades Clayton Office for Site in St. Louis
Animal Rights Group Condemns Saint Louis Zoo for Elephant Pregnancies
St. Louis Economy Rebounding Faster Than National Average, Though Still Slowly
St. Louis Cop Avoids Jail Time in Corruption Case
By Kristen Hinman
St. Louis Animal Shelter Story Gets a Second Life in Post-Dispatch, and Oh What a Life!
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Rich Hill's Sinking Ship
Missouri House Votes to Outlaw Synthetic Marijuana, K2
Study: Black Mizzou Hoopsters Graduate FAR Less Often Than Their White Counterparts
By Nicholas Phillips
Family of Charles "Cookie" Thornton Evicted From Home in Meacham Park
Hannibal Man Accused of Stomping Dog to Death
Strikeforce Returns to St. Louis May 15 at Scottrade Center
Check Out This Baby Camel!
The Fights of Justin Lawrence: Justin Smith, Victim #1
Forty Percent of Missouri Teenagers Don't Use Seat Belts
Carnell Reed: Accused of Raping Two Women By Gunpoint in North County
Missouri Lawmaker Wants Women to Give Reason For Abortion
Joe Washington of Northeast Ambulance & Fire District Sentenced for Clean Air Violations
RFT readers bear down on the dangers of overweight patients and racial prejudice
NCAA Tourney Makes Today One of Least-Productive Work Days of Year
By Nick Lucchesi
Tabitha Williams: Maplewood Woman Hangs Herself in St. Louis Jail Cell
The Fights of Justin Lawrence: Nick Pope, Victim #3
St. Louis Meet UrbHub
By Bill Streeter
The Ever-Prickly Tony La Russa Grows Pricklier By the Day
By Ellis E. Conklin
Missouri Representatives "Draw A Line in the Sand" On Federal Health Care Reform
Azar Nafisi to Speak Thursday at Left Bank Books
Coming Monday: The RFT Site Gets a Long-Awaited Facelift
Contest: Tell Us Your Roller Derby Name, Win Roller Derby Tickets
BBB: Missouri is Puppy Mill Capital of U.S.
Jeffrey Manns: Alton Firefighter Can't Extinguish Flame of Passion Inside His Own Pants
Screw March Madness, Illinois State University Already Has a Circus
Heard the One About August Busch IV Getting Spanked in a Toledo Hotel Room?
Morgan Ensberg and The Night the Lights Went Out for Lidge
Lee Enterprises Throws Down the Gauntlet. Will The P-D Union Concede?
A Freak Shooting To Brighten Your Friday
Rod Blagojevich on Celebrity Apprentice: Week Two
Senate Bill Would Bar All Missouri Drivers From Texting
Missouri Deer Wasted, Chronically So
Who is Ass Clown of the Week? March 12-19?
Belleville News-Democrat Channels Its Inner Onion with Story of Man's Love Affair with Pot
Cents Less: Budget Cut of $7 Million Would Cost Missouri $38 Million in Federal Funds
An Evil Girl, a Dick-Punch and Helen Mirren: Last Week in craigslist Missed Connections
St. Patrick's Day Massacre: The Best Blues Hockey Fight of All-Time?
The Missouri High School Basketball Dunk of the Year
DeAndre Jones, St. Louis Homicide No. 22; Shot Outside His Home
St. Louis ACORN Has Quietly Closed Shop
Wanna Know Where Tigers Fans Are Watching the Mizzou-Clemson Game?
Fairmount Park Fiasco May Get Entire Illinois Racing Board Fired
Lake Saint Louis Approves Smoking Ban, Mayor Still Needs to Sign into Law
Stripper from St. Louis, Citing 1930s Labor Law, Sues Exotic Dance Club in Federal Court
Medieval Castle Under Construction in Ozarks
RFT T-Shirt Winners!
To the Kid Who Punched Me in the Face in the Loop Yesterday
St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame Confirms Blues' Place as City's Red-Headed Stepchild
Angela Robertson: Killed By Teenager Fleeing St. Louis Police in Stolen Car
Arlin Henderson: FBI Renews Effort to Find Missouri Boy Missing Since 1991
How They Voted on Health Care: Missouri and St. Louis Area Representatives
Ass Clown of the Week: Pomeranian-Stomping Joseph Bentley
Was Joseph Pulitzer Gay? And Other Questions Prompted by New Biography
Blunt Trauma: Illinois May Outlaw "Tobacco Wraps"
Photos: St. Patrick's Day Party in Dogtown Erupts in Drunken Brawl
Fight Nights! Golden Gloves Boxing Hits the South Broadway Athletic Club This Weekend
MMA Continues to Explode While Boxing Dies a Slow Death
Amazing Facts & Beyond: The History of Pole Dancing
By Dan Zettwoch
Belligerent Piano: Episode Three
By Timothy Lane
Ask a Mexican! Special San Diego Edition
The Cover of the March 18 Print Edition
Alex Chilton's Missouri Ties: How the First Big Star Reunion Happened in Columbia
By Annie Zaleski
John Mayer in St. Louis, March 20: "I don't even know what napalm means," "Chubby, Married Cougar who needs hugs" and Fifteen Other Nuggets
SXSW Days Three and Four: Big Star Tribute, Band of Horses, Marianne Dissard, Jakob Dylan, Courtyard Hounds, Boxer Rebellion, KDHX/Twangfest Day Party -- and More
By Roy Kasten
A Mexico-Based Competitor to SXSW Kicks Off this Weekend
By Liz Deichmann
Coming Next Week: An Exclusive Excerpt from Author Steve Almond's New Book, Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life
Show Review: John Doe of X at Off Broadway, Tuesday, March 16
By Matthew Jackson
Download: Rockwell Knuckles' New CD, Choose Your Own Adventure
More New (Local) Tunes Thursday: Loose Screwz Drops a Solo Joint
Flashback: The Evening Whirl in Spin Magazine
This Week's St. Louis Show Flyers, March 18-24, 2010
An Exclusive Excerpt of Steve Almond's Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life, Part One
St. Louis Video: Dead Milkmen, "Notorious/Kill Duran Duran" at Mississippi Nights, 1987
Five SXSW Best Bets: Sleigh Bells, Best Coast + Three More Acts to Watch
SXSW Day One: Billy Bragg, Broken Bells, Miranda Lee Richards, Jason Collett, Fanfarlo + more!
Download New Tef Poe Album: Money Never $leep$
Gotta Be Karim Reps Delmar Ave. in New Video, "When You See Me"
CD Review: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Puts the "Brutal" in The Brutalist Bricks
Five Musicians We'd Like to See on Yo Gabba Gabba!
By Robin Wheeler
The Jive and Wail Opening an Outpost Downtown
R.I.P. Ron Lundy, St. Louis Radio Hall of Famer
New (Local) Tunes Thursday: Tilts Rocks Your Face, while Fallout Finds His Groove
Hum Doing a Show at the Old Rock House in May
Photos of Alex Chilton Tribute at SXSW. Plus Marianne Dissard, Jakob Dylan, Courtyard Hounds
10 Things to Do for $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, March 19-21, 2010
By Amir Kurtovic
A-B's Place Closing After Tonight
Review: The Aquabats, Mustard Plug and Samuriot at the Firebird, Sunday, March 21
By Ryan Wasoba
Interview: Mo'Nique Brings Her Not-So-Precious Stand-Up Act to the Fox Theatre This Friday
By Julie Seabaugh
Who Is Responsible for YouTube Video Sensation iamamiwhoami?
By Diana Benanti
St. Louis Show Announcements: Week of March 17
St. Louis Weekend Concert Highlights: Friday, March 19 to Sunday, March 21
Show Review + Photos: Jay-Z, Young Jeezy and Trey Songz at the Scottrade Center, Friday, March 19
By Calvin Cox
SXSW Day Two: KDHX/Twangfest Day Party, Ray Davies, John Hiatt, Morning Benders, Roky Erickson/Okkervil River -- and More
Review: Yo Gabba Gabba! Live! at the Fabulous Fox, Sunday, March 21
"Mischievous RV" Forces Cancellation of April Smith and the Great Picture Show Tour Dates
R.I.P. Alex Chilton, Box Tops and Big Star Legend, 1950-2010
The Eagles Headlining Busch Stadium, Bring Along Dixie Chicks
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! The White Stripes' New DVD, Under Great White Northern Lights Screening at the Halo Bar
Kings of Leon Making Its Annual Pilgrimage to St. Louis
Roc of Ages: Jay-Z made a huge splash when he returned to the game. The ripples have quite a reach.
By Dan LeRoy
Yo Gabba Gabba!'s co-creator talks about the show's success (and hometown boy DJ Lance Rock)
The Cat's Meow: The HEARding Cats collective brings new sounds to St. Louis
David Gray
8 p.m. Friday, March 19. The Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center, One University Drive at Natural Bridge Road on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
By Tom Finkel
Sound Tribe Sector 9
8 p.m. Friday, March 19, and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 20. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.
By Christian Schaeffer
John Mayer
8 p.m. Saturday, March 20. Scottrade Center, 1401 Clark Avenue.
Appleseed Cast
8 p.m. Saturday, March 20. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
8 p.m. Tuesday, March 23. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.
By Shae Moseley
The Cave Singers
9 p.m. Tuesday, March 23. The Billiken Club, 20 North Grand Boulevard, in the Busch Student Center on the campus of Saint Louis University.
Past Lives
8 p.m. Wednesday, March 24. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.
Circa Survive
7:30 p.m. Monday, March 22. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.
By Scott Heisel
Homespun: Last to Show First to Go
Short Cuts (self-released)
Homespun: Last to Show First To Go, Short Cuts
Justin and Danielle Leszcz chucked the 9-to-5 in favor of a 3,700-square-foot farm in Affton
Five Restaurants Where You Get Great Free Food Along with the Food You Pay For
By April Seager
This Week's Tip of the Tongue Newsletter
By Courtney Schilling
Fish Fry Frenzy, Week 4: St. Mary Magdalen in Brentwood
The Morning Brew: 3.18
Learn the Art of Soup with Local Harvest's Clara Moore
Food Wire: Wash. U. to Start Serving Tomatoes Again
St. Louis Food Blog Digest: 3.13-3.19
Chef's Choice: Leanna Russo of BitterSweet Bakery
Yoga for Foodies Succeeds in Creating Mind and Belly Balance
Cold Pizza Pi!
By Sara White
The Dive Bomber: Corned and Car Bombed at Foley's Tavern, Belleville
#95: Baby-Back Ribs at 17th Street Bar & Grill
By Ian Froeb
Drink Cheap! St. Louis Wine List Bargains Revealed #1
By Dave Nelson
#94: Onion Soup at Brasserie by Niche
A Pinot Grigio Worth Paying For?
The Royale Takes a Respite for Spring Cleaning
Gut Check's Week in Tweets
The Wearing, Giving Away and Eating of the Green at Chipotle
The Morning Brew: 3.17
The Morning Brew: 3.19
Chef's Choice Recipe: Leanna Russo's Hand Pies
Photos: Justin and Danielle Leszcz's 3,700-Square-Foot Farm -- in Affton
Twitter Fight, Take Two: How Chipotle Uses Social Media
The Morning Brew: 3.16
Go from Guinness Zero to Guinness Hero in 10 Easy Steps!
Top Five Worst Things People Found in Their Food (Not Counting the Chili Finger)
Dinner and a Movie: "IMAX Under the Sea" and Captain D's
Michelob's Ginger Wheat Beer Arrives in Stores
The Morning Brew: 3.22
This Week in Gut Check, Regurgitated
Chef's Choice, Part 2: Leanna Russo of BitterSweet Bakery
James Beard Foundation Honors Gerard Craft
Barnes and Ignobles: The battle over a Philadelphia art collection — as culture, money and power collide — in The Art of the Steal
By Melissa Anderson
The Good Old Days
By Paul Friswold
Terrifick!
History in the Making
By Alison Sieloff
What Happened to Amelia?
Words -- Gone Bad
Get Along, Little Corn doggies
By Ms. Day
Fly, Fly Away
Pearls on Film
Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power
Modern Problems
By Jason Toon
Stronger Together
By Nicole Beckert
Illuminating the Mysteries of India
Go Bald -- It's Beautiful
Joe Buck to Moderate Upcoming Gateway Arch Design Briefing for Joe Public
Artgasm: This Weekend's Art Openings March 19 - 21, 2010
Gutenberg! The Musical! looks good on paper — and in the flesh
By Dennis Brown
Featured Review: The Michael Jackson Series
By Jessica Baran
Slay Anything: A risky gamble on Crime and Punishment pays off at the Rep
St. Louis Art Capsules
Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene
St. Louis Stage Capsules
Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the St. Louis theater scene
By Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold