Legendary alternative-rock band Wilco has announced an international tour — with a stop in St. Louis. St. Louisans can catch the band in its upcoming show at the Stifel Theatre (1400 Market Street) on October 26 at 7:30 p.m.Â
A 59-year-old St. Louis man was caught on surveillance video earlier this week wearing a headlamp and using a rake to reach through a Dairy Queen drive-thru window and steal a box full of donations. David Meshoto is facing burglary and stealing charges after police say the headlamp-wearing thief was captured on video opening the drive-thru window at the St. Louis Hills Dairy Queen on Hampton Avenue, reaching in and trying to steal the donation box, which an employee tells the RFT was collecting money for St. Jude's Children's Hospital. According to a police probable cause statement, the box was just out of reach for Meshoto, who left the premises.
The Kansas City Royals announced on Tuesday that it is partnering with Pure Spectrum CBD, a company that produces hemp-derived cannabis products, according to Marijuana Moment. The team is only the second Major League Baseball team to form a partnership with a cannabis company. The first was the Chicago Cubs, who partnered with MYND Drinks, a CBD sparking beverage brand.
This story was commissioned by the River City Journalism Fund. The St. Louis College Kids program is an example of a Child Development Account, or CDA, which are savings or investment accounts that begin as early as birth or kindergarten.
This story was commissioned by the River City Journalism Fund. If you’ve fed coins into a St. Louis parking meter or paid one of the city’s increasingly expensive parking tickets since 2016, then you’ve put money into the system that pays for the College Kids Children’s Savings Account program.
As of May 1, St. Louis city has a real Jewish deli — finally — thanks to our very own Ben Poremba opening the doors at the long-awaited Deli Divine in the new Delmar DivINe building. When we say long-awaited, we're serious. Even Poremba, who already has more than a handful of well-regarded restaurants in his portfolio, took pause before diving into the project.
This morning, firefighters in Jefferson County used airbags and other hydraulic tools to rescue a Cedar Hill man whose garage had collapsed on him. According to a Facebook post from the Cedar Hill Fire Protection District, emergency crews got a call around 10 a.m. about a person trapped in a collapsed building in a residential area. Upon arriving at the scene on Ruble Lane, firefighters found that multiple buildings had collapsed and that the man who had called 911 was trapped beneath a detached garage.
Yesterday in St. Louis City Circuit Court, prosecutors filed to dismiss three murder charges stemming from an alleged July 2020 drive-by shooting. It was the second go around in dismissing the case.
In a renovated apartment above Apotheosis Comics & Lounge, Sarah Fuhrmann starts a restorative yoga session with an affirmation. "You're not here to fix anything, find anything new or look for anything different," Fuhrmann says.
Home-field advantage has long been a truism in sports. St. Louis CITY SC currently boasts a 6-2 record in eight home MLS matches so far. CITY has scored 22 goals and conceded six goals in those eight matches.
While Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is known for composing some of the most beautifully textured and artistically pleasing operas of his time, many don’t realize that his subject matter was often much less elevated than his scores. Such is the case with the bawdy, comic opera Così fan tutte.
Many in St. Louis are rejoicing because Matt Rife is touring and has announced a date in St. Louis at the Stifel Theatre (1400 Market Street, stifeltheatre.com) later this year. The TikTok-famous comedian has shot to superstardom in recent months with his funny (but sometimes semi-problematic) jokes being shared in short clips all over social media outlets. (That’s why the tour is called “ProbleMATTic.” Get it?
A bill that would limit who can open carry guns in St. Louis city has divided leaders at the Board of Aldermen. Ward 8 Alderwoman Cara Spencer previously told the RFT that her Board Bill 29 would require that someone possess a concealed carry permit if they want to openly carry a gun within city limits. She said that Kansas City currently has a similar law on its books and that in St. Louis it could be one of the few ways in to implement gun control in a sate with incredibly lax gun laws.
As a teen, Bill Hibdon shoveled sawdust at his grandfather’s mill nearly 70 years ago. The experience left a mark, and he’d later start his own wood import business that he'd run for decades.
A 33-year-old man from Missouri plotted with a Tennessee man to drive to the U.S.-Mexico border to murder both border agents and immigrants entering the country. However, Jonathan S. O'Dell, from Warsaw, Missouri, and Bryan C. Perry of Clarksville, Tennessee, posted quite a bit about their grisly plans on TikTok. The two men were indicted by a federal grand jury last week and are currently in custody.
Shakespeare Glen in Forest Park once again bursts to life with audiences gathering over picnic baskets and enjoying a free, professional production by the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival. A summer staple since the early 2000s, this year’s play, Twelfth Night, gets a vibrant, contemporary interpretation under the direction of Lisa Portes that ripples with life as bold style and infectious music accompany the Bard’s delightful romantic comedy.
Seal is my new life coach. Most of Seal’s Friday-night concert at the Stifel, billed as a 30-year celebration of the release of Seal’s first two albums, was classic Sealness, filled with his best-known songs and soul-haze vocals over first-rate instrumental craftsmanship served up with enough sensual charisma to induce spontaneous ovulation for those in the audience in the applicable age range, of which, admittedly, there weren’t many.
St. Louis sure loves its outdoor drinking and eating festivals, often centered on consumables that are delicious but a bit messy to eat from a paper plate while standing in a park (looking at you, barbecue). If you like the idea of an outdoor food fest but just feel like you haven’t found your version — the classy version — yet, then the Clayton Music & Wine Festival may be for you. Held in Carondelet Park (100 Block Carondelet Plaza, Clayton) this Saturday, June 10, the festival promises an “elegant” evening of wine, music and entertainment.
MONDAY, MAY 29. It’s glorious weather — one of those perfect St. Louis summer days that somehow lines up beautifully with one of our rarely allocated days off.
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