MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13 Counties and even municipalities are gearing up to tax the heck out of recreational marijuana, the Post-Dispatch reports. Your friendly neighborhood pot dealer is looking more and more like a better bargain.
Once upon a time, eating fish on Ash Wednesday and Fridays during Lent was meant to be an act of sacrifice for St. Louis Catholics. That the church fish fry ritual has turned into a highly anticipated season fueled by margaritas, beer and so much of God's cod you'd grow gills if you hit them all might be organized religion's biggest irony, but sacrilege has never tasted so delicious.
Mardi Gras in St. Louis can be summed up in three words: puke, boobs and beads. Since you already expelled of the first, and getting rid of the second isn't against the point, here's an easy to take care of the third. Take your beads downtown to the St. Louis Aquarium ( 201 South 18th Street), and aquarium staff will recycle your beads for you.
South Grand patrons rejoice. La Crazy Margarita is now open at the corner of Hartford Street and Grand, enlivening a piece of restaurant real estate that had sat worryingly empty for months. Now, the atmosphere in the restaurant is bright and lively.
Add this to the list of reasons why libraries rock: St. Louis County Library now offers free access to New York Times Cooking. By clicking this link, you can access the thousands of recipes on New York Times Cooking — whether you have a library card or not. You'll still be asked to sign into a New York Times account but afterwards you'll get a code to access all of New York Times Cooking's recipes for 24 hours.
On February 10, the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital was rocked with explosive whistleblower allegations of “medically and morally appalling” treatment of young patients. The allegations were published on a news-commentary website called the Free Press.
Today's Mardis Gras parade took a turn for the unexpected when the truck pulling the St. Louis City SC float suddenly caught fire. According to KMOV, the truck caught fire around noon, near the intersection of Seventh Street and Shenandoah Avenue. Photos of the incident show fire crews at the scene, dousing the truck.
West End Players Guild sticks with a working formula with the romantic and funny Outside Mullingar. The pleasantly engaging and genuinely warm Irish comedy features an imperfect couple who are easy to cheer for and fun to watch.
A child brought a loaded gun to Principia Lower School (13201 Clayton Road; Town and Country) today. The gun was found by a teacher at around 8:45 a.m. The teacher was “assisting a 5-year-old student into an empty classroom, then discovered the gun inside the child’s tote bag,” according to Fox2Now.
The friendships among Black women and the strength and resilience those friendships can provide is at the center of Myah L. Gary’s moving and resonant Feminine Energy. The highly respected Mustard Seed Theatre returns to produce the well-executed staging, which began as part of the Confluence playwright workshop.
Four St. Louis men are facing federal charges after a police chase in north city led to the discovery of more than 1,500 fentanyl pills earlier this month. According to a probable cause statement, on February 1, Eddie Reed Sr. and Charles Robbins were driving a Volkswagen SUV with no front license plate on Natural Bridge Avenue near Union Boulevard. When police attempted to pull them over, the two men fled in the Volkswagen.
Celebrating its 50th anniversary season, St. Louis’ Metro Theater Company presents Spells of the Sea , a new musical for younger audiences. The imaginative musical thoughtfully addresses a bevy of emotions and experiences centered on fear, loss, grieving, acceptance and regaining hope. The performances capture the emotional tone of the script and integrate wonderfully with director Julia Flood’s fluid staging, simple but fanciful choreography by Tyler White and music director Deborah Wicks La Puma’s enveloping soundscape.
Flip back the yellowing pages of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch archives, and you'll find evidence of a scandal so Midwestern, so petty and so focused on moralizing, that you'll have a singular conclusion: only in St. Louis. The year was 1891, and the subject was "lady teachers." Just like in 2023, people couldn't help sticking their noses where they didn't belong.
Tony Bethmann learned early on the benefits that come from working hard in a professional kitchen. "I started riding my bike to Rich & Charlie's to wash dishes; it was the first job I got a paycheck at other than my dad's [farm]," Bethmann says. "I was 15 and had $20 dollar bills in my pocket.
Everyone’s favorite St. Louis hottie is back in the news talking up his favorite STL people, places and things. Ya boy Jon Hamm was interviewed by Frank Cusumano for the Ladue News (just that already is so St. Louis), and in the exchange he takes every opportunity to drop some serious local knowledge. He might live in Los Angeles now, but to hear him talk, Hamm is still living that toasted ravioli, Bread Co., Highway Farty Far life.
Have you ever been out in St. Louis after hours, wandering around hungry, finally settling for some generic fast food or maybe something unappealing from your own refrigerator? If this scenario sounds familiar, we have good news for you. Up Late, a new effort from Strange Donuts' front-of-house manager and baker Nathan Wright, will open within World's Fair Donuts (1904 South Vandeventer Avenue) on Saturday.
Living in St. Louis, it's easy to forget what Mardi Gras is not — that, by definition, it can't just be a giant all-Saturday street party in Soulard. The name translates to "Fat Tuesday," after all, and the original idea is that the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday is your last chance to indulge in hedonism before you abstain from meat and booze and le bon temps throughout Lent.
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