Schlafly Beer's Full Moon Festival will return this winter fully equipped with live music, pig roasting and lots of beer from the St. Louis-based brewery. The event will take over Schlafly Bottleworks (7260 Southwest Avenue, Maplewood) from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. on November 9, Schlafly announced on Tuesday. It will feature with a variety of activities from local restaurants, musicians and beer.
Last night Republican candidate for U.S. Senate and Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt tweeted that "American needs a @kanyewest @KidRock tour. Let's go!" Schmitt's decision to reveal himself as a Kanye fan at this exact moment has raised some eyebrows.
For the past six years, Lisa and Armin Grozdanic have been spreading sandwich joy to south St. Louis with their restaurant Yapi Mediterranean Subs and Sandwiches, first at a storefront in Southampton, which they eventually relocated to St. Louis Hills. Now, the husband and wife team is yet again preparing to move Yapi to an entirely different part of town. In an interview with the Riverfront Times, Lisa Grozdanic confirms that she and her husband closed their St. Louis Hills location on September 17 in preparation for Yapi's new chapter — a storefront on the eastern edge of the Central West End on Vandeventer Avenue, diagonal from City Foundry.
If playwright Noël Coward’s Private Lives is to be believed, relationships a century ago were every bit as complex and seemingly inexplicable as they are today. The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis’s (130 Edgar Road, Webster Groves; 314-968-4925; www.repstl.org) rollicking production embraces the sophisticated slapstick of Coward’s comedy of manners while humorously challenging the more blatantly outdated misogyny. Recently married, Elyot and Sybil Chase are enjoying the view from the terrace of a hotel in France.
Testimony under oath by a former employee at St. Louis Animal Care and Control is raising concerns about the agency's manner of euthanizing dogs. In a deposition, a former veterinary technician at the agency's Olivette facility stated that she heard complaints about and witnessed a veterinarian "slamming" dogs down on their sides when they were not fully sedated — a way to gain compliance so the fatal drug could be administered to end their lives. The deposition is related to the ongoing lawsuit stemming from a dog that was allegedly wrongfully euthanized — Erin Bulfin's dog, Daisy.
Cool Valley sits among the dozens of towns wedged around St. Louis Lambert International Airport and the University of Missouri-St. Louis campus like pieces in a jigsaw puzzle. With only 1,127 residents, Cool Valley is one of those little burgs that's hardly ever in the news unless something very bad happens.
The St. Louis metro area has seen a rash of pedestrians struck and killed by cars in the past two days as calls for safer streets grow louder. The RFT previously reported that around 6:45 p.m. on Sunday a woman was hit by a car at Gravois and Spring avenues in Tower Grove South. She died as a result of her injuries.
A St. Louis-area woman darted away from police, stole a cop car and crashed it into a tree on Sunday afternoon. A video of the incident, posted on Twitter by @EssBeeSaid, has gone viral, with nearly 1.5 million views, 45,000 likes and 4,000 retweets. Around 1 p.m. on October 9, North County Police Cooperative officers responded to a report of a woman dealing with possible mental-health issues and substance abuse, according to KSDK.
A 44-year-old man is still in the hospital recovering after being shot in the mouth while in the parking lot of Pop's Nightclub & Concert Venue in Sauget, Illinois, Saturday morning. The shooting occurred around 5:30 a.m.
If you watch this space regularly (and of course you do!) then you know that your friendly local weed critic Tommy Chims was recently given the opportunity to serve as a judge for the People's Choice Edition of Illinois Cannabis Cup.
A fatal hit and run occurred early this morning in north county, near Normandie Golf Club. The St. Louis County Police Department said that around 2:50 a.m. officers responded to St. Charles Rock Road and Normandy Avenue to find an adult man lying on the ground after apparently having been struck by a vehicle. The man was transported to the hospital, but succumbed to his injuries.
This weekend, ring in the Halloween season at St. Louis’ most iconic destination. On Saturday, October 15, the Gateway Arch will host a night of thrills and chills with its Frights and Heights event.
A Missouri business owner was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison on Thursday for his role in a health care scheme that submitted more than $7.5 million of fraudulent claims to Medicare. Jamie McCoy, 42, of Jackson, Missouri, pleaded guilty in November 2020 to three felonies before being sentenced last week. McCoy owned AE Wellness, a company that supplied durable medical equipment, including orthotic braces, to patients.
After the first monkeypox infection hit the City of St. Louis in July, the number of infections has increased in recent weeks. The St. Louis Department of Health reported 52 cases of monkeypox in St. Louis on Thursday –– up from 36 two weeks ago. Cases in Missouri have stayed lower than most states with 128 total cases, the 29th highest in the country.
Philip H. Dybvig, an expert in banking and finance at Washington University, won the 2022 Nobel Prize in economic sciences. His win was announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences today.
For as long as I've been drinking the stuff, I've enjoyed coffee with my weed. On its surface, it's a quizzical preference; why add an upper into the mix when the entire point of smoking weed is to send oneself into a calm, relaxing state?
Robert Fischer, director of communications for the LGBTQ+ advocacy nonprofit PROMO, sees the organization's upcoming Brunch of Champions as a fun way to celebrate the region's queer community and its allies. But more importantly, he emphasizes just how vital this annual fundraiser is to the fight for equality in Missouri. "The profits from ticket sales and sponsorships go directly toward funding urgent legislative efforts in Missouri," Fischer explains.
Taco lovers will have an embarrassment of riches this week. St. Louis Taco Week starts today and goes through Sunday, October 16. More than 30 area restaurants will be offering $5 taco specials.
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