Last night, a pedestrian was struck and killed by a car near an area of St. Louis' south city which has recently seen increased calls by residents to make streets safer. This morning, KMOV reported that around 6:45 p.m. Sunday a woman was hit by a car at Gravois and Spring avenues in Tower Grove South.
This story originally appeared in the Missouri Independent. While announcing a plan to pardon those with prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession, President Joe Biden urged governor’s to follow suit for those convicted of state offenses. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, who has granted clemency to more people than any Missouri governor in the past four decades, doesn’t appear ready to heed the president’s call.
If you’ve always wanted to be yelled at while shoving French fries in your face, your dream is about to come true. Karen’s Diner is planning to open in St. Louis by the end of the month and both masochists and foodies are thrilled. This diner is part restaurant, part performance where all of the staff hate you and are rude right to your face instead of hiding it like they do at other establishments.
This week, the RFT adds a new person to its masthead: theatre critic Tina Farmer. In fact, you can read her first review for us online now. Even beyond Farmer's take on Stray Dog Theatre's version of A Little Night Music, this addition is an exciting thing.
In 2008, then-state Representative Sam Page ran unsuccessfully for the post of Missouri lieutenant governor. But the man who managed Page's campaign would go on to a certain measure of success as a familiar face in the St. Louis region.
Love and all its vagaries find a musical home in A Little Night Music at Stray Dog Theatre (2348 Tennessee Avenue, 314-865-1995, straydogtheatre.org). Stephen Sondheim’s melodious and humorous look at finding and rediscovering love gets a light and buoyant interpretation in the company’s charming production. Smart casting and well-focused direction ensure the tale of romantic mischief and comeuppance is delightfully bawdy on its way to a happy ending for all.
After years of anticipation, Spring Church, the historic open-air church in midtown, will hold its opening celebration on Saturday. The event will last from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., highlighted by an hour-long performance from Young Artists of the St. Louis Symphony IN UNISON Chorus. Following the music, visitors will receive a tour of the space and historical facts about Spring Church’s history.
International arms deals could be taking place right here in St. Louis, according to an October 6 article published in the New York Times. In the piece, “She’s a Doctor. He Was a Limo Driver.
When Vijay Shroff wants to get across why people have such a connection to the Wine & Cheese Place (multiple locations including 7435 Forsyth Boulevard, Clayton; 314-447-9463), he draws upon his own childhood to paint a picture — long before he ever dreamed he'd own the store. "I was three when it opened, but I remember going into [what was then] the Roasting House and the Cheese Place with my dad on the weekends and smelling freshly roasted nuts and coffee," Shroff says. "It was just such a sensory experience as a child and brings up a memory of my dad."
If people have inhabited a region long enough, they are bound to have left something behind. If that's not some fancy ruins, it's often literal garbage.
An amusement park ride that killed a St. Louis teen in Florida will be torn down. Orlando Slingshot announced Thursday that the Orlando Free Fall ride, the world’s tallest free-standing drop tower, will be disassembled after public calls for the company to tear it down. Fourteen-year-old Tyre Sampson fell from his seat when he rode the free fall ride in March at Icon Park.
Kingside Diner, the popular chess-themed restaurant, is readying to add one more outlet to its growing brand. Owner Aaron Teitelbaum confirms that he will soon open an additional location in the St. Louis Lambert International Airport. The airport commission approved the Kingside site during its monthly board meeting on Wednesday.
Albert Pujols blasted his 703rd home run — the last regular season home run of his career — on October 3 in PNC Park. The ball landed in the hands of Mike Hutcheson, a Metro East native, who had traveled to the Pirates’ home stadium with the sole goal of catching an Albert Pujols home run. “I checked the schedule and realized they were playing in Pittsburgh for the final matchup of the year, and I was like, ‘I can probably do Pittsburgh, and nobody goes to Pittsburgh,’” Hutcheson, a Bellville native who lives in Trenton, Illinois, told the Belleville News-Democrat.
Walking through Katharina Grosse’s latest exhibition is like stumbling into a contemporary wonderland. Mystifying patterns, unlikely materials, and bold colors that should clash — but don’t — greet you at every turn. This is all par for the course for Grosse, an artist renowned for a vivid color palette and affinity for strange mediums.
Even if you're not a fashion maven, you've probably come across Diane von Fürstenberg. If you've ever donned a wrap dress — those soft jersey, subtly A-line, generally flattering-to-all belted numbers that became popular in the '70s and have stuck around since — well, then, you've worn something that's a descendant of a von Fürstenberg design, if not one of the originals, because she is widely credited with inventing the style.
A couple of months after Natasha Kwan and her husband, Rick Roloff, opened Station No. 3 (1956 Utah Street, 314-925-3883), she witnessed a profound moment in the gas-station-turned restaurant's dining room. There, her aunts and father, who were in town for a family reunion, paused to look at a photograph of their parents that had been taken long ago in the Philippines.
Federal prosecutors in Cape Girardeau have announced charges against a former Missouri police officer for violating two people's civil rights and then lying about it to the FBI. The indictment filed yesterday against former Piedmont Police Department officer Woodrow Massa, 66, alleges that Massa arrested and detained two people "despite the absence of an arrest warrant or probable cause.” Piedmont is a town of about 2,000 in the Ozark Foothills, about 80 miles west of Cape Girardeau.
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