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Besarta "Bessa" Asani sees it all the time: A guest will come into her Warson Woods restaurant, order a drink, then an appetizer, and linger for a bit.

Besarta "Bessa" Asani sees it all the time: A guest will come into her Warson Woods restaurant, order a drink, then an appetizer, and linger for a bit.

Founded in 2016 by Timothy Stokely, affectionately nicknamed the “king of homemade porn,” OnlyFans has become an insanely popular earning platform over the last six years, growing from 384,000 creators to 1.6 million just in 2020. The website has been the subject of controversy, mentioned in pop culture, and a significant source of income worldwide, paying out $5 billion to its creators every year.

Fifty hours of previously unreleased audio from meetings of the St. Louis airport advisory working group have been posted online. Lawyer Mark Pedroli, whose sunshine requests led to the audio's release, is hoping to do a "crowd sourced" investigation of the dozens of hours of content for any impropriety.

Fifty hours of previously unreleased audio from meetings of the St. Louis airport advisory working group have been posted online. Lawyer Mark Pedroli, whose sunshine requests led to the audio's release, is hoping to do a "crowd sourced" investigation of the dozens of hours of content for any impropriety.

Since childhood you've likely been watching Brook Dubman's wacky Carol House Furniture commercials, in which he wears blindfolds, treats customers like they're in their own living rooms, or does silly Law & Order-style interrogations. His dad, who founded the company, started casting him in the commercials when Brook was nineteen, and his younger sister Amy soon joined as well.

If you search for classic St. Louis foods on Google, you would be hard-pressed not to find a mention of toasted ravioli.

The last few days have seen a flurry of revelations about the passing of Cora Faith Walker, the chief policy officer for St. Louis County Executive Sam Page. After her March 11 death, following the birthday party for her close friend Mayor Tishaura Jones, stories from the Post-Dispatch and other outlets stirred intrigue and criticized the Jones' administration's handling of the incident's aftermath, only to be met with sharp criticism from Jones' supporters and mounting evidence countering the narrative.

For the past 39 years, Hamishe Bahrami has been taking care of St. Louis diners, first through the Little Kitchen and next, though the wildly popular Persian mainstay, Cafe Natasha's (3200 South Grand Boulevard, 314-771-3411). Now, the beloved matriarch is ready for the next chapter in her life, and by extension, the restaurant is too: Cafe Natasha's will close for good after service on April 30th.

If your furry friend loves to go for a car ride, just think about how much they’ll love to go for a ride on a giant Ferris wheel.

This summer just got better: The Saint Louis Art Museum (1 Fine Arts Drive) has announced its Art Hill Film Series will return this July.

For one fleeting moment, Eric Schmitt has landed on the side of democracy.

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Tasha Smith finally has room to stretch her elbows in her new kitchen. At her old spot on Cherokee, she’d box up her customers' orders to go and watch them leave with their food or sit in their car and eat.

A little over four years ago, the Maryland-based rock outfit Two Inch Astronaut announced an indefinite hiatus and dashed all hopes of a sequel to the band's excellent 2017 album Can You Please Not Help. Instead, songwriter Sam Rosenberg followed up his former band's nearly ten-year tenure with a move to Chicago and a subsequent transformation into a goblin.

If you were a fan of over-the-top, rubber-faced comedy in the mid-’90s, you’ve probably heard Cannibal Corpse without even realizing it. The Florida-based death metal band made a cameo appearance in 1994’s Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, in a scene that sees the film’s eponymous hero awkwardly cutting a rug on the dance floor during a song titled “Hammer Smashed Face.” It’s a ridiculous little bit of trivia, but it’s honestly no more ridiculous than anything else about Cannibal Corpse.

Whether she’s performing as a solo act or leading a world-class band through a set of hybrid R&B and soul, Mary Elizabeth Jo Dixen Pelenaise Kapi’olani Lawson has made the U.S. Great Plains both a home and venue where she lives through her art. From 2009 to 2014 Lawson cultivated her voice and approach to songwriting through the EveryPeople Workshop, an interdisciplinary performance group based in Chicago.

Christians date for marriage. Our faith instructs us to do many things differently, which means we may have some difficulty finding partners who share our beliefs if we go through the conventional dating apps.

UPDATE 10:51 AM: New details below. UPDATE 9:55 AM: St. Louis police have confirmed that a 68-year-old man died during yesterday's St. Patrick's Day Parade & Irish Festival in Dogtown.