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MO Art Supply (6174 Delmar Boulevard) opened just east of the Delmar Loop in August, hoping to fill the void left by Blick's recent departure for South Hanley Road. But those dreams were short-lived. Co-founder Mohammed Qadadeh says the store will close for good on Sunday.

Fans of European travels and ocean views conjured by a French master of multiple mediums have much to celebrate this week, as the Saint Louis Art Museum (1 Fine Arts Drive; slam.org) welcomes its new Matisse and the Sea exhibit. The exhibition, which will be on display through Sunday, May 12, is the first to examine the significance of the sea and related imagery across  the well-known French visual artist Henri Matisse’s career. 

Thursday 02/22 The Three Bs This week's new Blues, Bourbon and Beer event promises to bring soulful blues music, savory hors d'oeuvres, crafted bourbon and local beer to downtown St. Louis on Thursday, February 22.

CITY Block Party w/ Smino, Bo Dean, DJ Sol 4 p.m. Saturday, February 24.

If you still believe in the written word when everyone else is glued to TikTok, if you're determined to see past the spin and to the truth, you might have what it takes to write or take photos for the Riverfront Times. And we're looking for a few smart college students to join us this summer. Our internship program is super flexible but also offers the potential to do ambitious work on a part-time schedule.

It’s the end of an era on the east side of the Mississippi River. For almost 30 years, the Malcolm W. Martin Memorial Park, which sits right across the river from the Arch, has hosted the Gateway Geyser.

Congresswoman Cori Bush is demanding that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy address the concerns of St. Louis residents experiencing sluggish mail. As reported by the RFT in January, that includes anecdotes of some neighborhoods getting delivery only once or twice a week — and tracked mail showing up sometimes nearly a week after its estimated delivery date.

It's been a tough few months for the increasingly notorious Daugherty family of St. Louis — but things could get even worse. Last month, the City of St. Louis filed a lengthy lawsuit against members of the family and their associates, accusing them of running a massive illegal rooming house scheme out of dozens of condemned properties they own in the city. 

This story was commissioned by the River City Journalism Fund. On December 13, 1930, about 2,000 people representing the elite of St. Louis society gathered at the Bridle Spur Hunt Club in Huntleigh Village to celebrate the dedication of a newly paved highway.

The city’s Preservation Board will again weigh allowing a developer to demolish City Museum founder and St. Louis sculptor Bob Cassilly’s workshop. This isn’t the first time a demolition permit has been requested for the workshop at 2645 Lafayette Avenue in the city’s Gate District. 

Police blocked off a swath of Jefferson Avenue near Lafayette Square as an individual barricaded himself in a nearby home and was in a standoff with police and U.S. Marshals this morning. Officers with the St. Louis County Police Department were working with U.S. Marshals to take a suspect into custody when that suspect barricaded himself in a home on the 2300 block of Albion Place, just west of Lafayette Park.

If you're looking for a casual place to nosh this summer, you might want to check out the new wine garden being opened by one of the most acclaimed restaurants in town. Vicia (4260 Forest Park Avenue) announced today that it will be opening Vicia Wine Garden during the summer months. The counter-service spot will take over the open-air pavilion previously home to Vicia's spinoff Taqueria Morita, a casual taco spot that proved so successful, it's getting its own four-seasons space in what used to be Wasabi.

Andy Taylor is on a quest: He wants to discover the best pizza in St. Louis. And he’ll leave no slice uneaten in his pursuit.

The 21c Museum Hotel (1528 Locust Street) is home to beautifully crafted pieces of art, including its well-known immersive staircase, its crew of orange penguins, its upstairs museum with rotating exhibits and the billiards room, which is currently hosting the Elevate at 21c art exhibit.  Elevate at 21c showcases the work of St. Louis artists, highlighting the depth of visual culture in the ever-changing city.

314 Day — Thursday, March 14 — is right around the corner and St. Louis is ready. Eager to be in the spotlight, St. Louis is kicking things off earlier with festivities beginning on Saturday, March 9 with an array of exciting events, celebrations and special deals highlighting local makers, musicians, artists, businesses, organizations and neighborhoods that are proudly #STLMade. 

Earlier this month, a YouTube explorer with a big following put Nelly's abandoned mansion in Wildwood on blast — and now TikTok is full of copycats making their own visits. So many would-be suburban explorers are visiting the empty mansion, in fact, that a recent TikTok video captures one set of trespassers running into another. While the place may have no permanent residents, it's increasingly hard to call it "abandoned" with so many people coming and going.

The Repertory Theater of St. Louis amazes audiences with an inventive, multi-sensory production of Moby Dick, adapted and directed by David Catlin. The constantly in motion three-act show distills Herman Melville’s dense and detailed novel into its most significant moments while delivering the entirety of the story.

A spokesman for Mayor Tishaura Jones is clapping back at Fox & Friends after the cable news show broadcast two hit pieces on St. Louis — pieces relying on a disgraced former police detective as well as a state senator who lives a full hour outside the city. “We saw the Fox & Friends segments regarding St. Louis crime and noticed that you may be lacking some essential facts regarding crime and safety in the City of St. Louis,” writes Director of Communications Conner Kerrigan, proceeding to outline some of the missing information — including the fact that crime was down dramatically in St. Louis last year.

In September 1941, German physicist Werner Heisenberg made a secretive visit to his former mentor and friend Niels Bohr and his wife Margrethe in occupied Denmark. In the St. Louis Actors’ Studio’s production of Copenhagen, by Michael Frayn, the three finally meet again in the afterlife in an attempt to understand what transpired that day.

So how many country music fans will venture out on a Thursday night in February to the Old Rock House in St. Louis to see an up-and-coming country singer-songwriter? Plenty.