Poor Things is a movie about a woman who receives a second chance to get to know her vagina. That’s what happens to Bella Baxter (Emma Stone), a formerly dead lady who is found and brought back to life by a deformed mad scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe), whom she refers to only as God.
Because apparently Taylor Swift’s birthday is around the corner, and St. Louis Swifties act like it’s a national holiday. Yes, the St. Louis Public Library is throwing a Taylor Con, because nothing says "happy birthday" like people you don’t know dressing up like you.
A small park in the heart of South Grand’s business district would be kept on a tight curfew under a new proposal at the Board of Aldermen. Board Bill 179, which will be introduced by Alderwoman Daniela Velázquez on Friday, December 8, calls for Ritz Park to close at 6 p.m. and open at 6 a.m. from November 1 to March 31.
A 27-year-old St. Louis man is now facing charges for killing another man two years ago near the City Museum downtown. Around 4 a.m. on November 20, 2021, officers found Sandro Bajric, 28, on North 15th Street between Lucas Avenue and Delmar Boulevard, dead of a single gunshot wound through his back.
A 22-year-old man who attempted suicide in St. Louis police custody two weeks ago has now died, his family confirmed. On November 29, DeJuan Cole was in custody at the police's Central Patrol Division near Downtown West when he attempted to end his own life.
Prepare to hear '80s anthems like "Pour Some Sugar on Me" and "Don't Stop Believin'" live from Busch Stadium this summer. Eighties rock icons Journey, Def Leppard and Cheap Trick will kickstart a 23-city tour in St. Louis on July 6 as part of Def Leppard's 2024 Stadium Tour.
An internationally known director has lent his talents to a rap group in St. Louis. DOUG released their jazz-and-rap infused single, "Buy You The World," on November 22 along with a music video directed by Anthony Gaddis. Gaddis, a director, illustrator and creative director, co-directed several music videos for tracks on deceased rapper Mac Miller's album, Swimming.
As was famously said in Elf: "Tomorrow, 10 a.m., Santa's coming to town!” Well, make that 5:45 p.m. on Thursday, December 21 — and Santa is bringing Buddy. That's when the Moonrise Hotel and Eclipse Restaurant (6177 Delmar) invites Elf fans to help celebrate the 20th anniversary of the beloved Christmas film with dinner and a movie in the Gemini Room.
There were no Palestinian restaurants in St. Louis when Amjed Abdeljabbar returned to the area at age 11. The Hazelwood native, who’d moved overseas as a child, is not talking about Middle Eastern food in general but about the specific spices and variations that are unique to Palestinian fare — and he missed it.
Maternal mortality rates in impoverished areas of Missouri have historically rivaled that of third-world countries. The state's now directing money to do something about it. Governor Mike Parson's office announced yesterday that the Department of Health and Senior Services, DHSS, has a new plan to improve the health of pregnant women and their care after childbirth, fueled by the $4.3 million the governor previously asked the general assembly to allocate. Missouri’s "maternal mortality prevention plan" has five main focuses: Maternal Quality Care Protocols, Maternal Care Workforce, Optimize Postpartum Care, Maternal Health Access Project, and Improved Maternal Health Data.
The St. Louis Walk of Fame is stepping out of the Delmar Loop and into the pages of its new book. St. Louis Walk of Fame: 250 Years of Great St. Louisans highlights of 173 inductees including 27 of the newest to get a star including actor Jon Hamm, boxers Michael and Leon Spinks, TV host and producer Andy Cohen, football star Kurt Warner, Temptations vocalist Dennis Edwards, writer Jonathan Franzen, actor Jenifer Lewis, NASA mission controller Gene Kranz, musicians the Isley Brothers and bowler Pete Weber.
A candidate who wants to be the next sheriff of St. Louis says that he’s filed an ethics complaint against the current sheriff, accusing him of engaging in "illegal practices" to raise money for his reelection campaign. Former deputy and current candidate Alfred Montgomery says in his complaint against Sheriff Vernon Betts that Betts has forced deputies in his office to contribute money or in-kind donations to the campaign.
The first thing everyone asks Rick Giordano is what style of pizza his heavy metal eatery Headless Bat (3128 Morgan Ford Road) will serve. He’ll answer, “I just consider it good pizza,” but he admits that he questions the entire premise. “It's always strange to me that that's the first question,” Giordano says.
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore says he will run for a full term for the office next year. The announcement came this morning from Gore himself, who gave a press conference outside the Carnahan Courthouse downtown.
The Fabulous Fox Theatre takes visitors on a whimsical holiday journey as it welcomes the touring production of ‘Twas the Night Before… by Cirque du Soleil. The thoroughly entertaining holiday show uses Clement C. Moore’s beloved poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas” as its jumping-off point, figuratively and literally, for an evening filled with acrobatic moves and circus tricks.
Panera Bread's highly caffeinated lemonade has been accused of causing a second death. The family of Dennis Brown, a man who lived in Fleming Island, Florida, filed a wrongful death suit against the St. Louis-based fast-casual chain after Brown drank three servings of its "charged" lemonade and died of a heart attack. Brown, 46, had chromosomal deficiency disorder and ADHD but lived independently from his family. He was "very habitual," according to the suit, and often went to Panera after his job at a Publix grocery store.
Nine Black sanitation workers say that the City of St. Louis didn't pay them properly for overtime and that they were paid less than their white colleagues. A lawsuit filed in federal court earlier this week accuses the city's Refuse Division of violating state and federal wage laws by not properly compensating the employees at one and a half times their regular pay when they worked more than 40 hours in a given week.
As a former wrestler and a current assistant coach for the varsity wrestling team at St. John Vianney High School, Jim Walsh, founder of SportsSnax, felt something was missing in the lives of wrestlers: healthy and accessible snacks for games and tournaments. Walsh, a St. Louis local who has spent the majority of his life in the area, took the matter into his own hands.
Holiday revelers and partiers looking to take their celebrations to new highs should plan to pop into the Grandel Theatre for New Line Theatre’s original holiday musical spoof Jesus and Johnny Appleweed’s Holy Rollin’ Family Christmas. Penned by company artistic director Scott Miller, the story taps into a cross-section of weed culture and nostalgia to create a hilarious and upbeat musical for mature audiences.
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