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RFT Reviews the Week: November 13 to November 19
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13. Clayton sees its first murder since 2006, and you would think Christ himself had returned after a 2,000-year absence — the breathless media coverage suggests a life in Clayton...
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Two Plumbers Barcade Levels Up to a New, Larger Space
Robert Schowengerdt and John Simon had decided they were tired of being grownups. The former was a collector of vintage arcade games who was burnt out at his day job animating training videos for the...
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Fox Theatre's TINA Cast Visits Tina Turner's High School
Founded in 1875, Sumner High was established as the first high school for African American students this side of the Mississippi. In its nearly 150 years, the high school has provided the educational...
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M.A.R.U. Offers St. Louis Space Rock — and Neon Frogs
“We are all alien,” the motto of St. Louis band Mobile Alien Research Unit (M.A.R.U.), invites listeners on a spiritual journey filled with existentialism, space rock jams and frogs. Michael Quintero,...
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St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gets Missouri AG Help on Post-Conviction Cases
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore has farmed out approximately 100 post-conviction relief cases filed with his office to an unusual assistant — Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey. These cases,...
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Dirty 20 Nerd Bar Seeks to Be a Dungeons & Dragons Hub in Ballwin
For as long as Jason Moughton can remember, he wanted to open a restaurant. But it wasn't until 2019 when that dream kicked into high gear — because that's when Moughton found Dungeons & Dragons....
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Old Dominion Brought the Joys of Arena Rock to St. Louis — And St. Louis Was...
Old Dominion is a country band, we’re told. The band’s stop at Enterprise Center on Saturday night also told us that the country music industrial machine has pulled off a marketing revolution by...
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Kabul Express' Dishes Delight and Surprise in the Patch
Kauash Adalat was born in Afghanistan but moved when he was a child to India, then to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Russia and, eventually, Germany. All this context coalesces when you taste the chicken...
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The Crack Fox's Pandemic Pivot Means Craft Cocktails, Mocktails and More
The 1981 blockbuster film Escape from New York was shot in St. Louis because Hollywood knew it could pass off our beleaguered downtown as a post-apocalyptic Manhattan. While the urban canyons at our...
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SLU Reversed Agreement on Historic Buildings, Advocates Charge
The days appear numbered for two historic buildings in the heart of Midtown — and preservationists blame Saint Louis University for speeding up the timeline to demolish them. The buildings at 3223 and...
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St. Louis Apartment Manager Charged with Murdering Trespasser
A south St. Louis property manager is facing murder charges after fatally shooting a man who allegedly broke into one of the units in an apartment building he managed. According to a police probable...
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The Tina Turner Musical Reminds Us Why She's '(Simply) The Best'
The first national tour of Tina – the Tina Turner Musical is currently playing at the Fox Theatre, and you don’t have to be a fan of St. Louis to thoroughly enjoy the effusive and uplifting show. With...
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Palestine Supporters Again Seek to Disrupt Boeing in St. Charles
Pro-Palestine protestors have again assembled outside of the Boeing plant in St. Charles to rally against the company’s weapons manufacturing — this time with a much larger crowd. About 150 people...
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Man Jailed 8 Months After Charges Dropped Deserves Nothing, City Says
Does the City of St. Louis owe anything to a man it accidentally kept locked in jail for eight months after the charges against him were dropped? That’s the question now facing a three-judge panel on...
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Things to Do on Thanksgiving in St. Louis This Year
Perhaps more than any other holiday, Thanksgiving is notorious for being all about family and food and staying inside with the aforementioned. Still, sometimes you want to get out and meet up with a...
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Looking Meadow Cafe Brings Its Community to Maplewood
Looking Meadow Cafe (2500 Sutton Boulevard, Maplewood; lookingmeadowcoffeeco.com) might have opened its doors in late September, but owner Jamie Herman served her first cup of coffee long before that....
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Materia Is Drawing Huge Crowds to Its Monthly Raves
No one seems to care that the building next to the club is on fire. It's about 11:30 p.m., and people in the line of twenty-somethings outside the warehouse in St. Louis' Near North Riverfront...
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How Phil Wright Became St. Louis' Go-To Harmonica Player
He is Phil "the Thrill" Wright. The Wright Stuff.
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How a Jamestown Mall Sculpture Was Saved from the Wrecking Ball
After writer Shannon Howard's recent report on the secrets of Jamestown Mall, she found herself wondering about one last secret: What happened to the sculptures that once had a home there? Here's what...
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The Best Things to Do in St. Louis This Weekend, November 23 to 26
Thursday 11/23 Gravy Boat As much as we all love Thanksgiving, let's admit the truth: The holiday has some pitfalls.
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The Best Concerts in St. Louis This Week: November 23 to 29
Postmodern Jukebox 8 p.m. Friday, November 24.
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Wesley Bell Explains His Position on Israel’s Actions in Gaza
U.S. Representative Cori Bush has become one of Israel's staunchest critics in Congress as her opponent, St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, takes a much different stance. Bell has not...
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Give Your Furry Friend the Royal Treatment at Ciao Chow's Paint Your Pet
What do you get the pet who has everything? When you've already showered them with toys, and they have more bully sticks and pig ears than any dog could possibly chew, what next?
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Brandon Bosley Charged With Filing a False Report
Former Alderman Brandon Bosley gave police false information that led to a woman's wrongful arrest last December, according to a new charge filed against Bosley this week. St. Louis Circuit Attorney...
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Joaquin Phoenix's Napoleon Is a Violent Epic Starring a Petty Brat
At one point in Ridley Scott’s new biopic Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte yells at someone, “You think you’re so smart just because you have boats!” You wouldn’t expect something so bratty and petulant...
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