- http://www.riverfronttimes.com/a...end-may-16-to-19-42553049Thursday 05/16 Skin Show In what has become a celebrated tradition for local lovers of boobs, butts and bawdy behavior (the four Bs!), the 13th Annual Show-Me Burlesque festival is bringing glitz, glam and a whole lot of ass to Cherokee Street this week. Though founder Lola van Ella no longer lives in St. Louis, she has made an indelible impression on ...Posted 5 days 6 hours ago - 05/15/24
- http://www.riverfronttimes.com/n...raddling-suspect-42549150The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has launched an internal investigation in response to a video taken over the weekend showing an officer light up a stogie in the middle of placing a man under arrest. That video, originally posted by Voice of the People News, shows the officer pinning the detained man on the ground with his knee. The officer ...Posted 5 days 9 hours ago - 05/15/24
- http://www.riverfronttimes.com/n...sylum-police-say-42548870A warrant was issued yesterday for the arrest of Arnoldo Galvez, a man living in St. Louis originally from Mexico, who allegedly threatened to kill a man helping members of Galvez's own family seek asylum in the United States. According to a St. Charles County Police probable cause statement, Galvez went so far as to threaten to burn down the house of the ...Posted 5 days 9 hours ago - 05/15/24
- http://www.riverfronttimes.com/n...nes-cant-or-wont-42547736Jen Jester is no stranger to grief. Throughout her career as a midwife and doula, she has become adept at helping grieving parents advocate for the ashes of their lost children, at helping mothers say goodbye to babies that were never born, and at sitting with these parents as they experience the darkest days of their lives. Jester learned these skills by ...Posted 5 days 9 hours ago - 05/15/24
- http://www.riverfronttimes.com/n...are-watching-you-42547436St. Louis police are watching you with 630 cameras, two unmanned aircraft systems (a.k.a. drones), 379 license plate readers and more. These eyes in the sky are documented in the city’s first annual surveillance technology report. The report, compiled by St. Louis Metropolitan Police Commissioner Robert Tracy, details the use of surveillance technology in ...Posted 5 days 23 hours ago - 05/14/24
- http://www.riverfronttimes.com/n...-tax-calculation-42546550In January, the City of St. Louis sent a very unusual notice to one of the biggest law firms headquartered within it: a Statement of Tax Delinquency. The notice was sent to Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, one of the few white-shoe law firms remaining in downtown St. Louis. Most of its competitors have decamped to Clayton, where the lawyers aren't subject to ...Posted 6 days 1 hour ago - 05/14/24
- http://www.riverfronttimes.com/n...trolink-shooting-42546266Police have identified the 19-year-old woman killed over the weekend on a MetroLink platform. Police say that Jordan Gunn was on the platform near Forest Park and the Missouri History Museum on Saturday, May 11, when another teenager, a 17-year-old, opened fire, striking her in the chest and killing her. The shooting occurred around 3:30 p.m. and Gunn was ...Posted 6 days 2 hours ago - 05/14/24
- http://www.riverfronttimes.com/f...lewood-on-june-1-42545001A St. Louis bakery known for its gluten-free, vegan, allergy-friendly offerings will open the doors to its new and expanded location in Maplewood on June 1. Prioritized Pastries Chef-owner Alex McDonnell told Sauce Magazine she was closing the bakery's five-year-old home on Devonshire Avenue in south city in February, saying she'd simply outgrown the ...Posted 6 days 6 hours ago - 05/14/24
- http://www.riverfronttimes.com/f...h-in-benton-park-42539390Yemanja Brasil Restaurante, the once-fine-dining Brazilian restaurant at 2900 Missouri Avenue in Benton Park, didn’t know if it was going to make it. In January and February of this year, owners Lemya Sidki and chef Raul Uribe (Sidki’s husband) took drastic measures and, for the first time in 29 years, closed their doors unsure when, or if, they would ...Posted 6 days 9 hours ago - 05/14/24
- http://www.riverfronttimes.com/f...are-on-wednesday-42539081After a pipe burst at Clementine’s Naughty & Nice Ice Cream in Lafayette Square six months ago, the storefront at 1637 South 18th Street is finally set to reopen on Wednesday, May 15. “This is my flagship shop, and we have been working around the clock to reopen as quickly as possible,” owner Tamara Keefe said in a release. “We hope everyone loves ...Posted 6 days 9 hours ago - 05/14/24
- http://www.riverfronttimes.com/a...-hollywood-movie-42517178When the Missouri legislature brought back tax credits for film productions, there was hope it would lead to a boom in big-budget movies being made locally even beyond On Fire, the adaptation of John O'Leary's memoir that filmed in and around St. Louis last fall. But whether state lawmakers would excitedly welcome the new film that really should be filmed ...Posted 6 days 9 hours ago - 05/14/24
- http://www.riverfronttimes.com/a...eason-since-2018-42511278For Opera Theatre of St. Louis, the past few years were tough. The pandemic upended the viewing habits of many of its biggest fans, who stopped attending live theater as COVID-19 ravaged the nation — and even when life returned to normal for most Americans, they didn't come back. That's what makes Anh Le, the opera company's director of marketing and PR, ...Posted 6 days 9 hours ago - 05/14/24
- http://www.riverfronttimes.com/n...ks-fierce-debate-42541112A bill proposed at the St. Louis Board of Aldermen would ask voters to raise sales taxes to fund early childhood education programs. This bill has led to contentious debate and, yesterday, was unanimously opposed by the St. Louis Public Schools Board. Board Bill 7, sponsored by Ward 10 Alderwoman Shameem Clark Hubbard, would add a question to the November ...Posted 6 days 10 hours ago - 05/14/24
- http://www.riverfronttimes.com/n...alk-of-palestine-42538021Loud booing and chanting punctuated some of the speakers at the commencement for Washington University this morning — most often Chancellor Andrew Martin, who has become the focal point of anger from activists after mass arrests on campus April 27. Administrators had ordered a temporary encampment erected on campus that day to disperse, and when ...Posted 1 week 2 hours ago - 05/13/24
- http://www.riverfronttimes.com/a...o-stifel-theater-42537452Get ready to laugh, St. Louis. This morning, Stifel Theater (1400 Market Street) announced that three very funny people will be visiting town this year. First up are Patton Oswalt and Tig Notaro, who are coming to town as the headliners of the Flyover Comedy Festival on November 15.Posted 1 week 4 hours ago - 05/13/24
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