Are you an employee of Washington University looking for a paid gig after-hours that would allow you to rub elbows with the school’s boys in blue while also tattling on protestors? Well, the university has the perfect opportunity for you. In an email allegedly sent to a group of university employees and subsequently leaked to the RFT, Wash U’s marketing & communications department says it has “a pretty urgent need” for one to two people who would be willing to “embed” with the Washington University Police Department to take video of tonight’s protest, which is planned for the edge of camp ..read more

Matthew Lopez’s The Inheritance Part 1 & Part 2 is a brilliant exploration of the legacy of AIDS on the lives and communal history of gay men. Last week, Tesseract Theatre Company stunned audiences with the beautifully connected and performed Part 1. This week, Director Stephen Peirick and an exceptional cast complete the story with a truly unforgettable and affecting Part 2, the St. Louis premiere of the heartfelt and moving conclusion ..read more

Last month, on April 16, the Saint Louis Zoo (1 Government Drive, stlzoo.org) welcomed a female Grevy zebra foal — Roxie. The adorable foal, who weighed 95.8 pounds at birth, was the first ever animal born at the Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Park, a safari park under development in north county. “This is both a joyful and historic moment for WildCare Park," said Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Park Director Sabarras George in a statement ..read more

Slumlord Dara Daugherty took the stand earlier this week in St. Louis Circuit Court and testified that she had relinquished one of her most problematic properties, a home on Virginia Avenue in Tower Grove East. But in an order issued yesterday, Judge Jason Sengheiser indicated he has some doubts about that. He wrote that after careful examination of Daugherty’s testimony, her demeanor and the other evidence presented in court, he finds her testimony of having sold the property “not credible ..read more

If you associate Sauget solely with strip clubs and heavy industry, prepare to be shook: Next weekend, the East Side town originally christened Monsanto, Illinois, is going to be crawling with kids. The Big Bounce America is setting up at the home of the Gateway Grizzlies, Grizzlies Ballpark Field (2301 Grizzlie Bear Boulevard, Sauget, Illinois), beginning Friday, May 10. Unlike last year's lengthy residency in the Saint Louis Galleria parking lot, this stay lasts just one weekend, so plan accordingly ..read more

The Original Crusoe's (3152 Osceola Street) finally closed its doors in Dutchtown two weeks ago — eight months after owner Stevie Limmer LaChance first announced it would be shuttering. LaChance had been buoyed by the outpouring of support for the south city mainstay, which her father founded in 1979. She grew up in the restaurant before taking over operations about a decade ago with her husband Elliot as her father dealt with Parkinson's disease ..read more

Anyone who has ever had a labor of love turn into a major headache should be able to relate to Lindsay Dausman.  In 2015, she and her husband bought a century-old, three-story home on Westminster Place in the Central West End. Dausman's hope was to fix it up, restore its original beauty and add a few modern elements before selling it to someone who wanted to live in the city ..read more

Candidate for Missouri attorney general Will Scharf has not been shy about courting national media attention, frequently appearing on cable news stations including CNN, Fox, and the always reliable Newsmax to defend his high-profile client Donald Trump. But he perhaps found his widest audience yet earlier this week when comedian Jimmy Kimmel featured Scharf on his show's monologue. The Jimmy Kimmel Live ..read more

Not even a year after the Wood Shack relocated to a bigger location at 1731 South 7th Street, the Soulard smokehouse is closing. The Wood Shack announced its forthcoming closure on Instagram this morning, writing "Thank you so much dining with us. Now it's our dinner time ..read more

St. Louis is about to get a lot more caffeinated. Today, local specialty roaster Blueprint Coffee opens a new headquarters and roastery in the Tiffany neighborhood just north of Shaw. The new facility at 1600 South 39th Street is large — 11,000 square foot ..read more