In downtown St. Louis a mile away from the Arch, nestled between abandoned warehouses on the North Riverfront District is a small black boarded-up building like any other, with graffiti lining its exterior and bricks falling out of place. But when the lights come on and the garage door opens, Mississippi Underground is revealed. This…
There’s something beautifully defiant about pop nostalgia—especially the kind born under fluorescent mall lights, carried on cassette tapes, and lived out in handwritten fan letters. Few artists embody that era quite like Tiffany. On April 18, 2026, Tiffany brings that legacy—and a whole lot of lived-in authenticity—to River City Casino, sharing the stage with fellow…
Picture it: Sicily 1922” … but really it was more like, “Picture it: Denny’s 2021,” when I started down the road of exhibitionistic horticulture with an aquatic bend. I was at a regular weekly breakfast of retirees and one of the regulars was a board member in the St. Louis Water Garden Society. Without too…
Few artists in indie House Synthpop command attention like Bright Light Bright Light. Blending shimmering synths with emotionally candid songwriting, he has carved out a distinctive niche—collaborating with icons such as Alan Cumming, Elton John, and Scissor Sisters, while channelling the enduring glamour of Cher. With multiple acclaimed releases and a reputation for authenticity, he…
As a person under thirty, I believe I have a very different perspective on the word queer than someone older. Let me explain. Not every lesbian is queer, and not every queer person is a lesbian. To me, queer defines something relatively undefinable. It’s the essence of people who live boldly and love one another…
Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe’s jazz-age tragedy gets the production it has always deserved. Not everyone has been to this party. Not the joyous bar crawl, not the house party that got a little out of hand. This is the after-party in someone’s loft where the refreshments veer into the illegal, where things…
On most nights, game night at Hummel’s is lowkey and familiar. You see all the tables joined together, the Uno cards worn soft at the edges, and someone inevitably accusing a friend of cheating. Hummel’s might be a dive bar, but for some of us it is so much more than that. For our community,…
As Missouri lawmakers continue to introduce legislation targeting “adult cabaret performances,” two bills—Senate Bill 1476 and Senate Bill 1164—have drawn particular attention for their potential impact on drag. While neither bill explicitly bans drag, together they create a legal framework that could significantly restrict where and how drag performances take place across the state.…
When I was pretending to be straight in my early twenties, I met one of the most incredible women in South City. Her name was Bay Tran. Bay’s family came to St. Louis from Vietnam. Fast forward to the streets of South Grand in the early 2000s—I reunited with the one and only Bay, one…
Jeena Yi’s Jesa, directed by Mei Ann Teo and now running at The Public Theater, is anchored by sharply observed characters but hampered by a structure that repeats more than it builds, stretches where it should tighten, and resolves with a neatness that feels at odds with the play’s otherwise compelling messiness. Four estranged sisters…
