The Grand Center Arts District pulsed with rhythm, soul, and community spirit as the annual Music at the Intersection (MATI) festival lit up St. Louis from September 12–14, 2025. What began as a beloved local music event has now grown into a major cultural cornerstone, celebrating the city’s deep musical roots with a dynamic lineup,…
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and there’s no better way to celebrate than with St. Louis’s own shadow cast, Erotic Nightmares! 🫦 This fabulously weird and wildly entertaining troupe will be hitting three local theaters for a string of unforgettable performances: Chase Park Plaza Cinema…
When a teen was kicked out for being gay, this progressive mom took him in. He destroyed her life over Charlie Kirk. “You gotta be fucking kidding me. Read this,” John Strebe said to his wife Julie Heyn Strebe as he passed the phone across the table last weekend. He had been scrolling Facebook when…
By Cubby T Fly, my pretties (and your little dog, too) to the Mr. Missouri Leather 2025 competition, a weekend-long celebration of leather, kink, and community at Bar:PM, September 26-28, 2025. Started in 1983 by the Gateway Motorcycle Club and since assumed by legendary leather Misters Chad Carroll and Terry Laupp (Mr Missouri Leather 2010),…
Since its rebirth in 2013, September’s Tower Grove Pride has been a dearly anticipated cap to STL’s summer Pride festivities. What started as a fête champêtre of neighbors and friends from Tower Grove Park’s surrounding villes sharing a meal and a dance and perusing a handful of artists’ tents has blossomed over the ensuing years.…
Critical Mass: The minimum size or amount of something required to start or maintain a venture. Our 2018 “Where We Live” cover story proved to be among our most widely read. Even years after it was released, readers would tell us that it had informed their decision on what neighborhoods to call home. With the…
In the aftermath of yesterday’s tragic assassination, social media is teeming with people climbing onto the moral high ground—some more securely than others. To help you determine whether you’re truly standing tall or just flailing in public with your moral pants down, we’ve created this quick and easy quiz. Answer “YES” to all the…
Earlier this summer, someone made headlines—and a statement—by defacing the “Welcome to Alton” billboard with hate-filled messages targeting the town’s fearless, 6’3”, genderqueer, hard-hitting journalist, Cory Davenport, 36. It’s hard to imagine a progressive firebrand rattling this many cages in the region since 1836, when abolitionist publisher Elijah P. Lovejoy fled the slave state of…
What does it mean to come home — not just to a place, but to yourself? As a creative who lives at the crossroads of design, art, and wellness, I’ve always believed our spaces carry stories. They speak in color, in texture, in scent. They hold our histories, our hopes, our healing. And for many…
“I wanna play a game,” sings Billy the Puppet, dressed in a glittery suit coat, as SAW The Musical opens. The lights come up on a small stage transformed into a grimy bathroom, complete with blood stains and grime. SAW The Musical: The Unauthorized Parody of Saw has officially arrived in St. Louis as part…
