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click to enlarge There’s more in this week’s Savage Love. To read the full column, go to savage.love. Hello dan: I am a gay black man in his 30s. When I was a teenager, my family and friends called me fat and ugly. I should also point out that I was in an all-white community … Read more
When I lived in Guatemala in the last century, the song you heard constantly on the radio was “I like pupusas”. The tune has stuck with me ever since, and you can watch a manic version of Espiritu Libre on YouTube, complete with some Motown-style dance moves. “Are they pies? Nope! Are they tamales? No … Read more
click to enlarge Monkeypox cases are on the rise in St. Louis and nationally. The St. Louis City Health Department is hosting two new monkeypox vaccination clinics next weekend. The clinics will be held from 10 am to 3 pm on Friday, October 14 and Saturday, October 15. To make an appointment to receive the … Read more
click to enlarge courtesy photo As the only provider of urban-scale gunshot detection systems in the United States, ShotSpotter effectively has a monopoly on the market. For the third time in three weeks, the Detroit City Council on Tuesday postponed a vote to expand controversial surveillance technology for the police department. The council voted 6-3 … Read more
click to enlarge St. Louis residents will be able to fly nonstop from Lambert to Montego Bay, Jamaica, beginning in February. Frontier Airlines announced today that it will fly directly from St. Louis to Montego Bay, Jamaica, beginning early next year. Direct flights will be offered seasonally beginning in February. “We at STL are excited … Read more
click to enlarge Darrel Ellis/ Photo courtesy Detroit artist Austen Brantley. Detroit’s own Tuskegee Airman, Alexander Jefferson, is being honored with a statue of his likeness in Rouge Park. After a month-long search for an artist worthy of the task, the Detroit office of Arts, Culture and Entrepreneurship chose local sculptor Austen Brantley to build … Read more
click to enlarge St. Louis Metropolitan Police Dwane Vardiman is accused of robbing an ambulance and leading police on a manhunt yesterday. A series of charges have been filed against the 48-year-old O’Fallon, Missouri man, accused of robbing an ambulance yesterday in Crystal City and then leading police on a chase in St. Louis. St. … Read more
click to enlarge Shutterstock The recreational marijuana industry in Michigan is saturated with cannabis. Lobbyists for Michigan’s largest cannabis operations are calling on lawmakers to impose a moratorium on new growers to help prevent prices from plummeting further in the recreational market. The proposed moratorium would prevent the Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) from approving … Read more
click to enlarge Courtesy of Boba B!tch Franklin Killian is excited to bring a fun and delicious boba tea experience to St. Louis. For a decade, Franklin Killian, a native of Jefferson County, lived in Los Angeles, where he wrote movie scripts, acted in television shows and thought little of boba tea, other than wondering … Read more
Do you need more live music in your life? It is easily fixed. This week, you can catch a local performance by Arizona native and rock ‘n’ roll legend Stevie Nicks or spend a night with the equally iconic Doobie Brothers. Other notable shows taking place over the next few nights include concerts by synth … Read more