AltWeeklies Wire
A Screwball Crew of Gearheads Retool the Outlaw Cross-Country Car Racenew
Just like the madcap Cannonball Run races of three decades ago, the idea is to go as fast as you fucking can. And if that means doing 115 mph in a junky old police cruiser, rigging up auxiliary gasoline tanks, subsisting on beef jerky and peeing into plastic bags to save time, well, so be it. Welcome to the "twenny-nine-oh-four."
Riverfront Times |
Nicholas Phillips |
12-01-2009 |
Recreation
East St. Louis Nightclubs Are Under Siegenew
East St. Louis mayor Alvin Parks decided late last month not to curtail the 6 a.m. closing time for bars and nightclubs, but the controversy is far from resolved.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
05-22-2009 |
Recreation
Bowfishers Take Aim at Asian Carpnew
Bowfishing, an unusual and aggressive form of angling, has become popular with archers from across rural Missouri. For the most part, the sportsmen's primary target is Asian carp, an invasive, plankton-feeding fish that has exploded in population over the past decade and become the scourge of Midwestern rivers.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
09-19-2008 |
Recreation
Arborists from Around the World Gather for the International Tree Climbing Championshipsnew
The tree-climbing championships are hosted and organized by the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), a nonprofit advocacy group based in Champaign, Illinois. The competition has existed since 1976, but it has never received the kind of attention lavished upon similar outdoor events such as rock climbing and lumberjack sports.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
08-01-2008 |
Recreation
Bowling for Dollars in Missourinew
Bowling alley owners hope to be spared from what they call an unfair tax.
Riverfront Times |
Kathleen McLaughlin |
01-25-2008 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Ever Catch a 50-pound Catfish With Your Bare Hands?new
Howard Ramsey has -- so has his dad ... and his granddad ... and his aunts.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
05-11-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
One Swill Gamenew
The road to the World Series of Beer Pong is long and tipsy.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
02-13-2006 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Drink Upnew
Police in St. Louis consider early last-calls for Mardi Gras revelers.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
01-10-2006 |
Recreation
Tags: bars & clubs
Top Pool Sharks Fight for the Game's Respectabilitynew
Professional players can't survive on the meager tournament winnings pool offers, and their reputation as renegades hasn't helped the sport's image.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
10-25-2005 |
Recreation
The Truck Stops Herenew
Southern Illinois vegetable farmer David Metzger has but one other passion: long-haul trucking, which doubles as his full-time occupation. This week, in Tampa, he'll find out whether he's the best in the U.S.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
08-18-2005 |
Recreation
Tags: trucking
Off and Gunnin'new
Action shooting clubs are a blast all over the Midwest. Lock and load, baby!
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
06-02-2005 |
Recreation
Deer, Guns & Violencenew
The thrill of the kill is the name of the game for the Drury brothers, stars of America's most breathless hunting videos.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
11-24-2004 |
Recreation
Geeks Gone Wildnew
"More geeky nerd types have gotten laid at Archon than ever would in the outside world," the Empress Inebria says of the annual science fiction convention. This doesn't quite explain the mahogany-skinned man in the courtyard sporting a velvet cape. It's Star Wars alum Lando Calrissian.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
10-22-2004 |
Recreation
