It’s a Reardon Roundtable Friday. The panel today consists of Kevin Jackson, executive director of The Black Sphere, Tony Messenger, editorial page editor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and Brian Wahby, former chair of the St. Louis City Democratic Committee. Topics include the groundbreaking of Ballpark Village, the future of the St. Louis Rams, the black murder rate in Missouri, gays in Boy Scouts, and the health of governor Chris Christie.

Actor and comedian Judah Friedlander is appearing tonight at the Firebird downtown.

One of the original founders of the Soulard Mardi Gras is Bob Brinkman.