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Born in Watford City, North Dakota in 1985, artist Teresa Baker lives and works in Los Angeles, and she’s an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes in the Great […]

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Born in Seoul, South Korea in 1971, Haegue Yang is known for her versatile works, ranging from room-scaled installations and performative sculptures to paper collages and staged performances. Yang dissociates […]

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Explore the legacy of America’s oldest continuously drawn daily cartoon in Behind the Feathers: A Century of Weatherbird History. Since 1901, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Weatherbird has offered wit, commentary, […]

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Now open at the World Chess Hall of Fame & Galleries, Charles Houska: Master of Play is a retrospective of the St. Louis artist’s work over his impressive 25-plus-year career, […]

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For more than 150 years, St. Louisans have entrusted the Missouri Historical Society with countless objects: photographs, diaries, home movies, clothing, books – items that future generations can turn in […]

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The 1904 World’s Fair was a fascinating yet complex event that continues to evoke a range of emotions. It was grand and shameful. It was full of fun and full […]

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ALTON - State Representative Amy Elik reflected on her plans for the year as the midterm election approaches. In a recent interview on “Our Daily Show!” with CJ Nasello , Elik pledged to focus on policies that will make life more affordable for District #111 residents. She emphasized her focus on affordability and helping people who are struggling, including those who recently lost their jobs through Alton Steel’s closure. “I have always told people who I am

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On This Day, Feb. 4, 1977…Fleetwood Mac released their 11th studio album Rumours, which became a huge commercial success for the band.The album topped the Billboard 200 chart and went on…

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ST. LOUIS - William Wells Brown, a former slave from St. Louis, became one of the first published Black novelists and playwrights in the United States. Brown used his experiences as a laborer on Missouri and Mississippi river steamboats to document the realities of the slave trade and his path to freedom. Brown successfully escaped [...]

The legislation comes after one council member called two colleagues an obscenity and another council member cursed a resident, both at public meetings.

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Two people, including a police officer, were transported to the hospital Wednesday morning following a crash.

Few phrases feel as instantly personal as “the cold shoulder.” One minute you’re chatting like normal, and the next you’re getting short answers, no eye contact, and a silence that seems to have weight. It’s not just rudeness—it’s a message. The interesting part is that this expression may have started as something much more literal than a frosty attitude. Depending on which origin story you follow, “cold shoulder” comes from either a real

Terrance Christopher Smith, 49, was being held Wednesday at the St. Louis County Justice Center on $100,000 cash bond.

Join one of the Horticulturists for a stroll in the most expansive garden space, Wildwood Valley, and the surrounding area in winter. This tour will focus on the various shrubs, […]

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On display at the ever-popular orchid show, the Missouri Botanical Garden’s vast orchid collection includes more than 6,000 individual plants representing almost 700 unique species, and approximately one in 10 […]

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On February 4, 1945, leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union opened the Yalta Conference, a wartime meeting that helped shape how Europe would be governed after World War II. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin met in Crimea to settle urgent questions: how to finish the war against Nazi Germany, how to handle liberated countries, and what kind of international system might prevent another global conflict. At the time, the stakes were immediate—armies