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Wednesday, October 9, 2019 - Kemper Museum

5 years 8 months ago
Washington University's Kemper Art Museum has re-opened after a major expansion. Exhibition space has increased by 50 percent, and a new facade of polished stainless steel heightens the museum's presence on campus and in the neighborhood.

Tuesday, October 8, 2019 - First Female MLB Owner

5 years 8 months ago
Many are familiar with the fact that women make up the majority of the ownership group for St. Louis’ new pro-soccer franchise. Plenty of fans in the area also know that Georgia Frontiere owned the NFL’s Rams when the team moved to the region. But they might not be aware that the first female owner in Major League Baseball history was in St. Louis.

Monday, October 7, 2019 - Gun Violence and Children

5 years 8 months ago
Children from Emerson Academy Therapeutic School in the Greater Ville neighborhood of St. Louis are talking about how they cope with gun violence. The area has a high crime rate with little to no resources to change the culture.

Friday, October 4, 2019 - Vaping Risks

5 years 8 months ago
Michael Plisco is a pulmonologist in the intensive care unit at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis who treated the man who died from vaping-related lung injury last month. While medical experts still don’t know exactly what causes death and severe illness in some people who vape, Dr. Plisco says the St. Louis patient offers clues into the little-understood dangers of vaping.

Wednesday, October, 2, 2019 - Belleville Mural Project

5 years 8 months ago
A mural project in Belleville is bringing public art to the city's downtown streets. It's funded through donations from individuals and area businesses. Artists and organizers believe the effort will have a lasting impact on the Metro East city.

Tuesday, October 1, 2019 - Cahokia Heritage

5 years 8 months ago
Leaders of Native American tribes say they support proposed legislation to make Cahokia Mounds a national park as a way to preserve a place that is sacred to their people. Many tribes who live in the Midwest trace their heritage to those who built the ancient city 1,000 years ago.

Monday, September 30, 2019 - Gun Violence and Grief

5 years 9 months ago
When people are shot and killed, the pain can linger for families left behind. Sharon Williams’s 19-year-old son was killed on a street corner in the Mark Twain neighborhood 10 years ago. She says losing a child to gun violence has left her with years of traumatic grief and an enormous sense of guilt.

Thursday, September 26, 2019 - Gun Violence and Children

5 years 9 months ago
When it comes to gun violence, many seem to think children are excluded from being harmed. But more children in St. Louis have been killed by guns since Memorial Day, compared to all of last year. Experts, police, and people in the neighborhoods discuss the "norms" when it comes to not harming or killing children, and why things have shifted.

Wednesday, September 25, 2019 - Gabby Rivera

5 years 9 months ago
Queer Puerto Rican author Gabby Rivera is coming to St. Louis to talk about her novel 'Juliet Takes a Breath.' The book was originally published by an extremely small press, to a limited audience. But it resonated with LGBTQ and Latinx readers nationally, and now, three years after its initial publication it’s being re-released in hardback and translated into Spanish.

Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - Stadium Districts

5 years 9 months ago
The new Major League Soccer stadium in St. Louis is expected to be built near other sports and entertainment venues including Enterprise Center, Busch Stadium and Union Station. Washington University Sports Business Program Director Patrick Rishe talks about how other cities have set up similar districts to help boost economic development.

Monday, September 23, 2019 - Mixed Feelings

5 years 9 months ago
The group Mixed Feelings offers opportunities for people who identify as multiracial to share their struggles in defining racial identity. Members say it's time to reassess the nation's traditional black and white cultural dichotomy and to make room for those with roots in more than one group who want to embrace their varied identities.

Friday, September 20, 2019 - The Stéphane Denève Era Begins

5 years 9 months ago
Stéphane Denève makes his much-anticipated debut this weekend as the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s new musical director. He is a self-described people person, who fell in love with music as a young child in a small town in northern France. We get to know a bit more about the person behind the artistry.

Thursday, September 19, 2019 - Run for Brad

5 years 9 months ago
Every September, many residents of Troy, Illinois, turn out to remember Airman Bradley R. Smith. He died in Afghanistan in January 2010. They honor him with an annual 5K run. Smith's parents started the event as a way to remember their son, who was awarded the Silver Star for saving members of his unit while under fire. But Smith's father says the event has become bigger than his family's loss.

Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - Board of Freeholders

5 years 9 months ago
After the failure of Better Together, city and county leaders are planning to put their heads together to decide whether St. Louis and St. Louis County should merge. But even people amenable to a merger aren’t super optimistic this process will lead to systemic change.

Monday, September 16, 2019 - The Keeper of The Cup

5 years 9 months ago
The Stanley Cup’s summer tour included five countries over three continents as it made its way to each Blues player, coach, executive, trainer, and equipment manager. The trophy will be back in St. Louis for the start of the new NHL season, before returning to its home at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. The "Keeper of the Cup" Phil Pritchard talks about the busy summer with the Stanley Cup champions.

Friday, September 13, 2019 - Stephanie Syjuco at CAM

5 years 9 months ago
The Manila-born artist spent some of the summer combing through archives from the 1904 World’s Fair, particularly materials related to the so-called Filipino Village. A site-specific installation building from those materials will be part of an exhibition that examines the use of photography and other images to create social narratives related to imperialism and colonization.