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Botswana-born artist Meleko Mokgosi creates large-scale, figurative, and often text-based paintings, drawing from the tropes of history painting and cinema to probe systems of knowledge production, the politics of representation,

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Chinese Silk Textiles of the Ming and Qing Dynasties showcases fine examples of Chinese textiles from the Museum’s collection, including clothing, embroideries, hangings, and banners made between 1570 and 1911.

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In the dramatic years between the two world wars, German art ranged from an activist realism to a utopian idealism. This exhibition presents a selection of work that questions the

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St. Louis just can’t stay quiet. The region has produced legends who are on a first-name basis worldwide, like Ike & Tina, Miles, Chuck, and Nelly. It’s been home to

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Many police agencies in St. Charles County conducted dozens of sex offender checks Monday evening on Halloween, reporting more than 25 violations.

What warms our hearts more sweetly than “mother, home, and apple pie.” With that in mind, and a few extra apples on hand, I made my first apple pie of the season this past weekend. The expression, “easy as pie,” is an apt one for this recipe. Just get’ch a store-bought crust, peel and slice... 

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St. Louis veterans returned from a trip of a lifetime, celebrating 100 honor flights with the Greater St. Louis Honor Flight Network. 

The year was 1990.  St. Louis County Executive H.C. Milford, a Republican and kindly insurance broker who rose to power when his predecessor Gene McNary received a federal appointment, was seeking election to a full term against a hard-charging three-term county prosecutor named George “Buzz” Westfall. Milford, an accidental county executive who was, by all […]

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Drought-related risks and impacts are especially pronounced in certain industries and communities that rely on the river for shipping and transit.

This featured exhibition in the Great Hall of the St. Louis Public Library – Central Library explores how iconic characters both reflect and influence American culture from the 1960s to

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On Sept. 16, Everything Is Golden, a solo exhibition by St. Louis-based artist Lizzy Martinez, opens as the first exhibition of the 2022-2023 Millstone Gallery season at COCA. In the

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Brentwood business owners feared they would be forced to leave their area because of a $400 million development to revamp a section of Manchester Road.

A new vaccine that could help save children’s lives has been successfully used in clinical trials at the St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

The Hazelwood School Board has decided to redistrict Jana Elementary School students to other schools.

Missouri 811, the new name for what’s been known in the past as Missouri One Call, just held a safety forum in which contractors called out a broken system that’s threatening lives.

Depending on your superstitions, this coming Election Day may be an ominous one. In the morning on Tuesday, November 8, there will be a blood moon, visible between 4:59 a.m. and 5:41 a.m.

St. Louis County voters will soon decide whether county executive Sam Page will be elected to a full, four-year term or if he will be replaced by challenger Mark Mantovani.

There are five statewide issues on the November ballot. The proposal on legalizing recreational marijuana could make the biggest impact. Others include how the state treasurer invests money and making the National Guard a separate state department.

The U.S. Department of Labor said Rockwell Beer Co. violated federal labor standards by allowing a salaried employee collect tips.

New York state-based artist Jean Shin, Laumeier’s 2022 Visiting Artist in Residence, describes her work as “giving new form to life’s leftovers.” Her sculptures and installations transform familiar objects into

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