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To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, founder and board chair Emily Rauh Pulitzer will present a deeply personal exhibition, drawing on her personal collection as well […]

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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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Planting has never been just a farming task. In many ancient societies, it was treated like a high-stakes appointment with the universe—so important that people built holidays around it, timed it by the stars, and backed it with songs, feasts, and strict rules about what you could or couldn’t do. That can sound dramatic until you remember what was at stake. A missed window for sowing could mean hunger months later. Ancient holidays that “marked planting season” were no

“Under Pressure,” Queen’s iconic collaboration with David Bowie, is one of the songs that was used to wake up the astronauts on Artemis II.NASA revealed the Artemis II wake-up playlist, featuring…

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Strowger 11 Digit Dial Phone (circa 1907) Kellogg Model 925 Monophone (circa 1930s) Stromberg Carlson Model 1191 Fatboy 8 Button Intercom (circa 1930s) Western Electric 302 Multi-Line Rotary Phone (circa […]

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The National Museum of Transportation is proud to announce a special exhibition celebrating the 100th anniversary of historic Route 66. Titled “Roads, River, Rooms, and Reels,” the exhibit will open […]

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On April 9, 1940, Nazi Germany launched a surprise invasion of Denmark and Norway, an operation known as Weserübung. In a matter of hours Denmark was occupied, while Norway began a longer, harder fight that drew in British and French forces. At the time, the attack mattered because it reshaped control of the North Sea and the route of vital resources—especially Swedish iron ore—while giving Germany better access to Atlantic shipping lanes. It still matters today because it shows

Advocates for cancer patients, people with developmental disabilities and their caregivers urged Missouri lawmakers Wednesday to reject a proposal writing Medicaid work requirements into the state Constitution. The bill, sponsored by Republican state Rep. Darin Chappell of Rogersville, would put the issue before voters in November. Starting Jan. 1, 2027, the One Big Beautiful Bill […]

UPDATE: The deceased man has been identified as 49-year-old Willie Stocking, Jr. of Lemay, MO Just before 1:00am on April 4, 2026, District 1 officers responded to reports of a shooting at a gas station in the 4300 block of South Broadway. When officers arrived on scene, they located a male who had been shot. […]

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Homicide Detectives are investigating the stabbing death of a man that happened on April 8, 2026 in The Greater Ville neighborhood. Shortly before 10:30 p.m., officers received a call about a stabbing in the 3200 block of N. Taylor Avenue. Upon arriving, they located a 59-year-old man in a yard suffering from puncture wounds. EMS […]

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