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Shannon Lee shares the 'martial arts as life' teachings of her father Bruce Lee

1 year 10 months ago
Fifty years after his death, Bruce Lee’s status as one of the world’s most influential martial artists endures through his work as an actor and his philosophical teachings. In her 2020 book “Be Water, My Friend,” Lee’s daughter Shannon Lee speaks to principles that guided her father’s life as well as her own. She joined host Elaine Cha for a conversation before a live audience, taped in March 2024 at the Duane Reed Gallery in St. Louis.

St. Louis sports secures funds for major events

1 year 10 months ago
The St. Louis Sports Commission has received financial backing from the St. Louis Development Corporation to attract top-tier sporting events to the region, with an entertainment attraction fund providing a guarantee for expenses if ticket sales and sponsorships fall short.
Kelley Hoskins

Crestwood Allocates Yearly Block Grant for ADA Upgrades at Park

1 year 10 months ago
From Call Newspapers:  The Crestwood Board of Alderman voted May 28 to use the city’s allocated Community Development Block Grant funds to make Americans with Disabilities Act improvements at Crestwood Park. The CDBG funds are administered annually through the St. Louis County Office of Community Development. Previously, the city received $23,400 annually, though beginning this […]
Dede Hance

Adare Brown wins Steedman Fellowship in Architecture

1 year 10 months ago
From Washington University’s The Source:  Brooklyn, N.Y.-based architectural worker and alum Adare Brown has been selected as winner of the 2023-24 James Harrison Steedman Memorial Fellowship in Architecture. Established in 1926, the biannual Steedman Fellowship is organized by the College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design at the Sam Fox School […]
Dede Hance

Megan Wilker Joins Frisella Landscape Group

1 year 10 months ago
Frisella Landscape Group is proud to announce its new landscape design architecture service line, an expansion of the company’s design-build services, along with the appointment of Megan Wilker as the Lead Landscape Architect. Responding to increased demand for projects requiring a landscape architect seal, this strategic development allows Frisella Landscape Group to enhance its residential […]
Dede Hance

Glen Carbon Fire Department’s Training Facility Back on Front Burner

1 year 10 months ago
From Edwardsville Intelligencer:  Following a 10-month-long pause, Glen Carbon Fire Protection District officials are back with their burn building. In August 2023, Glen Carbon Fire Chief Jason Whitaker and others came to the building and development panel to champion a new training facility that would be built in front of the district’s new fire house on West Main […]
Dede Hance

We have a new record holder for the fastest company to launch 50 rockets

1 year 10 months ago
SpaceX launched its first 50 Falcon 9 rockets in a little under seven years. Today we have a new record holder for the quickest to 50: Until today I had never heard of Rocket Labs, the company that makes the Electron rocket. And in fairness, there's a big difference between Electron and SpaceX's Falcon 9: ...continue reading "We have a new record holder for the fastest company to launch 50 rockets"
Kevin Drum

Illegal border crossings down slightly in May

1 year 10 months ago
The Border Patrol chose today to randomly release numbers for May, and it turns out that.......nothing has changed: CBP recorded 171,000 crossings in May, down a bit from April. Of those, 118,000 were illegal crossings and 53,000 were asylum requests, mostly scheduled via the CBP One app. DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says that illegal crossings ...continue reading "Illegal border crossings down slightly in May"
Kevin Drum