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The American economy gained 199,000 jobs last month. We need 90,000 new jobs just to keep up with population growth, which means that net job growth clocked in at a moderate 109,000 jobs. The headline unemployment rate ticked down to 3.7%. The number of employed was way up and the number of unemployed was way ...continue reading "Chart of the day: Net new jobs in November"

ALTON/GRANITE CITY - Granite City Community Unit School District #9 elementary school students were outfitted with new shoes through the organization All God’s Children Shall Have Shoes. On Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, 135 K-6 students journeyed to Alton Square Mall to choose a new pair of shoes at Famous Footwear. Volunteers, including a few Granite City and Madison County officials, were present to help the kids pick shoes and socks that fit them. “This is honestly one of the biggest days of the year for our school district,” said Chris Mitchell, a representative for the district. “This is a great opportunity for us to make a difference in these children’s lives. Especially around the holidays, to get each of these students a new pair of shoes puts a smile on their face.” Mitchell explained that the district’s social workers chose which students would benefit the most from a new pair of shoes. The kids always enjoy choosing a new pair of shoe

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The Train Shed at St. Louis Union Station has been transformed into a glittering holiday retreat. With wall-to-wall bling, The Sleigh Shed puts the excess of the holidays on full […]

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You would have to splurge a bit to buy your true love a partridge in a pear tree and two turtle doves in 2023.

Dave Grohl continues to live up to his "nicest guy in rock" title, even when he's on the other side of the planet. In between dates on Foo Fighters' current…

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Bruce Springsteen has just added a Las Vegas date to his 2024 tour. He and the E Street Band will play T-Mobile Arena on Friday, March 22. This will be the first time Springsteen has…

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System of a Down's Serj Tankian and Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi play together on a new song called "Deconstruction." The track was co-written by Tankian and Cesar Gueikian, CEO of…

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A Missouri Lottery player who won $1.3 million was in such shock that he headed straight to church, where his wife was, to show her the new retirement money they just won.

Buyers are finding trees that are shorter and a bit pricier this year than last year.

Poor Things is a movie about a woman who receives a second chance to get to know her vagina. That’s what happens to Bella Baxter (Emma Stone), a formerly dead lady who is found and brought back to life by a deformed mad scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe), whom she refers to only as God.

Ballet 314, St. Louis' newest professional ballet company, is thrilled to announce the 4th annual presentation of the highly anticipated production of "The Nutcracker & The World's Fair". In this […]

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Green Door Art Gallery presents Finding Flow: Immersed in the Act of Creating fea-turing acrylic paintings by Angela Fromme, Gary Lang and Luciana Sabatino, mixed me-dia paintings by Elena Rybak […]

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The Serving Our Communities Foundation [SOCF] has awarded $436,000 in grants to St. Louis-based food nonprofits and businesses through its Food City initiative. Grant winners were announced November 30, 2023, at City Winery and 18 Rails at City Foundry.

Drawn from the rich collection of the National Building Arts Center (NBAC), Urban Archaeology brings together salvaged architectural elements from landmark buildings, residential homes and neighborhood institutions built in St. […]

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Bold abstraction and intense color are signatures of the New York-based painter Sarah Crowner, who brings these elements to the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, beginning Sept. 8. In three new site-specific […]

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Las Vegas-based artist Justin Favela will present a new site-specific installation and solo exhibition on the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis’ Project Wall. Favela creates vibrant large-scale murals and sculptures […]

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The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis presents new works by Dominic Chambers at his first museum exhibition in his hometown of St. Louis.   Chambers creates vibrant paintings that engage […]

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The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis presents Montreal-based artist Hajra Waheed’s first major solo museum exhibition in the US.   Waheed’s multidisciplinary practice explores the legacies of colonial and state […]

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