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St. Louisan Susie Blow, later known as “the mother of kindergarten in America,” refined and Americanized kindergarten methods more than a century ago.

For years, Cella worked in private banking, until the day she decided to follow her bliss.

As temperatures begin to rise and the season brings an abundance of fresh sights and sounds, it’s an ideal time for a road trip to see what’s new in nearby cities.

The seemingly endless possibilities of abstract painting continue to have resonance and relevance to comment on current political climates and contemporary aesthetic discourse. The works in the Presence as Object

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With its upcoming activities, City Museum will take your breath away.   Stroll through the Tunnel of Love – a 200-year-old bank vault lit with glowing hearts – snuggle with

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Fabricating Empire examines the relationship between the development of Central European folk costume and Austrian modern design, especially the textile department of the Wiener Werkstätte, or Vienna Workshops.   Taking

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Hong Kong–based artist Samson Young’s practice centers on installation-based work stemming from sound and music. He interweaves cultural paradigms across media while focusing on poetic translations between the sonic and

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1972 Fischer/Spassky: The Match, its Origin, and Influence celebrates the 50th anniversary of the American Robert “Bobby” Fischer’s historic win over the Russian Boris Spassky in the legendary 1972 World

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St. Louis is a kaleidoscope of architecture, filled with structures of every age, shape, and size. In Coloring STL, Missouri History Museum visitors will interact with these fascinating buildings in

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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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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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Yesterday I was reading a column in the Washington Post by Kate Woodsome about the mental health of American teenagers, and it was, as usual, startling. American teens seem to be in terrible shape. In particular, Woodsome shared a CDC chart showing that more than half of teen girls experience "persistent feelings of sadness or ...continue reading "Why has teen mental health fallen off a cliff recently?"

The Kinks' Dave Davies is not at all happy with Twitter. As previously reported, The Kinks announced a new compilation, The Journey – Part 1, to celebrate the band’s 60th anniversary, but apparently…

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The City of Florissant, Missouri, will conduct a public hearing beginning at 4 p.m. on Thursday, February 16, 2023, at Florissant Government Building, 1055 rue St. Francois, Florissant, Missouri 63031, concerning the Fiscal Year 2022 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for the Florissant Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. A draft of the […]

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Missouri is among 18 states where emergency allotments already ended.

Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett has premiered a new solo song, a country rocker called "Black Top White Lines." "Thematically it felt like it turned a classic country trope on…

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Celebrate the life and work of Dr. Jane Goodall, who braved the unknown to provide a remarkable window into humankind’s closest living relatives – chimpanzees.   On Oct. 7, the

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The company will close out its season with its reimagining of the once-popular operetta.

A motorcyclist died Wednesday evening after a crash in south St. Louis County.