The highly skillful and evocative work of local artist Hannah Brown Skeele still thrills and engages us today. As an independent and assertive single woman working in a worldly and cosmopolitan city on the edge of the American frontier, Skeele won numerous awards and male critics lauded her art. She also may have associated with …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Oppenheimer,” a solemn three-hour biopic that became an unlikely billion-dollar box-office sensation, was crowned best picture at a 96th Academy Awards that doubled as a coronation for Christopher Nolan. After passing over arguably Hollywood’s foremost big-screen auteur for years, the Oscars made up for lost time by heaping seven awards on [...]
The campus of the Church of the Immaculate Conception consists of five buildings. There is the big church at Marshall and Moller. The rectory is right next to it, between the big church and Marshall. Just north of the rectory is a building called the annex built to house priests. Just to the north of […]
Return to a time when steamboats ruled the river. The one-hour narrated riverfront cruise aboard the Riverboats at the Gateway Arch explores the history of downtown St. Louis, including the […]
In an effort to reduce the number of drownings in the African American community, the Pallottine Center in Florissant hosted a life-saving swimming lesson for a group of predominantly Black children, teens, and adults.
A St. Louis County councilman wants to address everything from potholes to worn-out streets giving drivers grief. He’s pushing the county government to spend more than $20 million of the Rams-NFL settlement money to repair bad streets and roads.
The Missouri Democratic Party’s party-only funded and managed Presidential Preference Primary took an odd turn recently when the Party posted its March 23rd Election Polling Places to their website. There’s a map of locations and an alphabetical list with addresses, oddly broken into four sets. Missouri has 115 counties: 114 regular counties plus St. Louis … Continue reading Mo Dem Party Blows Off 27 Rural Counties →
The Oscars saved the best for last when it came to performances of the Best Original Song nominees.Best Supporting Actor nominee Ryan Gosling, wearing a pink sparkly suit, took the…
ST. LOUIS COUNTY — A teenage girl was critically injured and hospitalized after a fight near Hazelwood East High School late last week, St. Louis County police said Sunday.
A short film inspired by John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s classic tune “Happy Christmas (War Is Over),” took home an Oscar Sunday night. War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of…