An exhibit dedicated to Pearl Jam at Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture is set to close in April after five years. Pearl Jam: Home and Away The Exhibition features over 700 original Pearl Jam artifacts,…
After hundreds of Afghan refugees settled in St. Louis over the past year, the International Institute of St. Louis held a grand opening for its most recent initiative on Friday: a community center. The center, located in an office space at 3611 South Grand Boulevard in Tower Grove South, will offer a wide range of services for Afghan immigrants resettling in St. Louis.
Critically endangered elephants in the Congo Basin play a key role in creating forests, which in turn, store carbon and maintain the biodiversity of African rainforests. If the species becomes extinct, the second largest rainforest on earth would lose between six and nine percent of their ability to capture atmospheric carbon — that’s according to researcher Stephen Blake, an associate professor of biology at St. Louis University.
St. Louis Zoo and Brookfield Zoo in Chicago recently swapped two western lowland gorillas in an effort to help the survival of the critically endangered species. St. Louis zoological manager Helen Boostrom talks about how the recent gorilla swap plays into the goal of creating genetically healthy populations of the critically endangered species.
Earlier this week, the Pink Floyd feud seemed to escalate when Polly Samson, wife of Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, lashed out at his bandmate Roger Waters on Twitter. Days later things aren't cooling down, with Waters now having a…
BOLIVAR, Mo. -- Recreational marijuana sales started last week in Missouri, and one businessman has a unique way to lure customers into his warehouse. Weedman and Glassman wholesale co-owner Joesph Spina likes to shake things up. He thought that having one of the largest marijuana water pipes in the United States would attract some attention. [...]
Pete Townshend is teasing fans with new music. The Who rocker revealed on social media that he has a new solo single “coming soon.” Although he didn’t reveal the title of the track, he says…
The Ferguson Uprising ushered in a new wave of young leaders looking to create systemic change in policing, education, and race relations. In the nine years since the killing of Michael Brown by now-ex-Ferguson officer Darren Wilson, several organizations have taken shape to address those very issues. David Dwight IV invested time and energy in one such organization — Forward Through Ferguson. Dwight plans to step down at the end of March, and he reflects on his years of activism, and shares his critiques of St. Louis’ tendency to shut out, and shut down, young leaders.
It sure looks like U2 fans may finally be getting confirmation about the band's much rumored residency at the new high-tech arena MSG Sphere in Las Vegas. The Irish rockers are set to appear…
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