JERSEYVILLE - Roanna Newton, an incoming 8th grader at Jersey Community High School, attended the Illinois Summer Youth Music (ISYM) program on the campus of University of Illinois this past week. Roanna plays the trumpet and attended the band camp on a full scholarship she received last spring during her participation with the Alton Youth Symphony. During her full week at ISYM on the Urbana-Champaign campus Roanna completed an extensive music program each day that consisted of rehearsals with a full band of her peers and sectional classes with other trumpet players. During the conclusion of her camp she performed in a concert with over 70 other student musicians. Roanna began playing the trumpet in 6th grade under the direction of Waylon Schroeder at Jersey Community Middle School. In the fall of 2022 she joined the Alton Youth Symphony where she had the opportunity to audition for the ISYM camp scholarship. AYS will be auditioning students for the upcoming season starting
Residents of the northeastern U.S. saw firsthand this summer the devastation flooding can cause in a community. Unfortunately, scientists predict flooding will only become more common as the years go on.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With the start of a new school year just a few weeks away its almost time for Missouri’s tax-free weekend. This year the sales tax holiday starts at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, August 4, and runs through Sunday, August 6. Common back-to-school items like school supplies, clothing and computers will be [...]
Who’s that kid that can travel through time? It’s you! Follow the adventures of three friends as they travel back in time to learn from real-life inspirational heroes when
Take an overseas adventure in this immersive exhibit that transports families to China, a country where a quickly changing modern lifestyle intersects with ancient values. Explore what life is like
A developer plans to build new apartments on the grounds of the former 7UP headquarters after completing a deal Wednesday with the the St. Louis County Port Authority.
News that the Missouri legislature has authorized $500,000 for urban farming grants ought to be welcomed by small growers like Darian and Nicolette Davis, who run an orchard in Kansas City’s Swope Park to provide fresh fruit to their community. The couple hatched the idea of the Kansas City Urban Farm Co-op during the unrest […]
The recent documentary What The Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears? is getting a very special online premiere. Veeps is set to host the first global premiere of the film on…
In celebration of 10 years of serving the arts community in St. Louis, Green Door Art Gal-lery is pleased to present Secret St. Louis, Hidden Gems of the Gateway City.
Spirits Roaming on the Earth maps conceptual artist Jacolby Satterwhite’s extraordinary creative trajectory across multiple materials, genres and modes of thinking. Drawing on a broad set of real and
Action/Abstraction Redefined: Modern Native Art, 1940s–1970s, is the first ticketed exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum to focus on modern Native American art. Expanding the narrative of mid-century abstraction,
The Pulitzer Arts Foundation presents The Nature of Things: Medieval Art and Ecology, 1100-1550, the first exhibition to explore the impact of artmaking on the environment in the second half
The Pulitzer Arts Foundation presents an exhibition of career-spanning work by Faye HeavyShield, an artist whose poetic minimal sensibility and use of humble materials is closely bound to the power
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
ST. LOUIS -- The Missouri Lottery says that there are "an impressive number of winners" across the state after Wednesday night's billion dollar Powerball drawing. Someone won a million dollars in Saline County and four other players on $50,000 each. A winning ticket has been sold in California for the Powerball jackpot worth an estimated [...]
I didn't realize this until I saw it this morning, but if you exclude California homelessness has been steadily declining in the US since 2007. It's down by a quarter over the past 15 years: You'd never know it from media and activist reports, but homelessness has been a big policy success in 49 states. ...continue reading "Raw data: Homelessness is down everywhere except California"
St. Louis rapper Sexyy Red has taken heat for her appearance at a high school in St. Louis. The 25-year-old artist is from St. Louis and best-known for her hit "Pound Town," which, like most of the rapper's songs, details her sexual exploits with wildly lewd and catchy lyrics. So some people were shocked when Sexyy Red was asked to perform at a high school in St. Louis. From the looks of the school's gym, we believe Sexyy Red performed at Hazelwood Central High School.
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