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Where: off of Newstead Avenue in the Grove What won't surprise you: This dumpster actually smelled even worse than it looked.

In this encore conversation, Ricky Hughes talks about how he founded St. Louis Run Crew with inclusion in mind — specifically to introduce Black and brown people to running and to create a space where they can be comfortable. While most running clubs are inherently inclusive, Hughes would often find himself the only person of color in local running groups. He says the crew — which meets in Kiener Plaza Park — is “open to all faces, paces and laces.”

Light and windows are deeply intertwined with my work as a ceramicist and photographer. My porcelain hand-built sculptures blend an organic and contemporary style that takes shape using a traditional

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The St. Louis Artists’ Guild would like to present Tales by Light, a national juried photography exhibit featuring photographers using various photographic techniques to showcase how light can impact your

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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,

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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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Nationwide staffing shortages that in many cases mirror the shortages in police departments and law enforcement agencies have led to longer wait times.

The Webster Groves art gallery will mark the opening of the new exhibition with a reception on July 28.

If you’re looking for booze, barbecue and a family-friendly good time, look no further than the Pig & Whiskey Festival, which will be taking over Maplewood outside of Schlafly Bottleworks from Friday, July 28, to Sunday, July 30. As the name implies, the free event will feature barbecue from local vendors — such as Navin’s BBQ, Sugarfire and Stellar Hog — and whiskey tastings. On Whiskey Row you can get new recipe ideas from local mixologists and see demos at the chefs’ stage.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed all but one bill into law this summer, vetoing legislation that would have imposed tougher penalties for people who fire celebratory gunshots. 

The world's third-largest supplier of a crucial piece in electronic devices has expanded its plant in St. Charles County and will soon begin producing a new kind of part that's aimed at addressing a major shortage that's devastated global supply…

ALTON - Alton Mayor David Goins announced at the Committee of the Whole meeting on Monday, July 24 that he will be holding future meetings to discuss the best ways to use remaining American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to address homelessness in the city. Mayor Goins said he’s “in the process of reaching out to various organizations and entities” that fall under the categories of affordable housing/homelessness, economic development/small business support, and youth development/learning/recovery programs. “In all of these I’m reaching out to various entities,” Mayor Goins said. “In regards to affordable housing and homelessness, reaching out to many entities because the best way we’ve figured out how to do this is just to bring the various stakeholders … and to sit down and come up with a plan on how best to utilize this ARPA funding, basically get the most bang for our buck.” Mayor Goins added that the overall goal

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Metallica's debut album, Kill 'Em All, is now 40 years old. Released July 25, 1983, the RIAA triple-Platinum Kill 'Em All proved to be the first chapter in the career of what would become…

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On July 15, 1999, Heather Kullorn disappeared while babysitting the infant of her mother's friends in Richmond Heights, an inner-ring suburb of St. Louis. The police found the baby alone and crying, along with a crime scene that contained Heather's blood.

Police said the missing man was found safe Tuesday morning.

Backers and observers say the proposed law's usefulness may prove to be in how it changes perceptions of safety—and that perception matters.

The work of world-renowned artist Dale Chihuly is coming to the Missouri Botanical Garden in a stunning exhibition uniting art and nature. With thousands of pieces of blown glass forms

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