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Another stop on our St. Louis microbrewery tour. Fun was had in the LaSalle Park Neighborhood.

The Higgins Armory Collection at the Worcester Art Museum is the nation’s second largest collection of arms and armor, including more than 1,500 objects ranging from ancient Egypt to 19th-century

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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

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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

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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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"Gender-affirming health care will be very challenging to access for transgender adults and transgender youth going forward," said Shira Berkowitz, spokesperson for the Missouri advocacy group PROMO.

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

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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

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Jason Nelson just wants to get as close to “fairly normalized business banking” as possible. But as the owner of Swade dispensaries and Sinse Cannabis cultivation, that’s much harder than it sounds. He’s a customer at Triad Bank in St. Louis, one of the few banks in Missouri willing to work with cannabis businesses. His [...]

Winnie-the-Pooh, R2-D2, Baseball and Kermit the Frog  – these are some of the telephones you’ll see at the Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum.   Housed in a restored 1896 building, the

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Filipino American artist Ria Unson portrays personal and historical representations of Filipinos within frames used by colonial powers—from Western Literature to World Fairs—to challenge the origin and scope of the

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This year’s Arbor Day at Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum will be observed on Saturday, April 15, from 9:00 a.m. to noon, at the Willow Entrance off W. Florissant. Staff and

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EDWARDSVILLE – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that road repairs on Illinois 159 between E. Country Lane near Collinsville to Center Grove Road in Edwardsville will require intermittent overnight lane closures beginning, weather permitting, at 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 16. One lane will remain open in both directions at all times. All lanes will be open by 7 a.m. each morning. The lane closures associated with this portion of the project are expected to be completed by the end of the week. Motorists should expect delays and are encouraged to use alternate routes during this closure. Drivers are urged to reduce speed, be alert for changing conditions, obey all construction signage, and refrain from using mobile devices while approaching and traveling through the work zone. For IDOT District 8 updates, follow us on Twitter at @IDOTDistrict8 or view area construction details on IDOT’s traveler information map on GettingAroundIllinois.com.

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GRAFTON - Great Rivers Choral Society is hosting a Dueling Pianos Fundraiser on Saturday, April 22, with doors opening at 6:00 p.m. and the event beginning at 7:00 p.m. The event will be held at Grafton Winery The Vineyards, located at 21028 Eckert Orchard Road in Grafton. The fundraiser will feature a cash bar, raffle drawings, and 50/50 tickets. Event tickets are $25 per person and can be purchased online at this link . “We are very excited to announce the return of one of our favorite fundraisers, Dueling Pianos!” the group said on their website . “Proceeds help our community-based nonprofit organization to defray the costs of producing and presenting high-quality musical programs free of charge to audiences across the River Bend area.” The event will also feature a “grazing table” of snacks, with plates available for $10 each. For more information about this event, see the listing on Riverbender.com/events . To learn more

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ALTON - Alton Mayor David Goins laid out four areas of focus and the steps being taken or planned to address affordable housing in the city at the most recent Alton City Council meeting on April 12. “Our four main areas of focus in our housing strategy include strategic demolition, continuous rigorous code enforcement, looking at the infill housing development, and the possibility of growth through annexation,” Goins said. He added the city has completed 45 demolitions since May of 2021, with several more slated for the near future. Goins said his administration has been “aggressive at taking down these properties as quickly as we can.” As far as code enforcement, Goins said the city will utilize its Nuisance Abatement Task Force, including coordinated responses between the Alton Police and Building and Zoning Departments. He also said the city is considering setting up a Foreclosed Property Registry to “address the ill effects of vacant properties.”

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EDWARDSVILLE — A 30-year-old Alton man on Friday received a 58-year prison sentence in connection with a fatal shooting, according to Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine. Charlton K. Merchant received a 55-year sentence for first-degree murder and another three-year sentence for being a felon in possession of a weapon. He will be required to serve the sentences consecutively, or back-to-back. Following a trial in January, Merchant was convicted of fatally shooting Terence J. Hicks during a dispute in Alton. The shooting happened on Oct. 11, 2020. At a sentencing hearing on Friday, Assistant State’s Attorney Mary Pat Carl asked the judge to consider that Merchant had been bragging on social media about having a gun, posting photographs of the weapon. She also noted that he had been to prison before, for a sexual assault in 2008. Haine said: “This crime was senseless. It caused much sorrow and grief for the family of T.J. Hicks, and it alarmed our community.

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ALTON - Pride, Inc. is hosting their bi-annual Alton City-Wide Litter Cleanup on Earth Day, which is Saturday, April 22, 2023. The cleanup begin at 9 a.m. and ends at noon, and will continue “rain or shine.” Free donuts, gloves, and bags will be provided to volunteers along with directions to the areas that need the most attention. Registration will be available at the following Registration Stations: Downtown: Riverbender Building - 200 W. 3rd Street (corner of 3rd and Belle Streets) Middletown: Hellrung Park - entrance at 7th Street and Central Avenue At 9 a.m., groups will depart from the following locations: Upper Alton: Taqueria Maya - 621 College Ave. North Alton: Joe K’s Restaurant - 2530 State St. After last year’s spring cleanup, Pride, Inc. Executive Director Pat Stewart said the event turned out widely successful. “It was wonderful - thank God we had beautiful weather,” Stewart said. “It was just really neat

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Two Chicago-area institutions teamed up to develop a solid-state battery that packs a huge energy punch—one that could eventually even power airplanes.