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Animal Activist Disrupts Moolah Shriners Circus, Gets Cuffed [VIDEO]

2 years 7 months ago
The Moolah Shriners Circus in St. Louis has gone elephant-free — but that hasn't stopped the protests. Saturday's circus performance at the Family Arena was disrupted by an activist who jumped from her seat onto the stage and repeatedly yelled "drop all animal acts." She managed to keep yelling it even while security physically pushed her out of the ring, only stopping when a uniformed guard forced her down, sat on her and cuffed her.
Sarah Fenske

Jail deaths have dropped by a third in Los Angeles

2 years 7 months ago
From the LA Times this morning: Three inmates died in Los Angeles County jails in just over a week Three Los Angeles County inmates died in an nine-day period this month, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, a grim milestone. ....To people paying close attention to the county’s lockups, the cluster of deaths ...continue reading "Jail deaths have dropped by a third in Los Angeles"
Kevin Drum

Jim Brainard

2 years 7 months ago

Jim Brainard’s exhibition “Bits & Pieces” creates assemblages made from found, often-neglected, objects such as tree bark, used matches, and corrugated cardboard. He also scavenges small mysterious pieces of trash

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Catherine Neville

Ryan Eckert

2 years 7 months ago

Ryan Eckert’s structural abstractions explore ideas about the state of splitting worldviews, depicted through the lens of biblical Christianity. Eckert’s works in his exhibition:“Two Worldviews” presents the clashing of ideals

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Catherine Neville

Mario Trejo

2 years 7 months ago

Mario Trejo’s exhibition “Idiosyncratic Tantrums” features extensive accumulations that visually explore eternity and struggle through manic mark making. Considering the concepts of time, space, and number. He creates hundreds of

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Catherine Neville

Workforce Nonprofit Under Investigation

2 years 7 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  A St. Louis County workforce development center here was created to help county residents find jobs. It also employs the children of its chief executive. Carolyn Seward, head of the Family and Workforce Centers of America, has for years contracted with St. Louis County to run the county’s MET Center, a […]
Shruthi Beedu

Sara Ghazi Asadollahi

2 years 7 months ago

The video work “Chaos” by Iranian-born, Atlanta-based multi-disciplinary artist Sara Ghazi Asadollahi is a visual interpretation of the timeless and deeply emotional poem by the Iranian poet, Furūgh Farrukhzād: “To

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Catherine Neville