Cleveland has spent years being dubbed the “worst connected city in the U.S.” thanks to expensive, patchy, and slow broadband. Why Cleveland broadband sucks so badly isn’t really a mystery: consolidated monopoly/duopoly power has resulted in a broken market where local giants like AT&T and Charter don’t have to compete on price, speeds, availability, customer […]
Detroit-based Venture For America (VFA) announced this week it has partnered with local nonprofit startup funder Arch Grants and business group Greater St. Louis Inc. to host its alumni reunion here in 2024. It said the event will provide its past fellows an opportunity to “network with subject matter experts, probe the local startup landscape, and foster meaningful connections.”
Laumeier Sculpture Park’s 2023 Visiting Artists in Residence are Pittsburgh-based artists Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis. This collaborative duo utilizes innovative approaches to conceptualism and minimalism to realize their […]
Get ready to double over with laughter! Comedians Tiffany Haddish and Lil Rel Howery will bring their 'Best Friends Comedy Tour' to the Stifel Theatre this Friday, October 27.
Multiple incidents of gun violence occurred over the weekend in the city of St. Louis, including two murders and two children shot. Among the latest crimes was a homicide late Sunday night.
One of Saint Louis University’s most popular courses is Vampires: Then and Now, taught by the charismatic Russian-born Sergey Toymentsev. The assistant professor of Russian considers the vampire story a great way to “smuggle” hardcore knowledge to students, saying he can use these tales to explore not only literature and history but everything from psychoanalysis to post-colonial theory.
This story was commissioned by the River City Journalism Fund Seyoon Choi walks down South Grand Boulevard — a dog harness in one hand, a cell phone in the other.
U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley and Democrat Lucas Kunce have something big in common – their campaigns are heavily dependent on money from outside Missouri. Hawley, an Republican incumbent seeking his second term, and Kunce, who narrowly lost the 2022 Democratic primary for Senate, are the best-funded candidates in the race according to campaign finance reports […]
It takes concentration not to see certain realities — the mother holding the handwritten sign at the traffic light; the man sleeping under a bridge; the tent cities on public right of ways. But we make the effort. In downtown Kansas City, developers plan an entertainment district with a Ferris wheel centerpiece. There’s also talk […]
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