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Celebrate Oktoberfest, head to a night market or enjoy wine samples while shopping from local vendors this weekend.

The museum at Fort Leonard Wood is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Army's Military Police Corps with a new display showcasing the history and evolving role of the unit.

This Friday, October the 8th, the Mid County C of C is having their annual auction, a 1920’s Soiree.  You can get all of the details here.  For about the last decade or so, the kind folks at Frame of Mind Picture Framing Shop and I have partnered to produce a highly collectible image for […]

UMSL’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Accelerator — which provides business development training and $50,000 grants to local entrepreneurs from marginalized groups — last week announced it would be accepting applications for its second cohort now through Oct. 29.

Playwright Steph Del Rosso discusses her play about a startup that aims to rehabilitate men accused of sexual misconduct. “The Gradient” makes its world premiere at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis.

The St. Louis Zoo is vaccinating mammals against COVID-19, including chimpanzees, orangutans, lemurs, foxes and most of the zoo’s big cats. Dr. Sathya Chinnadurai explains why these species are being prioritized.

Wait times for 911 calls in St. Louis far exceed national standards. Interim Public Safety Director Dan Isom explains the complicated process of merging three dispatch centers to one and how that could fit into expanding the Cops and Clinicians program.

The popular restaurant has new owners, Danni and Marcus Eickenhorst, and a event space to boot.

For this week’s “Communities Forward” podcast, we have continuing guest, Opal Jones, President and Chief Executive Officer of DOORWAYS, an interfaith non-profit organization in St. Louis, Missouri that provides housing and related supportive services to people living with HIV/AIDS.  DOORWAYS assists over 3,200 individuals annually in 132 counties in Missouri and Illinois.  As the lead […]

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Is my neighborhood of 11 years gentrified?

All members of the hospitality industry are invited to attend.

A franchise-record 17-game winning streak is the big reason why the Cardinals are in the playoffs. One of the team’s beat writers says that was an impressive run but St. Louis best remembers teams for winning World Series championships.

Starting this week, four libraries in the St. Louis area will be providing a new service: face-to-face meetings with members of U.S. Rep. Cori Bush’s staff. Patrons entering the libraries now walk past a table with a sign that reads…

Raven Taylor has been renting the house she shares with her 11 and three-year-old sons from the Beyond Housing program for two years. Her house, which sits in the Overland/St. Ann area, was built in the 1940s, and is one…

The United Brotherhood of Carpenters was long a political powerhouse in the St. Louis region — but now the organization has shuttered its St. Louis office and moved leadership to Chicago. Two experts analyze possible reasons for the shakeup and explore the potential fallout.

From Flint to Standing Rock - indeed, world-wide - communities keep resisting corporate and government actions that threaten water quality and access. One heroic story from El Salvador embodies the most resourceful courage and painful struggle of "ordinary people" who know water is more precious than gold.

     

John Cavanagh and activist/author partner and wife Robin Broad lived support for this saga. Their new book The Water Defenders (Beacon Press, March 2021) draws on over a decade of research and their own roles as international allies of the Salvadoran champions who took on Big Gold and the World Bank - and saved their country's water from corporate greed.

Thanks to Andy Heaslet, Earthworms friend and engineer - and to Jon Valley and Andy Coco of KDHX Production.

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Most of what mankind knows about Mercury, Venus, Mars and Earth’s moon sits on servers in St. Louis thanks to researchers at Washington University. Earth and planetary sciences professor Raymond Arvidson discusses his department's latest $11.8 million contract renewal with NASA.

Former Missouri Appellate Court Judge Booker Shaw discusses the latest Hail Mary attempt by Stan Kroenke and the NFL — and why even a loss may not be enough to stop their efforts to move the trial from St. Louis

Cherokee Street is no stranger to thrift shops, and this newest addition brings a unique mix of must-haves for your closet & your home. Meet Your Friend’s Apartment, a new vintage store owned by St. Louis native and first-time store owner Megan McCalla. 

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The IPA Beer Salame makes a great addition to your next charcuterie board.