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Fabricating Empire examines the relationship between the development of Central European folk costume and Austrian modern design, especially the textile department of the Wiener Werkstätte, or Vienna Workshops.   Taking

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Hong Kong–based artist Samson Young’s practice centers on installation-based work stemming from sound and music. He interweaves cultural paradigms across media while focusing on poetic translations between the sonic and

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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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Botswana-born artist Meleko Mokgosi creates large-scale, figurative, and often text-based paintings, drawing from the tropes of history painting and cinema to probe systems of knowledge production, the politics of representation,

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In the dramatic years between the two world wars, German art ranged from an activist realism to a utopian idealism. This exhibition presents a selection of work that questions the

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Couples names: Sean & Sydney City: Bethalto Date met or started dating: August 8, 2020 Date married: September 9, 2023 What makes your relationship special? We are a very blended family and completed our family with a baby girl this past August. We are such a team and have so much fun together raising our 3 girls and German Shepherd, Sasha. Share a memory you have made together: We both reminisce on our first weekend trip away together, dating maybe 3 months at the time. We booked a cabin in the woods around Shawnee National Forest. We built a fire by gathering wood from around us and roasted a whole pack of hot dogs over the fire and made some amazing breakfast, enjoying mimosas with a beautiful view. Just talking and realizing how much we both want the same things in life. We both just knew from that trip that we were going to be together. Now we’re getting married this year!

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For three days in March, you won’t just find fine art in the Saint Louis Art Museum: You’ll also find flowers. From Friday, March 3, to Sunday, March 5, the popular exhibition Art in Bloom will return in-person to SLAM after two years of virtual programming with 30 floral designs on display. Each of the floral designs are paired with and inspired by a specific piece of art in the museum.

CLAYTON, Mo. -- A car flipped during a crash on I-170 before Forest Park Parkway. The accident closed the northbound lanes of the highway for around an hour. The road has since reopened. It is still not clear what led up to the accident of if anyone was injured. Check the FOX 2 traffic map [...]

Couples names: Ariel Moore and Muhammed Morris City: Alton Date met or started dating: May 6, 2021 What makes your relationship special? Im from alton illinois and he is from queens new york . Me and Muhammed (current bf) met playing call of duty a game online and we gamed and chatted over the headset for about 3months then videochatted exchanged numbers after another month he flew me out to New York where I met him for the first time and fell in love I stayed in New York for 1yr 3months seen the city and more and October 28th 2022 I came back to Illinois and brung him here with me and now we been living here since ?? making memories and engaged. Share a memory you have made together: I took him to see the caves in alton since new york (the city)doesn't have any thing like that he absolutely loved it and I enjoyed seeing and being on a beach for the first time when he brung me to new york

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Crews recovered a vehicle and body from a pond Monday near a Metro East hospital.

Couples names: Taylor & Brandy City: Brighton Date met or started dating: September 6, 2019 Date married: September 23, 2023 What makes your relationship special? Taylor and I met in 2019 after both of us were getting out of really bad relationships and just starting to find ourselves again. Little did we know, we were meeting the person we would spend our life. Down the road of our relationship, Taylor ended up having stage 3 kidney cancer. It was a situation we never thought we would be in but was a time for us to be strong not as individuals but as a couple. Times were very hard financially and mentally but it showed us both that we can get through anything together! Share a memory you have made together: Taylor and I absolutely love fishing. After bank fishing and going out in the boat with my dad year after year, we finally purchased a boat of our own. We took a trip to Table Rock Lake, took the boat out from sun up to sun down and had the best time. The lake

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Couples names: Harry & Charley City: Alton Date met or started dating: April 13, 1998 Date married: October 3, 2015 What makes your relationship special? I truly believe what makes my relationship special is the way that my Charley loves and the way he has taken care of me and his love for me throughout the years and let me be me even though at times the me is a miserable grouchy irritable old man and I was even that way when I was young there are other words for but since we're in a public forum I won't use them LOL. When I had met him that day I had no idea what was going to happen and that we'd be together 25 years almost later I was on a one-way Road to Hell myself I was into a lot of bad things a lot of self-destructive Behavior and being with him kind of changed all that I found myself wanting to change because of him to become a better person because of him and he believed in me and loved me throughout all of it. his making me a step parent we have helped raise

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Bono will be in Washington, D.C., Tuesday night, but not for a concert. The U2 frontman is set to be a guest of first lady Jill Biden in her viewing box for President Joe Biden’s State of…

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Couples names: Chris & Katie City: Alton Date met or started dating: March 11, 2001 Date married: November 8, 2002 What makes your relationship special? We are true partners. We are the best of friends. We bring out the best in one another. We truly want to be together and make our relationship better. Share a memory you have made together: We have shared so many memories together in this life we have created. The last 5 years have been the most memorable for us. We have been raising our 2 nieces and nephew. Seeing life through the innocent eyes of children have changed our outlook on everything we believed and knew before. The adventures we have had and plan on having have made our relationship stronger than I have ever imagined.

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Couples names: Ann & Joe City: Jerseyville Date met or started dating: October 25, 2008 What makes your relationship special? What makes our relationship special is our ability to make it work in any situation. We tolerate each other and support each other even in our worst moments. It’s not always easy, but we are resilient in our love for each other. Share a memory you have made together: A memory we’ve made together was climbing Sky Pond located at Glacier Gorge in the Rocky Mountain National Park! It was a huge accomplishment for us both!! Definitely a feel good moment to hit the top together!

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Couples names: Corey and Lillian (Guccione) Bates Date married: February 10, 1987 Years married: 45 Marriage details: In celebration of their anniversary, Corey and Lillian took a European vacation that included a tour of Paris.

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Couples names: Samy & Ryan City: Wood River Date met or started dating: October 7, 2017 What makes your relationship special? Best buds for life. We were friends before we become partners for life. Share a memory you have made together: Waking up every day at 4 or 5 in the morning to walk to the smoke spot at job core just to see you! And I would do it all over again.

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Couples names: Dillon & Mariah City: Alton Date met or started dating: March 20, 2016 What makes your relationship special? Even though we've been together almost 6 years, were still best friends. We have also never second guess about one another! Share a memory you have made together: Our greatest memories are when our 3 children were born!

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Couples names: Sarah & Dyllian City: Wood River Date met or started dating: April 7, 2018 What makes your relationship special? We met in high school. I moved away to Indiana after freshman year. I moved back in 2017, we reconnected, and now have a beautiful family with 3 kids. Share a memory you have made together: We love a good St. Louis Blues hockey game! We’ve made very good family memories taking the kids to games.

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