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ALTON - The Alton City Council accepted Police Chief Marcos Pulido's retirement at the Wednesday night meeting and also approved the appointments of Jarrett Ford as Police Chief and John Franke as Deputy Chief of Police. Shown above are: Newly appointed Deputy Chief John Franke Soon-to-be-retired Police Chief Marcos Pulido Newly appointed Police Chief Jarrett Ford Former Chief Pulido said it has been "an absolute honor to be the Alton Police Chief." An interview today with Chief Pulido and new Chief Ford to come.

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Alsana St. Louis, an innovative eating disorder recovery program with three local locations, is pioneering new compassion-focused treatment programs and seeing successful outcomes, which benefit local employers and employees. What is compassion-focused therapy? Compassion-focused therapy (CFT) is an innovative method shown to improve mental health by replacing internalized shame and self-criticism with acceptance and self-compassion. It is effective in treating eating disorders and common co-occurring…

Over several centuries, Indian artisans perfected complex methods for producing dyes and mordants to create painted and printed cloth in a spectrum of fade-resistant colors. Starting in the 17th century,

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To mark its 20th anniversary, Concert for George -- a 2002 concert that memorialized the late George Harrison -- will screen in selected theaters worldwide for one night only. The screening…

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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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Part of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis’ fall/winter exhibition, “Great Rivers Biennial” is a biannual collaborative initiative between the museum and the Gateway Foundation designed to foster artistic talent

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Green Door Art Gallery presents Picture. Book., featuring illustrations by internationally known illustrator and author Mary Engelbreit. In 2022, without a deadline in sight, Engelbreit decided to do one illustration for

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A portrait and figurative art exhibit, Face 2 Face features watercolor collage portraits by Gail Crosson, mixed media portraits by Allison Norfleet Bruenger, digital illustrations by Michael Plurad, portrait and

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Before the ring of pinball machines echoed through arcades, Bagatelle was filling parlors and pockets across the world. Drawing from the private collection of Mr. Ed Nickels, Bagatelle will follow the journey

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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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Chinese Silk Textiles of the Ming and Qing Dynasties showcases fine examples of Chinese textiles from the Museum’s collection, including clothing, embroideries, hangings, and banners made between 1570 and 1911.

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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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The Pulitzer Arts Foundation presents the first retrospective of trailblazing artist Barbara Chase-Riboud (b. 1939, Philadelphia) in over forty years. This exhibition will be the largest monographic exhibition of her

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St. Louis just can’t stay quiet. The region has produced legends who are on a first-name basis worldwide, like Ike & Tina, Miles, Chuck, and Nelly. It’s been home to

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A staple holiday decoration, the Christmas tree, is going to cost you more this year and you can blame inflation.

A man is behind bars nearly two months after he injured an officer in a traffic stop over a stolen pickup truck.

“Severe weather is not expected” from the storm, according to online posts from the National Weather Service's forecast office for the St. Louis area.