Aggregator

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

The post 1972 Fischer/Spassky: The Match, Its Origin, and Influence appeared first on Explore St. Louis.

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

The post Coloring STL appeared first on Explore St. Louis.

This exhibit showcases reproductions of the work of Missouri’s first known woman artist, Anna Maria von Phul. Her artwork illustrates life in the Missouri Territory during the 1810s and 1820s,

The post Painting Creole St. Louis appeared first on Explore St. Louis.

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,

The post Currents 122: Meleko Mokgosi appeared first on Explore St. Louis.

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.

The post Chinese Silk Textiles of the Ming and Qing Dynasties appeared first on Explore St. Louis.

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

The post Day & Dream in Modern Germany, 1914-1945 appeared first on Explore St. Louis.

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

The post St. Louis Sound appeared first on Explore St. Louis.

ALTON - Let the Riverbender Tech Center help your business run more efficiently. Their technicians can remove viruses from your business computers, back-up data, and help you upgrade your current computer with more memory. They can even upgrade your computer with a new Solid State drive! But, if you are in the market for a new computer, they also sell refurbished laptops – all with Solid State drives and either Windows 10 or 11. They will transfer the data from your old computer to one you purchase from our shop at no charge, and you even get a warranty! Local small businesses move to the front of the line for repairs. This means you will have your computer back to you right away. Before going to a big box store, give the Riverbender Tech Center a try. You will not be disappointed! The Riverbender Tech Center is located at 312 Belle Street across the street from Mac’s Timeout in Downtown Alton. Reach them by phone at (618) 433-8989 or visit their website at RBTechCenter.com

Continue Reading

CHICAGO - If you bought a Powerball ticket in Tinley Park for Saturday night’s drawing, you may want to check it right away - that’s because you might be a newly-minted millionaire! The winning ticket was purchased at the 7-Eleven, located at 7601 W. 159th St. in Tinley Park, and matched all five numbers to win the $1 million prize for the Saturday, November 19 drawing. The winning numbers were: 7-28-62-63-64. The lucky winner is now the seventh Illinois Lottery player who has won a prize of a million dollars or more playing Powerball so far this year. This is also a win for 7-Eleven for selling the winning ticket, as the retailer will receive a selling bonus of 1% of the prize amount. For the convenience store, that means a bonus of $10,000. In total, more than 17,000 winning tickets were sold, and nearly $1.2 million in prizes were won in Saturday evening’s Powerball drawing. Winners have one year from the date of the winning draw in which to claim their prize

Continue Reading

Police are responding to a report of a shooting Tuesday morning at St. Mary's High School in St. Louis.

Don't fear the gravy. It's simply a combination of broth, drippings, fat, and flour that can be made in 4 easy steps.

The post Wow! Who Made the Gravy? appeared first on Good Food St. Louis.

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine wants to play another Big 4 concert, and he thinks it's up to Metallica to make that happen. Metallica and Megadeth make up half of the…

Source

From St. Louis Post Dispatch:  John Gaal had been in the air for about 45 minutes when the woman across the aisle from him screamed. Gaal and his wife, Mary, were on a recent Southwest Airlines flight headed out west, where he was speaking at a conference. Gaal is retired from running training and education […]

Proponents of the $1.2 billion federal infrastructure legislation promised it would spread work nationwide. A study shows it's having that effect in Missouri and Illinois. Here are some of the St. Louis metro area's biggest projects.

The Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx announced on Monday that Post cereals will become the official cereal of the organization. The agreement includes cereal brands like Fruity Pebbles, Honeycomb, and Honey Bunches of Oats, all of which are inclusive of the Wolves and Lynx partnership with the brand. Those cereals are products of Lakeville-based Post Consumer Brands, which is a unit of St. Louis-based Post Holdings Inc. (NYSE: POST). According to a Monday press release, the partnership includes…

An aging electric grid, fossil fuel power plant retirements and a massive renewable electricity buildout are all contributing to a boom in transmission and distribution wire projects by electric utilities across the country. In 2020, investor-owned electric utilities spent $25 billion on transmission, up from $23.7 billion in 2019, figures that the Edison Electric Institute, which […]

The post As utilities spend billions on transmission, support builds for independent monitoring appeared first on Missouri Independent.