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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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Tim Schall returns with a lighthearted, swinging take on one of his favorite holiday traditions – the music of the season! Since his last Sheldon appearance, Schall sang at Jazz

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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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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,

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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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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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Veteran southpaw José Quintana will join the New York Mets after a brief stint with the St. Louis Cardinals last season.

GODFREY - Roll up your sleeves with the home of Real Rock Radio, KSHE-95, and the Lewis and Clark Community College Veterans Club, and donate blood to help ImpactLife save lives. The L&C Veterans Club will host the KSHE-95 Winter Blood Drive from 10 a.m.- 6 p.m., Friday, Dec. 9, and 9 a.m.- 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 10, in the Hatheway Cultural Center Gallery on the college’s Godfrey Campus. “We are proud to be working with KSHE-95 and ImpactLife on this great campus and community event,” said Terry Lane, L&C Director of Career and Veteran Services and Vets Club Advisor. “By taking part, you just might save a life. Please make an effort to donate and please share this information with your family and friends.” Everyone who attempts to give blood during this drive will receive a KSHE-95 Summer Blood Drive T-shirt. To make an appointment to donate, call ImpactLife at (800) 747-5403 or sign up online at www.bloodcenter.org/group (Use group code 10571 to

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ALTON - Over $22,000 will be shared by 12 organizations through Illinois American Water’s Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Grant Program. The program provides financial assistance to nonprofit organizations seeking to develop and implement programs, training, and/or community-related projects that aim to promote and foster inclusion, diversity, and equity in their community. Rebecca Losli, Illinois American Water President, is excited “to be a part of the progress occurring in the communities we serve.” She said, “At Illinois American Water we celebrate and value the different perspectives and backgrounds each of us offer. Diversity makes our company and our communities stronger. This is why we created this program focused on partnerships for inclusion, diversity, and equity. We’re excited to collaborate with these impressive organizations.” Twelve organizations across Illinois American Water’s footprint will receive funding. Illinois American

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January 5 will mark the 50th anniversary of the release of Bruce Springsteen's debut album, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., and to mark the occasion, a daylong symposium featuring some of the musicians who played on…

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Giovanni Bacilieri remembers the first hot dog that got him hooked. It was from a casual restaurant in his hometown of Barranquilla, Colombia, a place known as much for its native daughter, Shakira, as its robust hot-dog culture. At this restaurant, as was typical of other sausage-centric eateries in Barranquilla, the menu was filled with a seemingly endless number of choices, but five-year-old Bacilieri settled on one covered in a sweet and sticky pineapple concoction.

One of the country's most beloved fast food chains is expanding its St. Louis-area footprint in the form of a distribution center.

Today on TAP: 51-49 is far more powerful than 50-50—and provides some insurance for 2024.

Aldermen are pushing to create a special panel to review and propose changes to the city's charter.

Time to see what your neighbors are doing to help us all in #WhatYouAreDoingAboutIt.