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Actually, we had only 37 people at the farm for Thanksgiving, (but the number 40 made the meter of the title sound better :-)) We only had 4 dogs on Thanksgiving Day; 6 the night before. They were all well behaved (I just needed something to rhyme with dining in the title.) And, fortunately, for... 

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John Scalzi has taken up one of the growing practices of the Twitter cognoscenti: Honestly life on Twitter has gotten much better since I switched to DGAF blocking. Be mildly annoying to me? That's a block. Look at me wrong? Blockeroonies. Like a post from a racist shitbag and I see it? Blocktown, population you. ...continue reading "The great question of our day: Block or mute?"

Police on Sunday identified a teen killed in a double shooting that left another teen injured in the city's Greater Ville neighborhood.

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. Jane Goodall, who braved the unknown to provide a remarkable window into humankind’s closest living relatives – chimpanzees.   On Oct. 7, the

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We don’t just support as many local vendors as we can, we encourage our neighbors to do the same.   Join us from 11am-3pm on the first Sunday of each

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Gyles Brandreth, the queen's biographer, passes along the latest scuttlebutt about her final days: I had heard that the Queen had a form of myeloma — bone marrow cancer — which would explain her tiredness and weight loss and those 'mobility issues' we were often told about during the last year or so of her ...continue reading "Multiple myeloma: Not just for us commoners anymore"

Data journalist, illustrator and writer Mona Chalabi presents a large-scale exhibition on the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis’ Project Wall.   Chalabi’s work is informed by statistics gathered on politics,

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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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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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Experience Winter Jewels An Enchanted Celebration. Escape the cold as the Butterfly House magically transforms during Winter Jewels! Enjoy the Tropical Conservatory filled with elaborate fairy gardens, home to the

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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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