After being booted from Missouri Capitol, LGBTQ history exhibit tours St. Louis
Nearly three months after being removed from the Missouri Capitol by Gov. Mike Parson’s administration, an exhibit on the history…
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St. Louis’ Josephine Baker honored at France’s Pantheon
PARIS (AP) — Josephine Baker — the St. Louis-born entertainer, anti-Nazi spy and civil rights activist — was inducted into…
Famed cathedral names artist to replace Confederate windows
Washington National Cathedral announced Thursday it has chosen contemporary artist Kerry James Marshall, renowned for his wide-ranging works depicting African…
Native American statue removed from Cherokee Street corner
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A statue of a Native American that served as a landmark at an intersection in the…
Missouri cave with ancient Native American drawings sold
(AP) — A Missouri cave containing Native American artwork from more than 1,000 years ago was sold at auction Tuesday,…
LGBTQ history exhibit goes unmentioned by state official cited for its removal
When news broke that an LGBTQ history exhibit was suddenly and without warning removed from the Missouri Capitol, Gov. Mike Parson…
Virginia is set to remove statue of Confederal Gen. Lee
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Va., is set to come…
Parson’s rationale for removing LGTBQ exhibit from Missouri Capitol called into question
Fireworks this week over the sudden removal of an LGBTQ history exhibit from the museum in the Missouri Capitol caught…
Exhibit on history of LGBTQ rights removed from Missouri Capitol
A state senator from Kansas City is demanding answers about why an exhibit on the LGBTQ-rights movement was removed from the Missouri…
St. Charles seeking controversial Lewis and Clark sculpture
ST. CHARLES (AP) — The city of St. Charles plans to submit a proposal to relocate a controversial sculpture of…
Josephine Baker is first Black woman given Paris burial honor
PARIS (AP) — The remains of St. Louis-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker will be reinterred at the Pantheon monument…
Cultural appropriation crosses line from appreciation – but where’s the line?
Fashion companies are increasingly being taken to task for selling expensive versions of traditional Indigenous dress. Gucci’s kaftans came with…
Miniature Museum makes it big by thinking small
BEVO MILL – In one display, teensy people prepare for a little banquet at tiny, tiny tables set with bitsy…
Steven Woolf, retired artistic director of The Rep, dies at 75
The longtime artistic director of The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Steven Woolf, died Monday (July 12, 2021) after a…
Modern-day Michaelangelos cover St. Louis with art
CARONDELET – One year, mural artist Ray Harvey heard an announcement on KMOX that civic leaders in Carondelet were holding…
Lincoln museum to display Emancipation Proclamation to mark Juneteenth
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield will mark Juneteenth — the holiday commemorating…