Documentary about The Hill wins Telly Award
ST. LOUIS – “America’s Last Little Italy: The Hill,” the award-winning documentary about St. Louis’ venerable Italian neighborhood, has won…
Art
New artwork at airport celebrates modernity, movement
ST. LOUIS – A new piece of art in the form of a colorful tile mosaic wall is now on…
‘Dinoroarus’ a scary new attraction at the Zoo
FOREST PARK – Dinosaurs are roaming around the St. Louis Zoo, and nobody seems to care. Scary ones, such as…
Virus rains on St. Patrick’s Day parade, but Dogtown keeps spirits high
DOGTOWN – For the second year in a row, firetrucks, floats and marching bands will not move down Tamm Avenue…
Dinosaurs arrive for new Zoo exhibit
FOREST PARK – A mixed herd of dinosaurs moved in at the St. Louis Zoo on Monday for a new,…
Black Americans used portraits, family photos to defy stereotypes
For decades, the Black family has been denigrated as dysfunctional. Unstable. Criminal. Impoverished. Absentee fathers. Neglectful mothers. “A tangle of pathology,”…
Stolen figure of homeless Jesus found smashed
DOWNTOWN WEST (AP) — A 400-pound Homeless Jesus statue stolen from in front of the closed New Life Evangelistic Center…
Sumner to stay open as an arts, activism school
THE VILLE – The historic Sumner High School is getting new life as a school specializing in activism and the…
Baby penguin at Zoo gets a name: Opal
FOREST PARK – “Opal” is the name of the penguin chick hatched Dec. 11 at the St. Louis Zoo. The…
Central Baptist Church in Midtown moves toward landmark status
CITY HALL – Legislation passed Friday by the Board of Aldermen would grant a special historic status to a Midtown…
Lesson of ‘Groundhog Day,’ virus: Learn mindfulness
Many will recall the movie comedy “Groundhog Day,” starring Bill Murray as Phil Conners, an insufferable weatherman from Pittsburgh. Conners,…
Gaga to Garth, Miranda to Moreno: Celebs join inaugural
Like so much this past year, the inaugural celebration will be like no other: pared down, distanced, much of it…
Performing artists to mark MLK’s legacy in virtual exhibition
FOREST PARK – In more than a century, the St. Louis Art Museum has collected statues, paintings and other works…
Hispanics celebrate ‘Three Kings’ on Cherokee Street
As most of us put away our Christmas ornaments and lights, area Hispanics got together this past week to celebrate…
Comedian works, lives by motto ‘Handsome Lives Matter’
PENROSE – Yes, Black Lives Matter. But Byron Moore, aka Handsome the Comedian, has a slightly different slogan, Handsome Lives…
City board upholds condemnation of ‘Land of Giants’
VISITATION PARK – After years of forming fun and somewhat odd creations at the City Museum, Bill Christman set his…