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The Gateway City’s Encore: A Roadie’s Story

The Gateway City’s Encore: A Roadie’s Story is the story of a former rock n’ roll roadie who is bringing music industry back to St. Louis.

Culture

New Baby Orangutan at Saint Louis Zoo

Science & Technology

Sniffing out explosives, hazards and diseases with cyborg locusts, perhaps, saving the day!

Happening Now

Spring Exhibitions at CAM STL

Culture

Ameren Pollinator Project

Ameren has been planting native pollinator-friendly plant for more than a decade to try to attract monarch butterflies and other endangered species.

HistoryHistory Spotlight

History Spotlight: Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Over 150 years ago, one man’s homesickness led to a colony of two-dozen Eurasian tree sparrows being transplanted to St. Louis.

Books

Prelude to a Century: A New Look at St. Louis’s 1904 World’s Fair

Author Patrick Murphy revisits the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis in a large new book titled “Prelude to a Century.” It goes on sale everywhere in April 2024.

Culture

Schankman’s St. Louis: The St. Louis Literary Award

The St. Louis Literary Award has a rich history spanning more than 50 years. We look at how it all began. (Margaret Atwood footage courtesy Nine PBS.)

ArtsTheaterTwo on the Aisle

Review of Cry It Out at Washington University

Molly Smith Metzler’s Cry It Out was shown to its best advantage in last weekend’s outstanding production at Washington University.

Spotlight

Spotlight: Celebrates Spring & The St. Louis Literary Award

Cyborg locust that can detect threats, how eurasian tree sparrows came to STL, pollinator friendly fields, and the St. Louis Literary Award.

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Review of the Eighth Annual Aphra Behn Festival at SATE

SATE’s Eighth Annual Aphra Behn Festival was presented on April 5, 6, and 7 at The Chapel. The company assembled an interesting evening of short new plays.
SATE established the Festival in 2017 to provide growth opportunities for women interested in directing and writing for theater. The Festival now includes transgender and non-binary artists.

Books

Pay-to-Stay Prisons Exposed in New Book by Tony Messenger

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Metro columnist Tony Messenger offers an expose of modern-day debtor’s prisons and how they’ve destroyed lives in Missouri and beyond.

Happening Now

A Change of Scenery at the St. Louis Artists’ Guild

The St. Louis Artists’ Guild hosts three new exhibits examining topics of location and exploring themes of landscape, climate change, and manmade structures.

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Review of Dark Matters at West End Players Guild

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s Dark Matters is probably best known for its paranormal elements. I will remember it for family dynamics that were compellingly depicted in the recent staging by the West End Players Guild.

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