Aisha Sultan’s short film, “Other People”, was screened at the Missouri History Museum Thursday evening, and was followed by a panel discussion, in association with the St. Louis Press Club.
This is the inspirational story of a true American Hero and the last surviving WWII soldier of the U.S. Army 351st Artillery Unit, Thaddeus Adolphus Watson.
A Nigerian immigrant in St. Louis is making full use of offerings from the St. Louis innovation community to bring his beverage business, Wakava, to life.
St. Louis continues to emerge as a destination for food lovers and restaurant tourists. National website Yelp lists it as the number 2 foodie spot in America.
Local Sculptor Don Wiegand has restored the luster to his bronze bust of Gussie Busch at Busch Stadium, thanks to a little help from Gussie’s grandson.
The New York Times had some great recommendations on what to do and where to visit if you’re only in town for 36 hours. We wanted to give you some visual elements to the story, so you can have a look for yourself.
St. Louis is at the forefront of a beer movement, but this one doesn’t include alcohol. See how bars and a unique brewing company are gaining people’s attention
Through classes, networking events, and pop-up shops, the Women’s Creative seeks to increase the number of women-owned businesses that succeed past five years.
Civil Rights Icon, Dr. Melba Pattillo Beals, shares her story as a “Little Rock Nine” student being the first to attend the all-white Central High School.
There are over 25,000 vacant properties and plots of land in the city of St. Louis. Learn about the initiative that is working to tackle this vacancy issue.
Plowsharing Crafts in the University City Loop is part of a growing Fair Trade Movement to connect tradespeople in developing countries to markets in the U.S.
The Little Bit Foundation provides coats, backpacks and other personal necessities to students. Now it’s reaching out to them through STEM learning, as well.
The St. Louis Chess Club is using high money prizes at the top level and educational outreach to students, trying to bring more girls and women to the game.
The St. Louis Archdiocese has established a mobile medical unit to provide comprehensive healthcare to people in some of the poorest counties in the country.
In St. Louis, the old Union Trust Building is now Hotel Saint Louis. In this episode of Schankman’s St. Louis,
we offer an armchair tour of this unique hotel.
The 500 Women Scientist group looks to inspire young girls, providing mentors and role models in STEM categories as they fight gender inequity in the sciences.
Under Tom Ridgely’s second year tenure as Executive Producer of Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, the Festival has announced exciting changes and productions for 2019.
HEC gets a sneak peak at the progress being made on the new St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station, including the latest renderings and plans for a Ferris Wheel.
Many people assumed when the Goldenrod Showboat caught fire in 2017, it was lost forever.
But many of the showboat’s most historic items were saved and stored.
Rudy Hamilton has become the familiar face of food drives in St. Louis after he starting in 2017. Rudy has big plans to expand the drive in the years to come.
In June, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis will have its first new Artistic Director in more than 30 years.
Hana Sharif talks with HEC about her plans.
The City Foundry STL project is taking shape, trying to revive old architecture and become a social center for a booming area around Cortex in St. Louis.
GiftAMeal is a mobile app that donates a meal’s worth of food to a local food bank every time someone takes a picture of their food at a member restaurant.
Iconic “Mercury Six” retired McDonnell Aircraft Engineers on a new mission making a Difference: Build Space Museum’s Grissom Center in Bonne Terre, MO.
By Jerome Sarris and Joe Firth When someone is diagnosed with a mental health disorder such as depression or anxiety, first line treatments usually include psychological therapies and medication. What’s not always discussed are the changeable lifestyle factors that influence our mental health. Even those who don’t have a mental health condition may still be looking for […]
Bringing Free Libraries to the Community: St. Louis Promise Zone The St. Louis Promise Zone has partnered with the St. Louis County Library to provide 50 community library boxes all around the Promise Zone in north St. Louis County. Their aim is to increase literacy and readership and strengthen education outcomes in high poverty communities. […]
Have you ever been at line at Starbucks and have the person in front of you pay for your order? It starts a chain-effect, called paying it forward, that will put a smile on your face for the rest of the day. Or has someone sincerely complimented you or helped you out in a situation […]
New technology is influencing almost everything, including the way we get food. A company has new technology that would connect farmers and buyers by app.
This episode of Schankman’s St. Louis features the midwest debut of Mama’s Boy, a play about the twisted family life of Lee Harvey Oswald before Nov. 22 1963.
