Spotlight: Blueberry Hill, MetroMarket & Afghan Refugees Feel at Home

    In this week’s episode, learn the story behind Blueberry Hill as they gear up to celebrate 50 years in business, meet a National Geographic photographer who travels the world for beautiful pictures and a mixed media artist who creates unique fabric collages, discover a blood test for Alzheimer’s Disease that have proven highly accurate through an international study, an eco-artist teaches kids how to be creative while helping the environment, the STL MetroMarket is putting fresh food back on the map in our food desert communities, and how St. Louisans are helping Afghan refugees feel at home here.

    Happy Anniversary Blueberry Hill!
    For the past 50 years, Blueberry Hill in the Delmar Loop has been that bar where everybody knows your name. And now, you can know the story behind its founding.

    Meet the Artist: Greg Davis
    Greg Davis, who is represented by the National Geographic Image Collection, is a photographer, filmmaker, and an ambassador and advisor to Well Aware. To learn more, go to https://gregdavisphotography.com/.

    Meet the Artist: Joel Fremion
    Mixed Media Artist Joel Fremion combines his background in architectural design and painting to create unique fabric collages. His techniques in utilizing any number of materials to achieve the desired look are proven to be extremely versatile through his body of work; making for impressive landscape, portrait, cityscape, and still life pieces. Visit www.fremionart.com for more information.

    Blood Test for Alzheimer’s Disease Proven Highly Accurate in International Study
    Highly accurate blood test assesses whether amyloid plaques have begun accumulating in the brain, identifying Alzheimer’s disease.

    Creatives Behind the Art: Eco-Artist
    In St. Louis Eco-Artist Jessica Witte’s latest project, “Taking Flight,” she works with school children to show how art and nature can be intertwined.

    STL MetroMarket is putting fresh food back on the map
    St. Louis MetroMarket is a food oasis on wheels. The non-profit works in partnership with Operation Food Search to bring groceries to people in food deserts.

    Afghan Refugees Feel at Home in St. Louis
    St. Louisans partner with Afghan refugees to ease the transition to a new home in an unfamiliar country.