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Oct. 31, 2022

Bone Deep: Untangling the Betsy Faria Murder Case with Author Joel Sc…

On December 27, 2011, Russell Faria returned to his Troy, Missouri, home and found his wife, Betsy, dead. She’d been stabbed fifty-five times. First responders concluded that Betsy was dead for hours when Russ discovered her....

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Oct. 15, 2022

Best of the Blues: The Greatest Players in Team History

In his new book, Best of the Blues: The Greatest Players in Team History , St. Louis native Dan O’Neill , spotlights the top 25 players in St. Louis Blues history, along with the seasons and circumstances that made them …

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Oct. 6, 2022

Kirkwood: A Walk Through History

Kirkwood is one of St Louis County’s oldest and best-preserved suburbs. It was born as a planned community, laid out in a grid spreading from the Pacific Railroad tracks placed in the 1850s and envisioned as a city escape. It...

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Sept. 24, 2022

The Bee Play

The 2022 season of The J’s New Jewish Theatre (NJT) features the world premiere of The Bee Play . The Bee Play , by playwright Elizabeth Savage, is a story of what dreams, anxieties, hopes, and forgiveness might look like …

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Sept. 17, 2022

Main Street St. Charles, MO: A Walk Through History

History comes alive in St. Charles, and according to a longtime resident, history enthusiast, and author Valerie Battle Kienzle , the best way to experience Main Street and nearby areas is on foot. So, grab a pair of comfort...

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Sept. 17, 2022

Tower Grove Park: Common Ground and Grateful Shade Since 1872

In the late 1860s, philanthropist Henry Shaw focused on creating the first large park in St. Louis. His vision was a Victorian showplace full of verdant trees, shading pavilions, and music and cultural amenities. He wanted T...

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Sept. 17, 2022

Ready to Wear: A History of the Footwear and Garment Industries in St…

Ready to Wear is the story of two wearable industries in St. Louis, Missouri—footwear and garments, alike in their end products but drastically different in their production processes. The book takes a unique look at footwear...

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Aug. 15, 2022

The First Code Talkers: Native American Communicators in World War I

Did you know that the first code talkers were utilized near the end of World War I? Drawing on nearly thirty years of research—in U.S. military and Native American archives, surviving accounts from code talkers and their com...

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Aug. 1, 2022

The Rose Tattoo: Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis

The 7th Annual Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis has multiple events planned highlighed by this season's performance of The Rose Tattoo, a not to be missed production of Williams' romantic comedy, seen through the lens of...

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Aug. 1, 2022

Hannibal: A Walk Through History

Immortalized by the writing of its most famous resident, Sam Clemens aka Mark Twain, Hannibal is known around the world as much for its history as for the characters it birthed. Enjoy a guided walk through that history in Ame...

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July 6, 2022

Lakesha Glover-The Black Rep & Dontrell Who Kissed the Sea

Lakesha Glover describes her role as part of the cast of Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea which runs at the Black Rep from July 6-23 at Edison Theatre on the campus of Washington University. Lakesha also gives some background on...

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June 22, 2022

Amazing Webster Groves

What do Phyllis Diller, Charlotte Peters, Martha Mason, Harry Carey, Tennessee Williams, and Ulysses S. Grant have in common? Amazing Webster Groves! Award-winning author, journalist, former editor of the Webster-Kirkwood T...

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April 13, 2022

Jonas Salk: A Life

Jonas Salk: A Life is a captivating biography of the virologist and researcher who was thrust into the limelight and shunned by the scientific community. Charlotte Jacobs does a magnificent job in describing his brilliance, h...

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Dec. 18, 2021

A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants!

The New Jewish Theatre presents, A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants ! starring Eric Williams and Sharon Hunter, December 18 and 19. Eric Williams is an actor/comedian from St. Louis and has starre...

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Nov. 15, 2021

Hymn of Despair: The Blue Song of Tennessee Williams

Henry Schvey 's discovery of an unknown poem by Tennessee Williams was not only a once-in-a-lifetime find but another piece of the puzzle of a man whose past continued to follow him and which helped provide the inspiration fo...

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