Art
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Cultural appropriation crosses line from appreciation – but where’s the line?
Fashion companies are increasingly being taken to task for selling expensive versions of traditional Indigenous dress. Gucci’s kaftans came with…
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Miniature Museum makes it big by thinking small
BEVO MILL – In one display, teensy people prepare for a little banquet at tiny, tiny tables set with bitsy…
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Steven Woolf, retired artistic director of The Rep, dies at 75
The longtime artistic director of The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Steven Woolf, died Monday (July 12, 2021) after a…
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Modern-day Michaelangelos cover St. Louis with art
CARONDELET – One year, mural artist Ray Harvey heard an announcement on KMOX that civic leaders in Carondelet were holding…
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Lincoln museum to display Emancipation Proclamation to mark Juneteenth
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield will mark Juneteenth — the holiday commemorating…
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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…
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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…
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‘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…
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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…
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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,…
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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,”…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Fauci is one of People magazine’s 2020 People of the Year
LOS ANGELES (AP) — People magazine has named Dr. Anthony Fauci, Selena Gomez, Regina King and George Clooney as the…
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Expert turns back time with work on vintage clocks
This weekend, those who turn analog clocks back to Standard Time for the winter may think themselves old-fashioned. Fancy that!…
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Sculptor to be first Black woman to represent U.S. at Biennale festival
Simone Leigh is renowned for creating artworks that transcend race and gender to celebrate Black women and give them a…
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New mural is eye-catching public safety reminder
DOWNTOWN – Frida Kahlo, the Mexican artist with the beetle brows, wears a face mask with the image of the…
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Summer movie series first step to opening post-COVID-19 microcinema
BEVO MILL – Keith Watson and Sarah Baraba were busy preparing for opening night in a new bar-minicinema on Gravois…
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Rapper Huey killed in shooting in Kinloch
KINLOCH (AP) — A St. Louis rapper who went by the stage name Huey was killed in a shooting that…
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Muny Opera cancels, says ‘Meet You at The Muny’ in 2021
FOREST PARK – The Muny has canceled its summer, at least on the stage in Forest Park. Because of the…
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A one-in-a-million coincidence: Growing Up next door
People say St. Louis is the world’s biggest small town. You’re always running into somebody with a connection to yourself.…
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A testimony to a happy childhood: Annemarie Nauert
(This is one in a series about the more than 100 people area author Jim Merkel interviewed about growing up…
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