Books

Fanfare for Sports Fandom: How Being a Sports Fan Is Good for Your Health

Can being a sports fan make you happier, healthier and more understanding? Larry Olmsted’s book “Fans” says yes and Super Fan Ron Baechle backs up the findings.

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CultureHistory

Emancipation Day, April 16th

The abolishment of slavery in the United States has a long and complicated history. By 1860, there were approximately 4 million enslaved people in the US. Although most of us are familiar with Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, it is only part of the story.

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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.

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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.

CultureHistory

Anniversary of the Great Flood of 93

It ranks as one of the worst floods and among US modern history’s top ten natural disasters. The Great Flood of ’93 occurred from April to October, overflowing the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and their tributaries.

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Review of Don’t Wait for the Marlboro Man at Upstream Theater

The title of Don’t Wait for the Marlboro Man tells us not to wait even though the setting is a hospital waiting room. The intriguing drama by Olivier Garofalo is receiving its American premiere from Upstream Theater in an excellent production directed by Philip Boehm, who translated the play from the original German.

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Window to the Soul at Art Saint Louis

Window to the Soul is a new multimedia juried group show at Art Saint Louis featuring works by 49 St. Louis regional artists from Missouri and Illinois.

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Spotlight

Spotlight: Anti-aging Research, The Keeper of the Cup & Dr. and Missouri Weird & Wonderful

Missouri Weird & Wonderful, scientist, teacher and inventor Dr. Diuguid, anti-aging therapy, a fun textile artist, the Towel Man and the Keeper of the Cup.

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History Spotlight: Dr. Diuguid

A successful scientist, teacher, and inventor despite color barriers.

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