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Mind, Art, Experience: 10 Years of Chess & Culture in Saint Louis celebrates the best chess, art and culture from all 50 exhibitions held at

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Impressionism and Beyond traces the complex and generative encounters of artists with modern life, highlighting the diverse conversations between tradition and innovation, representation and abstraction, and

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Explore the splendor of one of America’s most magnificent theatres!   Enjoy your walking tour of the majestic Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis. This

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Green Door Art Gallery proudly presents The Nature of Things, art inspired by the natural world, featuring laser cut wood mandalas by Karen DeGuire, charcoal

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St. Louis just can’t stay quiet. The region has produced legends who are on a first-name basis worldwide, like Ike & Tina, Miles, Chuck, and

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Admission to the Missouri History Museum and this special exhibit is free.   Women, often portrayed as secondary characters in the city’s formation, were actually

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The fastest game on Earth.   HOCKEY: Faster Than Ever explores the science behind ice hockey. Technology, physics and other topics highlight the advances of

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Dozens of people say they were abused at either Circle of Hope or Agape Boarding School — allegations that helped prompt a new Missouri law aimed at reining in religious boarding schools that for decades went without any oversight by…

EDWARDSVILLE – Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Department of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences is partnering with the Arts & Issues series to present the annual William C. Shaw Lecture featuring Brian Greene, PhD, professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University. The lecture entitled “Revealing the Universe - A Journey to the Frontier of Understanding” will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14 in the Morris University Center’s Meridian Ballroom, with a book signing following the event in the Goshen Lounge. “We’re excited to once again collaborate with the SIUE Department of Physics and its Shaw Lecture series to present Dr. Brian Greene, one of the world's leading theoretical physicists who is known for his entertaining and inspiring lectures,” said Grant Andree, director of Arts & Issues. A Harvard graduate and Rhodes Scholar, Greene is a prominent theoretical physicist, mathematician and string

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GODFREY - Lewis and Clark Community College’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa is holding a pet supply drive to benefit Mandy’s Whine and Bark Grooming and Animal Shelter in While Hall. The shelter is in need of cat and dog food, cat litter, blankets, collars, toys, puppy pads and cleaning supplies. The drive will run through Friday, April 15, with drop-off bins located at The Commons Café on the Godfrey Campus and in the lounge of the N.O. Nelson Campus in Edwardsville. For more information about the drive or PTK, contact Elizabeth Grant at eegrant@lc.edu .

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The St. Louis CITY Soccer Club is launching a program for kids and families called the CITY Futures program. The CITY Futures program will provide no-cost, multi-level, high-quality soccer training and holistic player development throughout the St. Louis region. The kick off event will be at Bayless High School on Saturday. The high school is one of St. Louis CITY SC’s official satellite locations.  This [...]

SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is urging the motoring public to focus on the road while driving and to avoid driving distracted. April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. “With the increased use of technological devices, distracted driving has become a serious problem on the roads throughout our state and the nation,” said White. “No driver should be texting while driving.” In an effort to further discourage distracted driving, White has instructed the Secretary of State Police to conduct targeted patrols statewide to crack down on distracted drivers. “The goal is not to write tickets, but to save lives,” said White. “We are reminding the public of the dangers of distracted driving, and police will be issuing tickets to motorists who are driving distracted.” Illinois law prohibits the hand-held use of cellphones and electronic devices in vehicles, unless reporting an emergency or while the vehicle i

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URBANA - At 94 years old, every day counts for Jim Bier. The Champaign, Illinois, resident, U.S. Army veteran, and retired map-maker is able to manage things like visiting the store and strolling his backyard gardens – a space resembling the University of Illinois Japan House gardens, which Bier designed . It all comes with less chest pain and easier breathing thanks to a minimally-invasive heart procedure offered at OSF HealthCare. “I’ve been at home, exercising, building up my legs, and I don't have the difficulties breathing like I did before all this happened back in the garden days,” Bier says. “And so I would say I'm in very good shape at this point.” Bier pauses and adds with a chuckle, “From my waist up. I still have to work on my legs.” Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2011 , transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR for short, deals with a thickened aortic valve in the heart that can’t fully

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PEORIA - The 2022 Academy Awards show will probably be best remembered not for who won or lost or who wore what, but because of “the slap.” Actor Will Smith took to the stage and slapped comedian Chris Rock as he was preparing to present an award. Rock was cracking jokes, including one about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith, and her shaved head. While his actions are in question, through them Will Smith ultimately shined a light on Alopecia areata, which is the most common form of the disease and affects one in every 500 to 1,000 people in the United States, including Pinkett-Smith. "Hair loss is normal. There's a certain amount of hair loss everybody has. Our hair grows at a similar rate, so we maintain a certain amount of hair,” explains Mark Meeker, D.O., a physician for OSF HealthCare. “As we age, there's androgenic hair loss, we lose more hair than we grow. That's male pattern baldness, for example. Even female pattern baldness that's very genetically

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ALTON - Physical activity is good for us, we all know. Yet it can be hard to fit into our daily schedules – and it’s easy to understand why. Family, school, work and other important obligations can take up a lot of our time and energy. But there is one healthy activity most of us can fit into a packed schedule – and it’s often hidden in plain sight: walking. You may not see it highlighted often by social media influencers, but for something so simple it has a huge amount going for it. “Walking has far-reaching benefits, including reduced anxiety and depression, improved mobility and cardiovascular health, increased brain function, weight loss, and it adds years to life,” said Liz Salerno, an assistant professor in the division of public health sciences at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. And you don’t need to walk a huge amount to benefit. While a popular goal is 10,000 steps per day (about five miles), studies have found

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ALTON – Centerstone, a national leader in behavioral health care, will host a free, virtual Flourish Open House webinar on April 5 from noon – 1 p.m. The webinar will help participants gain a better understanding of the services Centerstone offers families through the Flourish program, which serves families through building parenting skills and supports. “The goals of the Flourish program are to increase well-being, improve permanency and enhance the safety of the family,” said Taylor Marks, Centerstone’s Flourish supervisor. Flourish provides free services to many Illinois families. Flourish can help families improve their parenting and communication skills and strengthen relationships in the family. The webinar will address these services and many others provided by Flourish. Presenters in the webinar include: Alyssa Cline, MSW – Centerstone’s Flourish Group Leader Breauna Hurd, MSW – Centerstone’s Flourish Group Leader Karl

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As the host of Them Yo People!, local television star Gary Boyd is the underground king of St. Louis.

Hop on down the bunny trail and fill your basket with fun! Eckert’s Annual Egg Hunt, animals for petting, tractor ride around the farm, plant

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I've become a little obsessed with our inflation crisis, and yesterday evening I ran into a tweet about our old friend NGDP. This is nominal GDP—i.e., not adjusted for inflation—and there's a small cadre of economists who believe that this, not interest rates, is what the Fed should target. A common proposal is to target ...continue reading "Yet another look at inflation: NGDP level targeting"