The East St. Louis High School band will bring back one of its most well-known recent alumni, trumpeter Russell Gunn, as a special guest for the second of two benefit performances next month at the Sheldon Concert Hall.The first concert will feature th... »
I was in the Grand Center part of Midtown Thursday night. Grand Center is centered on a too short 3-4 block stretch of North Grand that was not razed for urban renewal to the north of Delmar or grass south of Olive. Many buildings stood vacant for year... »
.If Tuesday is Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, yesterday in St. Louis was Samedi Jofflu, Chubby Saturday. They (whoever they are) say we have the second biggest Mardi Gras celebration in the U.S. after New Orleans. Not that we could remotely approach the size... »
Last year’s redistricting meant I was now in the 5th ward, rather than the 6th. As such my polling place for voting changed from the senior apartment building on Olive west of Jefferson to Patrick Henry Elementary on North 10th St. It’s official name i... »
In the 21+ years I’ve been in St. Louis I’ve watched Harris-Stowe State Universitygo through name changes and a major expansion of their campus. This was done under the leadership of university president Dr. Henry Givens Jr., now retired: Givens manage... »
This past Sunday, November 27th the 37th Annual St. Louis Metro Sentinel Journal “Yes I Can” dinner was held at the Polish Heritage Center 1413 North 20th Street. President of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen, Lewis Reed introduced the Educator of t... »
“First my father and my mother—both immigrants newly arrived on these shores—and then I and my late brother, Joseph, as well as many of the people who would become my colleagues, all attended Downtown City, earning degrees and setting the stage for pro... »
With the fast pace of college life, students often struggle to balance wellness and convenience. Saint Louis University has worked to tip this balance recently by giving students a more defined choice when finding drinking water on campus. At the begi... »
