St. Louis

Historic St. Louis Cemetery Looking For Volunteers

Rachel Lippmann — Fri, 24 May 2013 21:24:52 +0000

The caretakers of one of the oldest black cemeteries in St. Louis are hoping to get 300 people to converge on the property in North County tomorrow to help with the ongoing restoration efforts.

The Friends of Greenwood Cemetery Association does these clean-up days several times a year, and historian Etta Daniels says they've helped clear about half of the 32-acre cemetery in the last 13 years. This year, they'll tackle a 10-12 acre section that needs some TLC.

In St. Louis, King Day Speakers Call For A New Dream

Rachel Lippmann — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:27:30 +0000

Local dignitaries and politicians filled the rotunda of the Old Courthouse in downtown St. Louis on Monday for the city's 44th annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

The city's celebration is the second-oldest in the country, behind only Atlanta. In addition to celebrating the slain civil rights leader, who would have been 83 on January 15th, most speakers also rejoiced in the second inauguration of President Barack Obama, who took the oath of office in Washington, DC as the proceedings took place.

Mo.-St. Louis Trade Delegation In China Renews Air Cargo Hub Efforts

Marshall Griffin — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:20:46 +0000

Missouri and St. Louis-area leaders are wrapping up a trade mission to China this week designed to revive the so-called China Hub project.

Songbird Cafe Features Local Songwriters In Intimate Listening Environment

Alex Heuer and Mary Edwards — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:40:01 +0000

Songbird Café is a local St. Louis production which features songwriters playing and sharing stories about their own music and an audience intent on listening in an intimate environment.

Steve St. Cyr, a recently retired accountant, is the organizer and producer of Songbird Café, which for the past year, takes place at the Focal Point in Maplewood on an almost monthly basis.

St. Cyr got the inspiration for his project from the Bluebird Café in Nashville, Tennessee – a listening room which has launched the career of several well-known music artists.

Proposition R Asks St. Louisans: 'Do You Want To Cut The Number Of Aldermen?'

Rachel Lippmann — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:04:00 +0000

On Tuesday, St. Louisans will once again be asked if they want to make a major change to the structure of government in the city.

Proposition R would cut the size of the Board of Aldermen in half following the next census. The board itself put the measure on the ballot in July, just before taking a break for the summer, and the campaign in the midst of an already crowded election season began in earnest in September.