Madalyn Painter

Digital Media Manager
  • Maria Frank

Digital Media Manager Madalyn Painter joined the station in 2006, after working for three years as Online Communications Manager for KETC/Channel 9, St. Louis Public Television. Her professional awards include a 2005 APEX Award of Excellence for a Web site and three Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards. She has lived in St. Louis since graduating in 2000 from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a degree in Honors English. She has a master's degree in social work from St. Louis University. She enjoys gardening, poetry, and listening to public radio. Her favorite public radio shows are RadioLab, On Being, and The Splendid Table.

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Best-selling books in St. Louis for the week ending May 8

By • May 13, 2011
St. Louis Public Radio

Below is the top-ten list of the St. Louis region's best-selling adult and children's books. The list is compiled by the St. Louis Independent Bookstore Alliance.

For the week ending May 8:

Adult

Best-selling books in St. Louis for the week ending April 24

By • May 1, 2011

Below is the top-ten list of the St. Louis region's best-selling adult and children's books. The list is compiled by the St. Louis Independent Bookstore Alliance.

For the week ending April 24:

Adult

The Weekend Gardener: Integrated Pest Management

By • Apr 30, 2011

Each month Gateway Greening community gardeners gather at the Schlafly Tap Room for Pints 'n' Plants, where guest speakers share their gardening expertise. The latest was from Small Farm Specialist Miranda Duschack, of Lincoln University Cooperative Extension, who shared her knowledge about Integrated Pest Management.

Best-selling books in St. Louis for the week ending April 17

By • Apr 24, 2011

Below is the top-ten list of the St. Louis region's best-selling adult and children's books. The list is compiled by the St. Louis Independent Bookstore Alliance.

For the week ending April 17:

 

Adult

Best-selling books in St. Louis for the week ending April 3

By • Apr 8, 2011
St. Louis Public Radio

Below is the top-ten list of the St. Louis region's best-selling adult and children's books. The list is compiled by the St. Louis Independent Bookstore Alliance.

For the week ending April 3:

Adult

Kick

By • Apr 8, 2011
djmark1972 / Flickr

Photo by "djmark1972" on Flickr.com.

Join the St. Louis Public Radio Flickr group to see interesting photos from the St. Louis region and submit your own. Each week, we feature on our website one outstanding photo from the group.

Best-selling books in St. Louis for the week ending March 27

By • Apr 1, 2011
Madalyn Painter / St. Louis Public Radio

Below is the top-ten list of the St. Louis region's best-selling adult and children's books. The list is compiled by the St. Louis Independent Bookstore Alliance.

For the week ending March 27:

Adult

Organizing a Community Garden

By • Apr 1, 2011
St. Louis Public Radio

Welcome to our bi-weekly gardening column. To complement our weekend programming, we're offering more arts, culture, and lifestyle articles. Here, I write about the trials and tribulations of my own gardening and that of others--including community gardeners working to establish a space in which to grow. I hope you get inspired to dig in the dirt yourself.

Best-selling books in St. Louis for the week ending March 20

By • Mar 28, 2011

Below is the top-ten list of the St. Louis region's best-selling adult and children's books. The list is compiled by the St. Louis Independent Bookstore Alliance.

For the week ending March 20:

Adult

STOMP performers scavenge station for instruments, play live for Cityscape

By & • Mar 25, 2011

The dance and percussion company STOMP is in town this weekend for its Dance St. Louis performances at the Fox Theatre.

Vegetable gardening on the air, in the news, and at a nursery near you

By • Mar 20, 2011
Photo credit: Madalyn Painter / St. Louis Public Radio

March is the time to plant cold-season crops, such as broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, potatoes, and onions. You'll find onion "slips"--immature onion bulbs--available at your local nursery now, along with some basic brassicas to start for summer harvest. Next year try starting from seed to select more unusual varieties. Venture out into what may be new territory by trying broccoli rab, kohlrabi, and bok choy.

Top-selling books in St. Louis

By • Mar 18, 2011

At the end of each week we will now be providing a best-seller list of the top ten adult and children's books. The list is compiled by the St. Louis Independent Bookstore Alliance.

For the week ending March 13:

Adult

Lady Bird

By • Mar 11, 2011
via Flickr/MzSusanB

Photo by "MzSusanB" on Flickr.com, taken at the St. Louis Zoo.

Join the St. Louis Public Radio Flickr group to see interesting photos from the St. Louis region and submit your own. Each week, we feature on our website one outstanding photo from the group.

Seed Starting: Finding Unique Varietals and Using a Soil Blocker

By • Mar 5, 2011
Photo credit Madalyn Painter, credit for growing this gorgeous ear of corn goes to Anna Sandidge.

To complement our weekend programming, in this new bi-weekly column I'll write about the trials and tribulations of my own gardening and that of others, including community gardeners as they work to establish a new space to grow. I hope you get inspired to dig in the dirt yourself.  With temperatures on the rise, now is the time to start seeds indoors and get ready to experience the superior flavor of vegetables you can grow at home in your own back yard. Here's one way to get started.

Seed Selection

Orchid Show

By • Feb 28, 2011
Amy Buxton on Flickr

Photo by Amy Buxton on Flickr.com, taken at the Missouri Botanical Garden's 2011 Orchid Show.

Join the St. Louis Public Radio Flickr group to see interesting photos from the St. Louis region and submit your own. Each week, we feature on our website one outstanding photo from the group.

Shadow Dancing

By • Feb 18, 2011

Photo by "MBK (marjie)" on www.flickr.com.

Join the St. Louis Public Radio Flickr group to see interesting photos from the St. Louis region and submit your own. Each week, we feature on our website one outstanding photo from the group.

Priory Chapel

By • Dec 17, 2010
HOK Priory Chapel
Remiss63 on Flickr.com

Photo by "Remiss 63" on www.flickr.com.

Join the St. Louis Public Radio Flickr group to see interesting photos from the St. Louis region and submit your own. Each week, we feature on our Web site one outstanding photo from the group.

Carrying the Torch

By • Dec 2, 2010
Girl leaping with setting sun in background
"djmark1972" on Flickr.com

Photo by "djmark1972" on www.flickr.com.

Join the St. Louis Public Radio Flickr group to see interesting photos from the St. Louis region and submit your own. Each week, we feature on our Web site one outstanding photo from the group.

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