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St. Louis jazz trumpeter Clark Terry made his first trumpet. His neighbors quickly got tired of listening to the racket, and raised money to buy the…
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Ricky Skaggs started playing the mandolin in the hills of Kentucky at age 5. Fifty-five years later, he’s still in love with what he calls “old-time…
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A new exhibit at the St. Louis Art Museum tackles the personal interests of a Missouri painter known for his depictions of 19th century elections and…
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It all started in the kitchen of David Choi’s grandma. It was there that Choi fell in love with the flavors of Korean barbecue and the communal act of…
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Go ahead; call David Handler’s work weird and bizarre. He’ll thank you.Handler has written novels for adults as well as two series for children written…
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Marie-Hélène Bernard believes music connects things. People. History. Literature. Sports. And, for Bernard, law.As a teenager, Bernard played the viola da…
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Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the St. Louis Actors’ Studio presents the twisted reality of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”“I think it’s the greatest…
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It started as a garage sale purchase, and grew. Last month, music professor Aurelia Hartenberger and her husband donated 2,500 instruments to the Sheldon…
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More than 5,000 bands submitted video entries to NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert Contest, including a dozen from the St. Louis area.Contestants filmed themselves…
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In honor of "Cityscape" host Steve Potter's 10-year anniversary with the show, production assistant Aaron Doerr put together some of Potter's more…