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The documentary is screening at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
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Opera Theatre of St. Louis will produce three short operas by artists of color who seek to expand the boundaries of American opera by incorporating new sounds and stories. A community panel of artists, most of whom work outside the opera field, selected the pieces.
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In an email to principals, Superintendent Curtis Cane said the district would delay equity efforts while he reviews the training. But he said the work will continue.
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Fluffy GRL Movement founder Ebbi Nichole is throwing a body-positive pool party in St. Louis, and all the fluffy girls are invited.
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Bishop Deon Johnson is the first Black bishop and openly gay leader of the eastern Missouri diocese.
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The one-day session is aimed at people who have difficulty breaking into an industry where decision-makers are predominantly white, able-bodied and neurotypical.
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Opera Theatre of St. Louis will ask a 10-member panel, composed mostly of artists of color working outside the opera field, to commission nine short operas. A $750,000 grant from the Andrew F. Mellon Foundation will fund the program.
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The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has hired Yolanda Alovor as vice president of external affairs and diversity.
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The money will help fund the In Unison Chorus, which focuses on works by African American composers, and various music education programs for Black students in St. Louis.
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St. Louis Art Museum Director Brent Benjamin says that the museum has a diverse group of visitors, but that the organization must make systemic changes to ensure racial equity.