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Ashley Tate, artistic director of Ashleyliane Dance Company, helped spearhead the Dance the Vote campaign along with Joan Lipkin, artistic director of That Uppity Theatre Company. Dance the Vote will hold a special performance on Saturday afternoon, October 6, at The Missouri History Museum.
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Veteran actress Linda Kennedy stars in the Upstream production of the U.S. premiere of ‘Chef.’ Marianne de Pury directs the play by award-winning UK/Egyptian playwright and poet Sabrina Mahfouz, which plays through October 14 at The Kranzberg Arts Center.
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Parkway North’s Mel Woodson (35) tangles with Ladue’s Andrew Hunt (8) as running back Dale Chesson (7) turns up field during Thursday’s Sept. 27, 2018 game at Kirkwood. The Rams of Ladue went on to defeat the Vikings of Parkway North 47-14.
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Jeff Hicks, president of the National Association of Real Estate Brokers, spoke on the “2018 State of Housing in Black America” report recently in Washington, D.C.
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Patrick Johnson (center) was recognized at the Ferguson-Florissant School District Board of Education’s September meeting by Board Vice President Rob Chabot and Superintendent Joseph Davis for his track and field accomplishments during the summer.
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State Senator Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis) rallied protesters in front of U.S. Senator Roy Blunt’s office in Clayton on Tuesday, October 2 in opposition to the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court nominee in light of several sexual assault allegations against him (which he denies).
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Ballwin resident Verleana Moore, a volunteer with the Assistance League of St. Louis, recently helped two students with newly created bead bracelets. Volunteers also helped find the right fit for these students who are among the 120 Dunbar Elementary School children to be fitted for new athletic shoes and socks at an event at the Saint Louis Zoo. At Assistance League’s Discovery Day, the children received new books and healthy lunches and participated in a fun dance exercise. They also learned about the conservation of cheetahs at the zoo. New athletic shoes are fitted on approximately 3,500 St. Louis-area school children each year by Assistance League volunteers who also travel to elementary schools to fit children in grades K through 4.
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2018 Lifetime Achiever Johnetta Randolph Haley accepts her portrait from St. Louis American photojournalist Wiley Price.
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Johnetta Randolph Haley accepts her 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award at the 31st annual St. Louis American Foundation Salute to Excellence in Education Scholarships and Awards Gala.
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2018 Stellar Performer Michael P. McMillan received two standing ovations from the capacity crowd of more than 1,300.
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Moline Elementary School in the Riverview Gardens School District became the foundation’s first Bayer School of Excellence after Bayer acquired the award’s sponsor, Monsanto.
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A ballroom at America’s Center hosted a lively Old School Dance Party at the St. Louis American Foundation’s 2018 Salute to Excellence in Education on Saturday, September. An $175 million update and expansion of the convention center will add 92,000 square feet of exhibit space and a new 65,000-square-foot ballroom.
Photo by Wiley Price
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Demonstrators rally, will set up tents outside U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt’s office in Clayton to oppose pending Kavanaugh appointment -
State Senator Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis) rallied protesters in front of U.S. Senator Roy Blunt’s office in Clayton on Tuesday, October 2 in opposition to the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court nominee in light of several sexual assault allegations against him (which he denies).
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Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway on Monday announces the findings of an audit of the state’s sex offender registry. Her review found nearly 8 percent of the offenders required to register were not compliant.