• Kendrick Smith leads the Kendrick Smith Quartet every Saturday 3-7

    p.m. at the Premiere Lounge, 5969 Martin Luther King.

  • Kendrick Smith jams on the alto saxophone alongside bandmate Micah Walker. The Kendrick Smith Quartet plays the Premiere Lounge, 5969 Martin Luther King, every Saturday 3-7 p.m.

  • Love and Hip-Hop Atlanta star Stevie J, Princeton of Mindless Behavior and STL super promoter Mo Spoon.

  • Wade Robson

  • “Hattitude” model Mrs. Zanetta Peterson (First Lady of Monumental Baptist Church, where her husband the Rev. Alex Peterson is pastor)

  • Rashidra Scott will front the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra in “The Music of Whitney Houston” 8 p.m. Friday, May 17 at Powell Symphony Hall.

  • “Rivers of Women,” directed by Lyah Beth LeFlore based on the poetry of Shirley LeFlore , will run May 16-19 at the Missouri History Museum.

  • James Buford, President and CEO of the Urban League of St. Louis accepts his award after being named 2012 St. Louis Citizen of the Year from last year’s winner civil rights attorney Frankie Freeman in St. Louis on April 29, 2013.

  • Fredrick L. McKissack

  • The Rev. Norman E. Owens has been pastor of Macedonia Baptist Church in East St. Louis (founded 150 years ago as the First Colored Baptist Church) for the past 46 years.

  • Chris Shelton
  • Tara Leigh Buckner
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  • Arvarh Strickland

  • Ben McLemore (right) and KU teammate Jamari Traylor watch a KU women’s basketball game in March. Now McLemore is watching for fallout from his summer basketball coach Darius Cobb’s allegations that a basketball academy operator, Rodney Blackstock, was funneling Cobb and McLemore money in anticipation of representing McLemore in the NBA.

  • Father Biondi

  • Jeffrey Irons with Employment Connections talks to young men at the Father’s Support Center last week during the Men on Deck Tour sponsored by Better Family Life and it’s WIA Youth program that wants to help young men think through possible life changing decisions.

  • Golf pro Michael Brown from the Gateway PGA Foundation teaches the fundamentals to students from Clyde C. Miller Career Academy as part of its outreach initiative PGA Reach.

  • City Academy students Deleon Smith and Shane Lobster looked on as the school’s new playground was dedicated recently. The project was made possible with support from donors Bill and Tracey Marshall.

  • Chris Moore

  • Grandmother JoAnn Adams is tickled that three-year-old granddaughter Miss Emmanuelle Jackson was selected as a model in Eunique Jones Photography’s Black History and More campaign.

  • Samir Neeley 2, and Cortney Gibson 4, play at the Grand Basin in Forest Park before taking pictures Tuesday afternoon. Photo By Wiley Price

  • Caption: Pediatrician  Duane Moore M.D, Service to Dedication Award recipient; Colette McLemore, director of Diversity Operations, Office of Multicultural Affairs St. Louis University School of Medicine; Dr. Lauren Pommert, Gladney Diversity Special Recognition Award recipient; keynote speaker James H. Buford, president/CEO Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis; internist Dr. Robert Russell, award presenter; Dr. Michael Railey, Associate Dean, Office of Multicultural Affairs,  St. Louis University School of Medicine.

  • Future medical students attended the 13th annual John H. Gladney Diversity Awards Reception, held May 2 by the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Saint Louis University School of Medicine.

  • The Rev. Brenda Booth, executive director of Isaiah 58 Ministries, with Lawrence Johnson, president of the Shaw Neighborhood Improvement Association

  • Jasmine E. Smith

  • Keturah Gadson, an eighth-grader at Pattonville Heights Middle School, was recently named the 2013 Missouri Girls Scholastic Chess Champion during the Missouri Chess Association’s Tournament of Champions in Columbia. She will represent the state of Missouri at the United States Chess Federation’s National Girls Invitational Tournament, to be held in Madison, Wisconsin. Only one female player from each state is selected to participate in this national competition.

  • State Rep. Kimberly Gardner and state Rep. Clem Smith recently supported Saint Louis Crisis Nursery at its annual Razzle Dazzle Ball at the Sheraton Westport Lakeside Chalet, which raised more than $300,000 to help children and families in need.

  • Seated: Beverly Madison, LaTanya Robinson – Chairman, Esther Heywood, Mattie Stanton – Chapter President, Ina Boon – Chapter Organizer, Frances Rich and Dorothy Fisher – Area III Director. Back Row: Debbie Foster, Alvinette R. Collie, Emma Washington, Gwendolyn Moore, Sharon Ellerson, Corliss Huddleston, Sharon Caldwell, Betty Meeks, Gretel Williams, Diane Carroll, Karen D. Moore, Eddie June Forrest and Patricia Foster – Co-Chairman.

  • Lea and Steve Sutherlin
  • Marie C. Johns
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  • Olympic great and East St. Louis native Jackie Joyner-Kersee was the keynote speaker at the St. Louis Public Schools Scholar-Athlete Luncheon at the Missouri Athletic Club. Joyner-Kersee is joined by Clarence Gaines, Board member, Les Snead, St. Louis Rams General Manager and Travis Brown, SLPS Director of Athletics.

  • Starsky Wilson
  • Dr. Susan Colbert-Threats
  • Bret Gustafson

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