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Belleville West’s E.J. Liddell reacts after scoring against Evanston in the 4A state championship at Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, Illinois in March of 2019. Liddell led Belleville West to back-to-back Illinois Class 4A state championships.
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St. Louis born filmmaker Kasi Lemmons with her husband, actor Vonde
Curtis Hall, as the Archway Chapter of Links Incorporated celebrated
the creators of the world premiere of Terence Blanchard’s second
opera “Fire Shut Up In My Bones” with a special brunch at the Centene
Building in Grand Center. Lemmons wrote the libretto for the the production
based on the memoir of the same name by New York Times columnist
Charles Blow.
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Aly Keys, Mascoutah Community High School; Taylor Jackson, East St. Louis Sr. High School; Gbemisola Fadeyi, Hazelwood East High School; Allison Dyer, Belleville Township High School East; Cameron Hodges, Mascoutah Community High School; Milani Richardson, O’Fallon Township High School; Abril Hunter, Governor French High School; Isaiah May, Belleville Township High School East and Bishop Geoffrey V. Dudley Sr., pastor, New Life in Christ Interdenominational Church.
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Rising opera star Julia Bullock as Destiny in the world premiere of ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones.’
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Karen Slack as Billie and Michael Redding as Uncle Paul with the young Blow brothers (L to R: Jayden Denis, Nathaniel Mahone, Najee Coleman, Rhadi Smith, and Jeremy Denis) in the 2019 world premiere of “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
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Guests getting into the fun of the final Trap Soul & Paint of 2018 back in December.
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Camp facilitator Phil Robie demonstrates design details to students of the 2019 Hip Hop Architecture Camp, which was held from June 3- June 7 at St. Louis County Library – Natural Bridge Branch.
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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) named Justine Petersen the SBA Micro Lender of the Year for 2019 at The Lender Awards Luncheon for this year’s SBA Small Business Week of Eastern Missouri. Having closed thousands of SBA small business microloans in the district over the last 20 years, Justine Petersen has deployed millions of SBA dollars to small businesses in need. Justine Petersen provides credit building and financial education, homeownership preparation and retention, and micro-enterprise lending and training. The micro lender said it is indebted to SBA St. Louis District Director Maureen Brinkley (center, in red dress), who nurtured this program with Justine Petersen over 20 years ago and is still serving the SBA and the St. Louis small business community. For more information, visit https://www.justinepetersen.org/ or call 314-533-2411.
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Reverend Phillip Duvall (right), who helped to provoke the reopening of the Jason Stockley case along with Brother Anthony Shahid (left), was nominated to the new Justice Services Advisory Board by St. Louis County Executive Sam Page.
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The Washington University Graduate Workers Union occupied the campus quad (and later the lawn outside Graham Chapel” and branded its tent city after the incoming chancellor in a sustained direct action pushing for a $15 minimum wage and child care for all campus workers. The university has agreed to gradually meet the minimum wage demand.
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Wanda Rogers, a Fight for $15 activist, spoke on April 22 at a teach-in at Washington University, where campus workers had pitched tents to occupy the Brookings Quad while fighting for a $15 minimum wage and free childcare for campus workers.
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Clean Sweep 2018 cleared out derelict buildings on the 3000 Block of Herbert last June 30. Better family Life’s Clean Sweep 2019 is set to start on Saturday, June 29 at Hamilton Heights and Wells-Goodfellow.
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St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner -
Los Angeles Angles Albert Pujols hugs St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina during Pujols first time at bat to a standing ovation in the first inning at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on June 21, 2019. Pujols is returning to St. Louis for the first time since leaving the team in 2011.
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Marcus McAllister, an international trainer with Cure Violence, met with community members and public officials in St. Louis last week. This is the second time he has visited St. Louis to talk about bringing the group’s violence prevention model to the city.
Photo by Rebecca Rivas
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Representatives from Lion’s Choice, the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, the Missouri Restaurant Association and St. Louis Community College gathered recently to announce a new training ground for individuals seeking training in hospitality and culinary work at the former Lion’s Choice location at 3407 Dunn Rd. in Lion’s Choice in Florissant.
Photo by Wiley Price