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Lindenwood University held the Les Petites Cotes High School Invitational Sat. Mar 23, 2019 at Lindenwood University in St. Charles. In the Girls 100 meters Trinty Catholic’s Akilah Heffner had a time of 12.86, Battle’s Merosjane Libimbi at 13.73 and Shaila Jones of Trinity Catholic with a time of 13:22.
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‘Rafiki,’ a Kenyan film that was banned in its native country, won the praises of audiences and critics alike when it screened at the Cannes Film Festival in France last year. The film is featured among the lineup for the Washington University’s 14th Annual African Film Festival taking place this weekend (March 29 – March 31) at Brown Hall.
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The 34th Annual BLACK DANCE – USA will take place April 3-6 at the Better Family Life Cultural, Educational and Business Center, 5415 Page Blvd. This year’s festival will culminate with a concert at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 6 at the historic Sun Theatre in Grand Center.
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Jessica Adams, founder and executive director of the St. Louis Area Diaper Bank, prepares diaper packets to be distributed to the 44 partner organizations that give out about two million diapers to 40,000 children throughout the region every year.
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The St. Louis Area Diaper Bank – which has 44 partners that distribute two million diapers every year to about 40,000 children – will receive the Health Advocacy Organization of the Year Award at the Salute to Excellence in Health Care Awards on April 26.
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Courageous Conversations, which has been in place for a few years, engages Wells Fargo staff and leadership around the subject of diversity and inclusion.
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Wells Fargo Advisors held the first public presentation of its Courageous Conversations series at company headquarters on Tuesday, March 19. The panel discussion was framed around Terence Blanchard’s upcoming world premiere “Fire Shut Up In My Bones,” which premieres June 15 at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
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Poplar Bluff resident Angela Jackson painted a bowl that she will use to feed her baby after she arrives. A pregnancy complication is causing Jackson to stay at the Women and Infants Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis through the duration of her pregnancy and delivery.
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Angela Jackson has been taking childbirth, newborn care and breastfeeding classes for mothers during an extended stay on Barnes-Jewish Hospital’s Antepartum Unit.
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American columnist James T. Ingram met up with Will Downing on more than one occasion when the R&B veteran came to town for a special show Saturday at Harris-Stowe State University.
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The McCluer High School thespian program (seen here in its fall 2018 production of “The Color Purple”) has been awarded a $10,000 Classroom Resource Grant from the Andrew Lloyd Weber Initiative. The grant will allow for the purchase of working stage lights and sound and new chairs for the school’s Little Theatre. The grant is part of the American Theatre Wing’s Andrew Lloyd Webber Initiative, a major new national program which received $1.3 million in seed funding from the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation to promote diversity, equity, and access to the arts.
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The McCluer High School thespian program (seen here in its fall 2018 production of “The Color Purple”) has been awarded a $10,000 Classroom Resource Grant from the Andrew Lloyd Weber Initiative. The grant will allow for the purchase of working stage lights and sound and new chairs for the school’s Little Theatre. The grant is part of the American Theatre Wing’s Andrew Lloyd Webber Initiative, a major new national program which received $1.3 million in seed funding from the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation to promote diversity, equity, and access to the arts.
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SLPS board candidates debate as seven vie for two open spots on April 2 -
Two African Americans vie for Ferg-Flor school board seats in first cumulative voting race on April 2 -
St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger and St. Louis County Council Chair Sam Page
Photo by Andy Field / St. Louis Public Radio
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College Kids Art Contest winners with adult judges: Alderwoman Sharon Tyus, 1st Financial Federal Credit Union CEO Carol Minges, St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura O. Jones, and Regions Bank St. Louis-area Market Executive Mike Hart
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Leadership and staff of the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis and Lutheran Senior Services