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Read MoreSt. Louis-based artist Cole Lu has always taken one piece of advice to heart: Never hesitate if you’re thinking about buying a book. That’s how she ended up with ...
Read MoreGet close enough to the mantle—Carlson is more than happy to show it off—and you’ll see the limestone is inlaid with “honest-to- god fossils,” and the exterior is clear of any stray wisps of smoke.
Read MoreGet stoned with this season's newest accessories: a style editorial. Photos by Attilio D'Agostino. Styled by Sarah Stallmann. Assistants Brooke Lowrey and Sarah Thompson.
Read MoreIt’s 5am on a late summer night in 2009. Matt Baldwin is on his hands and knees in the basement of his Kansas City home. He’s hovering over dozens of jeans splayed out over his unfinished concrete floor.
Read MoreTaking a step into artist Kahlil Irving’s dimly lit basement studio on Washington University in St. Louis’ Danforth Campus, one is struck by the thought that no amount of box-store fluorescence can dull the brilliance of his latest installation.
Read MoreIn a world filled with mass-produced fast fashion, Lisa Hackwith’s handmade collection sewn by a small team of talented seamstresses in her Minnesota studio stands out.
Read More“The feeling of sitting around the dinner table and laughing and talking with family was something—especially once I realized that wasn’t the experience that everyone had—I wanted to share with other people."
Read MoreBashegwa Byenga is sitting in a conference room at the International Institute of St. Louis, showing me his scars. “They cut me here,” he says, turning his head so I can see the thin white line in his scalp. “And here. And here. When the rebels came, they killed my brother and his wife and took their bodies away."
Read MoreRace, class, poverty and power. For Kameel Stanley and Tim Lloyd, these issues are intimately intertwined with their everyday lives—a fact that becomes evident as they discuss them in their shared office in the headquarters of St. Louis Public Radio.
Read MoreLong after we come to a stop, the red, once-fuzzy dice sway on the rearview mirror of Kevin Brennan’s ‘79 Dodge Ramcharger. The halt coincides with an email alert on Brennan’s phone.
Read MoreShoulder to shoulder with four good friends, sweat tickling my back under my leather jacket, we waited. We knew he would return. The five of us were packed into The Ready Room on a Tuesday night at the sold-out Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats show.
Read MorePoet Jeff Friedman shares "Legerdemain."
Read MoreAmy Granat’s gallery vision comes to life in Parapet Real Humans.
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