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The St. Louis American is Missouri's most widely-read weekly newspaper targeting the African American community.
I have never seen a more vivid solo performance before an orchestra…

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📸 Kian Soltan. Photo by Marco Borggreve

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Kian Soltani burns on Haydn cello concerto without stealing thunder from Shostakovich 
The program the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is performing this weekend opens, deceptively, with a blast of quintessential feel-good music: Three Romances for orchestra by Clara Schumann. This is lush romanticism with a wall of violins, so consistently orchestrated (by Benjamin de Murashkin) it would serve as a good sleeper conductor’s audition. You want your conductor to […]
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December 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
SLSO oboe & bassoon play the sounds of smiles at the Sheldon 🎼🎺💫

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December 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
'Introducing ‘Books are Magical’'
St. Louis County Library rolls out newest bookmobile

🖋 St. Louis American staff
📸 Photos courtesy of St. Louis County Library

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Introducing ‘Books are Magical’
The St. Louis County Library rolled out its newest bookmobile on Monday, December 1, at Armstrong Elementary in the Hazelwood School District. A vibrant mobile library was unveiled, one designed to spark imagination and expand access to books for children across the county. Sponsored by the James S. McDonnell Family Foundation, the Books Are Magical […]
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December 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
'Hawks make history with first trip to the Show-Me Bowl'

🖋 Earl Austin, Jr. | The St. Louis American
📸 Wiley Price | St. Louis American

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Hawks make history with first trip to the Show-Me Bowl
The Lift for Life Hawks football program has come full circle in making history for its school. At this time last year, the Hawks were leaving the field at Seneca High in southwest Missouri after a 31-0 loss in the Class 3 state semifinals. Despite the loss, it was a benchmark moment, as it was […]
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December 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
'‘We Welcome Everybody’'
Mercy Hospital holds firm on DEI principles

🖋 Sylvester Brown, Jr. | The St. Louis American
📸 Photo from Mercy Hospital St. Louis Facebook

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‘We Welcome Everybody’
The Trump administration’s intensified crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion programs through executive orders and federal enforcement actions have created uncertainty for hospitals, universities and medical schools that depend heavily on federal research dollars. The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice have signaled heightened scrutiny of programs that may be […]
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December 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
On borrowed time: A virtual conversation on organ donation and Black health, Wed., Dec. 3 at 12:30 p.m.

Meet Brandon Jerrod...

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December 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
'‘The Wiz’ brings Black brilliance to the Fabulous Fox'

🖋 Zaria Mac | The St. Louis American
📸 Photos by Jeremy Daniel Courtesy of The Fabulous Fox

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‘The Wiz’ brings Black brilliance to the Fabulous Fox
The national tour of the latest Broadway revival “The Wiz” lit up The Fabulous Fox Theatre for the first performance of its nearly two-week run.  Opening night drew families and musical theater lovers from across the region for a reimagined production of the Black musical theatre masterpiece that took the Tonys by storm fifty years […]
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December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Dr. Mary Ellen Anderson passes at 103

The music and drama educator for St. Louis Public Schools was a fierce proponent of the arts and racial justice

🖋 Dr. Dale Anderson
📸 Mary Ellen Anderson, Ph.D. Photo courtesy of Anderson family.

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Dr. Mary Ellen Anderson passes at 103
Mrs. Mary Ellen Anderson died November 23, 2025, at Barnes Hospital following a stroke. She was 103. Born on January 28, 1922, in St. Louis, Missouri, Mary Ellen Johnson grew up in the historic Ville neighborhood, where she witnessed the construction of the great Homer G. Phillips Hospital. She displayed an early talent for memorizing […]
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December 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM