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The world outside of the classroom offers students and teachers alike many opportunities to take learning from the abstract to real-life.  A student garden can teach about nutrition and botany, a streetscape analysis can teach about engineering and business, and a trip to the grocery store can teach you about percentages and effective communication.  A [...]

MetroLink Expedition?  What is a MetroLink Expedition, I asked myself after finding a tweet about it from Dave Grossman, MRH Middle School Digital Learning/Technology Coordinator in Maplewood, MO.  It’s an exploration of arts and community learning by 7th graders at the Maplewood-Richmond Heights Middle School, and the faculty and staff invited me to their school [...]

Everybody’s working for the weekend, right? You don’t need a second chance to check out some of the great things happening around St. Louis this weekend! Everybody’s wondering, will you come out tonight to Oktoberfest in Soulard’s Lyon Park near the Anheuser-Busch Brewery. The Fest has a shuttle running from the Civic Center MetroLink and [...]

The temperatures have cooled, but the sun is still shining brightly in St. Louis…it’s a great time to put your foot to the pedal…and get out on your bike in downtown St. Louis! Saturday, October 9 is Pedal the Cause, a 25- or 60-mile race around St. Louis to provide and direct net funding for [...]

Yes, we know that is a lot of words that start with the fricative letter F.  But here’s another one: fun.  It’s going to be another St. Louis late summer weekend full of fantastic fairs, festivals, food and finds. So forget the forlorn forecast, and focus on the fine form, finger foods, folk, friends and [...]

The #99 Downtown Trolley is not the only downtown circulator bus that has traveled St. Louis’ downtown streets.  Remember the Levee Line? Decked out in a riverboat-inspired design (complete with smokestack) the Levee Line operated in the late 1980s, traveling down Lenore K. Sullivan Boulevard, through Laclede’s Landing, up Washington Avenue, looping around 9th Street [...]

It’s almost fall in St. Louis, which inevitably means the food and festival fun will be flowing!  The Taste of St. Louis will be held October 1-3 in Soldier’s Memorial, with over 45 restaurants representing St. Louis’ culinary spread.  In addition to noshes, the Taste of St. Louis hosts live music (including a new blues [...]

OK – so it’s Labor Day weekend in St. Louis.  The weather forecast suggests sunny with a healthy side of beautiful.  For weeks and weeks it’s been stick-to-your-seat hot or wash-away stormy, and here is a great opportunity for everyone to get out and enjoy the end of summer.  It’s OK if you don’t want [...]

The competition to redesign of the Arch and St. Louis riverfront, Framing a Modern Masterpiece, introduced the teams’ concepts today in the lobby of the Gateway Arch.  This international competition seeks to enhance the Arch grounds, create better connections between downtown St. Louis and the eastern and western riverfront, and reinvigorate the story of St. [...]

It’s hot outside.  It’s mid-August, and the heat and humidity is practically melting the fortitude off of the average St. Louisans.  But have faith, for even the most brutal of Augusts only have 31 days.  Now’s the time to start looking ahead to September and the sweet relief of cooler temperatures and fading sunlight, and [...]