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The St. Louis Cardinals are just days away from kicking off the 2013 season on the road with the home opener scheduled for Monday, April 8.  I may have only lived in St. Louis for a little while, but one thing I learned quickly, other than expect the unexpected weather, was St. Louis loves its [...]

UPDATE: Crossroads College Prep Jazz Ensemble will no longer be able to perform on Thursday December 6 or December 13. This warm weather may have you thinking differently, but ‘tis the holiday season! Metro has some awesome musical acts lined up to bring the holiday spirit to a Metro Transit Center or MetroLink Station near [...]

MetroLink runs Red, MetroLink runs Blue, last night’s poems were great, wish mine was too. OK, so clearly I won’t be in the running for a literary Pulitzer anytime soon. But, if you ask me, some local poets may be. Last night, the 10 winners of the 2013 Poetry in Motion Contest® sponsored by Metro [...]

The winners of the 2013 Poetry in Motion Contest sponsored by Metro Arts in Transit, the Poetry Society of America, and the Regional Arts Commission (RAC) will be honored this Thursday. The Poetry in Motion® Reading and Reception will be held at The Studio of the RAC located at 6128 Delmar Boulevard in University City. [...]

Birds, clocks and a friendly squirrel officially have made their home at the Wellston MetroLink Station. Don’t worry, these guys aren’t there bother you, rather to keep you company. The set of bronze sculptures was added to the Wellston MetroLink Station as part of Metro Transit’s promise to upgrade the oldest parts of the MetroLink [...]

Congratulations to the winners of the 2013 Poetry in Motion® Contest sponsored by Metro Arts in Transit and the Poetry Society of America. Eleven poems were selected for publication and will be displayed on MetroLink trains and MetroBus vehicles for up to one year. And now to the winning poets: Frank Kras from St. Louis [...]

The weather was absolutely perfect Saturday (Sept. 29) to be outdoors painting eco-murals on the sides of a MetroBus at the Missouri Botanical Garden in South St. Louis. The MetroBus painting was one of the highlights of the annual Green Homes and Great Health Festival and this was the fifth year the Missouri Botanical Garden [...]

Do you like to write poems and live within a 50-mile radius of the City of St. Louis? If so, think about entering the 2013 Poetry in Motion contest, sponsored by Metro Arts in Transit and the Poetry Society of America. You have until September 24 to enter your poem. Fifteen winning poems will be [...]

Children, families, individuals, alumni, donors, staff, volunteers and residents of the Benton West Park neighborhood got together May 19 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Peter & Paul Community Services (PPCS) by painting murals of the organization’s new logo on a MetroBus, as part of Metro Arts in Transit’s Bus Painting Program. “It’s a pleasure [...]

Girl Scouts of all ages celebrated the 100th Birthday of the organization with fellowship, food, fun, and … bus painting! On Saturday as part of the 100th Birthday Bash at the Chaifetz Arena, Girl Scouts and their troop leaders got the chance to paint one of Metro’s Arts in Transit Art Buses in honor of [...]