Last weekend’s inaugural BookFest St. Louis was such a success that talk of 2018’s event began before the last line of poetry was uttered at the closing event—the 100th anniversary celebration of T. S. Eliot’s Prufrock & Other Observations held at Dressel’s. Throughout the day book lovers brushed aside the unusually hot late-September weather and dashed from…
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Two artists lend a hand
After seeing news reports of damage to shop windows in the CWE during Friday night’s protests, 2 friends grabbed paintbrushes and acrylic paints and came into the neighborhood today to lend a hand. Haley Dieckgraefe, left, who at one time lived at Maryland and Taylor, said she is not an artist but is able to…
Protests in CWE: from a peaceful beginning to mayhem
The CWE returned to a semblance of normalcy yesterday following a night in which peaceful protests following the Jason Stockley verdict took a menacing turn ending in senseless destruction to some neighborhood businesses, Schlafly Library, and Mayor Lyda Krewson’s home. Often overlooked in the aftermath of events of this sort are the many neighborhood employees,…