The following article was featured in the November 2024 issue of the CWEA Griffin. (The entire issue can be viewed here.) In early June of 2015, I visited wigmaker Kelley Jordan in her CWE studio where she was teaching 10–year-old Kennedy Holmes how to apply theatrical makeup. The actress was about to appear as Little…
Welcome Music Corner STL, School of Music
Among the new businesses to open in the CWE recently is the Music Corner STL, which opened in November at 4405 West Pine, Suite 105 (the entrance is on Newstead). Proprietor Stephanie Chang, a multi-talented musician who came to St. Louis for a job interview (which didn’t pan out), fell in love with “the beauty…
Shop openings, a vintage pop-up, and a shop closing
A couple of new businesses have opened at the long-shuttered southeast corner of Euclid and McPherson following the 2022 fire. In celebration of the revival, there’s been a ribbon cutting to mark the occasion. The latest was last Saturday, November 16, at T Nails Spa, 4738 McPherson. Those participating were Rothschild St. Louis’ Scott Sturdevant,…