Authors inspire, educate youths
Assistant communications professor Tiffany Lee has great admiration for the Rev. Joseph Brown, a Jesuit priest […]
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Faculty exhibit runs through March 30
Decompositional Maelstrom # 27” is one of the most striking pieces of artwork in the annual Forest Park Faculty Exhibition. The sculpture is a three-dimensional collage of ceramic pieces, everything from a salt shaker to a light bulb, a coffee mug to tiny human figures. […]
‘Renaissance woman’ on campus
Associate English professor Angela Warfield is always doing something interesting. […]
Figurine artist started with origami
Calvin Davis is studying to become an emergency medical technician, but his hobby of figurine-making shows […]
Student loves classical music, Russian food
Playing piano is about more than making music for Johnny Martin. It’s his way of communicating. […]
Photographer traces slave footsteps
DeAnna Michele Anderson was looking for more than landscapes when she traveled to South Carolina to take photos. She shot black-and-white images of trees, streams, farm fields and skies. […]
Bands, music fans find harmony at old city warehouse
The green brick building on Park Avenue housed a tobacco factory in the early 1900s, then it became a shop for McDonnell Douglas. […]
Kruger is progressive at heart
Many children idolize athletes. Humanities professor Mark Kruger idolized a lawyer who represented unions and championed civil rights. […]
Movies bring jazz vibe to the Tivoli
It seems to be the year of the trumpeter at the Tivoli Theatre. After concluding its run of “Born to be Blue,” starring Ethan Hawke as 1950s trumpeter Chet Baker, the University City venue is now screening “Miles Ahead,” which follows legendary jazz trumpeter and Alton, Ill., native Miles Davis. He is played by Don Cheadle, an Emmy Award-winning actor who directed and co-wrote the movie. […]
Housekeepers find strange items while cleaning
College housekeepers are unsung heroes, cleaning up messes that students leave behind and keeping classrooms and offices neat and safe. […]