"More Than You Think"

Students 'Cooking Up Change' For St. Louis Public Schools

Erin Williams — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:51:56 +0000

Student chefs from Beaumont High School and Clyde C. Miller Career Academy competed today for a place in the national school cooking competition Cooking Up Change.

Soldan High School Students Receive $22,000 In New Band Instruments From Fidelity Investments

Erin Williams — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:11:47 +0000

Young musicians at Soldan International Studies High School thought they were just performing for school visitors from Fidelity Investments today, but were surprised instead with brand new clarinets, saxophones, and flutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zYb0p7U5_c

'Child Of The Civil Rights Movement' Author Paula Young Shelton Furthers Legacy Of African Americans

Erin Williams — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:00:00 +0000

Bank-On Save-Up Aims To Give Underprivileged Access To Financial Services

Erin Williams — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:00:00 +0000

Bank-On Save-Up is a new program aimed at giving individuals and families access to bank accounts. It is part of a nationwide initiative aimed at helping underprivileged families build financial independence.

The project is being administered locally by a group called the St. Louis Unbanked Taskforce.

Challenging Traditional Art: British Artist Jeremy Deller's Work On View At CAM

Erin Williams — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:52:19 +0000

When British conceptual artist Jeremy Deller chose to stage his first private exhibition back in 1993, he decided to go with a small, intimate setting he knew well: his bedroom.

“It wasn’t so full of people, but I didn’t want it to be full of people,” he says of Open Bedroom, which was by invitation only. “I was terrified that someone would put a cigarette end out on a table or a carpet or something.”