2006 |
Spring |
Facing the Flesh-Eating Undead and Other Disasters |
Are you prepared to face the zombocalypse? How 'bout just a snowstorm? |
Summer |
Where the Door Stays Open |
The 3D Resource Book Center aims to include us all |
Fall |
Using Bricks and Mortar to Build Community |
Downtown Teens learn to take pride in their own neighborhood's jobs, well done |
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2005 |
Jan |
Inside Out Loud |
University museums exist to foster community dialogue |
Mar |
Who Are the People in Our Neighborhoods? |
Ten years and going strong for the annual SLACO Neighborhoods Conference, where you can learn a lot |
May |
Pairing Off in the Creative Class |
A new St. Louis social group pursues passion with a purpose |
Sep |
On Fire for Ferguson |
How one group of fun-loving neighbors met decline with determination... and a side of frozen custard |
Dec |
Medal to the Pedals |
Fans mass in the Lou to celebrate the masters of the steel guitar |
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2004 |
Feb |
Parceling Out Pieces of Peace |
From St. Louis classrooms to the global community, an innovative art project sends out seeds of peace to the winds, hoping a harvest will return |
May |
Where the Rubber Meets the Road |
The ninth annual St. Louis Neighborhoods Conference brought together theory and actual practice in a way that's invaluable for neighborhood activists |
Jun |
Many Nations, but Not One Map |
The International Institute marks 85 years of helping immigrants and refugees start their new lives in America, but leaves old divisions like maps and flags behind |
Nov |
Close-Knit |
Saturday mornings fly by spent among girls and the occasional guy! who purl |
Dec |
A City Built to Music |
A cadre of avant-garde musicians once polarized the city's jazz scene, but now is revered |
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2003 |
Jan |
Breaking Dumpstered Bread Together |
In an unassuming pocket of Old North St. Louis, the overlapping worlds of Karen House and Dorothy Day Cohousing Community are creating radical community |
Feb |
Brown Like Me |
Life in St. Louis became infinitely richer when I realized there were young South Asians somewhere besides the Indian grocery store |
Mar |
The Science, Psychology and Truth behind Venus Envy |
Arty sisters and their supporters are doin' it for themselves, now in three cities |
Apr |
Bound by Books |
An ever-growing, international community of booklovers who may or may not ever meet has its epicenter in Missouri, and its most prolific member in St. Louis |
May |
Favored Corners |
Can you put actual St. Louis coordinates with your mental "happy place"? Marijean can. |
Jun |
Free to Just Be |
For the young people and their adult advisors who come to Growing American Youth, the space to be themselves is the best gift of all |
Jul |
Suburban Diversification |
Cookie cutters made the houses, but the people in them break the mold |
Aug |
X-treme Accordions Serenade St. Louis |
Bosnian music blends the sounds of Gypsies, Latin America, the Middle East and a European outdoor café into a delectable soup |
Sep |
Fair Lords and Ladies |
Wondering what those armored fighters are doing in your local park? Nothing less than competing for royalty |
Oct |
LaClede Town: Impressions of a Native Son |
A utopian community where all races and walks of life live in harmony? It may not be in our future, but it happened in our past. |
Nov |
Why People Remain in Struggling Neighborhoods |
Ever have friends or family reassure you that "you'll be able to afford something nice in the suburbs someday?" They don't know what they're missing. |
Dec |
Improving St. Louis Schools, One Box of Crayons at a Time |
You've heard it time and again: the schools have to be better before the community will thrive. So what if kids lack even the most fundamental tools? Meet KidSmart. |
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2002 |
Jan |
Getting Back to Our Roots |
It's about a lot more than hair at The Loop's NAPPS salon, a hub of the African American community |
Feb |
Sacred Washington Avenue |
Amid the worldly hubbub of construction crews and club kids, one new resident finds the spirit of his neighborhood |
Mar |
Acting Out |
The DisAbility Project challenges audiences to check their assumptions at the door |
Apr |
Gay St. Louis |
Out and about in one of the most gay-friendly cities in the Midwest |
May |
Brick by Brick |
A small new book celebrates the rock-solid foundation beneath some otherwise desolate parts of town |
Jun |
The St. Louis Punk Community: Virtual or Real? |
The blossoming of an online punk presence actually strengthens the "real" relationships among fans, from kids exiled to suburbia to band members rocking out all over the bi-state area |
Jul |
The View from Stockton House |
A 24-year resident of Grand Center shares the development lessons he's learned from watching the transformation of his neighborhood |
Aug |
Secret Society of Those from Somewhere Else |
St. Louis can have a way of neatly dividing folks into two camps: natives and other |
Sep |
Lunch and a Side of Hope |
From its start 14 years ago with just seven clients, Food Outreach has grown to be a critical link in keeping St. Louisans with HIV/AIDS on their feet |
Oct |
Discovering St. Louis Communities |
An upcoming series at the Missouri Historical Society offers St. Louisans the chance to see our own city with new eyes |
Nov |
The Superhero of Shaw |
Fed up with the punks and the no-good-niks? One man in the Shaw neighborhood was, too...and he and his neighbors did something about it. |
Dec |
Fort Gondo's 100 Yards of Chaos |
Are you here for the art classes? The battle of the bands? The performance piece? The book signing? The puppet show? Whatever it is, watch out for the dogs. |
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2001 |
Jan |
Still Life |
A local filmmaker's striking look at his former northside neighborhood |
Feb |
Everything Old is New Again |
New Urban St. Louis and the New (Old) American Dream |
Mar |
Grand Human Being |
From prerecorded history to today's development drama, Grand Boulevard has seen it all |
Apr |
Tending to a Writing Community |
How squaring off poets against fiction writers builds the ties that bind |
May |
If They Can Sew, I Can Dance |
Stitching new Americans into the fabric of their community |
Jun |
Senior Moments |
Sharing their life stories is all a part of the day at the Grand Oakhill Community Center's senior program |
Jul |
No Silence in Asylum |
Ogoni activist Noble Obani focuses his words on the future of his homeland |
Aug |
Walking Through the Open Door |
A community counts on an all-volunteer art studio for therapy and to get them through the day |
Sep |
Don't Fence Me In |
A St. Louis transplant uncovers some unwritten community rules in her simple quest for backyard privacy |
Oct |
A New Definition of "Leadership" |
An upcoming conference will serve as a launching pad for citizens and real community leaders to tackle the challenges facing St. Louis |
Nov |
Judging By Their Covers |
The first-ever book fair at Taproots School of the Arts celebrates the process, the product, the cover, the content and the book-making community. Oh, and books that spring like frogs. |
Dec |
Common Space of a Different Sort |
Cohousing in St. Louis is a newish twist on the tried-and-true notions of what community is all about |