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“Bring It On” opens Muny Season June 16

“Bring It On” Opens The Muny Season June 16-22 in...

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Pond Water Garden tours in St. Louis area

Pond-O-Rama Water Garden Tour 25th Anniversary June 21-22   In...

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Free Summer concert series announced

Celebrating 75 Years of Saint Louis County Parks & Recreation...

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Tony Awards Watch Party June 8 at Ballpark Village

The Muny to Host Free Tony Awards Community Watch Party...

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Too Little Prayer?

  • Post author:independentnws
  • Post published:November 3, 2020
  • Post category:Columnists/Entertainment / Travel/Florissant/Missouri

A Boomer's Journal: Sometimes it All Comes Down to Prayer Remember the song by Jackie De Shannon from 1965, "What the World Needs Now?" The answer to that was "love,…

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Florissant Couple Finds Graves in Backyard

  • Post author:independentnws
  • Post published:October 15, 2020
  • Post category:Entertainment / Travel/Features/Florissant/Historic/Missouri

Old Town Couple Received a Late Summer Scare By Nichole Richardson On a late summer day this year, Cody Miller and his girlfriend, Lauren Merz, decided to do a typical…

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Positive Thoughts on a Perfect Patio

  • Post author:independentnws
  • Post published:October 15, 2020
  • Post category:Columnists/Dining Out/Entertainment / Travel

Dining Divas Discover Another Perfect Patio at Favazzas, But Wonder about Winter Dining For almost two decades (or is it more than that already?), the Dining Divas have been supporting…

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Enjoy October’s Traits

  • Post author:independentnws
  • Post published:October 15, 2020
  • Post category:Columnists/Entertainment / Travel

A Boomer’s Journal: Awesomeness of the Tenth Month And so, October comes. Wait, WHAT!? October? Are you even kidding me? How could that be, and what happened to September? (Parenthetically,…

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The Covid-Coaster

  • Post author:independentnws
  • Post published:September 29, 2020
  • Post category:BlackJack / Spanish Lake/Columnists/Entertainment / Travel/Ferguson/Florissant/Hazelwood/ILLINOIS/Missouri

A Hitchhikers Guide to COVID: When Will We Get the Whole Story? So here we are, you and I and the world, nearly seven months since the weirdest illness in…

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Dining Divas

  • Post author:independentnws
  • Post published:September 3, 2020
  • Post category:Alton, IL/BlackJack / Spanish Lake/Columnists/Dining Out/Entertainment / Travel/Features/Ferguson/Florissant/Hazelwood/ILLINOIS/Missouri

The Dining Divas Discover a Little Normalcy at Hacienda The pandemic sucks. I don’t think anyone would be offended by that statement. It really does. Aside from the obvious health…

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A Boomer’s Journal

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  • Post published:September 3, 2020
  • Post category:BlackJack / Spanish Lake/Columnists/Entertainment / Travel/Features/Ferguson/Florissant/Hazelwood/ILLINOIS/Missouri

PART II: Beginnings and Journeys, We Always Get Through It In the last installment for this space, talked about the history of how we got to where we are today.…

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3rd Local Festival Cancelled in North County

  • Post author:independentnws
  • Post published:August 24, 2020
  • Post category:Entertainment / Travel/Events/Florissant/Hazelwood/Health / Seniors

  THE 23RD ANNUAL FALL FESTIVAL HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THIS YEAR Mayor Tim Lowery announced, after being informed by the Fall Festival organizers and the members of Old Town…

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Dining Divas Head to Ft. Zumwalt Park

  • Post author:independentnws
  • Post published:August 18, 2020
  • Post category:Columnists/Dining Out/Entertainment / Travel/Missouri

The Dining Divas Make the Best of Dining Out During the Pandemic It’s hard to be the Dining Divas during a pandemic when you’re avoiding restaurants and large gatherings. But…

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Many Muny Classics featured in Summer’s Final Variety Show

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  • Post published:August 14, 2020
  • Post category:Entertainment / Travel/Events/Features

The Independent News   Muny Summer Variety Hour Concludes Next Week The supersized lineup for the fifth and final episode of The Muny 2020 Summer Variety Hour Live! has been…

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