The Central West End is frequently used as the backdrop for photo shoots—weddings, fashion, or visitors snapping selfies. Early one morning in mid-June, the area around the Maryland Plaza fountain was closed to traffic and a spiffy red car was driven center stage. The model stepped into place and the stylists and photographers went to…
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The CWE is the stage for Tennessee Williams Festival 2021
The list of imaginative events planned for Tennessee Williams Festival 2021, all of which will take place in the Central West End beginning August 19, are detailed in the press release that follows. It would appear that Executive Artistic Director Carrie Houk and her team have checked all the right boxes to make this 10-day…
Central West End Association & STL Programs to publish a new quarterly
There’s an exciting update on the local news front. The Griffin, a quarterly named after the historic Winged Griffin streetlamps in the CWE, will debut in March. The tabloid is a collaboration between the Central West End Association and Jeff Fister’s STL Programs which publishes other neighborhood newspapers and community directories in the St. Louis…