The following is a reprint of my interview with Cynthia Chapple, founder of Black Girls Do STEM, which was published in the June issue of CWEA Griffin. BGDSTEM is headquartered in the CWE’s TechArtista, 4818 Washington. (A link to a digital version of the entire June issue can be found at the end of this…
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Dressel’s Public House is open at last!
After an extensive renovation, Dressel’s Public House, 419 N. Euclid, has finally re-opened for business. Proprietor Ben Dressel’s father, Jon, a poet and former professor at Webster University (here’s Dwight Bitikofer’s entertaining Poems, Poets & Prose article from 2011 in the West End Word), opened the Welsh pub in 1980. Ben paused operations in 2020…
The many lives of CWEnder Julio Shankle
There are many versions of Julio Shankle’s story, those he spins (which are sometimes embellished), and those I gleaned from interviewing CWEnders and others who have befriended him over the years. The common denominator in all of those conversations has been that Julio is immensely talented, and one of the kindest people they know. A…