For the past twelve years the St. Louis Art Museum has sponsored an "Art With Us" program for youths in the St. Louis area. Yvette Woods' Studio W, located at 4814 Washington Avenue, is one of the sites selected by the Art Museum to offer the free program to students between the ages of…
Are we ready for a Public Parklet?
In San Francisco where parking is at a premium and quarters are chump change to bottomless parking meters, I was surprised to come across a "Public Parklet" occupying two whole parking spots on Post Street near Union Square. The sign notes that "all seating is open to the public." The Parklet occupies valuable real estate…
Sunday, September 16
Alderman Lyda Krewson sent photos of an annual moonflower vine, above, that's growing in her front yard. The evening she sent these photographs she counted twenty-five blooms. Lyda emailed: "CWEnder Deborah Dolgin cultivates the moonflower seeds and usually gives me a plant. I also have one volunteer plant. The moonflower vine literally grows feet everyday….