Webster Groves native Janie Kaiser always knew she wanted to work with kids — she just never thought she would be opening her own nonprofit organization in Nepal. 

Webster Groves music man Steve St. Cyr opens up the 2023 season of Songbird Café on Jan. 25 at The Focal Point in Maplewood. He’s been bringing a bit of Nashville to St. Louis for more than a decade, and has never been in a bind for homegrown talent.

Art can find a home anywhere, even at a busy construction site. Kirkwood Arts Commission members are elated over a mural celebrating Kirkwood that can be seen along the fence line of the old UMB site on North Kirkwood Road.

Sometimes they’re called “feral.” Sometimes they’re called “wild.” Tom Noonan likes them because they’re “free.” 

A long life is promised to no one and no one knows this better than the Lieber/Haupt family of Webster Groves. 

In 2014, former Kirkwood resident Glenda Seim met the man she called “her love” online. 

When Charlie Fischer walks into work, he never quite knows what duties the day might bring. Fischer is the executive director at Canterbury Enterprises, a position he has held since 2006.

Former Webster Groves resident Adam Miller used to donate his allowance money to the World Bird Sanctuary. Now 32, he’s managed to turn his passion for animals and the environment into a full-time job that helps humans as well.

When Jake Stotlemeyer was a senior in college, he was asked what many teens dread answering: “What are you going to do after graduation?” and “What’s your plan?”

This is the time of year when people get on a scale and often deeply regret their holiday gorging. They may also regret New Year’s resolutions that they’ve made — and are already breaking.

Sometimes they’re called “feral.” Sometimes they’re called “wild.” Tom Noonan likes them because they’re “free.” 

A long life is promised to no one and no one knows this better than the Lieber/Haupt family of Webster Groves. 

In 2014, former Kirkwood resident Glenda Seim met the man she called “her love” online. 

When Charlie Fischer walks into work, he never quite knows what duties the day might bring. Fischer is the executive director at Canterbury Enterprises, a position he has held since 2006.

Former Webster Groves resident Adam Miller used to donate his allowance money to the World Bird Sanctuary. Now 32, he’s managed to turn his passion for animals and the environment into a full-time job that helps humans as well.

When Jake Stotlemeyer was a senior in college, he was asked what many teens dread answering: “What are you going to do after graduation?” and “What’s your plan?”

This is the time of year when people get on a scale and often deeply regret their holiday gorging. They may also regret New Year’s resolutions that they’ve made — and are already breaking.

Don’t call it retirement — call it a second act. With excitement about new beginnings, Jack Lane is marking the end of an era at Stages St. Louis, the theater company he co-founded 37 years ago with Michael Hamilton.

It’s that time of year when children are excitedly scribbling their Christmas wish lists, tucking them into envelopes addressed to Santa and hoping they reach the North Pole in time for the Jolly Old Man to make his list and check it twice!

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I woke to the sound of rain. Sprays of water dampened the grass in the courtyard, pattering against the flimsy cardboard box positioned around me. 

There’s so much for families to do during the holidays. For the past 22 years, Charlie Williams of Webster Groves has been celebrating the season in unique fashion by creating whimsical greeting cards.

Winter is an increasingly difficult time for those in need, many of whom have to skimp on essential items — including food — to make ends meet. 

On Dec. 12, 1995, 16-year-old Bobby Bostic was arrested in St. Louis for several crimes for which he was sentenced to 241 years in prison. On Dec. 12, 2022 — nearly three decades after that night — newly-paroled Bostic joined a crowd at the Kirkwood Performing Arts Center to share his story.

Every time the youth company takes the stage, you can feel the audience smile during the second annual production of “A Christmas Carol” at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis.

No, that’s not a typo in the headline. On Dec. 20 and 21, the Kirkwood Performing Arts Center will present “Let It Be Christmas,” a holiday rock opera sharing the story of the birth of Jesus Christ — using only the music of The Beatles.

David Norman is a friend to frogs and reptiles of Central America. A 1971 Webster Groves High School graduate, he recently took time out from field work in Costa Rica to visit with friends from 50 years ago at his COVID-delayed reunion.

Visitors to the Missouri History Museum’s newest exhibit are invited to experience and learn about St. Louis through art. “Coloring STL” presents an opportunity to draw on various landmarks of the city and surrounding counties without being charged for vandalism. 

An Afghan refugee family of 11 arrived in St. Louis in January 2022. Their relocation journey was a bumpy, tortuous path — until they recently settled safely in Kirkwood.

A world-famous anti-litter ambassador recently celebrated her 38th birthday at Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center in Kirkwood.