Brain Disease Diagnostics, World's Fair Food, and the Muny

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Breaking the Blood Brain Barrier

Doctors who want to see the genetic or molecular makeup of a brain disease would normally have to go through a patient's skull and perform surgery. But a new noninvasive diagnostic procedure has been developed and successfully put to the test by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine.
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Meet the Artist: Josh Galvin Clark

Mixed Media Artist Josh Galvin Clark utilizes electronics, resin, and crystals to create thought provoking pieces examining the future of e-waste. You can meet him and see his work in person this year at the Saint Louis Art Fair.

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1904 World's Fair Food

Almost 120 years ago St. Louisans were introduced to a plethora of exotic cuisine unlike anything they had ever tasted before. But just as interesting as the food were the restaurants serving up these unique meals.

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One-on-One with Fiona Davis

In this interview Author Fiona Davis discusses her latest novel The Spectacular, which follows a young woman whose dream of becoming a Rockette unexpectedly leads her on a chase to stop a madman terrorizing New York!

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Chess at the Muny

July was an exciting month for St. Louis theater! Through a partnership between the Muny and the World Chess Hall of Fame, theatergoers were able to see Chess the musical, featuring lyrics by Tim Rice and music by half of ABBA!

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Steph Plant: Musician, Teacher, Mother

Meet Steph Plant, a teacher at Metro East Montessori School. St. Louis music buffs might know her as the guitarist for mid-2010s duo The Leonas. But her students are probably even more familiar with her music, because she incorporates singing and songwriting into her lesson plans everyday!
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Watch Spotlight every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. on Channel 11
In this week's episode, Fiona Davis dazzles us with her new book "The Spectacular," the first bridge across the Mississippi River in St. Louis and why many were leery of it, the largest and most diversified collection of building artifacts in the U.S., an expert at Siteman warns that men need to be careful because they have a higher risk of developing melanoma, a Saint Louis Art Fair artist creating thought provoking pieces examining the future of e-waste, a program at the St. Louis County Library that allows the community to check out telescopes to explore the night sky, and the set designer for The Muny's "Beauty and the Beast" talks about what goes into creating this on-stage work of art.
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