The Herbarium, Saint Louis Art Museum, and Beer Brewing Students
The Herbarium
The Missouri Botanical Garden's Herbarium holds 8 million specimens that are overseen by Senior Curator Charlotte Taylor, who has named more species of plants than any other living woman. Discover the amazing work she and other botanists do at the Missouri Botanical Garden!
Beer Brewing Students
Meet students at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University who've brewed beer through chemical and environmental engineering processes.
Alton Mural Project
Alton Main Street is an artistic hot spot in the St. Louis region, and it has recently received another breathtaking mural entitled The Alton Flyaway by Robert Fishbone.
Concealed Layers
This new exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum presents discoveries made within the museum’s expansive collection of German Expressionist paintings using cutting edge technology!
June in STL
Summer vacation is here, so the kids are home and sweltering weather is upon us. But even with these negatives, there's still much fun to be had. From Shakespeare in the Park to Grant's Farm, here's a list of fun summer activities.
Klan War
Author Fergus Bordewich's latest historical book explores President Ulysses S. Grant's pivotal role in combating and dismantling the Ku Klux Klan in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Watch Spotlight every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. on Channel 11
In this week's episode, inside the pickleball craze, how you play and why so many are obsessed with the sport; meet one of the country's premiere designers who lives right here in St. Louis; a book hoping to set the record straight about Ulysses S. Grant and how he fought for civil rights; uncovering expressionist paintings at the Saint Louis Art Museum; The Fagin Building - horrible design or before it's time?; and dive deeper into St. Louis architecture.
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