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The second floor of the aquarium gives visitors the opportunity to get their hands wet with touch tanks and interactive exhibits. That experience will be temporarily closed due to COVID-19.

St. Louis Aquarium and St. Louis Wheel will reopen Monday with new safety, cleaning protocols

June 2, 2020

The St. Louis Aquarium and St. Louis Wheel will reopen Monday, June 8, after receiving clearance from the city of St. Louis. The aquarium, Wheel and other retail and restaurants at Union Station will...

A rendering of the layout planned for the new Tower Tee, set to open in fall 2020.

The new Tower Tee features a mix of the old and the new

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor June 1, 2020

The reimagined Tower Tee is seeing its first construction activity, with the new owners promising to bring the beloved South County institution back with an expected spring 2021 opening. A year after...

The new 9 Mile Garden food truck plaza is under construction.

Affton food truck plaza 9 Mile Garden will open Fourth of July weekend

June 1, 2020

The long-awaited food truck garden in Affton, 9 Mile Garden, will open for Fourth of July weekend after being put on hold for the coronavirus pandemic. The custom-built food truck plaza and entertainment...

No date yet for Six Flags reopening, but when it does it will take reservations

No date yet for Six Flags reopening, but when it does it will take reservations

May 23, 2020

None of the Six Flags theme parks, including Six Flags St. Louis, are open yet and there is no announcement on when they will reopen, but when they do it will come with a reservation system. Six Flags,...

Live music returns to St. Louis with drive-in concert series at PowerPlex

Live music returns to St. Louis with drive-in concert series at PowerPlex

May 19, 2020

To make up for the lack of live music in St. Louis , the Powerplex sports complex at the former St. Louis Mills mall, 5555 St. Louis Mills Blvd., created a “safe, COVID 19-compliant” drive-in concert...

Elton John

It was going to be one of the best concert years ever for St. Louis; now everything is canceled or postponed

May 16, 2020

This year was going to be one of the best ever for concerts in St. Louis, with marquee bands like the Rolling Stones, Pearl Jam and Rage Against the Machine coming to town and a new amphitheater, St. Louis...

Aquaman star Jason Momoa attended the 2019 Wizard World St. Louis convention.

Wizard World St. Louis comic-con is postponed to 2021

May 14, 2020

The annual Wizard World St. Louis comic-con will be postponed until 2021. Wizard Entertainment, Inc. announced Thursday that its Wizard World St. Louis convention originally scheduled for June 5-7,...

The Laumeier Art Fair in 2017.

Laumeier Sculpture Park’s annual Mother’s Day Art Fair goes online-only this weekend

May 8, 2020

More than 80 artists from Missouri and beyond are participating in Laumeier Sculpture Park’s Online Art Fair, which is taking place virtually Friday, May 8 through Monday, May 11. This year would have...

Curbside pickup was open at Helen Fitzgeralds in Sunset Hills March 18.

Not every St. Louis County business will be allowed to reopen May 18

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor May 8, 2020

St. Louis County will start to reopen after the coronavirus shutdown as soon as May 18, but not every business will be part of that reopening process. And those that are will look very different. That...

The Lindbergh High School Drumline and Strolling Stings performed for students April 12, 2019 during the band’s annual 36-Hour Musicthon to raise money for childhood cancer research. This year’s event raised $2,200 for Alex’s Lemonade Stand. The band raises money in honor of a young man named Alex, who the band members met in 2012.

Lindbergh High School Musicthon goes virtual, will raise money for 36 hours straight

May 7, 2020

A Lindbergh Schools musical tradition raising money for a great cause is continuing this year despite the extended school closures and limits on crowd sizes due to COVID-19. For the first time, the fundraiser...

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