Florist Darien Burress, owner of Black Girl in Bloom, speaks about the inspiration behind her floral arrangement that is part of Art in Bloom on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, at the St. Louis Art Museum in St. Louis, Mo. The weekend long event features floral arrangements that are influenced by works of art in the museum.
Employee's at the Pulitzer Publishing Center print the last copy of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at the center in St. Louis, Mo. "This is the last day that we're going to print (locally) after the 146 year history of the Post-Dispatch," pressman Matt Deters said as he started the printing press for the final time.
Bryce Kramer, 15, speaks about his experience as a student at Miriam School and Learning Center and working with ceramics on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, at LampLight Studio in Overland, Mo. The diverse group of neurodivergent students participated in a ceramics workshop at Blaze STL following their field trip to the Contemporary Art Museum where they learned about Sinichi Sawada, a Japanese artist with nonspeaking autism.
Martin Mwita and his mother Jacinta Mwita speak about his journey living with sickle celle anemia and receiving treatment from St. Louis Children's Hospital on Sunday, April 20, 2025, in St. Louis, Mo. Martin is the first patient in St. Louis and one of the first people in the country to receive a new gene therapy to cure sickle cell disease. On Tuesday, April 22, 2025, Martin received confirmation from the doctors that 85% of his red blood cells were normal. Doctors hope that his sickle cells will continue to disappear and that the level will reach 100%.
George Diehl speaks about his life's work collecting, categorizing, and identifying insects. Diehl is an amateur entomologist who has been collecting insects across North America for the past 60 years. The majority of his collection can be found on the third floor of the City Museum in St. Louis, Mo., inside the room called the George L. Diehl Jr. Insectorium (and other oddities).
The cilibir at Telva at the Ridge is a silky and sumptuous breakfast. Co-owner Loryn Nalic demonstrates how they make it with warm garlic yogurt, gently cooked eggs, tomato-chile brown butter sauce and a flurry of herbs for a fresh finish.