With a vision as ever-changing as glass being blown into a new creation, the Delmar Maker District is a two-decade old project that has caught fire in recent months. St. Louis restauranteur Ben Poremba has helped stoke the flames with his plans to open five establishments in the district in 2024. Learn more about how Doug Auer and Jim McKelvey, co-founded Third Degree Glass Factory and the Delmar Maker District.
Read MoreIf you aren't heading across the pond to Paris next month for Bastille Day and the Olympics, take advantage of Bistro La Floraison, right here in our own city, for French cuisine and celebration. Join the soiree on Saturday, July 13th for an elegant cocktail party. Details here.
Read MoreThe newly-opened Post Plaza and Event Space at the St Louis Country Library’s Clark Family Branch. and Saint Louis Fashion Fund will host a ticketed reception and screening of "Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge" on Tuesday, July 23. The evening kicks off with a red-carpet cocktail reception at 5:30 p.m., followed by the screening at 7:00 p.m. Details here.
Read MoreThis issue really defines Sophisticated Living in St. Louis. Who is this stunning goddess on the cover of our July/August issue? She is the essence of chic; an embodiment of new century meets old world glamour. She is among the best of best St. Louis has to offer. And her recent visit to St. Louis brings it all home. If you happen upon the thoroughfare Karlie Kloss Way on a drive downtown, it tangibly demonstrates why we chose her to grace our Summer 2024 issue. Learn more.
Read MoreThe Omni Homestead, America’s oldest resort, reasserts its prominence following a $150 million renovation. Twenty-four U.S. presidents have vacationed at this National Historic Landmark. It's also where a teenaged Jacqueline Bouvier learned to play golf on one of the first golf courses in America. Take a trip in pictures, words, and video to this storied Hot Springs, Virginia destination.
Read MoreCelebrate Pride Month with 21c Museum Hotel at their Pride Patio Party at Idol Wolf’s Amphitheater! This free event promises an afternoon of fun, music, delicious food, and great company. Learn more here.
Read MoreMay and June are months where we celebrate our origins, ours parents – May is for mothers – June is for fathers. At May’s MOMentous Luncheon all things MOM were celebrated at the annual fundraiser for The Haven of Grace. Haven is an organization dedicated to caring for and building up some of the most vulnerable mothers in our area, the homeless. This year, The Steward family brought the full force of its Steward Family Foundation to downtown’s Missouri Athletic Club. Read more here.
Read MoreTeshikaga Town in Eastern Hokkaido is one of Japan's few remaining places of true wilderness. Across three days that included canoeing, snowshoeing, skiing, old-growth forests, nine active volcanoes, and pristine caldera lakes, fall in love with this part of Japan that is far from EPCOT's version of the Land of the Rising Sun. Read on to discover it.
Read MoreIn preparation for the federal holiday on Wednesday, June 19th, people from near and far will be jumping for joy to commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States. The pre-celebration takes place on Saturday, June 16th in the Delmar Loop in University City in St. Louis. Learn about the roots of Juneteenth and why it is now celebrated throughout the land as a federal holiday since 2021.
Read MoreEarlier this year, Porsche launched its second all-electric model: the new Macan4 and Macan Turbo. Their aim is to offer the sportiest model in its segment with the all-electric Macan. In many ways, they are taking a very successful SUV to a new level. Virtually experience the new wave in electric luxury Porsche’s here.
Read MoreMake plans now to kick off your holidays in the heart of California's wine country. In historic Healdsburg, California, an impressive array of top-notch restaurants, up-scale lodging, tasting rooms, boutiques, and art and jewelry galleries pack the streets. During the holidays, the town square becomes a magical place via Merry Healdsburg Tree Lighting. Plan your 2024 trip now. Visit here.
Read MoreJapanese whisky offers an unexpected compliment to an already booming industry with new styles and unique flavor profiles. Japanese whisky is another opportunity for connoisseurs to fall in love with whisky once again and raise a glass to the future of whisky ripe with innovation. Read here to learn more about the delights found in fine Japanese spirits.
Read MoreWith vibrant colors, efficient dynamics, and a pared-down yet forward-thinking design emphasizing spaciousness and the joy of driving, the BMW Vision Neue Klasse X presents a decidedly youthful and optimistic face. It is a dynamic performance, more precision, more efficient BMW that is even more fun to drive than any of its predecessors. Learn more here.
Read MoreFather’s Day comes early this year. Although it’s always celebrated on the third Sunday in June, which oftentimes falls around the 19th, this year we get to celebrate our fathers on Sunday, June 16th. Are you ready? Here’s a compendium of sophisticated ways to celebrate the king in your life.
Read MoreThe Missouri Chamber Music Festival presents Season 14: Game Changers and the Music of our Surroundings June 6 - 21, 2024. The four concerts of the festival and opening reception/presentation explore musical works with profound emotional impact relevant to the present day. The Festival highlights composers that changed things forever through their musical innovation. Read more here.
Read MoreLaurence Basse is a “Girl on Fire” in the world of fashion design. The Paris-trained designer is a Project Runway alum, where she was a season 15 finalist (2006) and a season 20 "All-Star" runner-up (2023). She has dressed NBA superstars Dwight Howard and Serge Ibaka, Jada Pickett Smith, actor Aldis Hodge, Grammy winner Samara Joy, and comedian/actor Yvonne Orji. Here, take a look behind the scenes after a Paris runway show.
Read MoreOn Saturday, June 1st, St. Louis gets to “Rant and Rave” and get some much-needed entertaining relief by coming to and participating in what’s been called an entertaining cross between “What’s My Line” and group therapy. Come discover the world of Playback Theater, which is now practiced on six continents. Theater maven Joan Lipkin is the certified conductor of the ONLY Playback Theater in St. Louis. Come see this phenomenon that is sweeping the globe.
Read MoreThe 24th season of the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival ignites the Glen In Forest Park with summertime love-at-first-sight sparks, starting Wednesday evening May 29th with “As You Like It”. Filled with a quiver packed with poetry and prose, the Bard’s amorous arrows will pierce the hearts of thousands upon thousands of audience members through June 23rd. Read more here for details of why the festival in St. Louis draws larger audiences than any Shakespeare play offering in the world.
Read MoreAmidst all the parties and parades that will occur in June, one champion of the queer community, Joan Lipkin, has curated participants for the “Queer Writes Showcase of LGBTQ+ Writers” on June 27th to culminate Pride Month. For the sophomore season of Queer Writes, the Missouri History Museum is bringing back this event which will feature a new diverse lineup of St. Louis-based or connected LGBTQ+ writers sharing excerpts of their work in various genres. Learn more here.
Read MoreChris Stratmann and Clif LaPlante resided in the Central West End. After years in a 6,000-square foot historic home on Westminster Place, they had downsized to a condo. And then they started browsing online, and, well — Oh, Zillow. They found a home on a 1-acre lot not far from the city, and with a little imagination they have transformed the 1928 house the original owners would recognize from the front drive. But that’s all. Read on to find out how the online home search engine Zillow changed their lives.
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