The St. Louis Development Corporation has also given $10,000 to help pay for the May Day Parade that was canceled earlier this month.

Annie Malone Children & Family Services canceled its 2025 May Day Parade. The nonprofit is prioritizing funding to better support its clients who need shelter and food.

Firaol Ahmed founded Moii Coffee from his dorm room to help fix a broken coffee supply chain and amplify the voices of Ethiopian coffee farmers.

The Sheldon Concert Hall and Art Galleries in Grand Center launched an $11 million capital campaign on Wednesday to fund renovations including a new marquee, new lounge area and an enhanced entranceway.

KDHX critics are suing to remove seven of eight members of the community radio station’s board of directors. It’s the latest dispute in a conflict that has reshaped the station’s on-air schedule and its place in the St. Louis music community.

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra collaborated with the Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum on a school curriculum that teaches middle and high school students about the Holocaust through the music of Pavel Haas. Haas was a Jewish composer killed in a Nazi death camp.

A celebration of the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. included remarks from Federika Newton, a veteran of the Black Panther Party and co-founder of a foundation dedicated to preserving the Black-empowerment group’s history.

The memorial is meant to foster understanding and collective healing for the small Missouri town.

Celebrate St. Louis, the sponsor organization that puts on the parade, will still hold a July 4th event in downtown St. Louis. The two-day festival will feature live music, food vendors and fireworks and will remain on the grounds of Gateway Arch National Park.

In addition to allegedly stealing at least $120,000 from Circus Flora, George Pace is also accused of fraudulently applying for pandemic small business relief.