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Hikes, fireworks displays and noontime balloon drops will ensure you can see midnight at home in your socks.
Enrique was nearly 30 years old. The zoo also announced the death of its adult male Amur tiger, Waldemere.
Baker will be interred in the Pantheon in Paris and remembered with a program at the Missouri History Museum.
It's beginning to feel a lot like " dare we say it? " a normal Christmas in St. Louis.
There are plenty of opportunities to view holiday lights, whether you prefer to experience them on foot or remain inside a warm car.
The exhibit, which features more than 25 dinosaur models, will be in St. Louis through Jan. 24, 2022.
Like any proper zombie, Halloween returns this year " even if it's staggering a bit.
Dwight Scott was born and raised in Chillicothe, Missouri, and got his start in zoos as a primate keeper at the Kansas City Zoological Gardens.
If you can find your way out of these labyrinths, many also offer pumpkin patches, cute animals and other festive fall attractions.
The balloon glow returns Sept. 17, with the festival and race on Sept. 18.
Enjoying a festival or performance with a crowd was tricky last fall. But organizers have learned to adapt and prepare for fall 2021.
For six years, Ameren Missouri crews have worked to provide edible branches, called "browse," to nourish animals.
You can see it downtown all day Sunday and in Kirkwood Monday morning.
The brewery will stay on as a sponsor; the Clydesdales and free beer will remain, family members said.
Full- and part-time employees with benefits must be vaccinated by Oct. 15. About 70% of all employees are already vaccinated.
Celebrations are happening all over the state, from ice cream socials to virtual tours to "reverse parades" recalling Missouri's history.
The festival jumped online in 2020 because of the pandemic and had been held in Tower Grove Park for nearly 20 years.
The event was reimagined last year as a series of "Lift Up St. Louis" tribute flights.
The $13 million exhibit expands outdoor habitats and way of life for the zoo's monkeys and lemurs.
The cafe menu has been revamped, table service has been added, and there are more dockside concerts to attract visitors to the St. Louis riverfront.
Traditional Independence Day celebrations return this year, with a few exceptions.
Enrique's neoprene boots, which he's worn since September to help his aging feet, go viral in Facebook post.
The traditional June festival parade had to be postponed in 2020 and 2021 because of the pandemic.
The St. Louis Zoo's new 35,000-square-foot Primate Canopy Trails will allow visitors to get up close with its inhabitants.
Six Flags over Mid-America, as it was originally called, opened 50 years ago June 5, on Eureka land that had been a wheat field.
