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.

St. Louisans are under consideration for best chef, Midwest; best restaurateur, a new category for beverage professionals — and more.

Four St. Louis arts organizations are collaborating with St. Louis County’s Department of Justice Services to test a program offering violin or piano lessons to some incarcerated at the jail. Organizers say playing music can build life skills and help prepare inmates for life after release.

Unsigned artists in Missouri and Illinois as well as across the country can win a chance to perform a Tiny Desk Concert at NPR's headquarters. The contest is now open for entries through Feb. 10.

The band will perform in the Presidential Inauguration Parade in Washington, D.C. on January 20 playing the Missouri State fight song and an arrangement of "Ode to Joy." The players had only three days to prepare.

St. Louis multimedia artist Stan Chisholm is the artist in residence for St. Louis University’s Prison Education Program and will work at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre. The project includes studio sessions and a mural program at the prison for detainees.

In 2024, the St. Louis region saw it all — triumph, tragedy and hope. Relive these moments and more through the lenses of St. Louis Public Radio’s photojournalists.

Terror on Route 66 is running a Christmas-themed haunt called “Santa’s Slaughterhouse.”

Nancy Kranzberg takes a look at the plethora of opportunities in the region for children and youth to participate in arts programs of all kinds.

St. Louis native Eric von Schrader set his science fiction trilogy in a reimagined version of St. Louis. All three books and audiobooks are out now.