St. Louis on the Air

Missouri voters go to the polls on November 3, and there are a number of consequential matters on the ballot. When it comes to how those issues are worded – that is, what voters will see at the ballot box – that’s not necessarily so clear. STLPR’s politics team unpacked amendment and proposition language at our Voter Guide Live event held in late September in St. Louis Public Ra...

Almost 30 years after its creation, the Community Arts Training Institute has become an independent nonprofit. The institute’s fellowship program focuses on making social and civic change through the arts. Program co-director and CAT alum Pacia Elaine Anderson and founding board secretary Roseann Weiss discuss the institute’s history and development, the move to independence, an...

What does the Constitution mean to you? Heidi Schreck explores that question in her Pulitzer Prize-finalist play, “What the Constitution Means to Me.” Drawing on her own childhood experience competing in debate contests about the Constitution, Schreck examines how her understanding of the document changed as she grew older and confronted its failures to protect the women in her ...

As part of its annual Spark Prize, the Missouri Foundation for Health is awarding $1.5 million to 12 people who work to improve health and well-being in Missouri. That includes Jessica Gaines of Kendall Developments and Dream Builders 4 Equity, who is receiving $200,000 for her efforts to strengthen neighborhoods and expand opportunity across St. Louis. We talk with Gaines about...

This year, Eric Ellingsen became the first full-time executive director of National Building Arts Center. A former professor of landscape architecture, Ellingsen has taken over the vision of a sprawling museum dedicated to the physical legacy of America’s buildings, factories and other marvels of artful engineering. He talks about his background, NBAC’s mission, and specific ite...