your vote counts! | The City Foundry Food Hall has been nominated for Best Food Hall in the USA Today 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards. Voting will run through April 13, and the top 10 winners will be announced April 22. You can vote for City Foundry once daily by visiting 10best.usatoday.com.
a lasting legacy
St. Louis Public Library has announced that CEO Waller McGuire will retire in October. McGuire joined the library in 1989 and has served as CEO since 2004. During his 37 years of service, he prioritized both modernization and historic preservation, including the revitalization of the historic Central Library. “Leading the St. Louis Public Library has been the honor of my life,” McGuire says. “The privilege of helping lead one of our nation’s foremost historic libraries has been both a challenge and a joy. I hope that I have repaid the trust St. Louis has invested in me.”
check it out
A new publication details an artist- and resident-led project to treat nature as an art studio. The North St. Louis Creative Field Guide includes essays, photographs, artworks and other materials exploring the relationship between art and nature. The book will launch at the Contemporary Art Museum St Louis’ First Friday event April 3, and it will be available for purchase in its gift shop.
off the page
The Missouri Book Festival has announced exciting programming! Author and documentary filmmaker Kate Klise will serve as keynote speaker. Klise is best known for the children’s series 43 Old Cemetery Road. The festival also will include cooking programs. Featured chefs will include Hell’s Kitchen winner Trenton Garvey, Great American Recipe winner Adjo Honsou and winner of TLC’s Next Great Baker Lia Holter. The Missouri Book Festival is April 18 at the Washington Public Library in Washington, Missouri.
