The local hotel industry is getting creative! The old downtown YMCA building will get new life in 2020 as the 200-room 21C Museum Hotel St. Louis. The hotel group (with locations in cities like Chicago, Nashville and KC) develops properties that are a combination of boutique hotel and contemporary art museum. The new hotel will include art installations, rotating curated exhibits and more. And if you haven’t experienced the other art-themed lodging already open in the Lou, check out Angad Arts Hotel, which just debuted its Rainbow Terrace, a rooftop gathering spot with panoramic city views.
Photo courtesy of 21C Museum Hotels
The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon held an NCAA mascot challenge to see who would take top honors at three-point shots and slam dunks, and the SLU Billiken emerged victorious at both! He beat out 13 other mascots in full costume, including the LaSalle Explorer, George Mason Patriot, UMass Minuteman—and Fallon himself, dressed as Hashtag the Panda.
T&S joins the entire St. Louis community in mourning the loss of longtime Nine Network president and CEO Jack Galmiche (pictured, at center), who passed away April 16. He recently received a Pillar of Public Service Award from America’s Public Television Stations, a nonprofit network of member broadcasters. Galmiche is shown with David Steward II and Patrick Butler.
Local history and music buffs can add a new volume to their collections—St. Louis Sound: An Illustrated Timeline by Steve Pick and Amanda Doyle. It features iconic photography that tells the story of music in the Gateway City, including Chuck Berry’s rise to fame and local radio stations’ promotion of new musical genres. Reedy Press released the book in conjunction with the weeklong St. Louis Sound Project concert series held this spring.
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