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Local, women-owned businesses Joya, Golden Gems and 2Lu have launched the She Votes campaign. The initiative provides resources and information about the voting process throughout the St. Louis area to empower women to be heard at the polls. The founders also have designed a capsule collection of She Votes merchandise, including T-shirts, hats, jewelry, pennants and bumper stickers.


Music lovers will want to tune into Classic 107.3 Thursday evenings and Tuesday afternoons. The station is broadcasting previously recorded Chamber Music Society of St. Louis concerts through Oct. 6


Congrats to Tamara Keefe, owner of Clementine’s Naughty and Nice Creamery! She’s been accepted into the James Beard Foundation Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Program. It provides courses in entrepreneurship and leadership to 20 women from across the country.


The Centene Community Ice Center Academy is providing a place for students to study while their parents work. While the staff won’t be teaching students, they will be available to offer computer assistance. The program also provides daily lunches and ice time to the students.


Something’s on the way at the Saint Louis Zoo! Utamu, an 18-year-old chimpanzee in the zoo’s Jungle of the Apes, is due to give birth this fall.