Local radio station 92.3 WIL received a nomination for CMA Radio Station of the Year in the major market category, the only St. Louis-area station to do so. Winners will be announced in October and acknowledged during the 48th annual CMA Awards, televised Nov. 5.
Through a collaboration of the Nine Network, St. Louis Public Radio and the University of Missouri-St. Louis, the Grand Center Arts District is now home to Public Media Commons, an open-air, 9,000-square-foot gathering space that is the first of its kind. The interactive environment, open to the public throughout the day, allows visitors to view productions on two-story-high video walls and participate in audio/visual experiences with interactive touch screens. Other activities include art installations, films, concerts and festivals. PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger was in town to celebrate the grand opening and Nine Network’s 60th anniversary.
St. Louis recently welcomed the Scottish government’s senior diplomat to the Americas during his first visit to the Gateway City. Donnie Jack, the Scottish Affairs Counsellor to the Americas, hopes to encourage St. Louis businesses to consider Scotland for the hub of their European operations. His visit represented an important step in growing trade and investment connections between St. Louis and Scotland. Jack toured various companies, attended the annual World Trade Center St. Louis meeting, spoke at an event for the Boeing Institute of International Business at SLU and, of course, attended a Card
inals game.
Homeowners contemplating a renovation project can soon have all their design and remodeling questions answered on News Talk 97.1’s new call-in radio show, Right at Home with Rich. Debuting Oct. 4, the show features host Rich Layton, senior home consultant at Mosby Building Arts, who has more than 35 years of hands-on remodeling experience.
St. Louisans soon will get an even better glimpse into the kitchen of the historic Campbell House, the first residence built in the Lucas Place neighborhood in 1851 and home to renowned fur trader and entrepreneur Robert Campbell and his family until 1938. Author and food historian Suzanne Corbett has been working for more than two years on The Gilded Table: The Campbell House Museum Cookbook, slated to be published this spring. The book will feature recipes based on the handwritten collection of Virginia Campbell, as well as Gilded Age dishes served at the Southern Hotel, the former luxury hotel on Fourth and Market streets owned by Robert Campbell. The book also will offer a glimpse into lavish dinner parties held at the house and include a history of dining traditions of the era.
Pictured: Public Media Commons
Photo courtesy of Nine Network
