Jennifer Silverberg

Atlanta

Contributor at Freelance

Consumer behavior voyeur. Passionate health foodie. Social media freak - see me at http://t.co/RynNukwRfy.

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Articles

Seeding Solutions

1 month ago | thestl.com | Ginger O’Donnell |Jennifer Silverberg |Lauren Milford

Katie Murphy was an undergraduate research assistant at Stanford University when she discovered her passion for corn. Every morning, she and her colleagues would weed and tend to a cornfield while cultivating their ability to ask meaningful and measurable scientific questions. As a first-year chemistry major seeking any available paid research opportunity, she had serendipitously landed a spot in the lab of one of the world’s premier corn experts, Virginia Walbot.
Good to Grow

2 months ago | thestl.com | Heather Riske |Lauren Milford |Jennifer Silverberg

Knee-deep in dirt and covered in mosquito bites, Kay Wells knew there had to be a better way. Not long after moving back to St. Louis from the West Coast with her family in 2012, Wells, who was working in the aerospace sector at the time, decided to start digging up an in-ground garden at her home.
Centered on Art

Jan 23, 2025 | thestl.com | Ginger O’Donnell |Lauren Milford |Jennifer Silverberg

Hilda Andres, executive director of the Foundry Art Centre in historic St. Charles, grew up in Lebanon and moved to the United States to attend college. She studied interior design at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where she met her husband, an architecture student. Over the years, as they built a life together, they moved multiple times for professional reasons. In each new community, Andres found herself searching for a place of belonging and enrichment.
Fashion Forward

Dec 9, 2024 | thestl.com | Alecia Humphreys |Lauren Milford |Jennifer Silverberg

Fashion is intricately woven into the very fabric of St. Louis’ rich history. From the turn of the 20th century until after World War II, the hum and clacking of manufacturing machinery echoed through the side streets off Washington Avenue in Downtown St. Louis, where workers produced everything from footwear and hats to dresses and luxury garments.
Building a Legacy

Sep 24, 2024 | thestl.com | Amy Burger |Jennifer Silverberg |Lauren Milford

Representation and community are more than buzzwords for husband-and-wife architects Peter Tao and Helen Lee. “It’s interwoven into almost everything we do,” Tao says. Their award-winning St. Louis architecture and design firm, TAO + LEE Associates, Inc. will celebrate 30 years in business in 2025.
A Cut Above

May 28, 2024 | thestl.com | Heather Riske |Liz Miller |Jennifer Silverberg

Caitlin Tyczka had just finished the haircut when her client started to get teary-eyed. “I just want you to know that this is one of the most gender-affirming moments I’ve had,” Tyczka’s client said before the two exchanged a big hug. “Thank you for making me feel seen.”Such exchanges are far from unusual at Homegrown Hair Co., which has proudly offered gender-neutral hair services since it first opened in St. Louis in 2019.
A Cornerstone of Culture

Apr 15, 2024 | thestl.com | Valerie Schremp Hahn |Liz Miller |Jennifer Silverberg

By day, just inside the floor-to-ceiling windows on the North Spring Avenue side of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (CAM), a series of Paul Chan’s inflatable fabric sculptures called “Breathers” dance, billow, and bop for anyone who will stop, look, and smile. By night, on the Washington Avenue side, a large-scale video piece by Chan plays on a 60-foot screen on the museum building facade.
Steps Ahead

Feb 12, 2024 | thestl.com | Jacqui Germain |Liz Miller |Jennifer Silverberg

An hour before the school day began, 14-year-old Kirven Boyd (now Douthit-Boyd) was sitting in a classroom, getting settled in front of an early 2000s-era desktop computer. The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s (AAADT) newly launched website was splayed across the screen. Kirven clicked on one of the company’s two-minute video clips and busied himself with his breakfast while the footage slowly buffered.
Opera for All - Part Two

Feb 7, 2024 | thestl.com | Cheryl Baehr |Liz Miller |Jennifer Silverberg

This past December, on an overcast, unseasonably warm afternoon, Roe stood at the head of the room inside Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’ Webster Groves practice space. Flanked by her exasperated teacher on one side and her equally frustrated mother on the other, the neurodivergent fifth-grader’s inability to feel seen was palpable to everyone in the audience who’d gathered to see her story.
Opera for All - Part One

Feb 5, 2024 | thestl.com | Cheryl Baehr |Liz Miller |Jennifer Silverberg

In some ways, Andrew Jorgensen believes that Opera Theatre of Saint Louis is hiding in plain sight — at least in its hometown. Regarded on the national and international stages as one of the jewels of the art form, the company, based in Webster Groves, is considered a major incubator of talent. Its artists go on to earn contracts with the Washington National Opera and the Metropolitan Opera. It plays with a Grammy Award-winning symphony orchestra.