St. Louis American

1 day ago | stlamerican.com | Kenya Vaughn

As part of its tradition, there was a single word theme that spoke to the six women being honored for their service to the St. Louis arts community by the Saint Louis Visionary Awards Monday night at the Sun Theatre: Homage. “Every time you hear that word this evening, I invite you to envision roses and confetti,” said Gwen Mizell, co-host of the 2025 Saint Louis Visionary Awards.

4 days ago | stlamerican.com | Kenya Vaughn

When one of the main characters of Ryan Coogler’s genre-defying film “Sinners” burst into a Clarksville, Mississippi church and interrupted their Sunday service, he looked exactly like the literal hell he had been through the night before. Coogler’s gifts as a multisensory storyteller meant that even when the film lagged, viewers were too stimulated to fully resign to boredom. He stood there at a crossroads.

5 days ago | stlamerican.com | Kenya Vaughn

As a bestselling author, producer and entertainment industry renaissance woman, Lyah Beth LeFlore certainly has her own level of cultural influence. But she has made part of her life’s work making sure the light provided to this region by her mother – St. Louis Poet Laureate Emeritus Shirley Bradley Price LeFlore – is an eternal flame. “I’m just trying to plant the seeds so that St. Louis can know that I’ve got to keep this woman’s legacy alive,” said LeFlore.

6 days ago | stlamerican.com | Alvin Reid

In honor of Black Maternal Health Month, the St. Louis Public Library is hosting a series of programs designed to educate, uplift, and unite expectant mothers, new mothers, and their families. All programs will be held at the Central Library branch, 1301 Olive Street and are free and open to the public. The effort comes as GOP legislators in Congress are moving to restrict healthcare funding, vital to many women, through cuts to Medicaid funding.

6 days ago | stlamerican.com | Namratha Prasad

St. Louis local Keisha Mabry’s friends said she has changed her career at least 10 times in her life. But this time, as leading the St. Louis chapter of Per Scholas, she found her calling. Per Scholas is a national organization funded by grants and family foundations that provides free training in IT and cyber security fields. The organization has over 20 sites, but Mabry calls the site in St. Louis “special to her.” “I’m so biased, I would say we have the best team ever.