Midwestern Braille Volunteers hit a big milestone in 2023 — 60 years in business transcribing printed material into braille for the visually impaired. The nonprofit, located in Downtown Kirkwood, transcribes
The sound of laughter, bike bells and chants for pizza could all be heard echoing out of the Kirkwood Community Center’s gymnasium on Saturday, Dec. 16.
Offering ice skating, swimming, live theater, meeting rooms, classes and programs, the Kirkwood Community Center, 111 S. Geyer Road, has been a beloved city landmark since 1966.
Swedish Council St. Lucia Festival Join the Swedish Council of St. Louis for a traditional Swedish Christmas celebration. The Swedish Butik (boutique) will open at 2:00 pm. The narrated performance with traditional Swedish Christmas songs, dancing, Swedish elves, and Jul Tomte (Santa) begins at 3 pm. The program highlight is the candlelight procession of Lucia.
If your idea of “barbershop singing” is four men wearing straw hats and crooning old-fashioned songs, you’re about a century behind the times. Just ask the women of the St.