Patrick Kuhl
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Scout’s Vietnam War monument will be dedicated on Memorial Day
Boy Scout Neil Wegrzyn raised $4,500 to create a monument to men from the Belleville area killed in the Vietnam War. It will be dedicated after the Belleville parade on Monday. → Read More
Picture yourself with Mom today
It’s Mother’s Day. Have someone take a photo of you and Mom. Someday, it will be a keepsake. → Read More
Matchmaker worked overtime for Mike Huelsmann as Tevye in ‘Fiddle on the Roof’
Mike Huelsmann is in his fifth go-around as Tevye in the musical “Fiddler on the Roof.” It opens Thursday at the Looking Glass Playhouse in Lebanon. → Read More
O’Fallon graduate and author will discuss sex trafficking
1988 O’Fallon Township High School graduate Molly Venzke wrote a novel, “Caged No More,” about human sex trafficking, and the screenplay for a movie of the same name. She will return to O’Fallon this weekend to talk to students, teachers and parents about sex trafficking and will be on hand for a screening of the movie Monday at the O’Fallon 15 Cine. → Read More
Vision problems never slow down Charlie Dolan
Charlie Dolan was born with a rare eye disorder and glaucoma. Two cornea transplants later, his vision has stabilized at 20/250 and he is learning new things every day. To help the Delta Gamma Center, which provided the family with a lot of support, Capt. John Dolan will run in the Run for Sight 5K on Sunday and will ride 3,000 miles on a stationary bike while he is deployed, beginning in July. → Read More
Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain are coming to Lebanon and Belleville
Dave Ehlert will bring his Abraham Lincoln show to the Looking Glass Playhouse in Lebanon on Saturday and will morph into Samuel Clemens on Sunday at Bellecourt Manor in Belleville. → Read More
Spring cleaning time — pass the vinegar
Spring cleaning isn’t what it used to be. Columnist Patrick Kuhl remembers rug beaters, washing windows with vinegar and what happened to all the holey underwear come spring. → Read More
Hettie Barnhill, formerly of East St. Louis, wins Shirley Chisholm award
Dancer Hettie Barnhill, who was raised in East St. Louis to Broadway, was one of 12 honorees to receive Shirley Chisholm Women of Excellence Awards on Friday in Brooklyn, N.Y. → Read More
A funny thing happened to comedian Kevin Meaney on his way to the Wildey Theatre
Comedian Kevin Meaney was on the road on Tuesday somewhere in Pennsylvania, heading for his next shows in Mason City, Iowa, and Edwardsville. → Read More
Looking Glass Playhouse tackles family struggles of ‘Glass Menagerie’
If Dan Schmid had to put a label on “The Glass Menagerie,” it would be “Fragile: Handle with Care.” → Read More
Belleville Philharmonic teams with Celtica for Young at Heart concert
The Belleville Philharmonic Orchestra is teaming up with local Irish band Celtica to bring you a spring concert that truly is “Young at Heart.” → Read More
Symptoms reunion concert will revisit alternative band’s heyday
Remember the good ol’ ’80s when alternative bands like the Primitives (later Uncle Tupelo), Sammy and the Snowmonkeys and Symptoms packed ’em in to Belleville’s B Street Bar on Friday and Saturday nights? → Read More
Everybody deserves a valentine
“Life would be so fine ... if you would be mine.” Mom always made sure I had cool valentines with mushy but not-too-mushy lines like that to take to school. In first and second grade, everybody was your valentine — both boys and girls. And everybody had a valentine box. The night before the big day, Mom and I spent an evening cutting out hearts, moons and stars, fat little guys shooting arrows,… → Read More
Metro-east krewes join the St. Louis Mardi Gras Parade fun
Keep an eye out for a giant dragon boat — larger than a school bus — filled with a bunch of Chinese impersonators at the St. Louis Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday. → Read More
Mom puts talents to work against sex trafficking
Here’s how sex trafficking works. → Read More
Elton John tribute band coming to O’Fallon KC
The Dogs of Society will be howling up a storm Saturday night when John Gore brings the Ultimate Elton Rock Trubute to the O’Fallon Knights of Columbus Hall. → Read More
A little advice for a new dad
This time of year is filled with wonder. → Read More
All aboard for Confederate Railroad and fireworks
Confederate Railroad will be steaming into Belleville on Jan. 2 to headline a big country music show including four more bands and a huge fireworks display. → Read More
Young musicians will shine in Tuerck concert
The Belleville Philharmonic Youth Orchestra has a few surprises in store for you at its George N. Tuerck Memorial Concert on Saturday. → Read More