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Kernels of Culture: Maize Around the World (May 3, 2024 – March 31, 2025) at the Stephen and Peter Sachs Museum at the Missouri Botanical Garden focuses on the complex […]
Immerse your senses with the sights, sounds, and aromatic smells of authentic German food, music, and activities. Hosted each weekend in October, the festival features events focused on German Heritage. […]
Experience the 45th Olde Tyme Apple Festival in downtown Versailles, MO. This vibrant event offers an array of vendors, live music, dance performances, food, artisans, car shows, and more.
Throughout George Washington Carver’s life many women mentored and guided him along his journey to earn an education. These women, often maternal figures and spiritual mentors, encouraged him to succeed.
Seven years after the current Missouri Capitol opened, a grand day was organized to dedicate the building. All 114 counties were invited to send queen representatives, floats and musicians. More […]
Join journalist and historian Bob Priddy, a member of the Cole County 250th Anniversary Committee, as he reflects on the First Continental Congress that met in 1774 and approved an […]
Join The Griot Museum of Black History to celebrate Sister Cities St. Louis Missouri and Saint-Louis, Senegal with the intercultural exhibition, Terang’Art II – A Celebration of Art and Hospitality. […]
Patrick Rafferty will present a program of Spanish guitar music featuring the Renaissance and Baroque guitar. The presentation will feature works by Gaspar Sanz, Santiago de Murcia, and other icons […]
Patrick Rafferty will present a program of Spanish guitar music featuring the Renaissance and Baroque guitar. The presentation will feature works by Gaspar Sanz, Santiago de Murcia, and other icons […]
Join a park ranger at the Carver Family Cemetery. Explore the cemetery and learn about some of the early residents of the Diamond Grove community.
Join a park ranger at the Carver Family Cemetery. Explore the cemetery and learn about some of the early residents of the Diamond Grove community.
Show Me Clydesdales will be bringing their Clydesdale mares and foals into the Holden City Park on Oct. 13 at 1;00. People can come meet these gentle giants for $5.00 […]
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