Month-long event celebrates downtown eateries and businesses Get your forks and knives ready. The District (Downtown CID) hosts Drink & Dine to welcome locals and tourists alike to join June’s month-long showcase of specials and discounts from several participating downtown businesses. The event is a substantial expansion of Restaurant Week, The District’s previous start-of-summer downtown […]
Longtime fiber artist and instructor Betsy Roe assumes vital role The Boone County History & Culture Center has successfully recruited Betsy Knabe Roe as the new director and curator of the Montminy Gallery. She started her position on May 1. Roe brings more than 20 years of arts administrative experience to the position, with her
The Bible tells the story of Old Testament heroes Caleb and Joshua as two of the 12 spies dispatched to Canaan by Moses to see if it was the Promised Land. Ten spies returned, frightened that the people occupying Canaan would slay them in battle. Only Caleb and Joshua believed God would deliver them safely
Trotting down the halls of the University of Missouri Children’s Hospital, Link the therapy dog spreads joy and smiles to both patients and staff alike, a role he has filled as an essential member of the hospital’s Child Life staff for four and a half years. “The longer he has been here he’s more known
Compass Health Network adopts a person-centered, integrated approach to health care that focuses on treating the whole person. That description sums up the nonprofit healthcare organization’s approach to providing resources connected to behavioral health, pediatric and family medicine, dental care, and treatment for substance use disorders. “Our vision is healthy, productive lives for everyone,” says
Young people who don’t have a plan or a yearning to go to college: Listen up. It’s possible to find a career that will not require a college degree. In fact, says Ron Schmidt, program director of Columbia CARE, there are good, high-paying jobs “just begging to be filled.” “If you get the certification to
It’s important for our community to know that Columbia Public Schools is focused on achievement and believes in high expectations for its scholars. In a period of time that has been politically charged and critical of public schools, I’d like to share with you an experience I had at Derby Ridge Elementary School. I shared
One of the best artistic options for kids has seemingly sprung up from underground in downtown Columbia. Art Underground Downtown is a place for kids of all ages to go, learn, grow, and be themselves — a place where they can feel they belong and that they are a part of something. Founded eight years
We’ve rounded up a few (well, 47 or so) things you can do in and around Columbia from now until next week, plus a handful of events even later this month. Coming Up In COMO is a brief peek at concerts, plays, art exhibits, events for families and kids, and more. You may send your
Pauline Pfeiffer was the woman behind Hemingway’s success Most students passing through the University of Missouri’s historic Francis Quadrangle have no idea that Ernest Hemingway’s second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer, attended Mizzou’s School of Journalism. Like students of today, she lounged in the quad with friends, excelled in her classes at Switzler Hall, and rushed to
