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The Pasta Factory celebrates 50 years of food, family, and fête.

The name “The Pasta Factory,” elegantly announced in mosaic stained glass overlooking the dining room, conveys only part of the longtime restaurant’s legacy. Although a bounty of pasta...

Livie Causey (2022-present) and Chrissy Stanard Meyer (1989-93) reflect on the Golden Girls sisterhood.

Good as Gold

As autumn sets mid-Missouri ablaze beneath crystal-blue skies, wisps of cirrus clouds float by, and savory smoke plumes from tailgate grills, few would dispute that it’s the region’s...

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A Legacy of Voices

Thanks to an embarrassment of media riches, Columbia has long been home to the voices and storytellers who define mid-Missouri’s narrative....
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Connected by Design 

Editor’s note: The June 2025 feature story in COMO Magazine incorrectly reported that the thirty-mile trail loop around the city is about 85 percent complete. The correct number...

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The Recycle Cycle

From the gaping south entrance, the structure could easily be mistaken for an airplane hangar — albeit one that needs some serious tidying up. To the east, a...

some with binoculars surrounded by green foliage. By Steve Bybee|Brown Thrasher sitting on a branch with its beak open. By Lottie Bushmann|Black Capped Chickadee sitting in the v where a tree branches off. By Lottie Bushmann|Summer Tanager sitting on branch looking skyward. By Lottie Bushmann

Flights of Fancy: Birdwatching in CoMo

Columbia-area ornithophiles flock together to celebrate our nesting neighbors....
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Menu Monikers

Columbia restaurants have a long and storied history of menu items with long and storied histories. But what’s in a name?...
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Beyond the Arena

Tanner Mills, Julie Dorn, and Jason Sutherland take what they learned from their athletic carerer at Mizzou and apply it to the professional world....
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Speaking from the Heart

Pediatric cancer survivor Zoe Wagner becomes a voice for the voiceless. photos by Keith Borgmeyer Zoe pictured above with her father, Paul Wagner, and her mother, Amy Enderle...