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Documentary depicts ‘Missouri’s Woodstock’ in Sedalia 50 years ago

SHSMO hosts film screening featuring 1974 Ozark Music Festival COLUMBIA — The public is invited to a film screening documenting the largest music festival held in Missouri almost...

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(Re)discover COMO

Unique Veterans Urban Farm is safe and welcoming Lace up your work boots and put on your gardening gloves as we explore a place you might have overlooked....

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Internet issues: Keeping kids safe online 

Ask these questions if your child has an electronic device. Navigating our digital, cyber-busy world is sometimes a maze of challenges, especially when it comes to online safety...

June 1-30 in downtown Columbia.

Montminy Gallery welcomes new director 

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...

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Coming Up in COMO: 47 things to do

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...

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MU J-School grad led a novel life

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...

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Coming Up in COMO: Cinco de Mayo

67 things to do in Columbia this weekend – and beyond First Fridays AND Cinco de Mayo. And that’s just the start of a busy, fun-filled, culture-rich slate...

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The Giving Chef

Gaby Weir Vera nourishes young minds at Windsor Street Montessori School Once there was a chef who loved inspiring change. But, even more, she loved making food for...

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COMO People: Same book, different page

MU English professor gains unexpected perspective with prison outreach “What happens when the world ends and you have to start over? What do you look back on? What...

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(Re)discover COMO’s hidden gems

Our entertainment options include axe throwing, Witches and Wizards Arcade … and a Talking Horse? Columbia is undoubtedly a college town and there is no disputing that reality....