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Experience
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something to do in The Lou.

E S C A PE TO T H E L O U for a day trip or a junction with the Missouri History Museum.

Mark your calendars long weekend, and you’ll never run out of Then explore the Saint Louis Art Museum,
for the American Arts
Experience (Oct. 1–17), affordable attractions—some of them free! now in the midst of a $130 million expansion.
a cultural arts festival And don’t just limit yourself to the Gateway Check out its Form in Translation: Sculptors
at venues across town. Arch. Yes, it’s a must-see, but you’ll find that Making Prints and Drawings through Sep-
Don’t miss perform-
ances by Grammy there’s so much to explore when you meet in tember 19. Last stop: the Saint Louis Science
award winner Shawn St. Louis. Center’s Life Science Lab, where kids love to
PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAN DONOVAN

Colvin, jazz great Dave put on white coats and goggles and peer into
Brubeck, the Houston
Ballet, a collaboration Free and Easy! microscopes.
of contemporary indig- To enjoy the city without putting a dent in Forest Park is a regional gem that sprawls
enous dance artists, your wallet, head to Forest Park, the home of over 1,293 acres, making it one of the largest
and a folk art exhibi-
tion. americanarts the Saint Louis Zoo, where the admission is urban parks in the U.S.—500 acres larger than
experience.org free. The zoo is celebrating its 100th anniver- New York’s Central Park. Once the site of the
sary with a special Zootennial exhibit in con- 1904 World Fair, today the park is not only

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home to the zoo and art museum, paths, golf course, tennis courts, and a popular summer concert series. the promise of the freshest produce,
it also boasts a history museum, The Muny, the nation’s oldest and Just south of downtown, pop into home-baked goods, and specialty

assorted monuments, lakes, bike
Free is good, but visiting the Gateway Arch is
exhilarating. Topping out at 630 feet, the Arch
is the tallest national monument in the U.S.
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largest outdoor theater, which hosts the Budweiser Clydesdale Stable vendors selling sunglasses, T-shirts,
and then watch beer being brewed hats, jewelry—you name it! And it has
at the Anheuser-Busch brewery— bragging rights: Soulard is the oldest
can you say “free samples”? Nearby, farmers market west of the Mississippi,
the Soulard Market (and its famous operating since 1838.
mini doughnuts) beckons with Finally, the whole family will enjoy
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Check out more history while get- just north of the Arch. Purina Farms. Everyone will love the
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
ting back to nature at the Missouri at The Black Rep Quirky has a home here, too. The interactive exhibits in the barn (milk
Botanical Garden. Founded in 1859, 600,000-square-foot City Museum is a cow!), and don’t miss the dogs and
it’s the nation’s oldest public garden, a playground for all ages, made from cats that live at the farm’s Pet Center.
which now encompasses 79 acres of recycled materials such as chim- In Kirkwood, The Magic House
horticultural displays. The Garden neys, bridges, and two airplanes. children’s museum amazes with its
also operates the more than 2,400- Another playground for all ages? hands-on exhibits such as the Bub-
acre Shaw Nature Reserve in nearby Six Flags St. Louis, with eight roller ble Room, where kids can enclose
Gray Summit. Be sure to check out coasters and the Glow in the Park themselves in a giant bubble, or the
its Whitmire Wildflower Garden. Parade. A few miles west in Gray Star Spangled Center, where they
In Chesterfield, the Sophia M. Summit, spend a day with the kids at can sit at the president’s desk, sign
Sachs Butterfly House doesn’t
disappoint with its 60 species of
butterflies, from the more com-
mon Orange Julias to the exotic
electric-blue Morphos from Central
and South America. While you’re in WHEN THE BODY IS IN BALANCE
Chesterfield, don’t miss the Kemp
The Black Rep ranks IT CAN DO BEAUTIFUL THINGS.
Auto Museum’s collection of rare
European cars. Another must-Lou:
The Laumeier Sculpture Park in
as one of the top At Logan College of Chiropractic/University Programs, our students share
our belief that bringing the body into balance is essential to good health
south St. Louis County displays African-American the- and fundamental to everything we teach in our rigorous, science-based
80 contemporary sculptures on
degree programs. If you have a calling to create balance within the body and
105 acres of trees and fields. ater companies in the
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improve quality of life, discover an education that aligns with your goals.
country—and it’s also To speak with a representative, call 1-800-533-9210 or visit www.logan.edu.
the nation’s largest. We offer:
• Doctor of Chiropractic Degree
premier live theater company since
• Master of Science Degree in
1966. Established a decade later,
Sports Science and Rehabilitation
The Black Rep ranks as one of the
top African-American theater com- • Bachelor of Science Degree in
Human Biology or Life Science
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During the summer months,
spend an evening with St. Louis’
symphony and opera companies.
Enjoy a catered picnic and cocktails
At the Sophia M. Sachs during the Opera Theatre of St.
Butterfly House in Louis’ Picnics, which are available
Chesterfield for any performance. Summertime
at the Symphony (the Saint Louis
Symphony Orchestra, of course)
Arts, Etc. is a casual affair, playing popular
Prefer your arts indoors? A restored orchestra pieces such as Bach’s
art deco gem, the “fabulous” Fox Brandenburg Concertos. Touring
Theatre hosts Broadway musicals musicians voted the Sheldon Con-
and special events (Wicked plays cert Hall one of the top 10 in the U.S.
through July 11). And the intimate, for its acoustics. And live blues and
763-seat Virginia Jackson Browning jazz can be heard at small clubs all
Theatre is home base for the Reper- over town, including the cobble-
tory Theatre of St. Louis, the region’s stone streets of Laclede’s Landing, NOTICE OF NON-DISCRIMINATION
Logan College of Chiropractic admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs,
and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.  It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarships and loan programs, and
athletic and other school-related programs.
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the Declaration of Independence, and City Museum

ring a replica of the Liberty Bell. And beautiful treasure, a place of considerable
stature,” Raven says.
if you’ve got the magic touch, play the
Under his direction, the Garden focuses on
slots at numerous area casinos (River display, education, and research in an effort
City is the newest). to document new species and preserve
No doubt, there’s always some- biodiversity. “We conduct research in 36
countries,” Raven notes. “We’re fighting to
thing to do in The Lou. gain a solid knowledge base on plants while
we still have time, in the hope of improving
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the quality of human life.”
A gift to the public in 1859 from merchant
Henry Shaw, the Garden is the oldest
botanical garden in continuous operation in
the country. Don’t miss the Japanese Gar-
den, which features a lake and waterfalls,
and the Climatron conservatory, a tropical
rainforest housed in a geodesic dome with
1,400 species of tropical plants. mobot.org

PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN

PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAN DONOVAN/COURTESY OF SLCVC(2)
Dr. Peter Raven
P R E S I D E N T,
M I S S O U R I B OTA N I C A L G A R D E N
Time magazine dubbed him a “Hero for the
Planet” in 1999 for his work to preserve
biodiversity, but St. Louisans know Dr.
Peter Raven as the genial president of the
Missouri Botanical Garden. “In the middle
of St. Louis, we have an unexpected and

Enriching Lives Through the Power of Music.

SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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