If you're from St. Louis, you know about this question. If you're NOT from St. Louis, you know about this question. Locals love talking about where they went to high school while transplants scratch their heads over the "why" St. Louisans want to know. Maybe we're overly nostalgic or nosy, wanting an immediate profile of you, or perhaps we love our schools that much? Join us for a lighthearted look back in time at our area schools: their buildings, history, and names. Learn about such things as the St. Louis Public Schools radio station KSLH, high school reports in PROM magazine from 1947 to 1973, haunted schools, noted alums, school newspapers, and yearbooks, hangouts, sports teams, school cafeterias, teachers, sock-hops, kings and queens, radio & TV personalities visiting schools. We'll cover over 150 years of local schools with vignettes and photos. Rabbitt will have a special guest, too. Plus, there will NOT be a homework assignment.

Join instructor Richard Losciale, bassist and Woodstock "graduate," for a musical journey that begins with the basics of poetry defined through music. An inspirational listening experience follows as we share some of the Rock era's most expressive, memorable, and beautiful songs over the last 75 years. Enjoy this walk through the soundtrack of our lives. The new Constitution was just a proposal. Elected conventions in nine of the thirteen states would have to ratify it before it could go into effect. For the next year, the greatest and most probing public debates in American history would take place in all thirteen states. These debates raged throughout the states, producing an outcome far from unanimous. Learn more in The Ratifications Conventions.

Anti-colonialism is a political and intellectual movement that opposes colonizing one country or group of people by another. It is rooted in the belief that populating one group with another is an unjust and oppressive practice that should be resisted and ultimately eliminated. Anti-colonialism seeks to dismantle colonial systems of control, exploitation, and cultural imposition and to restore self-determination and independence to colonized nations and peoples. The art of filmmaking can be a powerful medium through which anti-colonialism is imagined, explored, and communicated. The art of filmmaking can play a crucial role in conceiving and communicating anti-colonialism by shedding light on historical injustices, amplifying the voices of the colonized, celebrating cultural diversity, exploring intersectionality, fostering global solidarity, and challenging established narratives. Through storytelling and visual representation, filmmakers can contribute to the broader discourse on anti-colonialism and inspire positive change. Join instructor Rosalind (Roz) Norman DMgt to explore how this can be achieved.

Could a friendship change the world? Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, who first met in 1851, became lifelong friends and political collaborators in the cause fighting for women's rights. They worked together as a team for over half a century. The lives of American women would not be the same without these pioneers for women's rights. Instructor Rebecca Now has a B.A. from Webster University in Women's Studies.

Guy E. Golterman Sr.'s impactful contributions during World War I are brought to life in this unique presentation. Serving on the American wartime industry front, he orchestrated pivotal recordings for the Nation's Forum, notably General Pershing's historic battlefield address. Golterman's role in mobilizing the recording and radio industries for the war effort is explored, along with capturing key statements preceding the 1920 elections. Delve into history with his grandson, Ed Golterman, as he shares these compelling century-old recordings, including the stirring voice of Eamon de Valera, President of Ireland, which galvanized support and aided war funding. Guy Golterman's post-war endeavors in St. Louis, producing grand operas at the Municipal Theater in Forest Park and Kiel Opera House, are also celebrated in this engaging retrospective.

Did you know St. Louis has a fire museum called The St. Louis Fire Department Museum? Or that St. Louis has the country's third oldest paid Fire Department? Our city was shaped by the Great Fire of 1849, which wiped out a massive swath of the riverfront and was responsible for the first death of a firefighter in the country. There were firefighting shows at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. In 1867, shortly before Henry Shaw deeded the land that would become Tower Grove Park to the city of St. Louis, the Lindell Hotel—the largest hotel in America at the time—burned to the ground. Shaw saw potential "ancient ruins" in the building's fire-damaged blocks and had stones arranged in three clusters. We enjoy the ruins of that hotel today in Tower Grove Park. Instructor Doug Schneider will take us on a visual trip through the history of fires in St. Louis, the evolution of firefighting methods and equipment, and an armchair visit to fire stations—many of them have new uses.