Here Are Our Photo Contest Winners
One of the most difficult and rewarding experiences we have at Missouri Life is to pick the winners of our photo contest. Not only does our state have an abundant array of photo material—endless, if you ask us—but we also have an amazing bunch of photographers.
Columbia’s Museums Will Amaze
Boost your cultural IQ and have a great time while doing it at Columbia’s museums.
Inside the 50th Miss Black America Pageant
The 50th Anniversary Miss Black America Pageant celebrates black beauty, empowerment, and positivity in a national TV special with Kansas City hospitality on display.
Columbians [Heart] Art
Artists have been leaving their imprint on Columbia since the first settlers rolled into the region. Here in this creative city, you’ll find historical masterpieces and fresh contemporary works. You’d expect to find amazing art in local galleries—and you won’t be disappointed—but in Columbia, art also enhances the town’s public spaces.
This Missouri Artist Turns Dumpsters into Art Supply Depots
Sam Conlon says she has a perfect life. She makes whatever she feels like making, and her art is always evolving.
Backward and in High Heels: Remembering Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers was born as Virginia Katherine McMath in Independence in 1911, and she spent her early years in Independence and Kansas City. Ginger is best remembered for movies made with dancing partner Fred Astaire. She is famously credited for doing everything Astaire did, only backwards and in high heels.
This Fulton Paper Goods Company is Making Waves Nationwide
Today, gifts and stationery created by this Fulton-based company appear on the shelves of fine boutiques nationwide and at major retailers including Anthropologie and Paper Source.
Discover World-Class Culture in Columbia
World-class culture...In Columbia? You bet! Columbians know what visitors discover, that they have access to high culture right in mid-Missouri.
Meet Multitalented Musician Tonina Saputo
At just 23, St. Louis-based singer/songwriter, upright bassist, and poet Tonina Saputo has accomplished more than many artists twice her age. As a high school student, she performed with her school’s symphonic orchestra at both Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York City.