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Local artist in the thick of Juneteenth festivities

by John Rice June 14, 2022June 14, 2022

Artist Alex Bostic is having quite a year. In February, the U.S. Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp honoring sculptor Edmonia Lewis, bearing a portrait of Lewis that Bostic painted from a photograph. He purposely gave her a determined look.  Then in May a children’s book titled, Free At Last: A Juneteenth Poem, was published, […]

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The man who worked ‘a miracle’ on Cleopatra

by John Rice February 8, 2022February 8, 2022
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How Forest Park and Cicero saved Cleopatra

by Jill Wagner February 1, 2022February 1, 2022
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Sculptor brought to life by small-town historians

by John Rice January 24, 2022January 26, 2022

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