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Thursday, June 9, 2011

St. Louis’ Pagan Community Welcomes Everyone to Join the Party

Maryland Heights residents perform and vend at the nation’s largest free pagan festival.

Somewhere in Maryland Heights, a beautiful blonde’s admiring husband watches her rehearse for her first daytime public belly dance performance. Elsewhere, a graduate of Parkway North finishes sewing one last Hawaiian shirt emblazoned with dancing robots. They’re getting ready for the 19th Annual St. Louis Pagan Picnic, the largest free Pagan festival in the nation. “It’s the world’s best place to people watch,” said Karen Levine DeGuire, one of the festival’s 80 vendors. When growing up in the unincorporated territories between Maryland Heights and Creve Coeur, she never imagined St. Louis had such a thriving, friendly alternative culture scene. “When people outside Missouri try to picture St. Louis in their minds, this isn’t what they see…

Myrddin

4:15 pm on Sunday, June 12, 2011

If "Y Ynys Afallanau" is supposed to mean "The Isle of Apple Trees", that would be "Ynys yr Afallennau". If it's supposed to be "The Apple-Tree Island", that would be "Yr Ynys Afallen", though it would be an unusual construct. "Ynys yr Afallennau" would be the more usual form.   more ›

Maryland Heights Software Engineer Bikes in the Buff at the World Naked Bike Ride

A local cycling enthusiast and software engineer looks forward to wearing shoes, body paint and a smile for the fourth annual St.Louis World Naked Bike Ride.

Software engineers aren’t typically known for their ripped physiques, but Saturday night Maryland Heights resident Nicholas Iffrig will be proudly cycling with little more than a smile at the World Naked Bike Ride.  This is Iffrig’s third year participating. He laughed at the idea software engineers aren’t typically proud of their bodies. “I feel it’s really important to be balanced in mind and body. That’s kind of like the second message of the ride. Be comfortable being who you are. There’s no reason to be ashamed.” Officially, the World Naked Bike Ride is a protest to raise awareness of the world's dependence on oil and raise car driver’s awareness of cyclists on the road. The nudity is a fun bonus that many riders also hope will  …

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