Join us for the 2nd Annual Shaw Small Business Night Friday June 15 from 6-8pm! Home-based vendors will set up in Wild Carrot and businesses will be open throughout the neighborhood! Businesses participating include: Arch Apparel Bailey's Range Belly Dance with Nisaa Bonboni Home & Gift Co. Cathy Gregory Studio Gallery City Farm STL LLC City House Country [...]

In November 2017, Alderman Stephen Conway resigned from his position to accept an appointment as the Assessor for the City of St. Louis. This left his seat open on the Board of Aldermen. To fill his seat for the remainder of the term, a special election for the 8th Ward is to be held Tuesday, [...]

We have a great variety of businesses in Shaw and the surrounding Tower Grove area to serve as resources for your everyday and holiday shopping and meals. For Small Business Saturday several businesses are offering specials and hosting pop-up shops, including a peek at the new Wild Carrot event and community space.  Participating businesses include: [...]

Local rock band Keokuk is bound to be a crowd favorite at the fair next weekend. Their songs are groovy, high energy, and most importantly- originals. Lead singer and guitar player for the group, Curtis Hendricks, is not afraid to tell it like it really is in his lyrics. The songs of the group reflect [...]

Every year, the Historic Shaw Art Fair welcomes 135 talented, award-winning artists to the grounds. Though the fair could not be more proud of this overwhelming artistic talent, the art fair is not ONLY for visual artists! Multiple gifted music groups perform at the fair as well, adding to the atmosphere and providing authentic entertainment. [...]

The Historic Shaw Art Fair is extremely proud to announce that award-winning film photographer Bill Lemke will be in attendance again year. Bill has regularly participated in art fairs for over 40 years now, including the the Shaw Art Fair for the last 10. The artist shared, "I have always enjoyed the community feeling of [...]

Every year, the Shaw Neighborhood Improvement Association works tirelessly to ensure the success of the Shaw Art Fair. The Shaw neighborhood hosts approximately 135 professional, award-winning artists at this event, as well as local music groups and food vendors. How has Shaw managed to bring this large event to fruition for 25 years in a [...]

Karen Gelbard, also known as The Oregon Weaver, not only has talent in the world of visual arts, but in the music realm as well. Karen played the violin throughout her elementary and high school years. Her school had a strong music program with talented teachers that greatly helped to cultivate Karen’s skills. “One lesson [...]

Kaeko Maehata has had a strong artistic instinct since she was a child. She started out drawing and creating with her hands, and continued to develop professionally as an artist at Kanazawa Art College in her native country of Japan. The artist has experience painting, sculpting, sawing, weaving, beading, and much, much more. There is [...]

“There is an inherent beauty in nature. Someone has gone far out of their way to make things attractive- the creator of the universe. When we try to channel that creativity, it opens up a lot of doors.” The inspiration of artist Salem Barker comes from the world around him. Experiencing the intricacies and splendor [...]