Clips — Amanda Woytus

Below, please find a selection of my writing divided into three categories, News and People, Culture and the Arts, and Design and Food. Click on the corresponding image to read the full story.

NEWS AND PEOPLE

News and People

Sumner High School gave the world Chuck Berry, Tina Turner, Arthur Ashe, Grace Bumbry, and Dick Gregory. This spring, it almost closed

A guide to riding out the rest of the pandemic

How often does mail-in voting fraud actually happen? We looked at the data

Cori Bush is the first elected Black woman to represent Missouri in Congress. Her life has informed her plan for public office

Five years after Ferguson, Lezley McSpadden, Michael Brown’s mother, remembers her son

Think getting a COVID-19 vaccine means you can abandon the face covering? Not quite

SLU and Wash. U. are conducting Phase III COVID-19 vaccine trials. This is one of the biggest obstacles standing in researchers' way

COVID-19 will hit the city's most vulnerable the hardest. Here's how health care providers are trying to help

The many pursuits of Lutz Pfannenstiel

An illustrated guide to voting through the centuries

CULTURE AND THE ARTS

Featured

Ellie Kemper talks new book 'My Squirrel Days' and why Kimmy Schmidt is the best of the Midwest

The serious business of Yale Hollander's comedy

To find success, country singer Alexandra Kay first had to find her audience

A Keith Haring exhibit at the World Chess Hall of Fame illuminates the late pop artist

An artist's statement: Arts leaders reflect on how 2020 has changed our cultural institutions

They asked for a big idea. Story Stitchers delivered

Local photographer Lou Bopp finds meaning during quarantine

Beginners and pros alike find a home in The Big Muddy Dance Company’s online classes

Want to Zoom like a pro? We asked the host of We Are Live’s Virtual Happy Hour for tips and tricks

In 'Rodham,' Curtis Sittenfeld imagines what could have happened had Hillary Clinton not married Bill

DESIGN AND FOOD

Featured

Inside the kitchen of James Beard Award–winning chef Gerard Craft

Before she could create her line of jewelry, designer Taylor Saleem had to forge a new path

A Lafayette Square homeowner is a master at mixing new and old, antique and modern

For Lauren Knight, painting family, flowers, and home changed how she sees the world

32 of the finest dishes, across all price points, to eat in St. Louis

Comfort and joy: Holiday recipes from James Beard award winners, popular restaurateurs, and pastry pros

At home with Zoë Robinson, the restaurateur behind I Fratellini, Bar Les Freres, and Billie-Jean