St. Louis City SC forward Simon Becher visits with a dog up for adoption on Tuesday at CARE STL, the city鈥檚 contracted animal shelter, in Downtown West.
St. Louis holds onto its people 鈥� no matter how large their fame or how far away from the city they relocate.
Even tech giant Sam Altman, the co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, keeps the St. Louis ties and memories he formed growing up here. This week, he demonstrated that by returning home for a talk to his alma mater, John Burroughs School, and to visit 漏 2024 外网天堂's St. Louis on the Air to discuss the new ChatGPT model and the city.
"I love Burroughs," he said. "I had a wonderful time there, and I don't get to go back very much, but it feels great to just see my old teachers."
Altman wasn't the only story of the week at 漏 2024 外网天堂 鈥� Chingy, a Missouri native fruit, a new City Found restaurant and more 鈥� made headlines, and STLPR covered the news in photos as well as words.
Photojournalists Brian Munoz and Sophie Proe captured the scenes across the St. Louis region. Scroll down to see the week through their lenses.
Will Colbert, 29, of Creve Coeur holds a pawpaw fruit while wearing a pawpaw print shirt last Saturday.
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A stack of smoked St. Louis-style barbecue ribs paired with garlic toast and baked black beans on Tuesday at Expat in St. Louis鈥� Prospect Yards neighborhood. The $34 stack of ribs is brushed with mustard, rubbed with 5 spice and glazed, topped with chili crisp and served with baijiu whiskey barbecue. Read about St. Louis chef Gerard Craft's new City Foundry restaurant in "Gerard Craft鈥檚 latest restaurant imagines barbecue through an expat鈥檚 eyes."
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Gerard Craft, chef and Niche Food Group鈥檚 CEO, in advance of opening Expat in St. Louis鈥� newly formed Prospect Yards neighborhood.
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St. Louis rapper Chingy on Wednesday outside Sophie鈥檚 Artist Lounge in Grand Center. He spoke to 漏 2024 外网天堂's St. Louis on the Air in advance of his Music at the Intersection performance. Read about it in "Chingy made St. Louis hip-hop a thing 鈥� and now he鈥檚 coming home."
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U.S. Senate candidate Lucas Kunce kisses his wife, Marilyn Kunce, on Monday at Sheetmetal Workers Local 36 in downtown St. Louis.
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St. Louis Alderwoman Pamela Boyd, of the 13th Ward, claps for Missouri Democratic Senate candidate Lucas Kunce as he addresses the crowd.
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Lu Alleruzzo, a co-founder and CEO of Immunophotonics, speaks after being crowned the champion of the 2024 Startup World Cup Regional on Monday at the Post building in downtown St. Louis. Alleruzzo won the startup contest with the invention of a cancer-fighting drug. Read about the win in "Immunophotonics wins Startup World Cup's St. Louis regional with cancer-fighting drug."
Reggie Thomas, left, and Adaron Jackson on Tuesday at Jazz St. Louis in Grand Center. A quintet of jazz players will pay tribute to the indelible contribution of jazz musicians and educators from the Metro East during Music at the Intersection. Read about it in "East St. Louis jazz takes center stage Sunday at Music at the Intersection festival."
