Slideshow

By Missourian staff  ¦   Click here for a slideshow of Stage 4 of the Tour of Missouri, which started in Lebanon, Mo., and ended in Columbia on Friday.

By KYLE WAYNE STEWART and ALYAH KHAN  ¦   Many members of Columbia’s Korean community find comfort at the community of Korean Baptist Church. Deacon H.T. Lee explains the church’s family atmosphere.

By REBEKAH HEIL/Missourian  ¦   The loud sounds from the burners did not keep spectators away from the weekend’s Columbia Balloon Invitational.

By Caty Smith  ¦   Jane Accurso talks about the latest members of Ironweed, and their travel plans for China as they play music in the background.

By Aaron Rosenblatt/Missourian  ¦   Watch and listen to a slideshow of Ranadhir Mitra, who left India and moved to Columbia to pursue his graduate studies in extension education and environmental physiology at MU. He has lived here ever since.

By ALISON HODGSON and CATY SMITH  ¦   Watch a slideshow of the Drum Corps International competition at Faurot Field on Sunday.

By Aaron Rosenblatt  ¦   Brett Dufur talks about the beauty of the Missouri River. A full-time book publisher and part-time river guide, Dufur is about to take 26 high school students from the St. Louis area on a canoe trip. For most of these students, this is their first time paddling a canoe.

By aaron rosenblatt/missourian  ¦   The sights and sounds of traditional music and square dancing from the Hallsville Square Dances.

By AARON ROSENBLATT/Missourian  ¦   View a slideshow of patrons at the Ashland bar Hooligans. Though it is 6 months old, Hooligans bar has a loyal fan base. Voice of Kim Falter

By AARON ROSENBLATT/Missourian  ¦   Watch the scenes and sounds from David and Suzanne Van Sickles' neighborhood birthday party.

By Meghan Krane and Tyson Anderson  ¦   Watch and listen as the fireworks masters set up the Fourth of July show, photographed from behind Hearnes Center.

By Aaron Rosenblatt  ¦   In a fluorescent-lit, poorly air-conditioned room inside the Unity Center in Columbia, 12 brown folding chairs are arranged in a circle. Capturing the sounds, audio recorders, ranging from Sony digitals to old-fashioned tape players, are placed randomly on the blue and gray carpeted floor. Four students, each double the instructor, Brian Hart’s, age, take their seats and play their tin-whistles. After a few minutes the music stops and Hart takes a deep breath. He then looks at his eager students.

By Aaron Rosenblatt  ¦   Brenda Haynes began offering Kindermusik classes several years ago when she learned none existed in Columbia. Kindermusik began in West Germany in the 1980s and is based on the theory that children gain more self-control when exposed to music at early ages.

By AARON ROSENBLATT  ¦   Shire of Amlesmore, a part of the Society for Creative Anachronism, has meetings every Sunday. Missourian photojournalist Aaron Rosenblatt visited one of their May meetings, in Hallsville, Mo.

By Missourian staff  ¦   Hundreds lined Broadway on Monday to honor veterans and those serving in the military at the Memorial Day parade. The event capped off the Salute to Veterans weekend.

By WM. SRITE and Emily Rose Sutton  ¦   The Heart of Missouri Chorus is more like a sisterhood than an ensemble. The group's devotion to each other and to the music has been rewarded with strong bonds and top regional honors.

By Alex Richards and Kevin Quealy  ¦   Across the county, 71 bridges are considered “functionally obsolete” by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Click to see an interactive map of the bridges.

By WM. SRITE, Produced by EMILY ROSE SUTTON/Missourian  ¦   The Heart of Missouri Chorus is a 28- member a capella swing chorus that performs at competitions, local festivals, and annual shows.

The chorus falls under the umbrella organization of Sweet Adeline International. Watch and listen to members sing and move to a variety of music.

By ROBIN HOECKER/Missourian  ¦   Michael Banks, of New Zealand, talks about his job as a traveling alpaca shearer. Catherine Stickann, owner of the Sycamore Creek Farm in Rocheport, explains what happens on shearing day, which occurs only once a year in the spring.

By Robin Hoecker  ¦   Mary Newby, of Hallsville, is one of about 20 million Americans who take care of an elderly parent at home. Her mother, Maria Yaninas, has been living with her and her husband for the past ten years.
During the day, 84 year-old Yaninas reminisces about her youth in Poland, cleans the house and wanders all over Hallsville.