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Backpacks and Back Pain

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Posted 4:15 am Fri., 2.5.10

In Friday's HealthDay TV segment, Cindy Haines talks about how heavy backpacks can be a pain in the back for children. Watch.

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'The Road Show' improv

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This Saturday was the debut of a new show by The Improv Shop that will bring out of town improv teams to St. Louis to play for — and with — a local audience. The Road Show brought teams "Everybody Grok" and "Felt" from Chicago.

We talked to Eric Christensen, producer of the Road Show and member of local improv team "Ted Dangerous"; Katie Nunn, member of "Ted Dangerous" and improv coach; and Melanie Penn and Ranjan Khan, members of local teams "Melanj" and "Magic Ratio"; about the St. Louis improv scene and why it's important to welcome teams from other cities to perform here.

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MFFH Regional Meetings

The Missouri Foundation for Health will hold a meeting to highlight its funding strategy for 2012. The meeting is scheduled for 9-11 a.m. on February 1 at the Missouri Foundation for Health's 2nd floor training room in the Grand Central building at Union Station in St. Louis.

Meetings are free and designed for health and community action nonprofits, community service clubs, human service providers and community leaders. RSVPs are encouraged: Contact Maranda Witherspoon at 800-655-5560 or [email protected]. More information.

The MIKADO has a little list … were you on it?

The St. Louis Beacon rang in 2012 with a concert performance of Gilbert & Sullivan's beloved operetta, "The Mikado," at the Sheldon Concert Hall, and the Higher Education Channel was on hand to record it. Here is a link to the complete perfomance, which we hope you'll enjoy.

The musical direction of "The Mikado" was by Amy Kaiser; Craig Terry was conductor-accompanist. All proceeds from ticket sales benefitted the Beacon.

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