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The Africa World Documentary Film Festival closes with a double feature at 5 p.m. Sunday, March 3, 2013, at the Missouri History Museum. The event will be in the Lee Auditorium.
The first movie is “I am Gay and Muslim,” about the experiences of Moroccan gay men as they try to find their religious and sexual identities.
The second is “Versailles ’73: American Runway Revolution,” about the impact of black American models at a prestigious French fashion show.
The museum is located at Lindell Boulevard and DeBaliviere Avenue in Forest Park.
 Soulard Mardi Gras‘ famous illuminated nighttime parade happens Tuesday and it’s FREE!
The Lumiere Place Light Up the Night Fat Tuesday Parade begins at 7 p.m. with marvelous floats coming down Washington Avenue.
St. Louis’ only nighttime parade, a colorful, fun-filled nighttime parade that winds through downtown St. Louis is entering its 11the year.
The Parade Steps off at 7 p.m. at the corner of Washington and Broadway and proceeds west to 14th Street.
The event wraps up weeks of events, most of them free, that are part of Soulard Mardi Gras.
 This time it’s Dierbergs turn! Dierbergs is bringing back a shopper’s favorite–triple coupons.
The grocery chain will redeem manufacturer coupons up to and including 50 cents at triple their face value.
Triple coupons are a boost to the old shopping trip allowing shoppers to increase their savings when they use coupons.
But here’s the tricky part–the deal is good tomorrow, Feb. 12 through Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, the period Dierbergs’ weekly sales circular covers.
Here’s the fine print:
- There’s a limit of 15 coupons per household per day.
- Additional coupons will be redeemed at face value.
- Coupons over 50 cents will be redeemed at face value.
- See store for complete details.
The question is will Schnucks and Shop N Save will match the deal?
Shop N Save is bringing back “Coupon Thursday” this week. Although it’s called “Coupon Thursday,” no coupon is actually needed to get the deal.
And the deal is a sweet one. Spend at least $50 at the grocery store and get $10 off on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013
Play it right and you not only get $10 off your purchase but get a discount on gas, too. Depending on how much you spend, you’ll get a discount on gas–3 cents if you spend $10-$49.99; 6 cents if you spend $50- and 9 cents when you spend over $100 for a maximum of 20 gallons.
Fine print: Certain items like fresh milk, pharmacy, beer, wine, spirits and a bunch of other non-food items are excluded. See the ad in the store, newspaper or online for details. And, if you’re shopping at a store that has gas pumps, you’ll get a coupon for 3 to 9 cents off your next gas purchase.
 If you’re like me, maybe you’ve been tuning out those commercials on TV for “Februany”–Subway’s $5 footlong ad campaign.
But you should start listening. For a mere five bucks you can get a foot-long beef and cheese sub loaded with all kinds of veggies including olives and jalapenos with a splash of sauce.
But apparently the economy has caught up with Subway. In the past all of its foot-longs were $5 in February but while the list of $5 sandwiches is quite long, the roast beef (my fave), steak and cheese and chicken and bacon ranch melt are actually $6.
The deal is good all month until Feb. 28 at St. Louis area participating Subways.
The 2013 St. Louis Family Attractions Card is now available!
The card is free, and it can can save you monty on entrance fees, meals and lodging in St. Louis. Some of the deals don’t expire until Jan. 31, 2014.
You can print out coupons from the St. Louis Family Attractions Card website (you will have to give your email address) or go to any Dierbergs, Shop ‘n Save or Schnucks and pick up the brochure at the customer service counter.
Here’s a sample of the savings you can get by using the card:
- St. Louis Science Center: Buy one adult OMNIMAX® ticket and receive one child’s OMNIMAX® ticket free. Fine print: Not valid for groups. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Limit four. Expires Jan. 31, 2014.
- Missouri History Museum: $2 off per person on special exhibition admissions. Fine print: Limit two per coupon. Cannot be combined with any other offers, coupons or discounts. Expires Dec. 31, 2013.
 There’s still time to see eagles in their natural habitat here in the St. Louis area before spring sends them north.
Bald Eagle Days at Pere Marquette State Park in Grafton, Ill. celebrates our national bird in February, the time the eagles travel south to areas where winter temperatures don’t freeze the rivers. The reason: the fish they can get from the free-flowing waters. The remaining dates for the eagle program this month are February 9, 10, 13, 16, 19, 25 and 27.
Naturalist Scott Isringhausen presents a great eagle program and leads free eagle tours where you can see the birds in their natural habitat.
The event is FREE but reservations are required.
Pere Marquette State Park is along the Great River Road north of Alton, Illinois not far from St. Louis.
 Tickets are still available for the St. Louis County Parks and Recreation and The Friends of Jefferson Barracks 14th annual Adult Easter Egg Hunt.
This fun Easter event just for people 18 and over lets you search 250 acres of Jefferson Barracks Park at night for thousands of numbered eggs redeemable for lots of prizes. Baskets and flashlights are recommended. This event is held regardless of weather conditions.
You have two dates to choose form. The hunt will be held at 9 to 11 p.m., March 22 and 23 at the park located in south County.
Paid advanced registration is required. Tickets are $8 per person. The event is for ages 18 and older.
To register by mail, send the name, address, phone number, date of birth and e-mail for each person registering. Also note the date you wish to attend and include a self-addressed business sized stamped envelope. Send the information with a check to The Friends of Jefferson Barracks, Adult Egg Hunt, 6050 Wells Road, St. Louis, MO 63128.
You can also register in person at Kennedy Recreation Complex between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
 From Saturday until Monday, May 27, kids can blast off withThe Magic School Bus Kick Up a Storm at the Magic House, St. Louis Children’s Museum.
The exhibit features three interactive and hands-on activities, in which parents and children can learn about different types of weather and weather prediction.They get an in-depth and behind the scenes look at scientific weather measurements, weather tools, maps, graphs and the various natural indicators we can use to understand and predict weather patterns.
Admission is included with admission to the Magic House ($9.50 for everyone age 1 and over).
The Magic House is located at 516 S. Kirkwood Road, St. Louis.
 The streets of St. Louis’ Soulard neighborhood is the place to be this weekend as the Soulard Mardi Gras River City Casino Grand Parade cruises through the ‘hood.
The parade kicks off at 11 a.m. Saturday at Busch Stadium moving south along 7th Street and ending at Anheuser-Busch Brewery.
This year’s theme is “Carnival Comics” and the floats will reflect it.
Come early to stake out a good place to catch those candies, beads and other goodies as they come flying at you.
Parking will be tough on parade day. You can park in a nearby neighborhood and walk or catch a shuttle. Metro shuttles will run from the Civic Center MetroLink at 14th and Spruce streets to Soulard from 8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
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