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Off the Clock: I-70 Sign Show and a small town's role in African History

I-70 Sign Show

This week on KBIA’s arts/culture segment Off the Clock, KBIA producer Jenn Cooper hangs out with Anne 

Thompson, the creator and curator I-70 Sign Show, a yearlong contemporary arts project.

Also, we're going to take you to a place you've probably never heard of, just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. It's the small, African American town of Brooklyn, Illinois. What little revenue the town brings in mostly comes from strip clubs. But there's more to Brooklyn than that.

St. Louis Public Radio's Véronique LaCapra went there to meet up with some archeologists who are digging for evidence of Brooklyn's important role in African History.

You can see her full story here.