A taste of history – Rooms on Cherry in the Niedermeyer

The Niedermeyer Apartment building is one of Columbia’s oldest buildings. But did you know you can literally sleep where history was made? Linda Libert operates Rooms on Cherry in the Niedermeyer and you can stay in a bed and breakfast there. Read all about it in this article in COMO Magazine.

African-American Heritage Trail leader speaking at Jan. 31, 2023 meeting

Barbra A.B. Horrell, co-director of the African American Heritage Trail organization, will be the speaker at the 7 p.m. Jan. 31, 2023 meeting of CoMo Preservation, a group dedicated to preserving historic places and spaces. The meeting will be held in the Friends Room of the Columbia Public Library. All meetings of CoMo Preservation are…

Local authors and a book on historic movie theaters

Six local authors — including the founder of CoMoHistoricPlaces.com — will give short talk on their books starting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 23, 2023, Skylark Bookshop at 22 S. Ninth St. Can’t stand long presentations? You’re in luck! Each author will have five minutes to talk about his or her book with a…

609 Westmount media reports

The house at 609 Westmount is set to be demolished — and the bad news is there is currently no way to prevent this. A group of people is meeting to explore starting an organization to save Columbia’s history. If you’re interested, the meeting is open to the public and will be meeting at 2…

May 7, 2022 — Meeting to preserve Columbia’s history

We’re going to hold a meeting to explore the possibility an organization or group gathering designed to focus on Columbia’s history. Can’t attend? No problem, just drop your ideas and suggestions in the comments! What: The meeting will be at 1 p.m. on May 7 in the J.W. Blind Boone House. Why? There is no…

The Olde Un Theatres

The Olde Un Theatres is one of the 28 movie theaters included in the book, “Historic Movie Theaters of Columbia, Missouri.” It’s also one of four remaining movie theaters in Columbia, earning it a free copy of the book. Some folks said they were surprised I included the Olde Un in the book, but movie…

Talk about movie Theaters

Only four seats left! At 7 p.m. on Dec. 7, 2021, I’ll be talking at the Columbia Public Library about my book “Historic Movie Theaters of Columbia, Missouri.” Registration and wearing a mask is required. Here’s a link to register. https://events.dbrl.org/event/5813052 But what I really hope I’ll be doing is listening — to your stories…

Listen in about Movie Theatre history

Tomorrow on Nov. 30 Simon Rose and I will be talking on the KFRU’s Morning Meeting about movie theaters. If you can’t tune in at 9:15 a.m., don’t worry. You can check it out later via KFRU’s podcast list of Morning Meetings. Of course, you can also pick up the book we’ll be talking about,…