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Frizz Fest founder (left) and executive director (right). Leslie and Valerie Hughes. By Shelby Stewart ·Updated September 30, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
By the time Melanie Fiona hit the stage at Tower Grove Park, the air was thick with incense, barbecue smoke, and the sound of Black folks exhaling. Not in exhaustion, but in release. For eight years running, Frizz Fest has carved out a Saturday in September where
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