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The Spay Neuter Project executive director JANEENE JOHNSTON says her organization is showing some extra special love this month to the pitbulls and pit mixes in our community. Find out more about what they're calling a 'Pit' Stop. Also, Nclusion Plus' BRANDON BANKS and ANTHONY PLOGGER invite everyone to experience All Hallows Eve the LGBTQIA+ way: with a drag show (featuring Maxi Glamour and the "midwest Michael Jackson") and so much more! All ages welcome until 5:00. (3:50) October 22, 2021

Caring Hearts and Hands of Columbia wants you to "celebrate the life of a loved one" next month at Stephens Lake Park in Columbia. Lights for Love: A Memorial Event will feature a program, music, and the luminaries as a tribute to those we've lost over the past couple of years. All proceeds will go towards the construction of a permanent home for CHHC. Guests: DORREEN RARDIN and DR. JOE MUSCATO October 18, 2021

Help kick off a 'Columbia holiday tradition' by attending the Taste of Holiday Home Tour Brunch and Style Show next Saturday at the Country Club of Missouri! This year's event will feature a fashion show, a performance from Ed Hanson, a silent auction and more. Guests: JOLENE SCHULZ and JULIA GAINES | Also, BRIDGET GRACE SHEAFF joins us from Maples Repertory Theatre in Macon to tell us about Ripcord, a "very charming and very funny" show that opens this Wednesday and runs for two weeks! (4:16)

October is Good Dental Health Month, and who better to talk about good dental health than our very own DR. PHILIP BATSON from Columbia Healthy Smiles. Dr. Batson covers the basics (brush at least twice a day!) and the not-so-basic (dry mouth is "detrimental" to teeth!). He also has some advice for parents whose kids plan to go trick-or-treating this weekend. October 26, 2021

"You really don't have to change your lifestyle in order to get on board and help us achieve our goals to reduce emissions." -- CAROLYN AMPARAN, chair of Columbia's Climate and Environment Commission, an advisory board that works with the city to help implement the ongoing Climate Action and Adaptation Plan August 2, 2021

Deep breath, everybody, it's back: Over the Edge - Love Columbia's popular fundraiser - is happening this October, and guests JANE WILLIAMS and KRISTA JONES are hoping it raises more than $70K for our less-fortunate neighbors. "We have a lot of people in Columbia who live on the edge, that's why we gravitated towards this event." August 3, 2021

Columbia's bicentennial celebrations are going to "keep on rolling" into the fall! DAVE LINEBERRY and MEGAN McCONACHIE tell us what CoMo 200 has in store for everyone as the calendar turns to September and beyond. Also, ELIZABETH CURRAN is hoping you'll come see Stage Right Theatre Co.'s production of 'The Saga of the Golden Horseshoe', a "thrilling western" directed by Elizabeth and Jon Staples. (4:52) August 4, 2021

Native plant specialist NADIA NAVARRETE-TINDALL says every single plant has a purpose, including each of the flowers in the arrangement she brought to the show today. Find out more, and get details on two upcoming tours of Lincoln University's Native Plant Outdoor Laboratory! August 5, 2021

Last year, Coyote Hill Christian Children's Home licensed over 60 new families in an effort to bring the same advocacy work provided to those staying "on the Hill" to foster homes across mid-Missouri. Chief development officer KARI HOPKINS says she hopes to keep pushing that number forward until they can properly serve the more than 300 children in foster care in Boone County. May 26, 2021

It's baaack! Olivet Christian Church's annual chicken barbecue returns for its 63rd year on June 19th. JULIA JACKSON tells us how it will work and which two mid-Missouri non-profit organizations will benefit from this popular fundraiser. Also, Moms Demand Action advocates KRISTIN BOWEN and CATEY TERRY want to see everyone wearing orange this Friday in honor of "those taken and wounded by gun violence, and to demand a future free from gun violence." (3:45) May 31, 2021