Best Bets: Halloween parties, Margaret Cho, apple butter, retro toys and more by Go! Magazine Staff

Our staff picks the best things to do this week " with a look ahead.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 7:24pm on October 27, 2016☆⚑

Chicago performer to star at Max & Louie by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-dispatch

Troupe launches its 2017 season with a show about Billie Holiday

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 5:24pm on October 26, 2016☆⚑

Opera Theatre of St. Louis ends a successful fiscal year, sees artistic success by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

All the numbers are up

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:36pm on October 24, 2016☆⚑

Native American art curator to give St. Louis Art Museum's annual Danforth Lecture by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

Emil Her Many Horses will speak on the effect of new materials on Plains Indian artwork

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:36pm on October 24, 2016☆⚑

Two new productions offer off-Broadway pleasures by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-dispatch

'I'm Gonna Pray for You So Hard' and 'Burrow' deliver short, strong drama

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:36pm on October 24, 2016☆⚑

Shakespeare Festival will stage 'The Winter's Tale' by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-dispatch

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis announces its next big production

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:00pm on October 22, 2016☆⚑

Plays that tell us how to think usually end up preaching to the choir by Judith Newmark • St. Louis Post-dispatch

Theaters need to overcome the habit of believing that because they have put an important issue onstage, they are consequently doing "important" work.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:00pm on October 22, 2016☆⚑

Retro toys at Missouri History Museum will spark memories and fun by Valerie Schremp Hahn • St. Louis Post-dispatch

Visitors from several generations are encouraged to see the exhibit, which has everything from a Mouseketeer guitar to a Pet Rock.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:00pm on October 22, 2016☆⚑

Q&A: Pianist Jeremy Denk returns to Powell Hall with more Mozart by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

Denk is a professional writer as well as musician

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:00pm on October 22, 2016☆⚑

Music review: Beethoven meets Russian Romantics with SLSO by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

Orli Shaham offers an intelligently played concerto

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:00pm on October 22, 2016☆⚑

'The Rocky Horror Show': Back on a real stage by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-dispatch

Stray Dog presents the show the way it was first written, for the live theater

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 5:45am on October 22, 2016☆⚑

CD reviews: SLSO team makes a convincing case for 'Scheherazade.2' by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

Two very different discs, each of high quality

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 1:45pm on October 21, 2016☆⚑

Best Bets: Green Day, Here Come the Mummies, 'Beauty and the Beast,' Cedric the Entertainer and more by Go! Magazine Staff

Our staff picks the best things to do this week " with a look ahead.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 1:50am on October 21, 2016☆⚑

Jazz artist James Carter will make you want to take a listen by Calvin Wilson St. Louis Post-dispatch

Saxophonist James Carter will take inspiration from protest murals in Sheldon concert.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 1:50am on October 21, 2016☆⚑

White Flag Projects to close by Calvin Wilson St. Louis Post-dispatch

Art gallery was part of the Grove neighborhood.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 1:50am on October 21, 2016☆⚑

Marching band competition showcases best of the region by Valerie Schremp Hahn St. Louis Post-dispatch

Bands from 65 high schools in several states will compete over two days for a place in the finals in Indianapolis.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 9:52am on October 20, 2016☆⚑

Local American Boychoir alumnus heard on BBC's Desert Island Discs by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

Joyce DiDonato plays St. Louis native Paul Ryder's recording

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 1:18pm on October 18, 2016☆⚑

SLSO's In Unison program gets grant from Monsanto Fund by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra announced on Monday morning that its In Unison program has been awarded a $160,000 sustaining grant from the Monsanto Fund.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:01pm on October 17, 2016☆⚑

Saxophonist Donny McCaslin goes beyond bop and Bowie by Calvin Wilson St. Louis Post-dispatch

'Blackstar' saxophonist Donny McCaslin strikes out for new musical territory.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 5:37pm on October 16, 2016☆⚑

American galleries, reimagined, reopen at St. Louis Art Museum by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

One-fifth of the artworks haven't been displayed in over a decade

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 1:16am on October 16, 2016☆⚑

Music review: Lintu and the SLSO bring 'Petrushka' to life by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

Cellist Alban Gerhardt offers powerful Dvorák

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 1:16am on October 16, 2016☆⚑

Opera review: A new 'Rheingold' at Lyric Opera of Chicago by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

In musical terms, it's a definite winner

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 1:16am on October 16, 2016☆⚑

St. Louisans will be able to experience art on a cellular level by Mike Faulk • St. Louis Post-dispatch

Technology will allow museum visitors to learn more about exhibits.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 1:16am on October 16, 2016☆⚑

A host of Ferguson viewpoints come though in 'Until the Flood' by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-dispatch

Writer/performer Dael Orlandersmith introduces a host of characters in her world-premiere drama at the Rep

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 9:02am on October 15, 2016☆⚑

St. Louis Art Museum takes a look at Japanese art and war by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

Warriors and woodblock prints dominate the exhibition

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 9:02am on October 15, 2016☆⚑