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The second-ever-in-the-U.S. performance of "Number Twelve: Chess
Piano Concert in Three Movements," by Dutch visual artist Guido van
der Werve, takes place tonight at 6 p.m. at the World Che…
The New Jewish Theatre opens its 15th season with one of its
most reliable theatrical voices: the sound of a Jewish family in
trouble.
The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis announced this morning
director Paul Ha is leaving to serve as director of Massachusetts
Institute for Technology (MIT) List Center for the Visual Arts …
Over the weekend, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis cracked
opened its 45th season with a powerhouse production of "Red," John
Logan's Tony-winning drama about the great abstract expression…
Visual art is often subject to matters of taste, hence the
ongoing debate over the proper way to address the events of Sept.
11, 2001, in photography and art. Much of the concern is over
ima…
The alliance between the arts and interfaith community that
began last year with preparations for Opera Theatre of St. Louis'
production of "The Death of Klinghoffer" has borne new fruit: th…
When tragedy strikes, we turn to the things that are meaningful,
that have emotional depth, substance and resonance. That being the
case, it's no wonder that classical music has been an inte…
NEW YORK ' A little bit of Stephen Sondheim may have rubbed off
on Bernadette Peters.
When Euripides wrote "The Trojan Women," the war he described
was already an ancient story. When Shakespeare wrote his history
plays, their heroes and villains were dead " long dead, in most…
In dance, certain emotions may be expressed with a precision
that eludes, or at least severely challenges, words.
David Robertson, music director of the St. Louis Symphony
Orchestra, will be interviewed at 4 p.m. Sunday as a part of
National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" special 9/11 tenth
anni…
What's better than a cute kitten video? Answer: A cute kitten
video that demonstrates the difference that the right soundtrack
can make to a film.
"I'm happy to be here. I'm happy to be anywhere," Glen Campbell
told a capacity crowd Friday night at Lindenwood University's J.
Scheidegger Center for the Arts. It's an old joke, but one th…
New Shakespeare in the Streets program will take the festival to
a St. Louis neighborhood
Big traveling museum shows are taking a back seat to in-house
productions.
Conductor James Levine, frequently sidelined by medical issues
in recent seasons, has stepped down from his performances at the
Metropolitan Opera scheduled for this fall.
St. Louis audiences are the first to see "Falling," Deanna
Jent's new play about a family living with the struggles of
autism.
Italian tenor Salvatore Licitra, 43, died today of head injuries
suffered while riding a motor scooter in Sicily on August 27.
CHICAGO ' In 1956, steel magnate Newton
Korhumel and his wife, Irene, bought a florid country landscape by
French impressionist master Pierre-Auguste Renoir at a New York
gallery. The painti…
Four Stravinsky ballet scores are on tap; Hubbard Street Dance
Chicago will perform in February.
Famed artist is main figure in season-opening 'Red.'
Here are a few of this season's concerts by the St. Louis
Symphony Orchestra that really caught my eye, for content, artists
or a combination thereof.
David Stine has been professionally handcrafting wood furniture
in Dow since 2002.
Show at UMSL calls attention to some black artists who have been
overlooked.
