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| Lewis Black Fox Theatre | Fri., August 8 | St. Louis - Grand Center | |
Exasperated by stupidity and the crass hypocrisy of the world around him, Lewis Black is a modern-day Diogenes, roaming the country in search of honesty and maybe a little intelligence. Is it so much to ask? Apparently, yes, or he wouldn't be releasing his sixth album (Anticipation) of comedic... More >> |
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| Elsinore The Bluebird | Fri., August 8, 8:30pm | St. Louis - Midtown | |
Elsinore vocalist Ryan Groff's singing voice is pure '70s AM Gold (think James Taylor or Cat Stevens), which perfectly matches the crisp and pensive Americana on the Champaign band's 2006 full-length Nothing for Design. "Cannonballs," for instance, is a tender, plaintive apology to a mistreated... More >> |
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| Kid-lympics Magic House | Fri., August 8 | Kirkwood | |
Not all children have the opportunity to compete in the Olympics — it just takes too much dedication for most families. But that doesn't mean that non-Olympian kids aren't talented or that they couldn't score high marks in the big games. To give the little ones an opportunity to show off... More >> |
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| Weird Al Yankovic Family Arena | Fri., August 8, 7:30pm | St. Charles County | |
"Longevity" is not a word we usually associate with novelty artists, but "Weird Al" Yankovic has trumped his Dr. Demento peers by releasing twelve albums and capturing three Grammys since 1980. In advance of his August 8 performance at the Family Arena in St. Charles, B-Sides spoke with... More >> |
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| Union Avenue Opera: Otello Union Avenue Christian Church | Every week Friday, Saturday from Fri., August 1 until Sat., August 9 | St. Louis - Midtown | |
Giuseppe Verdi's Otello is renowned for the fulsome evil personified in Iago. Arguably more villainous than the Iago of Shakespeare's play, Verdi's Iago is ruthlessly wicked in his crusade to destroy his rival, Cassio, and his lord, Otello, who Iago feels has unjustly passed him over for a... More >> |
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| Broadway Center of Arts: The Wizard of Oz Ever & Anon Park | Daily from Thu., August 7 until Sat., August 9 | Belleville/Fairview Heights | |
If you follow the yellow brick road (or Highway 40) across the river, you will find the Emerald City, a.k.a. Belleville, Illinois. Its Ever & Anon Park (East Main Street and Mascoutah Avenue) makes a gorgeous green setting for the stage version of The Wizard of Oz. This play will be the last... More >> |
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| Contemporary Chinese Painting from the Harbin Art School UM-St. Louis-Gallery 210 | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., June 27 until Sat., August 9 | North St. Louis County | |
School may be out for summer, but Gallery 210 on the University of Missouri-St. Louis campus (1 University Drive at Natural Bridge Road; 314-516-5976 or gallery210.umsl.edu) is trying to keep your head — or, at least, your eyes — in the game. It's hosting Contemporary Chinese... More >> |
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| Disney's The Jungle Book Robert G. Reim Theatre | Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Wed., August 6 until Sun., August 17 | Kirkwood | |
Although based on Rudyard Kipling's story collection The Jungle Book, Disney's film adaptation of the work avoided most of its darker elements. Mowgli's still a man-cub abandoned in the jungle, Shere Khan the tiger's out to kill him, and Baloo the bear does his fun-lovin' best to teach the kid... More >> |
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| Drifting: Timothy Wagner Subterranean Books | Daily from Fri., August 8 until Sun., September 14 | Delmar/The Loop | |
Timothy Wagner is an abstract artist whose paintings typically feature a muted color palette and intersecting slashes of a brighter color, such as pink or white. His more recent work, however, eschews the perpendicular marks for bubbling fields of latex and acrylic paint; there's something... More >> |
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| Exposure 11 UM-St. Louis-Gallery 210 | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Thu., July 31 until Sat., September 20 | North St. Louis County | |
Olivia Lahs-Gonzales and Andrew Millner both find inspiration in flora, but they respond to their muse in very different ways. Lahs-Gonzales hones in closely on the plants — photographing blades of grass so that they appear to be the size of sequoias or shooting up toward the sky from... More >> |
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| Fiddler on the Roof The Muny | Daily from Mon., August 4 until Sun., August 10 | St. Louis - Forest Park | |
Today's youths mistakenly think that musicals aren't for them (except for High School Musical, but they won't admit that they're still into it). These young 'uns probably don't even know that they already are familiar with songs from, say, Fiddler on the Roof, thanks to the Magnetic Fields and... More >> |
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| The Immediate Touch: German, Swiss and Austrian Drawings from Saint Louis Collections, 1946 to 2007 Saint Louis Art Museum | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Wed., July 2 until Sun., September 7 | St. Louis - Forest Park | |
Drawing doesn't have the cache of painting, but for purists, viewing an artist's drawings is the equivalent of seeing the naked technique of creation. It all begins with the drawing, and all is revealed in the lines. The Immediate Touch: German, Swiss and Austrian Drawings from Saint Louis... More >> |
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| Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Robert G. Reim Theatre | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., July 18 until Sun., August 17 | Kirkwood | |
Joseph is the youngest of twelve brothers, and hes obviously daddys favorite, as Jacob has given his youngest son a singularly fabulous coat that marks him as special. So his jealous older brothers do what brothers did in Biblical times: Sell him into slavery and then tell dad that... More >> |
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| Mad Magazine Exhibition St. Louis Artists' Guild | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sun., June 22 until Sat., September 6 | Clayton | |
Mad magazine has been blowing raspberries at authority figures and pop-culture icons since its debut in 1952, and its impact on our national sense of humor is so vast, it's impossible to quantify. This summer, the St. Louis Artists' Guild (2 Oak Knoll Park, Clayton) offers a rare look at... More >> |
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| Mark Mothersbaugh: Postcard Diaries Star Clipper | Daily from Fri., August 1 until Fri., September 12 | Delmar/The Loop | |
Mark Mothersbaugh has been creating for more than three decades, and not always while donning that red flower-pot chapeau he made famous as Devo's majordomo. His instrumental arrangements can be heard in many Wes Anderson films, and his company, Mutato Muzika, provides intricate, quirky scores... More >> |
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| Midwest Magic Jubilee St. Louis Lambert Hilton Hotel | Daily from Thu., August 7 until Sat., August 9 | North St. Louis County | |
For many of us, the highlights of summer include the new Batman movie, frequent visits to the ice-cream truck and riding your bike to work to save gas money. To add a bit of mystique to the routine, head for the Airport Hilton Hotel (10330 Natural Bridge Road) for the 52nd annual Midwest Magic... More >> |
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| Missouri en Plein Air: Paintings by Billyo O'Donnell UM-St. Louis-Mercantile Library | Daily from Fri., August 1 until Mon., October 6 | North St. Louis County | |
It's happened to everyone: You're outside catching a particularly gorgeous sunset, and you want to snap a picture to remember the way the light is bouncing off the greenery — only to find that when the photo is printed, the camera couldn't exactly capture the magic. You can still see all... More >> |
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| Niki Missouri Botanical Garden | Daily from Sun., April 27 until Fri., October 31 | St. Louis - Tower Grove | |
Now that the Chihuly elation from the summer of '06 has finally fizzled out and the Chapungu exhibition of '07 has closed, St. Louisans are certainly ready for more artistic enchantment at the Missouri Botanical Garden (4344 Shaw Boulevard; 314-577-9400 or www.mobot.org). So how do you think a... More >> |
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| Planetarium Star Parties Saint Louis Science Center-McDonnell Planetarium | Second Friday of every month from Fri., April 11 until Fri., October 10 | St. Louis - Forest Park | |
Whenever the words "free" and "stars" are paired together, it's time to pay attention. However on Friday, April 11, at the Saint Louis Science Center's James S. McDonnell Planetarium (Clayton and Faulkner drives), "stars" do not refer to Britney, Barack or Ben but rather to Polaris, Mizar,... More >> |
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| Saskia Olde Wolbers: Placebo Saint Louis Art Museum | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., August 1 until Sun., October 26 | St. Louis - Forest Park | |
Inspired by the true story of Jean-Claude Romand, a man who pretended for eighteen years that he was a doctor for the World Health Organization, Saskia Olde Wolbers created Placebo. In this short film, an unseen narrator unravels the truth of her life as she lies paralyzed in a hospital bed:... More >> |
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| Sensitive Content phd gallery | Every week Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., June 28 until Sun., August 17 | St. Louis - South City | |
Sensitive Content, the new exhibition at the phd gallery (2300 Cherokee Street; 314-664-6644 or www.phdstl.com), showcases two artists' differing approaches to black-and-white nude photography. On display are Jeff Palmer's highly sexualized male nudes, attuned to the shape and texture of the... More >> |
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| Things that Matter: Art by Children with Autism Sheldon Concert Hall | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., April 18 until Sat., September 13 | St. Louis - Grand Center | |
The premise: Artistic creation can help children with autism to better express themselves. The disorder, which affects a person's ability to communicate, often includes intense fascinations with things: stoves, Hello Kitty, dinosaurs. Harnessing this fascination, coordinators Bevin Early and... More >> |
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