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Gateway to the Stars -- Ghosts of the Arch Grounds Gateway Arch : May 20
St. Louis is chock-full of urban legends and ghost stories: The Lemp Mansion is haunted by a cadre of family ghosts, the spirit of Molly Crenshaw lingers in St. Charles county, and "Zombie Road" spooks generations of teens in West County, just to name a few. Decide for yourself if its... More >>
St. Louis - Riverfront	History, Free Events, Education

Speedwolf Fubar : 8:00 p.m. May 20
Denver's Speedwolf plays ripping thrash metal with heaps of Motörhead influence, from the gravelly vocal delivery down to the dirty thrash-rock riffage. Speedwolf is no tribute band, however; d-beat-style intensity and impressive technicality set Speedwolf apart from the cookie-cutter... More >>
St. Louis - Midtown	Music

Poor Puppets of Paris The Sheldon : May 21
It's hard to believe, but Bob Kramer's Marionnettes are celebrating 50 years of pulling the strings in this town. To mark the occasion, the group teams up with Elsie Parker and the Poor People of Paris for a special night of music and puppetry, The Poor Puppets of Paris. Kramer and company have... More >>
St. Louis - Grand Center	Arts, Performing Arts, Cheap Thrills

Soundgarden The Pageant : 8:00 p.m. May 21
“I’ve been away for too long,” growls Chris Cornell on Soundgarden’s 2012 album King Animal. It’s certainly been too long since Soundgarden has visited the Gateway to the West. Sure, Cornell has been here a few times with Audioslave, as well as on his own, but... More >>
Delmar/ The Loop	Music

The Band of Heathens Off Broadway : 8:30 p.m. May 21
Neither blues nor Southern rock, neither a jam band nor a bar band, the ensemble of Austin, Texas songwriters, singers and guitar-slingers known as the Band of Heathens have drawn buckets of inspiration from all the wells of American music. Its two core songwriters, Ed Jurdi and Gordy Quist... More >>
St. Louis - South City	Music

Andrew W.K. The Firebird : 8:00 p.m. May 22
w/ The Fuck Off and Dies - From "Andrew W.K. is Coming to the Firebird May 22:" It has been years since W.K. came to St. Louis on a non-Warped Tour stage. His appearances at Pop's in the early aughts were rather rambunctious affairs -- at that time his debut album I Get Wet had just been... More >>
St. Louis - Midtown	Music

Walter Mosley St. Louis Public Library, Central Branch : May 23
Much like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did with Sherlock Holmes, Walter Mosley apparently killed off his iconic detective, Easy Rawlins, almost six years ago in the novel Blonde Faith. And much like in Doyle's case, Rawlins' fans were not pleased with this final development. Mosley wasn't quite done... More >>
St. Louis - Downtown	Literary Events, Free Events, Arts

Chelsea vs. Manchester City Busch Stadium : 7:30 p.m. May 23
English Premier League clubs Chelsea (never met a trophy they didn't try to buy) and Manchester City (also-rans for years until they married a billionaire) meet for a friendly here in St. Louis at 7:30 p.m. tonight at Busch Stadium (Broadway and Poplar Street; www.cardinals.com/soccer).... More >>
St. Louis - Downtown	Sports - Spectator

El Ten Eleven The Firebird : 8:30 p.m. May 23
From this 2009 show preview: The danceable, hypnotic loops created by the Los Angeles electro-rock duo El Ten Eleven are a very 21st-century, post-everything artistic expression that borrows very little from the past. But the pair's real strength is its live show, where its mastery of looping... More >>
St. Louis - Midtown	Music

Drive-By Truckers The Pageant : 8:00 p.m. May 24
w/ Old 97's - For a band that's been hard at it for more than fifteen years, one would think Athens, Georgia's Drive-By Truckers would start phoning it in or churn out some sort of reenvisioned half-baked version of its former self. Not this band. After holing up in the studio throughout 2009,... More >>
Delmar/ The Loop	Music

Charles Walker & the Dynamites Blueberry Hill : 9:00 p.m. May 24
From his highly-prized recordings for the Excello label — cut in the late '50s when he was just sixteen — to his stint with Chess Records, to his leadership of Little Charles and the Sidewinders, Charles Walker is the greatest living soul man you probably haven't heard yet. The... More >>
Delmar/ The Loop	Music

Fifth Annual Crawfish Boil Off Broadway : 6:30 p.m. May 25
w/ The Monads, Fattback, The Deadstring Brothers - As it turns out, you can go home again. Two of this town’s most raucous rock-and-roots bands resurrect in the name of Memorial Day, music, and mudbugs. The Monads and Fattback will both reconstitute themselves for the Fifth Annual... More >>
St. Louis - South City	Music

The Schwag (Final Show) 2720 Cherokee Performing Arts Center : 9:00 p.m. May 25
Jimmy Tebeau, the dread-locked frontman of St. Louis' long-running Grateful Dead cover band, the Schwag, will be reporting to the Yankton Federal Penitentiary in South Dakota on May 28. Calendar experts will note that this show takes place a mere three days prior, marking a farewell (for now,... More >>
St. Louis - South City	Music

Rockabration III Off Broadway : 7:30 p.m. May 26
w/ The Ottomen, Aquitaine, Picture Day, Andy Hyland, Suzie Cue, The Defeated County - From "Homespun: The Ottomen:" It's been a few years since singer and guitarist David Stevenson released a record with his bizarro rock outfit, the Ottomen. However, the band hasn't matured at all in that time:... More >>
St. Louis - South City	Music

Gypsy Caravan University of Missouri-St. Louis : May 27
The Gypsy Caravan may be St. Louis' most reliable tradition. Every year since 1973, the Saint Louis Symphony Volunteer Association has staged the Gypsy Caravan as a fundraiser for the symphony; how many other summer traditions (excepting baseball -- which missed 1994, by the way) can you think... More >>
North St. Louis County	Benefits, Flea Markets

The Civil War in Missouri Missouri History Museum : Daily until June 2
Here in Missouri we're accustomed to being considered a bellwether state in national elections. The Show-Me State is pivotal -- no presidential candidate wants to be shown the electoral door here if he or she wants a good shot at winning. But our complicated present is small potatoes compared... More >>
St. Louis - Forest Park	Museum Exhibits & Events, History, Cheap Thrills, Arts

Air Racers Saint Louis Science Center-OMNIMAX : Daily until June 30
Featuring high-tech planes flying at 500 miles per hour (twice the speed of your typical NASCAR race!), the Unlimited Gold Championship Air Racing finals in Reno, Nevada's, Valley Of Speed is the fastest race on Earth. Actor Paul Walker knows a thing or two about high stakes/high speed racing,... More >>
St. Louis - Forest Park	Film, Family Events, Cheap Thrills, Arts

100 Years of Oz St. Louis Public Library, Central Branch : Daily until July 28
It's been more than 100 years (113, to be exact) since L. Frank Baum's children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was published. That it still inspires new art (yes, even 2013's insipid prequel film Oz, the Great and Powerful counts) is a testament to how Baum's work connects with dreamers of... More >>
St. Louis - Downtown	Literary Events, Free Events, Arts

Lost and Found: The Search for Harry and Edna Foundry Art Centre : Every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until June 21
Frontenac couple Harry and Edna Grossman lived long, quiet lives until their deaths in the 1980s. During their 80-odd years on Earth the Grossmans traveled the world, capturing their adventures and everyday experiences alike in hundreds of photographs. Several years ago, collector Jeff Phillips... More >>
St. Charles	Visual Art, Art - Openings & Events, Arts

The Magic School Bus Kicks up a Storm Magic House St Louis Children's Museum : Every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until May 27
Had Doc Brown used his time-traveling DeLorean to explore the Triassic period, the solar system or the ocean floor, maybe he'd have found a companion in Ms. Frizzle, the ambitious science teacher behind the wheel of children's book series, The Magic School Bus. Learn from his mistake and follow... More >>
Kirkwood	Museum Exhibits & Events, Family Events, Children's Events, Cheap Thrills

Flight of the Butterflies Saint Louis Science Center-OMNIMAX : Daily until September 30
As the beings at the top of the food chain, with language, law, the biggest brains, etcetera, we humans tend to dwell on ourselves a bit too much. Ask most folks their definition of "high drama" and they'll restrict it to the trials and tribulations of people -- exclusively. What about the... More >>
St. Louis - Forest Park	Nature, Film, Cheap Thrills, Arts

da Vinci Machines II Bank of America Building : Every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until August 31
Long before Dan Brown's half-baked conspiracy theories sullied his good name, Leonardo da Vinci dazzled people with his knack for invention and skill as an artist. The touring exhibition DaVinci Machines II brings the maestro's creations to the people once again. This show is different than the... More >>
St. Louis - Downtown	Visual Art, Museum Exhibits & Events, Arts

New Media Series -- Hiraki Sawa: Migration Saint Louis Art Museum : Every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until September 8
apanese-born artist Hiraki Sawa's 2003 video installation Migration is set in Lilliputian scale, and is simply delightful. Seven minutes of itty bitty people, horses, elephants, and camels cross the oversize terrain of Sawa's London apartment while airplanes roam through the air. The movement... More >>
St. Louis - Forest Park	Visual Art, Free Events, Arts

Contemporary German Art: Selections from the Permanent Collection Washington University-Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum : Every Mon., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until September 7
The art world loves to categorize artists by their style or "school," particularly if the artists all hail from the same part of the world in the same era. But that's simplistic at best; art is an individual endeavor, and no two people go about creating in the same way. Contemporary German Art:... More >>
University City	Visual Art, Free Events, Arts, Art - Openings & Events

Mantegna to Man Ray: Six Explorations in Prints, Drawings, and Photographs Saint Louis Art Museum : Every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until October 27
As work on the new wing of the Saint Louis Art Museum in Forest Park (314-721-0072 or www.slam.org) nears completion, art that's long been in storage reemerges for public viewing. The first sighting of these archived works is Mantegna to Man Ray: Six Explorations in Prints, Drawings and... More >>
St. Louis - Forest Park	Arts, Free Events, Visual Art, Art - Openings & Events