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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

Pork Shop Schlafly Tap Room : May 25
It happens all the time; Here you are at a great garage sale, when suddenly hunger strikes. If you have the audacious confidence, you might ask for a glass of water but that does little to calm the temper tantrum inside your stomach. Lucky for you, the Schlafly Tap Room's Pork Shop can meet the... More >>
St. Louis - Downtown	Food and Drink, Flea Markets, Festivals, Cheap Thrills

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

Pretty & Nice The Firebird : 8:00 p.m. May 27
w/ Aquitaine, Media Ghost, Fiona Wild and the Midnight Lights - For all its merits, the power-pop genre can be stiflingly conservative. Songs often have the same feel, and regularly follow the A-B-A-B-C-B structure. That’s what makes Pretty & Nice so refreshing. The quartet has the pep... More >>
St. Louis - Midtown	Music

John Rocco St. Louis County Library Headquarters : May 28
Long, flowing locks have been a source of male pride and alleged power throughout history, from the Biblical story of Samson the Great to the devil-locked tresses of one Glenn Danzig. In kids' storybook Super Hair-O and the Barber of Doom, Caldecott Medal-winning author and illustrator John... More >>
Frontenac	Literary Events, Free Events, Family Events, Children's Events, Arts

Breakmouth Annie Lemmons : 8:00 p.m. May 28
w/ Ink and Sweat, The Haddonfields - From "New Breakmouth Annie Record On The Horizon From Throwing Things Records:" The clock is counting down to midnight on a Friday night at Lemmon's. After some knob-fiddling and shot/water retrieval from the bar, the band begins its set, as some more... More >>
St. Louis - Tower Grove	Music

Anamanaguchi The Demo : 8:00 p.m. May 29
w/ Chrome Sparks, Dream Fox - '80s babies will find the chiptunes of Anamanaguchi all too familiar (and even moreso if they're fans of Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game, for which they provided the soundtrack). Using modded Nintendo hardware as their main backing track, the four-piece band... More >>
St. Louis - Tower Grove	Music

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 and Events, Arts

TwelfthNight Forest Park : Every Mon., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until June 16
Secret love, laughter and much music will ring out in Forest Park this summer, when Shakespeare Festival St. Louis presents Twelfth Night. A comedy about Viola, who starts as a castaway young woman, then disguises herself as the male Cesario in order to search for her twin brother, Sebastian,... More >>
St. Louis - Forest Park	Theater, Free Events

Ann Coddington Rast: flock Craft Alliance Grand Center : Every Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until May 26
Inspired by the synchronous movements of large flights of birds, as well as by the language of symbol and meaning we ascribe to birds, Ann Coddington Rast brings a flock indoors for our enjoyment. flock, her new installation at the Craft Alliance in Grand Center (501 North Grand Boulevard;... More >>
St. Louis - Grand Center	Visual Art, Free Events, 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

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

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	Visual Art, Free Events, Arts

The River Between Us Laumeier Sculpture Park : Every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until August 25
History runs deep between St. Louis and New Orleans, two cities connected, divided and built on the banks of the Mississippi River. This spring, Laumeier Sculpture Park (12580 Rott Road, Sunset Hills; 314-615-5278 or www.laumeier.com) teams with New Orleans art gallery Longue Vue House for the... More >>
Crestwood/ Sunset Hills/ Sappington/ South Lindbergh	Visual Art, Free Events, 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 and Events, Arts

Donald Judd: The Multicolored Works Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts : Every Wed., Sat. until January 4
Color, or lack thereof, is a constant contemplation in all works of art. Artists often have complicated relationships with and views on the presence of each hue, and American sculptor and painter Donald Judd certainly considered elements of color throughout his 40-plus-year career. His later... More >>
St. Louis - Grand Center	Visual Art, Free Events, Arts, Art - Openings and Events

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 and Events