Luminary Center for the Arts

In the Galleries - A modest occupation CLOSES April 12 at the Luminary

Moonface at the Luminary Center for the Arts, 6/24/12: Review and Setlist

Moonface with Sinaii | La Big Vic The Luminary Center for the Arts June 24, 2012 The last time Spencer Krug came to St. Louis, he had one musician in tow and they played some songs from the then-recently-released Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I'd Hoped. And here is your inevitable retread of his ... More >>

The Ten Best Shows In St. Louis This Weekend: April 27 to 29

In case you hadn't seen, we have a brand-spankin'-new Concert Calendar setup -- it is useful and easy to navigate, as opposed to the previous format, which was....well, not. Now, rather than just taking our word for it on these posts you can effortlessly conduct your own investigations and then tell ... More >>

Win Tickets to Sound Advice 2: Promotions & Publicity

The Sound Advice Workshops -- flashlights for musicians along an increasingly hard to see industry trail -- will hold its second panel this saturday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Nebula Coworking Space at 3407 Jefferson. The topic this time around is Promotions & Publicity, and the panelists include ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From April 23 to 29

Did everyone survive Record Store Day weekend? Between the deluge of live music and the generous amounts of free beer -- not to mention the throngs of people -- we can understand how one might be tempted to take it easy this week. Please remember, though, that taking it easy is for square nerd loser ... More >>

Kickstarting Creativity

Zola Jesus at the Luminary Center for the Arts, 2/23/12; Reviews, Photos, Setlist

Zola Jesus | Talk Normal The Luminary Center for the Arts February 23, 2012 The power behind Nika Roza Danilova's vicious pipes, mythical, phantom stage presence and empowered, anxiety-tinged songwriting makes Zola Jesus feel like aural noir. An opera-trained songstress, Danilova and her vocal fero ... More >>

Shabazz Palaces Coming to the Luminary Center for the Arts

The 2012 calendar is rapidly filling at the Luminary Center for the Arts (4900 Reber Place, 314-807-5984). Today the venue announced the addition of Shabazz Palaces -- the Seattle based group comprising Ishmael Butler (formerly of Digable Plantes) and multi-instrumentalist Tendai Maraire. The duo's ... More >>

Musicians, venue owners and organizers found new ways to make people care this year

Luminary Center for the Arts Heads South...to Cherokee Street

Jennifer SilverbergBrea and James McAnally, founders and directors of the Luminary Center for the Arts.​So many things have been heading south lately -- the temperature, the economy -- and so is the Luminary Center for the Arts. But for the four-year-old gallery, performance space and arts inc ... More >>

Zola Jesus Announces St. Louis Show

​Electronic-goth songstress Zola Jesus (Nika Roza Danilova) announced a Feb. 23 St. Louis date at the Luminary Center for the Arts (4900 Reber Place, 314-807-5984). The St. Louis-stop is part of her two month headlining tour in support of her recent album Contaus. This marks Zola Jesus' second ... More >>

In the Galleries: FeedBack at Luminary Center for the Arts, closing December 2, 2011

Sharon Van Etten, Radiohead Lead This Week's Show Announcements

Sharon Van Etten.​You probably haven't heard about this, because it's a pretty big secret and no one is really talking about it, but Thom Yorke and His Merry Men are coming to the Scottrade Center in 2012. Today, the Luminary Center for the Arts announced their first show of The Year We're All ... More >>

Romantic Notions Highlights this Weekend's Art Openings

Helen Maurene Cooper, Cat Tails, 2007. Archival pigment print, Edition of 5, 30 x 40 in.​ Romantic Notions: Group show features work that examines contemporary cultures idealized notions of romance. Opening reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, November 5. Nov. 5-Dec. 3, free. Los Caminos, 26 ... More >>

This Weekend's Art Openings: September 9 - 11

Courtesy of the artist and Tanya Bonakdar GalleryTomás Saraceno, Hydrogen Cloud Explosion, 2008.​Art Outside: Schlafly's three-day celebration of local artists features works in all media, affordable prices, live music, art activities for the kids plus beer. Sept. 9-11, free admission. Schlaf ... More >>

Featured Art Review: Plexus no. 8

My Brightest Diamond Is Playing The Post Performance Series

Courtesy of the artist​The Luminary Center for the Arts has just announced the music half of its final Post Performance of the summer: My Brightest Diamond. It will be held on September 11th, 2011, from 7 to 10 p.m. As with all these concerts, it is free and held in the Old Post Office Plaza d ... More >>

The Luminary Center for the Arts is St. Louis' most unexpected venue

Featured Review: Analogue

The Ten Best Things To Do This Weekend in St. Louis: April 22 to 24

Joy Formidible (Wikimedia Commons)​Flip a coin: there's no other way to choose which of the excellent shows to attend this weekend. Whether your betting tastes lean toward the Joy Formidable's melodic fuzz from across the pond, or Ha Ha Tonka's Bible-Belt punk from St. Louis' backyard, odds ar ... More >>

Jay Fay Releases a New EP, Gets Love from Mad Decent

​In recent times, Jay Fay (a 2011 RFT Music Awards nominee for Best New Artist) has quietly started making quite a name for himself around the St. Louis area. He was well-received as an opener for Mount Kimbie at the Luminary Center for the Arts on March 27, and he's starting to pop up on many ... More >>

Review Setlist: Destroyer and the War on Drugs at Luminary Center for the Arts, Monday, March 28

Jon GitchoffDestroyer's Dan Bejar​A few years have passed since the last Destroyer date in St. Louis, 2008 if memory serves, during the exquisite tour for the Trouble in Dreams album. Dan Bejar, the band's singer and songwriter, did saunter on and off stage during the New Pornographers' 2010 a ... More >>

Mount Kimbie Confirmed for the Luminary Center for the Arts

image viaUK minimal electronic duo Mount Kimbie play the Luminary Center for the Arts on March 27.​We peed a little when a pretty bird told us that Mount Kimbie is confirmed at the Luminary Center for the Arts on March 27. Keep it up, St. Louis venues that are making us glee pee!

Show Announcements: Week of January 27

image viaZola Jesus is Nika Roza Danilova, the 21 year old's operatic tenor and tender age make her Rihanna among noise makers, but Danilova's emotion isn't borrowed, it's wrenched. With Cult of Youth at the Billiken Club April 14.​ 2720 Cherokee *Anthony B, February 2 Atomic Cowboy *Sarah an ... More >>

Show Announcements: Week of January 20

Icy nuggets of electropop bliss shrouded in gothic imagery, Cold Cave's atmospheric abrasion and disillusionment make for the most depressing songs you'll ever want to dance to. Cold Cave's sophomore effort is out April 5, so cop that before they play the Luminary on April 9. ​ 2720 Cherokee ... More >>

Warpaint's Stella Mozgawa chats about the band's new album and vices of choice

Artgasm: This Weekend's Art Openings, November 12 - 14, 2010

CJ Pyle Perfidia, from the exhibition Blab!​Intended as a one-off comic 'zine by creator Monte Beauchamp, Blab! became a regular and well-respected visual art anthology. It's newest hard-cover incarnation, Blabworld, returns with a show and book signing at the Philip Slein Gallery this wee ... More >>

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

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Featured Review: Jill Downen: (dis)Mantle

Show Announcements: Week of August 19

Kings of Leon will show their faces again at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on September 25. ​ 2720 Cherokee *Two Fresh, September 5 *Vibesquad, August 26 America's Center *MBE Music Fest: Doug E. Fresh, Fonzworth Bentley Apop Records *UV Race, September 26 Blueberry Hill *Chuck Berry, Septe ... More >>

Artgasm: This Weekend's Art Openings, August 13 - 15, 2010

It sounds like one of those nightmare group projects from high school -- nine people working on a single art installation. But on closer inspection, the Screwed Again collaboration is pretty amazing, with inspiring results no less. See Keegan Hamilton's post for photos and videos of the process, the ... More >>

A Good Time By Design

Show Review: Indie Darlings Cults Enchant at the Luminary Center for the Arts, Friday, July 30

Diana BenantiHeavily hyped Cults sparkled last night at the Luminary Center for the Arts.​Why yes, St. Louisians do read music blogs. Proof? About 90 people turned out at the Luminary Center for the Arts last night for Cults and Light Pollution -- an impressive turnout for two (relatively unkn ... More >>

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

Menomena Booked at the Luminary Center for the Arts

(H/T to eagle-eyed commenter Chris for the tip.) Mark the date: Monday, October 11, Menomena is booked at the Luminary Center for the Arts. Tickets are now available right here. The highly creative Portland band hasn't been to St. Louis since a Halloween show at the Billiken Club several years ago. ... More >>

Summertime St. Louis comes alive with the sound of music

10 Things to Do for $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, April 30 - May 2, 2010

The Bangles then.​ The Go-Go's vs The Bangles at That 80's Club (Friday) On Friday night, the final '80s pop star showdown takes place at Rue 13. Each Friday in April, That '80s Club DJs have pitted the music of two '80s icons against each other, and since the Bangles are due to come to St. Louis ... More >>

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: Friday, April 23 to Sunday, April 25

Friday, April 23 *Thrice/Manchester Orchestra, The Pageant Cancelled due to illness. *Steve Martin, Roberts Orpheum Theater (sold out!) *Magnolia Summer/Jerkwater Junction/Adam Reichmann, Off Broadway *Nickelback/Breaking Benjamin/Shinedown/Sick Puppies, Scottrade Center (sold out!) *Hester Prynne, ... More >>

10 Things to Do for $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, April 2-4, 2010

This weekend is packed with parties, good music and other interesting things to do. Here is our list of events that won't break the bank. From techno music electro jams to Neil Young, from planning a wedding to gazing at stars, this weekend promises to be an interesting one. Image courtesy Michael ... More >>

The Album Leaf and Sea Wolf Pairing Up at the Luminary Center for the Arts

The Luminary Center for the Arts' Elevator Music Series is kicking into gear again -- and, at least so far in 2010, it's kicking ass. As we reported a while ago, Califone will be performing the score to the movie All My Friends are Funeral Singers, which was directed by its frontman, Tim Rutili. And ... More >>

Fit to Print

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: Friday, October 9 to Sunday, October 11

Friday, October 9 *They Might Be Giants/Guggenheim Grotto, The Pageant *The Bottle Rockets/Otis Gibbs, Duck Room *Maxwell/Chrisette Michele/Common, Scottrade Center *Devon Allman's Honeytribe, Cicero's *Street Dogs, Pop's *Essince, Vintage Vinyl *Aaron Kamm and the One Drops, Broadway Oyster Bar *A ... More >>

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

St. Louis Art Capsules

Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene

Building A Reality

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St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar, April 17 to 19

Busy weekend! Friday, April 17 *Solange/Teresajenee, Webster University *Pretty & Nice/Radical Sons, Firebird *Jason Ringenberg/Rough Shop, Off Broadway *Loyal Earth Fest at the Old Rock House*Unwed Sailor/Jovian Chorus/Dear Future, Luminary Center for the Arts*Alvin Jett and Phat NoiZ, Riddles* ... More >>