Grand Center Theatre Crawl

St. Louis' theater scene is strong enough that you can see thought-provoking and entertaining work almost every weekend of the year. But only one weekend offers three months' worth of shows in a single shot. The Grand Center Theatre Crawl gathers 24 companies and then lets you loose on them. Each company will perform a short work from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday (June 30 to July 1) at various venues in Grand Center. To ensure everybody doesn't lump up at the same show, you need to register through www.stlpublicradio.org. You'll then be emailed a starting venue; once the first show ends, you're free to ramble through Grand Center, catching plays as you can. Admission is free; participating companies include Upstream Theater, That Uppity Theatre Company and Theatre Nuevo, which will be performing "The History of Mexicans in 10 Minutes."