Story: Perestroika picks up on the story initially told in Millenium Approaches, the first part of Angels in America. To recap Millenium Approaches, in October 1985 Prior Walter XXXIV, the last scion of a WASP family which dates its arrival in America back to the Mayflower, receives shocking…
Story: In October 1985 Prior Walter XXXIV, the last scion of a WASP family which dates its arrival in America back to the Mayflower, receives shocking news from his physician. The 30-year-old Prior has been diagnosed with a deadly disease called AIDS, for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome,…
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One of the metro area’s leading galleries opens its most recent season with intriguing exhibitions from a quartet of visual artists.
Malinche, a refined Ellisville newbie, promises a “Mexican culinary experience” inspired by the food traditions of Mexico City.
Story: This 1970s musical revue looks at the African-American experience in America through a wide collection of tunes ranging from gospel, the blues and soul to rock, pop, jazz and even a little calypso. Topics of the era ranging from black power to feminism to discrimination, poverty and h…
Story: In 1941, Modernist artist Henri Matisse advertises for a “young and pretty night nurse” to help care for him at his home in Nice, France. A nursing student and amateur artist named Monique Bourgeois responds to the ad and, despite thinking she is unattractive, is hired immediately by …
Story: The massive door to the imposing dungeon swings open as a pair of guards ushers in its two newest prisoners. They are Miguel de Cervantes, who has pleaded guilty to being “an idealist and a bad poet,” and his faithful servant. The Spanish Inquisition has imprisoned Cervantes for darin…
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In June, Akar opened in Clayton under executive chef and owner Bernie Lee, providing “flex-casual” comfort food with its roots in Asian cuisine.
Ready Readers suggests two comical tales that celebrate school.
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The metro area’s most acclaimed purveyor of frozen treats celebrates its 90th anniversary.
Kushner’s marathon work makes its premiere at The Rep under the 53-year-old company’s new Augustin Family Artistic Director, Hana S. Sharif.
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A three-day fête just across the Missouri River observes its 25th anniversary with a panoply of visual art.
LemonShark Poké serves fast-casual build-your-own poké bowls and burrito-style rolls, as well as a selection of hot dishes and small bites.
To readers of a certain age, Susie Tenzer’s Game Changer may well constitute an audiovisual prodigy.
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Venues large and small throughout the metro area team to host a mind-boggling autumnal celebration of fiber artistry.
Director Lucy Cashion and her cast offer a spirited variation on the tragedy that opens it to contemporary analysis and understanding.
BoB.Q, a fast-casual Korean barbecue eatery, opened in June in University City, offering a simple menu of rice bowls with the diner’s choice of flavorful, marinated and grilled proteins.
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An exquisite California inn offers something for almost everyone.
Why write about a wine like this during the heat of the summer? Because it’s flying off shelves here – and fall will soon arrive.
R-S Theatrics unveils a nifty, heartfelt St. Louis premiere of A Man of No Importance as part of its ninth Season of Finding Home.
The Last Kitchen at The Last Hotel – a full-service restaurant offering breakfast, lunch, dinner and, on weekends, brunch – debuted in June in downtown St. Louis under chef Evy Swoboda.
Story: Two theater companies collaborate on a modern interpretation of the classic Greek tragedy, Antigone. Seven different women portray Antigone, the title character in Sophocles’ ancient play, in a fresh perspective which the companies note “explores themes of fidelity, citizenship, civil…
Story: Floyd James “Jim” Thompson was drafted into the Army in 1956, a few weeks before his 23rd birthday. The high school graduate didn’t like military service at first, but later decided to make it his career and completed Officer Candidate School. Later he was recruited into the Army Spec…
Stray Dog Theatre brings down the curtain on its 2018-19 season with a faithful, rollicking rendition of what some pundits have termed the perfect musical comedy.