Dubbed by one reviewer “the most distinguished scholar of Michelangelo now working,” William E. Wallace will be discussing and signing advance copies of his latest volume at Left Bank Books.

Scheduled for Aug. 25 and 26, the Festival of Nations will unite people of all backgrounds, representing more than 60 ethnicities, in a two-day celebration with food, music and dancing in St. Louis’ Tower Grove Park.

Laumeier Sculpture Park will have a prominent new figure starting in August: Lauren Ross has been named its new executive director.

Named after aurora borealis, “Flora Borealis” will play with light and multimedia elements to showcase the garden’s beauty.

Twelve-year-old graphic design firm Cheree Berry Paper recently launched its first storefront.

“Henri Matisse: Prints and Drawings” runs until June 1 at Clayton’s Greenberg Gallery and involves drawings, lithographs, etchings, drypoints, aquatints and linocuts.

As it has each year since 2000, the Saint Louis Art Museum will welcome spring gracefully with a festival celebrating both fine art and botany: Art in Bloom.

Artist and Kansas City Art Institute assistant professor of sculpture Jill Downen is coming back for her fourth solo exhibit at Bruno David Gallery with “As If You Are Here.”

Each year, the Bach Society of Saint Louis, dedicated to performing choral works by Johann Sebastian Bach and other classical and contemporary composers, hosts upcoming artists in its Young Artist Awards program.

Richard Cockrell has been Santa Claus for six years. Cockrell’s work truly starts after Thanksgiving, which is when he begins spreading joy by listening to children’s Christmas wishes at Von Maur at The Meadows in Lake St. Louis.

Among the most festive concerts of the St. Louis Symphony’s season, the annual New Year’s Eve Celebration will mark its 10th anniversary this year, presented by BMO Private Bank.

Disguised as a peasant, Noémi Karpati Neidorff left behind her friends, home and cherished piano to escape the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

New Line Theatre is celebrating its silver season with a fresh slate of signature politically and socially provocative musicals in the intimate setting of its new black-box theater in Grand Center.

Since bringing classical Indian dance to St. Louis in 1976, Dances of India has captivated a wide range of audiences with its annual companywide performances each fall. 

Dr. Sanjay Gupta has done more in his 46 years than many people accomplish in a lifetime. 

Forty dancers, 60 musicians and 120 singers will storm the stage as Dance St. Louis presents the thunderous and thrilling “Carmina Burana” from Nov. 6 to 8 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center.