One of the metro area’s classiest galleries displays a small but intriguing selection of landscapes by a longtime local artist.

Story: It’s a dark and stormy night at Mandacrest Estate, palatial home of Lord Edgar and his second wife, Lady Enid. The bride is somewhat intimidated by the looming presence of a large portrait of Edgar’s late first wife, Irma Vep, who was murdered along with their only child years earlier.

Story: Ulysses is blithely cooking some “bad meat” sausages in the kitchen of his tiny mobile trailer when he is greeted by an unexpected guest: His ex-wife Emma.

CAM spotlights a challenging twofold exhibition so hot it “burns like a red coal carpet.”

Story: ‘A’ is 92 years old but still considers herself in command of a room. ‘B,’ her 52-year- old lady-in-waiting, sees to her needs, which are substantial at her advanced age. She seems accustomed to A’s running commentary, some of which is lucid, some not so much. And then there’s ‘C,’ a …

Story: Valentine is the star quarterback for Verona College Prep. He’s still chafing over VCP’s loss in the state championship a year ago because of an errant field goal attempt. When he sees Sylvia, a foxy cheerleader who also happens to be a football wizard, he’s in love.

Story: Let’s hear it for Flanagan. An esteemed native of the Auld Sod, Flanagan has gone on to meet his maker. Now, residents of his Irish village have gathered at the local pub, where Flanagan’s closed casket is situated right next to Mayor O’Doul’s bar.

Story: Two young men stand on the stage and speak to the audience. At stage right is a white teen named Noah, who tells us he was diagnosed with general anxiety disorder at age 12 and has taken medication for that condition ever since.

Story: LaDonna Adrian Gaines had a supportive family, parents, sisters and brothers who made her feel loved. She also had a talent for singing which received its ‘baptism of fire’ when she filled in as a 10-year-old at the last minute for a singer at her family’s church.

The Wednesday Club of Saint Louis celebrates 130 years of enriching the community through education, activism and collaboration.

Story: Medea and Jason live with their son Acan and helper Tita in East Los Angeles. They’ve migrated from the Mexican state of Michoacan and the city of Zamora, where Medea was a land-owner’s daughter.

Story: Memphis has operated Lee’s Restaurant in Pittsburgh’s Hill District for decades. Once upon a time it was a flourishing enterprise, but now in 1969 it’s frequented mostly by a handful of regulars such as elder statesman Holloway and Wolf, who runs a bookie operation from wherever he’s …

An upcoming artistic exhibition at one of the area’s most underappreciated institutions goes widescreen on a pseudo-cinematic subject from an era long before screens went wide.

The area’s beloved, nationally lauded ballet company turns 45 this year as its acclaimed artistic director marks 20 years in ’20.

After a decade away, a St. Louis performing artist marks her homecoming by launching a thought-provoking theatrical company.

The wheels of change kept driving the local theater scene in 2019. Hana S. Sharif officially took over as the Augustin Family artistic director at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and began her regime with the 53-year-old company’s first production of the epic drama, Angels in America.