St. Louis Arts Coverage by Jeremy Goodwin
David Kovaluk
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St. Louis Public Radio
Jeremy is the arts & culture reporter at St. Louis Public Radio.
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Shangri-La Hou, a senior at John Burroughs School in Ladue, is one of five National Student Poets who will promote poetry around the country.
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Festival producers sold 25,000 tickets across two days. They plan to return with another version in 2024.
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The Evolution Festival features headliners the Black Keys and Brandi Carlisle, plus a focus on local barbecue. Its producers hope to build it into a signature event in St. Louis but are counting on a strong first year.
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“The Culture: Hip Hop & Contemporary Art in the 21st Century” opens with a block party and free museum admission on Saturday at the St. Louis Art Museum. The wide-ranging exhibition will run for four months.
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For a decade, Paige Brubeck and Evan Sult grew their rock duo Sleepy Kitty from a work/live space on Cherokee Street. A few years after leaving St. Louis, the band looks back with its long-awaited new album, “Blessing/Curse.”
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St. Louis Shakespeare Festival’s free production of “The Merry Wives of Windsor” travels to different parks throughout St. Louis until Aug. 27. The fast-paced production reimagines the 500-year-old comedy as a 1990s sitcom.
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The charitable arm of PNC Bank awarded $250,000 in grants to Dance St. Louis, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, the Black Rep and St. Louis ArtWorks.
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“Action/Abstraction Redefined: Modern Native Art, 1940s-1970s” is St. Louis Art Museum’s first exhibition of modern and contemporary Native American art.
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The 23rd annual Whittaker St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase includes stories set in St. Louis and explorations of local history. They include science fiction tale “The Box” and “Somewhere in Old Missouri,” a Western with supernatural elements and lots of music.
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As extreme weather events become more common, leaders of organizations that produce events outdoors are looking for ways to protect audiences and workers.