Arts and Culture

More than 100 St. Louis area arts institutions are calling on St. Louis and St. Louis County officials to use federal coronavirus relief funding to help support the arts.

"Summer in St. Louis” recently won Best Super Short Drama at the Berlin Flash Film Festival. Filmmaker Câmi Thomas of My Friends I Made This discusses on “St. Louis on the Air” how the 91-second film reflects her love for her community and the “constant narrow avoidance of danger” in St. Louis.

The Fabulous Fox Theatre and Opera Theatre of St. Louis will host live performances after a year of cancellations. Opera Theatre will host its summer festival series outside while the Fox will feature indoor concert performances under new safety and social distancing guidelines before it prepares for Broadway shows this fall.

Vanessa Cooksey has taken the reins of the Regional Arts Commission at a tumultuous time. She faces the arts funder's dramatic drop in tax revenue and an increased demand for racial equity in the arts.

Leaders of St. Louis-based art institutions say they’re optimistic that the Biden administration will safeguard arts funding and help artists and organizations that have lost revenue during the coronavirus pandemic.

The University of Missouri-St. Louis has removed the Touhill Performing Arts Center's director as part of a wave of budget cuts. The university also trimmed 14 jobs from the theater because it has lost revenue during the coronavirus pandemic. UMSL also has had a loss in state funding.

J.T. Bridges isn’t leaving anything to the imagination. The singer/songwriter is collaborating with others to supplement his music with video, animation and drawings.

The large white dove sign that hangs out front of the West County Center in St. Louis County is the focus of an art walk to promote local artists.

St. Louis beat battle series, Fresh Produce started 10 years ago. The competition pits music producers against each other and has now moved completely online.

A masked violinist has been making music while strolling the streets of Alton. Local rumor has it that she last played during the 1918 Spanish influenza…