Arts and Culture

St. Louis brings Elizabeth Savage’s “The Bee Play” to the stage for the first time.

Victor Goines, a longtime member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and distinguished educator, will lead Jazz at St. Louis.

For nine years, the St. Louis Story Stitchers have told stories from their lives using rap, rhythm, spoken word, singing and dance. They’ll perform at several events recognizing Juneteenth this weekend.

The Music at the Intersection festival returns for a second year, with national headliners like Erykah Badu, Gary Clark Jr. and plenty of room for local acts. Festival organizers aim to make this year’s event even bigger with vendors and indoor and outdoor stages.

Under Cinema St. Louis Executive Director Cliff Froehlich's leadership, the organization weathered the disruptions of the coronavirus pandemic. He retires in June.

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.