Third Degree Glass Factory | Third Friday

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Glass making demonstrations at the Third Degree Glass Factory’s “Third Friday” event combined with their stunning gallery of glassware, entertainment by fire dancers, live music and a combination photography/sculpture exhibit of dancers for a fiery finish to the work week and hot ticket to begin the weekend. … [Read more...]

Exhibition of Ai Weiwei’s Photography

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The first major museum exhibition of Ai Weiwei's work since his release from detention is a photography exhibit offering glimpses of the artist's time spent living in New York in the 1980s and early 1990s. The artist, whose detention in April in China ignited an international uproar after his family said allegations of economic crimes against him were an excuse to silence his criticism of contemporary China, did not attend the exhibit. … [Read more...]

Diane Keaggy Interviews William Griffin for Post Dispatch

At the Press Conference for the 2011 Veiled Prophet Parade, I was shooting some video. I got caught up in Diane Keaggy's interview with William Griffin, the Artistic Director for the VP Parade. Here, a little disclosure is in order. Griffin is Bill, my friend of  some 40 years, so I was more than a little interested in seeing what the media did with the announcement that VP Grand Marshall Greg Smith made earlier, at the beginning of the news … [Read more...]

Tavis Smiley | Missouri History Museum

Interview with Tavis Smiley at Missouri History Museum, currently exhibiting America I AM: the African American Imprint. Tavis reflects on the importance of love and service in leadership, as well as the great learning experience of growing up in a large family. Part 1 of a 4-Part series on www.StLouisan.com.   … [Read more...]

Jewelry Making at the Juvenile Detention Center | Episode 1

Artist Robert Longyear teaches jewelry-making to youth at the Juvenile Detention Center. This program is another in the community outreach series that Craft Alliance produces each year. Art makes the difference in lives. … [Read more...]

Pattie Chalmers | “Multiple Personalities” at Craft Alliance

Pattie Chalmers talks about her ceramic work at the opening of  "Multiple Personalities." Also showing in this group exhibition at the Delmar Loop Craft Alliance are Cynthia Consentino, Ester Shimazu, and Nancy Kubale, through Mar. 6 6640 Delmar Blvd. craftalliance … [Read more...]

STL MAGAZINE | The Improv Trick: First Night, 2010

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Behind the Scenes with Marc Pruter. FIRST NIGHT | Grand Center: December 31, 2010 TIME TABLE PROGRAM DESCRIPTION SEE & DO grandcenter.org … [Read more...]

PULITZER FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS | Dreamscapes

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CURRENTS HAPPENINGS | MUSEUMS DREAMSCAPES This exhibition incites questions about the act of dreaming--a succession of thoughts, images, sounds or emotions, which the mind experiences during sleep. Included are works by Max Ernst, Phillip Guston, Joan Miro and others, and their juxtaposition with Tadeo Ando's architecture, offers new ways to think about the content and purpose of dreams on numerous levels: physiological, psychological, … [Read more...]

THE PRICE

The Avalon Theatre presents the play by Arthur Miller about two brothers who haven't spoken to one another in 16 years. Directed by Bobby Miller. The cast includes John Contini, Peter Mayer, Peggy Billo, and Bob Harvey. Opens Feb. 3. ArtSpace at Crestwood Court Watson Rd. and Old Sappington Rd., St. Louis avalontheatre.org … [Read more...]

WEST END WORD

WEST END WORD Since 1972, News, Opinion, Arts and Culture and Calendar of Events. City Living from the Arch to the Innerbelt. 625 N. Euclid, Ste. 200, St. Louis, MO 367.6612 westendword.com … [Read more...]