Upcoming events

Literature, language, and philosophy are at the core of Buzz Spector’s work. He is a contemporary Conceptual artist who explores the aesthetic possibilities of language, paper, and books. Buzz Spector: Alterations spans the artist’s career from the 1970s to the present and includes drawings, altered books, postcard assemblages, collages, and more.

Spector is internationally recognized for his contributions to the field of contemporary art. He taught painting, sculpture, and two-dimensional design at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis for a decade before retiring in 2019. This is the first presentation of the artist’s work at a St. Louis museum.

For more information, email Kayla Zack at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

https://www.slam.org/exhibitions/buzz-spector-alterations/

Artists explore traveling to a situation in the future, or recreate a lost moment from their past that they missed that moment to photograph or paint; yet years later the image is still burned in their mind. This is that chance to relive that fleeting moment of that stranger's smile in a crowd...a sunny day at the beer garden....

Gallery hours Tue - Fri 9-4,  Sat 11-2

RECEPTION: Live music May 21, 5-7 pm. Bring your mask.

For more information, email Bruce Howard at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Literature, language, and philosophy are at the core of Buzz Spector’s work. He is a contemporary Conceptual artist who explores the aesthetic possibilities of language, paper, and books. Buzz Spector: Alterations spans the artist’s career from the 1970s to the present and includes drawings, altered books, postcard assemblages, collages, and more.

Spector is internationally recognized for his contributions to the field of contemporary art. He taught painting, sculpture, and two-dimensional design at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis for a decade before retiring in 2019. This is the first presentation of the artist’s work at a St. Louis museum.

For more information, email Kayla Zack at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

https://www.slam.org/exhibitions/buzz-spector-alterations/

Artists explore traveling to a situation in the future, or recreate a lost moment from their past that they missed that moment to photograph or paint; yet years later the image is still burned in their mind. This is that chance to relive that fleeting moment of that stranger's smile in a crowd...a sunny day at the beer garden....

Gallery hours Tue - Fri 9-4,  Sat 11-2

RECEPTION: Live music May 21, 5-7 pm. Bring your mask.

For more information, email Bruce Howard at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Left Bank Books and Park Row Books welcomes bestselling suspense author Mary Kubica, who will discuss their new novel, Local Woman Missing on May 18th at 6pm CT in a private online event. Kubica will be in conversation with bestselling author Kimberly McCreight. This is an exclusive event that requires purchase of a SIGNED copy of Local Woman Missing from Left Bank Books for admission or a $5 admission ticket. A CrowdCast link for entry will be emailed on the day of the event (5/18).

About Local Woman Missing

People don't just disappear without a trace...

Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing. Not long after, Meredith Dickey and her six-year-old daughter, Delilah, vanish just blocks away from where Shelby was last seen, striking fear into their once-peaceful community. Are these incidents connected? After an elusive search that yields more questions than answers, the case eventually goes cold.

Now, eleven years later, Delilah shockingly returns. Everyone wants to know what happened to her, but no one is prepared for what they'll find...

In this smart and chilling thriller, master of suspense and New York Times bestselling author Mary Kubica takes domestic secrets to a whole new level, showing that some people will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried.

"I'm shamelessly addicted to Mary Kubica's juicy, unpredictable reads, as much for her well-rounded, fully human, flawed characters as her sizzling plots--and she just keeps getting better. LOCAL WOMAN MISSING is a propulsive journey through a winding maze of secrets, leading to a jaw-dropping twist that I never saw coming. Loved every minute." --Joshilyn Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Never Have I Ever

"Dark and twisty, with all the white-knuckle tension and jaw-dropping surprises readers have come to expect from Mary Kubica." --Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark

About the Speakers

Mary Kubica is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of THE GOOD GIRL and PRETTY BABY. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in History and American Literature. She lives outside of Chicago with her husband and two children and enjoys photography, gardening and caring for the animals at a local shelter.

Kimberly McCreight is the New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia, which was nominated for the Edgar, Anthony, and Alex Awards; Where They Found Her; and The Outliers young adult trilogy. She attended Vassar College and graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two daughters.

You may purchase a copy of Local Woman Missing from Left Bank Books online or by phone. If you opt to only purchase the $5 event ticket, you may do so online. Either way, you must provide an email address to be invited to the private online event. If you have purchased the book or event ticket from Left Bank, you will receive an email event REMINDER a few days prior to the event. You will receive the actual email invite with the LINK to join the private online event on the DAY OF the event.

For more information, email Amber Norris at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

https://www.left-bank.com/event/mary-kubica-local-woman-missing

Literature, language, and philosophy are at the core of Buzz Spector’s work. He is a contemporary Conceptual artist who explores the aesthetic possibilities of language, paper, and books. Buzz Spector: Alterations spans the artist’s career from the 1970s to the present and includes drawings, altered books, postcard assemblages, collages, and more.

Spector is internationally recognized for his contributions to the field of contemporary art. He taught painting, sculpture, and two-dimensional design at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis for a decade before retiring in 2019. This is the first presentation of the artist’s work at a St. Louis museum.

For more information, email Kayla Zack at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

https://www.slam.org/exhibitions/buzz-spector-alterations/

Artists explore traveling to a situation in the future, or recreate a lost moment from their past that they missed that moment to photograph or paint; yet years later the image is still burned in their mind. This is that chance to relive that fleeting moment of that stranger's smile in a crowd...a sunny day at the beer garden....

Gallery hours Tue - Fri 9-4,  Sat 11-2

RECEPTION: Live music May 21, 5-7 pm. Bring your mask.

For more information, email Bruce Howard at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Literature, language, and philosophy are at the core of Buzz Spector’s work. He is a contemporary Conceptual artist who explores the aesthetic possibilities of language, paper, and books. Buzz Spector: Alterations spans the artist’s career from the 1970s to the present and includes drawings, altered books, postcard assemblages, collages, and more.

Spector is internationally recognized for his contributions to the field of contemporary art. He taught painting, sculpture, and two-dimensional design at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis for a decade before retiring in 2019. This is the first presentation of the artist’s work at a St. Louis museum.

For more information, email Kayla Zack at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

https://www.slam.org/exhibitions/buzz-spector-alterations/

Artists explore traveling to a situation in the future, or recreate a lost moment from their past that they missed that moment to photograph or paint; yet years later the image is still burned in their mind. This is that chance to relive that fleeting moment of that stranger's smile in a crowd...a sunny day at the beer garden....

Gallery hours Tue - Fri 9-4,  Sat 11-2

RECEPTION: Live music May 21, 5-7 pm. Bring your mask.

For more information, email Bruce Howard at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Join NCJWSTL for our May Lunch & Learn as we watch and discuss “Segregated by Design,” a powerful and engaging video that details how our federal, state, and local governments segregated metropolitan areas, including St. Louis, by imposing unconstitutional residential policies.

St. Louis is divided along many lines and race plays a role in every one of those divisions. It determines our future because if you make a transparent map of racial segregation and lay it over other maps – political power, cultural influence, health, wealth, education, and employment – the pattern repeats itself. Why was segregation more dramatic here in St. Louis than it was in other Midwestern cities? Why hasn’t it lifted as quickly?

Lisa Mandel, a realtor working to create affordable housing opportunities in St. Louis, a member of the Urban Land Institute, a Metro Housing Task Force member, and a part of the St. Patrick’s Center Landlord Advisory Group, will also present on the impact of these policies in St. Louis.

For more information and to RSVP, please visit: https://bit.ly/3as4f2z

STAR (St Louis Avian Rescue) will receive 15% of all food purchases on dine in AND TAKE OUT at Texas Roadhouse-Ballwin on May 20, 2021! Simply show your server a copy of our flyer when you go to pay and Texas Roadhouse will donate 15% of your total food purchases to STAR. Download and print the flyer or save it to your cellphone. Please note our dine to donate fundraiser is taking place at the location in Ballwin, MO. For more information: https://fb.me/e/1jWTqj5g1 or www.staravian.org

Come join us for a night of music and fun with Rhonda Vincent & The Rage. Newest Grand Ole Opry Member Inductee. The Grammy Award Winning Queen of Bluegrass-Rhonda Vincent 8-time IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year! Most Award Winning Group in Bluegrass Music History!

For more information, email Mathew DeWinters at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

https://www.dardenneprairie.org/parks_and_recreation/events/rhonda_vincent_concert/index.php

Gavin M. performs with his band for their first show since the pandemic began. Support from Kevin Buckley’s Grace Basement!

Order tickets online before they sell out. This show is only an 85 capacity! Masks required!

For more information, email Gavin M. at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

https://gavin-m-at-the-duck-room.ticketleap.com/

Eimear Arkins and Dan Lowery play traditional Irish music and American folk on fiddles, flutes and guitars. 

(Eimear is pronounced like the word Lemur, with no "L")

For more information, email Kevin Buckley at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

http://www.mcgurks.com

GET THE GALS TOGETHER.

Purse raffle tickets are ON SALE NOW for the Belleville Area Humane Society’s annual Bags For Wags fundraiser. Raffle tickets are just $20 each and patrons choose which specific designer purse(s) they would like the chance to win including Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Prada, Tory Burch, Kate Spade, and more! Patrons can also host a Watch PAWty for additional chances to win. Get friends together and have some fun at this one of a kind event just for the ladies.

Tickets for purses are available online now through 4:00 pm on event day and winners will be drawn live during the virtual event on Thursday, May 20, 2021 beginning at 7:00 pm.  The Bags for Wags Silent Auction will open Thursday May 13, and remain open for 48 hours after the virtual event ends. Please tune in to the virtual event beginning at 7:00 pm, hosted online by your favorite radio personality, Courtney Landrum! (You do NOT have to watch to win.)

For more information, email Kim Vrooman at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

https://bahspets.org/event/bags-for-wags-2/

Literature, language, and philosophy are at the core of Buzz Spector’s work. He is a contemporary Conceptual artist who explores the aesthetic possibilities of language, paper, and books. Buzz Spector: Alterations spans the artist’s career from the 1970s to the present and includes drawings, altered books, postcard assemblages, collages, and more.

Spector is internationally recognized for his contributions to the field of contemporary art. He taught painting, sculpture, and two-dimensional design at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis for a decade before retiring in 2019. This is the first presentation of the artist’s work at a St. Louis museum.

For more information, email Kayla Zack at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

https://www.slam.org/exhibitions/buzz-spector-alterations/

EVENT: Four Rivers Arts Council will hold "Art in the Window" a walking tour exhibition of artwork from 20 regional artists. 

It will be like visiting a large gallery and getting outside exercise all at the same time! 

Location: Downtown Washington, beginning May 21 and running through June 20. Go for the walk on your own (maps will be located in each window) or take one of our tours. 

Docent led tours are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday May 29 and 30, meeting at the Riverfront Park at 9:50. We will take you for a walk and visit each window, discussing the artist and their work as we go. Wear your walking shoes!

For more information, email Maria Brady-Smith at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

http://www.fourriversartcouncil.org

Artists explore traveling to a situation in the future, or recreate a lost moment from their past that they missed that moment to photograph or paint; yet years later the image is still burned in their mind. This is that chance to relive that fleeting moment of that stranger's smile in a crowd...a sunny day at the beer garden....

Gallery hours Tue - Fri 9-4,  Sat 11-2

RECEPTION: Live music May 21, 5-7 pm. Bring your mask.

For more information, email Bruce Howard at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Celebrate live arts and culture safely at Open Air, a concert series presented by Kranzberg Arts Foundation featuring St. Louis’ finest musicians. Indulge and imbibe from our rotating menu of seasonal food and drinks while the musicians light up the stage under the heated and well-ventilated tent outside The Grandel.

Tickets are $10-$25 and are available on MetroTix. In addition to each ticket, a $30 food/beverage minimum is required per guest on Friday and Saturday evenings. Sunday brunch requires a $15 food/beverage minimum for every guest in advance of the show.

All guests are required to follow Kranzberg Arts Foundation’s COVID-19 mitigation policies. See full mitigation policies here: https://www.kranzbergartsfoundation.org/covid-19/open-air-mitigation-policies/

Tickets available on MetroTix: https://www.metrotix.com/events/detail/open-air-concert-series

For more information, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Kevin Buckley and Dan Lowery play traditional Irish music as well as classic folk, country and swing on fiddles, flutes and guitars.

For more information, email Kevin Buckley at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

http://www.mcgurks.com