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AUDITION RESERVATIONS OPEN NOVEMBER 1. 

OPEN TO PERFORMERS AGES 4 - 18

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS: 

2 16-32 bar cuts of contrasting musical theatre style songs  

(Performers may not be asked to perform both songs)

Come prepared to learn a short dance combination

To be considered for a principle prepare (but may not be asked to perform) a one minute comedic monologue 

For video submissions please provide the above and optional: a callback selection of a song from the show.

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

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Folk School jams are a great way to spend a weekend afternoon. Musicians of all skill levels come together to play and enjoy music under the guidance of a Folk School instructor. Jams are free and open to the public. Participants take turns leading songs and choosing tunes. These informal gatherings are a great way to get back to the basics and simply enjoy playing. Join in!

Folk School Jams are made possible by 

This production of the beloved Louisa May Alcott story will be a feast for the senses with beautiful civil war period costumes, live string ensemble music, period dances, and meaningful acting. In the story, the 4 March sisters are surrounded by relatives, friends and neighbors who bring with them a host of encounters and sometimes comical mishaps that shape the sisters and their relationships. Through all the celebrations and challenges the family members are always there for each other. The story is brought to life by our cast of performers ages 10-18 from DaySpring Arts & Education drama and music departments.

Tickets --- http://dayspringarts.eventbrite.com

Tickets go on sale Nov. 13

General Admission - Adult: $15

Child (12 & under): $10

DaySpring Students: $5

At the Door: Adult: $17, Child (12 & under): $12

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

https://www.facebook.com/events/947157985663043/

The Endless Forest Nutcracker is a unique production that re-sets the traditional story by E.T.A. Hoffman in a cabin in the mountains. Clara must travel from her auntie's home to the Endless Forest to find her long-lost sister. In her travels, she will discover the love of family, the magic of the Forest, and the enchantment to be found when the next step on the path becomes the first step in a new world.

Colorful costumes and beautiful contemporary Celtic music are but a small part of the collaborative art experience you will find at The Endless Forest Nutcracker.

Join us at Westminster Christian Academy on Saturday, December 14th. Shows are at 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm. We'll see you in the Forest!

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

https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4408115

"The Greatest Love Of All" is an anthology of George Benson's greatest hits performed by Jazz guitar/vocal great Vince Martin. This show is designed to have broad appeal and spans Mr. Benson's 40 year career including his Grammy winning guitar instrumental pieces, pop hits, Big Boss Band selections and his jazz interpretations of Fats Domino, Chuck Berry and more. Opening the show is Gospel singing sensation and Grammy nominated Erica Reed performing songs from her latest CD.

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

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Chicago's Paul Asaro is known as one of the finest of a select group of pianists who have mastered the demanding two-handed jazz and ragtime piano styles from the first half of the 20th century. Now he's bringing his Chicago band to St. Louis for a Holiday Ball!

“Paul Asaro and his Rhythm,” focuses on the best of his swing-era repertoire featuring Paul’s own unique arrangements of your favorite sing tunes topped of by his flawless croon. Paul’s lineup of Chicago all-star musicians deliver high quality dance music guaranteed to suit your swivels!

As a special treat, the Chicago Swell Sisters will be making an appearance singing fabulous 3-part 1930's harmony! 

Doors open at 7:30pm. There is a beginner dance lesson at 8pm. and dancing from 8:30 to midnight!

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

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Jake's Leg annual acoustic Christmas show.

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

"Time After Time was never better, and I hear Sinatra sing it!" -Carol Burnett

Fresh off a successful national Broadway tour as the heartthrob Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, and a solo show in Carnegie Hall, Christiaan Smith returns to his hometown and the place where his new CD “Come Fly With Us" was recorded. The show will reprise much of the record. It’s a modern take on some of the coolest and most iconic songs of any generation. Inspired by sounds Sinatra didn’t live to hear, Christiaan treats you to some of the most cunning performances these songs have seen in years. Your standard martini, with a twist.

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Buttercup Album Release with The R6 Implant, Blight Future, and Superfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship.

Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm

21+ Only

$7 Cover

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

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Dogtown Records and Schlafly Beer presents the Supa Soul-Jazz Service in 2 sets on the Schlafly Bottleworks stage on the 2nd Saturday of each month. There is no charge for admission.

For more information http://www.schlafly.com/bottleworks-brewpub/

"St. Louis based acoustic quartet specializing in traditional old time, early blues, and roots music. The Dust Covers play songs you don't know by dead guys you've never heard of!"

The Dust Covers are a St. Louis based four-piece string band filtering obscure songs from the 20s and 30s. Bending, blending and defending the lines between traditional American music, they bring a sound that is both fresh and familiar!

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

https://www.thefriscostl.com/music-events

Saunders Schultz (1927-2017) was a prominent St. Louis artist and among the founders of the concept of Architectural / Environmental Sculpture. He was cofounder of Scopia Studio with fellow St. Louisan William Severson (1924 - 1999), and contributed to nearly 300 monumental works over his career; these diverse sculptures are found throughout St. Louis, in 37 states, and around the world. 

This focused exhibition presents examples of drawings, paintings and sculpture that illustrate Schultz’s affinity for nature as his primary inspiration. The drawings and paintings in this exhibition reveal the complex ways in which Schultz captured the shapes of leaves, trees, flowing water, and in some cases capturing the concept of rushing air. Despite their small size, these pieces still convey the grace, complexity, and monumentality of the site-specific works for which Schultz is known.

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

http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/events-and-exhibitions/

With an affable charm, a quick joke, and a soaring tenor, Ben will share musical stories of parenting, love, theatre, and of course, the holidays. My Favorite Stuff marks Ben Nordstrom’s solo debut at Blue Strawberry. He’ll be joined by the iconic Steve Neale on piano. Together, they will span a wide array of musical styles from 70s pop/rock to contemporary musical comedy to the Great American Songbook. By the end of the night, Ben’s favorite stuff will be yours too.

Ben is a well-known presence in the St. Louis theatre community. As an actor he has appeared at The Muny, The Rep, Shakespeare Festival StL, Stages, and many others. He has received two Kevin Kline Awards and a StL Theatre Circle Award. HIs cabarets and concerts have sold out the Sheldon Concert Hall, the Monocle, the Kranzberg, and the Gaslight Theatre.

“...a completely entertaining evening of song and storytelling that resonates with authenticity and natural exuberance.”  - Tina Farmer, KDHX

"Nordstrom became our entrée into this bizarre world, and we were putty in his empowered, pliable hands.” - Dennis Brown, Riverfront Times

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The Bonsack Gallery opens In a Time of Greatness, a solo show by Thad Duhigg, with a reception from 5:30 to 7:30 pm on Friday, December 6. The exhibit runs through February 14.

The word “landscape,” is nearly synonymous with painting. Thad Duhigg subverts this tradition by creating landscape sculptures. Cast in bronze, they reference the pastoral in art as well as classical statuary found in and around museums, parks and public buildings. However, Duhigg’s subject matter — including immigration, mass surveillance, ecological collapse and terrorism —is completely contemporary. Devoid of human figures, each landscape is a staging ground for disasters large and small. The tip of a tornado touches down to earth; agricultural chemicals seep into the soil between cornstalks; an empty raft, much like the ones used by Syrian refugees escaping war, swirls in the ocean. Duhigg’s use of bronze also evokes the military use of the metal, including armor, cannons, helmets and spears. By placing each piece on a plinth like those used for Greco-Roman and neoclassical sculptures, Duhigg asks the viewer to direct their gaze upward, and to question what they place on a pedestal. In addition to cast metal, Duhigg creates sculptures using wood, steel fabrication and modeling. 

Thad Duhigg is currently professor of sculpture in the department of art and design at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He received an MFA from Syracuse University and a BFA from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Duhigg has exhibited at Laumeier Sculpture Park, the Rockford Art Museum, the Amarillo Museum of Art, the Huntsville Museum of Art and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. He received a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award to Budapest, Hungary. For more information, visit www.thadduhigg.com.

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Celebrate the Holidays at Hawkwarts! Put on your best robes and house regalia as you attend our holiday feast of treats! This festive winter celebration will include seasonal magic with our beautiful owls and hawks, story time with Dumbledore, Potions Class with Snape, sipping on butterbeer and taking a stroll down Diagon Alley to shop with our amazing vendors! Bring your competitive spirit as we see which house brings home the prized reward for most points awarded by participating in games through out the event!

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

https://www.facebook.com/events/3069015469840481/

This production of the beloved Louisa May Alcott story will be a feast for the senses with beautiful civil war period costumes, live string ensemble music, period dances, and meaningful acting. In the story, the 4 March sisters are surrounded by relatives, friends and neighbors who bring with them a host of encounters and sometimes comical mishaps that shape the sisters and their relationships. Through all the celebrations and challenges the family members are always there for each other. The story is brought to life by our cast of performers ages 10-18 from DaySpring Arts & Education drama and music departments.

Tickets --- http://dayspringarts.eventbrite.com

Tickets go on sale Nov. 13

General Admission - Adult: $15

Child (12 & under): $10

DaySpring Students: $5

At the Door: Adult: $17, Child (12 & under): $12

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

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On December 15th, Ross Sermons returns to play at our tasting room along with Gary Gordon and Tim Beattie. They will be playing from 3 pm to 6 pm. There will be a $5 cover charge for this show which will include a beer token for one $5 beer.

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

https://www.whiteroosterfarmhousebrewery.com/ross-sermons-returns

Jazz Noel is a modern-day reimagining of the Christmas story through the improvisational spirit of jazz. This is Jazz Noel’s 9th season featuring the music of the Oîkos Ensemble. Also performing this year will be the Terra Nova Singers and the Logos Readers.

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

https://firstchurchwg.org/jazz-noel/

Dress up in your favorite ugly sweater, but do it with swag! The first twenty people to the party will receive their very own swag (antlers or santa hats)! Live soulful music will be provided by Laka! She'll be sharing some of her favorite holiday songs to celebrate this most wonderful time of the year!

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THE MOTET: SPEED OF LIGHT TOUR w/ EXMAG

Time

Doors 7pm, Show 8pm, All Ages

Venue

Old Rock House

Price

$20 Tickets

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