Upcoming events

The 2023 Annual St. Louis Walk for the Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Foundation is Sunday, October 8, from 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM at Tower Grove Park, Sons of Rest Pavilion, St. Louis, MO. Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is one of the most common, life-threatening genetic kidney diseases. PKD causes uncontrolled growth of fluid-filled cysts in both kidneys, often leading to kidney failure. There are an estimated 600,000 Americans and 12.4 million people worldwide who have been diagnosed with PKD. There are probably many more than that who are undiagnosed as it generally is not discovered until someone reaches middle age. Once a person has kidney failure; transplant or dialysis are the only options to treat the damage the disease has caused. PKD patients are in urgent need of treatments and a cure.  The PKD Foundation is the only organization in the United States SOLELY dedicated to finding treatments and a cure for PKD. It was founded on August 20, 1982. The national office is located in Kansas City, Missouri. The St. Louis PKD Community is part of over 50 PKD Communities across the United States. As Jean Sommer, the St. Louis Chapter and Walk Coordinator, said, “The Walk for PKD is in full swing. We are rallying walkers and collecting donations. We surpassed our goal last year and we plan on keeping the momentum going this year. The Walk for PKD is your opportunity to put your passion to end PKD into action! As our signature fundraising event, 100% of donations made to the Walk will go to critical PKD research to help find treatments and a cure.” Take the time today to register a team, register individually, join a team, and/or gather team members to register and donate. To register or donate, visit: www.walkforpkd.org/stlouis. Note: December 31 is the last day for collecting 2023 St. Louis Walk for PKD donations.

Our mission: WE GIVE HOPE. We fund research, advocate for patients, and build a community for all impacted by polycystic kidney disease (PKD). Our vision is to #endPKD. Visit www.pkdcure.org for more information about the PKD Foundation and the St. Louis PKD Community.

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

The Living History Days Festival from the Madison County Historical Museum features hands-on crafts, a quilt show, 19th century outdoor games, train displays, a vintage Base Ball game, and more! The event will culminate in an chautauqua, with reenactment talks by Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony, and Frederick Douglas. Get hands-on with history in this two day festival!

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

https://madcohistory.org/living-history-mchs/

Latin/Jazz

Farshid Etniko blends styles from around the world, with influences from the middle east and latin america, to the american songbook.

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

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"Everything Blue - a juried art event. Blue is a primary color across all models of color space. It is the color of the ocean and sky; it often symbolizes serenity, stability, inspiration or wisdom. See how local artists use their creative talents to create art works which symbolize the color blue. The event is free and open to the public and runs from September 15 thru October 20. The Soulard Art Gallery, voted as best gallery in the St. Louis Magazine A list 2021 thru 2023, is a co-op art gallery located in historic Soulard. With artwork by 13 resident artists, we offer a diverse collection of works, including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, and jewelry. We also host a local artists group exhibition in our main gallery every month for artists to submit their work for display.
Gallery hours are Thursdays 4-8 pm, Fridays and Saturdays 12-8 pm and Sundays 1-5 pm.

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

http://www.soulardartgallery.com

Number 9 Coal will play Old Time, Bluegrass, a variety of music, maybe even a polka or two for Oktoberfest.

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

Join us for free film screenings! MANHATTAN SHORT is the only film festival of its kind. Film lovers will unite in over 500 venues worldwide to view and judge the work of the next generation of filmmakers from around the world when the 26th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival takes place during September 28 to October 8, 2023. The Final selections screen simultaneously across the world during a one-week period, where attendees vote for Best Film and Best Actor awards at each participating venue. Every short film selected will automatically become qualified for the Oscars of 2024. These films are unrated and intended for adults.

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

https://www.jeffcolib.org/events/manhattan-short-film-festival

Learn more about the artists and artworks in the exhibition, then try some printmaking techniques for yourself!

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

Gather your friends and come play the nation's best pub quiz!

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

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Eric & Suzy have devoted their lives to the pursuit of weird and obscure old-time American music – warped fiddle tunes in odd tunings, cinematic ballads, country blues songs that contain mysterious metaphors, early Cajun music with incomprehensible French lyrics and backwards chords. Using fiddle, mandolin, guitars, Cajun accordion, banjo (and the occasional odd instrument such as the ten-stringed cuatro) they bring these early 20th century sounds right into the present day. Eric’s flatpicking on guitar and mandolin is exceptional for its purity of tone, speed, and soulfulness; Suzy is a powerful singer, an award-winning fiddler and Cajun accordion player who has apprenticed with older generation Louisiana Cajun musicians under an NEA Fellowship. Founding members of many influential roots music groups including the Black Mountain Boys, Any Old Time, the Klezmorim, and the California Cajun Orchestra, Eric and Suzy have also worked with Maria Muldaur, David Grisman, Peter Rowan, Jim Kweskin, Geoff Muldaur, Jerry Garcia, Darol Anger, Laurie Lewis, the Savoy Doucet Cajun Trio, and many other fine musicians.

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

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Starting July 9th, we will be hosting a weekly Small Batch Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night every Sunday!

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

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Hailed as “one of the most vital and original ensembles on the American Music scene” by The New York Times, Alarm Will Sound will perform Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy’s new evening-length work, Land of Winter. The title of the work comes from the Latin name for Ireland, Hibernia, which translates as “land of winter.” This exciting new work will explore the play between light and time as they relate to the seasons of the year. Alarm Will Sound premiered Land of Winter in 2022 at Beethovenfest Bonn in Bonn, Germany.

$15 General Admission, $10 Seniors. Free to all students, and to Webster faculty and staff with ID.

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

Legendary music icons THREE DOG NIGHT with special guest CHRIS TRAPPER takes the stage at The Factory at The District on Sunday, October 8. Show time is 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) Tickets are  $89.50, $59.50, and $49.50. Tickets can be purchased online at Ticketmaster and https://TheFactorySTL.com

THREE DOG NIGHT, celebrating nearly five decades, claims some of the most astonishing statistics in popular music. In the years 1969 through 1974, no other group achieved more top 10 hits, moved more records or sold more concert tickets than THREE DOG NIGHT. THREE DOG NIGHT hits wind through the fabric of pop culture today, whether on the radio, in TV commercials or in major motion pictures -- songs like “Mama Told Me (Not To Come),” “Joy to the World,” “Black and White.” “Shambala” and “One” serve to heighten our emotions and crystallize the band’s continuing popularity. This Grammy-nominated band is not content resting on its legacy alone. THREE DOG NIGHT maintains an aggressive, year-round touring schedule of over 70 dates a year. The hit filled concerts are performed for generation-spanning audiences by Danny Hutton (founder/lead vocalist) and Michael Allsup (guitar), Paul Kingery (bass/vocals), Pat Bautz (drums), Howard Laravea (keyboards) and David Morgan (vocals). The band’s now-famous name refers to native Australian hunters in the outback who huddled with their dogs for warmth on cold nights; the coldest being a “three dog night.” For more information, visit https://www.threedognight.com

Youth, ages 5-9, with their grown up, are invited to join us for drop-in story time and fun, hands-on activities. Join us this week to delve into some amazing books and explore our creativity through art.

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

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Green Door Art Gallery is pleased to partner with Bobby Lessentine, Financial Advisor, Edward Jones, in presenting The City Beautiful, St. Louis Views 2007-2023, a collection of paintings by Michael Anderson inspired by the parks and architecture of St. Louis. Many of the sixteen works on display were painted on location on outings with Missouri Plein Air Painters Association, a local group of artists dedicated to painting outdoors year-round.
Location: Edward Jones Office of Bobby Lessentine, CFP 3141 South Grand, St. Louis
Exhibit Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Please call before visiting: 314-772-5304

Join us for the opening reception of The City Beautiful, St. Louis Views 2007-2023, a collection of paintings by Michael Anderson inspired by the parks and architecture of St. Louis on Wednesday October 11, 2023 5:00 – 7:00 pm. Enjoy refreshments and meet the artist while you view the exhibit.

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

Discover the JOY of sharing music with your baby or toddler! Mini Music is an interactive music class for children 0-5 years old and their parents (or grandparents, or caregivers!) Developed by Ali and Warren Mann from Sonoma County CA., Now their beloved music program for young children and preschoolers is available in St. Louis Missouri!

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

http://minimusicstl.com

Number 9 Coal will play Old Time, Bluegrass, a variety of music, maybe even a polka or two for Oktoberfest.

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

Learn more about the artists and artworks in the exhibition, then try some printmaking techniques for yourself!

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

Beppe Gambetta is an Italian guitarist, vocalist and composer who found a way to make Italian and American traditions speak together with one voice. Born in the seaport city of Genova and raised on American Flatpicking he developed a unique captivating guitar and performance style. Beppe is beloved all over the world, gaining new fans and friends with every performance and every new recording. Where The Wind Blows is no exception and may be the best one yet. One final note: in 2019 Beppe was awarded with the title of “Genoa Ambassador To The World” by the Genoa Mayor Marco Bucci.

From a young acoustic guitarist channeling Italian and American folk and bluegrass into a signature style, he became singer, composer, arranger, sound engineer and concert producer. At age 65 he has added one more title: Poet. It turns out he has a lot to say about roots, role models, the road and artistic freedom—and he expresses himself in a voice of unhurried warmth and passion. (Alan Tigay, World Listening Post)

His incredible versatility combined with his charm and engaging stage presence make Beppe’s concerts evenings of high quality music and relaxed entertainment. Over-riding all else, however, is the brilliance of his talent…(Cornish Guardian)

…Though he’s shown over the years that he can keep pace with the Tony Rices and Dan Crarys of the world, , it is Gambetta’s understated elegance as a flatpicker that has set him apart and made him an in-demand partner the world over. (Sing Out!)

…spinning a thick weave that sometimes calls to mind what a duet by Doc Watson and Leo Kottke might sound like. (Mike Joyce, The Washington Post)

In the end, Gambetta’s originals offer some of the most intriguing listening for their amazing virtuosity, pleasing tunefulness, and beyond category pedigree. He’s truly a man of the world. (Roger Levesque, Penguin Eggs)

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

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Youth, ages 5-9, with their grown up, are invited to join us for drop-in story time and fun, hands-on activities. Join us this week to delve into some amazing books and explore our creativity through art.

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

https://cli.re/45916-convergence-creative-play--storytime

Green Door Art Gallery is pleased to partner with Bobby Lessentine, Financial Advisor, Edward Jones, in presenting The City Beautiful, St. Louis Views 2007-2023, a collection of paintings by Michael Anderson inspired by the parks and architecture of St. Louis. Many of the sixteen works on display were painted on location on outings with Missouri Plein Air Painters Association, a local group of artists dedicated to painting outdoors year-round.
Location: Edward Jones Office of Bobby Lessentine, CFP 3141 South Grand, St. Louis
Exhibit Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Please call before visiting: 314-772-5304

Join us for the opening reception of The City Beautiful, St. Louis Views 2007-2023, a collection of paintings by Michael Anderson inspired by the parks and architecture of St. Louis on Wednesday October 11, 2023 5:00 – 7:00 pm. Enjoy refreshments and meet the artist while you view the exhibit.

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