Upcoming events

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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See live raptors, owl, falcon or hawk up close presented by Treehouse Wildlife Center. View eagles, other raptors, Trumpeter Swans and other waterfowl from the warm and welcoming confines of the Audubon Center at Riverlands!

Engage in hands-on learning activities around the Center and be sure to enjoy pastries and coffee from Alton's LuciAnna's Pastries who will be on-site, as well!

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

https://riverlands.audubon.org/events/

Gallery 210 is pleased to present WAR-TOYS: Israel, West Bank, and Gaza Strip January 25, 2020. The exhibition opens on January 25th and runs through March 14, 2020.

Children often share their experiences and emotions through indirect methods of communication, such as art and play. As a result, their personal accounts of war frequently go unseen and unheard by the international community. In WAR-TOYS: Israel, West Bank, and Gaza Strip, Brian McCarty’s an internationally exhibited artist and toy industry veteran, whose photographic works interpret children’s therapeutic drawings and offer a rare yet fascinating insight into the contemporary experiences of Palestinian and Israeli boys and girls. WAR-TOYS is a striking portrait of war from the eyes of the innocent. 

WAR-TOYS: Israel, West Bank, and Gaza Strip was organized by Tinca Art, Inc., and Exhibits USA/Mid-America Arts Alliance.

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

http://gallery210.umsl.edu/

Happy Trails Music & Arts Gathering is a two day (1/24-1/25) music and arts enent that will feature 16 artists/vendors and 21 bands including The Schwag, Spillie Nelson, Tree One Four, Bounce House, Grand House and more. More info on the Facebook event page. 

https://m.facebook.com/events/500543827201622?tsid=0.12691642970291306&source=result

Come and help support our Junior Tamburitzans!

You will experience delicious food, great music and dancing, and just a fun time.

Tickets are $20/person. Price includes dinner.

Children under 12 years are free.

The Juniors perform at the New Hall at St. Joseph Croatian Church

12th and Russell in Soulard, St. Louis, Mo.

Music by Tamburasi Domovino immediately follows the concert.

Stay, sing and dance, enjoy homemade desserts!

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

https://www.facebook.com/CroatianJrTamburitzansStLouisMo/

Learn to keep bees in 2020! A thorough introduction to honey bees and beekeeping. Friday 6:00-9;30 pm, Saturday 8:30-5:00. Saturday lunch included.

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

https://threeriversbeekeepers.com/event/mark-the-date-beginning-beekeeping-workshop/

Great food & atmosphere.

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

“Two Trains Running” tells the story of the longtime regulars who gather at the local diner in Pittsburgh’s Hill District to gossip, flirt, and play the numbers. Against the backdrop of the civil rights movement, the diner’s owner must decide whether to let the city take over his building or sell it to a shrewd local businessman. The result is a compassionate and unforgettable portrait of history unfolding around everyday life.

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

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Time

Doors 7pm, Show 8pm, All Ages

Venue

Old Rock House

Price

$20 Advance, $25 Day of Show

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

Catch him LIVE at Great Grizzly Bear Saturday, Jan. 25th. 7:30-11:30pm!

Steven Woolley is an award winning singer/songwriter/instrumentalist out the St. Louis MO area. His eclectic blend of R&B, soul, and blues cascade over subtle hints of rock, country, and jazz make for a hit with any crowd no matter how diverse.

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

https://www.facebook.com/events/2523303997955599/

Join the Kirkwood Theatre Guild for our final season at the Robert G. Reim Theatre before we move into our new home at Taylor and Monroe next summer! 

Brooke Wyeth returns home to Palm Springs after a six-year absence to celebrate Christmas with her parents, her brother, and her aunt. Brooke announces that she is about to publish a memoir dredging up a pivotal and tragic event in the family's history—a wound they don't want reopened. In effect, she draws a line in the sand and dares them all to cross it. 

Spanning the international disasters of war, the bitter feuds of American politics, and the intricate and equally bitter dynamics of one family’s love and grief, Other Desert Cities is a scintillating and sharply observed dark comedy, with themes of depression, addiction, family and memory.

This production is intended for MATURE AUDIENCES.

Jan. 17, 18, 23, 24, 25 of 2020 at 8:00 p.m.

Jan. 19 and 26 of 2020 at 2:00 p.m.

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

https://www.ktg-onstage.org/ticket-information

Enjoy “Southern Roadhouse Hospitality” while listening to Uncle Albert play a mix of Originals, Blues/Rock/Folk.

Hwy 61 Roadhouse is a Memphis and New Orleans dining experience right here in Webster Groves. Laissez le bon temps roulez, “Let the good times roll”

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

http://www.hwy61roadhouse.com

The Gaslight Squares are a traditional jazz band based in St. Louis, Missouri.

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

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.

http://www.jburroughs.org

See a live Bald Eagle up close presented by Treehouse Wildlife Center! See eagles, other raptors, Trumpeter Swans and other waterfowl in the wild at Riverlands from the warm, welcoming confines of the Audubon Center at Riverlands! Discover, learn and have fun!

Be sure to pick up some sweets and treats from Mia's Treats Delight and support youth entrepreneurship while you are here!

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

https://riverlands.audubon.org/events/

Gallery 210 is pleased to present WAR-TOYS: Israel, West Bank, and Gaza Strip January 25, 2020. The exhibition opens on January 25th and runs through March 14, 2020.

Children often share their experiences and emotions through indirect methods of communication, such as art and play. As a result, their personal accounts of war frequently go unseen and unheard by the international community. In WAR-TOYS: Israel, West Bank, and Gaza Strip, Brian McCarty’s an internationally exhibited artist and toy industry veteran, whose photographic works interpret children’s therapeutic drawings and offer a rare yet fascinating insight into the contemporary experiences of Palestinian and Israeli boys and girls. WAR-TOYS is a striking portrait of war from the eyes of the innocent. 

WAR-TOYS: Israel, West Bank, and Gaza Strip was organized by Tinca Art, Inc., and Exhibits USA/Mid-America Arts Alliance.

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

http://gallery210.umsl.edu/

Calling All First-Responders & Veterans!

Please Join Us for a “Boots in the Barn” Open House At Equine-Assisted Therapy in Wildwood.

Sunday, January 26 from 12Noon – 1:30pm

3369 Hway 109 (at Old State Road)

This is a great hands-on opportunity to learn about EAT’s programs & volunteer opportunities. Come build relationships with horses and humans! Please RSVP at 314-971-0605 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

http://www.eatherapy.org

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 

You are invited to a Welcome Neighbor STL Supper Club to support refugee families recently settled in St. Louis. Enjoy food, conversation, and catching up with friends – old and new. From cultural exchange to just plain fun, look forward to a great evening.

These meals present an opportunity for immigrant families to share knowledge and skills unique to them. It is also an opportunity for us to get a glimpse into their culture. These fundraising efforts can set them on a path of greater independence and confidence in their lives here in in the USA.

When you attend a Welcome Neighbor STL Supper Club, your meal will be prepared by immigrant neighbors who will share their culture and cooking skills by providing a table full of traditional food from their country of origin.

Suggested donation: $35 per person. 90% of proceeds benefit the refugee cooks preparing the meals. 

The event will be held on Sunday, January 26, 2020 from 6pm-8pm at the St. Michael’s Church at 6345 Wydown Blvd., Clayton, MO 63105.

Menu – Enjoy Syrian Cuisine

$35/PER PERSON

Hummus

a dip made of chickpeas, garlic, lemon, tahini, and olive oil. Served with pita bread.

Kousa Mahshi

stuffed zucchini with beef, rice, onion, allspice.

Tabouleh

a finely chopped salad made with parsley, lettuce, tomato, cucumber and bulgur. Mixed with lemon juice and olive oil.

Manakeesh

Similar to pizza. Grilled dough with a variety of toppings to choose from, including cheese, hot red pepper, thyme and ground beef, olive oil and Mediterranean spices.

Baklava

a rich, sweet dessert pastry made of layers of filo filled with chopped pistachios or walnuts and held together with honey and sugar syrup.

**GUESTS CHOOSE BETWEEN MEAT OR VEGETARIAN ENTREE**

Shawarma

chicken, mayonnaise, and pickles, wrapped in pita bread.

Maqluba

“upside down” rice with eggplant. Vegetarian Entree

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

https://welcomeneighborstl.com/events/st-michaels-st-george-episcopal-church-supper-club/?fbclid=IwAR0TC00QnBKo1iEx1bszerzQQoLQXThF2GWPqAAenJdTARFQw7nNked4C-c

“Two Trains Running” tells the story of the longtime regulars who gather at the local diner in Pittsburgh’s Hill District to gossip, flirt, and play the numbers. Against the backdrop of the civil rights movement, the diner’s owner must decide whether to let the city take over his building or sell it to a shrewd local businessman. The result is a compassionate and unforgettable portrait of history unfolding around everyday life.

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

http://theblackrep.org