Culture Club

KFUO/LCMS: An interesting theory (or two) posted on “Brothers of John the Steadfast”

Sarah Bryan Miller — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:20:39 +0000

The Brothers of John the Steadfast, as noted before, is a website for conservative members of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. It’s run by Pastor Tim Rossow; he’s leader of an LCMS church in a Naperville, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. BJS…

Jason Samuels Smith taps into tap

Calvin Wilson — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:29:06 +0000

If you’re a fan of tap sensation Savion Glover, you may want to check out another hip-hop-influenced dancer.

Like Glover, Jason Samuels Smith is a veteran of the musical, “Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da…

More on Opera Theatre’s “Brundibar”

Sarah Bryan Miller — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:09:58 +0000

(Photos by Eric Woolsey)

There wasn’t space in my review of Opera Theatre of St. Louis’s production of Brundibar to say everything that deserved to be said - so let me fill in some of the gaps here.

First, although critics really aren’t supposed…

OTSL: More on the Wexford Festival

Sarah Bryan Miller — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:07:32 +0000

The ghosts aren't scary; neither are the numbers.

Ireland’s Wexford Festival, which is now in partnership with Opera Theatre of St. Louis, has released the figures for its 58th season - and they’re pretty heartening.

Wexford, a co-producer of OTSL’s production of…

First Night returns to Grand Center

Sarah Bryan Miller — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:23:32 +0000

Jeff Raz and friend

By Diane Keaggy

First Night, the family-friendly, alcohol-free New Year’s Eve party, will return to Grand Center with an array of music, art, storytelling, theater and circus.

Jeff Raz of the Clown Conservancy in San Francisco and Lazer Vaudeville,…

Jazz at the Film Fest

Calvin Wilson — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:58:34 +0000

If you’re a jazz fan, three of the films screening at the St. Louis International Film Festival are essential viewing.

Interested in a quick but informative introduction to the current scene? Check out “Icons Among Us:…

Philip Barnes gets birthday wishes

Sarah Bryan Miller — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:19:18 +0000

The birthday boy contemplates the performance.

St. Louis Chamber Chorus artistic director Philip Barnes is on sabbatical this year, from both his day job teaching classics at John Burroughs School and his work with the SLCC. He and his family -…

Recitals: To be young, gifted, and Zach

Sarah Bryan Miller — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:26:47 +0000

Zach Hemenway at St. Peter's/Ladue (Post-Dispatch file photo)

When two of my stories converge, clearly, I have some obligation to be on hand.

16 months ago I wrote an article about a gifted St. Louisan, organist Zach Hemenway, who had just finished…

Review: Sir Andrew Davis, Robert Levin, and the SLSO in a bright, happy evening at Powell

Sarah Bryan Miller — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:28:58 +0000

When the evening’s soloist seats himself at the piano and announces, “The cadenzas shall be improvised without the slightest forethought,” and adds, “Those of you who get carsick should fasten your seatbelts,” you know you’re in for either a very…

KFUO/LCMS: Another paper picks up on the story

Sarah Bryan Miller — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:39:21 +0000

Another St. Louis-area newspaper has picked up on the KFUO story: The Webster-Kirkwood Times.

The Times, whose delivery area stretches as far west across I-270 as (approximately) my back fence, is a good local paper, covering crime reports from area suburbs…