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To the top

Tram rides resume at the Arch.

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Saint Louis Science Center to host exhibit.

11 Racette to direct

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis announces plans.

13 "Unforgettable" Film fails to live up to its name.

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18 The sketchbook EAC hosting a unique exhibit.

19 Cirque Italia

Performances planned in St. Louis.

Friday May 12 __________ Art Fair at Laumeier, Laumeier Sculpture Park Dirty Dancing- The Classic Story on Stage, Fabulous Fox Theater, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Scottrade Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

School of Rock end of season concert, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 5:30 p.m.

Indigo Girls, w/Dom Kelly of a Fragile Tomorrow, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

L i n c o l n D u rh a m , w / ( T B A ) , Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

The Right Hooks, Mr. Wilson's Heroes, Corona Covet, Shotgun Abby, Cicero's, University City, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Joey DeFrancesco Quartet, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

The Hats of Stephen Jones, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs until September 3, 2017 Currents 113: Shimon Attie-Lost in Space (After Huck), Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until June 25, 2017 The Modern Meal: Sustenance

Through Ritual, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until August 6, 2017 Spectacle and Leisure in Paris: Degas to Mucha, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until May 21, 2017 #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018 Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until July 16, 2017

Saturday May 13 __________ Art Fair at Laumeier, Laumeier Sculpture Park Dirty Dancing- The Classic Story on Stage, Fabulous Fox Theater, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

The Hill Wine Walk, Berra Park on the Hill, 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

L i v e M u s i c : D r. Z h i v e g a s , Lumiere Live, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

Leif Vollebekk, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

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Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Mom Show!, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

SammyHagar tribute “RED”, Pop's, Sauget, Doors 7:00 p.m.

A Night In the Clouds 3, Cicero's, University City, Doors 6:00 p.m.

Joey DeFrancesco Quartet, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

The Hats of Stephen Jones, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs until September 3, 2017 Currents 113: Shimon Attie-Lost in Space (After Huck), Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until June 25, 2017 The Modern Meal: Sustenance Through Ritual, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until August 6, 2017 Spectacle and Leisure in Paris: Degas to Mucha, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until May 21, 2017 #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018 Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until July 16, 2017

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National Park Service

The Gateway Arch in downtown St. Louis.

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ourney to the Top tram rides at the Gateway Arch have re-opened to the public. The trams closed in late 2016 to replace the motor generator sets and improve the tram electrical system.

Currently, the south tram is operating, while the north tram is undergoing the upgrade. Trams are expected to be at 100% capacity in the coming weeks.

“We are happy to welcome visitors back to the top of the Arch,” says Rhonda Schier, Chief, Museum Services and Interpretation, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. “The Arch stands as a monument to exploration and adventure, and our visitors tell us that a tram ride to the top offers a multisensory adventure like nothing else that culminates in a sky-high view equal to none.

The vast stretch of Illinois to the east, the city landmarks to the west, and the mighty Mississippi directly below are significant to regional history and the national story.”

IMPORTANT VISITOR INFORMATION: Visitors must have a timed ticket to enter the monument. Journey to the Top tram ride tickets and Arch Entry-Only tickets are

available to purchase at the Old Courthouse, by calling 877-982-1410 or online at www. gatewayarch.com/buytickets. Due to the likelihood that tram rides will sell out, is strongly recommended that visitors purchase their tram tickets in advance.

• Journey to the Top: Includes entrance to the Visitor Center, tram ride and Monument to the Dream documentary.

• Arch Entry-Only: Includes entrance to the Visitor Center and Monument to the Dream documentary.

The Arch is accessible only by foot via the Walnut Street Bridge, located at Memorial Drive and Walnut Street near the Old Cathedral; the Arch Grand Staircase, located on the Mississippi Riverfront; and the park’s North Gateway entrance at Laclede’s Landing. Visitors can enter the Arch via the North Leg at this time.

The Arch Store, located in the Visitor Center, is also open and sells a variety of Arch- and St. Louis-themed gifts, apparel, memorabilia and even homemade fudge.

The Old Courthouse is the Arch Ticketing & Visitor Center during construction and the start of guests’ Gateway Arch experience.

It hosts free exhibit galleries focusing on early St. Louis, Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery expedition, and the settlement of

the Great Plains, as well as restored original courtrooms, and an exhibit gallery focused on Dred and Harriet Scott and their freedom suit.

Visitors can also explore the revitalized Gateway Arch park grounds, and enjoy more than five miles of new pedestrian pathways, a diverse mix of trees, and the North Gateway, a 7.5- acre park space that includes the Lewis & Clark Explorers’ Garden and a raised walkway featuring views of the Eads Bridge and Mississippi River.

PARKING AND ROAD CLOSURES REMINDER: A list of several downtown St. Louis parking locations within walking distance of the Old Courthouse and the Gateway Arch is available at http:// getaroundstl.com. Metered street parking is also available in Downtown St. Louis.

Visitors are encouraged to check www. gatewayarch.com/directions for up-to-date information on road detours and construction before their visit.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit www. gatewayarch.com, www.nps.gov/jeff, or www.facebook.com/gatewayarchNPS; or call 877-982-1410. Reservations for free National Park Service interpretive programs and events at the Old Courthouse are not required, but large groups should call 314-

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655-1614 to alert the Old Courthouse of their attendance.

The Gateway Arch and the Old Courthouse are part of Jefferson National Expansion Memorial located on the riverfront in downtown St. Louis. The Gateway Arch, which features the Journey to the Top tram ride and the documentary film Monument to the Dream, is open daily during the winter from 9 am to 6 pm, and from 8 am to 10 pm Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. The Old Courthouse, which features westward expansion exhibits, is open daily from 8 am to 5 pm in the winter, and from 7:30 am to 8 pm Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. The park is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. The Old Courthouse is located at 11 North Fourth Street, St. Louis, MO 63102. Most programs are FREE of charge and open to the public. Programs and events at the park are made possible by the generous support from our cooperating association, Jefferson National Parks Association, and Bi-State Development. To purchase Arch tickets, go online to www. gatewayarch.com, call 877-982-1410, or visit the Arch Ticketing & Visitor Center at the Old Courthouse. NOTE: The Arch’s museum is currently closed for renovations.

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People Saint Louis Science Center hosts historic exhibit For The Edge The Saint Louis Science Center is proud to announce its next special exhibition of 2017, The Discovery of King Tut. This 12,000 square foot exhibition provides a stunning peek of artifact replicas from one of the greatest archeological finds of the 20th century. The exhibition allows guests to walk in the footsteps of archeologist Howard Carter and experience the legendary Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb and all its treasure as they were at the moment of discovery.

The Discovery of King Tut will open on May 27. Tickets are on sale now.

Call 314.289.4400 for reservations.

Special exhibition tickets include audio guides for adults and children featuring narration right from Howard Carter's diaries.

Tickets are $8 Members-adults, $16 non-members $7 Memberschildren/seniors $14 Nonmembers Free for Children 7 and under. Group Rates, $3 off regular-price tickets available for

groups of 10 or more.

“For the first time in St. Louis, a recreation of one of archeology’s greatest discoveries, the tomb of King Tut, will be brought to life,” said Bert Vescolani, president and CEO of the Saint Louis Science Center.

“Guests will experience what Carter and his team found when they opened the tomb and unearthed the ancient artifacts.

These immaculate replicas of King Tut’s treasures, placed in a detailed recreation of the tomb, will transport guests to back to this amazing discovery.”

Guests explore the exhibit using a guided audio tour based on Carter’s diary entries, and take in the beautiful reproductions of items like the Gold Mask, Portable Shrine with Anubis Figure, Inner Gold Coffin, State Chariot, Throne of Tutankhamun and much more.

For more information or tickets, visit slsc.org, call 314.289.4424 or come to the Saint Louis Science Center at 5050 Oakland Avenue.

The mission of the Saint Louis Science Center is to ignite and sustain lifelong science and

At top, children view the golden mask of King Tut. Above, a visitor touches the Rosetta Stone. At right, a father points out an exhibit to his daughter.

Photos courtesy of the Saint Louis Science Center.

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technology learning. It is one of the top 15 science centers worldwide and was named one of the “Top 10 Science Centers for Families” by Parents magazine. The Saint Louis Science Center complex includes a five-story OMNIMAX Theater, Boeing Hall and the James S. McDonnell Planetarium. For more information about the Saint Louis Science Center, please visit slsc.org.

Premier Exhibitions, Inc. (Nasdaq:PRXI), located in Atlanta, Georgia, is a foremost presenter of museum quality exhibitions throughout the world. Premier is a recognized leader in developing and displaying unique exhibitions for education and entertainment including Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, BODIES...The Exhibition, Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs, Real Pirates in partnership with National Geographic and Pompeii: The Exhibition. The success of Premier Exhibitions, Inc. lies in its ability to produce, manage, and market exhibitions. Additional information about Premier Exhibitions, Inc. is available at the Company's web site www.PremierExhibitions.com

People People planner Shopkins Live! coming to The Fox

S h o p k i n s L i v e ! ( w w w. s h o p k i n s l i v e o n t o u r. c o m ) , t h e first live theatrical production based on the phenomenally successful Shopkins toy brand will bring the national tour to t h e F a b u l o u s F o x T h e a t re o n S u n d a y, N o v e m b e r 2 6 a t 1 : 0 0 p.m. it was jointly announced today by Gilles Paquin, President and CEO of Koba Entertainment, and Nicole Hardiman, Senior Licensing Manager at Moose Toys.

Ti c k e t s a re $ 4 5 . 5 0 , $ 3 5 . 5 0 , $30.50, $25.50, $20.20 and may be purchased online at metrotix. com, by calling 314-534-1111, or in person at the Fabulous Fox Box Office.

Based on America’s #1 toy brand, Youtube sensation and international toy phenomenon created in Australia by Moose Toys, Shopkins Live! will feature The Shoppies and Shopkins characters taking the stage with an all new storyline, original pop music and video highlights as ‘Jessicake’, ‘Bubbleisha’, ‘Peppa-Mint’ and friends prepare for Shopville’s annual “Funtastic Food and Fashion Fair”.

“Shopkins is literally on every child’s wish list,” commented Paquin, who also serves as Executive Producer of Shopkins Live! “Koba Entertainment’s partnership with an innovative and leading toy manufacturer l i k e M o o s e To y s a l l o w s u s t o bring one of the most successful toy brands in history to life on stage.”

“We are thrilled to have Koba E n t e r t a i n m e n t p re s e n t i n g o u r first-ever live theatrical show for Shopkins,” added Hardiman.

“This will be a fantastic event featuring the Shopkins and Shoppies in an amazing adventure that our North American fans can experience.”

Since its launch in 2014, the Shopkins brand continues to be a h o t t i c ke t i t em fo r c h i l d re n worldwide. Shoppies dolls consistently rank as the #1 kids toy in the U.S.; the firstever Shopkins movie, Shopkins C h e f C l u b , w a s re l e a s e d l a s t year by Universal Pictures Home E n t e r t a i n m e n t ; a n d n u m e ro u s dedicated apps continue to expand the brand’s ever-growing world.

S h o p k i n s L i v e ! w i l l ru n f o r approximately 90 minutes, with one 15-minute intermission.

For more information on S h o p k i n s L i v e ! v i s i t w w w. s h o p k i n s l i v e o n t o u r. c o m a n d sign-up to be the first to hear about the pre-sale offer, on-sale dates and North American tour dates.

Saint Louis Zoo to host 5K

Kick up some dust for St. Louis Children’s Hospital Make Tracks for the Zoo—now in its 3 2 n d y e a r. T h e r a c e i s s e t t o run on Sunday, May 21, 2017.

T he S a i n t L o u i s Zo o ’s a n n u a l 5K race/walk at 7:30 a.m. will wind through Forest Park, o n a U S AT F - c e r t i f i e d c o u r s e .

Participants will receive a disposable timing chip for more accurate results.

Children ages 7-12 can

participate in a half-mile fun run at 8:50 a.m.; children ages 6 and under can participate in t h e q u a r t e r- m i l e f u n ru n a t 9 a.m. All ages can participate in a timed and competitive one-mile race at 9:10 a.m.

All races begin and end near the Kiener Memorial gates of the Zoo at the corner of Washington and Government Drive. All registrants will receive a complimentary performance T- s h i r t a n d c o n t i n e n t a l breakfast (while supplies last).

Aw a rd s w i l l b e p re s e n t e d t o overall winners and first place finishers in each age bracket for the 5K and one-mile races at a ceremony at 9:30 a.m. in the Anheuser-Busch Theater in The Living World building.

After the race, join St. Louis Children's Hospital for Just Like You at the Zoo activities that teach children why it's important for people—and Zoo animals— t o t a k e c a re o f t h e i r b o d i e s .

C h i l d re n c o l l e c t a n i m a l c a rd s at four stations throughout the Zoo and can win a prize after the cards are collected.

For individuals participating in the 5K or 1-mile races, registration is $20 for those who register online by April 16, $25 from April 17-May 20 and $30 on race day. Kids’ run registration for children ages 12 and under is $12 per child in advance and $ 1 5 o n r a c e d a y. T h e f a m i l y registration, which includes two 5K/1-mile registrants and two kids’ run registrants, is $55 through April 16 and $60 from April 17-May 14. Free parking is provided on the Zoo’s north and south lots before 8 a.m. on race day. Spaces are limited.

Registration is available online at stlzoo.org/maketracks through May 20. In-person registration is also available in The Living World on race day (May 21) from 6-8:45 a.m.

Proceeds help support the conservation efforts of the Saint Louis Zoo at home and around the world. Make Tracks for the Zoo is sponsored by St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Mid America Chevy Dealers, Prairie Farms Dairy and Big River Race Management with media support from KNOU Now 96.3.

CEO. “We are honored to have the opportunity to host this exhibition, which represents an iconic period in our country’s history. We are the only museum in the Midwest to host this exhibition, which is so special for the city of St. Louis. We feel very honored because we know that for many people this will be a once- in-a-lifetime chance to see these artifacts.”

In addition to the Apollo 11 command module Columbia, the only portion of the historic spacecraft to complete the first mission to land a man on the moon and safely return him to Earth, the exhibition will feature: • Star Chart: The chart shows the positions of the sun, moon and stars at the time Apollo 11 was scheduled to leave Earth’s orbit and head for the moon.

• Rucksack #1, Survival Kit: One of two rucksacks filled with equipment to help the crew

survive for up to 48 hours in the event of an emergency landing s o m e w h e re o n E a r t h . T h e k i t includes three water containers, a radio beacon and spare battery, t h re e p a i r s o f s u n g l a s s e s , s i x packages of desalting chemicals, a seawater desalter kit, two survival lights, a machete and two bottles of sunscreen.

• Aldrin’s Extravehicular Vi s o r : B u z z A l d r i n w o re t h i s outer helmet while on the surface of the moon. It fit over his clear pressure-bubble helmet.

• Aldrin’s Extravehicular Gloves: These gloves have a n o u t e r, c u t - r e s i s t a n t s h e l l of Chromel-R fabric across the hands to prevent fatal air leaks caused by handling sharp objects and gauntlets to protect against solar heating. The blue fingertips were made of silicone rubber to provide more sensitivity for touching.

Vescolani said, “‘Destination Moon’ will help visitors of all ages to appreciate the accomplishment of the Moon Landing and all of the work that went into making it happen. We hope the exhibition inspires our guests to think about what is next in space discovery. Perhaps one of them will play a role in exploring Mars and beyond.”

Saint Louis Science Center The mission of the Saint Louis Science Center is to ignite and sustain lifelong science and technology learning. Named a Smithsonian Institution Affiliate in 2016, the Saint Louis Science Center features more than 700 interactive exhibits, as well as a five-story OMNIMAX Theater, Boeing Hall and the James S. McDonnell Planetarium. For more information about the Saint Louis Science Center, please visit slsc.org.

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“Destination Moon” will be at the Saint Louis Science Center from April 14 to Sept. 3, 2018. The 49th anniversary of the moon landing is July 20, 2018.

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People People planner Events planned in Alton area

The Alton Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau has announced the following events.

Alton Little Theater: Man of La Mancha (Musical) May 12-14, 16-21 Starting at 2 p.m. on Sundays and every other day at 7:30pm Alton Little Theater 2450 N. Henry Street Alton, IL 62002 (618) 462-6562 One of the most beautiful storytelling musicals of all time. Miguel de Cervantes, aging and an utter failure as playwright, poet and tax collector, has been thrown into a dungeon in Seville to await trial by the inquisition for an offense against the church. There is a dragged before a kangaroo court of his fellow prisoners, who plan to confiscate his few possessions- including the uncompleted manuscript of a novel, Don Quixote. A timeless and inspirational tale for all those who have faith and believe that love and friendship can right the world.

For tickets, call (618) 462-3205 Admission $17/Adult $10/Student Alton Farmers' & Artisans' Market Every Saturday starting May 13 and running through Oct., 14, 2017 8:00am to 12:00pm Corner of Landmarks and Henry Landmarks Blvd Alton, IL 62002 There will be an abundance of delicious fresh produce, crafts, baked goods, plants & flowers, locally-raised hormone-free meat, handmade soaps, jewelry, artwork, pottery, art demonstrations and more at the Alton Farmers' & Artisans' Market. Admission is free for shoppers and there is plenty of parking at its new permanent location in the city-owned parking lot at the corner of Landmarks and Henry Street.

Admission Free Tower Birthday Bash Saturday, May 13, 2017 10:00am to 4:00pm Lewis & Clark Confluence Tower 435 Confluence Tower Drive Hartford, IL 62048

(618) 251-9101 Celebrate the seventh anniversary of the Lewis & Clark Confluence Tower! Cookies and punch will be served to all visitors of the Tower during regular tour hours 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. As an added plus, all Hartford residents, with a valid ID, will receive a free tour of the Tower.

Lewis & Clark: Point of Departure Saturday, May 13, 2017 and Sunday. May 14 10:00am to 4:00pm Lewis & Clark State Historic Site 1 Lewis and Clark Trail Hartford, IL 62048 (618) 251-5811 Come and commemorate the departure of the Lewis and Clark e x p e d i t i o n f ro m C a m p R i v e r Dubois. View life in 1803-1804 as the men prepare for their departure and re-enactors portray military life. On the grounds are craft exhibitors demonstrating early American skills, woodworking, candle making, marching drills, cooking and shooting demonstrations. For more information, call (618) 251-5811.

Admission: Free Pere Marquette Wine Club Get Together Saturday, May 13, 2017 2:00pm to 5:00pm Pere Marquette Lodge & Conference Center 13653 Lodge Blvd.

Grafton, IL 62037 (618) 786-2331 This event features free wine tasting and free appetizers for Mary Michelle Wine Club Members.

New Members can join by paying a one-time $20 fee and will receive a complementary Pere Marquette Lodge Wine Glass filled with their choice of Mary Michelle or Illinois Cellar Wines. Wine Club Members also receive 10% off lodging, dining, gift shop purchases and cases of wine purchased at Pere Marquette Lodge. Enjoy the acoustic tunes of local guitar legend, Gabie McGarra, as you sip wine and reconnect at this wine tasting event.

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F o r m o re i n f o r m a t i o n , c a l l (618)786-2331 Admission Free for Wine Club Members Alton Hauntings Walking Tour

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Admission Adults 12 & Up: $28.95 Children 4 - 11: $10.95 Children 0 - 3: Free Cheese Wine Pairing Dinner Wednesday, May 17, 2017 Starting at 6:30pm Pere Marquette Lodge & Conference Center 13653 Lodge Blvd.

Grafton, IL 62037 (618) 786-2331 Join us in the Lodge Restaurant for a gourmet dinner party like no other as we challenge our Chef to include the complex flavors of cheese in each delectable dish that is served. Then sip specialty wines chosen to complement each of the four creative courses as you enjoy the excellent company of Pere Marquette Lodge Wine Club Members. Seats for the dinner are $50 per person and include taxes and gratuity. Choose to stay the night and add two seats to your room reservation for an additional $90. Wine Club Members get an additional 10% off! Does not include room taxes or room reservations.

Call 618-786-2331 for details and to make your reservations.

Admission $50 per guest St. Peter & Paul's 9th Annual Spring Fling Saturday, May 20, 2017 - Sunday 4:00pm to 10:00pm St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church 717 State St. Alton, IL 62002

(618) 465-4221 St. Peter & Paul's Spring Fling occurs on two nights. First night, May 19, is "Adults Night" featuring over 75 local and national craft beer breweries. Beer truck, food trucks, even a wine-tasting table for the non-beer drinkers. And Jumbo Shrimp Boat Band will be performing all of your Jimmy Buffett & Parrothead favorites!

Second night, May 20, is "Kids Day" featuring Inflatables to bounce all day, video game truck, laser tag, sit down dinner by Johnson's Corner at 4 p.m., Beauty pagent, BBQ Competition, carnival games and so much more!

For more information, call (618) 465-4221.

Admission Free 4th Annual River Rat Catfish Tournament Saturday, May 20, 2017 – May 21 7:00am to 2:00pm Grafton Riverfront Front Street Grafton, IL 62037 Try to catch the biggest catfish during the Annual River Rat Catfish Tournament that will be held on the river in Grafton.

Competition is 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday. There will be food vendors and entertainment throughout both days 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.

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Admission $100/boat

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Every Saturday starting May 13 running through August 12 Starting at 7:00pm First Unitarian Church (Alton Hauntings Tour) 110 East Third St Alton, IL 62002 (217) 791-7859 Our haunted history walking tour is approximately 3 hours long and travels throughout the old downtown area of Alton, visiting many reportedly haunted sites and going into some locations (depending on availability). Each tour is led by one of our trained guides and is based on the book Haunted Alton by Troy Taylor.

Admission $25/person Mother's Day Brunch Sunday, May 14, 2017 10:00am to 5:00pm Pere Marquette Lodge & Conference Center 13653 Lodge Blvd.

Grafton, IL 62037 (618) 786-2331 Show Mom how much she means to you and take her to Pere Marquette Lodge on Mothers Day! Come enjoy the scenic views from the terrace and dining room as you partake in our huge Mothers Day Brunch that offers a number of wonderful options to appease any palate. Featuring made-toorder omelets, carving stations, traditional & unique selections of side dishes, salads and dessert including a banana’s foster station!

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The 2017 U.S. Army St. Louis Ribfest, a barbeque food festival, will take place Memorial Day weekend in Ferguson, Missouri to honor veterans while raising money for the local community.

With the U.S. Army as a title sponsor and the event taking place in a World War II Memorial Park, patriotism will be anything but in short supply at this year’s festival.

The 2017 U.S. Army St. Louis Ribfest is a four-day-long, familyfriendly event with plenty to see and do. Entry into the event is free and will feature barbeque vendors from across the country, offering all tastes and varieties of America’s favorite smoked meats. The event will also feature an array of other food vendors, live music, games and activities for the kids, plus other goods and services.

Each day, the festival will kick things off with a Color Guard ceremony and the national anthem.

This year’s benefitting charity is The Nehemiah Program. Located in Ferguson, Missouri, The Nehemiah Program works to provide all local people in need with affordable housing.

Th e p ro gra m t a rg e t s l o w to-moderate income, homeless o r n e a r- h o m e l e s s i n d i v i d u a l s and families in the area who face challenges qualifying for housing or maintaining it through their own means. The majority of people served through The Nehemiah Program are veterans themselves or families with young children.

Together, the 2017 U.S. Army St. Louis Ribfest and The Nehemiah Program are working towards rebuilding and revitalizing the city of Ferguson and supporting its community members while honoring veterans on a very special weekend.

Past Ribfest festivals have pulled over 135,000 people in the St. Louis area and are events that festival goers look forward to year after year.

Who: The 2017 U.S. Army St. Louis Ribfest What: A FREE, family-friendly barbeque and food festival When: Memorial Day Weekend 2017.

Friday, May 26 from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 27 from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Sunday, May 28 from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Monday, May 29 from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Where: January-Wabash Park, 501 N Florissant Rd., Ferguson, Missouri Why: To honor veterans on Memorial Day weekend and raise money for an extremely worthy local cause, The Nehemiah Program The 2017 U.S. Army St. Louis Ribfest invites the community to enjoy good food, a good cause, and some classic American summer fun all wrapped into one exhilarating family festival.

For more information on the 2017 U.S. Army St. Louis Ribfest or the Nehemiah Program, and how to donate to the cause, please contact Lindsay Keaton, ESM Marketing at 314-542-0400.

St. Louis walking tours begin

Lace up your most comfortable shoes and head Downtown to kickoff the 18th Season of Downtown

Wa l k i n g To u r s s p o n s o re d b y the Landmarks Association of St. Louis. The 2017 tours are held each Saturday, 10 AM to Noon, rain or shine, through October 28.

Three tour routes highlight Downtown St. Louis' amazing architecture, history and even some surprising secrets about the people and places that helped shape the city. Each tour costs $10 per adult and is free for children 12 years of age and younger. Payment is cash only.

Downtown East Tour: Meeting site: the 4th Street entrance to the Old Courthouse, between Market and Chestnut Streets. Highlights of the East Tour include the Old Courthouse, Old Cathedral, Gateway Arch, Eads Bridge, Old Post Office, Wainwright Building and a Philip Johnson-designed office building.

Downtown West Tour: Meeting s i t e : t h e m a i n M a r k e t S t re e t entrance to St. Louis Union Station Hotel, 1820 Market Street. The tour itinerary includes Union Station, Peabody Opera House, City Hall, Central Library, Campbell House Museum and Soldiers Memorial.

Wa s h i n g t o n Av e n u e To u r : Meeting site: Outside Tigin Irish Pub, 333 Washington Avenue at 4th Street. Tour goers will view historic buildings including 555 Washington Avenue, National Blues Museum, International Shoe Company, City Museum and the birthplace of St. Louis and Washington University campuses.

Reservations are not required for groups of less than 10 persons. For group bookings, dial 314-690-3140 or e-mail walkingtours314@gmail. com For information about other tours and events offered by Landmarks Association of St. Louis, visit the Landmarks Association of St. Louis, Inc. website at www.landmarks-stl. org.

Museum celebrates Route 66 in St. Louis

On Nov. 11, 2016, Route 66 celebrates its 90th anniversary. To mark this milestone, the Missouri History Museum developed Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis,

a 6,000-square-foot exhibition that explores the local history of the world-famous highway. Route 66: Main Street through St. Louis is open from June 25 through July 16, 2017.

Route 66 touched eight states and connected more than 100 cities from Chicago to Los Angeles. St. Louis was the largest city in between. As the road meandered through the city, it passed by a number of stops that were unique to St. Louis – from popular restaurants to scandalous motes. Route 66: Main Street through St. Louis tells St. Louis' distinctive story on the Mother Road.

Visitors will get their kicks learning about the motels, custard stands and tourist traps that could be found along the road as it passed through St. Louis. Route 66 through St. Louis wound its way from the bridges through downtown streets and depending on the year, provided travelers with several options for navigating through the city to the county and west.

Locals will recognize some of the iconic places they still visit today such as Ted Drewes, Crown Candy Kitchen, Carl's Drive In and The Chase Hotel. They will also rediscover places that are gone with the passage of time such as the Coral Court Motel, the Parkmoor, the Chain of Rocks Amusement Park and the 66 ParkIn Theatre. Artifacts include neon signs like the original sign from the La Casa Grande Motel on Watson, and classic cars including a 1963 Corvette Stingray convertible and a 1957 Airstream Travel Trailer.

Route 66 opened on Nov. 11, 1926, as the major highway connecting Chicago and Los Angeles. Route 66 bore the hardships of the Great Depression, taking migrants west to find a new life. It carried military transports through World War II. At its height in the 1950s and '60s, tourists traveled its length to see the sights of the Southwest and California. Route 66 bore witness to the rise of the car culture. It helped create a fascination with drive-in theaters and drive-in restaurants, with motels and cabin courts, with tourist shops and tourist traps.

By the 1970s, the interstate system offered a more efficient

way to get around the country and rendered Route 66 obsolete.

The Mother Road was officially decommissioned in 1985, with many of the states removing the shields before that. Although Route 66 is long gone, relics of it still remain across St. Louis. Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis serves as a vehicle to transport visitors back to a time when car travel was an adventure and mom-and-pop diners and motels ruled the road.

Admission is free.

The Missouri History Museum is located in Forest Park.

For more information, visit www. mohistory.org.

Airshow to mark SAFB's 100th anniversary

Scott Air Force Base will celebrate its centennial anniversary in June of 2017. To commemorate this historic milestone, the base will host an open house and airshow featuring the U.S. Air Force's Thunderbirds, set for June 10-11, 2017.

The land today known as Scott AFB was initially leased in June of 1917, and by September of that year, it was officially established as Scott Field. Scott AFB is the fourth oldest continuously active base in the U.S. Air Force, and the only Air Force base named in honor of an enlisted member, Corporal Frank S. Scott.

Scott Field originally served as a pilot training field during World War I and hosted a modified Curtiss JN-4 “Jenny” aircraft used as an air ambulance. By 1921, the mission at the field changed and Scott became a lighter-than-air station hosting balloons and dirigibles.

By 1937, the lighter-than-air era ended for the entire Army Air Corps

and the War Department intended to move the General Headquarters Air Force from Langley Field, Virginia to Scott Field. America’s entry into World War II would change that plan.

The Army Chief of Staff changed Scott’s primary mission in 1939 making it a communications training location. Even after the birth of the U.S. Air Force in 1947, Scott AFB would continue as a communications training installation graduating over 150,000 communications operators and maintenance personnel by 1959.

By 1964, Scott became responsible for all aeromedical transportation within the U.S, and by 1975, the base was responsible for worldwide patient movement.

Throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s, the Scott AFB’s mission continued to evolve and change with the addition of new aircraft and units.

Scott’s present flying mission showcases the integration of the Active Duty, Reserve, and National Guard components of the U.S. Air Force.

The 375th Air Mobility Wing (Active Duty) and the 932d Airlift Wing (Reserve) fly operational support airlift for priority passengers in the C-21 and C-40 aircraft respectively, while the 126th Air Refueling Wing (IL Air National Guard) conducts worldwide KC-135 air refueling missions.

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Visitors can now watch the spring season evolve at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers from 50, 100 and 150 feet high.

The Tower, located at 435 Confluence Tower Dr., Hartford, IL, is open Wednesdays through Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from Noon to 5 p.m.

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Music Tuning in Rock of the '70s Tour Santana returning to planned St. Louis Four-famed acts will appear at The Family Arena in St. Charles on Oct. 14.

Foghat’s live performances show why the band is still around today and why they will be able to keep on rockin’ as long as they want. This band truly is timeless. Constant touring is part of their DNA and the band just loves to play. Their live show is as intense as ever with the incredible energy and musicianship that one would expect and hope for from a seasoned band with such a long musical history and they are bringing their fans along for the ride.

Foghat fans are everywhere and these days their audience consists of all ages. From the young kids who play Guitar Hero III and know all of the lyrics to ‘Slow Ride’, to the Dazed & Confused generation of 30-40 somethings and the ‘boomers’ who bought Foghat’s first vinyl or 8 track!

Firefall was one of the first bands to bring the creative and musical richness of the Rocky Mountain area to the forefront of the industry.

They helped spearhead the birth and continuation of the country rock / folk rock sound of the 70's. The band continues to dazzle audiences with their exuberant and rocking performances - this was no 'light rock' band. FIREFALL is a group of exceptional musicians and singers, with a repertoire of recognizable songs few bands can match.

Their many hits - "You Are The Woman," "Just Remember I Love You," "Strange Way," " Cinderella," "Mexico," " Livin' Ain't Livin'," " So Long," " Goodbye I Love You," " Sweet and Sour" and others - are faithfully recreated with a freshness rare in live performances of such classics.

Formed from the cream of Atlanta’s studio musicians, the Atlanta Rhythm Section (actually hailing from nearby Doraville, Georgia) came together in 1970 after working on a Roy Orbison recording session. In 1977, “So In To You” became the band’s breakthrough single, reaching the U.S. Top 10, and the album from which it came, A Rock And Roll Alternative, went gold. Their platinum follow-up album, Champagne Jam, broke into the Top 10 in 1978, together with the blockbuster single “Imaginary Lover” (“I’m Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight” was another major hit from the same album).

From their beginnings in midSixties Ohio as a group of friends playing cover tunes to the presentday unit featuring founding member/pedal-steel innovator John David Call, veteran bassist Mike Reilly, propulsive drummer Scott Thompson and guitar ace Donnie Clark, Pure Prairie League continues to embellish the rich 43-year history of one of Country-Rock’s pioneering forces.

Tickets can be purchased at the Family Arena Ticket Office or online at www.metrotix.com.

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Santana will bring his Tr a n s m o g r i f y To u r 2 0 1 7 t o the Fabulous Fox Theatre on Wednesday, July 12 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $150, $125, $99, $89, $79, $69 and may be purchased online at metrotix.com, by calling 314-5341111, or in person at the Fabulous Fox Box Office.

For forty years and as many albums later, Santana has sold more than 100 million records and reached more than 100 million fans at concerts worldwide. To date, Santana has won ten GRAMMY® Awards and three Latin GRAMMY® Awards. He won a record-tying nine GRAMMYs for a single project for 1999’s Supernatural (including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for “Smooth”) as well as three Latin GRAMMY’s. He has also received the Billboard Century Award (1996), was ushered into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1998), received the Billboard Latin Music Awards’ Lifetime Achievement honor (2009), and was the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors Aw a rd ( 2 0 1 3 ) . A m o n g m a n y other honors, Carlos Santana has been cited by Rolling Stone as #15 on their list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.” And, with the 2014 release of Corazón, Santana surpassed the Rolling Stones and is one of only two music acts in Billboard history to score

at least one Top Ten album for six consecutive decades from the 1960s on.

April 15, 2016 marks the release date of Santana IV, the wildly anticipated studio album that reunites the revered early ‘70s lineup of guitar icon Carlos Santana (guitar, vocals), Gregg Rolie (keyboards, lead vocals), Neal Schon (guitar, vocals), Michael Carabello (percussion) and Michael Shrieve (drums). Santana IV features 16 allnew tracks written and produced by the band that burst with the same unparalleled energy and superlative musicianship that made Santana a pioneering force in world music and a household name across the globe. Santana IV debuted at #5 on Billboard’s Top 200 Chart and marks Santana’s fourteenth Top 10 album.

Santana is currently headlining a multi-year residency at House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. In the fall of 2014, Carlos Santana released his memoir “The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story to Light.”

Menzel to appear at The Fox

After releasing her fifth solo studio album idina. last fall, Tony Award-winning superstar Idina Menzel announced today that she will head out on a 50+ city global spring & summer tour that will include a stop at the Fabulous Fox Theatre on Tuesday, August 15 at

7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $150, $85, $65, $45 and can be purchased online at metrotix. com, by calling 314-534-1111, or in person at the Fabulous Fox Box Office.

The tour will begin in Japan on March 29, 2017 and visit Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo before Idina begins the North American leg of the tour on April 7, 2017 with a hometown Long Island show in New York at the Nassau Coliseum.

She will travel through major U.S. cities including Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, New Orleans, Nashville and Las Vegas before the tour concludes on September 3, 2017 in Phoenix, AZ. European tour dates will be announced shortly.

American Express Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Wednesday, January 18 at 10 am local time through Thursday, January 26 at 10 pm local time. An artist presale will also begin at 10 am local time on January 18. Tickets for the general public will go on sale Friday, January 27 at 10 am local time. Please visit www.idinamenzel. com/tour for all details. .Called “the Streisand of her generation” by The Denver Post, Idina has captivated audiences at sold-out concerts around the world with her irresistible charm, wit and unparalleled vocal prowess.

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and her own personal catalogue. “[Idina] sings beyond anyone’s i d e a o f re a s o n a b l e v o c a l o r emotional limits…” – New York Magazine “[Idina has a] tear-down-thehouse voice and commanding personality...” – Variety Idina willl play the role of CC in the contemporary remake of the classic film Beaches, which premieres Saturday, January 21 on Lifetime at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Her voice is also featured on the Beaches EP, which includes classic songs from the 1988 original film, along with new tracks recorded specifically for the remake. The EP was released on January 13 by Warner Bros. Records and is available for purchase now at https://wbr.ec/wbmw.

Tony Award-winning icon Idina Menzel has a diverse career that traverses stage, film, television and music. Idina's voice can be heard as Elsa in Disney’s global box office smash FROZEN, in which she sings the film’s Oscar-winning song “Let It Go,” and in the follow-up short, FROZEN FEVER. After Idina’s performance of the multi-platinum song at the 86th annual Academy Awards, she made history as the first person with both a Billboard Top 10 hit and a Tony Award for acting. Idina capped 2016 with the release of her fifth original solo studio album idina., and filmed Lifetime’s remake of Beaches, set to air January 21, 2017, in which she portrays the role of ‘CC,’ made famous by Bette Midler.

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Ms. Racette, a consummate artist who has performed leading roles at major opera houses around the world, most notably as a favorite of the Metropolitan Opera and the San Francisco Opera, is best known as one of today’s most renowned singing actresses. Her captivating portrayals of heroines from the height of Italian opera and her fearless performances in major new American operas have won worldwide acclaim. As The Huffington Post has noted, “In this moment, Patricia Racette commands the stage with an authority that is reminiscent of Te b a l d i a n d C a l l a s … R a c e t t e suspends time and transports the witness to rare heights of lyrical enchantment.”

Ms. Racette’s recent performances include the title role in Salome at the Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and Pittsburgh Opera, as well as her ro l e d e b u t i n L a d y M a c b e t h of Mtsensk with the English National Opera, and celebrated performances as Giorgetta in Il tabarro with Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Minnie in La fanciulla del West at The Santa Fe Opera.

Her new production of La traviata will open at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis on May 19, 2018 and will receive eight performances through June 23, 2018. The production will feature soprano Sydney Mancasola and tenor Geoffrey Agpalo, two former OTSL Gerdine Young Artists, as Violetta and Alfredo, with Joo Wan Kang making his OTSL debut as Germont.

Christopher Allen will conduct. La traviata marks Ms. Racette’s return to OTSL, where she appeared early in her career as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni in 1993 and in the title role in 1994’s Iphigenia in Tauris. Both were important opportunities for Ms. Racette, who would then make her Metropolitan Opera debut in La bohème in 1995.

In addition to her continuing her own performance engagements, her debut as a stage director follows a gradual expansion of her career, including her increasing role as a much-sought after master class artist. Most recently, she piloted an intensive seminar with the San Francisco Conservatory called “Integrative Artistry” in January 2017. Thanks to this highly successful pilot, there are now plans for the program to be presented in a number of cities across the United States in the year to come. The seminar’s mission is to help artists better draw upon their uniquely personal interpretive thumbprint as they bring to life the story of each character they portray. It is this same philosophy that Ms. Racette plans to incorporate into her directorial vision for La traviata.

“For me, La traviata in its purest form is a story encompassing the

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I so look forward to collaborating and discovering what each one of these talented young singers has to say as they reveal their unique imprints on this indelible and timeless story,” Ms. Racette commented on the upcoming production.

Opera Theatre has a wellknown track record of introducing audiences to extraordinary singers with major performance debuts.

By engaging Ms. Racette for her directorial debut, the company continues its long history of also launching other artists into new creative roles in opera. OTSL provided American debuts for stage directors Jonathan Miller and Graham Vick, for example, and provided early opportunities for such stage directors as Robert Carsen, Mark Lamos, Nic Muni, Stephen Wadsworth, and Francesca Zambello. More recently, the company has offered the acclaimed directorial debut of designer Isaac Mizrahi (A Little Night Music, 2010), the first opera from Grammy Award-winning composer Terence Blanchard and Pulitzer Prizewinning playwright Michael Cristofer (Champion, 2013), and the first opera libretto by Pulitzer finalist Rajiv Joseph (Shalimar the Clown, 2016).

“We are thrilled that Patricia Racette is returning to Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and we are simply honored to be presenting her debut as a stage director,” said Timothy O’Leary, OTSL’s General Director. “I have been deeply moved by her performances onstage over the years, and it is now a special privilege to be collaborating in this new way.”

Opera Theatre’s Artistic Director James Robinson commented, “I

have had the enormous pleasure of directing Patricia over the years, and the one thing that always struck me was just how completely aware she is of all the inner workings of staging an opera, from scenery to lights to costumes to how a scene is constructed and executed. I have also seen Patricia working with young singers in masterclass settings where her ability to communicate and inspire is nothing short of – well – ‘directorial.’ So it was perfectly natural that I asked if she might want to expand the great work she is already doing as a singer and take on her first directing assignment. She confided that this is something she had been thinking about for a while and enthusiastically said yes.”

Ms. Racette added, “My collaborations with James Robinson over the years have confirmed that he not only has the eye of a director but the heart and mind of a true musician. His style of collaborative inclusion has been – and continues to be – the cornerstone of my respect and enthusiasm for his work. I will always happily be on my 'usual side' of the stage with him in the director's chair, and I am thrilled that he had the idea to welcome me into the realm of a director!”

La traviata is part of Opera Theatre’s 2018 Festival Season.

OTSL has previously announced one other title in the upcoming season, Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang’s An American Soldier, which will have its world premiere as a full-length two-act opera after being initially presented as a one-hour chamber opera as part of Washington National Opera’s American Opera Initiative.

The other operas in the season will be announced in May 2017 when tickets for the new season go on sale.

Opera Theatre’s 2017 Festival

Season runs from May 20 – June 25, 2017, and features Puccini’s M a d a m e B u t t e r f l y, a n e w performing version of Ricky Ian Gordon and Michael Korie’s The Grapes of Wrath, the American premiere of Philip Glass and Christopher Hampton’s The Trial, Mozart’s Titus (La clemenza di Tito), and the young artist concert Center Stage, which this year will honor the legacy of Music Director Stephen Lord as he prepares to become Music Director Emeritus. Tickets and information are available online at ExperienceOpera.org or by phone at (314) 961-0644.

About Patricia Racette Soprano Patricia Racette has appeared in the most acclaimed opera houses of the world including t h e M e t ro p o l i t a n O p e r a , S a n Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Canadian Opera Company, Royal Opera House, La Scala, Paris Opera, Theater an der Wien, Teatro Liceu, and the Bayerische Staatsoper. Established as a great interpreter of Janáček and Puccini, she has gained particular acclaim for her portrayals of the title roles of Madama Butterfly, Tosca, Jenufa, Kátya Kabanová, and all three lead soprano roles in Il Trittico. Her repertory now expands to include triumphant portrayals of Strauss’s Salome, Minnie in La Fancuilla del West, Katerina in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, and Elle in La voix humaine. She has been a favorite on The Met: Live in HD series as both leading lady in Madama Butterfly, Tosca, and Peter Grimes as well as the celebrated host for multiple other productions.

A champion of new works, Ms. Racette has created roles in a number of world premieres, including Leslie Crosbie in Paul Moravec’s The Letter at The Santa Fe Opera, Roberta Alden in Tobias Picker ’s An American Tragedy at

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the Metropolitan Opera, the title role in Tobias Picker’s Emmeline at the Santa Fe Opera (broadcast on PBS/Albany Records audio), Love Simpson in Carlisle Floyd’s Cold Sassy Tree at the Houston Grand Opera, and most recently, the title role in Tobias Picker's Dolores Claiborne at the San Francisco Opera.

Upcoming projects include concert appearances as Salome with the Minnesota Orchestra, command performances of her cabaret album Diva on Detour in Vail, her role debut as Magda in Menotti’s The Consul, a role and house debut in Weill’s Street Scene for Madrid’s Teatro Real, and a return to Barcelona’s Teatro Liceu for Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.

Born and raised in New Hampshire, Ms. Racette studied jazz and music education at North Texas State University. Among her recognitions are an Opera News Award, the prestigious Richard Tucker Award, and the Marian Anderson Award.

About Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Opera Theatre of Saint Louis is one of the leading American opera companies, known for a spring festival of inventive new productions, sung in English, featuring the finest American singers and accompanied by members of the St. Louis Symphony.

As of its 2016 Festival Season, Opera Theatre has presented 25 world premieres and 26 American premieres — which may be the highest percentage of new work in the repertory of any U.S. company.

Described by the Sunday Times of London as “one of the few American companies worth the transatlantic fare,” Opera Theatre of Saint Louis annually welcomes visitors from nearly every state and close to a dozen foreign countries. Although the size of the theater typically limits box office income to less than a quarter of the budget, the company has consistently produced work of the highest quality while never accumulating a deficit.

Opera Theatre also has a long tradition of discovering and promoting the careers of the finest operatic artists of the current generation. Among the artists who had important early opportunities at Opera Theatre are Christine Brewer, Susan Graham, Nathan Gunn, Patricia Racette, Thomas Hampson, Jerry Hadley, Dawn U p s h a w, M a t t h e w P o l e n z a n i , Sylvia McNair, Erie Mills, Dwayne Croft, Kelly Kaduce, and Lawrence Brownlee.

Opera Theatre has always been known for distinguished leadership: founding general director Richard Gaddes was succeeded in 1985 by general director Charles MacKay, with famed British stage director Colin Graham as artistic director and Stephen Lord (1992 – present) as music director. Timothy O’Leary was named general director in October 2008 with acclaimed stage director James Robinson succeeding the late Colin Graham.

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis is funded in part by the Regional Arts Commission, Arts and Education Council, National Endowment for the Arts, and the Missouri Arts Council, with audience building programs s u p p o r t e d b y T h e Wa l l a c e Foundation.

Generous leadership support for the services of the St. Louis Symphony is provided by Jack C. Taylor and the Taylor family.

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QuickGlance Movie Reviews

"The Lost City of Z"

Modest and majestic at once, the films of James Gray patiently burrow their way into the souls of their characters and, maybe, into you. Gray is painterly and exacting — some might say to a fault. But his movies' revelations are complex and contradictory — full of life's messiness — and their formal textures break open with moments of transcendence.

So, yeah, I like them — particularly his last one, "The Immigrant," and his new one, "The Lost City of Z." Both are period films with a pulse and a now-ness the genre often lacks. Each plunges us into the passages of early 20th century strivers and leaves us with a shattering final image of departure. Like the tide, they overwhelm and then recede.

"He's been rather unfortunate in his choice of ancestors," is how one character explains Percy Fawcett's predicament early in "The Lost City of Z," based on David Grann's nonfiction book. Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam) is a British officer but decoration has eluded him, and his deceased, disgraced father has soiled his name.

Though craving action, he's assigned in 1906 on a mapmaking mission to the "blank spaces" of Bolivia where the British are meant to act as "referees" in a territory dispute with Brazil. The expedition into the Amazon jungles soon fills him with a romantic sense of exploration (his wife, Nina, played

by Sienna Miller, reads him Kipling's "The Explorer"), and he travels across the Atlantic in search of glory and redemption.

Success, he's told, would change his lot "considerably."

On the boat to South America, Fawcett meets his aide-decamp, Henry Costin (an excellent, heavily bearded Robert Pattinson), who initially eyes his leader warily.

RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "violence, disturbing images, brief strong language and some nudity."

RUNNING TIME: 140 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three and a half stars out of four.

"Fate of the Furious"

"The Fast and the Furious" hasn't become a billion-dollar global franchise because of its scintillating dialogue and high-minded drama. It's all about the cars, the action, the international settings and the good-looking cast.

So don't give too much thought to the story holes and convoluted plot in "The Fate of the Furious ," the eighth installment in the saga. If things don't add up or characters killed off in previous films suddenly re-emerge, just go with it, knowing that it's leading up to an epic final chase across a remote Russian ice field between sports cars, Humvees and a nuclear submarine.

Suspension of disbelief is required for these films. Remember in "Furious 7" when parachute-equipped cars fell from a cargo plane and the drivers were shown "steering" the airborne vehicles? Here, they speed across ice with unbelievable accuracy. One character even wakeboards through the tundra on a detached car door.

"F8" begins with Dom (Vin Diesel) and Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) honeymooning in Havana. Charmed by the city's car culture, they're soon in a street race — a thrilling sequence with motorcycles swooping in to stop traffic as the drivers speed by.

After finishing with his car on fire, Dom is approached by the mysterious Cipher (Charlize Theron), who blackmails him into betraying his colleagues and working for her.

Despite her ridiculous hairdo and having to utter such lines as "Your team's about to go up against the only thing they can't handle: You," Theron is a great villain. She anchors the story with her gravitas by making Cipher a convincingly capable and determined foe.

RATED: rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "prolonged sequences of violence and destruction, suggestive content, and language."

RUNNING TIME: 160 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two and a half stars out of four.

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"Free Fire"

The shootout, often a ballet, is a battle royale in Ben Wheatley's "Free Fire."

When the bullets start flying, Wheatley's arms-deal-gonewrong 1970s shoot-up comes to a crawl. There's a total absence of slow-motion cartwheels. No one miraculously walks through a wall of fire to kill the bad guys with three precise shots. Not a single Scarlett Johansson roundhouse kick is in the house.

Instead, people get maimed, bloodied and dead. There's no subsequent chase or flight from the police, just bickering and trench warfare ... for the majority of the 90 minute film.

The movie is 100 percent O.K. Corral.

It's a formally impressive feat — set nearly entirely in the same rundown warehouse — but a thin and tedious one.

The film, the British director's sixth, spends its first third gathering an ensemble of retro-outfitted characters under the glistening wet of a dark Massachusetts night. The setting and colorful, comic banter would fit into a George V. Higgins novel, or Peter Yates' 1973 adaptation of "Friends of Eddie Coyle."

It's an international, much-mustachioed array of characters. A handful of Irish Republican Army agents (Cillian Murphy, Michael Smiley) are meeting gun sellers (Sharlto Copley's South African; Babou Ceesay's former Black Panther). The deal has been brokered by a pair of savvy Americans (Brie Larson's Justine, Armie Hammer's turtle-necked Ord) and then there are a couple locals, Stevo (Sam Riley) and Bernie (Enzo Cilenti) brought in to carry the crates of assault weapons.

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "strong violence, pervasive language, sexual references and drug use."

RUNNING TIME: 90 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two and a half stars out of four.

"The Promise"

The Armenian Genocide is a curiously unexplored moment in our modern history, cinematically speaking. That fact alone makes director and co-writer Terry George's "The Promise " intriguing enough. Historical fiction generally has it over documentaries in inspiring mass interest, especially when actors as appealing as Oscar Isaac, Christian Bale and Charlotte Le Bon are involved.

And indeed, "The Promise" is a sprawling and handsome epic set around the extermination of 1.5 million Armenians in Ottoman Turkey. But despite the best of intentions, the film fails to properly explain and contextualize both what led to that disgraceful episode, which Turkey to this day denies, and why it escalated as it did. Instead, "The Promise" chooses to focus in on an unsympathetic love triangle that manages to trivialize the film overall.

The goal, as always, is to personalize the events that are too big and too devastating to look at as a whole — to make it about the lives interrupted, cut short and thrown into turmoil because of external forces. Thus we're given the character Michael Boghosian (Isaac), an Armenian medical student from a small village in Southern Turkey who uses his fiancée's dowry to study modern medicine in Constantinople. Michael isn't in love with his fiancée (Angela Sarafyan), but such is life in Siroun where marriages are arranged and he doesn't have any other choice. He kisses her goodbye and heads off to the big city, promising to return in just a few years.

Constantinople is an oasis of temptation for Michael, who essentially falls for the first woman he sees. The beguiling Ana (Le Bon) is a cosmopolitan beauty and intellectual.

RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "thematic material including war atrocities, violence and disturbing images, and for some sexuality."

RUNNING TIME: 134 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

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"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2"

In James Gunn's sequel to his swashbuckling space Western, the Guardians of the Galaxy do their version of "The Empire Strikes Back," complete with daddy issues but with a considerably more anarchic spirit and enough acerbic interplay among its interstellar gang to make Obi-Wan blush.

The wild whiz-bang of the first "Guardians" and its gleeful upending of superhero conventions was, I thought, not the second-coming others felt it was. Having sat through a meteor shower of imposingly well-made Marvel products, the toopleased-with-itself "Guardians" felt to me like an intensely scripted politician trying to smugly crack wise.

When the motley crew of scavengers reunites in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2," many of its tricks — the anachronistic '70s hits, the exotically foul-mouthed creatures — are not the sneak attack they were in 2014. But that turns out to be a good thing. No longer so busy advertising his movie's genre transgressions, Gunn, who wrote and directed the sequel, is free to swim backstrokes through his cosmic, CGI-spiced gumbo.

It's a soupy, silly spectacle that recalls, if nothing else, the weird, kaleidoscopic design of a Parliament-Funkadelic album cover. Gunn's film also shares George Clinton's goofy extravagance (and includes his song "Flashlight"), and a neoncolored cast with its own Mothership.

There are two types in the universe, Dave Bautista's muscle-mound Drax declares early on. "Those who dance and those who do not." In the "Guardians" universe, which blithely mocks just about everything, this is close to a mission statement. Whereas the first film featured Chris Pratt's Peter Quill on a faraway planet bopping to Redbone's "Come and Get Your Love," the early scenes of "Vol. 2" find the Guardians battling some giant monster while Baby Groot — the extraterrestrial tree turned sapling (voiced by Vin Diesel) — grooves to ELO's "Mr. Blue Sky." RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "intense sequences of sci-fi violence, and brief suggestive content."

RUNNING TIME: Running time: 136 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

"Unforgettable"

True story: Right after the final line of "Unforgettable" was uttered, I felt a sudden stinging on the side of my face. Someone in a nearby row at the multiplex had thrown a roasted peanut toward the screen, in what I can only assume was frustration or scorn, and it landed on me.

That peanut, I have to say, was the only unforgettable thing about "Unforgettable," a truly uneasy mishmash of a movie, in which apparent attempts at addressing serious social themes — there's a domestic violence subplot — dissolve into total camp.

Which one can't really enjoy, because it doesn't seem intentional.

The shame is that Rosario Dawson gives an earnest, sympathetic, even moving performance as the victimized character. In contrast, none of her castmates — including Katherine Heigl, trying vainly to find meaning in a ridiculously written part — seem authentic. Somebody didn't get the memo, but who?

In plot setup only, "Unforgettable" shares something with the recent wonderful thriller "Get Out" — both involve sympathetic characters of color invited into their romantic partner's lilywhite world, where, let's just say, things do NOT go as planned.

From there, "Get Out" developed into one of the cleverest films in a generation. There's nothing clever about "Unforgettable."

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America "for sexual content, violence, some language, and brief partial nudity."

RUNNING TIME: 100 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: One star out of four.

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Associated Press

This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Katherine Heigl, left, and Isabella Kai Rice in a scene from, "Unforgettable."

"Unforgettable" doesn't live up to name

By JOCELYN NOVECK Associated Press True story: Right after the final line of "Unforgettable" was uttered, I felt a sudden stinging on the side of my face. Someone in a nearby row at the multiplex had thrown a roasted peanut toward the screen, in what I can only assume was frustration or scorn, and it landed on me.

That peanut, I have to say, was the only unforgettable thing about "Unforgettable," a truly uneasy mishmash of a movie, in which apparent attempts at addressing serious social themes — there's a domestic violence subplot — dissolve into total camp. Which one can't really enjoy, because it doesn't seem intentional.

The shame is that Rosario Dawson gives an earnest, sympathetic, even moving performance as the victimized character. In contrast, none of her castmates — including Katherine Heigl, trying vainly to find meaning in a ridiculously written part — seem authentic. Somebody didn't get the memo, but who?

In plot setup only, "Unforgettable" shares something with the recent wonderful thriller "Get Out" — both involve sympathetic characters of color invited into their romantic partner's lily-white world, where, let's just say, things do NOT go as planned.

From there, "Get Out" developed into one of the cleverest films in a generation. There's nothing clever about "Unforgettable," unless you can find something sharp — no pun

intended — about two sexy women hissing at each other over a fireplace poker. (Many of us might find that depressing.)

Dawson is Julia Banks, a woman trying to escape a troubled past. She quits her job, leaves her supportive BFF behind and heads to Southern California, where her new fiance, David, awaits (Geoff Stults, doing generic handsome guy and nothing more).

Things go south from the start. Julia's attempts to bond with David's young daughter, Lily, are thwarted by his highstrung, resentful ex-wife, Tessa (Heigl.)

Although Tessa and David have been apart for a few years, Tessa cannot come to terms with the split, and seeing a woman move in with David sends her hurtling straight toward the deep end.

Denise Di Novi, a veteran producer making her directorial debut here, seems to have had higher aspirations than pure camp, but she and screenwriter Christina Hodson don't help matters (or help Heigl) by making Tessa such a one-dimensional, cartoonish shrew.

In an early scene, Tessa, whose lips are fireengine red and whose hair is white-blonde and perfectly straight, combs her daughter's hair and says, "Now you're perfect, just like Mommy."

Much of her dialogue is similarly obvious and leaden. To show us she misses her husband, the film simply has Tessa watching her wedding video, tears pouring down her face. Or asking her daughter: "Do you miss when Daddy and Mommy lived together?"

Watson can't save "The Circle"

By ROBERT GRUBAUGH For The Edge I did something after supper last night that I’m very proud of.

I went to the movies and watched an Emma Watson double feature of “Beauty and the Beast” and her new film, “The Circle”, because I could. This helps feed into the fantasy my co-workers have that I’m somehow obsessed with the young actress that was often the best part of the “Harry Potter” franchise. And why not? She seems like a good role model and has freckles that I struggle to compare to anything else in the world. Also, Bill Paxton has a small part in one of his final roles as her MS-afflicted father. “ T h e C i rc l e ” t ro u b l e s m e a little. There’s something about it that speaks to a very personal

part of myself. It’s a story of Mae Holland (Watson), a winsome twenty-something who hits the jackpot when a friend (Karen Gillan) recommends her for a great new job with The Circle, a tech lifestyle company that is a l l a b o u t s t re a m l i n i n g s o c i a l media and the day-to-day aspects of our lives to reshape how we do everything. Every.

Single. Thing. Think of it as Facebook that also buys your groceries, tracks down fugitives, rescues stranded kayakers, and convinces politicians that acting in full transparency is actually a great idea. Sounds kind of cultish to me. And that’s where I got uncomfortable. I am not an especially sociable person in the first place and social media really irritates me to no end. We should not care what other people think

about the mundane things we do each hour of the day. I won’t ever start a Facebook account of my own, something that seems rather hypocritical seeing as I spend this space every week talking about the movies I see with a community of strangers. That’s not lost on me.

Much like Mae, I feel trapped by the idea that accountability – a weakness in human beings, especially Americans and especially Millennials – should be an absolute, but also that privacy is a valuable and worthwhile expectation of our freedom.

Both are admirable things to achieve. Neither is less a basic right than the other. And yet they are diametrically opposed.

So if you wonder what keeps me up at night, there it is. The roughest part is that Mae doesn’t

really satisfy the debate for us by show’s end. She upends the craven (or blissful, relative to your POV) system run by bigwigs Eamon (Tom Hanks) and Tom (Patton Oswalt) with the help of a maverick programmer (John Boyega). The actions feel choppy at times and the whole movie is rather dated. I’d say it’s as relevant to social media in 2017 less than the “The Social Network” and more like “The Net”, the Sandra Bullock online espionage film from the 1990s that does not hold up at all (if it ever did).

I’d have loved to have seen my favorite actor portray a true villain in a thrilling drama alongside the current It Girl, even if her accent doesn’t exactly stay in character.

Instead, Hanks is all yes-man and too thin to really be of concern to anyone. I did shrivel up as some

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of the notions in this movie came about, namely when Mae started wearing a body camera 24/7.

Having just read “1984” this past winter, I was shocked that anyone might be in to something like this. But such is a world where Donald Trump is President, Kim Kardashian is more closely f o l l o w e d t h a n C o n g re s s , a n d Beyonce is the most recognizable person on the planet. We’re not far off from finding ourselves in a police state with eyeballs constantly watching our every move. And that scares me far worse than this movie could ever hope to.

“The Circle” runs 110 minutes and is rated PG-13 for a sexual situation, brief strong language, and some thematic elements including drug use. I give this film one and a half star out of four.

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Being Christian now in the Middle East

By MOLLY HENNESSY-FISKE, NABIH BULOS, JOSHUA MITNICKAND and RAMIN MOSTAGHIM Los Angeles Times CAIRO — Pope Francis boosted the spirits of Christians throughout the Middle East last week when he paid a two-day visit to Cairo, the first visit by a pontiff to Egypt in 17 years. But the pope’s visit did not change a harsh reality: Christians throughout the region find themselves under threat from political repression and violent attacks.

In Egypt, Coptic Christians have been chased from their homes, their churches and a monastery attacked. In Iraq, Assyrians have been displaced from villages, whole neighborhoods and business districts gutted

by Islamic State. In the West Bank, Iran and Lebanon, Christians have grown accustomed to celebrating under guard.

“Some of the oldest Christian communities in the world are disappearing in the very lands where their faith was born and first took root,” concluded a Center for American Progress report on the plight of Christians in the Middle East.

The Middle East-North Africa area has the highest concentration of Muslims of any region of the world: 93 percent of its more

than 340 million inhabitants.

Christians in the region face not only the threat of Islamist violence, but subtler challenges. Many wind up leaving because they can’t find jobs and face social discrimination. Countries such as Saudi Arabia make it difficult for Christians to practice their faiths openly.

We talked to Christians across the region, from Egypt to Iran.

—FACING ISLAMIC STATE IN NORTHERN IRAQ He once owned a house, a hotel, a casino, a herd of cattle and a farm in the Christian city of Qaraqosh east of Mosul, home to 50,000. Then Islamic State arrived.

Militants forced Tawfiq Abosh Jabu Sakar and most of his neighbors from their homes. They took his hundred head of cattle, his chicken coops, even his irrigation pipes. Then they burned his home and business.

“They want to make us all refugees,” said Sakar, 67, as he flipped through photos of his stolen cows.

Iraqi forces freed the area last fall, but many displaced families refused to return. The government had yet to restore running water and electricity. A Christian militia was patrolling the streets, but they feared militants still lurked nearby.

Two months ago, Sakar decided to move back.

“Christian people have a right to stay here,” he said. “Those who love the area will return and give their soul to protect it.”

Standing in the charred remains of his threestory home, Sakar picked up a piece of plaster and threw it at the cracked ceiling in frustration.

“You can’t use this house anymore. What did I do to deserve this?” he said.

—DISPLACED IN IRAQ The three women chopped walnuts in the kitchenette of their two-room trailer, then poured them into a bowl along with dried coconut. Now, as children hovered, the bakers were rolling out and cutting sweet dough to make an Easter Iraqi favorite: klecha cookies.

Islamic State militants forced the trio of Assyrians from their Christian hometown of Qaraqosh two years ago. Suad Rahim and daughters Iman, 30, and Fata, 27, had expected to stay at the trailer park in the town of Irbil for a few months. But they can’t imagine returning home.

Most of the houses and storefronts sit empty.

Militias police the area, and many citizens fear the armed groups have been infiltrated by Islamic State.

“In the night, it’s very scary,” said Rahim, 50.

“We don’t know who is who.”

So her family of eight is still sharing a trailer,

hoping to move to a house elsewhere in the Kurdish region of Iraq, or overseas.

“If they try to push us back there, we’re going to Europe,” Rahim said.

—NEAR BETHLEHEM: ‘A WITNESS TO THE LORD’ Buses rumbled past Rafat Houary’s stone villa ferrying a stream of tourists to the Shepherds Field Chapel, where Catholic tradition holds the birth of Jesus was first announced.

Standing on his balcony, the 43-year-old carpenter and fledgling craft beer brew master pointed out the hotels and restaurants on the horizon that had popped up around the holy site in the last few years as tourism to Bethlehem has picked up. Not long ago, the street was a war zone.

At the height of the Palestinian uprising at the beginning of the 2000s, the road became a battlefield for the Israeli army and Palestinian militants. Israeli tanks patrolled to enforce a curfew as the military scoured the town for gunmen and potential bombers. Many Christians from Bethlehem and suburban villages moved abroad.

“I know 100 families that moved,” said Houary. “They were looking for a better life.

They were looking for freedom. Maybe if I had a family and children at the time, I would have thought about moving.”

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STAGES announces 2017 lineup For The Edge STAGES St. Louis is proud to announce casting for its blockbuster 31st Season: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, 9 to 5, The Musical, and South Pacific. According to Artistic Director Michael Hamilton, this season’s exceptional talent “explores the triumphant powers of family, friendship, loyalty, and community in an ever challenging world.” STAGES also announces the cast for its Theatre for Young Audiences production, the fantastical family adventure, Seussical. All subscription and single tickets are on sale now.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat runs June 2nd through July 2nd.

Take a lively, colorful, and inspirational journey through ancient Egypt with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

This fun-filled musical entertainment from Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer of such musical mega-hits as Evita, Cats, and Phantom of the Opera, follows the rags-toriches story of Joseph, his eleven brothers, and the miraculous coat of many colors. Based on a biblical tale as old as time itself, Joseph comes to vivid life amid spectacular musical numbers and an enchanting rock-inflected score that includes the hit songs “Close Every Door To Me”, “Go, Go, Joseph”, and “Any Dream Will Do” making this a dream of a show for the entire family.

Starring in the show are New York Actor Jeff Sears as Joseph, and Broadway Actress Kirsten Scott as Narrator, and New York Actor Brent Michael DiRoma as Potiphar/ Pharaoh.. Jeff Sears returns to STAGES, previously appearing in last season’s Midwestern premiere of It Shoulda Been You. Off-Broadway and National Tour credits include Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon.

Regional credits include Hello, Dolly!, City of Angels, and The Little Mermaid. Making her STAGES debut, Kirsten Scott has appeared on Broadway where she originated the roles of Jenny Hill in Big Fish and Young Phyllis in the 2012 revival of Follies. Other Broadway credits include Jersey Boys and Hairspray.

Select Off-Broadway/Regional credits include A Wonderful Life, The Wedding Singer, and Oklahoma!. Scott also has appeared on television shows including “Quantico”, the “Steve Harvey Show”, and “All My Children” as well as the upcoming short film, Green.

Brent Michael DiRoma returns to STAGES, where he enjoyed a thrilling 2015 Season starring in Smokey Joe’s Café, Anything Goes, and The Full Monty. Recent National Tour credits include Jersey Boys.

St. Louis Actor Steve Isom is featured as Jacob. Isom returns for his 23rd Season at STAGES, with Joseph marking his 50th show. Isom most recently appeared in 2016 productions of The Drowsy Chaperone and Sister Act. A familiar face in St. Louis, Isom has performed at venues throughout the city, including The Muny, Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, St. Louis Actors’ Studio, and The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis.

Rounding out the cast in alphabetical order are Paul Aguirre (Napthali/Baker), Dena DiGiacinto (Asher’s Wife), Jason Eno (Judah), Jacob Flekier (Ensemble), Brad Frenette (Levi), Liz Friedmann (Issachar ’s Wife), Jeremiah Ginn (Reuben), Brittany Rose Hammond (Judah’s Wife), Drew Humphrey (Gad), Colin Israel (Simeon/Butler), Kyle Ivey (Benjamin), Julia Johanos (Levi’s Wife), Erik Keiser (Issachar), Chris McNiff (Asher), Hamilton Moore (Dan), Jacob Scott (Ensemble), Karilyn Ashley Surratt (Simeon’s Wife), Nic Thompson (Zebulon), and Molly Tynes (Mrs. Potiphar/Reuben’s Wife).

The creative team for the production includes: Stephen Bourneuf (Direction and Choreography), Lisa Campbell Albert (Musical Direction), James Wolk (Scenic Design), Brad Musgrove (Costume Design), Sean M. Savoie (Lighting Design), Stuart M. Elmore (Orchestral Design).

STAGES’ Theatre for Young Audiences production, Seussical, performed at the Playhouse @ Westport Plaza, runs June 14th through July 2nd. Let your imagination run wild in this magical, musical extravaganza as you join the Cat in the Hat and enter the fantastical world of Doctor Seuss. SEUSSICAL lovingly brings to life your favorite Seussian

characters including Horton the Elephant, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Maizie La Bird, and the little boy with a big imagination – Jojo, who whisk you away from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos. Celebrate the powers of friendship, loyalty, family, and community in this not-to-be-missed musical treat for the young and young of heart!

St. Louis Actor Ryan Cooper as The Cat in the Hat. Cooper returns to STAGES, having made his STAGES debut as the Mad Hatter in last season’s Disney’s Alice in Wonderland.

Recently, Cooper has been a cast member in the long-running Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue and the short-lived Storybook Circus Giggle Gang shows at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. Local credits include Fiddler on the Roof, Evil Dead: The Musical, and eleven seasons as Jack Frost with the St. Charles Christmas Traditions Festival.

Also starring is St. Louis Actor Colton James Kastrup as JoJo. Making his STAGES debut, Kastrup is a senior Musical Theatre major at Oklahoma City University. Regional credits include Peter Pan and Disney’s The Little Mermaid.

Rounding out the cast in alphabetical order are Anthony Arpino (Horton The Elephant), Leah Berry (Gertrude McFuzz), Galyana Castillo (Sour Kangaroo), Sarah Larson (Bird Girl #1/Mrs. Mayor), Claire Logan (Bird Girl #2), Kyle Pollak (Wickersham Brother #2), Jacob Scott (Wickersham Brother #1/Mr. Mayor), and April Strelinger (Mayzie La Bird).

The creative team for the production includes: Michael Hamilton (Direction), Ellen Isom (Choreography), Lisa Campbell Albert (Musical Direction), James Wolk (Scenic Design), Garth Dunbar (Costume Design), Jeff Behm (Lighting Design), Stuart M. Elmore (Orchestral Design).

9 to 5, The Musical runs July 21st – August 20th. Based on the seminal 1980 hit movie starring Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, and Dolly Parton, this hilarious musical romp that explores friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, romantic, and even a little bit thought provoking in its heroines’ desire to break the glass ceiling. A bright and brand new musical bon-bon for STAGES audiences and a celebration for anyone who has ever struggled with any kind of authority figure, you will laugh, cry, and ultimately cheer the exploits of Violet, Judy, and Doralee as they discover the joys of working 9 to 5!

Starring in the show are Broadway Actress Corinne Melançon as Violet Newstead, New York Actress Laura E. Taylor as Judy Bernly, and New York Actress Summerisa Bell Stevens as Doralee Rhodes. Corinne Melançon returns to STAGES, appearing last season as the title role in The Drowsy Chaperone and as Mother Superior in Sister Act. Melançon recently completed an 11-year run on Broadway in Mamma Mia! and has appeared in several other Broadway shows, including Kiss Me, Kate, Jekyll & Hyde, Big, and My Fair Lady.

Other New York credits include appearances at Carnegie Hall and Radio City Musical Hall.

Returning to STAGES, Laura E. Taylor was most recently seen in its 2016 production of The Drowsy Chaperone and 2015 production of Anything Goes. Taylor has been seen in Mame at the Kennedy Center and in the National Tours of Oklahoma! and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Regional credits include

Thoroughly Modern Millie, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and The Producers. Making her STAGES debut, Summerisa Bell Stevens has appeared regionally in West Side Story, Smokey Joe’s Café, Hairspray, Mary Poppins, and in the National Premiere of Zorro.

Also starring is Broadway Actor Joe Cassidy as Franklin Hart, Jr.. Making his STAGES debut, Cassidy most recently has appeared on Broadway as Cal in Waitress opposite Jessie Mueller. Other Broadway credits include If/ Then, Catch Me If You Can, Next to Normal, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Show Boat.

Cassidy also has appeared throughout New York at Madison Square Garden, 54 Below, Joe’s Pub, and Ars Nova. TV/Web credits include “Blue Bloods”, “Elementary”, “Law & Order”, and “Submissions Only”.

Rounding out the cast in alphabetical order are Matthew Alexander (Boys Club), Leah Berry (Missy Hart), Dena DiGiacinto (Maria), Brent Michael DiRoma (Dwayne), Kari Ely (Roz Keith), Jason Michael Evans (Joe), John Flack (Detective/Tinsworthy), Jacob Flekier (Josh), Brad Frenette (Boys Club), Brittany Rose Hammond (Daphne), Drew Humphrey (Bob Enright), Ellen Isom (Felicity), Steve Isom (Dick Bernly), Paula Landry (Anita/Candy Striper), Claire Logan (Mindi), Kendra Lynn Lucas (Kathy), Chris McNiff (Boys Club), Hamilton Moore (Boys Club), Nic Thompson (Boys Club), Zoe Vonder Haar (Margaret).

South Pacific runs September 8th through October 8th. One of the most powerful musicals of all time, this multi-award-winning classic from Rodgers and Hammerstein will sweep you away with its tale of love and loss in the SOUTH PACIFIC. Breathtaking drama, the passion of young love, and the strength of true love collide in a timeless musical story that has enchanted audiences for years.

SOUTH PACIFIC is simply not to be missed!

Starring in the show are Broadway Actor Michael Halling as Emile de Becque and St. Louis Actress Leah Berry as Ensign Nellie Forbush. Michael Halling returns to STAGES, previously appearing in its 2010 production of Promises, Promises and its 2007 production of The Full Monty. On Broadway, Halling has appeared in The Boy From Oz, The Pajama Game, A Tale of Two Cities, In My Life, and The Scarlet Pimpernel. Off-Broadway and other New York credits include Giant, The Fantasticks, and Bells Are Ringing. TV credits include “The Americans” and “Believe”. Leah Berry also returns to STAGES, most recently seen in its 2016 production of Sister Act and its 2015 production of The Full Monty. A local actress, Berry also has several credits at The Muny, which include The Wizard of Oz, My Fair Lady, Hello, Dolly!, and South Pacific.

Other regional credits include The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.

Also starring is Broadway Actor Matthew Hydzik as Lt. Joseph Cable. Making his STAGES debut, Hydzik most recently was seen in the National Tour of If/Then.

Broadway credits include Side Show, It Shoulda Been You, West Side Story, and Grease. Off-Broadway/Tour credits include Tomorrow Morning, and the National Tours of Rent, Fame, Grease, and Flashdance. New York Actor Mark DiConzo stars as Luther Billis. Making his STAGES debut, DiConzo recently choreographed and starred in the Off-Broadway revival of The Bonus Army.

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Other New York credits include the recent Lerner and Loewe Concert and Benjamin Button: The Musical. DiConzo is a co-star in the upcoming season of “Power” and was recently a co-star on “Person of Interest” and “Elementary”. New York Actor Joanne Javien stars as Bloody Mary. Making her STAGES debut, Javien appeared in the First National Tour of Thoroughly Modern Millie. In New York, Javien was seen in Two Gentlemen of Verona. Regional credits include South Pacific, Avenue Q, Miss Saigon, and Les Miserables.

Rounding out the cast in alphabetical order are Matthew Alexander (Petty Officer Hamilton Steeves), Keith Boyer (Yeoman Herbert Quale), Dominic Dowdy-Windsor (Henri/Marcel), Kari Ely (Lt. Genevieve Marshall), Laura Ernst (Ensign Sue Yaeger), John Flack (Captain George Brackett), Brad Frenette (Bob McCaffrey), Patrick Graver (Tom O’Brien), Brittany Rose Hammond (Ensign Janet MacGregor), Cody Heuer (James Hayes), Steve Isom (Cmdr. William Harbison), Julia Johanos (Ensign Dinah Murphy), Spencer Jones (Jerome), Sydney Jones (Liat), Paula Landry (Ensign Cora MacRae), Myles McHale (Stewpot), David Sajewich (Lt. Buzz Adams), April Strelinger (Ensign Connie Walewska), Nic Thompson (Kenneth Johnson), Chris Tipp (Professor), and Elle Wesley (Ngana).

The creative team for the production includes: Michael Hamilton (Direction), Ellen Isom (Choreography), Lisa Campbell Albert (Musical Direction), James Wolk (Scenic Design), Garth Dunbar (Costume Design), Sean M. Savoie (Lighting Design), Stuart M. Elmore (Orchestral Design).

STAGES St. Louis is the region's foremost not-for-profit company committed to preserving and advancing the art form of Musical Theatre through excellence in performance and education. In 2017, STAGES celebrates its 31st year of producing Broadway-quality theatre, presenting 135 performances from June through October to nearly 50,000 patrons.

STAGES opened in 1987 with a budget of $50,000 and a part-time seasonal staff of eight. Today, the company employs a fulltime staff of 25 overseeing a budget of $4.7 million. During the performance season, an additional 150 actors and crew members bring the productions to life. To date, STAGES professionals have produced 106 musicals, with over 3,500 performances, playing to more than one million patrons.

Single tickets to STAGES’ 2017 Season are on sale now and prices range from $25 - $60.

Subscriptions are still available and begin at just $105. STAGES’ Mainstage productions perform in the intimate, 377-seat Robert G. Reim Theatre at the Kirkwood Civic Center, 111 South Geyer Road in St. Louis, MO 63122.

Each Mainstage production will run for a total of five weeks with matinee and evening performances Tuesdays through Sundays.

Due to popular demand, two additional matinees have been added to the Week 2 and Week 3 Thursday performance schedule.

The Theatre for Young Audiences will run the month of June at the Playhouse at Westport Plaza, 635 Westport Plaza, St. Louis MO 63146.

For more information or to purchase tickets call 314-821-2407 or visit www.StagesStLouis. org.

New York Casting is done by Scott Wojcik and Gayle Seay of Wojcik/Seay Casting.

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The Arts

Taking a peek into an artists' world

New EAC exhibit titled "In the Raw: The Sketchbook Considered"

By JULIA BIGGS Of The Edge “In the Raw: The Sketchbook Considered” is the next Edwardsville Arts Center exhibit.

This exhibit, which opened Friday takes a deeper look at the process of art-making by giving viewers the opportunity to see inside artists’ sketchbooks.

Katie Lochhead, who has a BA from Saint Louis University and is currently pursuing an MFA at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, is curating the exhibit.

She pointed out that her SIUE professor, Brigham Dimick, who i s H e a d o f D r aw i n g a t S I U E and is also on the EAC board of directors , inquired if she’d like to curate a show focused on the sketchbook. After agreeing to curate the exhibit, Lochhead said she approached the artist selection process from two different angles. “I wanted to include artists that I was aware of as having a strong attachment to sketchbooks and for whom the process of sketchbook keeping was incredibly i m p o r t a n t t o t h e i r w o r k ,” Lochhead said. “ S e c o n d l y, I wa n t e d t o b e open to the idea of the definition of a sketchbook being very fluid.

I wanted to have sculptors and textile artists in the show if they happened to keep sketchbooks or really any contained reflection of their process that could fit in a book form,” Lochhead added.

“I sought out artists that I a d m i r e d f r o m a l l ove r t h e world and contacted them to s e e i f t h ey ke p t s ke t ch b o o k s and if they would be interested in showing them. There were several artists that I really admired, but because of the nature of their work I assumed

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This work by Don Colley, above, will be on display in the EAC's exhibit, "In the Raw: The Sketchbook Considered." Below is a work by Amy Bautz. t h a t t h ey p r o b a b ly wo u l d n ’ t ke e p s ke t ch b o o k s – n o t o n ly did they have books, they were really excited about showing t h e m . Th i s wa s p o s s i b l y my favorite part of the process. For example, we have a sketchbook from Pascale Girardin, who is an amazing installation artist who typically works with ceramics.”

She ultimately chose 17 artists to participate with her in the exhibit. They include Jay Babcock, Brandon Barnes, Amy Bautz, Don Colley, Elliot Cowan,

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Jarrett Minn Davis , Lanny D e v o u n o , Pa s c a l e G i r a r d i n , Joanna Hoge, Casey Hunt, Jessica Hunt, Courtney Jorden, S u s i e Ko r e n , Ve r o n i c a L e t o , Lauren Marx, De Nichols and Audrey Simes.

This exhibit is unique in that the presentation of work is very different from a typical exhibit.

The sketchbooks will be placed on pedestals and guests will be able to put on white gloves in order to leaf through the books. “It is such a different

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experience from approaching one finished piece on the wall o r o n a p e d e s t a l ,” L o ch h e a d said. “It is a lot more intimate and tactile. I hope that visitors are able to access a unique experience that is more personal and revealing of art practice and process.”

"Guests to the exhibit will be able to page through about 20 to 75 pages per book w h i ch L o ch h e a d p o i n t e d o u t “acts as a containment of an artist’s research, notes , freea s s o c i a t ive m e a n d e r i n g s a n d guide. The sketchbook is often a l m o s t l i ke a f i e l d n o t e b o o k or a map of how an artist gets from A to B. Sometimes an a r t i s t ’s s ke t ch b o o k w i l l l o o k like a miniature version of their finished work and it can be interesting to see them planning out their finished work on the page. Other times , the work in the book is the artist’s conceptual footing, but the f i n i s h e d wo r k l o o k s n o t h i n g like the book. Sometimes the book is a work in and of itself,” Lochhead said. “I’m really intrigued by the different ways that each artist approaches this practice.”

Lochhead explained that the exhibit includes local, national and international artists , and s o m e h ave t i e s t o S I U E l i ke Je s s i c a H u n t , a s e c o n d y e a r MFA candidate in sculpture at SIUE and SIUE alumni Joanna Hoge, who currently resides in Colorado.

Lochhead spoke about t h e s k e t ch b o o k o f C a n a d i a n A r t i s t Pa s c a l e G i r a r d i n .

“Pascale Girardin does a lot of

installation work using ceramics.

I a b s o l u t e ly l ove h av i n g t h e experience of looking through Girardin’s sketchbook because it has been fascinating to see how she approaches her ideas concerning form in a two dimensional format,” she said.

Elliot Cowan, another artist i n t h e s h ow, i s a c e l e b r a t e d animator and film maker. He i s o r i g i n a l l y f r o m Au s t r a l i a b u t r e s i d e s i n N e w Yo r k . “ I originally fell in love with his series, 'The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead & Roundhead.' I have always felt drawn to the humor and whimsical nature that he even imbues in line work at times,” Lochhead noted.

Another artist in the exhibit i s C o u r t n ey Jo rd a n . “ Jo rd a n approaches space in an incredibly fascinating way. I was really drawn to seeking out a sketchbook from her because I was interested in the possible correlation between traveling sketchbooks and her work, w h i ch i s s o r o o t e d i n s p a c e a n d e nv i r o n m e n t ,” L o ch h e a d explained.

“Sketchbooks are so mobile a n d d u r a b l e t h a t t h ey o f t e n take on characteristics of the architecture and culture of the places that they go when they’re used for travel.”

“In the Raw: The Sketchbook Considered” runs f rom April 28 to May 19. The EAC is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Concurrently in the DeToye Student Gallery will be the work of SIUE BFA Alumnus Alanna White: Synodic Impressions.

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For The Edge

Pictured are two scenes from Cirque Italia, which will appear at the St. Louis Galleria May 19-21.

Cirque Italia coming to St. Louis

For The Edge Cirque Italia is a unique show in every sense. After five years o f c o n s o l i d a t i o n , a r i g o ro u s casting selection, and over 1,000 performances nationwide; this spectacular production has become the greatest version of a “traveling circus”. Cirque Italia is proud to have developed a well-deserved reputation as one of the most innovative shows to be staged in the US. C o n c e i v e d b y M r. M a n u e l Rebecchi, and meticulously directed and produced by Chanté DeMoustes, Cirque Italia is a creative mix of the best elements of entertainment and technology.

A “never-seen-before” production that combines acrobatics, dance, contortion, and even highperformance BMX and rollerskating. All performances are done in ways that push the physical boundaries of human abilities, which leaves audiences amazed and astonished.

Performers from all over the world are united under the magic spiral of the white and blue big top. They merge their extraordinary selection of skills and put together a stimulating spin on the industry by embracing the element of water. Cirque Italia has managed to find a delicate balance between the poetic and expressive power of the human b ody a n d t h e v e r s a t i l i t y a n d fluidity of water as an artistic scenario.

With a magnetism that draws you into your deepest fantasies,

the water circus offers two hours of high-end entertainment.

Mermaids and dinosaurs make dreamy appearances while awakening the inner child within you. Laser lights and

bubbles act as interdimensional movers. Aerialists, acrobats, and contortionists take the human body to the next level – one you never thought possible!

You may think that such a

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very competitive prices and special offers.

Cirque Italia also contributes to the modernization of the performing arts and the circus industry by abiding by a strict animal free policy. The company takes a leading stance in offering quality entertainment beyond the use of animals.

For more information visit www. cirqueitalia.com and make sure to check all our social media accounts.

Tickets can be purchased now starting at $10.00-$50.00 depending on availability. Cirque Italia offers one free child admission with every full priced paying adult ticket in levels 2 or 3. This offer cannot be combined with any other offers, discounts or deals. Please call 941704-8572 to find out the promo code for this location.

When: May 19-21 Where: 1155 Saint Louis Galleria, St. Louis, MO 63117 At: Saint Louis Galleria Near: Macy’s —Under the stunning White & Blue Big Top Tent May 19 – Friday: 7:30pm May 20 – Saturday: 1:30pm, 4:30pm, & 7:30pm May 21 – Sunday: 1:30pm & 4:30pm Box office hours: The box office opens on-site on Tuesday, the week of the show.

Non-show days: 10am – 6pm On show days: 10am – 9pm You can purchase tickets through our website (cirqueitalia.com/ tickets) or by phone: (941) 704-8572.

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St.ART Street Art Festival planned St. Louis resident and wellness visionary Michael G. Tompkins is pleased to introduce on Valentine’s Day the inaugural St.ART Street Art Festival in St. Louis, Missouri Sept. 30 and Oct 1. The goal of the 2-day festival is to encourage hope, healing and positive dialogue through art—including large canvas painting, poetry, performance art, and “yarn bombing” trees. During the weekend, a group of inspired local and renowned street artists will convey the emotions of the underprivileged and silenced in the community on large canvases and through spoken word, in the city of St. Louis.

“The divide in St. Louis between those that have and those that have not is undeniable. Not unlike the iconic St. Louis Arch, art has an ability to bridge the divide. Art brings various opinions together in a way where all opinions are valid.

There is no black and white; right or wrong,” says Tompkins. The artists begin the dialogue by conveying the voice and frustration of the people on the first day, then express their vision of our new community on day two.

The festival will be interactive with the audience, using yarn bombing on trees for the observers to leave their own personal messages of frustration and hope.

While the first day will be held in Fairgrounds Park, day two will be held at Langenberg Field in Forest Park. Both days are complementary and open to the public from 10am-8pm. Street artists signed on include Basil Kincaid, Cbabi Bayoc, Fnnch, Peat Eyez Wollaeger, Kidlew and Stephen “YARNbomber” Duneier. Poets include Pacia Anderson, and Richard Blanco. Blanco, who was selected

by President Barack Obama in 2012 to serve as the fifth inaugural poet in U.S. history (joining the ranks of

Robert Frost and Maya Angelou), will open and close the festival.

Artists and donors were quick to embrace Tompkins’ vision to use street art to start a dialogue between diverse groups in St. Louis. A recent transplant to St. Louis, Tompkins came up with the idea for St.ART after witnessing amazing street art following the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson.

Day one of St.ART, the canvases will be painted in black and white.

The TRUTH of the hopelessness, the desperation of not feeling heard,

and the hardships found in our inner city neighborhoods. Day two the theme is: “Hope has color.” In one of the brightest areas that our city celebrates, those same artists will paint in color, their vision of our new community.

The proceeds of the canvas sales will fund resiliency programs for the inner city and public service sector. To date, St.ART has already raised individual donations totaling more than 55 percent of our event budget—nearly all of the donors outside the city of St. Louis.

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10. Void where prohibited by law.

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The Hats of Stephen Jones, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs until September 3, 2017 Currents 113: Shimon Attie-Lost in Space (After Huck), Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until June 25, 2017 The Modern Meal: Sustenance Through Ritual, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until August 6, 2017 Spectacle and Leisure in Paris: Degas to Mucha, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until May 21, 2017 #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018 Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until July 16, 2017

Saturday, May 13

The Hats of Stephen Jones, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs until September 3, 2017 Currents 113: Shimon Attie-Lost in Space (After Huck), Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until June 25, 2017 The Modern Meal: Sustenance Through Ritual, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until August 6, 2017 Spectacle and Leisure in Paris: Degas to Mucha, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until May 21, 2017 #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018 Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until July 16, 2017

The Modern Meal: Sustenance Through Ritual, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until August 6, 2017 Spectacle and Leisure in Paris: Degas to Mucha, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until May 21, 2017 #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018 Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until July 16, 2017

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Garden of Glass, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until August 13, 2017 The Hats of Stephen Jones, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs until September 3, 2017 Currents 113: Shimon AttieLost in Space (After Huck), Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until

June 25, 2017 The Modern Meal: Sustenance Through Ritual, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until August 6, 2017 Spectacle and Leisure in Paris: Degas to Mucha, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until May 21, 2017 #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018 Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until July 16, 2017

Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until June 25, 2017 The Modern Meal: Sustenance Through Ritual, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until

August 6, 2017 Spectacle and Leisure in Paris: Degas to Mucha, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until May 21, 2017

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New Bethel United Methodist Church is hiring a Nursery worker; Traditional song leader, contemporary song leader or music director; Apply at www.newbethelumc.org Call New Bethel UMC with questions 288-5700.

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To list your service call the classified department at 656-4700.

The Edwardsville Intelligencer reserves the right to remove ads with past due accounts.

NEW TODAY Paralegal for personal injury law firm: candidate will work in asbestos intake department. Duties include screening potential clients, mailing and tracking client correspondence, data entry and general paralegal duties. Excellent verbal communication skills. Experience with MS Office, including Access, required.

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The Metro East Park and Recreation District (MEPRD) is requesting that interested applicants meeting the requirements summarized below submit resumes on or before Friday, May 19, 2017, by 4:30pm, to fill the position of Executive Director. The current Director is retiring effective June 30, 2017.

MEPRD was formed by voters in November 2000, and today serves over half a million residents throughout Madison and St. Clair Counties. MEPRD is locally funded through a one-tenth percent sales tax, and partners with local government, special districts, and other jurisdictions who are engaged in the construction and management of park, trail and recreation projects The Executive Director reports to the MEPRD Board of Directors, administers the District’s various grants program, policies and finances; and manages the day-today operations of the District including overseeing a staff of two professionals.

MEPRD also manages the Malcolm W. Martin Memorial Park.

Requirements include but are not limited to: • A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Public Administration or related field, and five years’ experience demonstrating progressively more responsibility and executive administrative experience.

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