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12 Gifts on display In the exhibition “Rotation 1,” the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum shows some of the works donated by art collector Peter Norton. BY CALVIN WILSON

THE BIG SCREEN 21 Thrill ride “Mad Max: Fury Road” is essentially a post-apocalyptic cowboys-and-Indians chase that delivers a full tank of summertime entertainment.

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22 Less than perfect While the stars of the sequel can still sing, the script for “Pitch Perfect 2” is a shameless repeat of the original film. BY JOE WILLIAMS

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23 Forbidden romance In a star-crossed love story, a grieving man falls for a lonely Hasidic wife in “Felix and Meira.” BY JOE WILLIAMS

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4 Best Bets Our critics pick the best events in the week ahead, including Art on the Square in Belleville, the St. Louis Renaissance Faire in Wentzville, Bark in the Park in Forest Park, Jeff Beck at the Fox Theatre, Zac Brown Band at Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre and Shakespeare Festival’s “Antony and Cleopatra.”

Plus, what to look forward to in coming weeks.

11 Blues on hold The founder of Bluesweek confirms the music festival is a no-go this year, but it may return downtown in 2016. BY KEVIN C. JOHNSON

STAYING IN 31 Worthy of a queen Queen Latifah is a tough woman who sings the blues in HBO’s “Bessie.”

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Lara Magyar (left) and Ann Groner joust at the 2014 Renaissance Faire in Wentzville.

BETS FRIDAY Art on the Square WHEN 5-10 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday • WHERE Belleville Public Square, Belleville • HOW MUCH Free • MORE INFO artonthesquare.com

than 100 ✔ More artists from around the world will show their work at one of the largest art fairs in the U.S. This year also includes a wine garden, live music, a children’s Garden of Art and HGTV “Design Star” winner Tiffany Brooks, who will give tips on displaying artwork. BY JODY MITORI

‘Final Fantasy’ WHEN 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday • WHERE Powell Symphony Hall, 718 North Grand Boulevard • HOW MUCH $40-$80 • MORE INFO 314-534-1700; stlsymphony.org

Fourteen games make up the “Final Fantasy” game series. Now you can hear some of the best music from that series, performed

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‘The Rat Pack Is Back!’

WHEN 8 p.m. Friday. 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday • WHERE Fox Theatre, 527 North Grand Boulevard • HOW MUCH $35-$80 • MORE INFO 314-534-1111; MetroTix.com

lively show ✔ This re-creates the swinging “Summit at the Sands,” when Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin and Joey Bishop all took the stage at the Las Vegas club. There was — and is — comedy and music, including “My Way,” “Mr. Bojangles” and “That’s Amore.” BY JUDITH NEWMARK

SATURDAY–JUNE 9 St. Louis Renaissance Faire WHEN 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on four weekends, starting Saturday and Sunday, running through June 8-9 • WHERE Rotary Park, 2577 West Meyer Road, Wentzville • HOW MUCH $15.95 at the gate for adults; $8.95 for children (free under age 4); season passes and discounts for advance purchase are also available • MORE INFO 800-373-0357; stlrenfest.com

into the Fairy Forest, visit the ✔ Venture Throne of Swords and watch live jousting when the Renaissance Faire returns to Wentzville. Don’t forget to save room for a giant turkey leg, roasted corn and cheesecake on a stick. BY JODY MITORI

‘Bloom’ WHEN 6-10 p.m. Friday • WHERE Third Degree Glass Factory, 5200 Delmar Boulevard • HOW MUCH Free • MORE INFO stlglass.com

This month’s Third Friday at Third Degree celebrates spring with a signature cocktail, the Dandy Sangria; the art installation “Painting Music” by Vesna Delevska and live music by the Riverside Wanderers.

BY JODY MITORI

SATURDAY Bark in the Park WHEN 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturday • WHERE Cricket Field in Forest Park • HOW MUCH Registration for the 5K, dog walk and festival is $35 per person; children 12 and under and dogs are free • MORE INFO hsmo.org/bark

The annual dog festival in Forest Park kicks off with a 5K run at 9 a.m. If that seems too ambitious, stroll in the 1-Mile Walk for

the Animals at 10 a.m. with rescued basset hounds, Marshall the Miracle Dog and healed pit bull mix Trooper.

The event also includes a dog agility course, activities for kids, animal wellness checks and performances from the Purina Pro Plan Performance Team.

Proceeds benefit the Humane Society of Missouri Animal Cruelty Fund. BY JODY MITORI

Lewis and Clark Heritage Days WHEN 9:30 a.m.-8 p.m.

Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday • WHERE Frontier Park, 222 South Riverside Drive • HOW MUCH Free • MORE INFO lewisandclarkheritagedays. com

This celebration of the 211th anniversary of Lewis and Clark’s stop in St. Charles includes a military encampment, musket and cannon demonstrations, fife and drum corps, food and a grand parade.

BY JODY MITORI

SUNDAY Annie Malone May Day Parade WHEN 1 p.m. Sunday • WHERE 20th and Market streets • HOW MUCH Free • MORE INFO anniemalone.com

spring parade, ✔ The a more than century-old tradition, benefits the Annie Malone Children and

Family Service Center.

The center helps children and families in crisis. BY JODY MITORI 5th Annual Mike Mullen Day WHEN 2-6 p.m. Sunday • WHERE 34 Club, 34 North Euclid Avenue • HOW MUCH Free, but donations are encouraged • MORE INFO facebook. com/mikemullendaystl

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by St. Louis Mayor Clarence Harmon declared May 2 Mike Mullen Day. Years later, a group of friends honored the day with a surprise party for Mullen, an activist well known to residents and visitors to the Central West End neighborhood. That celebration was just for fun, but the tradition has continued, becoming an annual event to raise money for Mullen’s selection of charities. This year, contributions will benefit PAWS (a group he created),

the Covering House, Ronald McDonald House and Joe Murphy’s Christmas for Kids. Bid on auction items, enter to win raffles and enjoy live music by Mt. Thelonius. Plus, a $5 all-youcan-eat buffet includes food from local restaurants, including Miss Leon’s, Wildflower, Pickles Deli and more. BY JODY MITORI

Uncorked: A Cause For the Paws WHEN 1-4 p.m. Sunday • WHERE Foundry Art Centre, 520 North Main Center,

St. Charles • HOW MUCH $75; $150 VIP (with entry at noon) • MORE INFO fiveacresanimalshelter.org

A fundraising event for Five Acres Animal Shelter in St. Charles will feature wine, beer and food tastings, plus silent and live auctions and raffles. Country singer-songwriter Josh Kelley (he’s married to actress Katherine Heigl) will entertain with an acoustic performance.

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FAST FORWARD “Black and Blue,” May 22-June 21, various locations: The Gitana drama explores the complex relationship between the AfricanAmerican community and the police ➙ Finesse Mitchell, May 22-24, Westport Funny Bone: The “SNL” alum takes his stand-up show on the road ➙ St. Louis County Greek Festival, May 22-25, Assumption Greek Orthodox Church: Surely, this annual festival of spanakopita, gyros, baklava, music and dancing is already on your radar ➙ Emily Kinney, May 27, Blueberry Hill’s Duck Room: The “Walking Dead” actress has an EP and a national tour, which stops in St. Louis

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by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Arnie Roth. Naturally, HD video will be played at the same time on the big screen at Powell Symphony Hall. It’s a don’t-miss for gamers.

MONDAY Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts, Highly Suspect, Stocklyn WHEN 8 p.m. Monday • WHERE The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard • HOW MUCH $25-$27.50 • MORE INFO Ticketmaster.com

Singer Scott Weiland’s time with his old band Stone Temple Pilots produced some great music, and along with that came some great drama. But Weiland has a new start with Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts, whose new album is “Blaster.” It’s all well and good, but here’s hoping he throws a bone to STP diehards.

BY KEVIN C. JOHNSON

Spotlight on Opera WHEN 7:30 p.m. Monday • WHERE Ethical Society, 9000 Clayton Road • HOW MUCH $12 • MORE INFO 314-961-0644; opera-stl.org

It’s a good idea to learn more about a given opera before you go to see it. That’s doubly true with works that aren’t top-10 popular. On Monday, Opera Theatre of St. Louis offers the scoop on the season’s third production. It is possibly the greatest American opera yet composed, Tobias Picker’s “Emmeline.”

The panel discussing it is top-notch: the director, James Robinson; the designer, James Schuette; the (original) conductor, George Manahan; and the composer himself.

The members of the Gerdine Young Artists who are understudying roles in the opera will sing excerpts. The witty general director of OTSL, Timothy O’Leary, promises to finish up (except for the post-discussion reception, of course) in 90 minutes flat. BY SARAH BRYAN MILLER

TUESDAY Jeff Beck, Billy Raffoul WHEN 8 p.m. Tuesday • WHERE Fox Theatre, 527 North Grand Boulevard • HOW MUCH $49-$129 • MORE INFO MetroTix.com

fans get a ✔ Music true rock god in their midst with the appearance of guitarist Jeff Beck at the Fox Theatre (with Jimmy Hall on vocals, Rhonda Smith on bass, Jonathan Joseph on drums and Nicolas Meier on guitar). The two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer was first inducted as part of the Yardbirds and then as a solo artist. Beck is working on a studio album but meanwhile is set to release “Live+,” a concert album that includes the studio recording “Tribal.” BY KEVIN C. JOHNSON

Joseph Ellis WHEN 7 p.m. Tuesday • WHERE St. Louis County Library, 1640 South Lindbergh Boulevard • HOW MUCH Free • MORE INFO 314-994-3300

The American Revolution didn’t guarantee “united” states. The 13 original colonies were happy to be independent.

Historian Joseph Ellis explains in “The Quartet” that a second “founding” aided by George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison from 1783-1789 is what really brought the nation together.

BY JANE HENDERSON

WEDNESDAY ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ WHEN Previews at Wednesday and Thursday; opens May 22 and runs through June 14; preshow entertainment at 6:30 p.m.; curtain at 8 p.m.

• WHERE Shakespeare Glen in Forest Park • HOW MUCH Free • MORE INFO 314-534-9800; sftstl.com

Bard returns ✔ The to Forest Park with the story of the ancient world’s biggest celebrities, the Roman hero and the queen of Egypt. They will be portrayed by Jay Stratton (who recently starred in “The Winslow Boy” at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis) and Shirine Babb. The show is

directed by Mike Donahue, who comes from St. Louis and is now based in New York. Many veteran theatergoers arrive early to enjoy the preshow entertainment, picnic and find a good place to sit on the lawn.

Bring a blanket or lawn chairs, or rent a chair on the spot on in advance (through the website). This year Kelley Webber of Clayton High School will receive the Maryville University Shakespeare Teacher of the Year award, presented on June 8, the festival’s Teacher Appreciation Night when teachers in the audience receive recognition. Since the festival began in 2001, more than 640,000 people have seen its Shakespeare Glen productions, the centerpiece of its yearround programming.

Hyde.” The album showcases different personalities of the band. As Brown told Rolling Stone magazine: “Our boundaries have dissolved and we’re going to still do things that are somewhat familiar that people like, but we’re also going to stretch out and take chances beyond what we’ve done before.” The album includes the singles “Heavy is the Head” and “Homegrown.” BY KEVIN C. JOHNSON

Avishai Cohen’s Triveni WHEN 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.

Thursday • WHERE Ferring Jazz Bistro, 3536 Washington Boulevard • HOW MUCH $30; students, $10 • MORE INFO 314-571-6000; jazzstl.org

Jazz trumpeter Avishai Cohen (not to be confused with the bassist of the same name) comes from a musical family. His sister Anat plays clarinet and saxophone, and his brother Yuval is a saxophonist. The three often perform together, but this Bistro gig will feature the trumpeter leading a trio including a bassist and a drummer. If you like jazz stripped down to its essence, Triveni sounds like a group well worth checking out. BY CALVIN WILSON

BY JUDITH NEWMARK

THURSDAY Zac Brown Band WHEN 8 p.m. Thursday • WHERE Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights • HOW MUCH $32.50-$64.50 • MORE INFO LiveNation.com

Brown Band ✔ Zac makes what feels like an overdue return to St. Louis with its latest album “Jekyll +

COMING SUNDAY Our annual Summer Fun Guide is coming to Sunday’s Post-Dispatch. It’s packed with your favorite festivals, concert series, theater events and more — plus, a big calendar to help you plan all summer long.

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MAY 18

“The Rat Pack Is Back!,” Fox Theatre • St. Louis Renaissance Faire, Saturdays and Sundays through June 9 (also open Memorial Day), Rotary Park in Wentzvile

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WEDNESDAY

MAY 19

MAY 20

Jeff Beck Beck, Fox Theatre • Nitro Circus Live, Scottrade Center • Judas Priest, Family Arena

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MAY 24

ZAC BROWN

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MAY 27

30 G O ! MWilson, A G A Z I N E / Kem, S T. L O U IJoe, S P O S T-Scottrade Charlie D I S PAT C H / 1 Center 2.14.12–1 2 . 2 0. 1 2 • “Lost in Space: Star Wars and More,” Powell Hall • LooseCannon Celebrity Basketball Game, Chaifetz Arena

Circus Flora’s “One Summer on Second Street,” May 28-June 28, Grand Center • Alabama Shakes, Fox Theatre • “The Threepenny Opera,” May 28-June 20, New Line Theatre at Washington University South Campus Theatre

EMILY KINNEY

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JUNE 2 STLTODAY.COM/GO Brandi Carlile, the Pageant

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JUNE 4

“The Aristocats,” June 3-28, Stages St. Louis

Jimmy Buffett, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • “Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead,” June 4-20, Stray Dog Theatre at the Tower Grove Abbey

BRANDI CARLILE

JUNE 7

JUNE 8

“Richard the Lionheart,” June 7-26, Opera Theatre of St. Louis • Jewish Film Festival, June 7-11, Landmark Plaza Frontenac Cinema • The Script, Mary Lambert, Colton Avery, the Pageant

MAY 28

Emily Kinney, Blueberry Hill • St. Vincent, the Pageant

Gypsy Caravan, Family Arena

CHARLIE WILSON

MAY 31

THURSDAY MAY 21 Zac Brown Band, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • Show Me Burlesque and Vaudeville Festival, May 21-23, 2720 Cherokee, Ivory Theatre, Casa Loma Ballroom

JIMMY BUFFETT

JUNE 9

JUNE 10 Twangfest, June 10-13, Off Broadway • Terence Blanchard, June 10-13, Ferring Jazz Bistro

JUNE 11 Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, the Pageant

TERENCE BLANCHARD

JUNE 14

JUNE 15

“Sounds of Simon & Garfunkel,” Powell Symphony Hall

“My Fair Lady,” June 15-21, the Muny

JUNE 21

JUNE 22

FATHER’S DAY FIRST DAY OF SUMMER

JUNE 16 Marcus Miller, June 16-18, Ferring Jazz Bistro

JUNE 23

Neon Trees, the Ready Room

Smashing Pumpkins, the Pageant • “Hairspray,” June 23-30, the Muny

JUNE 29

JUNE 30

“My Sinatra,” Powell Symphony Hall • Father’s Day Car Show, Museum of Transportation • Dawes, Langhorne Slim, the Pageant

JUNE 17 Missouri Chamber Music Festival, June 17-21, First Congregational Church of Webster Groves • St. Lou Fringe, June 17-27, various locations in midtown

JUNE 24 Lily Tomlin, River City Casino • Lindsey Stirling, Fox Theatre

JUNE 18 Dierks Bentley, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

JUNE 25

MAY 29 Rascal Flatts, Scotty McCreery & RaeLynn, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • Buddy Valastro, Family Arena • John Mellencamp, Peabody Opera House • “Smokey Joe’s Cafe,” May 29-June 28, Stages St. Louis • Big Muddy Dance Company, Touhill • “The Pillowman,” May 29-June 7, Theatre Lab at the Gaslight Theater

JUNE 5 Chris Botti, Powell Symphony Hall • Innsbrook Institute Music Festival, June 5-13, Innsbrook • Seth Meyers, Peabody Opera House • Art & Air Festival, June 5-7, Webster Groves • Loretta Lynn, River City Casino • David Cook, Old Rock House • International Horseradish Festival, June 5-7, Woodland Park in Collinsville

JUNE 12 Imagine Dragons, Scottrade Center • Peter Cetera, Family Arena • St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival, June 12-13, Forest Park • “Play It Again, Sam,” June 12-28, ACT INC at J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts • “Game of Thrones: The Parody,” June 12-27, Magic Smoking Monkey Theatre at Regional Arts Commission

JUNE 19 Floetry, the Pageant • “Classical Mystery Tour: A Tribute to the Beatles,” Powell Symphony Hall • “Love From a Stranger,” June 19-27, ACT INC at J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts • Bellator MMA: Unfinished Business, Kimbo vs. Shamrock, Scottrade Center

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SATURDAY MAY 23 105.7 Pointfest: Breaking Benjamin, Seether, Chevelle and the Used, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • “The Barber of Seville,” May 23-June 27, Opera Theatre of St. Louis • St. Louis African Arts Festival, May 23-25, Forest Park • Bob Costas Benefit, Fox Theatre • “Lantern Festival: Magic Reimagined,” May 23-Aug. 23, Missouri Botanical Garden

MAY 30 “La Rondine,” May 30-June 28, Opera Theatre of St. Louis • The Decemberists, Peabody Opera House • A Walk in 1875 St. Louis, May 30Feb. 14, Missouri History Museum

JUNE 6 Norm MacDonald, Lumière Live • Opening of Polar Bear Point, St. Louis Zoo, Forest Park • Wanda Jackson, Off Broadway • “The Music of the Eagles,” Powell Symphony Hall

JUNE 13 “Emmeline,” June 13-27, Opera Theatre of St. Louis • Komen Race for the Cure, downtown • Feed the Need Concert: Alison Krauss & Union Station Featuring Jerry Douglas, Liberty Bank Amphitheater

JUNE 20 A Cappella Live! featuring Ambassadors of Harmony, Touhill Performing Arts Center

JUNE 27

“Music of U2,” Powell Symphony Hall • Darius Rucker, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • PrideFest, June 26-28, Soldiers Memorial

Chesterfield Wine and Jazz Fest, Chesterfield Amphitheater • History Clubhouse opens, Missouri History Museum • S.L.U.M. Fest, 2720 Cherokee

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JULY 4

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JUNE 28 “Weird Al” Yankovic, Peabody Opera House • “Senufo: Art and Identity in West Africa,” June 28–Sept. 27, St. Louis Art Museum

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JULY 2

“Forts & Clubhouses,” opens at the Magic House

Heritage & Freedom Fest, July 2-4, O’Fallon, Mo. • St. Charles Riverfest, July 2-4, Frontier Park • Fair St. Louis: Natalie Stovall and the Drive, Parmalee and Chris Young, Forest Park • “The Fantasticks,” July 2-18, Insight Theatre Company at Nerinx Hall

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JULY 9

TYLER GLENN OF NEON TREES

JULY 5

JULY 6 “Holiday Inn,” July 6-12, the Muny

JULY 7 John Fogerty, Fox Theatre

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JULY 10 Let Them Eat Art, Downtown Maplewood • “Don Giovanni,” Union Avenue Opera, July 10-18 • Dwight Yoakam, July 10, Liberty Bank Amphitheater • St. Louis Art Museum’s Outdoor Film Series: “Back to the Future,” Art Hill, Forest Park • St. Louis Actors’ Studio’s LaBute New Theater Festival, July 10-Aug. 2, Gaslight Theater

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JULY 14

JULY 15

Fair St. Louis: Blondie and Melissa Etheridge, Forest Park

JULY 16

JULY 17

INDEPENDENCE DAY VP Parade, Forest Park • Fair St. Louis: Morris Day and the Time, Kool & the Gang, Forest Park

JULY 11 Tour de Donut, Staunton City Park • Train, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • “Slide the City,” July 11-12, Market Street, between Jefferson Avenue and 10th Street

JULY 18

World’s Largest Catsup Bottle Festival, Collinsville

“Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story,” July 13-19, the Muny • Clayton Restaurant Week, July 13-19

Meghan Trainor, the Pageant • Fall Out Boy and Wiz Khalifa, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • Steve Miller Band, Family Arena

Rob Thomas, Peabody Opera House • Dave Matthews Band, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

Luke Bryan, July 16-17, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

St. Louis Art Museum’s Outdoor Film Series: “Jaws,” Art Hill, Forest Park • Anything Goes,” July 17-Aug. 16, Stages St. Louis

AWOLNATION, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • World Naked Bike Ride, begins in the Grove

JULY 19

JULY 20

JULY 21

JULY 22

JULY 23

JULY 24

JULY 25

WWE Battleground, Scottrade Center

“Into the Woods,” July 21-27, the Muny

Steely Dan with Elvis Costello and the Imposters, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • Veruca Salt, the Ready Room

Fifth Harmony, Peabody Opera House • Sublime with Rome/Rebelution, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • Jefferson County Fair, July 23-26, Hillsboro

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JULY 26 Van Halen, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • Graham Nash, the Pageant

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FRIDAY MAY 22 Spring to Dance, May 22-24, Touhill Performing Arts Center • Greek Festival, May 22-25, Assumption Greek Orthodox Church • Missouri River Irish Fest, May 22-24, Frontier Park in St. Charles • “Antony and Cleopatra,” May 22 -June 14, Forest Park • New Kids on the Block, TLC, Nelly, Scottrade Center • Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con, May 22-24, America’s Center

AUG. 2

JULY 27

JULY 28

Vans Warped Tour, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

Harry Connick Jr., Peabody Opera House

AUG. 3

AUG. 4

JULY 29 Janeane Garafolo, the Ready Room • Nickelback, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • “Beauty and the Beast,” July 29-Aug. 7, The Muny

AUG. 5

JULY 30 Sam Smith, Chaifetz Arena

AUG. 6

Kelly Clarkson with Pentatonix, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • Jim Gaffigan, Peabody Opera House

Alice in Chains, the Pageant

Shania Twain, Scottrade Center • Hillsong United, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

Washington Town & Country Fair, Aug. 5-9 • Bob Schneider, Off Broadway

“Spellbound! A Musical Fable,” Aug. 6-22, Stray Dog Theatre at the Tower Grove Abbey

AUG. 9

AUG. 10

AUG. 11

AUG. 12

AUG. 13

J. Cole, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • “Move Live on Tour,” Fox Theatre • Robert Earl Keen, the Ready Room • Christine Ebersole, Sheldon Concert Hall • St. Louis Art Museum’s Outdoor Film Series: “Clueless,” Art Hill, Forest Park • “Moon Over Buffalo,” July 24-Aug. 9, Insight Theatre Company at Nerinx Hall • The Ting Tings, the Firebird

JULY 31 Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • “Rigoletto,” July 31-Aug.8, Union Avenue Opera • St. Louis Art Museum’s Outdoor Film Series: “Sound of Music,” Art Hill, Forest Park • “The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler,” July 31-Aug. 9, St. Louis Shakespeare at the Ivory Theatre

AUG. 7

Kid Rock, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

AUG. 8 “Night With Our Idols” with Ruben Studdard, Kimberly Locke, Elliott Yamin, Nikko Smith, the Pageant

RUBEN STUDDARD

Charli XCX & Bleachers, the Pageant • Tim McGraw with Billy Currington & Chase Bryant, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

“Oklahoma!,” Aug. 10-16, the Muny • “American Idol,” Peabody Opera House

AUG. 16

AUG. 17

My Morning Jacket, Peabody Opera House • KMFDM, the Ready Room

Missouri State Fair, Aug. 13-23, Sedalia • Illinois State Fair, Aug. 13-23, Springfield • Gesher Music Festival, Aug. 13-23, various venues

AUG. 19

AUG. 20

AUG. 14 “Alice in Wonderland,” Aug. 14-16, Insight Theatre Company at Nerinx Hall

AUG. 15 Sammy Hagar and the Circle, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

SHANIA TWAIN

Slipknot, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • Whitesnake, Family Arena

AUG. 18 Peter Frampton, River City Casino

PETER FRAMPTON

Foo Fighters, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • Yes & Toto, Family Arena • “One Flea Spare,” Aug. 19-29, Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble at the Chapel

AUG. 21

KEVIN HART

“Götterdämmerung,” Aug. 21-29, Union Avenue Opera • Incubus/Deftones, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • Kevin Hart, Scottrade Center • Festival of the Little Hills, Aug. 21-23, Frontier Park, St. Charles • St. Louis World’s Fare, Aug. 21-23, World’s Fair Pavilion, Forest Park • “Wild Oats,” Aug. 21-30, St. Louis

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AUG. 1 Shinedown, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • All That Tap XXIV, Edison Theatre

AUG. 22 Jason Aldean, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • Michael McDonald with Brian Owens, Sheldon Concert Hall • Theo Peoples, Lumière Live

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St. Louis’ most-Shazamed songs for May 12 1 “See You Again” (Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth) • 2 “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)” (Rich Homie Quan) • 3 “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” (Silento) • 4 “Yoga” (Janelle Monae) • 5 “Planes” (Jeremih feat. J. Cole) • 6 “Like Me” (Lil Durk feat. Jeremih) • 7 “Slow Motion” (Trey Songz) • 8 “Trap Queen” (Fetty Wap) • 9 “You Know You Like It” (DJ Snake & AlunaGeorge) • 10 “Hard To Do” (K. Michelle) ➙ See the full list at stltoday.com/hotlist

TOP: Larry David and J.B. Smoove on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” BOTTOM: Smoove and Nick Cannon on “Real Husbands of Hollywood”

Smoove moves

J.B. Smoove says his work on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ and ‘Real Husbands of Hollywood’ has broadened his audience

BY KEVIN C. JOHNSON / POP MUSIC CRITIC / KJOHNSON@POST-DISPATCH.COM

F

unny guy J.B. Smoove wouldn’t mind answering to the title of “The Jay Z of Comedy” one day.

The comedian-actor says he wants to be known as someone who is making moves and taking chances.

“I want to be a breath of fresh air,” says Smoove, who performs Saturday at Lumière Place Casino.

Smoove, who has started a managing/production company with his manager, says he’s eyeing a latenight show and another series in which he’ll be the focus.

“I’ve been everyone’s wing man already — sidekick,” he says. “I want to present my own brand, something I can produce, something I can have

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my hands in.”

Smoove calls himself a free agent after turns on Larry David’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” Kevin Hart’s mock reality show “Real Husbands of Hollywood” and the Will Arnett sitcom “The Millers.”

Doing occasional stand-up gives him the immediate response he can’t get on TV. “You can leave the show and go to the hotel room and say, ‘Damn that was a good show,’ and relish in the moment.”

The self-professed motormouth says his style onstage is to perform for the audience and his surroundings.

“I’m one of those guys who enjoys improvisation,” he says. “I love being

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in the moment and pulling people into my world and going where the audience takes me.”

Smoove says he likes observational humor. In his show, he talks about his life and relationships, his daughter and his dog, the irritating man beside him on the airplane, the casino where he’s performing — anything that’s in front of him.

Whatever it is, “I put JB’s spin on it. I take things and see it through my own eyes. I’m thinking about calling this the ‘Thinking Out Loud’ tour because that’s what I do — I think out loud.”

He does it in a way he describes as funny and never offensive.

I talk about universal things that make sense. I don’t separate people by my material. That’s being consistent to what people love about you. I give them what they want.”

J.B. Smoove

Smoove says each concert is its own thing. He has talking points, but outside of that, there’s no planning.

He promises to break every rule of comedy onstage.

“I like being on that tightrope with no rope,” he says. “And I like to make myself laugh. That’s genuine laughter when you make yourself laugh. You’re not a robot repeating the same lines.

It’s very different in every city, and it’s been forever since I’ve been in St. Louis.”

He knows some fans are coming to see the actor from “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”

“The J.B. you see on ‘Curb’ is real,” he says. “And that’s what you see onstage. They love that guy. Some people call me Leon (his ‘Curb’ character). I’ve been having this amazing time right now where I have a different demo that wants to see me. When ‘Curb’ was hot, my audience was 80 percent white. With ‘Real Husbands,’ it started to balance out.”

Regardless of the demographics of his audience, he says his show is the same.

“I talk about universal things that make sense,” he says. “I don’t separate people by my material.

That’s being consistent to what people love about you. I give them what they want.”

As fans of HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” know, the show has been on an indefinite hiatus.

Smoove says he has a feeling David will want to do another season or two.

“In an interview a few months ago, he said there was a 20 percent chance. He likes to let things marinate.”

WHAT J.B. Smoove • WHEN 7 and 9:30 p.m.

Saturday • WHERE Lumière Place Casino, 999 North Second Street • HOW MUCH $25-$35 • MORE INFO Ticketmaster.com

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Atmosphere gives fans the full experience on tour

By Kevin C. Johnson / pop music critic

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p h o t o : a s s o c i at e d p r e s s f i l e

t’s been a full year since Minneapolis hiphop duo Atmosphere released its “Southsiders” album, and rapper Slug says, “We’ve beat people in the head with it already.”

But he says the “Fortunate” tour, coming Friday night to the Pageant, will give fans the full Atmosphere experience.

After a year of touring with “Southsiders,” Slug says he and DJ/ producer Ant are less formal about what they present in concert.

“These are towns that have known us for a while,” he says. “The reason we’re calling it the ‘Fortunate’ tour is we’re fortunate you’re here with us, not to sound old and corny. If you’ve ever seen us, you know how me and Ant get down. We have a lot of fun onstage and hope seeing us enjoying ourselves will allow you to let your guard down

and enjoy yourself, too.”

St. Louis is one of the cities Atmosphere likes seeing most on its schedule.

“I love St. Louis,” Slug says. “It’s one of the first cities we were able to go to. ... We used to play a club with an Italian-sounding name (Cicero’s), the back room.

We would play for the same 25 people every time, though in time it grew. St. Louis isn’t one of our biggest markets anymore, but it’s one of the building blocks, and it will always feel like home.”

Slug says the “Southsiders” album is simply Atmosphere being itself.

“I’ve made music where I’ve always been able and not afraid to discuss flaws and problems,” he says.

“I take responsibility.

I never projected the ‘coolest dude identity.’

Here I am, 20 years later, and I’m still allowed to be that. That’s what this

record is an extension of.

As you age, you evolve.”

“Southsiders” reflects Slug’s marriage, turning 40 and more. “There’s a song on there about mortality, not that it’s about death. But the concept pops up more and more now that I recognize, ‘Hey, I’m in my 40s. Is a 17-year-old supposed to relate to that?

That’s not my problem.’”

He also says Atmosphere makes songs that aren’t so insular, the way Stevie Wonder wrote, reflecting things he’s thinking about but making it universal.

The album includes the song “Kanye West.”

Naming a song for a celebrity isn’t foreign territory for Slug; his other group project, Felt, has songs titled “Kevin Spacey,” “Paul Reubens,” “Morris Day,” “Marvin Gaye,” “Rick James” and “Suzanne Vega.” “We used the names as an adjective to describe a way of living.”

The story in “Kanye West” involves the courtship of Slug and his wife, though he knows it looks like an extreme case of website click-bait.

“I don’t do click-bait,” he says. He doesn’t know if West has actually heard the song. “I don’t think he commented on it. If he had, somebody would have told me.

But I got to believe it’s under his radar.”

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Friday • Where The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard • How much $25-$27.50 • More info Ticketmaster.com Slug of Atmosphere

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• Happy Birthday Miles: Celebrating an Icon presented by Kasimu Taylor, 8 p.m. Saturday.

• KSLU Presents Wednesday Night Live, 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Left Bank Books 399 N. Euclid Ave. • Joseph J. Ellis: The Quartet, 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Memorial Tabernacle Christian Life Center 1350 S. Lafayette St. Chippendales, Friday and Saturday at River City Casino

NOW HEAR THIS 560 Music Center 560 Trinity Ave. • Saddle Up! BandTogether Pops Concert 2015, 8 p.m. Saturday.

Ameristar Casino 1 Ameristar Blvd.

• Emma Hewitt, 9 p.m. Saturday.

BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups 700 South Broadway

Session in the Nation, 9 p.m. Monday.

• Sean Canan’s Voodoo Players, 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Cicero’s 6691 Delmar Blvd.

Broadway Oyster Bar 736 S. Broadway • Soulard Blues Band presents: The Longest Running Blues Jam

• Tim Albert & The Boogiemen, 9 p.m. Saturday.

• Rocky and the Wranglers, 8 p.m. Friday.

• T&A, 3 p.m. Saturday.

• Erik Brooks, 8 p.m. Sunday.

• Event Horizon, 7 p.m. Thursday.

Family Arena 2002 Arena Pkwy.

• Tim Albert & Stovehandle Dan with Randy, 7 p.m. Monday.

Concord Farmers’ Club 10140 Concord School Rd.

• Judas Priest, 7 p.m. Tuesday.

• Anti-Flag, The Homeless Gospel Choir, War on Women at FUBAR, 8 p.m. Friday.

• Union Dixie Jazz Band, 2 p.m. Sunday.

• Community Gospel Choir Eighth-Season Finale Concert, 3 p.m. Sunday.

• Michelle McCausland and Her Pinup Girls, 11 p.m. Friday, 10 p.m. Saturday.

Focal Point 2720 Sutton Blvd.

• Bad Manners, 8 p.m. Monday.

• Tom Hall, 7 p.m.

Saturday.

• Bad Dog Country, 8 p.m. Friday.

Duck Room at Blueberry Hill 6504 Delmar Blvd.

Hour, 4 p.m. Friday.

• Jam Session with Voo Doo Blues, 4 p.m. Sunday.

Concordia Lutheran Church 505 S. Kirkwood Rd.

Bombers Hideaway 3960 Chouteau Ave.

• Agent Orange, In the Whale, 8 p.m. Thursday.

• Gateway Spotlight Chorus, 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Fubar 3108 Locust St.

• The Weekend Classic, You vs Yesterday, 6 p.m. Tuesday.

• Patti Thomas & the Hitmen, 4 p.m. Saturday.

• Blind Willie & the Broadway Collective, 8 p.m. Monday.

• PigPen Theatre Co., Goodnight, Texas, 8 p.m. Tuesday.

The Dark Room 615 N. Grand Ave. • Mo Egeston Solo Piano Fridays, 6 p.m. Friday.

The Demo 4191 Manchester Ave. • Unwelcome Guests, Breakmouth Annie, The Ruthless, 30 Helens Agree, 9 p.m. Friday.

• Matt Townsend & The Wonder Of The World, Pretty Little Empire, Letter To Memphis, 8 p.m. Saturday.

Ferring Jazz Bistro 3536 Washington Blvd.

• Regina Carter’s Southern Comfort at Jazz at the Bistro, 7 p.m. Friday.

• Brunch at the Bistro with Tommy Halloran’s Guerrilla Swing, 10 a.m. Sunday.

• One Night Only with Avishai Cohen’s Triveni at Jazz at the Bistro!, 7 p.m. Thursday.

• Shapist, Aenimus, WRVTH, Scarred Atlas, 6 p.m. Saturday.

• The Contortionist, Chon, Auras, Noesis, 6 p.m. Tuesday.

• Airport Novels, 6 p.m. Wednesday.

• The Business, Dogfight, Antithought, American Dischord, Tiger Rider, 7 p.m.

Wednesday.

• Emmet Cahill Live, 8 p.m. Monday.

• Kids Rock Cancer Benefit Concert, 7 p.m. Thursday.

Trainwreck 314 Westport Plaza

Sky Music Lounge 930 Kehrs Mill Rd.

• Town Drunks, 8 p.m. Tuesday.

• Jake’s Leg, 9 p.m. Friday.

• Mike Mattingly, 8 p.m. Wednesday, 8 p.m. Thursday.

• Simple Machine, 6 p.m. Friday.

Trainwreck Saloon • Dave & Greg Show, 4 p.m. Friday.

• Chad Becker Duo, 6 p.m. Saturday.

• Quitting Amy, 9 p.m. Saturday.

Off Broadway 3509 Lemp Ave

• Mozingo Rock University, 2 p.m. Sunday.

• Plastic, 9 p.m. Friday.

• Bitter Pill, 9 p.m. Saturday.

Way Out Club 2525 S. Jefferson St.

• St. Cletus Parish Picnic, 6 p.m. Saturday.

• Pik’n Lik’n, 7 p.m.

Wednesday.

The Pageant 6161 Delmar Blvd.

Tavern of Fine Arts 313 Belt Ave.

• They Might Be Giants, 9 p.m. Saturday.

• STL, Free Jazz Collective, 8 p.m. Friday.

• Paul Bonn and the Bluesmen, 8 p.m. Thursday.

Helen Fitzgerald’s 3650 Lindbergh Blvd.

• Scott Weiland & the Wildabouts, 8 p.m. Monday.

• Griffin & the Gargoyles, 9 p.m. Friday.

Patrick’s Bar & Grill 342 Westport Plaza

• Jack Willhite, midnight Friday.

• Tremonti, 7 p.m. Sunday.

• New Crime Theatre, 5 p.m. Friday.

Jacoby Arts Center 627 E. Broadway

• Hollywood 5, 4 p.m. Saturday.

• Gary Dammer Big Band, 7 p.m. Friday.

Hammerstone’s 2028 S. Ninth St.

The Stage at KDHX 3524 Washington Blvd.

• David Dee & the Hot Tracks, 9 p.m. Friday.

• Soul-Jazz and its Resurgence with Andy Coco, 7 p.m. Thursday.

• Dirty Muggs, 9 p.m. Friday.

• Blood Brothers, 9 p.m. Saturday.

• Griffin & the Gargoyles, Patio, 5 p.m. Thursday.

• Ultra Violets, 8 p.m. Thursday.

The Ready Room 4195 Manchester Ave. • Copeland, 8 p.m. Saturday.

Tower Grove Abbey 2336 Tennessee Ave.

• North County Big Band, 3 p.m. Sunday.

• Get Randy, 9 p.m. Saturday.

• Other Lives, 8 p.m. Tuesday.

• Tommy Flynn One Man Oldies Band, 9 p.m. Saturday.

Sheldon Concert Hall and Art Galleries 3648 Washington Blvd.

• Tim Barry, 8 p.m. Thursday.

HIlton at the Ballpark 1 S. Broadway

• Honky Tonk Happy

Nightshift Bar and Grill 3979 Mexico Rd.

Tim’s Chrome Bar 4736 Gravois Ave.

• Naked Mike, 7 p.m. Tuesday.

The Firebird 2706 Olive St.

First United Methodist Church 801 First Capitol Dr.

• New Release Happy Hour, 3 p.m. Tuesday.

• Tommy Halloran’s Guerrilla Swing Family Matinee Concert, noon Saturday.

Schmitty’s Bar & Grill • Country Bill & the Cadillac Daddies, 4 p.m. Sunday.

• Joe Ely, 7 p.m.

Wednesday.

Hey Guys Comedy Club 5225 N. Illinois St.

• FiLiBuStA, 6 p.m.

Wednesday.

Music Record Shop 4191A Manchester Ave.

Tick Tock Tavern 3549 Magnolia Ave.

• Chippendales, 8 p.m.

Friday, 8 p.m. Saturday.

St. Cletus Church and School 2705 Zumbehl Rd.

• The Business, 8 p.m. Wednesday.

• FIDLAR, Metz, 8 p.m. Tuesday.

• #iShine Concert, 6 p.m. Saturday.

• Fired Up Fridays DJ Takeover, 4 p.m. Friday.

River City Casino & Hotel 777 River City Casino Blvd.

• 2Turnt Party with Mack Jay, 9 p.m. Friday.

• The Sugarpills, Trumpt and Central Standard, 9 p.m. Saturday.

World Chess Hall of Fame 4652 Maryland Ave • Monthly Music Series: The Bottlesnakes, 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Three Sixty 1 S. Broadway

COMING SUNDAY Our annual Summer Fun Guide is coming to Sunday’s Post-Dispatch. It’s packed with your favorite festivals, concert series, theater events and more — plus, a big calendar to help you plan all summer long.

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MONDAY

MAY 17

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“The Rat Pack Is Back!,” Fox Theatre • St. Louis Renaissance Faire, Saturdays and Sundays through June 9 (also open Memorial Day), Rotary Park in Wentzvile

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

MAY 19

MAY 20

Jeff Beck Beck, Fox Theatre • Nitro Circus Live, Scottrade Center • Judas Priest, Family Arena

JEFF BECK

MAY 24

MAY 25

MEMORIAL DAY

ZAC BROWN

MAY 26

MAY 27

CHARLIE WILSON

MAY 31

Circus Flora’s “One Summer on Second Street,” May 28-June 28, Grand Center • Alabama Shakes, Fox Theatre • “The Threepenny Opera,” May 28-June 20, New Line Theatre at Washington University South Campus Theatre

EMILY KINNEY

JUNE 1

JUNE 2 STLTODAY.COM/GO Brandi Carlile, the Pageant

JUNE 3

JUNE 4

“The Aristocats,” June 3-28, Stages St. Louis

Jimmy Buffett, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • “Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead,” June 4-20, Stray Dog Theatre at the Tower Grove Abbey

BRANDI CARLILE

JUNE 7

JUNE 8

“Richard the Lionheart,” June 7-26, Opera Theatre of St. Louis • Jewish Film Festival, June 7-11, Landmark Plaza Frontenac Cinema • The Script, Mary Lambert, Colton Avery, the Pageant

MAY 28

Emily Kinney, Blueberry Hill • St. Vincent, the Pageant

Gypsy Caravan, Family Arena

30 G O ! MWilson, A G A Z I N E / Kem, S T. L O U IJoe, S P O S T-Scottrade Charlie D I S PAT C H / 1 Center 2.14.12–1 2 . 2 0. 1 2 • “Lost in Space: Star Wars and More,” Powell Hall • LooseCannon Celebrity Basketball Game, Chaifetz Arena

THURSDAY MAY 21 Zac Brown Band, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • Show Me Burlesque and Vaudeville Festival, May 21-23, 2720 Cherokee, Ivory Theatre, Casa Loma Ballroom

JIMMY BUFFETT

JUNE 9

JUNE 10 Twangfest, June 10-13, Off Broadway • Terence Blanchard, June 10-13, Ferring Jazz Bistro

JUNE 11 Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, the Pageant

TERENCE BLANCHARD

• Jenny Lewis, 8 p.m. Sunday.

JUNE 14

JUNE 15

“Sounds of Simon & Garfunkel,” Powell Symphony Hall

“My Fair Lady,” June 15-21, the Muny

JUNE 21

JUNE 22

FATHER’S DAY FIRST DAY OF SUMMER

JUNE 16 Marcus Miller, June 16-18, Ferring Jazz Bistro

JUNE 23

JUNE 17 Missouri Chamber Music Festival, June 17-21, First Congregational Church of Webster Groves • St. Lou Fringe, June 17-27, various locations in midtown

JUNE 24

Neon Trees, the Ready Room

Smashing Pumpkins, the Pageant • “Hairspray,” June 23-30, the Muny

Lily Tomlin, River City Casino • Lindsey Stirling, Fox Theatre

JUNE 29

JUNE 30

JULY 1

“My Sinatra,” Powell Symphony Hall • Father’s Day Car Show, Museum of Transportation • Dawes, Langhorne Slim, the Pageant

JUNE 18 Dierks Bentley, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

JUNE 25

FRIDAY MAY 22 Spring to Dance, May 22-24, Touhill Performing Arts Center • Greek Festival, May 22-25, Assumption Greek Orthodox Church • Missouri River Irish Fest, May 22-24, Frontier Park in St. Charles • “Antony and Cleopatra,” May 22 -June 14, Forest Park • New Kids on the Block, TLC, Nelly, Scottrade Center • Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con, May 22-24, America’s Center

MAY 29 Rascal Flatts, Scotty McCreery & RaeLynn, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • Buddy Valastro, Family Arena • John Mellencamp, Peabody Opera House • “Smokey Joe’s Cafe,” May 29-June 28, Stages St. Louis • Big Muddy Dance Company, Touhill • “The Pillowman,” May 29-June 7, Theatre Lab at the Gaslight Theater

JUNE 5

SATURDAY MAY 23 105.7 Pointfest: Breaking Benjamin, Seether, Chevelle and the Used, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • “The Barber of Seville,” May 23-June 27, Opera Theatre of St. Louis • St. Louis African Arts Festival, May 23-25, Forest Park • Bob Costas Benefit, Fox Theatre • “Lantern Festival: Magic Reimagined,” May 23-Aug. 23, Missouri Botanical Garden

MAY 30 “La Rondine,” May 30-June 28, Opera Theatre of St. Louis • The Decemberists, Peabody Opera House • A Walk in 1875 St. Louis, May 30Feb. 14, Missouri History Museum

JUNE 6

Chris Botti, Powell Symphony Hall • Innsbrook Institute Music Festival, June 5-13, Innsbrook • Seth Meyers, Peabody Opera House • Art & Air Festival, June 5-7, Webster Groves • Loretta Lynn, River City Casino • David Cook, Old Rock House • International Horseradish Festival, June 5-7, Woodland Park in Collinsville

Norm MacDonald, Lumière Live • Opening of Polar Bear Point, St. Louis Zoo, Forest Park • Wanda Jackson, Off Broadway • “The Music of the Eagles,” Powell Symphony Hall

JUNE 12

JUNE 13

Imagine Dragons, Scottrade Center • Peter Cetera, Family Arena • St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival, June 12-13, Forest Park • “Play It Again, Sam,” June 12-28, ACT INC at J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts • “Game of Thrones: The Parody,” June 12-27, Magic Smoking Monkey Theatre at Regional Arts Commission

JUNE 19 Floetry, the Pageant • “Classical Mystery Tour: A Tribute to the Beatles,” Powell Symphony Hall • “Love From a Stranger,” June 19-27, ACT INC at J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts • Bellator MMA: Unfinished Business, Kimbo vs. Shamrock, Scottrade Center

JUNE 26

“Emmeline,” June 13-27, Opera Theatre of St. Louis • Komen Race for the Cure, downtown • Feed the Need Concert: Alison Krauss & Union Station Featuring Jerry Douglas, Liberty Bank Amphitheater

JUNE 20 A Cappella Live! featuring Ambassadors of Harmony, Touhill Performing Arts Center

JUNE 27

“Music of U2,” Powell Symphony Hall • Darius Rucker, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • PrideFest, June 26-28, Soldiers Memorial

Chesterfield Wine and Jazz Fest, Chesterfield Amphitheater • History Clubhouse opens, Missouri History Museum • S.L.U.M. Fest, 2720 Cherokee

JULY 3

JULY 4

DIERKS BENTLEY

JUNE 28 “Weird Al” Yankovic, Peabody Opera House • “Senufo: Art and Identity in West Africa,” June 28–Sept. 27, St. Louis Art Museum

JULY 2

“Forts & Clubhouses,” opens at the Magic House

Heritage & Freedom Fest, July 2-4, O’Fallon, Mo. • St. Charles Riverfest, July 2-4, Frontier Park • Fair St. Louis: Natalie Stovall and the Drive, Parmalee and Chris Young, Forest Park • “The Fantasticks,” July 2-18, Insight Theatre Company at Nerinx Hall

JULY 8

JULY 9

TYLER GLENN OF NEON TREES

JULY 5

JULY 6 “Holiday Inn,” July 6-12, the Muny

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JULY 7 John Fogerty, Fox Theatre

“WEIRD AL” YANKOVIC

Fair St. Louis: Blondie and Melissa Etheridge, Forest Park

JULY 10 Let Them Eat Art, Downtown Maplewood • “Don Giovanni,” Union Avenue Opera, July 10-18 • Dwight Yoakam, July 10, Liberty Bank Amphitheater • St. Louis Art Museum’s Outdoor Film Series: “Back to the Future,” Art Hill, Forest Park • St. Louis Actors’ Studio’s LaBute New Theater Festival, July 10-Aug. 2, Gaslight Theater

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INDEPENDENCE DAY VP Parade, Forest Park • Fair St. Louis: Morris Day and the Time, Kool & the Gang, Forest Park

JULY 11 Tour de Donut, Staunton City Park • Train, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • “Slide the City,” July 11-12, Market Street, between Jefferson Avenue and 10th Street

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World’s Largest Catsup Bottle Festival, Collinsville

“Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story,” July 13-19, the Muny • Clayton Restaurant Week, July 13-19

Meghan Trainor, the Pageant • Fall Out Boy and Wiz Khalifa, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • Steve Miller Band, Family Arena

Rob Thomas, Peabody Opera House • Dave Matthews Band, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

Luke Bryan, July 16-17, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

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WWE Battleground, Scottrade Center

“Into the Woods,” July 21-27, the Muny

Steely Dan with Elvis Costello and the Imposters, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • Veruca Salt, the Ready Room

Fifth Harmony, Peabody Opera House • Sublime with Rome/Rebelution, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • Jefferson County Fair, July 23-26, Hillsboro

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JULY 26 Van Halen, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • Graham Nash, the Pageant

JULY 27 Vans Warped Tour, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

JULY 28 Harry Connick Jr., Peabody Opera House

JULY 29 Janeane Garafolo, the Ready Room • Nickelback, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • “Beauty and the Beast,” July 29-Aug. 7, The Muny

JULY 30 Sam Smith, Chaifetz Arena

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St. Louis Art Museum’s Outdoor Film Series: “Jaws,” Art Hill, Forest Park • Anything Goes,” July 17-Aug. 16, Stages St. Louis

JULY 24 J. Cole, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • “Move Live on Tour,” Fox Theatre • Robert Earl Keen, the Ready Room • Christine Ebersole, Sheldon Concert Hall • St. Louis Art Museum’s Outdoor Film Series: “Clueless,” Art Hill, Forest Park • “Moon Over Buffalo,” July 24-Aug. 9, Insight Theatre Company at Nerinx Hall • The Ting Tings, the Firebird

JULY 31 Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • “Rigoletto,” July 31-Aug.8, Union Avenue Opera • St. Louis Art Museum’s Outdoor Film Series: “Sound of Music,” Art Hill,

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AWOLNATION, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • World Naked Bike Ride, begins in the Grove

JULY 25 Kid Rock, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

AUG. 1 Shinedown, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre • All That Tap XXIV, Edison Theatre

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Chaifetz Arena Ticketmaster.com • The May 8 Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly concert is postponed.

Event Center at River City Casino Ticketmaster.com • Lorrie Morgan and Pam Tillis, 8 p.m. June 4, $35.50-$45.50 Family Arena MetroTix.com • The Australian Pink Floyd Show with Led Zeppelin2, Aug. 4, $28-$53 or $68 for Gold Circle tickets, on sale at noon Friday.

Ferring Jazz Bistro jazzstl.org • The second annual Richard McDonnell Memorial Concert with Peter Martin, the Funky Butt Brass Band, Adam Maness, Bob DeBoo, Eric Slaughter, Montez Coleman, Jesse Gannon and more, May 24, $25 suggested donation with VIP seats available for $100, proceeds go to developing a scholarship fund in McDonnell’s name.

The Firebird Ticketfly.com • M.O.P., 8 p.m.

June 25, $20.

• An Under Cover Weekend, Sept. 2526, open submissions accepted at undercoverweekend. com.

Fox Theatre MetroTix.com • Straight No Chaser, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 27, $44.50-$59.50.

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iparty Ed Sheeran concert • May 10 • Scottrade Center 1 From left: Molly Ashbaugh, Lauren Wulf and Kaila Aschenbrenner, all of Rochester, Ill. • 2 Armando and Kaley Amezquita of Carbondale, Ill. • 3 Gianna Sulzner (left) and Rebecca Purcell, both of St. Louis • 4 Laura Whiteside and Jarred Howes, both of St. Louis • 5 Lauren Cain (left) and Kayla Dodge, both of St. Louis • 6 Scott and Amanda Keil, both of Jefferson City • 7 Javier and Stacie Gutierrez of Belleville • 8 Badia Thomas (left) and Sophia Evans, both of St. Louis • 9 Laney Huelsmann (left) and Payton Drury, both of Highland • 10 Miriam Frenchie (left) and Eileen Mathias, both of St. Louis • 11 Aysia (left) and Jhane Brown of St. Louis • 12 Natalie (left) and Rebecca Bak of O’Fallon, Ill.

Off Broadway Ticketfly.com • World Party, Gabriel Kelley, 9 p.m. June 30, $20.

• Wild and Blue: A Tribute to Anne Tkach with Fred Friction, the Skekses, Peck of Dirt, Ransom Note, the Good Griefs, Rough Shop, Hazeldine, Magic City, 8 p.m.

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Old Rock House MetroTix.com • Elle King, 8 p.m.

June 15, $15-$17, on sale at noon Friday.

ORH Outdoor Pavilion MetroTix.com • Joe Nichols, 8 p.m.

July 9, $27.50-$30.

The Pageant Ticketmaster.com • The Tallest Man on Earth, 8 p.m.

July 29, $25, on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.

Peabody Opera House Livenation.com • Jill Scott, Common, DJ Jazzy Jeff, July 9, on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.

Pop’s Ticketweb.com • Hinder, Full Devil Jacket, 7 p.m.

June 13, $18-$20.

The Ready Room Ticketweb.com • Action Bronson’s May 12 show is postponed.

• Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Dillon Cooper, 8 p.m.

July 11, $26-$30, on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.

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• El Monstero: A Tribute to Pink Floyd, Celebration Day: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin, Aug. 8, $20-$45 with four lawn tickets available for $60, on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday.

New life for Bluesweek

The Blender When it returns downtown, the National

Blues Museum and St. Louis Blues Society will oversee it

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Bluesweek’s founder has confirmed what we’ve assumed for months: The event is a no-go for Memorial Day weekend and most likely will return for 2016.

The weeklong celebration of the blues, which started downtown in 2010 before moving to Chesterfield in 2014, will return to downtown at a date to be determined, says founder Mike Kociela.

Kociela has been at the forefront of Bluesweek since its inception, but he’ll assume a role in the background as the event is taken over by the forthcoming National Blues Museum and the St. Louis Blues Society.

“Everyone agrees the festival and the museum need to be linked,” Kociela says. “We just have to figure out a way to make that happen. It has to be under the right circumstances and financial situation so it’s not killing any one of our organizations.”

When Bluesweek returns, it’ll be incorporated into the museum’s grand opening festivities, sometime between November and early next year. The celebration could extend into spring, which is the desired time for the festival. stltoday.com/blender

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The return also will depend on the “ability to raise funds to do the festival,” says Kociela, adding that the festival’s budget in the six figures.

Support is being sought from bigname corporations so Bluesweek can “come back bigger and better than ever.

There’s lots of money to raise and lots of overhead associated with doing this. But it’ll happen one way or the other.”

The link between the museum and Bluesweek is an obvious one. “The festival was launched to benefit the museum,” says Kociela, also a cofounder and board member for the National Blues Museum. “With any good museum, like the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, you have early events that are a focal point for marketing, awareness and funding. That’s what all museums need.”

The first Bluesweek was in 2010 on Market Street in front of Peabody Opera House. The second year was also downtown but on Washington Avenue, in front of the site of the future museum. The event moved to Soldiers Memorial for 2012 and 2013. It enjoyed its best year ever in 2013, when Trombone Shorty and Mavis Staples were on the lineup. The event peaked that year with attendance at 70,000.

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terfield Amphitheater and became a ticketed event. About 15,000 people attended.

The move to Chesterfield “was 100 percent the right thing to do, no doubt about it,” Kociela says. “It doesn’t matter where you go to see the music. If you love the music, you go wherever it is. It was successful, and all the musicians made money.”

Bluesweek is one of a handful of festivals that moved from downtown over the past year. Taste of St. Louis moved to Chesterfield, and last week the Budweiser St. Louis Ribfest, set for Memorial Day weekend, announced a move to St. Charles.

The moves are attributed to a 10-year deal giving a Los Angeles concert promoter exclusive access to the Gateway Mall (which includes Soldiers Memorial) on Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends. So far, the company’s Summer Rocks concerts haven’t materialized.

When Bluesweek returns, Kociela hopes to see the educational component greatly increased, as well as the acts taken up to the next level.

He says the museum, aided by Bluesweek “is just a great thing for St. Louis and for tourism for the city. It has the right timing, the right place, the right vibe and the right team in place.

This is one of the most important things to happen in St. Louis in the past 30 years.”

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Heavy ‘Rotation’ The Kemper reveals some of the works donated by art collector Peter Norton ‌

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ecently, entrepreneur, philanthropist and art collector Peter Norton (of antivirus software fame) donated more than 50 artworks to the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum as part of an initiative that also involved seven other American college and university museums.

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set to highlight those gifts. The current rotation features works by Doug Aitken, Renee Cox, Anna Gaskell, Katarzyna Jozefowicz, Inez van Lamsweerde, Allen Ruppersberg and Kara Walker.

An installation on the floor is just about mandatory for contemporary art exhibitions. In this case, it’s Jozefowicz’s “Carpet” (1997-2000), which at first glance resembles a reasonable facsimile of a dirt road

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but actually consists of a multitude of images of people — ordinary citizens as well as celebrities — culled from Polish newspapers and magazines.

Walker is represented by “Golddigger” (2003), which features three tiny, 22-karat gold replicas of devices used to entrap and control black female slaves. This collaboration with Klaus Bürgel is characteristic of the irreverent take on African-American history that has often made Walker a controversial figure.

Aitken’s video “Dawn” (1993) is a 6-minute mashup of made-for-TV melodramas of the 1970s and ’80s that centered on such issues as teen

suicide. Ripped from their original contexts, the clips come across as a disquieting tapestry of suburban disaffection.

Van Lamsweerde’s “Me Kissing Vinoodh (Passionately)” (1999) is a four-panel photograph of the artist kissing her husband — but with his image removed digitally, so that the recipient of the kiss seems to have disappeared into his surroundings.

But he can be seen clearly in the accompanying, and much smaller, “Me Kissing Vinoodh (Lovingly)” (1999).

Most prominent in the exhibition is Allen Ruppersberg’s “Kunstkammer” (1991-93), a mixed-media installation in 25 parts that dominates the rear wall of the gallery. The piece includes such pop-culture memorabilia as film stills and framed quotes — including “How long shall I live?” and “Hey! I’m supposed to be black.”

“Rotation 1” also includes works by photographers Renee Cox and “Me Kissing Vinoodh Anna Gaskell. Cox’s (Passionately)” “It Shall Be Named” (1999) by Inez (1994) employs van Lamsweerde overlapping images to depict a black man as the subject of a crucifixion. Gaskell’s “Untitled #59 (by proxy)” and “Untitled #61 (by proxy)” (both 1999) portray enigmatic scenarios involving nurses and young girls.

“Rotation 2” is scheduled to open on Sept. 11.

Also at the Kemper through Aug. 2: “Neither Here Nor There: Borders and Nobility in Contemporary Art” and “2015 MFA Thesis Exhibition.”

What “Rotation 1: Contemporary Art from the Peter Norton Gift” • When 11 a.m.-5 p.m. daily,

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The summer concert season is set to explode with a lineup that will see Foo Fighters duking it out, Shania Twain rocking country, New Kids on the Block hooking up with Nelly and TLC, Darius Rucker hitting the big leagues, Smashing Pumpkins taking it down a notch, Meghan Trainor bringing the bass and Floetry putting its pieces back together. • There’s also a strong showing of classic rockers with Van Halen, Sammy Hagar, Jimmy Buffett, Jeff Beck, John Mellencamp, Peter Frampton and Judas Priest; “Idol” appearances from Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard and others; R&B flavor from Jill Scott and Charlie Wilson; laughs from Kevin Hart, Seth Meyers and “Weird Al” Yankovic; new rock from Imagine Dragons, Neon Trees and St. Vincent; and hip-hop by J. Cole, Big Sean, Common and Tyler, the Creator. • And Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre kicks off the season with Lady Antebellum, at the venue formerly known as Verizon Wireless Amphitheater.

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Blacksmith, 8 p.m.

May 30, Peabody Opera House, $31-$76, Ticketmaster.com • Chris Stapleton, 8 p.m. May 30, the Firebird, $15, Ticketfly.com • “Forever Charlie Tour” with Charlie Wilson, Joe, Kem, 7:30 p.m. May 31, Scottrade Center, $35-$100, Ticketmaster.com

• Regina Carter’s Southern Comfort, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.

Friday-Saturday, Ferring Jazz Bistro, $35-$40, jazzstl.org

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• Atmosphere, B Dolan, deM atlaS, DJ Adatrak, 8 p.m. Friday, the Pageant, $25-$27, Ticketmaster.com • Anti-Flag, the Homeless Gospel Choir, War on Women, Antithought, 8 p.m.

Friday, Fubar, $18$20, Ticketfly.com • They Might Be Giants, 9 p.m. Saturday, the Pageant, $25-$30, Ticketmaster.com • J.B. Smoove, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Lumière Live, $25-$35, Ticketmaster.com • Jenny Lewis, Nikki Lane, 8 p.m. Sunday, the Ready Room, $22$25, Ticketfly.com • Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts’ the “Master Blaster Tour” with Highly Suspect, Stocklyn, 8 p.m.

Monday, the Pageant, Ticketmaster.com • Redeemer of Souls Tour with Judas Priest, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Family Arena, $33-$83, MetroTix.com • Jeff Beck, Billy Raffoul, 8 p.m. Tuesday, Fox Theatre, $49$129, MetroTix.com

• Tame Impala, Kuroma, 8 p.m. June 1, the Pageant, $28-$30, Ticketmaster.com • Brandi Carlile, Anderson East, 8 p.m. June 2, the Pageant, $28.50-$36, Ticketmaster.com

New Kids on the Block and TLC

• Listening Room Series with Candlebox Acoustic, Oddslane, 8 p.m. Tuesday, Old Rock House, $15-$25, MetroTix.com

• “The Main Event” with New Kids on the Block, Nelly, TLC, 7 p.m. May 22, Scottrade Center, $29.50-$92.50, Livenation.com

• Halestorm, the Pretty Reckless, Starset, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, the Pageant, $29.99-$32.50, Ticketmaster.com

• Turnpike Troubadours, Jonny Burke, 8 p.m. May 22, the Pageant, $20-$22.50, Ticketmaster.com

• Joe Ely, Jack Grelle, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Off Broadway, $25, Ticketfly.com

• Built to Spill, Wooden Indian Burial Ground, Clarke and the Himselfs, 8 p.m. May 22, the Ready Room, $22-$25, Ticketfly.com

• Zac Brown Band’s “Jekyll + Hyde Tour,” 7 p.m. Thursday, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $32.50$64.50, Livenation.com • Avishai Cohen’s Triveni, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Ferring Jazz Bistro, $30, jazzstl.org

• Rich Homie Quan, 8 p.m. May 22, the Ambassador, $45$50, MetroTix.com • Bob Costas Benefit with Diana Ross, Martin Short, 8 p.m.

May 23, Fox Theatre, $35-$150, MetroTix.com

Nessasary, Cool Nutz, 7 p.m. May 25, Pop’s, $20-$23, TicketWeb.com

Ross • Pointfest with Breaking Benjamin, Seether, Chevelle, the Used, Yelawolf, Meg Myers, Greek Fire, Young Guns, Shaman’s Harvest, May 23, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, sold out, Livenation.com • Junior Brown, 10 p.m. May 24, Beale on Broadway, $25, bealeonbroadway.com • Ministry, 8 p.m. May 25, the Ready Room, $66.60, Ticketfly.com • E-40, Stevie Stone,

• “Tour de Compadres” with Needtobreathe, Switchfoot, Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, Colony House, 6 p.m. July 25, Six Flags St. Louis’ Old Glory Amphitheatre, $10-$20 ticket required along with park admission, sixflags.com/stlouis

Ticketmaster.com • Emily Kinney, 8 p.m.

May 27, Duck Room at Blueberry Hill, $15, Ticketmaster.com • Alabama Shakes, Father John Misty, 8 p.m. May 28, Fox Theatre, $25-$75, MetroTix.com • Billy Joe Shaver, Ashleigh Flynn, 8 p.m.

May 28, Old Rock House, $20-$27, MetroTix.com

• Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio with Lionel Loueke, May 27-30, Ferring Jazz Bistro, $35-$40, jazzstl.org

• John Mellencamp, 7:30 p.m. May 29, Peabody Opera House, $42.50-$119.50, Ticketmaster.com

• Crushed Out, Spiritfingers, 3 of 5, 9 p.m. May 27, Off Broadway, $7, Ticketfly.com

• Rascal Flatts, Scotty McCreery, RaeLynn, 7:30 p.m. May 29, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $30.25$60, Livenation.com

• St. Vincent, Sarah Neufelt, 8 p.m. May 27, the Pageant, $25-$30,

• Butch Walker, Jonathan Tyler, 9 p.m.

June 3, Duck Room at Blueberry Hill, $25-$30, Ticketmaster.com

• The Decemberists, Dan Morgan +

$99, stlsymphony.org • David Cook, Briar Rabbit, 8 p.m. June 5, Old Rock House, $20, MetroTix.com • Loretta Lynn, 8 p.m. June 5, Event Center at River City Casino, $47.50-$77.50, Ticketmaster.com • Seth Meyers, 8 p.m. June 5, Peabody Opera House, $42, Ticketmaster.com • Norm Macdonald, 7 and 9:30 p.m. June 6, Lumière Place Casino, $25-$35, Ticketmaster.com • Wanda Jackson, 8 p.m. June 6, Off Broadway, $20-$35, Ticketfly.com • The Script, Mary Lambert, Colton Avery, 8 p.m. the Pageant, $28.50-$35, Ticketmaster.com • Mike Gordon, 8 p.m. June 8, the Pageant, $25-$27.50, Ticketmaster.com • Particle, Lusid, 9 p.m.

June 9, 2720 Cherokee, $15, flavorus.com • Terence Blanchard, June 10-13, Ferring Jazz Bistro, $35$40, jazzstl.org

Buffett • Jimmy Buffett, 8 p.m. June 4, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $36$136, Livenation.com

• Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, 8 p.m. June 11, the Pageant, $45-$60, Ticketmaster.com

• Lorrie Morgan and Pam Tillis, 8 p.m. June 4, Event Center at River City Casino, $35.50-$45.50, Ticketmaster.com

• Voodoo Glow Skulls, Slow Children, the Timmys, Captain Dee and the Long Johns, Snooty and the Ratfinks, 7:30 p.m. June 11, Fubar, $8-$10, Ticketfly.com

• Chris Botti, 7:30 p.m. June 5, Powell Symphony Hall, $25-

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MAY • Lady Antebellum’s “Wheels Up” tour with Hunter Hayes, Sam Hunt, 7 p.m. Friday, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $30.75$60.50, Livenation.com

• Jamey Johnson,

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8 p.m. June 11, ORH Outdoor Pavilion, $32.50-$35, MetroTix.com • “Smoke + Mirror Tour” with Imagine Dragons, Metric, Halsey, 7:30 p.m. June 12, Scottrade Center, $26.50$56.50, Livenation.com • Peter Cetera, 7:30 p.m. June 12, Family Arena, $38-$68, MetroTix.com • Jungle, 8 p.m.

June 12, the Ready Room, $18.50-$20, Ticketfly.com • “Feed the Need Benefit Concert” with Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, the Harmans, 7 p.m. June 13, $40$65, MetroTix.com • Hinder, Full Devil Jacket, 7 p.m. June 13, Pop’s, $18-$20, TicketWeb.com • Hollywood Ending, 7 p.m. June 13, the Firebird, $15-$60, Ticketfly.com • Nneka, 8 p.m. June 13, Duck Room at Blueberry Hill, $18-$20, Ticketmaster.com • Wayne Hancock, 8 p.m. June 14, Off Broadway, $12-$15, Ticketfly.com • The Shadowboxers, 8 p.m. June 14, the Demo, $8-$10, Ticketfly.com • Michael Franti and Spearhead, Nattali Rize & Notis, 8 p.m.

June 15, $27.50-$30, Ticketmaster.com • Melvins, Le Butcherettes, 9 p.m.

June 15, the Firebird, $20, Ticketfly.com

• Elle King, 8 p.m.

June 15, $15-$17, MetroTix.com

Jefferson Barracks, $30 or four-pack for $100, pcallispromotions.com

• Marcus Miller, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. June 1618, Ferring Jazz Bistro, $35-$45, jazzstl.org

• Dawes, Langhorne Slim, 8 p.m. June 21, the Pageant, $25-$27.50, Ticketmaster.com

• The Cave Singers, 8 p.m. June 17, the Demo, $12, Ticketfly.com

• Neon Trees, Alex Winston, Yes You Are, 8 p.m. June 22, the Ready Room, $25, Ticketfly.com

• “Friday Night Live!” with Atlas Genius, New Politics, June 18, Busch II Infield at Ballpark Village, $10.57, Ticketfly.com • The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, 8 p.m.

June 18, Old Rock House, $15-$18, MetroTix.com

Bentley • Dierks Bentley’s “Sounds of Summer Tour” with Kip Moore, Maddie & Tae, Canaan Smith, 7 p.m. June 18, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $31.25$56, Livenation.com • An Evening with Ian Moore, 9 p.m. June 18, Off Broadway, $15$18, Ticketfly.com • Floetry, 8 p.m. June 19, the Pageant, $35$45, Ticketmaster.com • Tyler, the Creator, Taco, 8 p.m. June 20, the Pageant, $25, Ticketmaster.com • Hard Rock Invasion with Queensrÿche, Cinderella’s Tom Keifer, Great White, Adler, 1 p.m. June 20,

• Tristen, Big Harp, 8:30 p.m. June 22, Off Broadway, $10$12, Ticketfly.com • “The Smashing Pumpkins: In Plainsong — An Acoustic-Electro Evening,” 8 p.m. June 23, the Pageant, sold out, Ticketmaster.com

• Betty Who, Coin, 8 p.m. July 2, the Firebird, $16-$18, Ticketfly.com

• “Summer Block Party” featuring Jill Scott, Common, DJ Jazzy Jeff, July 9, Peabody Opera House, Livenation.com • Joe Nichols, 8 p.m.

July 9, ORH Outdoor Pavilion, $27.50-$30, MetroTix.com

• Cody Johnson, 7:30 p.m. June 25, the Bootleg at Atomic Cowboy, $10-$15, Ticketfly.com

• Dwight Yoakam, 7 p.m. July 10, Liberty Bank Alton Amphitheater, $37.25$77.25 with $177.25 VIP, MetroTix.com

• Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, 9 p.m. June 26, Off Broadway, $10, Ticketfly.com • “The Mandator World Tour” with

• Sublime with Rome, Rebelution, Pepper, Mickey Avalon, 6 p.m.

July 23, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $20, Ticketmaster.com Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons

Hoodie Allen, DJ Drama, 7 p.m. July 14, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $20$62.75, Livenation.com

• Raekwon and Ghostface Killah, Dillon Cooper, 8 p.m.

July 11, the Ready Room, $26.$30, Ticketfly.com • Randy Rogers and Wade Bowen, 8 p.m.

July 11, ORH Outdoor Pavilion, $20-$25, MetroTix.com • Train’s “Picasso at the Wheel” tour with the Fray, Matt Nathanson, 7 p.m. July 11, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $25$79.50, Livenation.com • “Boys of Zummer” tour with Fall Out Boy, Wiz Khalifa,

p.m. July 15, Peabody Opera House, $40-$80, Ticketmaster.com • Dave Matthews Band (two sets), 7 p.m. July 15, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $40.50$85, Livenation.com • The Legendary Shack Shakers, Pine Hill Haints, 8:30 p.m.

July 15, Off Broadway, $12-$15, Ticketfly.com

Wiz Khalifa • Kristeen Young, 8 p.m. July 14, the Demo, $10, Ticketfly.com • Meghan Trainor, 8 p.m. July 14, the Pageant, sold out, Ticketmaster.com • The Steve Miller Band, 7 p.m. July 14, Family Arena, $48$68, MetroTix.com • Rob Thomas, 7:30

• Luke Bryan’s “Kick Up the Dust” tour with Randy Houser, Dustin Lynch, 7 p.m. July 1617, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $30.75$70.75, Livenation.com • AWOLNATION, Panic!

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Date” tour with Kid Rock, Foreigner, 6:45 p.m. July 25, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $20, Livenation.com • R5, Jacob Whitesides, Ryland, 7 p.m. July 25, Family Arena, $35$45, MetroTix.com

• Fifth Harmony, Debby Ryan and the Never Ending, Natalie LaRose, Bea Miller, 7 p.m. July 23, Peabody Opera House, $22-$52, Ticketmaster.com

• John Fogerty, 8 p.m.

July 7, Fox Theatre, $45$150, MetroTix.com

• “Friday Night Live!” with the Urge, July 10, Busch II Infield at Ballpark Village, $10.57, Ticketfly.com

• “Southern Style Tour” with Darius Rucker, Brett Eldredge, Brothers Osbourne, A Thousand Horses, 7 p.m. June 26, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $30.25$50, Livenation.com

• Steely Dan, Elvis Costello and the Imposters, 7 p.m. July 22, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $25$125, Livenation.com

JULY

• Lily Tomlin, 8 p.m. June 24, Event Center at River City Casino, $47.50-$97.50, Ticketmaster.com

• An Evening with Sloan, 8 p.m. June 25, Duck Room at Blueberry Hill, $15, Ticketmaster.com

• Veruca Salt, 8 p.m.

July 22, the Ready Room, $25, Ticketfly.com

“Weird Al” Yankovic, 7:30 p.m. June 28, Peabody Opera House, $26-$56, Ticketmaster.com

• “Forest Hills Drive Tour” with J. Cole, Big Sean, YG, Jeremih, 6 p.m. July 24, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $28$70.75, Livenation.com

Nash • An Evening With Graham Nash, 8 p.m.

July 26, the Pageant, $41$51, Ticketmaster.com • Van Halen, the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, 7:30 p.m. July 26, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $27.50$150.50, Livenation.com

• Glass Animals, 8 p.m. July 24, ORH Outdoor Pavilion, $22$25, MetroTix.com

• Vans Warped Tour, 11 a.m. July 27, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $37.50, Livenation.com

• The Ting Tings, 8 p.m.

July 24, the Firebird, $18-$20, Ticketfly.com

• An Evening with Harry Connick Jr., 7:30 p.m. July 28, Peabody Opera House, $49.50$145, Ticketmaster.com

• Robert Earl Keen, Open Highway, 8 p.m. July 24, the Ready Room, $30$40, Ticketfly.com • Montez Coleman Trio featuring Russell Gunn, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. July 24-25, Ferring Jazz Bistro, $25, jazzstl.org • Christine Ebersole (presented by the St. Louis Cabaret Festival), 8 p.m. July 25, Sheldon Concert Hall, $40$100, MetroTix.com • “First Kiss: Cheap

• Dustin Kensrue (of Thrice), the Rocketboys & Merriment, 7:30 p.m.

July 28, Old Rock House, $12-$15, MetroTix.com • The Tallest Man on Earth, 8 p.m. July 29, the Pageant, $25, Ticketmaster.com • “No Fixed Address” tour with Nickelback, Lifehouse, 7:30 p.m.

July 29, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $25-$80, Livenation.com

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• Janeane Garofalo, 8:30 p.m. July 29, the Ready Room, $25, Ticketfly.com

Garofalo • American Aquarium, Radio Birds, 8 p.m.

July 30, Off Broadway, $12-$15, Ticketfly.com • “Heart and Soul” tour with Chicago, Earth, Wind and Fire, 7:30 p.m. July 31, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $25$119, Livenation.com

AUGUST • Shinedown, Three Days Grace, Buckcherry, Nothing More, Hurt, 7 p.m. Aug. 1, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $25$79, Livenation.com • Kelly Clarkson, Pentatonix, 7 p.m. Aug. 2, Hollywood Casino

Amphitheatre, $25$99.50, Livenation.com • Alice in Chains, 8 p.m. Aug. 3, the Pageant, sold out, Ticketmaster.com • “Outcry” tour with Hillsong United, Kari Jobe, Bethel Music, Passion, Lauren Daigle, Trip Lee, DJ Promote, Shaun Groves, 7 p.m. Aug. 4, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $24.50$49.50, Livenation.com • The Australian Pink Floyd Show with Led Zeppelin2, Aug. 4, Family Arena, $28-$53 or $68 for Gold Circle tickets, MetroTix.com • “Rock This Country Tour” with Shania Twain, Gavin DeGraw, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 4, Scottrade Center, $43$133, Ticketmaster.com • Bob Schneider, 8 p.m.

Aug. 5, Off Broadway, $20-$35, Ticketfly.com • “Friday Night Live!” with Taking Back Sunday, Aug. 7, Busch II Infield at Ballpark Village,

$10.57, Ticketfly.com • “Night With Our Idols” with Ruben Studdard, Kimberly Locke, Elliott Yamin, Nikko Smith, 7 p.m.

Aug. 8, the Pageant, $31 (Vatterott College Benefit), Ticketmaster.com • “Halfway to Mardi Gras” party featuring Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, Aug. 8, Busch II Infield at Ballpark Village, $15 with VIP package available, Ticketfly.com

Do America” with Charli XCX, Bleachers, Borns, 8 p.m. Aug. 9, the Pageant, $31-$36, Ticketmaster.com

• “What Now Tour” with Kevin Hart, 7 p.m. Aug. 21, Scottrade Center, $46.50-$132.50, Livenation.com

30, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $30.25$60, Livenation.com

• “Shotgun Rider Tour 2015” with Tim McGraw, Billy Currington, Chase Bryant, Aug. 9, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $32.50$73.50, Livenation.com

• Incubus, Deftones, Death From Above 1979, the Bots, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 21, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $25$99.50, Livenation.com

• Lynyrd Skynyrd, 8 p.m. Sept. 4, Liberty Bank Amphitheater, $42.50-$75, MetroTix.com

• “American Idol Live!” 7:30 p.m. Aug. 10, Peabody Opera House, $30-$60, Ticketmaster.com

Hagar • Whitesnake, Bridge to Grace, 7:30 p.m.

Aug. 16, Family Arena, $33-$60, MetroTix.com

• El Monstero: A Tribute to Pink Floyd, Celebation Day: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin, Aug. 8, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $20-$45 with four lawn tickets for $60, on sale at 10 a.m.

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• KMFDM, Chant, 8 p.m Aug. 12, the Ready Room, $25$28, Ticketfly.com

• “Summer’s Last Stand” tour with Slipknot, Lamb of God, Bullet for My Valentine, Motionless in White, 6:15 p.m. Aug. 16, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $30$70, Livenation.com

• My Morning Jacket, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 12, Peabody Opera House, $35-$45, Ticketmaster.com

• Christian Family Day featuring Brandon Heath & Mandisa, 8 p.m. Aug. 8, Six Flags St. Louis’ Old Glory Amphitheater, $10$20 ticket required with park admission, sixflags.com/stlouis

• Peter Frampton, 8 p.m. Aug. 18, Event Center at River City Casino, $49.50-$100, Ticketmaster.com

• Sammy Hagar & the Circle, Michael Anthony, Jason Bonham, Collective Soul, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 15, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $25$129, Livenation.com

• Foo Fighters, Royal Blood, 7 p.m. Aug. 19, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $42.50$75, Livenation.com

• “Charli and Jack

• Yes and Toto, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 19, Family Arena, $43-$103, MetroTix.com

• “Burn It Down” tour with Jason Aldean, Cole Swindell, Tyler Farr, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 22, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, Livenation.com

SEPTEMBER

• Def Leppard, Styx, Tesla, 7 p.m. Sept.

4, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $25$99.50, Livenation.com • Fishbone, 9 p.m.

Sept. 10, Duck Room at Blueberry Hill, $25, Ticketmaster.com • Patton Oswalt, 8 p.m.

Sept. 10, the Pageant, $35, Ticketmaster.com

Swindell • Michael McDonald, Brian Owens, Aug. 22, Sheldon Concert Hall, $79 (benefits NCADA), MetroTix.com • “Crushin’ It” world tour with Justin Moore, Mickey Guyton, 7:30 p.m., Aug.

• “Back to Rockville” tour with O.A.R., Allen Stone, Brynn Elliott, 7 p.m. Sept. 11, the Pageant, $43-$53, Ticketmaster.com • GWAR: 30 Years of Total World Domination with Butcher Babies, Battlecross, Thorhammer, 7 p.m.

Sept. 11, Pop’s, $18$20, ticketweb.com

ing Head East, Strikeforce, 5 p.m.

Sept. 12, Chesterfield Amphitheatre, $25$30, MetroTix.com • alt-J, Walk the Moon, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Matt and Kim, 5 p.m. Sept.

18, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, $25$55, Livenation.com • Johnny Mathis, 8 p.m. Sept. 19, Fox Theatre, $50-$125, MetroTix.com

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Hillary Scott, Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley perform Feb. 13, 2014, at Chaifetz Arena.

Lady Antebellum shifts into high gear on ‘Wheels Up’ tour

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ountry act Lady Antebellum is going all out on its “Wheels Up” tour, which opens Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre (formerly Verizon Wireless Amphitheater) this weekend.

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With a title inspired by the group’s most recent chart-topping album “747” and a stage set resembling an airplane hangar, the group’s Dave Haywood says a number of elements put the “Wheels

Up” tour over the top.

“We have lots of cool elements and staging and lasers, and it’s a fun night for people overall right from the top of the night, from the music you hear leaving the building,” he says. “Hunter Hayes and Sam Hunt are opening, and people are gonna love what they do. There’s a lot of energy, and it’s all about having a good time.”

Lady Antebellum — which also includes Hillary Scott and Charles Kelley — copped ideas from all over in pulling together this tour, but one of the biggest influences was the band Coldplay.

“We’ve seen them live, and their production is so top-notch and clean,” Haywood says. “They really draw you into the music.

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Everything they do is on a grand scale — larger than life. We wanted it to be that big feel.”

Adding to the big feel are the songs themselves.

Haywood says “747” songs such as “Bartender” and “Long Stretch of Love” were written with big venues in mind.

“We wanted the biggest and boldest songs we could go for,” he says. “We wanted to do what was going to feel the best in amphitheaters and arenas so they could live in a good space. ... As artists, we write all this stuff, and once it’s out there, the final piece is how it goes over live.”

The band wrote the record while on the road, which contributed to the songs’ feel.

“We would come off

stage and write at 1 in the morning,” Haywood says.

“That’s how inspiration hits. That’s what’s gonna translate, what’s going to be big. It’s the most live-based record we’ve ever made.”

Another thing Lady Antebellum likes about the new tour: It can do a full show full of its own hits.

“We’re at a point where we do all of our radio singles making up the entire set list,” Haywood says. “Early on, we had to play 12 cover songs or play the big hit twice, start the show with it and end with it. We don’t have to do that anymore, so it’s an exciting moment for us in our career.”

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Haywood says he knows it’s the popular thing to do, but “it’s a moment. Growing up, I saw Aerosmith in concert, and I had the cheapest seat in the house.

But that moment stuck out for me. Our goal is to accomplish that — create those moments for the crowd. It makes it fun and adds a level of spontaneity while you’re on your way out there interacting with fans. You never know who you’re going to interact with.” BY KEVIN C. JOHNSON WHAT Lady Antebellum,

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Nathan Jones in “Mad Max: Fury Road”

Supercharged reboot

Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron race crazed cut-throats for the future of humanity in ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ ★★★½

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ad Max: Fury Road” delivers max action and max carnage at max volume. This is summertime entertainment ... to the max!

Oops, sorry about that, but the resurrection of the “Mad Max” franchise is so fun and abundant it’s bound to be blurbed with superlatives. stltoday.com/joesmovielounge

And for a change, the ads won’t be unforgivable fibs. This old-school thrill ride leaves a CGI contraption like “Furious 7” stalled at the starting line.

This is analog filmmaking at its most daring. Director George Miller is as Australian as a boxing kangaroo, and his 1979 debut “Mad Max” was a landmark of low-budget Down Under cinema. No Hollywood studio would have OK’d the crazy pyrotechnics that

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used humans as cannon balls, but half a world away from the regulators, Australia had a community of stunt drivers who would risk their lives for a laugh and a lager.

A new generation of stunt person steals “Fury Road” from its ostensible star. In the role that made Mel Gibson famous, Tom Hardy plays Max, a mysterious ex-cop who roams the Outback after a global catastrophe has turned the remaining humans into predators. Max is captured by a tribe of desert-sand pirates and taken to their canyon fortress, where ageless leader Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne) organizes raiding parties to steal vital gasoline.

When Joe dispatches one-armed lieutenant Furiosa (the mighty Charlize Theron) to Gas Town, she betrays

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him by smuggling his breeder females in the tanker truck. The whooping war party that pursues the rainbow-hued harem is a spectacle that would give John Ford an inferiority complex, with Max as a human hood ornament on one of the spiked and supercharged death-mobiles.

The whole movie is essentially a post-apocalyptic cowboys-andIndians chase, with swarms of barrelchested cut-throats buzzing around, atop and beneath the tanker. Max warily joins the gun-slinging Furiosa on the race to the fertile land of her birth, along with a crazed warrior called Nux (Nicholas Hoult) who falls for one of the five maidens. But there’s no room for sentiment in a landscape where even grandmothers travel as a biker gang.

Catapulting over the previous three installments, Miller’s production crew has fashioned a future as distinctive in its way as “Blade Runner.” The powder-pale minions in the steam-punk citadel are literal cogs in a machinery that squeezes water from the desert. Joe, whose face we never see behind a grill (like Hardy wore in “The Dark Knight Rises”), goes into battle sheathed in a plastic muscle suit festooned with old medallions. The war wagons are hybrids of hot rods and heavy-metal tour buses.

Maybe there’s a warning sign buried in the sand about a species that’s speeding out of control, but the chaos is such a gas that “Mad Max: Fury Road” keeps the message to a minimum.

WHAT “Mad Max: Fury Road” • RUN TIME 2:00 • RATING R • CONTENT Intense sequences of

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Familiar tune

Glee-club sequel ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ is a sitcom-caliber repeat of the original film ★★

BY JOE WILLIAMS / FILM CRITIC / JOEWILLIAMS@POST-DISPATCH.COM

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econd verse, not as good as the first.

The 2012 musical “Pitch Perfect” coat-tailed on the “Glee” phenomenon, but it was sufficiently likable and lighthearted to become a sleeper hit in its own right. Three years later, TV shows such as “Glee” and “American Idol” are folding their tents, but Universal Studios seems determined to build “Pitch Perfect” into a film franchise with staying power.

Problem No. 1 is that the talented cast of the first movie played college students who are supposed to gradu-

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ate. Problem No. 2 is that the single new recruit, Hallie Steinfeld as freshman Emily, doesn’t have the comedy skills of the departing Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson.

And Problem No. 3 is that the script is such a shameless repeat of the previous effort it makes “Blurred Lines” seem like a bolt of inspiration.

All told, the movie has about 99 problems, but pitch ain’t one. The ladies can sing, and their a cappella renditions of

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recent and classic pop tunes may be reason enough for the target audience of teen girls to go see it. But anyone older will recognize that “Pitch Perfect 2” is guilty of an honor-code violation.

Oh, and it’s not very funny, either.

When the opening gag involves a wardrobe malfunction by Fat Amy (Wilson) in front of the president of the United States, we’ve entered sitcom territory, and the movie never rises above it.

As punishment, the threetime national champion Barden Bellas are disqualified from further competition — unless they can somehow win the World Cup in Copenhagen against the formidable German team, Das Sound Machine.

DSM’s statuesque Adam Devine leader (Birgitte Hjort

Sorensen) causes Becca (Kendrick) to question her own sexuality, but like the subplots about Becca’s job at a recording studio and Amy’s affair with campus security guard Bumper (Adam DeVine), it doesn’t amount to much. The movie is so underwritten that several of the nine Bellas barely even have lines.

The film was co-written and directed by Elizabeth Banks, and her uncensored-announcer schtick with John Michael Higgins is the most amusing thing in the movie. But competition comedies have been using that gimmick for years. (Just ask Bob Costas.)

In the climatic scene, the Bellas break protocol by performing something original. Let’s hope that the inevitable “Pitch Perfect 3” does the same thing.

WHAT “Pitch Perfect 2” • RUN TIME 1:55 • RATING PG-13 • CONTENT Innuendo and mature language

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ay we suggest that ultra-orthodox Jews have an image problem? On those rare occasions when they are portrayed on popular culture, Hasidic men are depicted as humorless hypocrites, who worship and dance with their brethren while they keep their women quietly cloaked in drab outfits. Like the Amish, ultra-Orthodox Jews don’t attend, let alone create enough movies to promote a counter-narrative.

In 2012, the Israeli film “Fill the Void” offered an insider’s glimpse into Hasidic life, as the story about an arranged marriage was directed by

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an American woman (Rama Burshtein) who embraced the ultra-orthodox lifestyle.

The luminous star of that film, Hadas Yaron, revisits the Hasidic community in “Felix and Meira,” but this time the story is set in Montreal.

Meira (Yaron) is unhappily married to the devout Shulem (Luzer Twersky), with whom she has an infant daughter.

When Shulem is away, Meira practices drawing and listens to the old jazz records that her husband denounces as sinful.

In the same neighborhood, Felix (Martin Dubreuil) is unbound by family and faith. The father he hadn’t

seen for 12 years has just died, and Felix is looking for direction. In a coffee shop, he sees Meira drawing, recognizes that she is Hasidic and impulsively asks her if religion is the answer.

Although Meira scurries away (like the mouse in her own cupboard), the two lonely people continue to glimpse each other on the street. Meira learns that Felix also is an artist and a music lover, and all-too-soon a shy flirtation ensues.

While Meira’s transgression seems too abrupt, the consummation seems too prolonged. For no realistic reason, her literal and figurative dance with Felix meanders to New York City and even Venice. Although we’re expecting a nail-biting getaway, and there’s even a scene in which Felix dons a disguise, the resolution is

nuanced and bittersweet, like the Leonard Cohen song that casts a long shadow over this meditative movie.

In the context of confounded expectations, director Maxime Giroux may have intended the what’s-next ending to be ironic. And if that’s the case, maybe there’s a Talmudic meaning in the names: “Felix” means “happy” and “Meira” (which we quickly learn is not her real name) sounds suspiciously like “mirror.”

“Felix and Meira” raises the question: Are we happiest with a twin spirit — or with a reverse image that completes the picture? As the Coen brothers said in “A Serious Man,” God doesn’t owe us answers.

But you will be responsible for this on the midterm.

WHAT “Felix and Meira” • RUN TIME 1:45 • RATING R • CONTENT Mature themes • WHERE Plaza Frontenac

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From left: Cobie Smulders, Chris Evans, Don Cheadle, Claudia Kim, Chris Hemsworth, Robert Downey Jr., Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo and Scarlett Johansson in “Avengers: Age of Ultron”

‘The Age of Adaline’ ★★ PG-13 • 1:50 • After being struck by lightning, Blake Lively becomes ageless and hides her secret from suitors including Harrison Ford and Michiel Huisman.

A romantic fantasy about a woman who remains 29 for eight decades has a ripe opportunity to explore issues of history and grief, but this movie seems bored with the possibilities of its own premise. JOE WILLIAMS ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ ★★★ PG-13 • 2:21 • When an artificial intelligence evolves into a killing machine, Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) tries to convince the other Avengers (Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth) that a robotic enforcer isn’t necessarily a bad thing. With all the expectations, egos and storylines that it has to balance, this selfaware, spectacular and reasonably humane movie is better than a jaded consumer might have guessed. JW

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‘Clouds of Sils Maria’ ★★½ R • 2:03 • Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart are terrific in this drama about a movie star and her personal assistant, but writer-director Olivier Assayas gets bogged down in artfilm pretentiousness.

With Chloe Grace Moretz. CALVIN WILSON ‘The D Train’ ★★★ R • 1:37 • In an admirably edgy little movie about mid-life crises, the head of a high school reunion committee (Jack Black) flies to Hollywood to invite a classmate who’s a minor celebrity (James Marsden). Black is effectively understated in the small-town loser role, while Marsden is a revelation as the wild-and-crazy wannabe actor. JW ‘Ex Machina’ ★★★½ R • 1:48 • Oscar Isaac gives another uncanny performance, here as a hard-driving computer mogul who invites underling Domhnall Gleeson to interrogate a beautiful android

(Alicia Vikander) who is secretly bent on escape.

In a smart debut that deserves comparisons to “2001: A Space Odyssey,” director Alex Garland has an almost robotically astute eye and steady hand. JW ‘Far From the Madding Crowd’ ★★★ PG-13 • 1:59 • In the British countryside circa 1870, independent farmer Carey Mulligan is torn between hunky handyman Matthias Schoenaerts, meek gentleman Michael Sheen and dashing horseman Tom Sturridge. Instead of real drama, this romantic adaptation of the Thomas Hardy novel gives us mewling ewes, frolicking collies and enough russet sunsets to fill a calendar. JW ‘Furious 7’ ★★ PG-13 • 2:17 • Implausibly transformed from a street racer to a secret agent, Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his crew of daredevils try to defeat a Somali terrorist (Djimon Hounsou) who has kidnapped a British hacker (Nathalie Emmanuel) and evade

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a vengeful psycho (Jason Statham). The grunted catch-phrases, implausible escapes and giant plot holes are pitched at a young male audience like a dog whistle. JW ‘Home’ ★★½ PG • 1:34 • When aliens take over the Earth and move the humans to Australia, a friendless invader (voice of Jim Parsons) and a motherless girl (Rihanna) become unlikely allies. As eye candy, this animated trifle delivers like a mailman on Valentine’s Day, but under the sugary surface there’s something tart inside that’s difficult to digest. JW ‘Hot Pursuit’ ★½ PG-13 • 1:27 • An uptight police officer (Reese Witherspoon) is tasked with transporting a drug dealer’s wife (Sofia Vergara) across Texas to testify against a drug lord. This buddy comedy is as unfunny, insufferable and obvious as its trailers suggest.

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‘Insurgent’ No stars PG-13 • 1:59 • The misbegotten middle child of the dystopian series about a society where teens are sorted by personality type is utter gibberish with no sign that anyone involved was committed to making a good movie. While the blame extends to check-cashing stars Kate Winslet (as the evil leader) and Shailene Woodley (as the Chosen One), Miles Teller provides a few seconds of distraction. JW ‘Lambert & Stamp’ ★★★ R • 1:57 • The story of the Who is told through the eyes (and priceless documentary footage) of the men who discovered and managed the legendary band: aristocrat Kit Lambert and fashion trendsetter Chris Stamp. Fifty years later, wizened survivors Stamp, Peter Townshend and Roger Daltrey shine a reflective light on the mad, mod ’60s. JW ‘The Longest Ride’ ★★½ PG-13 • 2:04 • Nicholas Sparks’ latest novel to be adapted for the big

screen offers two love stories at once. But the most heartfelt affair here isn’t between its impossibly goodlooking stars (Britt Robertson and Scott Eastwood); it’s shared by a couple 70 years their senior through a story told in flashbacks.

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‘Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2’ PG • 1:34 • A mall security guard heads to a convention in Las Vegas with his collegebound daughter and stumbles upon a heist.

With Kevin James, Raini Rodriguez and Neal McDonough. Written

by James and Nick Bakay. Directed by Andy Fickman. (Not available for review.)

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‘The Salt of the Earth’ ★★★ PG-13 • 1:49 • This compelling documentary about photographer Sebastiao Salgado is a moving account of one man’s global exploration, and how ecological awareness and a desire to go home again repaired his soul after seeing and processing

so much inhumanity.

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‘True Story’ ★★★ R • 1:40 • A fallen-fromgrace reporter (Jonah Hill) investigates the life story of the accused killer (James Franco) who stole his identity.

While it sometimes seems like faux David Fincher, the symbiotic acting, artful imagery and punchline ending turn it into credible entertainment. JW ‘Unfriended’ R • 1:22 • A teenager and her friends are stalked by a mysterious assailant in this horror movie unfolding over a computer screen. With Shelley Hennig, Moses Storm and Renee Olstead.

Written by Nelson Greaves. Directed by Levan Gabriadze. (Not available for review.)

LOS ANGELES TIMES

‘The Water Diviner’ ★★½ R • 1:51 • Russell Crowe is an Australian rancher who travels to Turkey to reclaim the bodies of his three sons who were killed in World War I. While Crowe is admirably restrained as an actor, his debut as a director is steeped

in melodrama and topped with a dollop of mysticism. JW ‘While We’re Young’ ★★★½ R • 1:37 • As a 40-something documentarian who is intoxicated by his new friendship with a hip, 20-something apprentice (Adam Driver), Ben Stiller has never been better.

Naomi Watts and Amanda Seyfried as the respective wives are also very good, but the real star is writer/director Noah Baumbach (“The Squid and the Whale”), whose painfully funny film is an early contender for the best of the year. JW ‘Woman in Gold’ ★★½ PG-13 • 1:49 • Helen Mirren is feisty as a Holocaust escapee who sues the Austrian government for a famous painting seized by the Nazis, and Ryan Reynolds is her bumbling, bespectacled lawyer. Despite a debatable focus and dubious moralizing, this heavy-handed movie mostly works because of the odd-couple chemistry between Mirren and Reynolds. JW

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Chase Park Plaza (St. Louis Cinemas)

St. Charles Stadium 18 Cine (Wehrenberg)

Kingshighway & Lindell 314-367-0101 J Mad Max: Fury Road (R) DP 1830 First Capitol Dr. (2:15 4:40) 7:15 9:40 11:00 www.wehrenberg.com J Mad Max: Fury Road 3D (R) DP (11:50 AM) J Mad Max: Fury Road

Pitch Perfect 2 (PG-13) DP

3D (R) DVS,CC,No VIP after 6PM

(11:25 AM 1:50 4:20) 6:45 9:10 5 Flights Up (PG-13) DP (10:50 AM) J Hot Pursuit (PG-13) DP (1:00 3:00 5:00) 7:00 9:00

12:40 3:25 6:15 9:00

J Pitch Perfect 2 (PG-13) DVS,CC,No VIP after 6PM

Avengers: Age of Ultron (PG-13) DP (2:50) 6:30 9:35

J Avengers: Age of Ultron in 3D (PG-13) DP (11:45 AM)

Far From the Madding Crowd (PG-13) (11:00 AM 1:35 4:10) 6:50 9:25

Galleria 6 (St. Louis Cinemas)

10:35 AM 1:15 3:50 6:40

Avengers: Age of Ultron (PG-13) DVS,CC 10:40 AM 1:50 4:55 8:00 11:10

Avengers: Age of Ultron in 3D (PG-13) DVS,CC 11:50 AM 2:55 6:00 9:05

St. Louis Galleria 314-725-0808 The Age of Adaline (PG-13) DVS,CC J Mad Max: Fury Road (R) DP (11:15 AM 1:45 4:25) 7:20 9:55

J Mad Max: Fury Road 3D (R) DP 6:15 PM

Pitch Perfect 2 (PG-13) DP

11:00 AM 1:35 4:10 6:45

Furious 7 (PG-13) DVS,CC 12:15 3:15 6:15 9:15

(11:30 AM 2:00 4:30) 7:05 8:45 9:45

J Hot Pursuit (PG-13) DP (12:30 2:35 4:40) 6:55 9:15

Avengers: Age of Ultron (PG-13) DP (3:30) 6:45 9:35

J Avengers: Age of Ultron in 3D (PG-13) DP (12:15 PM)

Home (PG) DVS,CC J 36 Vayadhinile (NR) DVS,CC,No VIP after 6PM 9:30 PM 9:15 PM

(12:00 2:25 4:50) 7:15 9:40

Home (PG) DP

Clayton & Skinker

314-995-6273

(2:00 4:45) 7:30

Woman in Gold (PG-13) DP (3:00 5:30) 8:00

Moolah Theatre & Lounge (St. Louis Cinemas) (2:00 5:00) 8:15

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (PG) DP 11:55 PM

Omnimax St. Louis Science Center 5050 Oakland Ave.

Humpback Whales (NR)

www.wehrenberg.com

J Mad Max: Fury Road (R) No VIP after 6PM 10:35 AM 1:25 4:15 5:30 7:05 8:30 9:55

J Mad Max: Fury Road 3D (R) No VIP after 6PM 11:10 AM 2:00 4:50 7:40 10:30

J Mad Max: Fury Road (R) DVS,CC,No VIP after 6PM 11:00 AM 11:55 AM 1:45 2:45 4:30 5:30 7:15 8:15 10:00 11:00

11:00 AM 11:30 AM 11:40 AM 12:10 1:35 2:35 4:10 4:50 5:20 5:50 7:25 8:00 8:35 10:00 10:35 11:15

J Hot Pursuit (PG-13) DVS,CC,No VIP after 6PM 10:50 AM 2:15 4:30 6:55 9:15 11:30

314-289-4400 Avengers: Age of Ultron (PG-13) DVS,CC 11:00 AM 11:30 AM 1:05 2:10 2:45 4:10 5:20 6:45 7:15 8:25 9:50 10:20 11:30

10:00 AM 12:00 2:00 3:00

Journey to Space (NR) 11:00 AM 4:00

Mysteries of the Unseen World (NR)

11:30 AM 12:30 2:05 3:15 4:40 6:05 7:15 8:45 9:50

J Where Hope Grows (PG-13) No VIP after 6PM 11:30 AM 2:00 4:30 7:00 9:30

J Hot Pursuit (PG-13) No VIP after 6PM

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Avengers: Age of Ultron in 3D (PG-13) 11:45 AM 3:00 6:15 9:30

The Age of Adaline (PG-13)

6350 Delmar in the Loop J The D Train (R) 12:10 2:30 4:50 7:20 9:50

J Ex Machina (R)

12:00 2:20 4:40 7:10 9:30

J Lambert & Stamp (R) DVS 12:20 4:30 7:00 9:40

J Watership Down (PG) 11:55 PM

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J Mad Max: Fury Road (R) DVS,CC,No VIP after 6PM 1:40 4:00 6:50 9:40

J Pitch Perfect 2 (PG-13) DVS,CC,No VIP after 6PM 1:00 3:30 6:10 8:50

Avengers: Age of Ultron (PG-13) DVS,CC 12:20 4:30 7:35 10:40

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J Mad Max: Fury Road (R) No VIP after 6PM J Mad Max: Fury Road 3D (R) DVS,CC (11:10 AM 2:05) 4:55 7:45 10:05 10:35

Pitch Perfect 2 (PG-13) DVS,CC (10:35 AM 11:15 AM 1:25 1:55) 4:15 4:45 7:00 7:30 9:45 10:15

Hot Pursuit (PG-13) DVS,CC (11:55 AM 2:20) 4:50 7:25 9:50

J Avengers: Age of Ultron (PG-13) DVS,CC

1:30 4:15 6:30 7:00 9:15 9:45

J Mad Max: Fury Road 3D (R) No VIP after 6PM 2:15 5:00 7:45 10:30

10:05 AM 1:05 4:05 7:05 10:05

Furious 7 (PG-13) 10:00 AM 1:04 4:10 7:15 10:20

J Hot Pursuit (PG-13) No VIP after 6PM 1:55 4:35 7:10 9:30

Avengers: Age of Ultron (PG-13)

Avengers: Age of Ultron in 3D (PG-13) J Avengers: Age of Ultron in

3D (PG-13) DVS,CC (11:20 AM 1:20 2:20) 4:35 5:35 7:40 8:40 10:45

The Age of Adaline (PG-13) DVS,CC (11:05 AM 2:00) 4:40 7:35 10:10

The Longest Ride (PG-13)

1:05 1:50 3:40 4:25 6:15 7:00 8:50 9:35

12:30 1:30 3:45 4:45 7:00 8:00 10:00

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (PG) 11:20 AM 1:55 4:25 6:55 9:20

J Pitch Perfect 2 (PG-13) No VIP after 6PM

(10:50 AM 12:50 1:50) 4:05 5:05 7:10 8:10 10:15

10:30 AM 1:15 4:05 6:45 9:30

1:00 PM

Tivoli Theatre (Landmark)

636-300-9900

St. Charles / O’Fallon

J Pitch Perfect 2 (PG-13) No VIP after 6PM

10:15 AM 12:30 1:30 3:45 4:45 7:00 8:00 10:15

J Pitch Perfect 314-446-6868 2 (PG-13) DVS,CC,No VIP after 6PM

Avengers: Age of Ultron (PG-13) DP

40 & Winghaven Blvd.

1220 Mid Rivers Mall Dr.

Avengers: Age of Ultron (PG-13)

Far From the Madding Crowd (PG-13) DP

Lindell & Vandeventer

(Wehrenberg)

O’Fallon Stadium 14 (Regal)

11:45 AM 2:15 4:45 7:15 9:45

(11:45 AM 2:00 4:05)

Hi-Pointe Theatre

Mid Rivers 14 Cine

St. Charles / O’Fallon

10:30 AM

J Lion (Telugu) (NR) DVS,CC,No VIP after 6PM

J Ex Machina (R) DP

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Bargain Shows No Passes Allowed Closed Captioning Descriptive Video Service Open Captioning Digital Projection

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (PG) DVS,CC (11:50 AM 2:15) 4:35 7:05 9:20

The Longest Ride (PG-13) DVS,CC

2:30 5:45 9:00

The Age of Adaline (PG-13) 1:45 4:25 7:00 9:40

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (PG) 1:30 4:05 6:40 9:15

Furious 7 (PG-13) 1:20 4:20 7:20 10:20

Home (PG) 1:45 4:10

(11:05 AM 2:00) 5:00 7:55 10:50

J Furious 7 (PG-13) DVS,CC

South

Home (PG) 10:00 AM

Cinderella (PG) 11:55 AM 2:45

(11:00 AM 1:40) 4:40 7:50 10:55

J Home (PG) DVS,CC (11:45 AM 2:10) 4:30 7:20 9:35

Keller Plaza Cine 8 4572 Lemay Ferry Rd.

314-845-2900

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Ronnies 20 Cine (Wehrenberg) Arnold 14 Cine (Wehrenberg) 5320 S Lindbergh Blvd. www.wehrenberg.com

Avengers: Age of Ultron An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) 11:45 AM 3:05 6:30 9:55

J Mad Max: Fury Road (R) No VIP after 6PM 11:00 AM 1:15 1:50 4:05 4:45 7:00 7:35 8:30 9:55 10:25 11:00 11:30 J Mad Max: Fury Road 3D (R) No VIP after 6PM 12:15 3:10 6:05 9:00 J Pitch Perfect 2 (PG-13) No VIP after 6PM 11:30 AM 12:05 12:55 2:05 2:45 3:40 4:40 5:30 6:25 7:15 8:15 9:05 9:50 11:05 11:45 J Where Hope Grows (PG-13) No VIP after 6PM 11:30 AM 2:05 4:40 7:15 9:50 J Hot Pursuit (PG-13) No VIP after 6PM 11:35 AM 1:55 4:20 6:50 9:15 11:35

Avengers: Age of Ultron (PG-13) 11:10 AM 12:30 1:20 2:30 4:10 4:35 5:45 7:25 8:00 9:05 10:45 11:15

Avengers: Age of Ultron in 3D (PG-13) 1:50 5:10 8:30

The Age of Adaline (PG-13) 11:25 AM 2:10 4:50 7:30 10:15

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (PG) 12:45 3:15 5:40 8:10

Unfriended (R) 9:45 PM

Ex Machina (R) 11:40 AM 2:20 5:00 7:55 10:55

The Longest Ride (PG-13) 11:50 AM 2:50 6:15 9:20

Furious 7 (PG-13) 11:55 AM 3:20 6:45 10:05

Home (PG) 11:15 AM 12:25 3:00 5:30

The Divergent Series: Insurgent (PG-13) 12:50 3:50 6:40

Gravois Bluffs Stadium 12(Regal)

Hwy 30 @ Gravois Bluff by JC Penny 636-326-2862 J Mad Max: Fury Road (R) DVS,CC (11:10 AM 2:00) 4:50 7:50

J Mad Max: Fury Road 3D (R) DVS,CC (10:20 AM 1:20) 4:15 7:20 10:15 10:45

Pitch Perfect 2 (PG-13) DVS,CC (10:30 AM 10:50 AM 1:10 1:40) 4:00 4:30 7:00 7:30 9:50 10:20 Hot Pursuit (PG-13) DVS,CC (11:45 AM 2:20) 5:00 7:25 9:45 J Avengers: Age of Ultron (PG-13) DVS,CC (11:00 AM 11:40 AM 2:30 3:00) 7:10 7:40 10:30 10:50

J Avengers: Age of Ultron in 3D (PG-13) DVS,CC (10:40 AM 2:05) 5:15 8:30

The Age of Adaline (PG-13) DVS,CC (10:45 AM 1:30) 4:45 7:45 10:35

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (PG) DVS,CC (11:20 AM 1:45) 4:40 7:15 9:40

J Furious 7 (PG-13) DVS,CC (11:50 AM 3:45) 7:35 10:40

J Home (PG) DVS,CC (11:05 AM 1:35) 4:10 7:05 9:30

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1912 Richardson Rd. www.wehrenberg.com J Mad Max: Fury Road (R) No VIP after 6PM

1:50 3:30 4:40 6:30 7:30 9:30 10:30 J Mad Max: Fury Road 3D (R) No VIP after 6PM 1:00 4:05 7:00 10:00 J Pitch Perfect 2 (PG-13) No VIP after 6PM 1:05 2:05 3:45 4:40 6:30 7:15 9:15 9:50 J Hot Pursuit (PG-13) No VIP after 6PM 1:50 5:00 7:20 9:40

Avengers: Age of Ultron (PG-13) 1:45 3:00 5:00 6:40 8:15 9:15 9:55

Avengers: Age of Ultron in 3D (PG-13) 3:55 7:10 10:30

The Age of Adaline (PG-13) 1:40 4:20 7:05 9:50

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (PG) 2:05 4:35 7:05 9:35

The Longest Ride (PG-13) 1:00 6:55

Furious 7 (PG-13) 1:10 4:20 7:30 10:30

Home (PG)

West Des Peres 14 Cine (Wehrenberg) 12701 Manchester Rd. www.wehrenberg.com

J Mad Max: Fury Road (R) No VIP after 6PM 11:10 AM 2:00 4:50 6:40 7:40 9:30 10:30

J Mad Max: Fury Road 3D (R) No VIP after 6PM 1:30 4:20 7:10 10:00

J Pitch Perfect 2 (PG-13) No VIP after 6PM 11:30 AM 1:10 2:10 3:50 4:50 6:30 7:30 9:15

J Hot Pursuit (PG-13) No VIP after 6PM 12:30 2:50 5:10 7:30 9:50

Avengers: Age of Ultron (PG-13)

1:55 4:20 6:45

The Divergent Series: Insurgent (PG-13) 4:05 10:05

North St. Louis Mills Stadium 18 (Regal)

11:30 AM 12:30 2:45 3:45 6:00 7:00 9:15 10:15

Avengers: Age of Ultron in 3D (PG-13) 12:10 3:25 6:40 10:00

J Far From the Madding

5555 St. Louis Mills Blvd.

(314)227-5503 Crowd (PG-13) No VIP after 6PM J Mad Max: Fury Road (R) DVS,CC (11:40 AM 1:00 4:30) 7:45

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The Cantina, with steak, roasted tomatoes, and reggianito and gorgonzola cheese

Dough double-down Pizzino in Clayton serves grilled thin-crust pies and thick slices on focaccia crust ★★

BY IAN FROEB / RESTAURANT CRITIC / IFROEB@POST-DISPATCH.COM

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izzino accomplishes a rare feat in our pizza-saturated town — accomplishes it twice, actually. Here you’ll find neither St. Louis-style pizza nor New York pies nor Chicago deep-dish nor blistered Neapolitan crust. Instead, Pizzino serves two styles unique to the area, and the one is so different from the other that dining here might seem like visiting two restaurants in a single space.

Owner Jim Zimmerman is a firsttime restaurateur who boasts a long history with baking and a deep connection to Italy. His family founded Cahokia Flour Co. in 1912; his grandfather and other relatives were bakers even before that. (The family sold Cahokia Flour in 1998.) Zimmerman’s stltoday.com/offthemenu

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wife is a native of Italy, and he’s traveled there many times over the years.

Zimmerman opened Pizzino quietly last November and then scaled the operation up to its regular hours in January. It occupies a small storefront along Wydown Boulevard in Clayton, though the building is perpendicular to the street and so is easy to miss. Should GPS fail you, signs on Wydown will direct you toward its parking lot. (The space was previously home to a shortlived local franchise of the chain zpizza, an object lesson in how a pizzeria can fail to distinguish itself in a crowded market.)

The model is fast-casual, and while the space doesn’t offer many frills — the counter where you place your order separates the open kitchen from the narrow dining room — it still displays a foursquare.com/gostl

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personal touch. Colorful photographs of the Italian seaside town of Forte Dei Marmi, a favorite destination for Zimmerman and his family, decorate the walls.

Zimmerman has been working on one of Pizzino’s two styles since the 1990s, when he was inspired by a cookbook from Al Forno, a Providence, R.I., restaurant famous for its grilled pizzas and other rustic Italian fare.

Zimmerman begins by grilling a very thin crust until it is nearly baked. He then adds sauce, cheese and other toppings and finishes it for two to three minutes in a 650-degree oven.

The crust, stretched out to a small oval, looks as thin as St. Louis’ beloved cracker crust. This possesses a tad more body and chew, though, and the combination of the grill and the oven imparts a gentle toasted note to its flavor. With this crust as a base, you can build your own pizza ($5.75, with most toppings an additional $1 or $1.50 each) or choose one of Pizzino’s six specialty pies.

These range from a classic Margherita arrangement ($7.50), with fresh cow’smilk mozzarella, basil and extra-virgin olive oil atop the house-standard San Marzano tomato sauce, to the ambitious Cantina ($10.95). This brings thin slices of tender steak, roasted tomatoes and a combination of Parmesan-like reggianito cheese and funky gorgonzola. This packs an almost overwheming umami punch, but cracked black pepper and fresh basil help cut through it.

Both the Piero ($8) and the Orlando ($8.50) take a more subdued approach, with a definite, but not overwhelming, note of garlic and only a modest umami boost from pecorino and fontina cheese. The Piero is a vegetable pizza, with roasted tomato, fennel and zucchini; the Orlando is topped with mod-

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erately spicy Calabrese-style salami.

The latter is more immediately satisfying, but I liked the more complex flavors, gilded with sweetness, that roasting coaxed out of the Piero’s vegetables.

Zimmerman calls Pizzino’s other pizza style al taglio, or pizza by the slice. This isn’t a nod to any one kind of pizza but rather the general ubiquity of pizza-al-taglio restaurants in Italy.

For Pizzino’s pizza al taglio, Zimmerman chose a focaccia crust. He did so, he told me, because he thinks he bakes really good focaccia.

He’s right. It’s airy, but not insubstantial, with a pleasantly light, clean flavor. You’d be happy with nothing more than a few slices of it and some good olive oil, and even such strongly flavored toppings as that Calabrese salami work more as accents than the main event. The salami is part of the Hermitage ($6), which includes both reggianito and fresh mozzarella as well as garlic and basil. Not as spicy, but more flavorful overall, is the Royal ($6.25), with capicola, garlic, caramelized onions and crumbled goat cheese as well as pecorino and fontina cheese.

Both the grilled pizzas and the pizzas al taglio are modestly sized, easily dispatched by one diner. You can plump out your meal with a salad or the soup du jour — or you can double down on Pizzino’s unique contribution to St. Louis by ordering one of each style.

WHERE Pizzino, 7600 Wydown Boulevard, Clayton • MORE INFO 314-240-5134; pizzinostl. com • MENU Individual-size thin- and focaccia-crust pizzas • HOURS 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

Friday-Saturday, noon-8 p.m. Sunday

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From stltoday.com/offthemenu Joyia at 4501 Manchester Avenue has closed, owner Chuck Pener confirmed.

He said he is now focusing his work on his other operation, Momos, the Greek small-plates restaurant in University City. Joyia opened in November 2012; the restaurant’s lease ended in April. • Work is underway on a new Taiwanese restaurant called Tai Ke at 8604 Olive Boulevard. The storefront is next door to Tao Dien Vietnamese Cuisine in a strip mall set back from Olive just east of Interstate 170. • According to a filing with the Missouri Secretary of State’s office, a restaurant called Mi Caribe will open at 3701 Lindell Boulevard in midtown, in the belowstreet-level address that was previously the short-lived second iteration of Chuy Arzola. BY IAN FROEB

Recently reviewed 612 Kitchen & Cocktails ★½ 612 West Woodbine Avenue, Kirkwood • 314965-2003; 612kitchenandcocktails.com • Dinner WednesdaySunday, lunch Saturday, brunch Sunday • Comfort food and classic bar-and-grill fare.

801 Chophouse ★★★

137 Carondelet Plaza, Clayton • 314-875-9900; 801restaurantgroup. com • Dinner nightly • Steaks and other chops, with all the traditional sides.

Avenue ★★ 12 North Meramec Avenue, Clayton • 314-727-4141; avestl. com • Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily • Classic bistro fare.

Baida ★½ 3191 South Grand Boulevard • 314-9327950; baidarestaurant. com • Lunch and dinner daily; closed Sunday • Traditional Moroccan cuisine.

BaiKu Sushi Lounge ★★½ 3407 Olive Street • 314896-2500; baikustl. com • Lunch TuesdayFriday; dinner TuesdaySunday • Sushi, with a chef’s creative touch.

Beast Craft BBQ Co. ★★½ 20 South Belt West, Belleville • 618-2579000; beastcraftbbq. com • Lunch and dinner daily • Barbecue.

Bonefish Grill ★ 8780 Eager Road, Brentwood • 314-9181648; bonefishgrill. com • Lunch and dinner daily • Upscale national seafood chain.

Cantina Laredo ★★ 7710 Forsyth Boulevard, Clayton • 314-725-2447; cantinalaredo. com • Lunch and dinner daily, brunch

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Saturday-Sunday • Upscale Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine Casa Del Mar One-half star 1137 St. Louis Galleria, Richmond Heights • 314-725-3700; casadelmarrestaurant. com • Lunch and dinner daily • Mexican and Tex-Mex fare.

Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant ★ 1146 Town & Country Crossing Drive, Town and Country • 636-489-0059; coopershawkwinery. com • Lunch and dinner daily • Contemporary upscale cuisine and the restaurant’s own wines.

Corvid’s Cafe ★★ 5001 Mardel Avenue • 314-481-1522; corvidscafe.com • Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sunday • A neighborhood cafe serving sandwiches, pizza and more.

The Crossing ★★★½ 7823 Forsyth Boulevard, Clayton • 314-721-7375; fialafood. com • Lunch MondayFriday, dinner MondaySaturday • Marketdriven contemporary American cuisine.

Cucina Pazzo ★★½ 392 North Euclid Avenue • 314-696-8400; oghospitalitygroup. com • Dinner daily; lunch Monday-Saturday; brunch Sunday • An expansive selection of rustic Italian dishes.

Death in the Afternoon ★★½ 808 Chestnut Street • 314-621-3236; deathintheafternoonstl.com • Lunch Monday-Friday, brunch Saturday-Sunday • Classic lunch fare with a sophisticated modern touch.

Grapeseed ★★★ 5400 Nottingham Avenue • 314-925-8525; grapeseedstl.com • Dinner Tuesday-Sunday • Contemporary American bistro fare.

Katie’s Pizza & Pasta ★★ 9568 Manchester Road, Rock Hill • 314-942-6555; katiespizzaandpasta. com • Lunch and dinner daily; brunch Saturday and Sunday • Wood-fired pizza and housemade pastas.

Lona’s Lil Eats ★★½ 2199 California Avenue • 314-925-8938; lonaslileats.com • Lunch Tuesday-Friday; dinner TuesdaySaturday; closed Sunday and Monday • Unique dishes from Yunnan province in southern China.

com • Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week • Classic diner fare in a sleek setting.

Private Kitchen ★★★

8106 Olive Boulevard, University City • 314989-0283; letseat.at/ the-private-kitchen • Lunch and dinner daily, reservations required • Traditional Chinese food, with a focus on Shanghai cuisine.

The Purple Martin ★★ 2800 Shenandoah Avenue • 314-898-0011; thepurplemartinstl. com • Dinner Tuesday-Saturday • Casual bistro fare with Mediterranean and North African influences.

Lücha ★½ 522 North Grand Boulevard • 314-8339993; luchastl.net • Dinner TuesdaySunday • Traditional Mexican cuisine with a modern twist.

Riverbend Restaurant & Bar ★★ 1059 South Big Bend Boulevard, Richmond Heights • 314-664-8443; riverbendbar.com • Lunch and dinner Tuesday-Sunday; closed Monday • Creole and Cajun cuisine.

Old Standard Fried Chicken ★★½ 1621 Tower Grove Avenue • 314-8999000; oldstandard. com • Lunch and dinner daily; brunch Sunday • Fried chicken, with classic Southern snacks and sides.

Whitebox Eatery ★★ 176 Carondelet Plaza, Clayton • 314-8622802; whiteboxeatery. com • Breakfast and lunch daily, brunch Saturday-Sunday • Fast-casual breakfast, lunch and brunch fare.

Papagayos ★★ 4658 Gravois Avenue • 314-351-0027 • Lunch and dinner daily • Traditional Honduran cuisine.

Winfield’s Gathering Place ★½ 10312 Manchester Road, Kirkwood • 314394-2200; winfields. net • Lunch and dinner daily • Bar-and-grill fare, barbecue, sandwiches and more.

The Peacemaker Lobster & Crab Co. ★★★ 1831 Sidney Street • 314-772-8858; peacemakerstl.com • Dinner daily; lunch Sunday • Lobster boils, steamed crabs, po’boys and more seafood dishes.

The Peacock Loop Diner ★ 6261 Delmar Boulevard, University City 314-721-5555; peacockloopdiner.

Zydeco Blues ★★ 1090 Old Des Peres Road, Des Peres • 314-858-1188; zydecobluesstl.com • Lunch and dinner Monday-Saturday • Cajun and Creole fare.

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BY GAIL PENNINGTON / TV CRITIC / GPENNINGTON@POST-DISPATCH.COM

Producers Richard and Lili Fini Zanuck first approached Queen Latifah more than 20 years ago about playing blues great Bessie Smith. Two decades later, Latifah is finally doing just that, starring in HBO’s “Bessie,” a biography of the talented, turbulent singer.

“I was 22 years old,” Latifah says. “I was full-on Queen Latifah the rapper.

I don’t think I had the life journey that went along with what Bessie had gone through to really play this role.”

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had added Oscar-nominated actress (“Chicago”) to her resume, and she was ready.

In the interim, “I got to live more of the blues,” she told TV critics when HBO introduced the movie in January.

“I feel like I have a little more of the story that goes along with what Bessie had to say.”

Bessie Smith lived plenty of blues.

Born in Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1894, she started singing and dancing on the streets to help support her family.

Inspired by Ma Rainey (here Mo’nique, in a fabulous performance), remembered as the “mother of the blues,” Smith went on to become one of the top black entertainers of the 1920s, recording for Columbia Records @tubetalkpd

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“If you’re wondering what kind of cutting-edge technology the Secret Service is using to protect the president, it’s spikes. I think someone saw an episode of ‘Game of Thrones.’ ”

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and influencing a generation of singers including Billie Holliday. Her recording of “St. Louis Blues” is in the Grammy Hall of Fame.

“Bessie,” with a gorgeous soundtrack performed largely

by Latifah, tells this story in far less simplistic fashion. Rees dramatizes Smith’s demons in powerful, sometimes chaotic fashion, jumping back in time to show her as an abused child and depicting her adult life in vignettes that don’t always flow together.

Viewers first meet Smith onstage, in a white spangled gown, and then almost immediately as a terrified little girl, screaming and trying to hide from a woman with a knife.

Next, Bessie is on the street, drinking moonshine from a blue Ball jar and “fooling around” with a man who quickly gets on her wrong side. Now, she’s onstage, singing before a restless audience. Then it’s back to childhood, and then into bed with another woman.

Along the way, in almost throwaway scenes, we get important inklings of what performers like Smith faced in the 1920s, long post-emancipation in the United States but certainly not post-discrimination. The white men of the Theater Owners Booking Association, called TOBA, ran the black vaudeville circuit and made it tough on performers, especially those like Smith with skin darker than a brown paper bag.

Nobody leaned on Bessie Smith too long, though. She gave back as good as she got, and with the help of her husband, Jack Gee (Michael Kenneth Williams), she asked for and usually got what she thought she deserved.

But Smith’s toughest fight was within herself. She was bisexual when

that was illegal; she drank heavily and used drugs; her anger was fast to flare, violent and physical.

Viewers of “Bessie” will love her and want to shake her, to beg her not to squander her talent.

Particularly painful moments find Bessie reuniting, reluctantly, with her older sister, Viola (Khandi Alexander), who raised her and is also the woman in the terrifying flashbacks.

But the most difficult-to-watch scene comes when Bessie and Jack have their final, savage fight. The scene would be horrifying and heartbreaking even if we hadn’t recently seen their happiness with their adopted son.

The other man in Bessie Smith’s life is Richard Morgan, her bootlegger and best friend, played by Mike Epps. The cast also includes Oliver Platt, Charles S. Dutton and (as record executive John Hammond) St. Louisan Bryan Greenberg.

Morgan figures in the end of Bessie Smith’s life. He was driving when a car accident took her life at 43, a tragedy not covered in the movie.

The one story most of us know, or think we know, is that Smith bled to death when she was refused admission to a white hospital. By most accounts, that story isn’t true.

But her life was unfortunately short.

Smith “was such a strong person,” Latifah says. But “she took a lot of punishment.”

WHAT “Bessie” • WHEN 7 p.m. Saturday • WHERE HBO • RATING TV-MA • CONTENT

Violence, nudity and sexual content • MORE INFO hbo.com/movies/bessie

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