Upcoming Events

• BRKLYN / @brklynstl
• Art Culture King / @artcultureking (Painted Black STL)
• Screwed Arts Collective: Killer Napkins / @killernapkins and Bryan Walsh @bryanwalshart @screwedarts
• Screwed Arts Collective: 18andCounting / @18andcounting, Kris Mosby / @mos_krisby, Kiki Salem / @low_key_ki
• Jessie Donovan / @jessie.dnvn (Painted Black STL)
• Cbabi Bayoc / @cbabi
• Damon Davis / @damondavis
• William Burton Jr. / @williamburtonjrofficial (Paint Louis)
• Dormir Da Sleepin Giant / @rimroddy30 (Paint Louis)
• Katherine Bernhardt / @kbbernhardt2014
• Deshion McKinley / @wtfiswrongwithdaworld
• Vaughn Davis / @vaughndavis__

We are thrilled to announce the inaugural exhibit at Sophie’s Gallery, amplifying regional STL artists who continue to lift and redefine visual art in expensive ways. On the contrary, FLY O’ER is a group exhibition of individuals and collectives ultimately shifting and challenging the thought that STL is just another “fly over ” city. This place is home to some of the most pivotal contemporary artists in the world and the Kranzberg Arts Foundation will continue to  provide essential infrastructure for the arts to thrive in the region.

RESPITE
EVAN & STACEY SMITH
High Low
October 22 – December 17, 2021

Artist Talk
High Low
December 4, 4-6pm

As conduits for our memories, objects can help us remember and process our lived experiences to grow into more authentic versions of ourselves. Through a narrative structure, Respite offers an opportunity to connect with our inner child and explore how the world influences and shapes our experience.

Evan and Stacey have made miniature cardboard sculptures to take home with you. Available for purchase during their Artist Talk on December 4 at High Low.

Grow is a journey through years of varying mediums with a common thread; Water is Life. Virginia Harold uses photography, chemigrams, painting and collage to explore the Earth/Human connection, the fluid dynamics of oil and water, and the inimitable and ethereal essence of the Blue Planet’s magic. Virginia spent her formative years on The Big Island of Hawai’i surrounded by towering fruit trees and luscious greens, plentiful rain and shine, and face-to-face encounters with sea life. Virginia hopes for a future where the world and it’s creatures can grow into a symbiotic, healthy and sustainable partnership.

First Run Theatre provides an opportunity for Midwest Region Playwrights to see their original plays produced and performed.

Fleshtones by Eric Robinson of Alton Illinois: Set in National City, IL in 1970, tells the story of an African-American family facing the challenges of a changing world.

Playing For Real by Ron Asher of Minneapolis, Minnesota: A small theatre company is trying to impress a producer but what is real and what is theater is not so clear.

VRIJEME JE BILO LIJEPO 
AIDA HASANOVIĆ
The Kranzberg 
November 27 – January 29, 2022

First Friday Opening Reception
December 3, 5-8pm

Artist Talk
The Kranzberg
December 11, 11am 

Vrijeme Je Bilo Lijepo is an exhibition that invites the St. Louis community, home to 70,000 Bosnians, to reflect on the legacy of the Bosnian Genocide, as well as larger connections to stories of migration and refuge within the U.S. Titled in reference to conversations among Muslim refugees across the Balkan Diaspora, the exhibition considers Hasanović’s personal experience of larger oppressive structures. Through new video and photography works, the exhibition questions how to represent a personal and collective history that spans generations.

Aida Hasanović is a Bosnian-American artist and writer currently based in St. Louis, MO. Her work explores how different issues of memory and migration interact in the re-construction of a synthesized cultural identity. Her practice weaves from working in photography, bookmaking and video. Aida’s recent work and research investigates how sociopolitical trauma and historical circumstances affect our notions of belonging. Hasanović’s work has been exhibited locally and nationally including the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis, SRLBX in Columbia and Cherry Gallery in Richmond, VA.

This unforgettable one-woman powerhouse performance starring Debby Lennon weaves the music of legendary divas Judy Garland, Patsy Cline, Billie Holiday, Edith Piaf, and Maria Callas throughout a mosaic of stories told by the everyday women who had unexpected life-changing encounters with these musical icons.

Featuring such favorites as “Come Rain or Come Shine,” “Crazy,” “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien,” “Lady Sings the Blues,” and “Vissi d’arte,” Songs for Nobodies illuminates the power of song to share a story, heal a heartbreak and inspire a dream.

“…flat out spectacular.” – Wall Street Journal

COVID SAFETY PROTOCOLS
When you arrive at The Grandel Theatre, please have your mask, photo ID, and proof of covid vaccination or negative test ready to show at entrance.

TINSEL TOWN

by Joe Hanrahan

directed by Rachel Tibbetts

with Ellie Schwetye and Joe Hanrahan

3 Short Plays    24 Hours In L.A.

Late Lunch On Melrose  1:30pm
Her movie career is in meltdown.  The pandemic shut down her dream projects. Her agent – soon to arrive, one would hope – better have some answers.

Just Off Sunset  12:15am

The music biz is rough – a singer/songwriter on the comeback trail knows that now. An out-of-work session musician has always known that. But it’s the music that keeps them coming back for more.

Shoot In Santa Monica  12:40pm
The director has to finish this piece of sci-fi crap, so she can get to the movie she wants to make. While the stage actor from England on his first Hollywood set wants to make an impression and get more work. Maybe he can do that by saving the world from the space vampires.

November 19 — February 5, 2022
The Dark Room

First Friday Opening Reception
December 3, 4:30-7:30pm

Grow is a journey through years of varying mediums with a common thread; Water is Life. Virginia Harold uses photography, chemigrams, painting and collage to explore the Earth/Human connection, the fluid dynamics of oil and water, and the inimitable and ethereal essence of the Blue Planet’s magic. Virginia spent her formative years on The Big Island of Hawai’i surrounded by towering fruit trees and luscious greens, plentiful rain and shine, and face-to-face encounters with sea life. Virginia hopes for a future where the world and it’s creatures can grow into a symbiotic, healthy and sustainable partnership.

The Dhoruba Collective

The Dark Room at The Grandel
3610 Grandel Square
St. Louis, MO 63103

Tickets available at www.metrotix.com.

Food and drink purchases can be made on-site through a contactless online platform.

If you have any additional questions, please email [email protected] or call (314) 710-5643.

RESPITE
EVAN & STACEY SMITH
High Low
October 22 – December 17, 2021

Artist Talk
High Low
December 4, 4-6pm

As conduits for our memories, objects can help us remember and process our lived experiences to grow into more authentic versions of ourselves. Through a narrative structure, Respite offers an opportunity to connect with our inner child and explore how the world influences and shapes our experience.

Evan and Stacey have made miniature cardboard sculptures to take home with you. Available for purchase during their Artist Talk on December 4 at High Low.

The 11th Anual Brothers Lazaroff Hanukkah Hullabaloo will take place at The Big Top. Located at 3401 Washington Boulevard in the Grand Center Arts District, The Big Top is a multi-use arts facility operated by the Kranzberg Arts Foundation.

Rabbi James Stone Goodman and the Eight Night’s Orchestra, Anita Jackson, DJ Boogieman, and Dave Grelle join Brothers Lazaroff for the yearly soul enriching, knee-splapping, latkes frying throwdown!  Don’t miss it!

Limited box seating available with open bar and latke/cocktail table service.
GA limited capacity seating as well for social distancing purposes.

Mo Egeston All-Stars feat. special guest

The Dark Room at The Grandel
3610 Grandel Square
St. Louis, MO 63103

Tickets available at www.metrotix.com.

Food and drink purchases can be made on-site through a contactless online platform.

If you have any additional questions, please email [email protected] or call (314) 710-5643.

Sophie’s Artist Lounge is bringing quintessential DJ-in-residence and visionary hip-hop educator Rich Medina to St. Louis on Dec. 10 for a special edition of SAGE AT SOPHIE’S, a Friday night spin featuring local Resident DJs.

Medina is an elite international DJ, a platinum-selling record producer, recording artist, poet, journalist and Ivy League lecturer with more than 50,000 pieces of vinyl in his collection. He’s best known for founding Jump N Funk, the original North American Afrobeat party dedicated to Nigerian musician and activist Fela Kuti, in 2001. Twenty years later, Medina has watched with personal pride as African dance music has risen to the global prominence it deserves, and he’ll bring that passion and history to Sophie’s for a one-night-only performance.

Medina’s set will be a special addition to SAGE AT SOPHIE’S, the regular Friday night spin organized by Resident DJs Nico Marie, Agile One and Makeda Kravitz. On Dec. 10, DJ Agile One will kick off the night with her sultry, breakdance-inspired hip hop set.

Dave Grelle’s Playadors feat. Joanna Serenko

The Dark Room at The Grandel
3610 Grandel Square
St. Louis, MO 63103

Tickets available at www.metrotix.com.

Food and drink purchases can be made on-site through a contactless online platform.

If you have any additional questions, please email [email protected] or call (314) 710-5643.

VRIJEME JE BILO LIJEPO 
AIDA HASANOVIĆ
The Kranzberg 
November 27 – January 29, 2022

Artist Talk
The Kranzberg
December 11, 11am 

The Bosman Twins

The Dark Room at The Grandel
3610 Grandel Square
St. Louis, MO 63103

Tickets available at www.metrotix.com.

Food and drink purchases can be made on-site through a contactless online platform.

If you have any additional questions, please email [email protected] or call (314) 710-5643.

A trifecta of billboard charting and national recording artists share a stage for a night of contemporary jazz and r&b at the Grandel Theater in St. Louis, MO. Groove-oriented performances by jazz guitarist-Adam Hawley, saxophonist-Phil Denny, and keyboardist-Mark Harris II.

You are invited to celebrate the release of “Saint Unity”, a monumental, collaborative work by jazz pianist/songwriter Ryan Marquez featuring 20 of STL’s finest musicians. Anchored by the rhythm section of Tim Moore (Drums) and Theo Harden (Bass), The night will feature an intimate live performance of Ryan’s originals/arrangements featuring vocalists Janet Evra, Lola Kristine, Chrissy Renick, Paige Alyssa, Dawn Weber, Lamar Harris, Ben Reece, Matt McKeever, Adam Hansbrough, Drew Mantia, Will Buchanan, and Duane “Jingo” Williams. With Tim Moore on Drums and Jordan Brewer on Bass.

The new jazz/pop release “Saint Unity” from Ryan Marquez incorporates the spirit and larger narrative of the current artistic renaissance and cultural climate present in St. Louis. Produced by the legendary Carl Nappa and Lenny Mink for Lotown Records, the album features 20 vocalists and musicians powering Ryan’s originals and jazz interpretations of hits from the world of rock – including songs from Smashing Pumpkins, 311, The Beatles, and more. Mr. Marquez sits squarely in the center of the upswing of creative energy in St. Louis, and brings together an all-star team of musicians in the name of “Saint Unity”. The album is now available.

Missourian Ryan Marquez is a keyboardist, producer, songwriter, arranger, and vocalist baptized in blues, indoctrinated by jazz and raised in hip-hop culture. “Passionate in everything he does” (WSIE 88.7, “The Sound”), he “truly embodies the creative collaboration…essential to moving St. Louis forward full steam ahead.” (Regional Arts Commission of STL) His music represents a diverse ecosystem of “feel good vibes” that he channels by infusing his fluent Jazz piano skills, a Pop songwriting style influenced by Stevie Wonder & Gil Scott Heron, with extracted flavors from Progressive R & B & Conscious Hip-Hop.

A VERY DYLAN CHRISTMAS
A HOLIDAY BLUES & SOUL EXPERIENCE WITH DYLAN TRIPLETT

A special night of Holiday Blues and Soul by the 21 year old Powerhouse, Dylan Triplett.

Known also as “Little” Dylan, Dylan has been an vocal force in St. Louis’ music landscape since age 15 and now at 21, has become one of the clear premier faces and voices of St. Louis Blues, rhythm, and soul.

You will not want to miss this Holiday experience!

Ready to hear about the New Year’s Eve event you won’t want to miss?

Rose Whip Presents The Midnight Hour, A New Year’s Eve Celebration!

The Midnight Hour is a Burlesque and Variety Show that will not only entertain you for the evening but highlight an array of talented Queer and BIPOC (Black Indigenous People of Color) artists and performers local to Saint Louis. From drag to bellydance to live music and singing to burlesque, this show has a little bit of something for everyone!

The show will be followed by an After-Party and Champagne Toast upstairs in The Lounge at .ZACK from 11:30pm-1:30am.

Please come out, be entertained, and support this amazing event and cast!

Hosted by: Rose Whip

Performers:
Robonce
Lavish Jules
Sappho La Flor
Terra Josephine
Maxi Glamour
Katarra Parson
Swan

Featured Performers:
Lola Loquacious (Kansas City, Missouri)
Jo’Rie Tigerlilly (Richmond, VA)

Date:
Saturday, December 31, 2021

Location:
.Zack 3224 Locust Street, Saint Louis, MO 63103

Time:
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
After-party: from 11:30pm -1:30am

Dressing up for this event is HIGHLY ENCOURAGED!!! (You know you’ve been waiting for a reason to bust out that one outfit!)

We look forward to ringing in this New Year with all of you!!!