Documentia is a series of digital collages inspired by and in direct response to these recollective narratives. A body of work created in celebration of the dementia mind, Documentia visualizes the compression, the overlap, the incongruous conversations between memory and sense that occur in that human container. This exhibit invites viewers to contemplate their own stories and sense memories to consider how they organize shards of experience into novel constructions.

Benjamin Kaplan, 2022

HOME
Phillip Hamer
September 23 – January 7, 2023
Opening Reception Friday September 23, 4 – 7pm
The Dark Room

*Walk-in gallery visits to The Dark Room are open to the public during any show and concert happening inside The Grandel, including weekly Wednesday Night Jazz Jams and The Dark Room Concert Series. Private gallery visits can be made for all galleries by appointment with COVID-19 mitigation policies in place. To make an appointment, and for questions or concerns, please contact  [email protected] or (314) 549-9990 ext. 105

“When I think of Home, I think of a place where there is Love overflowing…”

This is exactly what my home has always felt like to me. Raised in a unique atmosphere where I grew up with 90% of my neighborhood being my blood relatives – It was a very beautiful experience. One that has molded my life. When I think of home, I think of the love that’s been poured into me by my family. I dedicate this project: HOME to my family: the Whittiers, the Pattersons, and those that I’ve yet to discover in my maternal lineage. The humans that passed down the inheritance of love, the ones who first taught me how to love and be loved. This Project is a full-circle moment, as I will be bringing my family back into a space they once called home, their Church Home. Home is a mixed media project of past and present images paying homage to my loved ones.

In “Cling II: A Carescape’” Amy Reidel uses abstract and figurative imagery to illuminate facial expressions, details and patterns, inspired by the poignant emotions shared between family members, the often-disregarded health issues of women, and objects of lineage and domesticity. In this exhibit, Grandma’s scarves and decorative rugs merge with darling baby and scared caregiver figures in an absurd representation of home and a rapidly declining climate-scape.

In “Cling II: A Carescape’” Amy Reidel uses abstract and figurative imagery to illuminate facial expressions, details and patterns, inspired by the poignant emotions shared between family members, the often-disregarded health issues of women, and objects of lineage and domesticity. In this exhibit, Grandma’s scarves and decorative rugs merge with darling baby and scared caregiver figures in an absurd representation of home and a rapidly declining climate-scape.

Murder City Players have been playing reggae, ska, and rocksteady since 1983.

Brothers Lazaroff return to The Grandel for their 12th Annual Brothers Lazaroff Hanukkah Hullabaloo.  Rabbi James Stone Goodman and the Eight Nights Orchestra will be back for the yearly recitation of the experimental spoken word klezmer piece “Eight Nights,” DJ Boogieman will be curating sounds throughout the evening, and the great Anita Jackson will once again bring her soaring vocals and amazing presence to the evening.

Please join our Hope Creates community Sunday, December 4 from 1 PM – 5 PM. We are hosting our fifth annual Expressive Arts Exhibition. After putting a pause on exhibitions due to COVID-19, we are excited to once again share our artists’ remarkable creations celebrating their sobriety, hope, and creativity.

If you are a sober artist, we want you to submit your art! Visit www.hopecreates.org/expressive-arts-exhibitions for information about our exhibitions. Contact us at [email protected] for submission information!

Artwork to be considered for this show is due November 22.

Location: .Zack, 3224 Locust St, St. Louis, MO 63103

For the 27th season, Tomáseen Foley’s A Celtic Christmas takes to the road with some of the finest and most authentic exponents of the Celtic arts performing anywhere today, on either side of the Atlantic. At its center is native Irish storyteller, Tomáseen Foley, and joining him this year are three St Louis-based performers, Eimear Arkins (fiddle and vocals), Kevin Buckley (fiddle) and Natalie Wagner (dance).

A Celtic Christmas springs from the infinitely rich treasury of Ireland’s cultural heritage. It is a re-creation of a night before Christmas in the West of Ireland in the 1940s, before the advent of motorcar, the television, and the telephone. The show takes us back to rural Ireland where neighbors gathered at each other houses and brought with them — not gold frankincense or myrrh, but gifts equally precious — their gifts of music, song, dance and storytelling.

On stage, the spirit of Christmas dances to life and glows brightly when the artists – ‘the neighbors’ – gather to create a wholesome, cultural, family feast directly from the rich table of communal life in the west of Ireland. By recreating just such a night on stage, Tomáseen Foley’s A Celtic Christmas brings the timeless tradition to audiences across the country.

Ping-Pong Wednesdays with Chris Bauer will take place on November 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th, 2022.

It is FREE to play! Sign-ups will begin at 6:00pm. Games will begin at 7:00pm.

For more information about the pop-up venue Jamo’s at Central Stage, click here.

A title known the world over, Elf The Musical is a must-produce holiday musical that can easily become an annual tradition for any theatre. Based on the cherished 2003 New Line Cinema hit, Elf features songs by Tony Award nominees Matthew Sklar (The Wedding Singer) and Chad Beguelin (Disney’s Aladdin on Broadway), with a book by Tony Award winners, Thomas Meehan (Annie, The Producers, Hairspray) and Bob Martin (The Drowsy Chaperone).

Synopsis: Buddy, a young orphan, mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole. The would-be elf is raised, unaware that he is actually a human until his enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him to face the truth. With Santa’s permission, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father and discover his true identity. Faced with the harsh realities that his father is on the naughty list and his half-brother doesn’t even believe in Santa, Buddy is determined to win over his new family and help New York remember the true meaning of Christmas.

Acclaimed singer Jonathan Karrant celebrates the release of his new holiday album on Thursday, December 22nd, 7pm at The Dark Room. The album is a collaboration with The Joe Alterman Trio. Featured on the album are; trumpeter of Jazz at Lincoln Center Kenny Rampton, renowned saxophonist Houston Person and a duet with Grammy winning Jazz Legend Diane Schuur. This incredible team of artists have taken some of the most beloved holiday songs and reimagined them with unique arrangements. Jonathan will be performing songs from the album and sharing some of his favorite Christmas memories. Jonathan doesn’t cover songs, he uncovers them. Come join the celebration of this new album! The evening will leave you filled with the holiday spirit!

Jonathan Karrant’s album, “On and On” hit #4 on the Billboard Jazz charts and his album Live hit #2 on the iTunes Jazz Charts. He has received honors throughout the states including; the New York City Cabaret Jazz Honors, “Best Singer” for the Bravo California Awards and was named one of the top 10 rising jazz vocalists by Downbeat. “A voice, romantic without being cloying, warm but not forced, Jonathan carries songs with an emotional weight that reaches your soul. At the same time he can swing with the kind of jazz suave that was patented by Mel Torme.” Jazz Corner