The Dark Room
The Dark Room at The Grandel offers patrons of the arts the opportunity to experience fine art, live jazz, artisan cuisine, and premium beverages all under the same roof. Operated by the Kranzberg Arts Foundation, The Dark Room at The Grandel is a nonprofit concept designed to enhance community engagement, encourage conversation, and inspire ideas while supporting St. Louis’ broader artistic community. The Dark Room’s unique gallery space features emerging artists from around the country, while The Grandel’s stage has become home to many of St. Louis’ finest musicians. We are only open for scheduled events and programs. Dining at The Dark Room is currently only available prior to and during select events and live music.
Please refer to Kranzberg Arts Foundation Covid-19 Mitigation Policies.
Upcoming Events at The Dark Room
october, 2022
Art Form
All
Cabaret
Comedy
Culinary Arts
Dance
Education
Film
Literary Arts
Music
Other
Theatre
Visual Art
Event Location
All
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Central Stage
Duet
Grand Center Arts District
High Low
Online
Online via Zoom
Sally's Rooftop Garden & Terrace
Sophie's Artist Lounge
The Big Top
The Dark Room
The Gallery at The Kranzberg
The Grandel
The Kranzberg
The Marcelle
The Sheldon
The Sun Theatre
Event Organizer
All
Artists for a Cause
Ashleyliane Dance Company
Ballroom Dance Academy of St. Louis (BDASL)
Beyond Measure LLC
Blueprint Coffee
Building Futures, Design and Build Workshops
Circus Flora
Consuming Kinetics Dance Company
Craft Alliance Center of Art + Design
Creative Exchange Lab
Dance St. Louis
First Run Theatre
Fly North Theatricals
Heal Center for the Arts
Hope Creates
Ignite Theatre Company
Insight Theatre Company
Jamo Presents
JPEK CreativeWorks
Karlovsky & Company Dance
Kimbilio for Black Fiction
Left Bank Books
Max and Louie Productions
Metro Theater Company
Metro Theatre Company
Mid Coast Media
National Conference for Community and Justice of Metropolitan St. Louis (NCCJ St. Louis)
New Line Theatre
Peace Weaving Wholeness
R-S Theatrics
River Styx
Saint Louis Ballet
Saint Louis Poetry Center
Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective
Saint Louis University Theatre
Shakespeare Festival St. Louis
SpecDrum
St. Lou Fringe
St. Louis Poetry Center
St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts (VLAA)
Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis
Tesseract Theatre Company
The Big Muddy Dance Company
The Midnight Company
TLT Productions
Upstream Theater
Urban Artist Alliance for Child Development (UrbArts)
Urban Harvest STL
Event Details
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
Event Details
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.
Time
September 23 (Friday) - January 7 (Saturday)
Location
The Dark Room
3610 Grandel Sq., St. Louis, MO 63103
Tickets
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Victor Wooten Steve Bailey & Derico Watson BASS EXTREMES Victor Wooten is a 5-time Grammy Award winner and a founding member of the supergroup Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. He has been called
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Victor Wooten
Steve Bailey & Derico Watson
BASS EXTREMES
Victor Wooten is a 5-time Grammy Award winner and a founding member of the supergroup Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. He has been called the most influential bassist of the last 2 decades and was listed as one of the Top Ten Bassists of All Time by Rolling Stone Magazine. Wooten was also the winner of Bass Player Magazine’s reader poll 3 times and remains the only person to have won it more than once. Having released multiple solo recordings, he is also the author of the widely read novel The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music.
Steve Bailey is a pioneer of the six string fretless bass whose techniques are studied around the world. Steve, an avid recording artist with two solo recordings under his belt, currently holds the position of Chair of the Bass Department at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. Bailey has played and recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, The Rippingtons, Jethro Tull, Paquito D’rivera, Larry Carlton, and Willie Nelson, to name just a few. Bass Player Magazine wrote: “Steve Bailey is to the 6 string fretless bass what Columbus is to America.”
Together, they formed Bass Extremes in 1992, releasing their self-titled debut which remains one of the top selling musical/instructional bass products of all time. Subsequent DVD and CD releases followed as they toured the world performing clinics and concerts. They are also known and respected as the dynamic teaching duo who continue to teach together at events, colleges, and universities around the world. They were also instrumental in introducing the original “Bass Camp” idea when they ran their first Bass/Nature Camp in Tennessee in the year 2000 and Bass at the Beach in South Carolina a few years later- both intensive camps which attract students from all over the world.
Time
(Saturday) 8:00 pm
Location
The Grandel
3610 Grandel Sq., St. Louis, MO 63103
Event Details
Celebrate St. Louis’ jazz legacy and future at the Wednesday Night Jazz Jam. Free and family-friendly, this weekly gathering brings jazz within reach for people
Event Details
Celebrate St. Louis’ jazz legacy and future at the Wednesday Night Jazz Jam. Free and family-friendly, this weekly gathering brings jazz within reach for people of all ages and backgrounds. Hosted by Bob DeBoo, the Jazz Jam takes place from 6-9 pm, live inside The Dark Room.
Food and drink purchases can be made on-site through a contactless online platform.
Limited seating is available on a first-come-first-serve basis.
If you have any questions, please email [email protected]
The Wednesday Night Jazz Jam is presented in partnership with Jazz St. Louis, WSIE 88.7 FM The Sound, The Dark Room
Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
The Dark Room
3610 Grandel Sq., St. Louis, MO 63103
Tickets
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A vacant lot in a broken neighborhood in the middle of the city can become a lot of things. A garbage dump. A gathering spot for trouble. How could it
Event Details
A vacant lot in a broken neighborhood in the middle of the city can become a lot of things. A garbage dump. A gathering spot for trouble. How could it ever be a source of hope? A dozen different characters and their stories come to life, beginning with Kim, a nine-year-old Vietnamese immigrant who plants six precious lima beans. One by one, the people of her community, many also immigrants, sow seeds of hope amid the dirt and grit, tending dreams to full bloom. As the garden grows, so does the community, blooming into something bigger, better, and beyond all expectations. As told by award-winning novelist Paul Fleischman, the garden draws neighbors out of their lonely isolation to rediscover and celebrate the community around them.
Adapted from the book by Newbery Medal-winning author Paul Fleischman.
Best enjoyed by ages 9 and up
Organizer
Metro Theatre CompanyInspired by the intelligence and emotional wisdom of young people, Metro Theatre Company creates professional theater, fosters inclusive community, and nurtures meaningful learning through the arts.
Time
October 9 (Sunday) - November 6 (Sunday)
Location
The Grandel
3610 Grandel Sq., St. Louis, MO 63103
Event Details
Celebrate St. Louis’ jazz legacy and future at the Wednesday Night Jazz Jam. Free and family-friendly, this weekly gathering brings jazz within reach for people
Event Details
Celebrate St. Louis’ jazz legacy and future at the Wednesday Night Jazz Jam. Free and family-friendly, this weekly gathering brings jazz within reach for people of all ages and backgrounds. Hosted by Bob DeBoo, the Jazz Jam takes place from 6-9 pm, live inside The Dark Room.
Food and drink purchases can be made on-site through a contactless online platform.
Limited seating is available on a first-come-first-serve basis.
If you have any questions, please email [email protected]
The Wednesday Night Jazz Jam is presented in partnership with Jazz St. Louis, WSIE 88.7 FM The Sound, The Dark Room
Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
The Dark Room
3610 Grandel Sq., St. Louis, MO 63103
Event Details
Celebrate St. Louis’ jazz legacy and future at the Wednesday Night Jazz Jam. Free and family-friendly, this weekly gathering brings jazz within reach for people
Event Details
Celebrate St. Louis’ jazz legacy and future at the Wednesday Night Jazz Jam. Free and family-friendly, this weekly gathering brings jazz within reach for people of all ages and backgrounds. Hosted by Bob DeBoo, the Jazz Jam takes place from 6-9 pm, live inside The Dark Room.
Food and drink purchases can be made on-site through a contactless online platform.
Limited seating is available on a first-come-first-serve basis.
If you have any questions, please email [email protected]
The Wednesday Night Jazz Jam is presented in partnership with Jazz St. Louis, WSIE 88.7 FM The Sound, The Dark Room
Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
The Dark Room
3610 Grandel Sq., St. Louis, MO 63103
Event Details
Celebrate St. Louis’ jazz legacy and future at the Wednesday Night Jazz Jam. Free and family-friendly, this weekly gathering brings jazz within reach for people
Event Details
Celebrate St. Louis’ jazz legacy and future at the Wednesday Night Jazz Jam. Free and family-friendly, this weekly gathering brings jazz within reach for people of all ages and backgrounds. Hosted by Bob DeBoo, the Jazz Jam takes place from 6-9 pm, live inside The Dark Room.
Food and drink purchases can be made on-site through a contactless online platform.
Limited seating is available on a first-come-first-serve basis.
If you have any questions, please email [email protected]
The Wednesday Night Jazz Jam is presented in partnership with Jazz St. Louis, WSIE 88.7 FM The Sound, The Dark Room
Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
The Dark Room
3610 Grandel Sq., St. Louis, MO 63103
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Parking/Directions
The Dark Room at The Grandel
3610 Grandel Sq.
St. Louis, MO 63103
(314) 710-5643
Ample street parking exists in front of the main entrance, as well as local parking garages in the surrounding blocks.
The Grandel is a fully handicap accessible and ADA compliant venue. Handicap reserved parking and entrance (via ramp) are located on the direct west side of the building.
