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A pioneering dance innovator, noted for decades of collaborations with leading forces in avant-garde jazz, Dianne McIntyre returns to The Black Rep with a major new work featuring a score by celebrated composer Diedre Murray and poems by Obie-winning playwright Ntozake Shange. This elegant and captivating work employs a live jazz ensemble and a company […]
New Short Term Exhibit: KC Fire! This exhibit, in partnership with the Kansas City Fire Historical Society, will tell the story of the KCFD and the City's Black Firefighters. Photographs and uniforms from within the Black Archives Collection will be on display, with multiple items from KCFHS, including game well boxes, helmets, photographs, nozzles, and […]
Join MOCHE as we host Dr. Luke Ritter from Missouri Humanities Speaker’s Bureau and St. Louis Community College as he discusses this important but little known episode in environmental history. MOCHE will provide light snacks. Thursday, December 4, 2025 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm Good News Brewing Company 2886 S. Hwy 94, Defiance MO
Time & Location: Thursday, December 4th, 2025, 6:00pm -7:30pm St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum Auditorium 36 Millstone Campus Dr, St. Louis, MO 63146 About the Program: Join us for our final program of the year — A Night in Vienna: An Exploration of Jewish Music featuring acclaimed pianist Catherine Kautsky. The child of two […]
3rd Annual Walk/Trail Ride/Gravel Bike Ride along stretches of the original Trail of Tears near Steelville, Missouri. Join us around fire pits afterwards for potluck soup and stews supper.
Let’s enjoy the holidays together! Join park staff and volunteers for an afternoon filled with seasonal music, arts, and crafts, and festive refreshments. The event is free of charge.
Join us to celebrate Lingering Inland, an expansive anthology edited by Andy Oler. 73 original short essays explore locales in Midwestern literature relevant to the life and work of literary figures and canonical authors such as Toni Morrison, Willa Cather, and more. We'll have readers, a live musical performance, merch tables, and more!
The Foundation for Restoration of Ste. Genevieve will present a unique opportunity for ticket holders to spend an evening touring seven unique homes decorated for the holiday season during the 2025 Holiday House Tour. The third annual tour will take place on Saturday, December 13, from 3-6 pm. Guests will begin their self-guided tour at […]
Experience White Haven in the evening during the holidays. Lights will illuminate the grounds and historic house. You will hear Christmas songs performed by the St. Louis Christmas Carolers outside the house. Inside, the decorated rooms will glow with “candlelight” and as you walk through the house, you’ll hear period holiday music performed by guitarist […]
Bring the whole family to Free Days at the Museum. Occurring on every second Sunday of the month, Free Days provide greater access to The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures’ vast and awe-inspiring collections for visitors near and far. All attendees can explore the Museum at no charge.
Both Kansas and Missouri played a role in developing commerce with Mexico. In 1821, Mexico became a nation having gained its independence from Spain. Mexico opened trade with the United States. Hispano and American entrepreneurs were ready and able to make the Santa Fe Trail a two-way international trade route and a conduit for cultural […]
In the 1950s and 60s, Springfieldian Dottie Dillard, Anita Kerr, and the Anita Kerr Quartet sang backup on a quarter of all Nashville recordings during that period. In 2019, Kerr guessed the Quartet had sung on 200 songs a year since it was formed in 1956. They were instrumental in inventing the “Nashville Sound,” generally […]
