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‘Memphis’ musical sparks in high-voltage birth of rock tale at Fox
The Tony Award-winning musical "Memphis" delivers a wild ride of dancing and singing, staged with a high-voltage wow factor, telling a story of the birth of rock'n'roll. The musical is playing the Fox Theater May 1-13. The story was inspired a real 1950s Memphis DJ, Dewey Philips, one of the [...]
St. Louis Ballet’s “Swan Lake” delights young and old at Touhill PAC
If one were to see only one ballet in one's life, that ballet should be "Swan Lake." "Swan Lake" is regarded as ballet's greatest and most popular production. Tchaikovsky's beautiful, haunting music combined with the ballet's mysterious, romantic story and its famous choreography make "Swan Lake" [...]
A year after Joplin tornado, should nation expect more extreme weather?
It has been a year since a tornado struck St. Louis International Airport and neighboring communities and almost a year since another tornado devastated Joplin, Missouri. The airport just finished repairs and some work remains in nearby neighborhoods. In Joplin, the devastation was enormous. On [...]
The Political Corner – Delegate Primaries Revisited
Despite clear frontrunner, delegates continue to be selected and distributed for Republican Presidential nominee The Republican primary season seems over, opening the floor for the state party conventions to lead to the national ones, where the delegates selected in the past months will pledge [...]
Poetry: What is it about that wheelbarrow?
Poetry is a mystery to most people, and poems like this one don’t help matters: so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens. -William Carlos Williams Nothing happens in this poem. There are no people who might converse about or use [...]