Thomas Crone | for the Beacon From left: front, Dykeman, Raffety, Bodine; back, Brian Leitner, Rob Wagoner, Carlos Huddleston A couple months back, I crashed the Edwardsville home studio where Judge Nothing was woodshedding, the band’s members relearni... »
Opera in April? In St. Louis? In a word, yes. For 17 years, Union Avenue Opera’s season kicked off in summer. Now the company has decided to open in April in the hopes of reaching more people and helping the bottom line, said Scott Schoonover, founder ... »
Think fast — who spoke at your college graduation ceremony? Mike Peters If you’re like many graduates, old or young, you have no idea. Neither does Mike Peters, the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist who has been chosen to address commencement next mont... »
Under the cheerful blue sky of a late March morning, a handful of volunteers armed with crowbars and hammers and a sense of purpose muscled their way through a tornado-wrecked house in Harrisburg, Ill., dragging the shattered remains of what used to be... »
Filtered over the shouts from an energetic aerobics class carrying on in the next room, the quiet murmur of conversation in a non-descript meeting space at the modern Richmond Heights community center wouldn’t seem to be much competition. But as three ... »
Two plays opening this week, one a comedy, one a tragedy about a 1950s comic, explore estrangement and reunification. New Jewish Theatre The Value of Names In New Jewish Theatre’s “The Value of Names,” Leo the director names his friend Benny the comedi... »
The New Music Circle has been presenting contemporary and avant-garde music in St. Louis for more than 50 years. Frequently, the performances feature musicians from across the country, and around the world. But throughout its long history, NMC has also... »
Belinda Lee's "Inside Out/Outside In" at the Center of Creative Arts' Millstone Gallery is like a collection of snapshots from a dream. In her spare figurative style, Lee renders scenes of everyday people and places and then adds elements of the unexpe... »
Belinda Lee's "Inside Out/Outside In" at the Center of Creative Arts' Millstone Gallery is like a collection of snapshots from a dream. In her spare figurative style, Lee renders scenes of everyday people and places and then adds elements of the unexpe... »
WASHINGTON - While President Barack Obama outlined a populist "Blueprint for an America Built to Last" on Tuesday evening, Republicans quickly redlined it as a document for building his campaign rather than a realistic plan for America. In the last Sta... »
Local artist Sandra Marchewa has created “Pills, Thrills, and Bellyaches,” a gem of a work at Isolation Room and perfect for the gallery’s intimate dimensions, which allow you to get up close and study its brilliant, joyful detail. On a translucent she... »
WASHINGTON - The pressure of pipeline politics increased Wednesday after President Barack Obama -- complaining of a "rushed and arbitrary" deadline set by congressional Republicans -- rejected for now the proposed $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline projec... »
There is an old saying about the best-laid plans, but Jennifer Howland will gladly tell you that no blueprint is one-size-fits-all. "What we envision is not a plan where everything would be the same no matter which community you are in," she said. "It'... »
WASHINGTON - Last summer, police arrested 1,253 protesters at a sit-in near the White House. The demonstrators there and in cities across the United States weren't part of the Occupy Wall Street movement and weren't protesting wars. The target of their... »
It is good to close the books on 2011. It was a year for the record books. The European economic crisis hangs over the world recovery like a gray November sky. Actions by our elected leaders instill a lack of confidence in our own economic prospects. N... »
