St. Louis Symphony 2012-2013 Season
Host Steve Potter talks with St. Louis Symphony Music Director David Robertson about the orchestra's recently completed European Tour and its 2012-2013 season. Then, St. Louis Public Radio’s Mike...
View ArticleThe Sheldon's 100th Anniversary Celebration
The Sheldon bills itself as the perfect place for music and art and the Sheldon Concert Hall has been called “The Carnegie Hall of the Midwest.” This year marks the 100th anniversary of The Sheldon...
View ArticleRicky Skaggs: Entertaining Audiences For More Than 50 Years
Ricky Skaggs got an early start in music. At the age of 5, we woke up one morning to find that his parents had left a pint sized mandolin in his bed. A year later, he played a show with Bill Monroe,...
View ArticleBobby McFerrin Calls Himself A ‘Songcatcher’
Bobby McFerrin is a multi-faceted vocalist. A 10-time Grammy winner, he has blurred the lines between pop music and fine art and has inspired a generation of a cappella singers. He is best known for...
View ArticleThe Sheldon Calls For Creativity In St. Louis’ 250th Birthday Photo Contest
The Sheldon Art Galleries in Grand Center is asking for photographs documenting St. Louis, as the city celebrates 250 years. The Arch, Busch Stadium and the World's Fair Pavilion in Forest Park are...
View ArticleArt Events On The Table, Some Literally, In STL This Weekend
A table can connect families, foster discussion or encourage a game of cards. This weekend, a table in Grand Center also provides a canvas for artistic and cultural expression. “Table” opened Thursday...
View ArticleIndie/Pop Band Bella & Lily To Perform Benefit For Safe Connections
In a way, indie/pop duo Bella & Lily has been together a long time. That is if you can measure lifetimes spanning in the teen years as long. Bella (19) and Lily (15) are sisters, after all. But the...
View ArticlePhoto Contest Winners Cast New Light On Arch, City Museum, Other STL...
The St. Louis area is crawling with photographic opportunities. Local professional Ryan Archer took advantage of one of them to win Best in Show in the Sheldon’s “The City at 250” photo contest....
View ArticleVocalist Denise Thimes Shares Her Gifts With St. Louis And Aretha Franklin
When a friend asked St. Louis vocalist Denise Thimes to come to Detroit to sing for her father’s 75th birthday party, she didn’t tell her until she got there that one of the guests was Aretha...
View ArticleGuitarist Who Inspired The Beatles, Beach Boys, Hendrix Returns To St. Louis
Even if you haven’t heard classical guitarist Angel Romero play, you’ve heard his influence. “My guitar goes back so long,” he told “Cityscape” host Steve Potter. “They interviewed George Harrison of...
View ArticleThree St. Louis-area artists get kudos and cash from ‘Critical Mass’
Three local artists received $1,500 each on Tuesday night to help fund projects that include home movies and ideas about the spaces where we live. In an event at The Sheldon Art Galleries, the local...
View ArticleEmmylou Harris and Steve Earle bring musical cachet to refugee relief effort...
Emmylou Harris and Steve Earle are two of the most revered American singer-songwriters performing today. The two longtime friends and performing buddies have also never been hesitant to express their...
View ArticleCut & Paste: Cancer, love and loss are perfect storm for Amy Reidel’s 'Radar...
We’ve all been touched by cancer, through someone we love or admire, or even our own. Nearly 40 percent of us will be diagnosed with the disease in our lifetime. Three years ago, St. Louis artist Amy...
View ArticleCut & Paste: A year of beatboxers, Baptist influence and that controversy at CAM
The art of activism weaved its way more deeply into the St. Louis arts scene in 2016. In this year’s Cut & Paste arts and culture podcasts, we brought you conversations with performers, poets and...
View Article‘Something has to be done’: Telling the story of one of the oldest black...
When Terri Williams’ daughters brought home their Black History Month assignment from school, she noticed most of the historical figures were entertainers or athletes. This contrasted with the uniquely...
View ArticleA dream and a dagger: Jazz singer Cecile McLorin Salvant sings with grace...
When jazz vocalist Cecile McLorin Salvant takes the stage Saturday at the Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis, she won't be trying to sing as her storied predecessors might have. Though the virtuoso...
View ArticleSheldon Art Galleries invites visitors to tee it up at indoor golf course in...
A St. Louis institution known for displaying paintings will temporarily change its focus to putt-putt next summer. In June, all 6,000 square feet of The Sheldon Art Galleries will become a mini golf...
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