The Regional Arts Commission (RAC) helps to fund numerous arts organizations across the city with money it receives from St. Louis City hotel and motel tax revenue. With the pandemic's effect on the hospitality industry, this has been a difficult couple years for the arts. But now RAC is on the rebound!
A Talk with Author Sally Hepworth
"The Younger Wife" is the latest thrilling and hilarious novel by acclaimed Australian Author Sally Hepworth. Hear her discuss her latest book, writing during the lockdown, and murder in this one-on-one interview.
Kemper Art Museum
The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum is currently hosting a new body of work by Nicole Miller, who is exploring the Black experience through sound, moving image, and laser-light animation.
Urinetown at New Line Theatre
Read Gerry Kowarsky's review of this "smart, sassy, and relentlessly metatheatrical" show currently running at the Marcelle Theatre.
The Karate Kid at Stages St. Louis
The long awaited musical adaption of this classic movie has finally arrived! Find out why HEC's Gerry Kowarsky calls it a "winner!"
Biotechnology Training Program
Learn about how this 5-day course at St. Louis Community College is giving biotech industry professionals hands-on experience with bioreactors, machines where biologic reactions are carried out, to help grow drug manufacturing in St. Louis.
Watch Spotlight every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. on Channel 11
In this week's episode ... for the first time in nearly two years, the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis has new grant funding for local artists; author Sally Hepworth talks about the inspiration for her new book "The Younger Wife;" why cows at the St. Louis Zoo are wearing fitness trackers; inside the sound, image, and laser-light animation experience happening now at the Kemper Art Museum; and the healing power of sound baths.
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