Author: Joni Westerhouse

Anton Chekhov’s late masterwork, The Three Sisters, is considered by many critics to be the finest drama of the 20th century.

The ensemble’s sound infuses traditional folk with the quickness of jazz, the energy of salsa and the breadth of world music.

Acclaimed children’s author Katherine Paterson, who wrote of Bridge to Terabithia, will host a pair of events for the 2003-04 Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences’ Writers Series Nov. 17-18. At 8 p.m. Nov. 17, Paterson will read from her work in Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 204. At 4 p.m. Nov. 18, she will […]

And winning a St. Louis interiors awards was the University’s Small Group Housing, designed by local firm Mackey Mitchell Associates.

Selections from the 1902 stage musical The Wizard of Oz by St. Louis native Paul Tietjens will highlight a performance of 19th- and early 20th-century popular song at 7 p.m. Nov. 7 at the Gallery of Art. The concert, part of the Music at the Gallery of Art series, will feature six songs by Tietjens, […]

Photo by Mary ButkusStudents finish the roof of a traditional Japanese teahouse waiting bench in the Elizabeth Danforth Butterfly Garden.

Aquila’s production combines the Bard’s peerless language with an original score, inventive staging and epic, film-like visual flair.

Author, critic and commentator Stanley Crouch will host “A Reconsideration of W.E.B. Du Bois’ The Souls of Black Folk at its Centenary” at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Oct. 27. Both hour-long sessions will take place in Graham Chapel and are sponsored by The Center for the Humanities and the Department of English, both in […]

Typographically Speaking: The Art of Matthew Carter will open with a reception for the artist from 6-8 p.m. Oct. 10.

The musical is a fast-paced, quick-witted story of well-meaning wise guys and the women who suffer their antics.