Author: Liam Otten

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne, known for his innovative use of forms and materials, will present the 2008 Cannon Design Lecture for Excellence in Architecture & Engineering for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.

CarlinMusicians from Washington University and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra will join forces to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of French composer Olivier Messiaen, one of the 20th century’s most influential composers. The concert will highlight Messiaen’s signature Quartet for the End of Time, written in a German prison camp during World War II.

Lizzie Borden took an ax And gave her mother 40 whacks When she saw what she had done She gave her father 41 So goes the well-known nursery rhyme, though the victims were actually Borden’s father and stepmother. And more than 100 years after that infamous double murder, Borden — who was acquitted of the […]

Irish contemporary dance company CoisCéim (pronounced Kush Came) will make its St. Louis debut with the acclaimed “Knots” as part of the Edison Theatre OVATIONS! Series at 8 p.m. Feb. 29 and March 1.

Three Beethoven masterpieces will be performed at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23 in Holmes Lounge by Christina Mahler, principal cellist for Toronto’s Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Seth Carlin, professor of piano and fortepiano in the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences,

Courtesy photo*Knots*As singles, we spend much of our lives looking for the perfect partner with whom to “tie the knot.” Once we’ve found them, we spend the rest of our lives looking to repair the frayed ends. Such is the thesis behind Knots, an evening-length concert by CoisCéim, one of Ireland’s leading contemporary dance companies, which will make its St. Louis debut as part of the Edison Theatre OVATIONS! Series.

Debra Hillabrand as Lizzie Borden.”Lizzie Borden took an ax/ And gave her mother 40 whacks. / When she saw what she had done / She gave her father 41.” So goes the well-known nursery rhyme. This month, the Washington University Opera, led by director Jolly Stewart, will explore the characters and conflicts that may (or may not) have caused Borden to snap with a new production of Jack Beeson’s acclaimed operatic adaptation, Lizzie Borden.

This month, the Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences will present a new production of this prototypical “situation comedy” in the A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre. Performances begin at 8 p.m. Feb. 22-23 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 24. Performances continue the following weekend at 8 p.m., Feb. 29-March and at 2 p.m. March 2..

Washington University will host free screenings of two recent Japanese films Friday, Feb. 15, and Saturday, Feb. 16, in Brown Hall, Room 100. “Hanging Garden” (2005), beginning at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15, explores the quirky soul of a dysfunctional clan struggling to survive amidst the pressures of the modern age. It is directed by Toshiaki […]

Tonya GilmoreFrom Scott Joplin and Chuck Berry to Tina Turner, Nelly and Wilco, St. Louis has long boasted a rich and widely influential musical scene. This spring the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will launch a new concert series designed to highlight the talents and diversity of contemporary St. Louis musicians. The free Friday evening concerts — titled Kemper Presents — will feature close to a dozen local artists working in a variety of genres, from ambient jazz and electronica to experimental rock and American roots music.