Author: Liam Otten

Avante jugglers Passing Zone toss chainsaws and Chia Pets May 6 and 7.Like a good vacation, filled with the sights and sounds of different lives, different heritages and different cultures, Edison Theatre’s 2004-05 OVATIONS! Series will take audiences on a journey through some of the world’s great music, dance and theatre traditions.

WUSTL ArchivesWashington University’s Fashion Design class of 1960Fashion today is about the new, the hip, the cool and — above all else — the young. But such was not always the case. In 1929, a student fashion show at Washington University in St. Louis changed the apparel industry forever by launching juniors’ fashion. In 1934, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis manufacturers became the first to market juniors’ sizes, such as 5, 7 and 9. On May 2, 2004, the university’s School of Art Fashion Design Show will celebrate its 75th anniversary of bringing some of the hottest and most creative couture this side of Paris to a St. Louis runway. This year’s fully choreographed, Paris-style show will be held at Saint Louis Galleria.

Krzysztof Wodiczko’s The St. Louis Projection, a poignant and provocative community art project about the shattering effects of violence and the healing power of public discourse, will be broadcast onto the St. Louis Public Library, 1301 Olive St., from 9 to 11 p.m., April 16, 17 and 18.

WUSTL ArchivesFashion Design class of 1960Fashion today is about the new, the hip, the cool and — above all else — the young. But such was not always the case. In 1929, a student fashion show at Washington University in St. Louis changed the apparel industry forever by launching the juniors’ dress. On May 2, the School of Art’s Fashion Design Show will celebrate its 75th anniversary with a Paris-style runway extravaganza at Saint Louis Galleria.

A collection of promotional images highlighting some of the garments on display at the 75th Annual Fashion Design Show.

The Washington University Symphony Orchestra and Washington University Chamber Choir will present the 2004 Chancellor’s Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 25. The evente will feature the premiere of three new compositions — written for the university’s sesquicentennial — by Harold Blumenfeld, John MacIvor Perkins and Robert Wykes, all professor emeriti from the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences.

Maki & Associates, TokyoMildred Lane Kemper Art MuseumThe first art museum west of the Mississippi River is getting a new name and a new, state-of-the-art building designed by one of the world’s premier architects, thanks to a $5 million gift from one of Missouri’s most distinguished families.

Dave Kilper/WUSTL Photo ServicesSenior Dave Carp as Yang Sun in Bertolt Brecht’s “The Good Person of Szechwan.”In an unjust world, is it possible to be good? Such is the dilemma posed by The Good Person of Szechwan, Bertold Brecht’s provocative modern parable about the tensions and alliances between virtue and ruthlessness. Washington University’s Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will present the show as its spring MainStage production April 16-18 and 23-25.

U.S. Poet Laureate Louise Glück will present a pair of events April 6 and 8 for the Spring Reading Series 2004, offered by The Writing Program and the Department of English in Arts and Sciences at Washington University.

Courtesy photoBang on a Can All-StarsThree of the most esteemed names in contemporary music will come together for a once-in-a-lifetime concert when Bang on a Can All-Stars welcome special guests Philip Glass and Terry Riley to Washington University’s Edison Theatre May 2.