Sam Fox School presents Awards for Distinction
Philanthropists Nancy Kranzberg and Ken Kranzberg received the 2025 Dean’s Medal from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts April 10 as part of the school’s annual Awards for Distinction ceremony. Also recognized during the ceremony were six outstanding alumni in art, architecture and design.
Kemper Art Museum wins best monograph award
“Adam Pendleton: To Divide By,” an exhibition catalog published by WashU’s Kemper Art Museum, has been named best monograph of 2024 by the Midwest Art History Society.
Entirely Emmie
A graphic Emmie & Friends novel
The ninth book in the bestselling Emmie & Friends series — told from the alternating POVs of shy Emmie and class-clown Joe as they embark on a school camping trip. Crushes. Camping. Middle School. These days, Emmie doesn’t feel so invisible. At least not around her best friends and her crush, Tyler. Joe’s jokes aren’t landing […]
The Black Rep presents Wilson’s ‘Radio Golf’
The St. Louis Black Repertory Company will present August Wilson’s “Radio Golf,” the 10th and final play in Wilson’s monumental American Century Cycle, in WashU’s Edison Theatre May 16 through June 1, with previews May 14 and 15.
Class Acts: Eva Agüero
Eva M. Agüero is set to graduate with a master’s degree in visual art from the Sam Fox School. Her work, which has spanned from painting to multimedia, questions assumptions about manners and women’s role in society.
Interpreting the music
“Retina Burn,” the Performing Arts Department’s annual student lighting design and digital media concert, will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24, in Edison Theatre.
Mysteries of the National Parks
35 Stories of Baffling Disappearances, Unexplained Phenomena, and More
America’s national parks are best known for stunning beauty and outstanding adventure ― but these natural wonders also hold some of the world’s greatest mysteries. Why did an ancestral civilization abandon their stone cities in the mountains of Colorado? Flying past Mt. Rainier, did a pilot really spot nine shiny objects that spawned the UFO […]
Death of a Childhood
A Memoir of 1989 and the ‘Why Not?’ Baltimore Orioles
It’s 1989 and a historic yet largely forgotten baseball team is emerging just as a young fan’s world begins to unravel. Death of a Childhood is the memoir of one year in the life of a pre-teen: A time when oncoming puberty, family illness, a frightening new battle with anxiety disorders, an impending school switch, […]
Big enough
A book for young readers
Little Ah-Fu has a big imagination, but he can’t imagine being the Oxherd Boy … yet. When the day comes for Ah-Fu to bring the huge family ox home from the woods, he worries that he’s not big enough to do the job. Will fear and self-doubt drive Ah-Fu home empty-handed? Or can he rely on his wits and compassion to […]
Shadows in the Pleasure Gardens
Regarding Robberies and Race Horses
As a crucial witness to the “biggest scandal” early-19th century Fairmount has seen, lives hang on the balance of Chester Carter’s true and complete testimony. Chester is an unambitious — or independent- minded — apprentice to Mr. Tate of Tate’s Banking and Loans when he witnesses a bank robbery and finds himself serving as Sheriff […]
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