Arts & Culture

A biography of St. Patrick is due out just in time for March 17.St. Patrick’s Day has become an excuse for Americans of all ethnic backgrounds to break out the green and head to their local parade or pub and imbibe in Irish beer and corned beef and cabbage. And just in time for this year’s celebration of St. Patrick’s feast day comes a book that will have many — even the true Irish — saying, “I didn’t know that” about Ireland’s beloved patron saint. Many of the stories about St. Patrick that have been passed down for generations, including the one about him ridding Ireland of its snakes, are false, says an expert in Celtic and classical studies at Washington University in St. Louis in a book being released in early March.

Eminent physicist Charles Falco contends that the great master painters of earlier centuries used optical instruments nearly 200 years earlier than previously even thought possible and account for the remarkable transformation in the realistic portraits appearing as early as the 15th Century.

Sabine Eckmann, curator of the Washington University Gallery of Art, and Paul Ha, director of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, will speak on Recalling 1980s New York for the Gallery of Art’s Friday Forum series at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13. CALENDAR SUMMARY WHO: Sabine Eckmann, curator, Washington University Gallery of Art, and Paul […]

The Lawrence Fields Group will perform for Washington University’s Jazz at Holmes Series from 8 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12. CALENDAR SUMMARY WHO: Lawrence Fields Group WHAT: Washington University’s Jazz at Holmes Series WHEN: 8 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12 WHERE: Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall, located on the west side of Brookings Quadrangle, […]

Dead Cat Bounce will perform for Washington University’s Jazz at Holmes Series from 8 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19. CALENDAR SUMMARY WHO: Dead Cat Bounce WHAT: Washington University’s Jazz at Holmes Series WHEN: 8 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19 WHERE: Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall, located on the west side of Brookings Quadrangle, near […]

Randy Holmes Hard Bop Heritage will perform for Washington University’s Jazz at Holmes Series from 8 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26. CALENDAR SUMMARY WHO: Randy Holmes Hard Bop Heritage WHAT: Washington University’s Jazz at Holmes Series WHEN: 8 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26 WHERE: Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall, located on the west side […]

Michael Les Benedict, a professor of history at the Moritz School of Law at Ohio State University, is an authority on Anglo-American constitutional and legal history, the history of civil rights and liberties, and the federal system. Benedict will present “The People Themselves: The Constitutional Responsibility of the American People” at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, February 11 in Graham Chapel.

McClatchyPoet and Essayist J.D. McClatchy will read from his work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, for The Writing Program Reading Series at Washington University in St. Louis.

Fumihiko Maki, Krzysztof Wodiczko and Rachel Whiteread will headline the Washington University School of Architecture’s weekly Monday Night Lecture Series this spring.

Nothing’s more attractive than funny. Which means that nothing screams “Romance” quite like Valentine’s Day with The UnCabaret. The off-beat L.A. comedy collective — featuring Andy Dick, Beth Lapides, Tim Bagley and Sherri Shepherd — will make its St. Louis debut Feb. 14 as part of the third annual Antigala fundraiser at Washington University’s Edison Theatre.