Joan Lipkin’s wildly successful Queer Writes returns for a third year with an all-new bill on Thursday, June 5, as part of the Missouri History Museum’s Pride Month programming. Confirmed presenters include Paul Cereghino, Cheeraz Gormon, Matthew R. Kerns, Joan Lipkin, Romell Parks-Weekly, Jarek Steele, Diane Richardson and Jeff Truesdell. The Gateway Men’s Chorus will…
Grief is an initiation no one asks for—but it finds us all eventually. And when it does, it changes everything. When we think of spiritual rites, we often picture the joyful or solemn ceremonies that mark the great turning points of life: a baptism, a bar mitzvah, a wedding, a child’s first steps into community.…
Coco Chanel famously advised that before leaving the house, one should look in the mirror and take off one thing. The Broadway adaptation of The Great Gatsby could use two or three. It’s still bright and beautiful, offering a fun evening. Fitzgerald’s novel skewered the excesses of the 1920s with lyrical brutality. But onstage…
Always wish you could form a band and perform on stage? HandleBar is hosting BandUp 2025 – your new band’s show! Form a band, sign up, learn three songs and perform them for a live audience. The event will take place on Sunday, June 1, at 4 p.m. There will be two stages with sound…
Saint Louis’ Original Arts Incubator is Back for Season 14! STLFringe FEST ‘25, the region’s premier independent performing arts festival, will be igniting stages and streets across the Grand Center Arts District with an explosion of boundary-breaking theatre, dance, music, musicals, magic, film, and more. Now in their 14th season, STLFringe FEST continues its mission…
“ALEX BRAUN, COME ON DOWN!” During his sixteenth time as a Price is Right studio audience member, “Queen of Camp” Alex Braun finally heard those thrilling words. He was in Los Angeles in February, the day before the show’s 10,000th taping, along with a group of fellow superfans. “With The Price is Right, they interview…
Cinema St. Louis proudly presents the 18th Annual QFest St. Louis, a vibrant celebration of LGBTQ+ film and queer culture. Scheduled from May 27 to June 1, 2025, at the historic Hi-Pointe Theatre, QFest showcases a diverse lineup of contemporary gay cinema, including narrative features, documentaries, and shorts that spotlight the lives of LGBTQ+ individuals…
A contractor named Jake (last name retracted after he was bombarded with calls) was on a job in the Penrose neighborhood when the sky turned black and the wind grew fierce. He saw a few older women sitting in a car, and helped them get to a nearby house. He was then lifted up by…
Black Pride STL is celebrating 30 years with an extravaganza at the historic Grey Fox Pub on May 31. A whopping 14 entertainers will take to the stage, including the reigning King of Pride STL 2025, Semaj Mazzaratie-Evermore and Mx. Metro Trans Umbrella Group 2025, ZeLucy Leone Fur. Board member Lydia Baker, who is also…
There’s a kind of strength that doesn’t roar. It doesn’t stomp its feet or shatter glass ceilings in a blaze of thunder. It whispers. It steadies. It holds. It’s a gentle magic. In a culture obsessed with dominance, productivity, and spectacle, softness is often dismissed as weakness. But in magical and spiritual traditions, gentleness can…
