St. Louis Arts Coverage by Jeremy Goodwin

The Black Rep presents “Raisin,” a rarely produced musical adaptation of “A Raisin in the Sun,” at the Edison Theatre through Sunday.

An estimated 17,000 people attended this year's Music at the Intersection festival, as the event debuted a new footprint and featured the performances at new venue the Sovereign.

John Medeski’s Mad Skillet will make its only U.S. appearance of the year on Saturday at Music at the Intersection, the three-day festival set to take over Grand Center.

The playwright Tennessee Williams is not most-often associated with St. Louis, where he grew up. The Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis has spent 10 years making the case for the city’s influence on Williams’ work.

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band started in 1965 as a jug band, became a titan of country-music radio and reached back to the roots of American music for its latest efforts. The group plays Chesterfield Amphitheater on Thursday.

An unusual partnership between public-art promoter Counterpublic and the International Institute of St. Louis will help the institute reach community members and prepare to be an anchor site for the 2026 Counterpublic exhibition.

A June 29 benefit concert and an associated online campaign netted $350,000 to support the Urban League’s tornado relief efforts in north St. Louis, with another $150,000 in pledged donations expected. The Fabulous Fox Theatre donated its space for the event.

“Romeo and Zooliet” is a kid-friendly adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” that puts large, custom-made animal puppets at center stage. St. Louis Shakespeare Festival will perform it at St. Louis Zoo from Tuesday through Aug. 17.

New festival Free 4 All will take over 10 venues in Grand Center the weekend before Music At The Intersection. Organizers of the new festival say it’s a sort of opening act for MATI, featuring St. Louis artists.

A tornado benefit concert at the Fabulous Fox Theatre on Sunday will feature the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Chorus and the IN UNISON Chorus. The May 16 tornado damaged the churches and homes of many IN UNISON singers.