Arts

Festival organizers said roughly 12,000 people stopped by the Grand Center-based festival over two days.

This weekend's Music at the Intersection festival in Grand Center will honor 50 years of hip-hop. DJ G. Wiz, who has showcased hip-hop through documentaries and kept the music fresh for generations of fans will celebrate the genre with a tribute of DJs.

Many St. Louis-area residents recognize "The Way," Laumeier Sculpture Park's bright red five-story steel sculpture. Since artist Alexander Liberman constructed it in 1980, the piece has been corroded by weather, visitors and birds.

Nancy Kranzberg examines the role of drumming and percussion music from medieval times to the present.

Shangri-La Hou, a senior at John Burroughs School in Ladue, is one of five National Student Poets who will promote poetry around the country.

Festival producers sold 25,000 tickets across two days. They plan to return with another version in 2024.

The Evolution Festival features headliners the Black Keys and Brandi Carlisle, plus a focus on local barbecue. Its producers hope to build it into a signature event in St. Louis but are counting on a strong first year.

“The Culture: Hip Hop & Contemporary Art in the 21st Century” opens with a block party and free museum admission on Saturday at the St. Louis Art Museum. The wide-ranging exhibition will run for four months.

For a decade, Paige Brubeck and Evan Sult grew their rock duo Sleepy Kitty from a work/live space on Cherokee Street. A few years after leaving St. Louis, the band looks back with its long-awaited new album, “Blessing/Curse.”

The cow was sculpted by artist Sarah Pratt and inspired by dairy farmer Lorilee Schultz, from Mill-R-Mor Dairy in northern Illinois who is depicted harvesting milk from one of her cows.