Arts and Culture

“As queer people, we really graft onto this genre because it addresses these social issues through some of the weirdest and most creative metaphors possible,” said author Lorry Jamison. “It often makes spaces for these marginalized identities who haven't often found themselves represented in media."

The annual Red Lantern City Night Market celebrates Asian cultures and community. It’s part carnival, part bazaar and part block party.

WerQfest co-founder Tre’von Griffith never expected the festival to be a hit. And it’s still growing.

In Misty Copeland’s 10 years as the American Ballet Theater’s first Black woman principal dancer, she has inspired others to see themselves in ballet shoes and on stages across the world — and St. Louis is no exception.

Since 1975, the Focal Point has played a critical role in promoting and shaping St. Louis’ folk, roots, jazz, blues and world music scene.

St. Louis is a premier destination for traditional Irish musicians from Ireland and throughout the U.S.

Composer Christopher Stark teamed with innovative cello-percussion group New Morse Code for “The Language of Landscapes,” a piece that melds field recordings from nature with sounds wrung out of discarded items like plastic bags. The album includes remixes by St. Louis artists Mvstermind and Adult Fur.

There’s still time to improve your end-of-year streaming playlist.

Choreographer and art-maker Brendan Fernandes has devised “In Two” for four dancers moving throughout the Pulitzer Arts Foundation’s major exhibition of Scott Burton’s sculpture.

The inspiration for 2024’s Dances of India performance is the ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata.