Cheers to Eighty Years! Celebrating Leonard Slatkin
Maestro Leonard Slatkin marked 80 years on September 1st and celebrated with Classic 107.3 listeners! Most exciting of all, Leonard joined us live in our studio with Tom Sudholt, sharing reminiscences while answering YOUR questions and hearing YOUR birthday messages on the air. We are thrilled you could join the conversation. Photo ©Cindy McTee #leonardslatkin #slatkinshuffle #classic1073
A Perfect Tin – Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis 2024
Carrie Houk, Executive Artistic Director of Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis, gives listeners an overview of what to expect at this year’s festival, which runs August 8-18. Events include a production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Grandel; Life Upon the Wicked Stage at the Curtain Call Lounge, a walking tour of…
Grand Dame: Amy Jo Jackson Brings Bespoke Show to St. Louis
Amy Jo Jackson and Brian Nash return to St. Louis for cabaret performances in support of Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis. The show, “Grand Dame: A Celebration of the Diva” will feature an eclectic array of divas of the stage and screen (both real and fictional) like Fanny Brice, Norma Desmond, Stevie Nicks, Judy Garland,…
Art is Blooming at the Saint Louis Art Museum
Florist Jessica Douglass of Flowers & Weeds, back-to-back “Best in Show” winner for the Saint Louis Art Museum’s Art in Bloom, talks about what the creative process is like for the festival, shares her best tip for enjoying the displays, and tells listeners about the retail store on Cherokee Street that she co-owns with Carly…
The 45th St. Louis Jewish Book Festival Showcases Literary Talent
Hannah Dinkel, the Director of Literary Arts for the JCC, talks about the 45th St. Louis Jewish Book Festival, which runs November 5-19. Hear about the headlining guests, including Martin Fletcher, Rebecca Minkoff, Andrew Rea, Rebecca Rosen, and others! For festival information and tickets, visit https://jccstl.com/arts-ideas/st-louis-jewish-book-festival/ Classic 107.3 · The 45th St. Louis Jewish Book…
Meet Us at the Fair – Chamber Project St. Louis and Classic 107.3
Dana Hotle, the Executive Director of Chamber Project St. Louis, tells listeners about what to expect at the group’s peformance on September 9th at 1pm at the St. Louis Art Fair (sponsored by Classic 107.3)! Plus, hear a little bit about the ’23-’24 Chamber Project St. Louis season.
St. Louis Art Fair Commemorative Print Artist Tanya Kirouac
Hear from Tanya Kirouac, the 2023 Commemorative Print Artist for the 30th St. Louis Art Fair! Tanya is one of the more than 180 artists who will be exhibiting at one of the top art fairs in the country September 8-10 in Clayton.
Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis “Suddenly” Returns
Hear from the executive-artistic director of Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis, Carrie Houk, and the director of this year’s mainstage festival production, “Suddenly Last Summer”, Tim Ocel, about why watching this play will be like riding a roller coaster, what other events are a part of this year’s festival, what they love about Tennessee Williams,…
David Kirkman’s “Children of the Sun” Shines at SLIFF
The 31st Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival is happening November 3-13. David Kirkman, founder of Woke Nation Studios and artist-in-residence with the Department of African and African-American Studies at Washington University, is an innovative young writer, director, and filmmaker originally from Ferguson. Host Kathy Lawton Brown spoke with David about his debut feature film,…
Love is in the Art by Bala
Acrylic artist Bala Thiagarajan, a first-time exhibitor at the Saint Louis Art Fair, joins Julie Schuster to tell listeners about the kind of art she creates and how it brings joy to viewers as well as connects to Bala’s childhood experiences in India. Learn more about what she loves the most about art fairs (hint:…