Historical April 1984 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
1 “Bridging the Mississippi: Artists’ Views of the Eads Bridge,” prints, paintings; also “Five St. Louis Artists. Their City and Their World,” paintings, drawings; and “North to Alaska,” photographic exhibition of a miner’s travels from San Francisco to Alaska in 1891-2.
All at Missouri Historical Society. Forest Park. Tues.-Sun. 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Graduate Art Students’ Exhibition. Fontbonne College Library Gallery. 6800 Wydown. Free. Call 889-1431 for daily gallery hours. (Through 4/18). 2 “The Landscape of the Sublime in England and America.” Lecture, 8 p.m. Steinberg Auditorium, Washington University. 3 “Njangaan.” 1974 Senegalese film of colonial Africa. Subtitles. Art Museum Auditorium. 5:30 and 8p.m. (No charge listed.) “What Makes Folk Art.?” Evening workshop on the Special Exhibition “By Heart and By Hand: American Folk Art.” Art Museum Resource Center. 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Call 721-0067, ext. 86 to register. 4 “Food and Hunger.” Lecture. Fontbonne Library, Faculty Study. 1 p.m. Free. Call 862-3456, ext. 312 for details. New City School Parents’ Organization meeting. 5 28th Ward Republican Party Presidential Caucus, 10:30 a.m., 19th Hole Restaurant, Forest Park. (See related article.) “Pageantry in St. Louis, The History of the Veiled Prophet Organization,” major exhibition opens. Missouri Historical Society, Forest Park. “The Apple Tree,” play by Bock and Harnick. Studio Theater, Fine Arts Bldg., Fontbonne College. 8 p.m.; 7 p.m. on 4/8. $3.50; $2.50 students and senior citizens. (Also 4/6.8) 6 “The Man in the White Suit.” 1952 high-tech farce stars Alec Guinness. Art Museum Auditorium. 1:30, 7 and 9:15 p.m. (No charge listed.) 7 Educational uses for computers. Presentation at St. Roch’s Church Hall. 7:30 p.m. Call 863-0750 for details. 10 “Pirosmani.” 1970 Russian film portrait of the primitive Russian artist who died in 1919. Art Museum Auditorium. 5:30 and 8 p.m. (No charge listed.) Washington Heights Neighbors meeting. Hamilton School. 7:30 p.m. 11 “The Banyon Tree: Interdependence and Aging.” Lecture at Fontbonne College Library, Faculty Study. 1 and 3 p.m. Free. • Fontbonne Festival Jazz Concert. Fine Arts Theater, Fontbonne College 8 p.m. Free. 12 “Leon ‘Peck’ Clark: Basketmaker” and “Daisy Cook Remembers.” Films on folk artists. Art Museum Auditorium. 11 a.m. Free. 45th Annual Fontbonne Festival Concert (classical music). Fine Arts Theater, Fontbonne College. 7:30 p.m. Free. 13 “The Titfield Thunderbolt.” 1952 film stars Stanley Holloway. Art Museum Auditorium. 1:30, 7 and 9:15 p.m. (No charge listed.) Violin and guitar duo, Jonathan Beiler and Allen Krantz. Graham Chapel, Washington University. 8 p.m. $5; $3 for full-time students. Call 725-0739. 14 Faculty Recital: Peter Clemens, guitar. Ryan Hall Chapel, Fontbonne College. 8 p.m. Free. 15 Dedication of Pool and Fountain, two new galleries and new museum shop. Jefferson Memorial Bldg., Missouri Historical Society, Forest Park. 1 p.m. Folk Fest ’84 at the Art Museum.
A celebration of folk art and artists. Free afternoon of music, dance, and crafts. Museum grounds, Forest Park. 12 noon- 5 p.m. 17 “The Gospel According to St. Matthew.” 1966 Italian film by Pier Paolo Pasolini. “A profoundly spiritual … activist Christ.” Art Museum Auditorium. 5:30 and 8 p.m. (No charge listed.) Rosedale Neighbors Pot Luck Dinner meeting. St. Roch’s Church Hall. 6 p.m. 18 28th Ward Democratic Party Presidential Candidate Caucus. Knights of Columbus Building, 4331 Lindell. 7:30 p.m. (See related article.) • 19 “Quilts in Women’s Lives” and “New England Folk Painter Erastus Salisbury Field.” Films on folk artists. Art Museum Auditorium. 11 a.m. Free. Skinker-DeBaliviere Business Association Luncheon Meeting, 11:30 a.m. Call 862-5122 for details. 20 “Genevieve.” 1954 film of a race between two antique cars on a $400 wager. Art Museum Auditorium. 1:30, 7 and 9:15 p.m. (No charge listed.) 21 “The Patterns of Residence,” Conference workshop. Missouri Historical Society, Forest Park. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Pre-registration required, Free. Call 361-9265. (See related story.) 23 I Musici, featuring violinist Pina Carmirelli. Chamber Music Concert, UMSL, J.C. Penney Auditorium. Call 553-5536 or 553-5148 for time and ticket information. 25 “Acid Rain: Requiem or Recovery.” Film at Fontbonne College Library, Faculty Study. 3 p.m. Free. “America’s Agricultural Crisis.” Lecture at Fontbonne College Library, Faculty Study. 1 p.m. Free. “Seance on a Wet Afternoon.” 1964 British film stars Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough. Art Museum Auditorium. 5:30 and 8 p.m. (No charge listed.) 26 “Masters of Cubism: Picasso, Braque and Gris.” Alexandra Bellos will discuss work of these three artists. Art Museum, Gallery 335. 11 a.m. Free. Fontbonne Wind Ensemble Concert. Fine Arts Theater. Fontbonne College. 8 p.m. Free. 27 “Bodies of Work,” by Off Track Dancers. New City School, 5209 Waterman. 8 p.m. $5; $3 Sr. Citizens, children. Call 535-7576 for details. Also 4/28. (See related story.) “The Lavender Hill Mob.” 1951 comic film stars Alec Guiness, Stanley Holloway, Audrey Hepburn. Art Museum Auditorium, 1:30, 7 and 9:15 p.m. (No charge listed.) 28th Ward Democratic Party regular meeting. 8 p.m. 6010 Kingsbury Blvd. 28 Childgrove School silent and oral auction, including champagne buffet, entertainment. Oasis Room at Childgrove, 6901 Delmar. 6:30 p.m. Call 725-1717 for details and tickets. 29 5900 DeGiverville, Inc. Block Meeting. 4:30 p.m. Undergraduate Art Students’ Exhibition. Fontbonne Library Gallery. Opening reception, 3-5 p.m. Call 889-1431 for daily gallery hours. Free. (Through 5/18.)
Originally published in The Paper, April 1984.
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Archival transcription note: Computer presentation is April 7 here but April 12 in accompanying notice. Republican caucus April 5 conflicts with April 15 in caucus article introduction. Printed dates retained.
Original source: SD_Times1984_04.pdf, printed page(s) 3; PDF page(s) 3.
