Historical March 1987 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Attention Rosedale Residents: There will be a Rosedale potluck supper and meeting later in March.
Please watch for flyers announcing date, time and location. 1 “Village Voices: Paintings and Sculpture from New York’s East Village,” and “Sticks” will be on display at the Elliot Smith Gallery 360 N. Skinker, through April 7 Gallery hours are 11 am. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday and from 7:30 to 9 p.m.
For information call 726-1170. Harold Pinter’s “Other Places” will be performed by the City Players of St. Louis, CASA, 524 Trinity, call for time. Tickets: $9. Also on 3/6 and 3/8 at 8 p.m. 727-0550. 2 “Art in the Business Environment,” featuring the work of local artists in a commercial environment opens at Interiors Unlimited, 3407 Olive, and runs through April 10. Free. Call 534-6400 for information. 7 Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad will be the topic of a children’s program offered by the Missouri Historical Society, Jefferson Memorial, Forest Park at 10:30 a.m. Free. “Colleges and Careers” a program designed to help young adults in selecting a college or planning a career will be hosted by Jim Lyons, head of St. Louis Public Library’s Adult Education Department, at the Lashly Branch Library 4537 West Pine, from 10:30 am. through noon. Free. Call 367-4120 for more information. 8 The St. Louis Art Museum will feature a lecture by Yeal Even, assistant professor of art history and women’s studies at UMSL, in honor of International Women’s Day.
The topic will discuss baroque representations of Judith and Bethulia. “Green Fields Of America,” featuring Tom and Maureen Kavanaugh of the St. Louis Irish ensemble Blackstone will be presented at the Missouri Historical Society, Jefferson Memorial, Forest Park at 2 p.m. Instruments ranging from tin whistles to the flute, fiddle and bouzouki will be featured, tracing paths taken by Irish immigrants from their homeland to New York to St. Louis. $2 per person at the door. 11 Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” will be presented at CASA, 560 Trinity, at 8 p.m. Free. 12 “Feminism Is a Sea of Domesticity: Women Activists 1940s-1950s” will be presented by Susan Lynn, visiting assistant professor of History UMSL— at the Missouri Historical Society, Jefferson Memorial, Forest Park at 1:30 p.m. $3 per person. Reservations: 361-1424. 13 “Notorious” co-starring Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains will be featured at the St. Louis Art Museum auditorium at 1:30, 7, and 9:15 p.m. General admission $2, $1, Museum Friends. “Collaboration: Paper and Print,” a lecture by William Weege, professor of art in the graphics department at the Craft Alliance, 6640 Delmar. Free. Call 725-1177 for more information.
A workshop on fiber jewelry making will be offered by the Craft Alliance, 6640 Delmar, through 3/15. Call 725-1177 for information.
The Missouri Concert Ballet performs at Washington University’s Edison Theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets $8, $6 for seniors and groups of 10 or more. $4 for students. Call 889-6543 or 962-7850. Also 3/13. 14 St. Patrick’s Day Party at St. Roch’s, 7:30 p.m. $12.50 per person. Call 721-2595 or 721- 6370 for information and tickets. “And She Generally Decides: Women In Mid-Mississippi Valley Creole Culture” conference will be presented at the Missouri Historical Society, Jefferson Memorial; Forest Park from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Free, but reservations requested: 361-9265.
The Tibetan Opera Music and Dance Troup from Lhasa will perform at the St. Louis Art Museum auditorium, 8 p.m. Tickets $10, $5 for students. Call 553-5753. 15 “American Black Folk Tales” will be presented by the St. Louis Black Repertory Company at the Missouri Historical Society, Jefferson Memorial, Forest Park, 2 p.m. Free and for the entire family. Grace United Methodist Church will sponsor a lecture presented by world-known evangelist Sir Alan Walker at Queeny Park Recreation Center. Chartered bus transportation will be available from Grace for all interested neighborhood residents. Also 3/16 and 3/17 Call 863-1992 for time and information. 16 Taras Bobora, violinist and chairman of the St. Louis Conservatory String Dept. will perform with piano accompanist Paul Svendsen at CASA, 560 Trinity, 8 p.m. Tickets, $8, $5 for seniors and students. Call 863-3033: “The King of Hearts” will be screened at Washington University’s Brown Hall, 7 & 9 p.m. $2. Also 3/19. 19 Skinker-DeBaliviere Business Association will hold a breakfast meeting at 7:45 a.m. at McDonald’s restaurant on Delmar. Don O’Neal and Mayor Schoemehl plan to attend. Call 862-5122 for further information. “Women See Women,” a slide lecture on works of art by women artists about women as subjects will be presented by Eve Ballman at the Buder Library 5320 Hampton, at 7:30 p.m. Free. 20 “To Catch A Thief,” starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly will be shown at the St. Louis Art Museum Auditorium at 1:30, 7, and 9:15 p.m. General admission $2, Museum Friends, $1. “Stand By Me,” will be presented at Washington University’s Brown Hall, $2. “Attack of the Mushroom People” will be presented at midnight, $2. (Sunday, “Stand By Me” will be presented at 8 p.m., “Attack of The Mushroom People,” at 10 p.m.) 889-5983.
21 Dolly Madison: Hospitable Hostess, will be the topic of a children’s program offered by the Missouri Historical Society, Jefferson Memorial, Forest Park at 10:30 a.m.
A workshop on papermaking will be offered at the Craft Alliance, 6640 Delmar. Call 725-1177 for information. Also offered 3/28. 23 The St. Louis Symphony performs chamber music featuring Kodaly’s Serenade for Two Violins and Viola, Grace United Methodist Church, 6199 Waterman, 8 p.m. Call 534-1700 for tickets and information. Michael Christopher, associate dean of the St. Louis Conservatory of Music, conducts the New Music Ensemble at CASA, 560 Trinity, 8 p.m. Free. “Brussels Transit,” a dramatic journey into one family’s isolation on foreign soil, will be presented at the St. Louis Art Museum auditorium at 5:30 and 8 p.m. $2, $1 for Museum Friends. 27 “North by Northwest,” starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason will be screened at the St. Louis Art Museum auditorium at 1:30, 7, and 9:15 p.m. General admission $2, Museum Friends, $1.
An Evening With Charlie Menees,” observer-activist-raconteur of the jazz scene for nearly 50 years, will be presented at CASA, 560 Trinity, 8 p.m. Tickets $8, $5 for students and seniors. 863-3033. 28 A Tour of German St. Louis will be led by Katharine T. Corbett, Missouri Historical Society curator of education, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $10 per person.
For reservations: 361- 9265. 29 A workshop on papermarbling will be offered by the Craft Alliance, 6640 Delmar. Call 725-1177 for more information. 31 “Performance,” will be presented at St. Louis Community College at Forest Park, 5600 Oakland, 1 and 8 p.m. Free. Call 644-9388 or 644-9368.
General Announcements and Ongoing Exhibitions Young people are invited to attend Gallery Talks at the St. Louis Art Museum.
The talks are free, but registration is required. Call 721-0067, ext. 75 to reserve a space. ‘ The Following Will Be On Display at the St. Louis Art Museum: “Art of the 80s: Recent Acquisitions by St. Louis Collectors,” Gallery 120, through March 25. “An Enduring Grace, Photographs of Laura Gilpin,” Cohen Gallery through March 29. “European and American Embroideries: Selections from the Collection,” Gallery 100 through April 12.
The Following Will Be On Display at the Missouri Historical Society: “No Crystal Stair: Black St. Louis, 1920-1940,” on display in the New Acquisitions Gallery through March. “Vel Marshall: Floral Paintings,” on display in Emerson auditorium through March. “WC. Persons: Commercial Photography in St. Louis, 1904-1951,” on display in the James Hazlewood Williams Gallery, through May
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, March 1987.
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Archival transcription note: Printed March 13 ballet notice repeats “Also 3/13”; no second date invented.
Original source: SD_Times1987_03.pdf, printed page(s) 3; PDF page(s) 3.
