Glore Psychiatric holds movie night

Each May, in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, the Glore Psychiatric Museum of the St. Joseph Museums, Inc., presents a Hollywood film with a mental health theme. The featured film for this year is “Splendor in the Grass.”

The film will be shown at the East Hills Branch of the St. Joseph Public Library, 502 N. Woodbine, at 6 p.m. May 13. An introduction to the movie will be presented by Bob Shultz, who is the host and producer of KQ2’s “Front Row.” Admission is free and refreshments will be available.

Information on local mental health service providers will be available during the event. For more information, call 232-8471.

Western alumnus performs piano recital

Missouri Western State University alumnus Christian Bohnenstengel will perform a solo piano recital at 3 p.m. May 11, at the First Presbyterian Church, Seventh and Jules.

The performance is free and open to the community. His program will include Beethoven’s “Rhondo a Cappriccio (Rage over the Lost Penny),” Chopin’s “B-Minor Scherzo” and Scott Joplin’s “Maple Leaf Rag.”

A native of Mögglingen, Germany, Bohnenstengel received his bachelor of arts degree magna cum laude in piano performance from Missouri Western in 2002. He went on to earn a master’s degree in piano performance from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is pursuing a doctorate degree.

RRT has ‘Dreamcoat’ auditions

This weekend, Robidoux Resident Theatre will hold auditions for the Broadway musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”

Auditions will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. May 11 and from 7 to 9 p.m. May 12 in the RRT rehearsal hall at 116 S. Eighth St. Young actors from 8 to 15 years of age will audition on from 7 to 9 p.m. May 13.

All call-backs will be held May 14 from 7 to 9 p.m.

At the auditions, you should be prepared to move/dance and sing. Please bring a list of all conflicts between now and July 20.

The show requires men ages 16 to 65, women 16 to 55 and children from 8 to 15. Carol Myers will direct the musical, and questions can be directed to her at carolmyers@hotmail.com or call 646-2099. The musical will run July 17 through July 20.

Department of Transportation seeks artists

The Missouri Department of Transportation is seeking artists or artist teams to create murals for one of two Welcome Centers.

Located in the lobby/entrance, the artwork should inspire visitors to explore the local/regional cultural, historic, and/or scenic points of interests.

The project budget is $30,000 per location and includes all costs associated with the project including, but not limited to, artist’s design fee, travel, materials, fabrication costs, documentation, transportation and installation.

The project is open to all professional artists and artist teams residing in the U.S. that have at least five years of public art experience or can demonstrate ability to successfully complete a project of this type and scale. Preference will be given to artists residing in Missouri.

Submissions must be received by 4 p.m. May 15.

Museums offer combined tickets for May 10

From 1 to 4 p.m. May 10, the Wyeth-Tootle Mansion and the Doll Museum will offer a combined ticket for a reduced fee. Each museum will offer extra activities for children.

Traditional Japanese crafts of carp kites and origami will be offered for school-age children at the Wyeth-Tootle Mansion at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. Spaces in these workshops are limited, so reservations are required.

No reservations are needed for the Doll Museum or Wyeth-Tootle Mansion Museum exhibits of the Miss Hyogo and the Miss Miyagi (dolls brought to Missouri and Kansas in 1927 from Japan as a gesture of world friendship) and dolls from the museum collection, local collectors and several St. Joseph schools.

Combined tickets to both museums will cost $5 for adults and $2 for children. Lemonade and cookies will be available at the mansion throughout the afternoon.

For more information, or to reserve a spot for the child’s craft session, please call the St. Joseph Museums, Inc., at 232-8471.