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Girl power

Robidoux Resident Theatre presents ‘Steel Magnolias’ at the Landing Playhouse

It’s been more than two decades since the screen adaptation of the off-Broadway play “Steel Magnolias” made its way to theaters. And the female-driven film with an all-star cast has demonstrated plenty of staying power, as Robidoux Resident Theatre business manager Jeff Haney discovers regularly with a bit of channel surfing.

This is: “Downtown Skyline” by Steve Zipp

One little lie

Missoula Children’s Theatre’s ‘Rumpelstiltskin’ sends a truthful message

Ask any of the kids in the upcoming Missoula Children’s Theatre play “Rumpelstiltskin” what the moral of the story is, and they’ll all give you about the same response.

Young and evolving

Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art presents its annual Regional High School Art Exhibition

Employees at the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art remember how placing the art submitted every year for the museum’s Regional High School Art Exhibition into defined categories used to be an easy task.

Get your Golden Ticket

Robidoux Resident Theatre presents "Willy Wonka" at Missouri Theater

It’s hard to imagine Willy Wonka’s giant chocolate factory fitting on the Missouri Theater stage, but the cast of Robidoux Resident Theatre’s upcoming production of “Willy Wonka” promises it will all be there. All of the different rooms will be there. The Oompa-Loompas will be there. So will the flying Wonka-vator and the Fizzy Lifting drink testing area.

Artistic impact

The people and organizations playing the biggest roles in shaping St. Joe arts and entertainment

Some people in St. Joseph may think they have a lot to complain about when it comes having exciting things to do in town. They probably look at the arts, music and entertainment scenes of their neighbors to the north (Omaha) and south (KC and Lawrence, Kan.) and wonder why Joetown doesn’t have similar offerings.

This is: ‘Study For Roman Holiday’ by Geo Sipp

This is: ‘Neil Underwater’ by Anne Kufahl

This is: "Split Tree Sunset" by Doc Arnett

This is: "Dock" by Fred Voltmer

This is: The art of Maria Huber Windisch

Class displayed

Missouri Western seniors showcase artwork at Potter Hall Fine Arts Gallery

Putting your creative work out there for people to see is essentially what any visual artist wants. But for Missouri Western seniors, the display is more than that. It's a right of academic passage.

This is: The artwork of Ila Dell Youngblood

Prints and professors

Two new exhibitions open today at Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art

Visitors could very well be overwhelmed by a feeling of nostalgia when they see artist Bruce McCombs' prints at the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art. That's the feeling McCombs himself got when he saw photos of the prints on the museum's Web site earlier this week. "I haven't seen these in probably 20 years," McCombs says.

This is: "Father Wind" by Aleda Haug