Around Town
Fri., April 8, to Fri., April 14
The locally produced dramatic comedy, FOUR COLOR EULOGY, opens a one-week run at Wehrenberg Ronnie’s 20 Cine with a red-carpet event featuring cast and crew on April 8. When comic book creator Chris learns that his mother is ill, he and his girlfriend move back home. Uprooted, Chris is forced to face his mother’s mortality and that nagging old childhood question: Who was his father, and why wasn’t he around? With the help of his childhood buddy Brian and family friend/ mentor Rich, Chris will have to determine what is more important: The hero’s origin, or his ongoing journey? Various times and prices. 636-724-0798 or fourcolorthemovie.com.
By Robyn Dexter
Tue., April 12
Left Bank Books presents poet FRANCINE J. HARRIS, who will read from and sign her new collection, play dead, at a special launch party event at Left Bank Books. Lyrically raw and dangerously unapologetic, play dead challenges us to look at our cultivated selves as products of circumstance and attempts to piece together patterns amid dissociative chaos. 7 p.m. Free. 314-367-6731 or left-bank.com.
Sat., April 9
The Peabody Opera House presents WILLIE NELSON & FAMILY at the opera house. (Although previously announced as part of the concert, Merle Haggard will not appear because of health issues.) 7:30 p.m. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.
Mon., April 11
The St. Louis County Library Foundation is pleased to present BECKY KUEKER for a discussion and signing of her memoir on life after retirement, Hiding in My Pajamas, at library headquarters. Kueker was 69 years old when she retired from a 20-year career as a partner in a successful womanowned commercial architectural firm in St. Louis. What she never expected was that her plan had covered everything except the emotional aspect of retirement. Hiding in My Pajamas is a roller-coaster ride from start to finish. Filled with laughter, tears and poignant thoughts and stories from other professional women about their retirement, the book resonates as a candid look at what can happen when your plan takes an unexpected turn. 7 p.m. Free. 314-994-3300 or slcl.org.
Fri., April 15, and Sat., April 16
Sun., April 10
St. Louis County Library presents the first part of its Sunday Children’s Author Series, Peter Brown. Author of Mr. Tiger Goes Wild and Caldecott-winning illustrator of Creepy Carrots, Brown shares THE WILD ROBOT, a heart-warming and action-packed story of a robot struggling to survive on a wild, remote island. When she tries to care for an orphaned gosling, the other animals finally decide to help, and the island starts to feel like home. St. Louis County Library Headquarters Auditorium. 4 p.m. Free. 314-994-3300 or slcl.org.
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Dance St. Louis presents the Chicago-based ENSEMBLE ESPAÑOL SPANISH DANCE THEATER at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. Dubbed “Chicago’s multifaceted dance jewel,” the company performs an extraordinary repertoire of a wide range of Spanish dance styles from flamenco and traditional folkloric to classical and contemporary. Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m. Tickets start at $28. 314-534-6622 or dancestlouis.org.
Mon., April 11, and Tue., April 12
The Chamber Music Society of St. Louis presents WOODWIND CHIMES, an evening of woodwinds with various instrumental combinations from a duet to a woodwind quintet. 7:30 p.m. $36 per ticket, $136 per table. 314-941-6309 or chambermusicstl.org.
Sun., April 10
The University of Missouri-St. Louis Department of Theatre presents HOW WE GOT ON at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. Hank, Julian and Luann are three talented, determined suburban teens coming of age in the 1980s. Dreaming of fame and fortune in the new hip-hop music scene, they must overcome cultural isolation, familial dysfunction and ruthless rivalries to make the music that defines their lives. A sultry DJ spins their stories with her own meta-theatrical perspective in this contemporary ode to the roots of rap. Various times. $10, $5 for students. 314-516-4949 or touhill.org.