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Alliance Real Estate

19 Kings Lynn

Olivette | $525,000

1261 Black Forest Drive Hermann | $455,000

Kirkwood | $590,000

Clarkson Valley | $579,900

2121 Kehrspoint Drive

14037 Baywood Villages Drive Chesterfield | $574,500

Warson Woods | $565,000

538 Flanders Drive

16445 Wilson Farm Drive

434 Blackwolf Run

1351 Wellington View Place

14148 Parliament Drive

14472 Chellington Court

134 Tuscany Trace Drive

322 Waverly Place

17025 Westridge Oaks Drive

26312 Bubbling Brook Court

1577 Dexter Woods Drive

18598 Stoneridge Road

348 Hunters Glen Court

1722 Big Horn Basin Drive

2100 South 9th Street

3231 Treelore Court

877 Gardenway Drive

9381 Sonora Avenue

Brentwood | $650,000

23752 Double Tree Lane Truxton | $519,900

11 Quailways Drive

Creve Coeur | $450,000

Chesterfield | $387,500

St Louis City | $369,600

802 Twin Pine Drive

Wildwood | $515,000

Chesterfield | $449,000

Warrenton | $379,900

Foristell | $359,900

Chesterfield | $475,000

Wildwood | $419,900

Ellisville | $379,900

Ballwin | $355,000

Chesterfield | $475,000

Foristell | $414,900

Chesterfield | $464,900

234 Ries Road

Chesterfield | $535,000

St Charles | $459,900

6 Burgundy Drive

Ballwin | $399,900

Lake St Louis | $395,000

Wildwood | $379,900

Creve Coeur | $379,900

12624 Villa Hill Lane

320 Cooperstown Drive

7241 Stanford Avenue

576 Spragues Mill Court

15631 Hedgeford Court #23

University City | $309,900

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Ballwin | $289,000

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4. 636 Wood Fern · Ballwin

1. 747 N. Taylor Avenue · Kirkwood

2. 61 Tealwood · Creve Coeur remodeled ranch with modern living in mind. Current colors, updated baths and kitchen, and an abundance of light add to the ambiance of this home. living room features rich hardwoods and a bricked fireplace. walk-out family room offers many options for entertaining, work out space or home office. Complete the picture with a lovely deck, screened by trees that opens to wooded grounds. $439,900 3. 7625 Wydown 2N · Clayton this dramatic and light-filled two-story unit features three exposures, incredible views and flexible open floor plan. main floor boasts 10’ domed great room and an updated chef’s kitchen, and dining area that opens to kitchen. assigned garage space, surface space, and storage. $549,000

4. 636 Wood Fern · Ballwin spacious home with lots of natural light and great flow. gracious two-story foyer, living room with a cathedral ceiling, fireplace, wet 5. 1911 Hickory Street · St. Louis bar, and a first floor master suite - this home has many outstanding features and offers a convenient location and lifestyle. $510,000

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5. 1911 Hickory Street · St. Louis Historic, sophisticated sanctuary minutes from downtown in beautiful lafayette square. lovingly renovated - remodeled kitchen offers granite and custom cabinets. Comfortable living room and dining room area with two gas fireplaces provide the charm of the French row house. $525,000

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more new listings 5001 Oak Bluff (High Ridge).

$299,900

OPEN SUNDAY 1-3! NEW PRICE! Custom built

one and a half story home! the entry foyer has a beautiful porcelain tile floor with inlaid fleur de lis tiles. great room boasts wood floors, a fireplace flanked by French doors, wet bar, and vaulted

ceiling adding drama to the space. lower level

offers a game room and family room that walks out to the private side yard.

29 Dywer Place (Ladue).

$849,000

OPEN SUNDAY 1-3! the home lives large with a

sophisticated style and bright, open spaces impecca-

bly appointed with top of the line amenities. Four

bedrooms plus three full baths, two half baths and

fabulous additional living space in the finely finished

lower level. sitting on a near half acre lot with a new

paver patio to enhance the outdoor enjoyment!

936 Dywer Avenue (Glendale).

$314,900

this charming home is found in the heart of

glendale. the home features an updated kitchen,

main floor master bedroom with two additional bed-

rooms upstairs, and a finished lower level. the rear

yard offers a large deck – great for entertaining.

1259 Hampton Park(Richmond Hghts). $827,000 very private setting with beautiful gardens,

this great family home sits on more than one acre

in Hampton park, one of st. louis’ most desirable neighborhoods. Beautiful main floor arches, hardwood floors and exceptional millwork

showcase all the charm and classic features of a house built in 1920.

6. 33 Sussex Drive • Brentwood 12001 Berkley manor drive (des peres). $469,000

$1,000,000 plus

8110 westmoreland avenue (Clayton). $2,000,000

620 Hickory lane (Frontenac).

$450,000

29 glenview road (ladue).

$1,999,999

61 tealwood (Creve Coeur).

$439,900

13 overbrook drive (ladue).

$1,999,900

1302 oak tree estates (Chesterfield).

$439,900

26 Countryside lane (Frontenac).

$1,999,000

2137 Ballas view (des peres).

$424,900

35 Chesterfield lakes (Chesterfield).

$1,975,000

9550 litzsinger road (ladue).

$415,000

1440 topping road (town & Country). $1,599,900

2437 Bremerton (webster groves).u

$385,000

338 north Central avenue (Clayton).

$1,585,000

1927 parkridge avenue (Brentwood).

$379,999

8 sackston woods (Creve Coeur).

$1,499,900

18172 Bent ridge drive (glencoe).

$369,900

21 Clermont lane (ladue).

$1,499,000

7119 Cambridge avenue (university City). $366,000

6333 ellenwood (Clayton).

$1,390,000

1616 Carroll street (st. louis).

$364,900

701 woods of ladue lane (ladue).

$1,150,000

41 High trails drive (eureka).

$339,000

2337 maybrook (Kirkwood).

$1,100,000

936 dwyer avenue (Kirkwood).

$314,900

$750,000 - $1,000,000 656 Brookhaven Court (Kirkwood).

$899,000

1060 Chelsea avenue (glendale).

$895,000

524 High Hampton (ladue).

$875,000

29 dwyer place (ladue).

$849,000

816 south Central avenue (Clayton).

$829,000

1259 Hampton park (richmond Hghts). $827,000 21 Benton place (st. louis).

$799,900

302 oak stand Court (Chesterfield).

$799,900

13303 Cross land dr.(town & Country). $799,000 $500,000 - $750,000

6314 washington avenue (university City).$689,900 487 Chukker valley (ellisville).

$669,000

477 twin Creek road (Creve Coeur).

$649,900

505 Bonhomme Forest (olivette).

$629,000

33 sussex drive (Brentwood).

$599,000

636 wood Fern drive (Ballwin).

$510,000

617 dartmouth Crest drive (wildwood).

$509,000

747 north taylor avenue (Kirkwood).

$506,625

$300,000 - $500,000 15334 schoettler est dr (Chesterfield).

$489,000

58 Frederick lane (glendale).

$475,000

6. 33 Sussex Drive • Brentwood located in the highly coveted, tree-lined York village neighborhood, this five bed 3.5 bath home is waiting for the perfect family! gorgeous hardwood floors, charming moldings and built-ins. this one won't last long! $599,000

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under $300,000 5001 oak Bluff (High ridge).

$299,900

7350 dartmouth avenue (university City). $294,900

12514 larkwood (st. louis).

9333 pardee road (Crestwood).

8830 Bridgeport avenue (Brentwood).

28 Franjoe Court (st. Charles).

380 genoa drive (Ballwin). lots and aCreage 45 trent drive (ladue).

$289,999

$275,000

$239,900

$221,000

$204,900 $1,095,000

Condos and villas 150 Carondelet plaza #2801 (Clayton). $7,250,000 622 Forest Court #2C (Clayton).

14304 spyglass ridge (Chesterfield).

7625 wydown Blvd. #2n (Clayton).

$575,000

$549,900

$549,000

13343 Fairfield Cir. (town & Country).

$515,000

1517 washington ave #302 (st. louis).

$339,000

41 High Trails · Eureka

$220,000

Amazing Setting!

7524 Cromwell drive #2e (Clayton).

816 south Hanley #6B (Clayton).

900 south Hanley #15d (Clayton).

$439,000

$237,000

7747 Kingsbury #12 (Clayton).

$195,000

1635 washington ave #809 (st. louis).

$139,000

1522 swallow drive (Brentwood).

$146,500

Cedar home with four bedrooms and two baths, sits on 3.8 acres surrounded by mature trees. dramatic vaulted living spaces, with an updated kitchen, floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace in the great room and a finished lower level. $339,000

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EDITOR ‌I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IMPRESSED WITH THE ROBUST AND THRIVING arts community in St. Louis, but it wasn’t until reading through this year’s State of the Arts guide that I was truly in awe of all that our great city has to offer. Starting on page 35, we hope you explore and enjoy this overview of events and fall season previews for everything from theater and dance to music and the visual arts. There truly is something for everyone; I know my personal calendar has quickly filled up with events from this month through the end of the year. Also, a huge thank-you to our sponsor, Centene Corporation, for making this year’s State of the Arts guide possible.

And in this week’s Style section, we also hope you enjoy LN contributing writer Julia Cain’s piece on K. Ferrara Color, starting on page 58. Created by Kathy Ferrara of Frontenac, K. Ferrara Color is a local nail polish line that focuses on eye-catching colors free of carcinogens. As someone who is constantly overwhelmed by the nail color options at my salon, I’m thankful for a line that simplifies this task.

Plus, who doesn’t love a quality product that is a also a healthy alternative to something we already enjoy? If you ask me, that’s the best of both worlds.

All the best,

Alecia Humphreys

Editor’s Corner Congratulations to

Dorothy Hunter, a

Sorry: In the July 28 edition,

the St. Louis Area

resident of Meramec

we misidentified the honorary

Foodbank for being

Bluffs Senior Living

chair for the American Parkinson

the first foodbank

Community, celebrated

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in Missouri to use a

her 110th birthday on

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Verasys, which is “the

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chair for the event was John

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solution that integrates

family for a birthday

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to a long life. Her

the St. Louis Area

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Foodbank, Frank

Dorothy, on behalf of

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the entire LN staff,

not only reduce utility

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costs – allowing the

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organization to reduce

belated) birthday!

expenses in order to provide more food for families in need – but also tie into its ongoing initiative to be green and sustainable.

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UNDER CONTRACT KIRKWOOD | $499,000 533 Goethe Avenue 4 Bedrooms | 3 Baths Heidi Long 314.308.2283

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5105 Lindell Boulevard CWE $1,495,000

nEW LiSting | 25 Somerset downs Ladue $2,700,000

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New LIstINgs 25 SomerSet downS, Ladue. An exquisite 3+ acre 1.5-story French style estate built with an eye for the “old” school manors set amongst full mature trees all within a park setting. $2,700,000 1065 Cabin Club, Ladue. 4 bedroom and 3.5 bath home 1-story with wonderful living spaces on a lovely 1.8 acre private lot with pool. $1,249,000. open 8/13, 1-3 Pm 978 CheSterfield villaS CirCle, Chesterfield. One level living at its best with lovely main floor master, laundry and the floor plan.

Finished lower level. 3 bedrooms and 3 baths. $439,900 5548 CheStnut Street, Augusta. Charming historic country cottage just a short drive to big city conveniences. Updated kitchen and baths. 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. $349,500 3736 loughborough avenue, St. Louis. Charming 2 bed home directly across from Carondolet Park. Enjoy your front picture window in this meticulously maintained bungalow. $135,000

LuxuryCollection 25 uPPer ladue, Ladue.

2271 talon Court, St. Albans.

171 north bemiSton avenue, Clayton.

544 Quail ridge, St. Albans.

11 brentmoor ParK, Clayton.

11 uPPer whitmoor drive, Weldon Spring.

8 fordyCe lane, Ladue.

6 barClay woodS, Ladue.

8956 moydalgan road, Ladue.

1 bridle CreeK road, Ladue.

3784 doC Sargent road, Pacific.

33 PiCardy lane, Ladue.

31 PiCardy lane, Ladue.

118 grand meridien foreSt Court, wildwood.

6 aPPle tree lane, Ladue.

22 Clermont lane, Ladue.

$4,775,000 $4,750,000 $4,500,000 $3,580,000 $3,499,900 $3,450,000 $3,300,000 $2,925,000 $2,900,000 $2,395,000 $2,250,000 $1,900,000 $1,850,000 $1,850,000 $1,799,000 $1,685,000

New LIstINg l 1065 Cabin Club Ladue $1,249,000 open 8/13, 1-3 Pm

New LIstINg l 5548 Chestnut street Augusta $349,500 10 overbrooK drive, Ladue.

$1,650,000

736 St. albanS SPring road, St. Albans.

$619,900

801 South Skinker, 17-B, St. Louis.

$1,595,000

819 north moSley, Creve Coeur.

$619,500

5105 lindell boulevard, CWE.

$1,495,000

5 romany ParK, Olivette.

$615,000

8 KingSbury PlaCe, Cwe.

$1,425,000

1654 garden valley drive, wildwood.

$614,900

12033 robyn ParK drive, Westwood.

$1,299,000

1057 winterwood trail, House Springs.

$604,900

37 Portland PlaCe, CWE.

$1,295,000

7720 gannon avenue, University City.

$575,000

Open Sunday, August 13th 13140 dougherty ridge Court, des Peres. 1-3 Pm

1405 homeStead valley, wildwood.

$1,275,000

48 hanley downS, Richmond Heights.

$545,000

9044 Clayton road, Ladue Schools.

$1,249,000

346 Pebble valley, town and Country.

$524,999

213 troon Court, St. Albans.

$1,199,000

3926 bouQuet road, Pacific.

$509,000

10183 winding ridge road, Ladue.

$1,199,000

17415 Private valley lane, Chesterfield.

$499,900

1328 litzSinger woodS, Ladue.

$1,149,000

3609 baSSett woodS drive, Pacific.

$499,000

9052 Clayton road, tbb, Richmond Heights.

$1,100,000

533 goethe avenue, Kirkwood.

$499,000

110 north newStead, unit 301, CWE.

$1,100,000

6187 roSewood lane, Byrnes mill.

$479,900

737 bordeaux CirCle, st. Albans.

$479,000

619 mCbride Pointe drive, wildwood.

$469,900

RESidEntiAL HOmES

12 JaCQueline Knoll Court, St. Louis.

$459,900

visit us 1309 ChildreSS, dogtown.

1-3 Pm

213 troon Court, st. Albans.

1-3 Pm

1065 Cabin Club, Ladue.

1-3 Pm

538 deer valley Court, St. Albans.

$979,000

1309 ChildreSS avenue, dogtown.

$399,000

535 tregaron PlaCe, Frontenac.

$969,900

7811 Stanford avenue, University City.

$369,000

816 South hanley road, unit 7C, Clayton.

$325,000

4466 weSt Pine, unit 14C, CWE.

$295,000 $219,900

1401 windgate way lane, Chesterfield.

$949,000

7039 PerShing avenue, University City.

$364,900

5211 weStminSter PlaCe, CWE.

$929,000

13140 dougherty ridge Court, des Peres.

$359,900

815 weStwood, unit 1n, Clayton.

16656 annaS way, Chesterfield.

$924,900

490 tree toP lane, Des Peres.

$359,900

1136 waShington avenue, unit 210, St. Louis. $144,900

4 winding brooK lane, Ladue.

$919,900

8 whiPPoorwill Court, defiance.

$349,900

46 weStwood Court, town & Country.

$860,000

901 weStrun, Ballwin.

$324,900

362 merlot lane, St. Albans.

$854,900

8715 waShington, University City.

$299,900

LOtS/ACREAgE/FARmS

5 Clermont lane, Ladue.

$849,000

967 CriCK hollow Court, Creve Coeur.

$224,000

10 lenox PlaCe, CWE.

$839,000

9408 litzSinger road, Rock Hill.

$209,900

1055 wingS road, St. Albans.

$1,550,000

43 PiCardy lane, Ladue.

$815,000

406 ParKgate drive, Lake St. Louis.

$208,000

63 trent drive, Ladue.

$1,500,000

12437 grandview laKe drive, Sunset Hills.

$783,000

1172 urSula avenue, University City.

$112,000

121 north brentwood tbb, Clayton.

$1,199,000

17703 birCh leaf Court, Wildwood.

$759,000

1540 gerard ParK, Hazelwood.

$105,000

369 merlot lane, St. Albans.

$729,000

21 overbrooK drive, Ladue.

$550,000

1 tbb CamPton at village view, St. Albans.

$484,900

7117 maryland avenue, University City.

$669,000

29 KingSbury PlaCe, CWE.

$659,900

COndOminiUm/ViLLA HOmES

1 tbb auburn at village view, St. Albans.

$454,900 $425,000

771 adda road, Labadie.

$650,000

6615 alamo avenue, unit 1b, Clayton.

$469,900

9052 Clayton road, Richmond Heights.

226 Cedar traCe, St. Albans.

$649,900

1121 loCuSt Street, unit 202, St. Louis.

$370,000

1133 wingS road, St. Albans.

$329,900

4440 lindell boulevard, #1001, Cwe.

$339,000

1138 wingS road, St. Albans.

$329,900

8693 weSt KingSbury avenue, University City. $639,000

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ells Fargo Advisors has a respected history of providing expert financial advice, but perhaps its lesser-known legacy is just as noteworthy: contributing to the community. “Our primary focus as a company is to create better outcomes for our clients,” David Kowach, the president and head of Wells Fargo Advisors, says. “We have a 130-year history, and [being located] in St. Louis extends to creating better outcomes for the city. The St. Louis area is critical to our success. We’ve got a responsibility to do our part to make it a better place.”

As part of that mission, the company has made tremendous donations through partnerships with numerous local organizations, including HarrisStowe State University, Gateway Greening and United Way. It also gives back on an individual level through multiple volunteer initiatives. “Last year this firm and its team members gave away $8.6 million to support the community that supports us,” Kowach notes. “Last year, our team members spent 25,000 trackable hours giving back. We support economic expansion in the region

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through things like Forest Park Forever and the Regional Arts Commission. There’s so much we can do to make our city better.”

Recently the company announced it is investing another $5 million in strengthening the region through dozens of nonprofits working to improve lives.

Kowach describes how the financial firm determines the needs of the city.

“We’ve got bold goals in terms of how we can support and serve the community, divided into four areas: diversity and social inclusion, economic empowerment, environmental sustainability and elder financial protection,” he explains. “As part of that, we promote philanthropic organizations that really make this city a better place. Think about the work we’re doing with the Regional Arts Commission through a program that challenges young minds to embrace difference.”

Addressing those needs can be daunting, but Wells Fargo Advisors meets the challenge head-on by recognizing shifts in the community. “A lot of art programs are being cut from schools,” Kowach comments. “We’ve

the wells fargo family strives to help their community...

wells fargo volunteers work at the gateway greening urban farm to harvest a variety of produce for our area’s hungry. members of the wells fargo volunteer team include: vernay henderson, Kevin seay, syretta peatross, michael sandheinrich, charmayne white, tom wiegert, van moore, cameron cobb, paul ramberg, peter romano and elisa tomich.

front: hillary frey, executive director of stl youth Jobs; Back: eric smith, vice president of lessie Bates neighborhood houses; David Kowach, president of wells fargo advisors; matt schindler, executive director of gateway greening. felicia shaw, executive director of regional arts commission of st. louis.

wells fargo volunteers cameron cobb, left, and charmayne white and michael sandheinrich, below, work to sort and stock donated food onto the shelves at a local st. louis food pantry.

got to step in and decrease that void. We promote great cultural gems, like Jazz St. Louis, COCA and The Muny. We worked with United Way on financial education with six [local, underprivileged] schools. We helped 300 families open college savings accounts, which may not seem a massive change – but to them, it was huge.”

After moving to St. Louis a decade ago, Kowach was struck by the widespread culture of reinvesting in the community — a natural motivation for St. Louisans. “As somebody who has had the experience of living in different places, I recognize St. Louis is a special place,” he says. “It’s a community that has such great assets. When I came here, I saw it wasn’t just Wells Fargo Advisors wanting to do more. There’s an energy in the atmosphere of people wanting to give back. It’s part of corporate cultures; it’s part of family cultures. And it is central to who we are as a company.” wellsfargoadvisors.com

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I grew up blessed, and my children have been blessed. However, there are students today who struggle, and they need our support. Care to Learn provides the support. Care to Learn provides the basics so children can stay in school. It is a great organization, making a big difference in our schools, and I am glad to be the honorary chair of this important event.

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he ninth annual ACCESS Academies Scholarship Dinner recently took place at Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis. The event helped raise donations to support high school tuition scholarships for ACCESS graduates from Most Holy Trinity Catholic School and Academy, St. Cecilia School and Academy, and St. Louis the King School at the Cathedral. The dinner also maintains its scholarship commitment to juniors and seniors attending private, college-prep high schools from La Salle Middle School, Loyola Academy and Marian Middle School.

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I want to do it because our motto works. We have a 98 percent graduation rate with kids who would otherwise have less than a 10 percent chance of getting through high school, and they also get values with their education.

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irlfriends, gab and scarves set the tone at the Wings of Hope Ladies Luncheon at The Chase Park Plaza on June 1. Guests enjoyed catching up with old friends, meeting new friends and learning a bit more about the aviation charity’s global humanitarian work. Gateway Buick GMC marketing director Kelley Haenny shared how being a childhood cancer survivor has motivated her to “pay it forward” – and challenged guests to find ways to give back in their own lives.

Applause filled the room as Haenny announced Wings of Hope as the Gateway Gives Back charity for June. Many guests left wearing colorful scarves – a popular table gift at the annual event. Laura Helling, Angela Walleman and Dr. Elizabeth Sugarbaker Akre co-chaired the event.

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Wings of Hope is so unique. I first heard about them over a year ago and immediately knew I wanted to invest not only my time and money but my energy as well. This incredible organization changes lives. It is so amazing how many patients they have flown worldwide for medical treatment. As a cancer survivor myself, I am so fortunate that when I was diagnosed, I just so happened to live in a city with phenomenal health care – but not everyone is. I hope to be involved with Wings of Hope for many years to come – being a cancer patient advocate is extremely important to me.

KELLEY HAENNY, DIRECTOR OF MARKETING, GATEWAY BUICK GMC

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he Special Education Foundation hosted its 12th annual Dianne Arbeiter Benefit on June 1 at the estate of Dave and Suzie Spence. This year’s event paid tribute to two exceptional women: Dianne Arbeiter and Jo Anne Tierney Sauer. Each woman dedicated her life to students with disabilities.

The highlight of the annual benefit was the presentation of the four John Cary Scholarships, each in the amount of $5,000. An additional scholarship, donated by the Spence family, was given in Jo Anne Tierney Sauer’s name. Sauer was the mother of Suzie Spence. Proceeds from the event go toward the purchase of hearing aids for children and scholarships for children who have intellectual and physical challenges.

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This is a ‘come full circle’ moment for me. It’s my honor to help the organization that helped my child for so many years.

NAN MURCH, COMMITTEE CHAIR AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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‌Mon., Aug. 14

STAGES St. Louis hosts its annual CHEERS! SUMMER CABARET at the Robert G. Reim Theatre. 6:30 p.m. (stagesstlouis.org)

Thu., Aug. 17

University City Children’s Center’s FAIRY TALES CAN COME TRUE ANNUAL CONCERT at The Caramel Room at Bissinger’s.

6:30 p.m. (uccc.org)

Fri., Aug. 18

The Young Professionals Board of The Little Bit Foundation’s BIG FUN EVENT at 4 Hands Brewing. 7 p.m. (littlebitfoundation.org)

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This ornate 12-light chandelier from Wilson

Paris, France, is known far and wide as the global center for art, fashion and culture. Originally a Roman city

Lighting has all the elegance of the entryway

called Lutetia founded in the third century B.C., the City of Light spread to both banks of the Seine River –

to a French château. Painted in French

increasing the population to more than 2 million. Landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower and the Notre-Dame

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French commercial artist Cassandre’s inventive graphic techniques show influences of Surrealism and Cubism. While Cassandre’s primary success stemmed from designing posters, he also designed magazine covers, advertisements and logos.

The logo he designed for Yves St. Laurent is still used today. $1,429, available at Ethan Allen (ethanallen.com)

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Chesterfield has a new destination

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secured a rental space, and the pioneer Missouri location of AR Workshop opened to the public in June.

The studio holds daily events, each running about 2½ to 3 hours, that are focused on one type of project – plank wood signs, trays or Lazy Susans, canvas wall hangings, wood-framed signs, canvas pillow covers or wooden centerpiece boxes. Rather than having each attendee work on the same design – not everyone wants a monogrammed door hanger or city skyline on canvas, after all – attendees register ahead of time and select the size and design of their project from an online menu. That way, White and Jones are able to prepare their materials, such as cutting wood to size and providing wall-mounting hardware, ahead of time. With the exception of cutting pieces of wood, attendees truly do everything themselves from start to finish.

“We give them the pieces of pre-cut wood, and we walk them through the process of assembling them,” White says. Designs can be preselected from the AR Workshop website, or customers can work with the team on a custom design for just $25 extra.

“Some people might want lyrics or a quote from their wedding, and we can do that,” White says. Designs are created and cut to scale on vinyl, which is then transferred to the project surface when the material is ready to paint.

“We walk them through the process,” White says. “[For wood signs], they sand it down, assemble it, paint or stain the wood, whatever they want. When that piece is drying, they get their stencil, apply it, paint, and at the end, they pull off the stencil for

the big reveal.” Each attendee leaves with a completely finished and completely unique product, and so far, reviews have been glowing.

“People are crazy about it,” White says. “No one has gone home unhappy.”

Designs selected for each class are as unique as the individuals sitting at the table – a wood plank sign class around the Fourth of July had several people making various sizes of Americana-themed wall hangings, with one attendee choosing instead to celebrate Christmas in July, painting a glittery holidaythemed sign to get a jump-start on December décor.

In addition to hosting its regular calendar of classes, AR Workshop offers its studio space for fundraising opportunities, corporate team building and private parties, including birthday parties, bachelorette parties and showers. The studio also has a small retail space up front, with jewelry, ready-made décor, soaps, bath bombs and more. “We’d love some more local artists,” White says of the growing retail section. “A lady who works for the city of Chesterfield and helped us with our zoning license knew a little girl who makes candles and gives her proceeds to Friends of Kids With Cancer – I told her, ‘Bring her in.’”

Classes, which include all necessary materials for the project, range from $37 for youth projects to $95 for oversize wood-frame signs. Customers in a hurry can buy already-painted sample projects off the studio walls or can choose a design and have the AR Workshop team complete the project for them – but if you’re not crunched for time, the full creative experience is the most fun and fulfilling. an na Wh ite

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ne of the overarching ideas of newly minted AR Workshop Chesterfield is that custom, DIY craftsman-style projects can be accomplished by truly anyone – even the most hamhanded, all-thumbs aspiring home décor artists out there. Having just opened its new digs this past June in the Chesterfield Towne Center, the franchise is part of a rapidly growing family of boutique DIY studios from Charlotte, North Carolina-based Anders Ruff.

Charlotte designers Maureen Anders and Adria Ruff started their eponymous company in 2010 as a source for graphic-design and party-styling materials for event planning, as well as a DIY blog and online shop.

As the company grew and the pair’s creativity kept a steady flow of DIY projects on the “Ruff Draft” section of the blog, Anders and Ruff found themselves fielding requests to teach workshops where attendees would learn the techniques described in their posts. The flagship AR Workshop launched in Charlotte in 2016 and has since experienced explosive growth, now with more than 30 franchises across the country, including two Missouri locales, in Chesterfield and Springfield.

“Every month, new locations are signing up,” says Anna White, co-owner of the sole St. Louis-area franchise, as she told the story of how she came to own her own studio. “I went to Charlotte over Christmas, my sister took me to the workshop, and I loved it. The instructor said, ‘You should come back,’ and I told her I live in St. Louis, and she replied, ‘You should open one in St. Louis!’” With just one more year as a kindergarten teacher in the Rockwood School District left, White had happened to be searching for a post-retirement-life plan. “It just sort of fell into my lap,” she says.

She returned to school after the holiday break, determined to turn the seed planted by a passing comment into reality, bringing on a partner, her Rockwood colleague Sarah Jones, a likewise creatively inclined kindergarten teacher. This was in January of this year. By April 1, the pair had

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By Amanda Dahl

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CARLA BORGARD

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Mary Beth Benes consistently ranks in the top 0.25 percent of all agents, being designated as No. 1 in the

Gina Bundy came back to the business world almost a

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decade ago, quickly making an impact on the St. Louis

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real estate agents in the St. Louis Business Journal

advice on schools and neighborhoods proves invaluable.

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s the seasons transition from late summer to fall next month, more than just the temperature will be changing.

In the arts world, September marks a new season of entertainment, as well, and in that spirit, it’s our pleasure to present Ladue News’ State of the Arts guide. The following pages preview more than 40 local arts organizations’ fall exhibitions, gallery openings, plays, musicals, ballet performances and much more. Divided into four categories – theater, visual arts, music and dance – the guide highlights manifold forthcoming offerings in each sector of St. Louis’ rich, diverse and thriving arts scene. We feel incredibly lucky to live in a city with such a vibrant arts community, and we hope our State of the Arts guide acts as a go-to for all of this season’s sensational coming attractions.

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Saint Louis Ballet presents Good as Gold on Nov. 19 at the Touhill’s Lee Theatre. Photo by Pratt Kreidich, courtesy of Saint Louis Ballet.

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THEATER state of the arts NEW LINE THEATRE

Festival playwright in residence Nancy Bell

SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ST. LOUIS

STAGES ST. LOUIS

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis’ annual “In the Streets” is back for its sixth season, offering an original work by Nancy Bell which she bases on the Bard’s enduring tragedy King Lear. The 2017 show will take place in downtown St. Louis at the St. Louis Public Library’s headquarters from Sept. 15 to 17. The new play, Blow, Winds, is written by Bell and explores “what it means to be a St. Louisan today.”

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, 6604 Fine Arts Drive, St. Louis, 314-531-9800, sfstl.com

Season 31 is well underway at STAGES St. Louis, another year of frequently sold-out productions that began in June with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Currently, STAGES is presenting 9 to 5 The Musical, which concludes on Aug. 20. Then, in September arrives still another Rodgers and Hammerstein staple and perhaps one of their greatest collaborations, South Pacific, based on James Michener’s World War II saga, Tales of the South Pacific. The perennially popular musical will continue through Oct. 8.

STAGES St. Louis, 1023 Chesterfield Parkway East, Chesterfield, 314-821-2407, stagesstlouis.org 9 to 5 The Musical

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New Line Theatre is concluding its 26th season this month with the world premiere of the third installment of its revue titled Out on Broadway: The Third Coming.

First presented in 1996 and reprised with a new version in 2000, this third go-round features musical theater songs performed from the perspective of five gay men, accompanied by a piano but no microphones.

The show continues through Aug. 19. The “bad boy of musical theater” then opens its 27th season on Sept.

28 with the St. Louis premiere of the four-woman rock opera Lizzie, described by artistic director Scott Miller as “a very different take on the Lizzie Borden legend.”

Critiqued by The New York Times as “a gothic rock ritual with a ‘riot girl’ attitude,” Lizzie will run through Oct. 21 at the Marcelle Theater in Grand Center, 3310 Samuel Shepard Drive.

New Line Theatre, 3800-A Keokuk St., St. Louis, 314-773-6526, newlinetheatre.com

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By Mark Bretz

On Your Feet!

THE FABULOUS FOX THEATRE

VARIETY CHILDREN’S THEATRE

Ever heard of a little show called Hamilton? Well, it’s coming to The Fabulous Fox Theatre in April 2018 as part of The Fox’s 2017-18 season series, which opens on Oct. 3 with the touring production of The Bodyguard, based on the hit Whitney Houston/Kevin Costner film.

Grammy Award nominee Deborah Cox will portray superstar Rachel Marron, who hires a former Secret Service agent to protect her from a stalker. That’ll be followed on Nov. 7 with a musical called On Your Feet!, the story of record-making and groundbreaking couple Emilio and Gloria Estefan, from their humble beginnings in Cuba to pop music success to life-threatening adversity. It’ll run through Nov. 19. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic The King and I then returns for a two-week run from Nov. 28 through Dec. 10, just a few weeks before another showing of their hit Cinderella from Dec. 27 through 31. Those productions will bracket a touring version of A Christmas Carol from Dec. 14 to 17.

The Fabulous Fox Theatre, 527 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, 314-534-1678, fabulousfox.com

We’re off to see the wizard when Variety Children’s Theatre presents The Wizard of Oz as its ninth annual production from Oct. 19 through 22 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis at 1 University Blvd.

Sold-out houses at performances in previous years have led to Variety adding a Thursday-evening presentation this year. Under the leadership of CEO Jan Albus and Lara Teeter, who’s served as director-choreographer for each of the first eight productions, Variety utilizes a cast of St. Louis’ top theatrical talents and a children’s ensemble featuring kids of all ability levels, including children with disabilities.

Variety Children’s Theatre, 11840 Westline Industrial Dr., St. Louis, 314-720-7700, varietystl.org

THE BLACK REP The Black Rep, which divides its productions between Washington University’s Edison Theatre and Emerson Performance Center at Harris-Stowe State University, begins its 41st season with founder and producing director Ron Himes on Sept. 6 with the Midwest premiere of Colman Dominco’s Dot. The bittersweet play focuses on an aging matriarch in a West Philadelphia neighborhood whose three adult children come to terms with their mother’s slipping memory and with how they must care for her as well as themselves. The work will be performed through Sept. 24 at Edison Theatre.

The Black Rep, 6662 Olive Blvd., University City, 314-534-3810, theblackrep.org

UPSTREAM THEATER Upstream Theater begins its 13th season offering theater “that moves you, and moves you to think” with the American premiere of the Polish comedy Sweet Revenge, by Aleksander Fredro, in a new verse translation. Upstream will perform the show starting on Oct. 6 at the Kranzberg Arts Center in Grand Center.

Upstream Theater, 314-863-4999, upstreamtheater.org

ST. LOUIS SHAKESPEARE St. Louis Shakespeare is back for its 33rd season, beginning with Is He Dead?, a comedy by Mark Twain and adapted by David Ives, which continues through Aug. 13 at the Ivory Theatre in the Carondelet neighborhood of South St. Louis. The season continues with the Aug. 25 to Sept. 3 run of Shakespeare’s seldom-performed Titus Andronicus.

Then, from Oct. 6 through 15, the troupe presents the lost Shakespearean play Cardenio, “re-imagined” by Gregory Doran in a production directed by company founder and former artistic director Donna Northcott.

St. Louis Shakespeare, 4579 Laclede Ave., St. Louis, 314-361-5664, stlshakespeare.org

NEW JEWISH THEATRE The 20th season for the New Jewish Theatre (NJT) opens on Oct. 4 with a production of Tuesdays With Morrie, a drama by Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom based on Albom’s book about his weekly visits with his college mentor after the latter contracts amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease).

The show continues through Oct. 22. On Nov. 29, NJT’s season continues with A Jewish Joke, the story of a Jewish comedy writer in the 1950s whose career is threatened when his name is placed on Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s infamous black list. A Jewish Joke will play through Dec. 10.

New Jewish Theatre, Jewish Community Center, 2 Millstone Campus Dr., Creve Coeur, 314-442-3283, newjewishtheatre.org

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THEATER state of the arts

THE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST. LOUIS Following an extremely successful 50th-anniversary season, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis opens its second half-century with The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, winner of the 2015 Tony Award for Best Play, from Sept. 6 through Oct. 1. Rep artistic director Steven Woolf says that the play “illustrates one young man’s triumph over the pressures of modern society through sheer force of will.” Tailing Dog will be a production of Hamlet, the first in The Rep’s illustrious history, running from Oct. 11 through Nov. 5. Then on Nov. 29, The Rep will open its holiday production, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, which will continue through Dec. 24. It’s described as a “winning and witty sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, [in which] the bookish middle child of the Bennet family finally has her day.”

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, 130 Edgar Road, Webster Groves, 314-968-4925, repstl.org

INSIGHT THEATRE COMPANY Insight Theatre Company concludes its 2017 season and its first at the .ZACK in Grand Center with Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, a comedy written by Ken Ludwig. Five actors portray more than 40 characters in this madcap caper based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous case for his indomitable detective, Sherlock Holmes.

Artistic director Maggie Ryan will guide a cast that includes local favorites John O’Hagen as Holmes and Kent Coffel as his associate, Dr. Watson, in the production, which runs from Oct. 12 through 29.

Insight Theatre Company, 3224 Locust Ave., St. Louis, 314-556-1293, insighttheatrecompany.com

MUSTARD SEED THEATRE To ramp up its 11th-anniversary season, Mustard Seed Theatre returns to its roots with a reprise of its first production, Remnant. The drama is about a family that unwraps presents from the past in a desolate, post-apocalyptic future where language has unraveled and customs such as Christmas are mysterious relics.

Remnant will be directed by artistic director Deanna Jent and will run from Dec. 7 through 23 in the Fine Arts Theatre of Fontbonne University.

Mustard Seed Theatre, 6800 Wydown Blvd., Clayton, 314-719-8060, mustardseedtheatre.com

ST. LOUIS ACTORS’ STUDIO St. Louis Actors’ Studio (STLAS) kicks off its 2017-18 season on Sept. 22 with an eerie comedy

by John Burroughs graduate Cory Finley titled The Feast. Finley’s tale has to do with an artist whose paintings become stranger and stranger after the sewers underneath his apartment open up and begin to speak. Playwright and filmmaker Finley, whose Burroughs teacher John Pierson directs the production as a new associate artistic director for STLAS, is scheduled to appear at the opening of The Feast, which runs through Oct. 8.

That’s followed from Dec. 1 through 17 with A Behanding in Spokane, British playwright Martin McDonagh’s first play set in the U.S. McDonagh, who specializes in grisly humor and horror (The Pillowman, The Lieutenant of Inishmore), weaves a story about a man who spends half a century in search of his missing left hand – not something you hear about every day. Wayne Salomon will direct a cast that includes Jerry Vogel.

St. Louis Actors’ Studio, 360 N. Boyle Ave., St. Louis, 314-458-2978, stlas.org

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The ancient mariner of local theaters, West End Players Guild (WEPG) begins its 107th season on Sept. 29 when it presents Lee Blessing’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated drama, A Walk in the Woods. Based on an actual incident in Geneva in 1982, it focuses on the conversation between an American diplomat and his Russian counterpart who take a break from arms-control talks for a more informal approach to solving international issues. The show runs through Oct. 8 and is directed by Renee Sevier-Monsey. From Nov. 10 through 19, WEPG will offer Marie Jones’ drama Stones in His Pockets, directed by Ryan Foizey, a bittersweet story about the impact of a visiting film company on the lives of the “extras” in an Irish village.

West End Players Guild, 733 Union Blvd., St. Louis, 314-667-5686, westendplayers.org

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STRAY DOG THEATRE Named after a legendary bohemian café in St. Petersburg, Russia, Stray Dog Theatre presently is putting the wraps on its 14th season with a production of the affecting musical Ragtime, which runs through Aug. 19. With a book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music

by Stephen Flaherty based on E.L. Doctorow’s novel, Ragtime looks at three different social segments in the early 20th century. Stray Dog unveils its 2017-18 season on Oct. 5 when it reprises one of its biggest hits from previous seasons, Spring Awakening, a coming-of-age musical set in the 19th century but with modern music by Duncan Sheik and a book and lyrics by Steven Sater, running through Oct. 21. Opening on Nov. 30 and continuing through Dec. 16 will be Robert Harling’s popular drama Steel Magnolias, about a group of women who share friendship, fun and heartaches at a Southern beauty parlor in the 1980s.

Stray Dog Theatre, 2336 Tennessee Ave., St. Louis, 314-865-1995, straydogtheatre.org

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MAX & LOUIE PRODUCTIONS Max & Louie Productions garnered multiple St. Louis Theater Circle nominations for its 2016 production of Grey Gardens, picking up the award for Debby Lennon’s performance as Best Actress in a Musical.

Lennon returns to the Max & Louie stage from Dec. 15 through 31 when she stars as the wealthy and eccentric heiress Florence Foster Jenkins in Stephen Temperley’s “fantasia,” Souvenir. Meryl Streep earned an Oscar nomination for her performance in the 2016 film version as Jenkins, whose passion for singing was not paired with a voice to match its fervor.

Paul Cereghino will co-star in Max & Louie’s production at the Marcelle Theater in Grand Center at 3310 Samuel Shepard Drive.

Max & Louie Productions, 15 Topton Way, Clayton, 314-795-8778, maxandlouie.com

STAY TUNED To learn more about fall performances from The Midnight Company, Peabody Opera House, Playhouse at Westport Plaza, R-S Theatrics, Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble, St Lou Fringe, Tennessee Williams Festival or Tesseract Theatre Company, visit laduenews.com.

Also, stay up-to-date with weekly local arts coverage at laduenews.com.

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ARTS state of the arts

Howard Jones, Glass Brush, 2017

CRAFT ALLIANCE CENTER OF ART + DESIGN “Howard Jones: Think Rethink” opens at the Craft Alliance Center of Art + Design in just two weeks, on Aug. 25, and runs till Oct. 22. Somewhat after that comes the puckishly titled “Identi-TEA: 16th Biennial Teapot Exhibition,” running from Jan. 12 to March 11. Otherwise, art aficionados have just two days more to appreciate “Biennial Faculty Exhibition,” which opened July 14; that exhibition closes Aug. 13.

Craft Alliance Center of Art + Design, 6640 Delmar Blvd., University City, 314-725-1177, craftalliance.org

PHILIP SLEIN GALLERY Hayv Kahraman, Nabog, 2014. Oil on linen, 115 x 55 x 2 inches each panel.

CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS A quartet of exhibitions opens Sept. 8 and runs till Dec. 31 at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis: “Mickalene Thomas: Mentors, Muses and Celebrities,” “Hayv Kahraman: Acts of Reparation,” “Zlatko Ćosić” and “Hedge.” Not too long thereafter, the museum hosts its “Dada Ball & Bash” on Feb. 11, regarding which its website promises “an evening to stand out from the norm with inventive cocktails, fanciful dining

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and eccentric entertainment.” Finally, art aficionados have only till Aug. 13 to enjoy a quartet of exhibitions that opened on May 5: “Urban Planning: Art and the City 1967-2017,” “KAWS: FAR FAR DOWN,” “Tim Portlock: 11th_st_city_symphony.mp4” and “Color Key: Ellie Balk, Addoley Dzegede, Amy Reidel.”

Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, 3750 Washington Blvd., St. Louis, 314-535-4660, camstl.org

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An exhibition of New York-based artist Douglas Melini opens at the Philip Slein Gallery with a reception Sept. 7, in conjunction with the Central West End Gallery Night. The gallery characterizes Melini as “a rising star in the New York art scene, whose paintings mesmerize with detailed abstractions.” After noting that the Lower East Side gallery 11R (formerly Eleven Rivington) represents him, Philip Slein Gallery adds that this marks “Melini’s first solo exhibition in St. Louis.

His canvases are known for his intricate detail and powerful use of color.”

Philip Slein Gallery, 4735 McPherson Ave., St. Louis, 314-361-2617, philipsleingallery.com

HOWARD JONES PHOTO COURTESY OF CRAFT ALLIANCE CENTER OF ART + DESIGN ; HAYV KAHRAMAN ART COURTESY OF HAYV KAHRAMAN AND JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY, NEW YORK

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ST. LOUIS ARTISTS’ GUILD

LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK

Opening Sept. 15 at the St. Louis Artists’ Guild is “What’s Your GPS?” Observes the guild’s website: “This national juried exhibit explores how location transforms into place and how a place may transform you … Is there a setting you love or hate? Is there a ‘place’ that has made you who you are?” That exhibition runs through Oct. 11. Meanwhile, only a limited time remains for art lovers to enjoy “Painting Missouri: The Counties en Plein Air,” which opened July 28 and which Ladue News profiled at the time. That exhibition, which closes Sept. 2, coincides with the new and updated fourth edition of the book of the same title by writer Karen Glines and painter Billyo O’Donnell.

St. Louis Artists’ Guild, 12 N. Jackson Ave., Clayton, 314-727-6266, stlouisartistsguild.org

At Laumeier Sculpture Park, the 2017 Kranzberg Exhibition Series continues with conceptual artist Yvonne Osei. Osei “will create a large-scale custommade garment that will occupy the breadth and width of the galleries, creating an installation where textiles create landscape,” according to Laumeier’s website.

Osei’s exhibition – starting Nov. 4 and running till Jan. 28 – will incorporate not only the park’s physical and cultural landscape but also design motifs from Ghana (her home country) and photo and video documentation of Laumeier. The website adds, “Here, Osei continues her inquiry utilizing the import of fashion as a medium to celebrate diversity in culture and in nature.”

Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Sunset Hills, 314-615-5278, laumeier.org

THE SHELDON CONCERT HALL & ART GALLERIES “There are no upcoming exhibits at this time,” notes the website to The Sheldon Concert Hall & Art Galleries. “Please check back later.” In the meantime, though, the institution bids farewell to a long-term exhibition: “Amazing Horns – Bridging Continents, Bridging Time,” which opened June 10, 2016, and closes tomorrow, Aug. 12. After that, “Higher Ground: Honoring Washington Park Cemetery, Its People and Place,” which opened March 3, runs through Aug. 26.

Then “Color Wheel Connections: Handmade Books About Human Beings,” which also opened March 3, runs through Sept. 9, and “Circus Harmony: Defying Gravity and Other Limitations,” a third March 3 opening, runs through Sept. 23. Likewise closing Sept. 23 is “Vita Eruhimovitz: Un/Virtual,” which opened June 2.

The Sheldon Concert Hall & Art Galleries, 3648 Washington Blvd., St. Louis, 314-533-9900, thesheldon.org

MILDRED LANE KEMPER ART MUSEUM Washington University in St. Louis’ Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum opens a trio of exhibitions on Sept. 8, all three running through Jan. 8: “Kader Attia: Reason’s Oxymorons,” “Renaissance and Baroque Prints: Investigating the Collection” and “Reframing Feminism: Visualizing Women, Gender & Sexuality.”

Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, 314-935-4523, kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu

Canaletto (Italian, 1697–1768), At the Locks at Dolo, c. 1742. Etching, 11 7/8 x 17

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‌BRUNO DAVID GALLERY From Sept. 2 to Oct. 7, the Bruno David Gallery extends its reputation for eclecticism by hosting both “Alex Couwenberg: In Pono” and the group exhibition “LA Painting: Formalism to Street Art,” featuring two dozen Los Angeles-based artists. The gallery then spotlights a quartet of exhibitions from Oct. 14 to Nov. 11: “Heather Bennett: Photos of Gifts,” “Chris Kahler: Permutate,”

“Leslie Laskey: Cloud Images – Eclipse” and, in its Window on Forsyth, “Jill Downen: Window Women.” Finally, “Andrea Stanislav: Recent Works” ends the year and starts the next by running from Nov. 18 to Jan. 13. Also notably, the Window on Forsyth display “Bunny Burson: And Still I Rise” and the group exhibition “Overview_2017” close in just a day, on Aug. 12.

Bruno David Gallery, 7513 Forsyth Blvd., Clayton, 314-696-2377, brunodavidgallery.com

Alex Couwenberg, Chatterbox, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 66 x 72 inches

“CeramATTACK 2” at the Duane Reed Gallery runs from Sept. 7 to Oct. 14 and features a quintet of artists: Kyungmin Park, Crystal Morey, Zemer Peled, Chris Ricardo and Cheryl Ann Thomas. Less than a week after “CeramATTACK 2” closes, on Oct. 20, the gallery opens a tandem exhibition of the works of Jiyong Lee and John Garrett, which runs till Dec. 9.

Finally, the gallery concludes its year on Dec. 15 by exhibiting a trio of artists, Beverly Mayeri, Calvin Ma and Erika Sanada, through Jan. 20.

Duane Reed Gallery, 4729 McPherson Ave., St. Louis, 314-361-4100, duanereedgallery.com

SAINT LOUIS ART MUSEUM

Jeffrey Michael Austin, “Whatever”

On Aug. 11, the Saint Louis Art Museum debuts “A Century of Japanese Prints”; running till Jan. 28, the exhibition spotlights the museum’s “finest examples of modern and contemporary Japanese prints from the 20th and 21st centuries,” according to its website.

Also, directly, “Thomas Struth: Nature & Politics” opens Nov. 5 and runs till Jan. 21; in more than 35 works created during the past decade, the website relates, that exhibition showcases “a photographic exploration of cutting-edge industrial and scientific research spaces.” Otherwise, two current exhibitions, “In the Realm of Trees: Photographs, Paintings and Scholar’s Objects From the Collection” and “The Hats of Stephen Jones,” close Sept. 4; a third, “Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715-2015,” profiled in last week’s Ladue News, closes Sept. 17; and a fourth, “New Media Series: Amy Granat,” closes Nov. 12.

Saint Louis Art Museum, 1 Fine Arts Drive, St. Louis, 314-721-0072, slam.org

THE LUMINARY

PULITZER ARTS FOUNDATION

On Sept. 8, The Luminary welcomes three new exhibitions, all running till Nov. 10: a solo show

by Jonathan Hanahan entitled “The 45th City” that seeks to explore “ways of representing news through physical models, suggesting their underlying architecture as sites of living and moving”; a second solo show by Jeffery Michael Austin in “a sitespecific series of sculptures in the entry gallery” that “heightens the thin line between the work installed and the objects that accumulate”; and “upend the air,” a group show featuring K.P. Brehmer, Gareth Long, Daniel Aguilar Ruvalcaba, Jimena Sarno and Brian Zimmerman, “exploring states of suspension, exception, solidity and escape.”

The Luminary, 2701 Cherokee St., St. Louis, 314-773-1533, theluminaryarts.com

The Pulitzer Arts Foundation welcomes art devotees to “Living Proof: The Art of Japanese Draftsmanship in the 19th Century” starting Nov 3; that exhibition runs till March 3. A month after it closes, the foundation, on April 6, opens “Mona Hatoum: Terra Infirma,” which runs till this time next year, Aug. 11.

Closings at the Pulitzer, meanwhile, number two.

More specifically, “Blue Black,” centered on Ellsworth Kelly’s monumental eponymous wall sculpture, ends Oct. 7 after having begun June 9. Also closing on an unspecified date this autumn is Andres L. Hernandez and Amanda Williams’ architecture-centered “A Way, Away (Listen While I Say),” profiled in the May 12 edition of Ladue News.

Pulitzer Arts Foundation, 3716 Washington Blvd., St. Louis, 314-754-1850, pulitzerarts.org

STAY TUNED At press time, information from Kodner Gallery and William Shearburn Gallery remained unavailable, but Ladue News encourages its readers to phone these institutions or visit their websites to learn about upcoming exhibitions:

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Kodner Gallery, 314-993-4477, kodnergallery.com William Shearburn Gallery, 314-367-8020, shearburngallery.com Also, stay up-to-date with weekly local arts coverage at laduenews.com.

CHATTERBOX PHOTO COURTESY OF ALEX COUWENBERG AND BRUNO DAVID GALLERY; JEFFREY MICHAEL AUSTIN PHOTO COURTESY OF JEFFERY MICHAEL AUSTIN‌

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Kobayakawa Kiyoshi, Japanese, 1899–1948; Tipsy, from the series "Modern Styles of Women", 1930; color woodblock print with mica; sheet: 20 1/2 × 12 inches; Saint Louis Art Museum, The Langenberg Endowment Fund 119:2016

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DANCE state of the arts

By Brittany Nay

TAP Dynamics

The Wiz

CENTER OF CREATIVE ARTS (COCA) Reimagined children’s classics are set for COCA’s adventurous new season. First, an adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical The Wiz, directed by The Black Rep’s Ron Himes, will retell the beloved L. Frank Baum tale through rock, gospel and soul music from Oct. 20 to 22. Next, the creative one-man production Balloonacy will run Nov. 4 and 5. The lineup rolls on with winter music favorites in the festive show Joyful, by Allegro & Adagio, on Nov. 30. COCA will continue the holiday magic with its graceful and heartwarming annual presentation of The Little Dancer, by Ballet Eclectica, from Dec. 15 to 17.

COCA, 524 Trinity Ave., University City, 314-725-6555, cocastl.org

DANCE ST. LOUIS

DANCES OF INDIA

Three international tap virtuosos will kick off Dance St. Louis’ 52nd season. TAP Dynamics, a high-energy showstopper set to live jazz music, will feature Emmy Award-winning and American Choreography Award-winning master tap dancer Jason Samuels Smith, tap star Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards and tap phenom Derick K. Grant.

The talented trio will perform a tribute to Alton, Illinois-born jazz legend Miles Davis, called Going the Miles, and selections from a work honoring the legacy of tap, entitled And Still You Must Swing. The dynamic production will run Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 at the newly remodeled historic theater, The Grandel, at 3610 Grandel Square in the Grand Center Arts District.

Dance St. Louis, 3310 Samuel Shepard Drive, St. Louis, 314-534-5000, dancestlouis.org

Celebrating its 40th year, Dances of India will put a new spin on a cherished classic fairy tale. The dance troupe, trained by artistic director Asha Prem, will perform Devi of the Ashes – Cinderella in India on Nov. 17 and 18, with a children’s show on Nov. 19, at Skip Viragh Center for the Arts, at 425 S. Lindbergh Blvd. Traditional Indian dances will also be presented by guest artists, including Patrick Suzeau, a contemporary French-Canadian dancer; Kiran Rajagopalan, a professional classical Indian dancer from New York; and Sanjay Shantaram, artistic director of ShivaPriya School of Dance in Bangalore, India.

Dances of India, 1201 N. Warson Road, Creve Coeur, 314-997-0911, dancesofindiastlouis.org

STAY TUNED Find more weekly local dance and arts coverage at laduenews.com.

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Fresh off a spectacular sold-out spring run of its stirring original work, FREEDOM, MADCO will launch its latest season with an electrifying encore performance of the engaging human rights piece based on the events in Ferguson during the summer of 2014.

On Sept. 30, the modern dance company will perform FREEDOM in its entirety at the Touhill Performing Arts Center, at 1 University Blvd. in St. Louis, and a shorter, one-hour version of the show is slated for Sept. 29, followed by a question-and-answer session with MADCO dance artists, also at the Touhill.

MADCO, 1 University Blvd., St. Louis, 314-516-4949, madcodance.com, touhill.org

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SAINT LOUIS BALLET Coming off a season of record sales, the classic and contemporary Saint Louis Ballet will present the epic drama Giselle from Nov. 3 to 5 on the grand stage of the Anheuser-Busch Theatre at the Touhill Performing Arts Center at 1 University Blvd. in St. Louis. As part of its GO series, the ballet will perform Good as Gold on Nov. 19 at the Touhill’s intimate Lee Theatre. And the company will ring in the holidays with artistic director Gen Horiuchi’s dazzling rendition of The Nutcracker, running Dec. 15 to 17 and Dec. 20 to 23 at the Anheuser-Busch Theatre.

Saint Louis Ballet, 218 THF Blvd, Chesterfield, 636-537-1998, stlouisballet.org Giselle

FREEDOM PHOTO COURTESY OF MADCO; THE WIZ PHOTO COURTESY OF COCA; DANCE ST. LOUIS PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER DUGGAN; SAINT LOUIS BALLET PHOTO BY PRATT KREIDICH

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NOVELTIES PHOTO COURTESY OF THE BIG MUDDY DANCE COMPANY; KARLOVSKY & COMPANY DANCE PHOTO BY BOB MORRISON PHOTOGRAPHY

THE BIG MUDDY DANCE COMPANY Experiential dance troupe The Big Muddy Dance Company will open its seventh season by unveiling a new show: Novelties. With athletic and eloquent choreography by Big Muddy artistic director Brian Enos, internationally renowned choreographer Kate Skarpetowska and award-winning dancer Gabrielle Lamb, the unique work will take audiences on a compelling journey through a collection of dramatic stories. The moving presentation will be held on Nov. 18 at Washington University’s Edison Theatre, at 6465 Forsyth Blvd. in Clayton. According to Big Muddy tradition, a reception for attendees to meet the company’s eclectic dancers will follow the performance.

The Big Muddy Dance Company, 3310 Samuel Shepard Drive, St. Louis, 314-338-4058, thebigmuddydanceco.org

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KARLOVSKY & COMPANY DANCE Poignant performances

by Karlovsky & Company Dance are on tap again this fall as the troupe’s Dine on Dance lunchtime shows continue.

The free outdoor performances showcasing sitespecific dance will be held at noon on Sept. 21 at The Old Post Office Plaza, at Ninth and Locust streets in downtown St. Louis, and on Sept. 26 at Strauss Park in the Grand Center Arts District. The inventive company also will present Playful Pairings – Dance, Beats, Wine and Treats on Sept. 23 at The Grandel, at 3610 Grandel Square in Grand Center. The evening will feature pairings of dance and live music with culinary treats and drinks.

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MUSIC state of the arts

By Mark Bretz

Emma Sorenson is Hänsel

UNION AVENUE OPERA

SAINT LOUIS CATHEDRAL CONCERTS Saint Louis Cathedral Concerts opened its 25th anniversary season on Aug. 9 at the Cathedral Basilica St. Louis with a performance by world-renowned London vocal group Libera. Its anniversary season continues Oct. 15 when organist Diane Bish teams with soprano Angela Brown. Bish has starred in the international TV series The Joy of Music since 1982, reaching more than 300 million people each week. Brown combines opera, pop and gospel in one sensational voice called “the future of opera” by CBS Weekend News. The King’s Singers of King’s College in Cambridge, England,

celebrate their 50th anniversary in part with a concert at the Cathedral Basilica on Nov. 10, followed by the Vienna Boys Choir Holiday Concert on Nov. 22. Then, on Dec. 9 and 10, Christmas at the Cathedral will feature the St. Louis Archdiocesan Choirs and Orchestra in concert. Additionally, the free Cathedral Concerts Chamber Series will feature violinist Kristin Ahlstrom, cellist Bjorn Ranheim, clarinetist Tzuying Huang and pianist Matthew Mazzoni on Sept. 5, 12, 14, 22 and 26.

Saint Louis Cathedral Concerts, 4431 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, 314-533-7662, cathedralconcerts.org

Union Avenue Opera (UAO) concludes its 23rd season at Union Avenue Christian Church when it brings Engelbert Humperdinck’s 1893 work, Hänsel und Gretel, to the stage for the first time from Aug. 18 through 26. Presented in German with English supertitles, Hänsel und Gretel is a retelling of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale about two lost children who come upon a house made of sweets in a spooky forest, with a wicked witch nearby. Karen Coe Miller and Kostis Protopapas will serve as stage director and conductor, respectively. UAO will also offer student performances at 10 a.m. on Aug. 23, 24 and 25 by reservation only and a public performance at 10 a.m. on Aug. 26 with no reservation required.

Union Avenue Opera, 733 Union Blvd., St. Louis, 314-361-2881, unionavenueopera.org

ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO), the second-oldest orchestra in the U.S., opens its 138th season – and its 13th under departing music director David Robertson – with a full slate of regular concerts and special performances. The season officially begins Sept. 23 with the first of a three-program survey of Mozart’s opera overtures, late symphonies and piano concertos with Emanuel Ax from Sept. 23 through Oct. 1. Robertson will lead a performance of Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis for the first time with SLSO on Nov. 18 and 19. Then, from Dec. 1 through 10, SLSO will perform a Vivaldi Holiday Celebration, including The Four Seasons with mandolinist Avi Avital and Vivaldi’s Gloria choral work. Special events include Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in Concert from Sept. 15 to 17, Jurassic Park Nov. 3 to 5, A Gospel Christmas: A Soulful Celebration with Dianne Reeves on Dec. 14 and the music of John Williams Dec. 21 to 23.

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, 718 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, 314-533-2500, stlsymphony.org

THE KING’S SINGERS PHOTO BY MARCO BORGGREVE; ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA; EMMA SORENSON PHOTO BY ERIC WOOLSEY

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THE SHELDON

Black Violin

The Sheldon has concerts scheduled for aficionados of many styles of music in its 2017-18 season, including The Mountain Goats on Sept. 11, “Live Inspired: An Evening With John O’Leary” on Sept. 14, Steppin’ Out with Ben Vereen on Sept. 17, Black Violin on Sept. 24, rock/pop/blues/ alt-country group HoneyHoney on Oct. 8, the musical group Hudson on Oct. 14, banjo duo Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn on Oct. 20, rock pianist George Winston on Oct. 21, jazz guitarist/vocalist John Pizzarelli on Oct. 28, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder on Nov. 10, The Beijing Guitar Duo on Nov. 11, jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant on Nov. 18 and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra on Dec. 8.

The Sheldon, 3648 Washington Blvd., St. Louis, 314-533-9900, thesheldon.org

THE SHELDON PHOTO COURTESY OF BLACK VIOLIN; JAZZ ST. LOUIS PHOTO BY CHARLES N. CARPENTER

JAZZ ST. LOUIS Jazz St. Louis has a full slate of concerts scheduled between September and December. Musicians to be featured in upcoming shows include Koplant No on Sept. 8 and 9, Brothers Lazaroff and “Laz Jazz” on Sept.

15 and 16 and Yellowjackets from Sept. 20 through 23.

In October, check out Grace Kelly from Oct. 4 through 7, Arturo Sandoval with “Dear Diz” on Oct. 13 and 14, Harold Lopez-Nussa from Oct. 18 to 21 and Sammy Miller and the Congregation on Oct. 27 and 28. Just as many rousing performances are slated from November through the end of the year: Catch the Houston Person Quartet from Nov. 1 through 4, the Jim Widner Big Band on Nov. 9, Russell Gunn’s “Blackhawk Revisited” featuring Jimmy Cobb from Nov. 15 to 18, Jeremy Davenport on Nov. 24 and 25, Jane Monheit from Nov. 29 to Dec. 2, the Freddy Cole Quintet featuring Harry Allen from Dec. 6 to 9 and Take 6 from Dec. 13 to 16.

During the holiday season, the Jazz St. Louis Big Band plays Ellington’s Nutcracker from Dec. 19 to 21, and Good 4 the Soul performs on Dec. 29 and 30.

Jazz St. Louis, 3536 Washington Ave., St. Louis, 314-571-6000, jazzstl.org

WINTER OPERA Winter Opera opens its 11th season at the luxurious Skip Viragh Performing Arts Center on the campus of Chaminade College Preparatory on Nov. 10 and 12 with a production of Sigmund Romberg’s The Student Prince, the longest-running Broadway production during the Roaring ’20s. In The Student Prince, young Prince Karl is promised marriage to the unseen Princess Margaret at an early age. When he is sent off incognito to a boarding school, he falls in love with the daughter of a local innkeeper, who also loves him. Will Prince Karl honor an old commitment or find happiness with the commoner Kathie? Prior to the season opener, Winter Opera will hold its Fall Gala on Sept. 15 at

Brothers Lazaroff

Old Warson Country Club, featuring cocktails, dinner, wine and entertainment by Winter Opera’s top artists. And on Dec. 5 and 6, the company will present its annual Holidays on the Hill concert at Dominic’s on the Hill, featuring a four-course dinner and a holiday program performed by Winter Opera artists.

Winter Opera, 2324 Marconi Ave., St. Louis, 314-865-0038, winteroperastl.org

STAY TUNED At press time, information from Opera Theatre of Saint Louis remained unavailable, but Ladue News encourages its readers to phone the troupe or visit its website to learn about upcoming performances: Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, 314-961-0644, opera-stl.org Also, stay up-to-date with weekly local arts coverage at laduenews.com.

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STATE OF THE ARTS PRESENTING SPONSOR CENTENE CORPOR ATION

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By LN staff

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entene Corporation has a long-standing dedication to the St. Louis arts community. Since it was established in 2004, the Centene Charitable Foundation has supported the arts across the St. Louis region by embracing projects that promise a long-term, far-reaching positive impact.

As a multinational healthcare enterprise that provides a diverse portfolio of services for government sponsored healthcare programs, Centene believes in treating the whole person – not just the physical body. Thus, it invests in a number of arts institutions, events and organizations like The Muny, Saint Louis Ballet, Peabody Opera House and others, which fulfill the company’s mission.

One such investment is in the Center of Creative Arts (COCA), a nationally recognized nonprofit arts organization that encourages people to see, think and express themselves in new ways, while creating the next generation of audiences to support the arts. Centene’s support of the COCA campus expansion will help to stabilize many of the organization’s youth-focused programs.

Centene’s support of the arts provides the company with the opportunity to enrich the communities it serves by inspiring creativity, fostering new ideas, promoting social change and community development.

For example, Centene’s Missouri health plan, Home State Health, adopted Ames Visual & Performing Arts Elementary School, where students enjoy events hosted in collaboration with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Students and their families are invited to an evening at the symphony, treating them to a performance that many of the families might never have experienced.

Centene values its relationship with community partners, including those that represent the arts in and around St. Louis. The company’s approach to social investments, like its support of the arts, is closely aligned with its corporate purpose: to transform the health of the community one person at a time.

Centene Corporation, 7700 Forsyth Blvd., St. Louis, 314-725-4477, centene.com

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Kathy Ferrara of Frontenac has narrowed your selection to 12.

Ferrara is the founder of K. Ferrara Color, a local nail polish line focused on fashion and health. K. Ferrara Color features a “five-free formula,” which was reported by the beauty experts at Allure as meaning it is free of five known carcinogens sometimes found in polish: formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, camphor, toluene and dibutyl palate. Additionally, the line is crueltyfree, vegan and nontoxic. “It is a really healthy, good choice for women without sacrificing the quality,” Ferrara says.

K. Ferrara Color offers two six-color collections: Impeccable Nudes and Sophisticated Colors, all of which pair nicely for mani-pedi duos, as well as the full collection of 12 or single bottles. Ferrara explains she has worked in the fashion industry as a stylist for more than 25 years, which means color has been a huge part of her life.

“My particular business has also been about 50 percent corporate focused, so I work a lot with professional women,” Ferrara says, explaining that often her clients don’t know or have the time to figure out what colors are best for things like clothing and polish. alexandra Much like Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his iconic gray T-shirt, she says these women simply have bigger things to think about – and so she’s here to help make life easier with a collection of foolproof polishes. “This is just a small step for me to try to streamline that process,” says Ferrara.

Outside of the clients’ need for color, Ferrara’s reason for diving into the polish business was health related. She is a colon cancer survivor, and after her diagnosis 10 years ago, she found herself looking more closely at what she put into – and onto – her body. She was introduced to the five-free idea while visiting her daughter in New York City.

Ferrara says she began work on her collection about a year ago, noting much of the time was spent perfecting the colors. “My manufacturer is in California, and they are wonderful,” she says, noting there was ample backand-forth while swatches were finalized. Then came the photography and

design phase before the collection launched in June of this year. “It has all been such a fun adventure,” Ferrara says.

Shades in the K. Ferrara Color collection all feature women’s names, some of which come from real-life women Ferrara knows or admires. “I love that about my line – there’s a little bit of personality to each one of them,” she says. “It’s a very pro-woman [line]. The base of this truly was to support women and make something a little bit simpler for them.”

Although Ferrara loves all her colors, she notes the Alexandra, a deep plum, for pedicures and the creamy pale pink-beige Evelyn for manicures are her summer staples. The Impeccable Nudes collection ranges in shade from a warm cream to a cool taupe, while the Sophisticated Colors collection includes purples, reds, a smoky gray and a bold blue. Individual colors sell for $22 per bottle, with six- and 12-bottle collections available for $120 and $240.

Products are currently available exclusively on the K. Ferrara Color website.

The newest additions to the collection sandwich the colors currently available. A gellike base coat and quick-drying glossy top coat launched at the beginning of August, Ferrara explains. After that, she notes a potential nail supplement as an idea for a future addition, as well as more hues. “I have some other colors whirling in my head that I would love to add,” evelyn anna Ferrara says.

Until then, the 12 available hues work for people looking for classic and demure or bold and bright – and those who like both, Ferrara explains, noting the common occurrence of a barely there shade on top and a bolder color on the toes.

She recommends bringing the polish to salons instead of using the ones available there, explaining the ease of fixing chips when you own the polish color. Plus, doing so removes the dreaded decision moment as the technician waits for you to choose from an endless wall of lacquers and helps you create a “signature color.”

“You have so many more important things to worry about,” Ferrara says.

“We’ve got this part for you.”

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ypically, I make dairy-free milkshakes by swapping out whole-milk ice cream for coconut cream as the base, but sometimes you just want to treat yourself to the classic, rich and creamy real thing.

I also love to sweeten homemade milkshakes with cocoa nibs, dark chocolate and/or fresh fruit instead of granulated sugar.

This recipe achieves a deeper, more complex cherry flavor by roasting the fruit, and doing so also draws out its natural sugar.

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Serves | 4 |  3 cups cherries, pitted and halved  ¼ tsp ground cinnamon  ¼ tsp sea salt  1 tsp sunflower or grapeseed oil  2 cups vanilla ice cream  ½ cup whole milk  ¼ cup cocoa nibs, plus more for garnish | Preparation | Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

In a large mixing bowl, add cherries, cinnamon, salt and oil – tossing to combine. Spread cherry mixture onto prepared baking sheet, and roast for 20 minutes, flipping mixture after 10 minutes.

When cherries are finished roasting, refrigerate baking sheet until mixture cools to room temperature.

Reserve ¼ of cherry mixture for garnish. In a blender, combine remaining cherry mixture with ice cream, milk and cocoa nibs – blending until smooth. Add more milk depending on desired thickness. Divide milkshake into four tall glasses, and top with reserved cherry mixture and a sprinkle of cocoa nibs. Serve.

Sherrie Castellano is a former health coach turned food writer, photographer and pop-up chef based in St. Louis. A collection of Sherrie’s recipes, stories and images can be found on her Saveur Blog Award-nominated website, With Food + Love. Sherrie is currently the marketing director for Midwest-based Big Heart Tea Co.

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the dog was found as a puppy, piled in a crate with his brothers and sisters. They were left outside Stray Rescue, where the organization sheltered and cleaned them up.

As time wore on, all of Hoonah’s siblings were adopted, and he was sent off to the Puppies for Parole program; there he continued to grow and grow … and grow.

Jenny Scott, a social worker for Saint Louis University (SLU), was participating in an online conversation with college counseling staff across the country. The topic fell on therapy dogs, and her colleagues talked about how helpful the dogs can be for new incoming students who miss their dog(s) from home. Scott had always talked to her students about how great Stray Rescue is, often sending them to volunteer at the shelter.

“I saw they had a program where you could get therapy dogs,” Scott said. “I contacted them, and they sent me a whole list of dogs. I was looking for a dog that was cat-friendly and would be trained and ready to go for the fall semester.”

This was May 2016. Some of the dogs weren’t ready yet, but Scott was told there was one that would be perfect for her. So she went to meet him.

“My jaw dropped when I saw him,” she says. “He was so adorable and huge.”

Weighing in at 120 pounds, Hoonah greeted Scott.

She fell in love immediately, which was good, because the staff at Stray Rescue asked if she could take him home that day.

“I took him straight to work,” Scott says.

Hoonah hit the ground running as a therapy dog in SLU’s counseling office that day. He was at SLU the entire fall semester, welcoming freshmen to orientation and even attended a square dance with approximately 1,000 of his new best friends.

“I use him for outreach events and also in sessions with students who have panic or trauma issues,” she says. “They can pet him and ground themselves when those anxieties come up.”

While Hoonah had a great first semester at SLU, second semester was harder for him. Since he’s such a big dog, he has hip dysplasia. He tore both of his back leg ligaments and had to have surgery to fix his knee in February 2017. Then, in May, he had his second surgery.

Being kennel-restricted was hard for Hoonah, but he was very patient. Scott worked with him on colors and numbers while he healed. Though she had to haul him up and down the couple of stairs she has, she says it was a bonding experience for them.

On July 21, Hoonah returned to work.

“He was so happy to be back,” Scott says. “He loves being outside of his kennel and going for walks.”

Now that he’s on the mend, Hoonah’s quirks have come out. He loves sticks, apples and

doughnuts. Scott says he absolutely despises water and will avoid puddles at all costs, but she’s working to try to get him used to water, because she knows it would help with his rehabilitation.

“It’s been a challenge with his surgeries. The students were so sad when he wasn’t there,” Scott says. “But Stray Rescue has taken care of both of his surgeries and medications. They’ve been so amazing.”

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the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, and is a member of the 1905 Circle of Giving for the YWCA. She volunteers with Girls Inc. and Marian Middle School as both a mentor to students and a former board member.

“Few things in life provide more pleasure than watching young people evolve into their best selves,” Packnett says. In addition, she’s a member of the host committee of Sing for Siteman, an annual concert benefiting the Siteman Cancer Center, and serves on the advisory council of the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Organization.

Packnett was married for 15 years to the Rev. Ronald B. Packnett, former pastor of the Central Baptist Church. Her children were 7 and 12 when her husband died. On his death, Packnett says she realized she had to recognize her inner strength and remain focused on the goals she had when he was still living. “Your goals shouldn’t change because of your circumstances,” she says. “Don’t let your circumstances dictate your future.”

She worked with gifted students and coordinated services for students at-risk for Saint Louis Public Schools. Packnett passed on her passion for education to her daughter, Brittany, who is a graduate of Washington University and currently the vice president – gwendolyn pAckneTT of community alliances for Teach for America in Washington, D.C. The younger woman’s work in Washington even led to her and Packnett visiting the White House during the Obama administration. “Together we met President and Mrs. Obama and enjoyed the Christmas festivities in the White House,” Packnett says. Her son, Barrington, a graduate of Yale Divinity School, is employed at SSM Health.

After 20 years as a widow, Packnett remarried in June 2016 to John Moten Jr., a retired senior vice president of operations and marketing for Laclede Gas Co.; the couple resides in Chesterfield. “There is the comfort and ease of being married for the second time as an older person,” she says. On their wedding day, the couple took a short photo break between the wedding ceremony and reception. One of the bride’s favorite photographs was taken on the butterfly bench at the entrance to The Butterfly House at Faust Park.

“It’s one of the benches donated by WOA in honor of our 60th anniversary,” she says. “The bench represents the volunteer service of women in our community and how WOA are forever giving back. I see being a WOA as a lifelong commitment, so this bench was the perfect setting for the photograph.”

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wendolyn Packnett believes that each woman honored by Women of Achievement (WOA) has set personal priorities to enrich and improve the region. “We’re deliberate in our actions, and our volunteerism is a part of our lifestyle,” she says.

The newly elected WOA president describes her goal as the organization’s leader for the next two years as continuing “a path of inclusion and diversity.”

Packnett’s first order of business is the announcement this week that nominations are open for the 2018 Women of Achievement Awards. Ten women will be honored by the organization at a luncheon to be held on May 15 at The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis. “We encourage people to nominate a woman who dedicates her time, energy and leadership to make a lasting impact on our community,” Packnett says.

Packnett continues that the nomination process has been proven effective for the past 62 years. Two committees are involved in choosing the 10 notable women volunteers each year: An initial committee composed of 10 to 12 former honorees narrows the field to 25 finalists.

The final selection committee, composed of sponsors, community leaders and Women of Achievement, selects the 10 honorees.

Established in 1955 by the publisher of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, WOA, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, is the oldest continuing program in the region with the sole mission of recognizing and honoring the commitment and dedication of women volunteers. To date, 620 women from all walks of life in the metropolitan area have been recognized. “One of our nominees began her volunteer service in her garage, where she set up a neighborhood food pantry,” Packnett says. “Another started Gateway to Hope, an organization that serves people who are either uninsured or underinsured and diagnosed with breast cancer.”

An accomplished woman who inspires others, Packnett is a native St. Louisan. She holds undergraduate degrees in education and sociology from William Jewell College and a master’s in social work from Washington University in St. Louis. She received her Ph.D. in education from University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) with an emphasis area in educational leadership and policy studies. Packnett retired in 2015 as assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs at UMSL; during her tenure there, though, she was selected to participate in the prestigious American Council on Education Fellows program. She also served as UMSL’s inaugural director of multicultural relations/academic affairs, where she founded a center whose focus was to further enhance a culturally diverse student body while retaining students to graduation. “We enjoyed the success of solid student retention and increased graduation rates of students of color, including international students as well,” Packnett says.

Today, Packnett is president of the Women’s Society of Washington University, chair of the nominating committee of the Saint Louis Zoo Association and a board member of the Central Institute for the Deaf.

She serves on the boards of the St. Louis Children’s Hospital Friends and

To nominate a candidate for the 2018 Women of Achievement, fill out a form at woastl.org. To do so by mail, send a nomination form to 3418 Charlack Ave., No. 615, St. Louis, MO 63114. Please include a self-addressed business-size envelope.

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The second criterion an advisor should satisfy is knowledge.

“Financial planning is more than just investments,” Schroeder says. “A financial planner needs to be able to understand the other important things in clients’ lives, like the family dynamic, retirement objectives and charitable planning.”

A financial planner should also have the resources to help his or her client accomplish goals. At UMB, Schroeder says, the advisors work with a team of experts to ensure that clients have everything they need to accomplish their goals. He says they look at how often a plan will need to be updated and reviewed, knowing that financial planning is a fluid process.

The UMB private wealth management team in St. Louis lives, works and volunteers in the greater St. Louis area. Schroeder says that their clients are working with individuals who have many years of experience in their area.

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By Robyn Dexter Photo by Sarah Conroy “They truly enjoy the work they do in helping clients execute their goals,” he says. “Our team is able to deliver a comprehensive plan that is focused on their story.”

UMB provides comprehensive banking solutions through more than 100 banking centers in eight states. In the private wealth management sector, Schroeder says they’re able to partner with people across the bank as a whole.

“We’re fortunate to get to know people in different lines of the business,” he says. “These are folks that provide services right here in our community. And that’s what makes it fun to come in to work every day.”

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local chocolate landmark recently celebrated the grand opening of its latest evolution, which features expanded food and beverage offerings. That evolution, Handcrafted by Bissinger’s, debuted in the St. Louis’ Central West End neighborhood with breakfast items, a lunch menu, shareable plates, wine, cocktails and more.

Handcrafted by Bissinger’s replaces former retail shop Bissinger’s Handcrafted Chocolatier. It’s owned and operated in collaboration with Bissinger’s sister company, 23 City Blocks Catering, which also runs The Caramel Room at Bissinger’s.

“We wanted to change the name so people know that we’re selling more than just chocolate,” says 23 City Blocks Catering’s vice president of operations, Nick Jovanovic. “It’s more inviting and transforms

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throughout the day. It’s a great place for meetings or getting some work done by yourself. It’s also a great place for a group of friends to come in together and just enjoy the experience, before or after dinner or an event.”

Local interior design firm Savvy Surrounding Style provided an aesthetic facelift to the space, which now features a casual European café feel combined with a lounge, complete with a wine wall. Various seating options – around 40 inside, with an additional 20 outside – are available on both sides of the space, including low and high tables, couches and window seats.

In addition to all of Bissinger’s popular chocolates from over the years – bear claws, salted caramel and fresh cream truffles among them – guests now should further enjoy the food menus designed by 23 City Blocks Catering chef Nick Miller (who previously co-owned Harvest in Richmond Heights).

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In the mornings, guests can look forward to an upgraded coffee service, which features everything from Kaldi’s nitrogen-infused, cold-brew coffee to signature lattes that tie back in to Bissinger’s chocolates. For breakfast, an array of quiches are available, as well as pastries including muffins, croissants and bagels.

The lunchtime selection consists of salads, soup and sandwiches. Guests can choose from such highlights as French onion soup and a croque-monsieur with country ham, béchamel, Comté cheese and Dijon mustard on ciabatta. In the evenings, shareable plates include house-made charcuterie and flatbreads, among them roast beef with Point Reyes blue cheese and red onion jam – all great choices before catching Ragtime at Stray Dog Theatre.

The dessert menu has also expanded to include

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Ragtime

items such as a Bing cherry-brown butter trifle.

A carryover from the previous menu is the classic cococino, made up of molten flourless chocolate cake and vanilla-bean crème anglaise.

Bissinger’s new wine preservation system features three temperature-controlled cabinets divided into white, old-world and new-world varieties. Pours are available in 2-, 4- and 6-ounce offerings. An upgraded cocktail menu features options such as a seasonal mule and the Our Signature with Bissinger’s chocolate liqueur, Chambord, house-made coffee liquor and vanilla-infused vodka.

“The combination of wine and chocolate and chocolate and coffee is just classic and amazing,” Jovanovic says. “This kind of re-concepting was an upgrade based on a lot of feedback we were getting from our guests. It’s an opportunity and direction everyone sort of naturally saw, and we can’t wait for people to come in and try it.”

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Handcrafted by Bissinger’s, 32 Maryland Plaza, St. Louis,

‌Story: In 1906, the American melting pot is boiling in and around New York City. An upper-middle-class white family – Father, Mother, Son, Grandfather and Mother’s Younger Brother – occupies the posh suburb of New Rochelle. Meanwhile, a young black pianist, Coalhouse Walker Jr., performs a new musical style called ragtime in Harlem nightclubs, and a European Jewish immigrant named Tateh arrives at Ellis Island with his young daughter.

Father runs a strict household, leaving specific instructions for his wife when he leaves America to join Admiral Robert Peary’s expedition to the North Pole.

When a maid later reports to Mother that a black male baby has been left in the yard, Mother decides to keep the child. After the authorities find the baby’s mother, Sarah, and all but charge her with abandonment and attempted murder, Mother informs them of her intent to care for both the child and his mother.

While anarchist political activist and writer Emma Goldman leads laborers in their battle for better working conditions, and escapologist Harry Houdini amazes audiences with his legerdemain, Mother’s Younger Brother becomes fixated on celebrity sensation Evelyn Nesbit, whose husband has killed her lover and consequently has been charged with murder in “the crime of the century.”

Walker learns his lover Sarah is living with a white family in New Rochelle and attempts to woo her back.

For weeks she resists, even as Mother invites Walker into the family’s home, where he entertains them with his musical compositions.

Meanwhile, Tateh struggles to survive in the New World, eventually leaving New York for factory work in Massachusetts. When a railroad conductor buys a “moving picture book” that he had created for his daughter, Tateh realizes he has a product people will want to purchase.

Walker eventually wins back Sarah’s love, but their happiness is short-lived. Although intelligent and educated, Walker can’t overcome the ignorance and hostility of some local firemen who destroy his prized Model T Ford, which he purchased while working in Henry Ford’s manufacturing plant.

America is changing rapidly, but not soon enough for the happiness of everyone. Mother’s love for Father is fading, and her admiration for Tateh is growing – all while Walker deals with increasing resentment and hatred for his status. Can ragtime music save any of them from a hostile world?

Highlights: Associate artistic director Justin Been ups his already impressive directing game with a monumentally moving and masterful interpretation of Ragtime, the 1998 Broadway sensation which garnered 12 Tony Award nominations, at Stray Dog Theatre’s Tower Grove Abbey. It’s

By Mark Bretz

one of the year’s most magnificent productions, memorable and magical in its brilliance.

Other Info: With a record cast of 26 people for a Stray Dog production, Ragtime isn’t perfect, as several of the smaller roles are adequately but not wondrously filled. Still, its many staggering elements can make one forgive minor blemishes.

Been elicits a number of powerful performances, primarily from Omega Jones as the charismatic Walker and from Evan Addams, who demonstrates a remarkably clear and stunning voice as Sarah.

Kay Love, like Jones, backs up her mesmerizing vocal abilities with a particularly poignant performance as Mother – especially moving in her scenes with Jeffrey M. Wright, who shines as the steadfastly optimistic widower Tateh.

Phil Leveling does some of his best work as Father, showing the man’s rigidity while also slowly revealing fissures in Father’s once-impenetrable worldview.

Another impressive performance comes from Laura Kyro as Goldman.

Angela Bubash and Joseph Gutowski deliver winning portrayals of the vapid Nesbit and the philosophical Houdini, respectively, and Terry Lee Watkins Jr. is solid as the human moral compass Booker T. Washington.

Jason Meyers makes Ford a surprisingly appealing figure, while Gerry Love underscores the damning indifference of J.P. Morgan.

Been’s version of Tommy several years ago remains unforgettable, but this rendition of Ragtime ranks among his very best efforts. Affecting, rousing and stunningly relevant to 21st-century America, it sounds nary a discordant chord in its composition.

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Company: Stray Dog Theatre Venue: Tower Grove Abbey, 2336 Tennessee Ave. Dates: August 16-19 Tickets: $20-$25; contact 314-865-1995

or straydogtheatre.org Rating: A 5 on a scale of 1-to-5

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Arts Speak

Q&A

with CORINNE

MELANÇON OF 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL

By Mark Bretz ‌Since 1995, Corinne MelanÇon has been a favorite in STAGES St. Louis productions. Originally from Buffalo, New York, MelanÇon started dancing at age 3 – later attending Lewiston, New York’s Niagara University. MelanÇon began performing in local high school, community and dinner theater productions in Buffalo, earning her Actors’ Equity card before moving to New York City. Her first job there was as a Radio City Rockette for one summer before she was cast in the Broadway show Me and My Girl, which ran for 3½ years. Ladue News talked with MelanÇon about her role in STAGES St. Louis’ current production of the musical comedy 9 to 5, which is based on the hit movie that starred Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton.

Are you a fan of the movie? What aspect of the show is most appealing to you?

I am very much a fan of the movie, and this is my first time doing 9 to 5! The most appealing aspect of the show is how the relationship of these three women changes from the beginning of the show to the end (and how they change their roles in the world) – and the music! The arrangements of Dolly Parton’s music are really fantastic. They truly incorporate her pop sound into the score in an excellent way. There are also a lot of funny moments in the show that I think the audience will really enjoy.

Parton wrote the music and lyrics of 9 to 5 and has had an impressive career. Are there lessons that young women can take from her career path on how to overcome adversities?

Absolutely! Dolly Parton was dirt-poor when she started her career, and she now has an entire empire – a Dolly “brand.” She is obviously incredibly intelligent, ambitious and talented, and she has her hand in all parts of show business. She is also a stellar entrepreneur and a smart businesswoman. I think she is a prime example and role model for anyone. She teaches you to discover your talents, be kind, be ambitious, work hard, follow your goals, and you will be successful.

Have you had similar challenges to meet in your own artistic career?

I think that just trying to work professionally in the world of show business is already trying to overcome adversity. The cards are really stacked against you, and so much of it is completely out of your control.

I didn’t come from a family with money, so when I moved to New York, I had to figure out how I was going to survive. I had to figure out how to support myself

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and prepare myself for this life, and I learned by going to auditions, talking to other artists and learning to truly deal with the city of New York. My challenges were different from Dolly’s, but definitely still there.

What have been some of the most rewarding roles you’ve played in your career? What shows have been particular favorites of yours?

So many – and for so many different reasons! I adored Me & My Girl because it was my first Broadway show.

I also loved Grand Hotel because it was an incredible learning experience, and I wore so many different hats: serving as a dance captain, covering almost all of the female roles and playing a principal role for an extended period of time. I, of course, have to mention Donna in Mamma Mia!, which was an amazing role to play for several months on Broadway. And some of my favorite roles have been right here at STAGES. I adored The Drowsy Chaperone and playing Mother Superior in Sister Act. And now I am falling in love with Violet Newstead!

What’s it like working specifically for STAGES? You’re a particular favorite of the producers as well as the audiences. Is it a challenge, though, not to work with a live orchestra?

At this point, STAGES has become my second theatrical home. I’ve been working here since 1995.

I feel comfortable here, and I feel like I know how things work. I’m comfortable working with the creative team, and I know that each and every one

of them is going to start day one as prepared as possible. I know that the production values and the people who are hired here are always of the highest quality. I also get to play fantastic roles here that make me feel as if I am growing as an actress. All of that combined, plus the fact that everyone here goes out of their way to make sure you have everything you need, makes this an excellent company to work for. It all-around feels good to work here.

You were nominated last year by the St. Louis Theater Circle for Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical for The Drowsy Chaperone, one of the most popular shows in the history of STAGES. How did you shape that part in such a wacky and inspired presentation to make it your own?

First, I was given free reign by director Michael Hamilton and choreographer Dana Lewis to play and to play off of the hilarious Ed Juvier as Adolpho. I didn’t approach the role as trying to be funny because … I’m not funny! The situation, the circumstances, those you are playing off of and the situations you are in – it’s those things that create the comedic situations. In the moment, I didn’t intentionally base the performance on anyone, but looking back, I find that I was influenced by people like Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Tracey Ullman, Beth Leavel and even Norma Desmond. Roll all of those amazing ladies up, and there’s my Drowsy!

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Around Town

‌Fri., Aug. 11

Sat., Aug. 12

Families are invited to enjoy an evening of music and fun at The Magic House. CELIA’S SING-A-LONG DANCE PARTY is a “rockin’, stompin’, hollerin’ good time for all ages.” This family-friendly concert is part of The Magic House’s Grooving in the Garden Concert Series and is free with museum admission.

Guests can also enjoy free samples from Andy’s Frozen Custard (while supplies last!). 4 to 6:30 p.m. magichouse.org.

Enjoy two of St. Louis’ finest trumpet players – Randy Holmes and Robert Souza – in the second annual LOUIS ARMSTRONG FESTIVAL OF ST. LOUIS. Presenting in Webster Groves Concert Hall, Holmes and Souza will re-create the Satchmo style. $15 in advance. $20 at the door. 8 p.m. webstergrovesconcerthall.org.

Sat., Aug. 12

Thu., Aug. 17

The Down Syndrome Association of Greater St. Louis Young Friends Board is hosting a VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT to raise awareness and funds for the Down syndrome community.

The event, which is both sponsored by and will take place at Wave Taco, welcomes 150 players and spectators to enjoy sand volleyball, food and drinks. $210 for a team of six. $25 for spectators.

All proceeds go directly to the association. dsagsl.org/how-to-help/volleyball-tournament.

Sun., Aug. 13

Sway to the music during Soul Reunion’s SOULFUL SUNDAY concert. Soulful Sunday concerts are every Sunday in August from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Lumière Place Legends room at the National Blues Museum. $10 general admission. $15 for reserved table seating. nationalbluesmuseum.org.

Travel to wine-producing regions around the world through a five-course dinner at the Missouri Botanical Garden, AROUND THE WORLD WINE DINNER: SUMMER IN ST. LOUIS. Catering St. Louis creates a regional menu paired with a different wine from the same region. 7 p.m. $70 per person. Reservations required. 314-961-7588, ext. 265 or customerservice@cateringstlouis.com. missouribotanicalgarden.org.

Wed., Aug. 16

Take part in the relaxing practice of yoga with Yoga Buzz at Ballpark Village. In the fourth annual FREE SUMMER YOGA SERIES, Yoga Buzz notes its excitement to continue the growing diversity of yoga teachers in the St. Louis yoga community. 6 p.m. Free. yogabuzz.org/events/free-summer-yoga-series-aug16.

Sat., Aug. 12

Grab your pup for a howling good time at PUPS ON THE PATIO. Enjoy appetizers, cocktails, beer and wine on Ruth’s Chris Steak House’s patio, all while helping adoptable dogs of St. Louis. All proceeds go to Stray Rescue of St. Louis. 4 to 7 p.m. $45 in advance. $50 at the door. strayrescue.org/events.

Thu., Aug. 17

Left Bank Books presents CANDACE O’CONNOR, a St. Louis regional history author, who will sign and discuss her new book, Renaissance: A History of the Central West End. This book traces the growth during the past century of St. Louis’ Central West End neighborhood. The event is free and open to the public, but proof of book purchase from Left Bank is requited to enter the signing line.

7 p.m. 314-367-6731 or left-bank.com.

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Sips

Summer

Perfect to serve at parties or poolside, these cooling cocktails will refresh and impress this summer.

Story, recipes and photos by Sherrie Castellano

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ne of my favorite parts about summer is crafting seasonal cocktails. Generally, I gravitate toward elevated, complex drinks that are layered with a lot of flavor – but not a lot of sugar. These four cocktails are herbaceous, fruit- and vegetable-forward, not too sweet and not too sour, but just right.

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FreSh heirloom bloody mary serves | 1 | heirloom bloody mary mix | Yields 4 cups 5 cups chopped heirloom tomatoes 1 cup filtered water 1½ tbsp Old Bay Seasoning 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce 2 tsp horseradish juice from 1 lemon juice from 1 lime ½ tsp sea salt ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper to Serve ice 1 oz vodka 4‒5 ozs heirloom bloody mary mix (recipe right) accents and garnishes (freshly ground black pepper, spicy pickles, citrus wedges, olives, celery, herbs, peperoncini)

PineaPPle-Sage Shrub With gin serves | 1 | PineaPPle-Sage Shrub | Yields 2 cups 1 cup filtered water 2 cups diced pineapple 15 fresh sage leaves ½ cup honey ¼ tsp sea salt 1 cup raw unfiltered apple cider vinegar to Serve 2 ozs pineapple-sage shrub (recipe below) 1 oz gin ice 4 ozs club soda | Preparation – Pineapple-Sage Shrub | In a small saucepan over medium heat, bring water and pineapple to a gentle boil. Reduce heat to low, and simmer uncovered for 15 minutes.

Remove from heat, and add sage leaves; muddle.

Let mixture rest and cool for 5 minutes. add honey and salt, and stir to dissolve. strain mixture, reserving liquid and discarding pineapple and sage pulp. add apple cider vinegar, and stir to combine. Cool completely before use. | to Serve | Combine pineapple-sage shrub and gin over ice. top with club soda.

| Preparation – heirloom bloody mary mix | In a blender, blend tomatoes until smooth. Run through a fine sieve, reserving liquid and discarding pulp. add water and stir. add Old Bay seasoning, Worcestershire sauce, horseradish, citrus juices, salt and pepper. Whisk together until combined. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. | to Serve | Fill a glass with ice, add vodka and top with heirloom bloody mary mix. add pepper to taste, and garnish with your personal favorites.

Basil Tom Collins Serves | 1 | Basil simple syrup | Yields 1 cup 2 giant handfuls fresh basil leaves 1 cup simple syrup To serve ice 1 oz gin or vodka 1 oz basil simple syrup (recipe below) 4 ozs club soda 1 wedge fresh lemon, for garnish | preparation – Basil simple syrup | In a blender, blend basil leaves and simple syrup until smooth. Run through a fine sieve, reserving liquid and discarding pulp. | To serve | Fill a glass with ice. Add gin or vodka, basil simple syrup and club soda. Top with fresh lemon wedge.

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modern mai Tai WiTh hiBisCus and Thyme Serves | 4 | ½ 1 10 1

cup hot water Tbsp loose-leaf hibiscus tea sprigs fresh thyme, plus extra for garnish Tbsp honey ice 6 ozs dark rum of choice, divided 1½ cups unsweetened pineapple juice pineapple slice, for garnish sweet cherries, for garnish

| preparation | Pour hot water into a mug, and steep hibiscus tea and thyme sprigs for 5 minutes. Strain and discard tea leaves and thyme. Allow tea to cool to room temperature, and add honey. Stir to dissolve and refrigerate until completely cool.

Fill four rocks glasses with ice. In each, pour 1 ounce hibiscus-thyme tea and 1½ ounces dark rum. Top each with pineapple juice.

Stir gently and garnish with pineapple slice, cherry and thyme sprig.

Sherrie Castellano is a former health coach turned food writer, photographer and pop-up chef based in St. Louis. A collection of Sherrie’s recipes, stories and images can be found on her Saveur Blog Award-nominated website, With Food + Love. Sherrie is currently the marketing director for Midwest-based Big Heart Tea Co.

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314-773-4955 or 314-966-3388 www.fielderelectricalservices.com Fielder is highly skilled in knob & tube wiring and aluminum wiring upgrades. We are specialists in older and existing structures.

CONTACT US TODAY FOR AN APPOINTMENT

New Installation, Cleaning & Repair Drainage Solutions, Screen Installation & Window Cleaning Professional, Reliable & Insured Q No Mess Left Behind Q FREE Estimates - Contact Tony 314-413-2888 thegutterguy-stl@hotmail.com

If it can be wired, we can wire it.

Industrial Fielder has the skills, knowledge and equipment to handle industrial work including new industrial construction, warehouse lighting, large machinery, and data wiring.

Any electrical job of $75.00 or more

HEALTHCARE SERVICES Special Needs

HEALTHCARE SERVICES Home Healthcare

PEDIATRIC RN

25yrs exp. with Parkinson's, Stroke, Alzheimer's & more, + some RN duties. Also light housekeeping, errands, doctor visits, etc.

12hr shifts, days/nights preferred.

Call Christine 314-706-0073

THE LIST GOES ON!

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(314) 359-0476

HELP WANTED

AccuCare needs Caregivers!

24/7 Companion Care for Seniors.

Personal Care, Meal Prep, Light Housekeeping, & Peace of Mind.

314-569-9890

Building Repair, LLC General Contractor & Home Improvement Specialist ïTuckpointing ïBrickwork ïStonework ïPlaster ï Drywall ïPainting ï Carpentry ï Siding ï Gutters ï Roofing ïChimney Leaks Stopped Guaranteed

Call Ken Today! 636-674-5013

QQQQQQQQ REPAIR IT BEFORE YOU REPLACE IT Carpet Repaired, Restretched, Installed, New Carpet Sales, Large Selection in 2 Showrooms.

Over 30 Years Experience. For a Quote Call Nick 314-845-8049

QQQQQQQQ Plaster Patching and Repair Interior & Exterior Walls, ceilings & crown molding.

(DRYVIT, EIFS SYSTEM repairs & new application) Also drywall, taping & repairs.

220th ENGINEER'S, LLC 314-220-3638

Experienced with: SMA, MD, Ventilators/Premies, Spina, Bifida, etc. Avail. Mon.-Fri. & some weekends.

Reliable. References. $35/hr.

Call Lisa (636)633-0965

314-205-1555

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Tenant finishes, churches, sporting complexes, restaurants, senior care facility, and parking lot lighting, etc.

$20.00 off

JON'S AFFORDABLE HOME REPAIR

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Commercial

Need An Electrician?

HANDYMAN SERVICES

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Complete Home, Kitchen & Bath Remodeling, Finish Basements, Room Additions, Brick & Stone Work, Flooring, Gutters, Painting, Power washing, Decks, Windows

Ken Singleton

Barnes Grad 25+yrs of caring experience Available for private duty with children.

Excellent Cleaning at Affordable Rates Satisfaction Guaranted Licensed, Bonded and Insured

SCRUBBY DUTCH CLEANING Family Owned and Operated Since 1983 Bonded • Insured • Supervised $10 OFF 1st Time Customers Free Estimates by Phone 314-849-4666 or 636-926-0555 www.scrubbydutch.com

Licensed Bonded Insured

Residential

CHAMBERMAIDS, LLC 314-724-1522

CLEAN AS A WHISTLE Affordable cleaning for any budget.

Weekly, Bi-weekly, Monthly, Move-in and Move Out. Satisfaction Guaranteed.

Family Owned & Operated.

Call 314-426-3838 $10.00 OFF New Customer

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ELECTRICAL

Home Cleaning Professional 10+ Years Exp. Insured & Bonded Call Neide 314-974-2281

Call 314-885-5770

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ELECTRICAL

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PRECISION REMODELING Q Room Additions Q Decks Q Bathrooms Q Kitchens and so much more.

Interior and Exterior.

Free Estimates! Fully Insured.

Call Bob (314)799-4633 or Jim (314)799-4630

Shy Construction, LLC For all your construction needs... when craftsmanship counts. Tuckpointing.

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HOME IMPROVEMENT REMODEL & REPAIR Rotted Wood, Painting, Tile, Drywall, Floors, Electrical, Carpentry, Plumbing.

Power Washing. Insured.

Free Estimates. 40yrs Exp. Don Phillips 314-973-8511

LAWN & GARDEN

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Licensed Landscape Architect/Designer For a FREE estimate call

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LAWN & GARDEN

J-C Landscaping

Landscape Design, Installation & Maintenance NOW ADDING NEW CUSTOMERS FOR 2017 Complete Estate Management Maintenance: ï Mowing ï Mulching ï Plantings ï Bed Work ï Drainage Solutions ï Seed and Sod ï Annual Turf Care Packages Outdoor Living: ï Patios ï Fire Features ï Retaining Walls ï Water Features ï Native Landscapes ï Driveways and Walkways Call Today for Estimate

Polo's Lawn & Landscape Inc Retaining Walls, Paver Patios, Leaf and Snow Removal, Backyard Cleanup, Trees & Sod. Staining Decks by brush.

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Hard Work Yard Work SPRING LANDSCAPING Landscape Design • Spring Clean-Up Brush Clearing • Bed Preparation • Tilling Weeding & Mulching • Planting Tree/Shrub Fertilization,Trimming and Removal • Lawn Fertilization, Weed Control, De-Thatching, Sodding and Seeding • Gutter Cleaning • Power Washing • Stone Walls, Patios, Borders and Drainage Solution.

The Hard Work Yard Work Co. LLC

GLM Landscape, Design & Construction Retaining Walls, Patio Borders, Flower Beds, Masonry, Outdoor Painting, Fencing. 20+yrs. exp.

Degree in Horticulture/Landscape Design. Licensed Pesticide Applicator. For a Free Estimate Call Gary @ 314.488.1857

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Key Strengths: Valid Driver's License, Competent & Reliable with Security References.

Work Experiences: Private Parties, Events, Errands, Personal Bookings & Shopping.

Available Days, Evenings,Weekends.

PAINTING John The Painter LLC Master Tradesman Fine Interior Painting Excellent Preparation Since 1984 314-966-6463 JC PAINTS

Time for Some

SERVICES

Call Tina 314-683-8180

Interior/Exterior Painting, Reliable, Clean, Reasonable & Insured.

Call John for a Free Estimate!

Since 2001

To place an ad, call: 314-269-8810 or email: classified@laduenews.com

Jack 314-502-5776

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hwyardwork@aol.com

Our readers know that they can always flip to the back to find what they are looking for.

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For Free Estimates call Keith at 314-422-0241 or e-mail at

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CA$H 4 OLD STUFF —Light Hauling— We cleanup, haul away &/or purchase: garage, estate & moving sales!

Also, warehouse, business & storage locker leftovers!

FAY FURNITURE 618-271-8200 AM

Complete Tree Service for Residential & Commercial Tree Pruning & Removal, Plant Healthcare Program, Deadwooding, Stump Grinding, Deep Root Fertilization, Cabling & Storm Cleanup Cary Semsar ISA Board Certified Master Arborist OH-5130B Free Estimate, Fully Insured

Call 314-426-2911 meyertreecare.com

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SIMPLE MOVES INTERIOR PAINTING & REMODELING Finish carpentry, drywall, tile and floor work. 25yrs exp. Call Kent for free estimates 314-398-2898 kenthallowell@yahoo.com

We Specialize In Small Moves.

We charge by the hour or the piece, house to house or room to room. Bonded & Insured.

Packing Available.

314-963-3416 simplemovesstl.com

PEST CONTROL PEST CONTROL ï Affordable ï Experienced ï Exterminator.

Open Late Every Day. Same Day Service.

Most Jobs ONLY $66!

314-358-7310

MCGREEVY PIANO TUNING Bill McGreevy Piano Technician and Guild Associate Member 314-335-9177 wrmcgreevy@gmail.com

PET SERVICES

314-770-1500 www.yuckos.com

636.375.2812 You'll be glad you called!

Trees Trimmed & Removed

Yucko's Your Poop Scoop 'n Service Free Estimates - No Contracts

Tree Service Professionals Trimming, Deadwooding, Reduction, Removals, Stump Grinding, Year Round Service and Fully Insured Call Michael Baumann for a Free Estimate & Property Inspection

BRIAN'S HAULING "U Name It & We Haul It" 7 Days a Week - Same Day Appliances, Brush, Clean Outs, Demo, Bsmts & Garage, Etc. Call Brian @ 314-740-1659

GILLS TREE SERVICE • Stone Retaining Walls • Stump Grinding • Fully Insured

(636) 274-1378

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT Ideally Located Spacious Villa Near Town & Country.

Beautifully up-dated 3br/3ba + bonus room. Large eat-in kitchen, family & dining rooms. Fireplace, deck, walkout to patio, 2+ car garage, private courtyard & setting.

Contact Ken @ 314.452.7701 krtobler@sbcglobal.net for details.

ROOFING US Army Engineers Take on any roof! Slate, Clay Tile & Shingles. Also Soffit, Fascia, Gutter Repairs and Gutter Cleaning. Over 30yrs Exp. Fully Insured. No house too tall & No job too small 220th ENGINEER'S, LLC 314-220-3638

YOUR TREES DESERVE THE BEST CARE Lawn Renovation & Fall Cleanup 314-243-6784

POWERWASHING WINDOW CLEANING

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314-725-6159 Insured gammatree.com

ïExcellent Rates ïInsured ïImpeccable Ref's ïFree Est's.

Diligent, LLC 314-803-3865 diligentllc.biz

The Wife Spoiler Laundry Service & Home Organizing. 20+yrs Exp. References Avail.

Please contact Rita at 314-605-9800, 314-894-6021

Get'er Done Tree Service A+ with BBB and Angie's List Tree Trimming, Removal, Deadwooding and Stump Grinding. Certified Arborist.

Fully Insured, Free Estimates.

Serving the area since 2004.

CALL 314-971-6993

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TUCKPOINTING

M. Galati, LLC Tuckpointing Spot or Entire Home

Color Match Experts Power Washing Silicon Waterproofing Owner on site to insure CUSTOMER SATISFACTION No Job Too Small • 35yrs Exp. Senior Discount • Fully Insured

314-365-4241 MASSEY TUCKPOINTING & MASONRY Tuckpointing, Chimney & Brick Repair, Caulking & Now Chimney Sweeping & Flue Re-lining.

2013 BBB Torch Award Winner

TUCKPOINTING Brooks Tuckpointing Inc Q Chimney Repair Q Glass Blocks, Q Brick Block Q Stone Q Stucco Q Waterproofing.

40 Yrs Experience.

Q Insured Q Free Estimates.

314-910-3132, 636-797-2947

VACATION RENTALS Spectacular Gulf Coast House Carillon Beach, FL, Destin Area 4BR, 4BA, 3 pools, tennis courts & so much more! Great Rates.

Available NOW! Call Dave 314-922-8344 For Pictures Please Visit www.vrbo.com/602232

Mirelli Tuckpointing LLC Solid tuckpointing & spotpointing with color match. Chimney repair & rebuilds, brick repair, stone & brick patio repairs, walk repairs, stone foundation work.

BBB Torch Award Recipient, Super Service Award '05-'16.

Free Estimates 314-645-1387

ARROWHEADS! and Indian Artifacts!

Executive in Clayton loves the hobby!

Buying collections, answering questions, & looking for properties to buy or lease to look on within 45min of Clayton that seem to have a good concentration of arrowheads.

314-608-2692

WANTED SERIOUS COLLECTOR & HISTORIAN

Will Pay Top $ for WWII Military Relic's.

Swords, Daggers, Metals, Badges, Hats, Helmets, Flags and Guns.

Call 314-249-5369

WANTED ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES Old Advertising, Records Sports Memorabilia, Old Toys STL History, Breweriana, Etc Call Ben (314)518-5769

WINDOWS

M&P Window Washing & Gutter Cleaning • Gutter Cleaning & Minor Repair • Window Cleaning • Reasonable • Free Estimate • Dependable • Insured • Ref's • 34yrs Exp. • Angie's List

Paul, 314-805-6102 Mark, 314-805-7367

WANTED BARTEL'S ESTATE GALLERY

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T H E RY A N T R A DI T ION

A heritage of exceptional real estate service since 1965

26 Upper Ladue Road Ladue $5,625,000

This exquisite home is essentially 7 years old on 3.56 acres in one of St. Louis’ most prestigious neighborhoods.

Exceptional custom-built home plus guest house and pool.

11 Apple Tree Lane Ladue $4,350,000

Exceptional custom home designed with two gallery halls connecting all rooms on the main level, while allowing easy flow to the terraces and pool. Amazing walkout lower level. Elevator.

44 Overhills Drive Ladue $5,200,000

Custom estate on 3.2 acres has three sets of French doors in the living room, hearth room and master suite opening to the heated salt water pool, hot tub and covered outdoor room.

15 Pine Valley Drive Ladue $3,950,000

Splendid home on 2 acres offers exceptional architectural details with gracious living and entertaining spaces. Four-car detached garage with renovated guest apartment plus pool.

10 Larkdale Drive Ladue $2,350,000 New home under construction with Summer completion.

1290 Dry Ridge Road Town and Country $5,200,000 Private property on 3.3 acres with pool, pool house, seven-car garage and apartment. Master wing has study, his and her separate baths and walk-in closets. Four additional bedroom suites.

7 Dromara Road Ladue $2,395,000

One of St. Louis’s signature homes designed by George Hellmuth situated on 1.6 acres with lovely terraces, pool and landscaping. Exquisitely updated and maintained.

10510 Conway Road Frontenac $899,000

Classic two-story colonial beautifully situated on a private 1.2-acre lot in the Ladue School District. Perfectly maintained and updated with 4 bedrooms and 3½ baths.

3-Acre Building Site

3 Acres

559 Barnes Road Ladue $2,250,000

10046 Litzsinger Road Ladue $1,400,000

2.19 Acres

44 Huntleigh Woods Huntleigh $1,395,000

Whether you’re buying or selling a luxury home, choose The Ryan Tradition.

If you would like to discuss your significant property needs, please contact us. We look forward to the opportunity to work with you.

JOHN RYAN | 314.941.0572 | johnryan@coldwellbanker.com Coldwell Banker Gundaker - Ladue 314.993.8000

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