Editor’s Note: Hanukkah Hullabaloo—the Brothers Lazaroff’s beloved Festival of Lights extravaganza—returns for its 15th anniversary on Saturday, Dec. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Grandel Theatre. This year, the Jewish Light is spotlighting the artists...

Drew Brodsky is looking forward to his second Hanukkah Hullabaloo this year. In 2024, he heard the music but never saw the performers on stage. “I was backstage recording, so I actually didn’t see most of the Hullabaloo until the video came out,”...

Editor’s Note: Hanukkah Hullabaloo—the Brothers Lazaroff’s beloved Festival of Lights extravaganza—returns for its 15th anniversary on Saturday, Dec. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Grandel Theatre. This year, the Jewish Light is spotlighting the artists...

Editor’s Note: Hanukkah Hullabaloo—the Brothers Lazaroff’s beloved Festival of Lights extravaganza—returns for its 15th anniversary on Saturday, Dec. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Grandel Theatre. This year, the Jewish Light is spotlighting the artists...

Jewish music from Vienna might not be the first thing most St. Louis Jews think about when planning a night out, and I get it. But every so often a program comes along that deserves more than a quick scroll. “A Night in Vienna,” presented by the...

Hanukkah Hullabaloo, the St. Louis Festival of Lights extravaganza hosted by the Brothers Lazaroff, celebrates its 15th anniversary on Saturday, Dec. 13. The party gets underway at 7:30 p.m. at the Grandel Theatre when David and Jeff Lazaroff bring together...

Hanukkah Hullaballoo, the popular Festival of Lights celebration featuring hot latkes and live music, returns on Saturday, Dec. 13 to The Grandel Theatre, 3610 Grandel Square in the Grand Center Arts District. The 2025 event will mark the 15th annual...

For Danielle Wertz and Robbie Schaefer, the paths that led them to each other—and to their intimate cabaret show, “Both Sides Now: The Music and Lives of Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen”—are as layered and lyrical as the music they perform. Wertz,...

  When the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra reopens Powell Symphony Hall this weekend, it won’t just be cutting a ribbon — it will be turning the page on a story more than 50 years in the making. And as we look ahead to the hall’s future,...

If you were a Jewish young man coming out of college in the early 1990s, still wanting to be cool and hip, you were listening to the Counting Crows. The band quietly electrified us thanks to their super-hip frontman Adam Duritz. And when it became...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. For Barbra Streisand fans in search of a metsiya, opportunity has arrived in the form of an auction of what’s being...

If you’ve spent any time in the St. Louis Jewish community, you’ve probably bumped into Michael Staenberg — or at least a project he’s helped bring to life. He’s a guy who gives a lot, but this September he’s giving in a way you can dance...