What do you get when you combine a collage artist, a camera and a conversation about identity? The newest episode of "Jews in the Lou" drops this week and features Kevin Glazer, a multidisciplinary St. Louis artist who’s using scissors, style and spirituality...
I’ve got good news and bad news. Good news first.
Ed Sheeran says you’re perfect. Aretha Franklin thinks you’re wonderful. Billy Joel loves you just the way you are.
The bad news – someone out there disagrees.
Don’t be paranoid, we’re...
Nate Bloom, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published June 18, 2025
The documentary “Marlee Matlin is Not Alone” will open in theaters on June 20. The film, which played the prestigious Sundance Festival to good reviews, explores the life of actress MARLEE MATLIN, 59, who is deaf. It. Word is that the film covers...
Nate Bloom, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published June 18, 2025
The new comedy, “The Materialists,” opened in theaters on June 13. In it, Lucy (Dakota Johnson) is a top matchmaker for elite New Yorkers. At one of her weddings where her ex-boyfriend John (Chris Evans) is a waiter, she meets the very wealthy Harry...
Nate Bloom, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published June 18, 2025
“28 Years Later” opens in theaters on June 19, which is the sequel to “28 Days Later” (2002) and “28 Weeks Later” (2007). All the “bad things” in the three films trace back to an event in the first film when animal activists broke into...
When she broke out on The Today Show in the 60s, Barbara Walters changed the world of news forever, opening doors that had previously been closed to women and taking a different approach to the way news was done. Over 60 years since Walters started...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published June 10, 2025
When your passion becomes your profession—and your profession just happens to be ice cream—it’s safe to say you’ve never worked a day in your life. On June 24, Beckie Jacobs, founder of Serendipity Homemade Ice Cream, will be the featured guest...
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In a sense, the laudatory, exculpatory and often adversarial two-part documentary tribute to the late actor Paul Reubens,...
By Nate Bloom, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published June 10, 2025
You still have time to watch the second season of “Poker Face” which is streaming on Peacock through July 25. Reviews of the first two seasons are good to great. Here’s an excerpt of a second season review in the Daily Beast:
"'Poker Face”...
Just a few months ago, I shared stories of some of the bright lights in the St. Louis arts community. Today, I return with a deeper spotlight on three artists whose brilliance has only grown—now illuminating not just our city, but the international...
The St. Louis Fashion Fund has launched the Susan Sherman Fashion Scholarship.
Named after its chair emeritus, Susan Sherman, four $5,000 scholarships will be awarded to Missouri college students in fashion design, fashion merchandising, fashion entrepreneurship,...
The Brothers Lazaroff are playing two special nights at Joe’s Café, 6014 Kingsbury Ave., to raise money for local tornado relief. The June 10 concert features Selector Blvck Spdve while the show on June 24 has DJ Boogieman selecting and mixing after...
