Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 13, 2022
At the start of 2022, my goals were to be more creative, get more satisfaction out of life and find more happiness. One of the ways I'm doing this is to add more art to my life -- more live music, more book reading, and more visits to art galleries. Along...
By Nancy Kranzberg, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published July 2, 2020
During this weird, difficult time, I am thinking back to some very special exhibitions and talks that I attended shortly before the world started to tilt. Native Americans are already a marginalized group in our country and have faced serious challenges...
By Sarah Weinman, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published March 19, 2020
Editor’s Note: As of press time, the St. Louis University Museum of Art is only open to SLU students, faculty and staff and closed to the general public due to concerns about COVID-19. Visit the museum’s website (www.slu.edu/sluma) or call 314-977-6631...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published September 26, 2019
Play timeFew Monday mornings start off as chill as a coffee date with Eddie Coffield, artistic director of the New Jewish Theatre. We got together at Colleen’s in Clayton to talk about the new NJT season, the first one he officially put together. Of...
By Nancy Kranzberg, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published August 2, 2018
When thinking of going to a museum to view art masterpieces and other high quality visual works of art, one might think of the St. Louis Art Museum or even the Missouri History Museum.We often forget the free and open to the public university museums...
They say good things come in small packages. That’s certainly true of Vicki Friedman, a petite powerhouse brimming with vibrancy, energy and can-do positivity. A two-time cancer survivor, Friedman, 63, runs the Arts as Healing Foundation, which champions...
“Fabric of Survival: Images of the Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz” will be the next exhibition at the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center, 12 Millstone Campus Drive. It opens Nov. 3 and remains on view until Nov. 30. In 1977, at the age of 50,...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE LIGHT
• Published September 7, 2016
If arts organizations celebrated significant anniversaries with fireworks displays, the skies over St. Louis would be ablaze. This fall marks 50 years for the St. Louis Repertory Company and Dance St. Louis, 40 years for the Black Rep, 30 years for STAGES...
By Sarah Weinman, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published August 17, 2016
The art of Bunny Burson and Roy Strassberg in the upcoming exhibition “Between the Lines” at Craft Alliance in the Delmar Loop appears very different on the surface but shares major themes. Burson, a local printmaker, and Strassberg, a ceramic artist,...
Jamie Levine United Hebrew Congregation A love for art runs through Jamie’s family and she has inherited this passion. “I have a strong interest in all areas of art including photography, sketching, painting and pottery,” she said. “Since art...
By Cate Marquis, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published June 6, 2012
The political, historic drama “Little Rose” is one of the many excellent films in this year’s St. Louis Jewish Film Festival. “Little Rose,” in Polish and French with English subtitles, is also one of several Polish (or part ly Polish) films...
Maggie has a love for arts and crafts. The idea of using art to help children feel better was very important to her. “Even before my bat mitzvah, I knew I wanted to do something with art and kids,” she said. Daughter of Julie and Neil Walkoff of...
