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Shoulder to Shoulder: A tour of HEK Studios, the South St. Louis County studio where Brian Hurtt and Matt Kindt craft their new comic Fort Psycho

With JOB, New Jewish Theatre Explores a PR and HR Disaster of Biblical Proportions | 08.06–26.26

Concert review: Band of Horses & Dinosaur Jr. | 07.28.26, The Factory (with photo gallery)

Concert review: Beach Bunny w/ Wishy | 07.27.26, Delmar Hall (with photo gallery)

Samson et Dalila | thru 08.22.26, Union Avenue Opera

Criterion Backlist: The Grifters (1990, R)

First Thought Fridays: Stella Lefty, Xandria, French Film, Foglights, Weezer

Photo gallery: Music at the Intersection, part 2 | 07.18.26

How to Divorce During the War (Zeitgeist Films/Kino Lorber, NR)

Photo gallery: Music at the Intersection, part 1 | 07.17.26

The Two Gentlemen of Verona | 08.04–09.06.26, St. Louis Shakespeare Festival

Concert review: feeble little horse w/ Touching Ice | 07.26.26, Off Broadway (with photo gallery)

Meet Me in St. Louis | 08.06–13.26, The Muny

First Thought Fridays: Phoebe Bridgers, Lisa Molinaro, Nicholas Payton & Butcher Brown, Yard Act, Hovvdy, Real Numbers

Criterion Backlist: Seconds (1966, R)

Concert review: 5 Seconds of Summer w/ The Band CAMINO & Haiden Henderson | 07.24.26, Hollywood Casino Amphitheater (with photo gallery)

Concert review: Slayyyter | 07.29.26, The Pageant