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Eye on UMSL: Making connections

Eye on UMSL: Making connections

Dean Shu Schiller speaks with attorney Eric Kendall Banks, a 1990 UMSL Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, during a reception last Wednesday night at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.

Eye on UMSL: Making connections

Dean Shu Schiller speaks with attorney Eric Kendall Banks, a 1990 UMSL Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, during a reception last Wednesday night at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.

Eye on UMSL: Making connections

Dean Shu Schiller speaks with attorney Eric Kendall Banks, a 1990 UMSL Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, during a reception last Wednesday night at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.

Eye on UMSL: Making connections

Dean Shu Schiller speaks with attorney Eric Kendall Banks, a 1990 UMSL Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, during a reception last Wednesday night at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.

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Choral, orchestra groups to share stage

Choral, orchestra groups to share stage

University of Missouri–St. Louis performance groups University Orchestra and University Singers will share the stage for a free concert at 7:30 p.m. April 23 in the Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.

Global disease prevention expert to speak at the Touhill

Global disease prevention expert to speak at the Touhill

The saying that HIV knows no boundaries is highlighted in the work carried out by Kim Bouldin-Jones, an internationally recognized educator who specializes in HIV, sexual transmitted diseases and global disease prevention.

Enjoy night of cello music at Touhill

Enjoy night of cello music at Touhill

Join the University Cello Choir for an evening of all-cello arrangements starting at 7:30 p.m. April 17 in the E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theater at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

Storytellers share their tales at 33rd annual festival

Storytellers share their tales at 33rd annual festival

Sixty storytellers from throughout St. Louis and the U.S. will unite in May to entertain guests at an award-winning four-day festival presented by the University of Missouri–St. Louis. The 33rd Annual St. Louis Storytelling Festival will comprise 80 events at 20 locations throughout the St. Louis region.

Muny to perform musical theater for middle schoolers

Muny to perform musical theater for middle schoolers

The Muny wants to get middle schoolers into musical theater. To do so, the theater organization has designed an interactive and lively show called “Muny 4U” at 7 p.m. April 13 at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

Nationally acclaimed Aspen Santa Fe Ballet to perform at Touhill

Nationally acclaimed Aspen Santa Fe Ballet to perform at Touhill

The Aspen Santa Fe Ballet boasts top-flight dancers in an electric and engaging repertory hailed by The New York Times as “a breath of fresh air.” Combining rugged athleticism with liquid grace, the company’s frisky programs continue to fuel its skyrocketing national reputation.

Cobra Starship to descend on Touhill for Mirthday

Cobra Starship to descend on Touhill for Mirthday

If you can believe Gabe Saporta, he started Cobra Starship when an introspective desert trip turned trippy with hallucinations that followed a venomous snakebite. Supposedly the snake spoke, telling the then lead singer of emo-punk band Midtown to stop taking himself so seriously.

Studio recital promises wonderful evening of piano music

Studio recital promises wonderful evening of piano music

Piano students at the University of Missouri–St. Louis will present a wonderful evening of piano music at 7:30 p.m. April 11 in the E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theater at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at UMSL.

‘Sum of Motion’ headed to Touhill stage

‘Sum of Motion’ headed to Touhill stage

Dance students will put on an eclectic performance when they take to the stage for the University of Missouri–St. Louis’ spring dance concert, “Sum of Motion.”

Musical potpourri coming to Touhill stage

Musical potpourri coming to Touhill stage

Like popular, ethnic and classical music? A concert at the University of Missouri–St. Louis next month will offer a one-stop shop for fans of all three genres. The third annual collaborative event between the University Percussion Ensemble, Afro-Cuban Ensemble and Vocal Point will be held at 7:30 p.m. April 10 in the Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.

MADCO celebrates 35 years of movement

MADCO celebrates 35 years of movement

Known for its fresh, athletic style, it’s hard to believe MADCO, the dance company in residence at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, turns 35 this year. The repertory company will celebrate its anniversary with evening performances March 30 and 31 in the E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theater at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.

Rapper Common to bring his message to UMSL

Rapper Common to bring his message to UMSL

It’s not very often a rap star gets invited to a university to talk about his life. That’s about to happen at 7 p.m. April 3 when Common, known as the King of Conscious Hip Hop, appears at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of Missouri–St. Louis

Music great Herbie Hancock to play Touhill

Music great Herbie Hancock to play Touhill

Herbie Hancock is more than five decades into his genre-defying career as an acclaimed pianist, bandleader and composer. He’s won 12 Grammy Awards and an Oscar for scoring “Round Midnight.”

Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band to perform at Touhill

Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band to perform at Touhill

A performance later this month by the University Wind Ensemble and the University Symphonic Band will feature performances of works by two St. Louis composers: Barbara Harbach, professor of music at the University of Missouri–St. Louis and Kim Portnoy of Webster University in Webster Groves, Mo.

Famed actor to portray Mark Twain at Touhil

Famed actor to portray Mark Twain at Touhil

In his storied career, Hal Holbrook’s acting roles have ranged from presidents to an informant that helped bring down a president (Deep Throat in “All the Presidents Men”). But he is perhaps most affiliated with Mark Twain, who Holbrook has played in a one-man show for nearly 60 years.

Joffrey Ballet to stage sensual works at Touhill

Joffrey Ballet to stage sensual works at Touhill

The Joffrey Ballet will flex its muscles as one of the world’s most illustrious dance companies when it performs this weekend at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. The performances, presented by Dance St. Louis and Wells Fargo Advisors will begin at 8 p.m. March 9 and 2 and 8 p.m. March 10 in the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at UMSL.

Ensemble to bring Greek vibe to Touhill

Ensemble to bring Greek vibe to Touhill

For much of the 1920s, Greece was in political turmoil. During that time a type of Greek blues music called rembetika started to flourish among the urban underground types.

Jazz Combos to perform at Touhill

Jazz Combos to perform at Touhill

It’s going to be a night of unforgettable jazz. The University of Missouri–St. Louis Jazz Combos will perform at 7:30 p.m. on March 8 in the E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theater at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center. It’s free and open to the public.

St. Louis Jazz Orchestra pays tribute to Stan Kenton

St. Louis Jazz Orchestra pays tribute to Stan Kenton

Innovative, sometimes controversial and unquestionably influential, Stan Kenton made an inimitable mark on big band jazz. As The New York Times noted, “Mr. Kenton was the last major jazz band leader to emerge from the Big Band Era of 1934-45, and his was one of only a handful of bands that survived when that era came to an end.”

Piano students tickle the ivories

Piano students tickle the ivories

Piano students at the University of Missouri–St. Louis will present a unique and exciting duo piano concert at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 28 in the E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theater at the Blanch M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at UMSL.

Musical trio Silver Roots to perform at Touhill

Musical trio Silver Roots to perform at Touhill

The Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center will be infused with a mix of traditional and classical music from both Japan and the western world Feb. 18 as the internationally-known trio Silver Roots takes the stage. The concert, “Silver Roots: Japan Meets World” is part of the International Studies Performing Arts Series at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

Puppeteers to present provocative improv at Touhill

Puppeteers to present provocative improv at Touhill

The skillful art of puppetry will collide with comedic intelligent nonsense for the St. Louis debut of Henson Alternative’s “Stuffed and Unstrung.” The live and uncensored show is known for its provocative elements of comedic stage improvisation – with puppets. The Miskreant Puppets, that is.

Quartet celebrates century of playing

Quartet celebrates century of playing

The Pro Arte Quartet has survived two world wars and a trans-Atlantic move en route to becoming the oldest string quartet in continuous existence. The ensemble is in the midst of celebrating its centennial in 2012 that will include a University of Missouri–St. Louis performance at 8 p.m. Feb. 10 in the E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theater at the Blanch M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.

Eye on UMSL: He loves me

Eye on UMSL: He loves me

UMSL students Nabehah Azeez (right) and Sophie Powell perform a scene from the student production "Intimate Apparel,"...

Director talks ‘Intimate Apparel’

Director talks ‘Intimate Apparel’

Down but not out is the recurring theme of “Intimate Apparel,” the current production at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center, according to its director Niyi Coker, professor of African/African American Studies at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

Ensembles to perform swinging holiday concert

Ensembles to perform swinging holiday concert

The University of Missouri–St. Louis Department of Music will present its annual Holiday Jazz Concert at 3 p.m. Dec. 4 in the Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.

This event is free and open to the public. One of the most anticipated concerts of the holiday season, it will feature:

Students scare up dance moves

Students scare up dance moves

Don’t say goodbye to Halloween just yet. University of Missouri–St. Louis students will scare up some ghosts as well...

Eye on UMSL: I’m flying

Eye on UMSL: I’m flying

UMSL students Ally Wolf (left) and Belicia Beck rehearse a part of the “Scary Dance” while Rob Scoggins (right),...