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Ellerman and Nathan hired engineers to begin the initial planning of the lake and community, and Nathan named the project "Lake St. Louis" in 1961. Ellerman and Nathan formed Trails Lake Development Corp. in 1962, and by August 31 of that year, 10 lots had already been sold in the project, which was to feature a 625 lake (PD article 8-25-63).
The Muny in 1923. In 1914, Luther Ely Smith began staging pageant-masques on Art Hill in Forest Park. [3] In 1916, a grassy area between two oak trees on the present site of The Muny was chosen for a production of As You Like It produced by Margaret Anglin and starring Sydney Greenstreet with a local cast of "1,000 St. Louis folk dancers and folk singers" [4] in connection with the ...
From 1934 until 1968, the Opera House was home to the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. In April 1966, the Symphony's Board voted to purchase the St. Louis Theater on Grand Blvd. and began extensive renovations. The theater was renamed Powell Hall and remains the home of the SLSO. In 2023 the St. Louis Symphony returned to Stifel Theater for select ...
Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis is the largest public funder of arts in the St. Louis region. [2] Since its inception in 1985, RAC has awarded more than 7,000 grants totaling more than $100 million.
Since the former Saint Clair 10 Ciné theater closed four years ago, things have been quiet at 50 Ludwig Drive in Fairview Heights. Until recently, when renovation work started for one of two new ...
Wehrenberg's Cinema Four Center in St. Charles was the first multiplex in the St. Louis area. In the late 1980s and into the 1990s, the circuit started building megaplexes of ten or more screens. Wehrenberg also expanded outside the St. Louis area. New theaters opened their doors to guests in Springfield, Osage Beach and Cape Girardeau, MO.
The theatre was acquired by the St. Louis Symphony Society in 1966 and renamed Powell Symphony Hall after Walter S. Powell, a local St. Louis businessman, whose widow donated $1 million towards the purchase and use of this hall by the symphony. [3] The hall seats 2,683. [1] The building is a contributing property of the Midtown Historic ...
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