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MVT: Music Video Thursdays Miso on Meramec |
Every week Thursday |
Clayton |
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To reminisce about the 1980s is to think about the rise of MTV, the promise of hoverboards and the deliciousness of Astronaut Ice Cream. While the ice cream may have lost its chic factor, and hoverboards don’t really exist (Back to the Future Part II, you lied!), the music video has grown far... More >> |
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Helvetica Missouri History Museum |
Thu., December 4 |
St. Louis - Forest Park |
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Should anyone be surprised that a Swiss man devised a typeface with neutrality as its strongest feature? Designer Max Miedinger's Helvetica (as it became known) was seen as a great step forward because the face has no implied meaning — it allows what's written to convey all meaning. If... More >> |
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Strange Brew: City of Lost Children Schlafly Bottleworks |
Wed., December 3 |
Maplewood |
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Rife with gorgeous imagery and weird characters, City of Lost Children is the sort of movie that rewards repeated viewings. French directors Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet created an eerie, crepuscular city where children are being stolen in the ever-present night. A coven of blind men with... More >> |
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Child Mummy Saint Louis Science Center |
Daily |
St. Louis - Forest Park |
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In horror movies mummies give a good scare because of their relentless, shambolic gait. And also the whole dead-but-moving thing it really creeps people out, right? But those are movie mummies in real life, as you can see from that photo, mummies generate an empathetic fear. You... More >> |
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Mysteries of the Great Lakes Saint Louis Science Center-OMNIMAX |
Daily from Thu., September 18 until Thu., April 16 |
St. Louis - Forest Park |
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After inches of rain were dumped on us by the remnants of Hurricane Ike, many of us are just plain sick of water. If you've redecorated your basement to include a Shop-Vac and an assortment of fans, you feel our pain. But in order to forgive the water, you must understand the water. The new... More >> |
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Sharks Saint Louis Science Center-OMNIMAX |
Daily from Mon., November 3 until Thu., March 5 |
St. Louis - Forest Park |
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Shark fans have very few requirements for a good movie. One, make sure the title of the film gives some sense of the shark's role in the proceedings. Two, give us lots of sharks. Not just gratuitous footage of sharks swimming, swarming and eating, but many varieties of sharks doing these... More >> |
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Some Like It Cool Film Festival Tivoli Theatre |
Daily from Tue., December 9 until Thu., December 11 |
Delmar/The Loop |
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As many an awkward teenager can attest, being "cool" is not something that can be taught, bought or sold. Our modern definition of cool dates back to the 1950s, when adventurous jazz music, slick fashion trends and challenging literature combined into something palpable. You can do some... More >> |
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Some Like It Cool Film Series Tivoli Theatre |
Daily from Tue., December 9 until Thu., December 11 |
Delmar/The Loop |
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Film screenings held in conjunction with Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design and Culture at Midcentury exhibition at Wash. U.'s Kemper Art Museum; Rebel Without a Cause on Tuesday, Dec. 9; Anatomy of a Murder, Wednesday, Dec. 10; North by Northwest, Thursday, Dec. 11. More >> |
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Monument to the Dream Gateway Arch |
Daily |
St. Louis - Riverfront |
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Webster Film Series Webster University-Moore Auditorium |
Daily |
Webster Groves |
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