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1 week ago | 
stlmag.com | Max Havey |Christine Jackson |Carrie Zukoski |Melissa Meinzer
The tenets of punk rock and pinball have always been part of the core ethos of The Silver Ballroom—the Bevo bar where the punk soundtrack is punctuated by the sounds of a dozen or so pinball machines pinging, whirring, and spouting out signature lines from featured characters. When the bar opened in April 2010, Silver Ballroom was one of the few bars in the greater St. Louis area where people could come together, drink, and play pinball.
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3 weeks ago | 
stlmag.com | Christine Jackson |Max Havey |Melissa Meinzer |George Mahe
With 4/20 falling on Easter Sunday this year, St. Louis is hosting cannabis-friendly events all weekend, from a chef showdown at Handlebar on Saturday to a party with rap legend Devin the Dude at Atomic on Sunday. However you celebrate, there’s plenty to enjoy. 4/19 Wake & Bake Stoners Breakfast | April 19Start the day with a stoner’s breakfast of champions at St. Andrews Cinema & Event Center (2025 Golfway St., St. Charles).
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1 month ago | 
stlmag.com | Sarah Fenske |Max Havey |George Mahe |Cheryl Baehr
Aspiring director Ava Farrar only has three films under her belt so far—but considering one of them was tapped for the St. Louis International Film Festival, it seems wise to pay attention to what she’s up to. A St. Louis native who graduated from Washington University last spring, Farrar is currently raising funds for her third film, Sweet Young Thing, which she plans to film in St. Louis this summer.
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1 month ago | 
stlmag.com | Sarah Fenske |Max Havey |Cheryl Baehr |Melissa Meinzer
When video killed the radio star, few people were thinking about what would happen 40 years later. But VHS tapes have a life span of just 35 to 65 years—which means tapes from the medium’s 1980s and 1990s heyday are now in jeopardy. Joshua Lawrence isn’t content to stand by. A librarian by day, the 31-year-old spends time off the clock digitizing rare St. Louis videos that might otherwise be lost forever.
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1 month ago | 
stlmag.com | Max Havey |George Mahe |Cheryl Baehr |Melissa Meinzer
Open Space STL will kick off the monthly Mound City Film Series, in conjunction with the Mountainfilm Festival, on April 23 to celebrate 60 years of conservation and stewardship work in the St. Louis region. The film series will run from April to September 2025 and is being put on in partnership with River City Outdoors, Swade Cannabis, and 4 Hands Brewing Company, whose downtown location will serve as the home for the series.
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1 month ago | 
stlmag.com | Melissa Meinzer |Max Havey |Anne McCarthy |Cheryl Baehr
It’s the third edition of Shakespeare Speedrun at Greenfinch Theatre and Dive (2525 S. Jefferson), and YoungLiars is ready for the challenge. The theater company will have just 12 hours to cast, rehearse, and produce a 90-minute production of a play this Saturday, March 8, at 8 p.m. Which play? All that the participants know until the big reveal during the morning of the show is that it’s Shakespeare—no title, no genre, no hints.
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1 month ago | 
stlmag.com | Max Havey
Every year, the True/False Film Fest turns downtown Columbia, Missouri, into a destination for documentary film fans from across the globe. In this crucible for the latest exciting nonfiction films, themes and topics begin to bubble to the surface as audiences make their way through the festival program. What jumped out as a uniting theme among this year’s slate was the idea of looking to the past to make sense of our present situation, whether environmentally, politically, or culturally.
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1 month ago | 
stlmag.com | Max Havey |Anne McCarthy |Cheryl Baehr |Caroline Kopsky
Every year, the True/False Film Fest turns downtown Columbia, Missouri, into a destination for documentary film fans from across the globe. In this crucible for the latest exciting nonfiction films, themes and topics begin to bubble to the surface as audiences make their way through the festival program. What jumped out as a uniting theme among this year’s slate was the idea of looking to the past to make sense of our present situation, whether environmentally, politically, or culturally.
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1 month ago | 
stlmag.com | Max Havey
Catch up with classic American indies, documentaries, and the work of Hollywood’s best women filmmakers. The longtime arthouse theater in Plaza Frontenac is set to show its final screenings on February 23. The St. Louis rock band will play a release show for their latest album, Head Shoulders Knuckles Floor, at Off Broadway on December 14.
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1 month ago | 
stlmag.com | Max Havey
Hot off of its world premiere at the True/False Film Festival, director Ryan Sidhoo’s documentary The Track will stop in St. Louis for a screening event at Affton High School on March 3.
The Track is a coming-of-age story that examines the lives of three boys and their coach, Senad Omanović, in Sarajevo as they train to compete on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Olympic luge team.
