St. Louis Arts Coverage by Jeremy Goodwin

St. Louis native Eric von Schrader set his science fiction trilogy in a reimagined version of St. Louis. All three books and audiobooks are out now.

The Smokin’ Hayride festival will include artists from multiple genres and will take place sometime next year.

A year after the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis needed emergency fundraising to finish its season, theater leaders say that donor support, box office success and returning subscribers have eliminated a budget deficit and put the nonprofit on firmer footing.

The Muny will build a new pedestrian walkway and other improvements for visitors using its accessible parking lots. The $3 million project is funded by a gift from the Orthwein Fund and should be open for the 2027 season.

Composer Christopher Stark teamed with innovative cello-percussion group New Morse Code for “The Language of Landscapes,” a piece that melds field recordings from nature with sounds wrung out of discarded items like plastic bags. The album includes remixes by St. Louis artists Mvstermind and Adult Fur.

“Narrative Wisdom and African Arts,” the largest show of African art that St. Louis Art Museum has ever organized, shows how African artists working in many mediums have preserved cultural memory by passing along inherited wisdom.

Choreographer and art-maker Brendan Fernandes has devised “In Two” for four dancers moving throughout the Pulitzer Arts Foundation’s major exhibition of Scott Burton’s sculpture.

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Conductor Laureate Leonard Slatkin will celebrate his birthday with concerts that showcase his support for contemporary composers and up-and-coming musicians.

Chuck Berry’s family and former bandmates have launched a two-year project to celebrate the late rock ‘n’ roll legend’s music.

Graham Nash is touring behind his first solo album in seven years. After the breakup of Crosby, Stills and Nash, he sees renewed relevance in his classic songs and expresses a sense of renewed purpose in his latest work.