Jeremy D. Goodwin
Arts & Culture Senior ReporterJeremy D. Goodwin joined St. Louis Public Radio in spring of 2018 as a reporter covering arts & culture and co-host of the Cut & Paste podcast. He came to us from Boston and the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, where he covered the same beat as a full-time freelancer, contributing to The Boston Globe, WBUR 90.9 FM, The New York Times and NPR, plus lots of places that you probably haven’t heard of.
He’s also worked in publicity for the theater troupe Shakespeare & Company and Berkshire Museum. For a decade he joined some fellow Phish fans on the board of The Mockingbird Foundation, a charity that has raised over $1.5 million for music education causes and collectively written three books about the band. He’s also written an as-yet-unpublished novel about the physical power of language, haunted open mic nights with his experimental poetry and written and performed a comedic one-man-show that’s essentially a historical lecture about an event that never happened. He makes it a habit to take a major road trip of National Parks every couple of years.
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Shangri-La Hou, a senior at John Burroughs School in Ladue, is one of five National Student Poets who will promote poetry around the country. -
Festival producers sold 25,000 tickets across two days. They plan to return with another version in 2024. -
The Evolution Festival features headliners the Black Keys and Brandi Carlisle, plus a focus on local barbecue. Its producers hope to build it into a signature event in St. Louis but are counting on a strong first year. -
“The Culture: Hip Hop & Contemporary Art in the 21st Century” opens with a block party and free museum admission on Saturday at the St. Louis Art Museum. The wide-ranging exhibition will run for four months. -
For a decade, Paige Brubeck and Evan Sult grew their rock duo Sleepy Kitty from a work/live space on Cherokee Street. A few years after leaving St. Louis, the band looks back with its long-awaited new album, “Blessing/Curse.” -
St. Louis Shakespeare Festival’s free production of “The Merry Wives of Windsor” travels to different parks throughout St. Louis until Aug. 27. The fast-paced production reimagines the 500-year-old comedy as a 1990s sitcom. -
The charitable arm of PNC Bank awarded $250,000 in grants to Dance St. Louis, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, the Black Rep and St. Louis ArtWorks. -
Meteorologists expect dangerous heat to stick around for at least another day. Experts urge people to stay indoors if possible. -
“Action/Abstraction Redefined: Modern Native Art, 1940s-1970s” is St. Louis Art Museum’s first exhibition of modern and contemporary Native American art. -
The 23rd annual Whittaker St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase includes stories set in St. Louis and explorations of local history. They include science fiction tale “The Box” and “Somewhere in Old Missouri,” a Western with supernatural elements and lots of music. -
As extreme weather events become more common, leaders of organizations that produce events outdoors are looking for ways to protect audiences and workers. -
WerQfest, a celebration of Black, queer culture will feature national headliners Durand Bernarr and Jaida Essence Hall plus a slew of St. Louis-based artists including Sunny Rain and DJ PBnJeffy.
