There was a new event added to the already jam-packed schedule for 2024’s Window Walk and Holiday on the Plaza. The organizers, Kate Haher and Frances Thompson, planned a Holiday Candle Procession led by Caroling St. Louis, above left. Parade-goers met at 449 N. Euclid where they were handed battery-operated candles and Christmas Carol music…
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Snapshots from Saturday’s Holiday Events in the CWE
With Thanksgiving now two weeks behind us, the 2024 Holiday Season is officially in full swing following last Saturday’s 15th annual Window Walk and 25th annual Holiday on the Plaza in the CWE. The events took place from 1 to 5:30 p.m. throughout the neighborhood. To the delight of children and their parents snapping photos,…
Behind-the-scenes with The Muny’s wig manager Kelley Jordan
The following article was featured in the November 2024 issue of the CWEA Griffin. (The entire issue can be viewed here.) In early June of 2015, I visited wigmaker Kelley Jordan in her CWE studio where she was teaching 10–year-old Kennedy Holmes how to apply theatrical makeup. The actress was about to appear as Little…