Snow or shine, the CWE kicks off the holiday season on Saturday, December 7 with a long list of events to delight all ages. In addition to the buzz of activity we’ve come to expect, planners CWEScene’s Kate Haher and Maryland Plaza’s Frances Thompson are organizing a candlelight parade in advance of the Tree Lighting…
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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…
Welcome Music Corner STL, School of Music
Among the new businesses to open in the CWE recently is the Music Corner STL, which opened in November at 4405 West Pine, Suite 105 (the entrance is on Newstead). Proprietor Stephanie Chang, a multi-talented musician who came to St. Louis for a job interview (which didn’t pan out), fell in love with “the beauty…