To introduce you to CWEScene's revamped website, I've chosen photos I took during last Saturday's "7 Spectacular Saturdays" event, organized by the Community Improvement District, for the Euclid commercial district north of Lindell. The CWEScene website, which promotes the area, was recently redesigned with a better user experience in mind. That effort includes an improved,…
Category: Books, Dance, Music, Theater
Bob Kramer’s Marionnettes still going strong
One of the longest running on-site puppetry theaters in the country has been located at 4143 Laclede for the past thirty-five years. Bob Kramer’s Marionnettes has been working its magic for so many years that people who attended performances when they were young are now bringing their own children to the theater. Though it has…
From the archives IV: The Muny
The photographs above and below are from the archives of photographer Martin Schweig (see previous archive posts here and here). These were taken by Martin's father and grandfather at The Municipal Theater (The Muny) in Forest Park in the 1920's. There is a fascinating history of The Muny on the website, including the fact that…