CREATIVE MISSOURI

Missouri arts organizations and artists have made a myriad of creative moves to keep the arts going during COVID-19. Mark your calendar for these limited-time-only happenings! Enjoy dance and theater performances, concerts, movies, artist conversations and more, streaming on platforms like Facebook and Zoom.

For even more virtual arts experiences, check our website here for ongoing resources without expiration dates.

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If you are a Missouri artist or organization, tell us about your virtual event! This listing is for online events, so events that are online only and events that have both online and live components are eligible. You do not need to be a Missouri Arts Council grant recipient or a nonprofit organization to be included.

Sunday, February 14 – Saturday, February 20

Sunday, February 14, 7 p.m.
“Fugitive Songs”
• SPRINGFIELD CONTEMPORARY THEATRE
Final performance of this 19-song journey across America by award-winning songwriters Chris Mill and Nathan Tysen. Half-musical/half-hootenanny, the show spotlights people on the run: a disgruntled Subway sandwich employee, a jilted ex-cheerleader, a pair of Patty Hearst fanatics, a stoner forced to rob a convenience store against his will, and many others. Blending traditional folk music with contemporary pop and gospel, the eclectic score delivers poignant and thought-provoking stories that capture each character’s “reasons to run.” $25.

Sunday, February 21 – Saturday, February 27

Sunday, February 21, 2 p.m.
Guitar Scholar Series: Dr. Travis Lewis
• ST. LOUIS CLASSICAL GUITAR
Our Scholar Series events combine artistry and history. Dr. Travis Lewis guides us through the development of guitar in America during the 20th century—how we got from 19th-century guitar styles to Jimi Hendrix! $10.

FREE
Thursday, January 25, 6 p.m.
Thursday Night Arts
• ARTS KC – REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL
Visit via Zoom on Thursday evenings with four different Kansas City visual artists and musicians in their home studios. Listen to their stories, experience their art, and interact directly with them during the program.

Sunday, February 28 – Saturday, March 6

Monday, March 1, 7:30 p.m.
“All About You”
• CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF ST. LOUIS
What music will be performed? It’s up to the votes of the Friends of the Chamber! Concert is followed by virtual meet-and-greet. Pillsbury Cookie Concert. Streaming live from the Sheldon Concert Hall. $39.

FREE
Thursday, March 4, 6 p.m.
Thursday Night Arts
• ARTS KC – REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL
Visit via Zoom on Thursday evenings with four different Kansas City visual artists and musicians in their home studios. Listen to their stories, experience their art, and interact directly with them during the program.

Sunday, March 7 – Saturday, March 13

FREE FOR STUDENTS
Sunday, March 7, 7 p.m.
“Kreuzige – A German Passiontide” concert
• Te Deum and Kansas City Baroque Consortium
The singers of Te Deum and the instrumentalists of the Kansas City Baroque Consortium perform some of the Baroque era’s most profound music for Passiontide, the week leading up to Easter. The concert will include J.S. Bach’s Cantata 182 “Himmelskönig, sei willkommen” (King of Heaven, welcome), and Heinrich Schütz’s “Die Sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz” (The seven last words of Jesus Christ on the Cross). $10 single-user ticket, $20 multi-user ticket, free for students with ID and advance registration.

FREE
Monday, March 8, 7:30 p.m.
Golden Anniversaries, Films of 1971 discussion series: “McCabe and Mrs. Miller”
• CINEMA ST. LOUIS
Once every month, Cinema St. Louis highlights a film celebrating its 50th anniversary. Watch the film in advance and then join the livestreaming conversation with fellow fans and film critics, scholars, and filmmakers. Today’s film is Robert Altman’s landmark revisionist Western, “McCabe and Mrs. Miller,” with Charles Taylor, author of “Opening Wednesday at a Theater or Drive-In Near You: The Shadow Cinema of the American ’70s.”

FREE
Thursday, March 11, 6 p.m.
Thursday Night Arts
• ARTS KC – REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL
Visit via Zoom on Thursday evenings with four different Kansas City visual artists and musicians in their home studios. Listen to their stories, experience their art, and interact directly with them during the program.

FREE FOR STUDENTS
Friday, March 12, 7:30 p.m.
“Kreuzige – A German Passiontide” concert
• Te Deum and Kansas City Baroque Consortium
The singers of Te Deum and the instrumentalists of the Kansas City Baroque Consortium perform some of the Baroque era’s most profound music for Passiontide, the week leading up to Easter. The concert will include J.S. Bach’s Cantata 182 “Himmelskönig, sei willkommen” (King of Heaven, welcome), and Heinrich Schütz’s “Die Sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz” (The seven last words of Jesus Christ on the Cross). $10 single-user ticket, $20 multi-user ticket, free for students with ID and advance registration.

Saturday, March 13, 7:30 p.m.
Great Artist Guitar Series: Thomas Flippin
• ST. LOUIS CLASSICAL GUITAR
New York composer and guitarist Thomas Flippin is a champion of new music and equality in classical music. Long time SLCG fans will recognize him as one half of the acclaimed Duo Noire, hailed as “engaging and profoundly enjoyable” by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. $10.

Sunday, March 14 – Saturday, March 20

Sunday, March 14, 1 p.m.
Thomas Flippin Guitar Workshop
• ST. LOUIS CLASSICAL GUITAR
Join us as composer and guitarist Thomas Flippin leads us through his mastermind. Guitarists and non-guitarists alike will gain valuable insight on artistry! $10.

FREE
Thursday, March 18, 6 p.m.
Thursday Night Arts
• ARTS KC – REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL
Visit via Zoom on Thursday evenings with four different Kansas City visual artists and musicians in their home studios. Listen to their stories, experience their art, and interact directly with them during the program.

Sunday, March 21 – Saturday, March 27

Monday, March 22, 7:30 p.m.
“Cafe Music: Outside the Lines”
• CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF ST. LOUIS
Music by Paul Schoenfield, and more TBA. Streaming live from the Sheldon Concert Hall. $39.

FREE
Thursday, March 25, 6 p.m.
Thursday Night Arts
• ARTS KC – REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL
Visit via Zoom on Thursday evenings with four different Kansas City visual artists and musicians in their home studios. Listen to their stories, experience their art, and interact directly with them during the program.

Sunday, April 11 – Saturday, April 17

FREE
Monday, April 12, 7:30 p.m.
Golden Anniversaries, Films of 1971 discussion series: “Wake in Fright”
• CINEMA ST. LOUIS
Once every month, Cinema St. Louis highlights a film celebrating its 50th anniversary. Watch the film in advance and then join the livestreaming conversation with fellow fans and film critics, scholars, and filmmakers. Today’s film is Ted Kotcheff’s psychological thriller in the Australian outback, “Wake in Fright,” with Andrew Wyatt, editor of and film critic for The Lens, Cinema St. Louis’ blog.

Monday, April 12, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 13, 7:30 p.m.
“Czech Mates”
• CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF ST. LOUIS
Music from the rich traditions of Bohemia, from the 18th to the 20th century, by Johann Stamitz, Jan Václav Voříšek, Antonín Dvořák, and Leoš Janáček. Streaming live from the Sheldon Concert Hall. $39.

Sunday, April 18 – Saturday, April 24

Saturday, April 24, 7:30 p.m.
Great Artist Guitar Series: Dragos Ilie
• ST. LOUIS CLASSICAL GUITAR
Romanian guitarist Dragos Ilie is a rising star. He has placed in over 40 national and international competitions and received more than 20 first prizes. $10.

Sunday, April 25 – Saturday, May 1

Sunday, April 25, 1 p.m.
Dragos Ilie Musician Injury Workshop
• ST. LOUIS CLASSICAL GUITAR
After recovering from a chronic music-related injury, Dragos Ilie remains deeply invested in the study of Body Mapping, a technique that focuses on body awareness and injury prevention for musicians. Currently, he is under training to become a licensed practitioner so that he can help fellow musicians coping with injury and adopt technique to help prevent it in the first place. $10.

Monday, April 26, 7:30 p.m.
“Invitation to the Dance”
• CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF ST. LOUIS
Chamber music inspired by dance. Program TBA. Streaming live from the Sheldon Concert Hall. $39.

Sunday, May 9 – Saturday, May 15

Monday, May 10, 7:30 p.m.
“20th Century Unlimited”
• CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF ST. LOUIS
Saint Louis Symphony Conductor Laureate Leonard Slatkin leads some of the 20th century’s greatest chamber works. Program TBA. Streaming live from the Sheldon Concert Hall. $39.