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“Romeo and Zooliet” is a kid-friendly adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” that puts large, custom-made animal puppets at center stage. St. Louis Shakespeare Festival will perform it at St. Louis Zoo from Tuesday through Aug. 17.
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From Wednesday through Sunday, two award-winning mermaids from Dallas, Lenisa Ann LaCourse and Scarlett Wolf, will swim with thousands of fish and sharks in two exhibits. It’s the first time the aquarium has hosted mermaids as part of its “Summer of the Shark” campaign to attract new audiences.
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New festival Free 4 All will take over 10 venues in Grand Center the weekend before Music At The Intersection. Organizers of the new festival say it’s a sort of opening act for MATI, featuring St. Louis artists.
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Bougie Bites, Lefty’s Bagels and Grace Chicken + Fish are among the restaurants that opened last month.
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Pride St. Louis is celebrating its 45th year of recognizing the LGBTQ community. This year, the organization lost major funding due to federal pressures on corporations to drop their DEI initiatives. Attendees say this year’s festival is more special because the community stepped in to support it.
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Celebrate Independence Day with the best fireworks displays and parties in St. Louis, St. Louis County, St. Charles County and the Metro East.
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A tornado benefit concert at the Fabulous Fox Theatre on Sunday will feature the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Chorus and the IN UNISON Chorus. The May 16 tornado damaged the churches and homes of many IN UNISON singers.
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The St. Louis Carnivorous Plant Society is full of enthusiasts who prefer meat-eating plants over the ones with strict solar diets. It will hold its annual sale at the Missouri Botanical Gardens on Saturday.
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Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage teamed with her poet daughter Runy Aiyo Gerber and veteran composer Ricky Ian Gordon to create “This House,” which makes its world premiere at Opera Theatre of St. Louis through June 29.
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The Highway 13 Butterfly Trail will pass through 12 western Missouri counties and feature gardens, art installations, and research facilities. Though targeting all Missouri pollinators, there will be a special focus on monarch butterflies, who are particularly threatened.