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Mike Shannon (1939-2023), affiliated with St. Louis Cardinals for over 50 years, as a player (1962–1970), in front office, and, since 1972, radio and TV announcer; Scott Shannon (born 1947), a radio disk jockey hosting WCBS-FM in New York City. Augustus Shapleigh (1810–1902), president of Shapleigh Hardware Company and early pioneer of St ...
The Muny, or the Municipal Opera Association of St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States, is a not-for-profit municipally-owned outdoor theatre, the largest in the United States. The Theater was built and opened in 1917 with 6 performances of Verdi's Aida .
Jones worked in his native St. Louis, Missouri, until age 27, then spent the rest of his life based in or around New York City. His work is in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, [4] the Denver Art Museum, [5] the Detroit Institute of Arts, [6] the National Gallery of Art, [7] the Saint Louis Art Museum, [8] the Smithsonian American Art Museum, [9] and the Whitney Museum of American ...
St. Louis Arena (known as the Checkerdome from 1977 to 1983) was an indoor arena in St. Louis, Missouri. The country's second-largest indoor entertainment venue when it opened in 1929, it was home to the St. Louis Blues and other sports franchises.
St. Louis is home to the Fox Theatre, located in Grand Center, which presents Broadway shows and concert or speaking events. Other theaters include The Muny, a summer musical theatre located in Forest Park and founded in 1919; the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, the city's major regional theatre, founded in 1966; Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, an annual summer opera festival co-founded by ...
Schweitzer was inducted into the St. Louis Media History Foundation's Hall of Fame in 2017. [10] [3] He donated his papers to the St. Louis Mercantile Library. [11] [3] Schweitzer lived in Brentwood, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. [5] He was married and had two sons, Albert and Peter. Helene Soule Schweitzer, his wife, predeceased him in 2008 ...
Joseph Elmer Ritter (July 20, 1892 – June 10, 1967) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church.He served as Archbishop of St. Louis from 1946 until his death in 1967, and was created a cardinal in 1961.
The Sheldon, designed by the noted 1904 World’s Fair architect Louis C. Spiering, was built in 1912 as the home of the Ethical Society of St. Louis. Musicians and public speakers throughout the years have enjoyed the perfect acoustics of The Sheldon Concert Hall, earning The Sheldon its reputation as "The Carnegie Hall of St. Louis."