St. Louis Magazine – July 2019

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10 THINGS TO DO

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

1 

A tribute to
Bastille Day, Let
Them Eat Art
is not exactly as it
sounds. There will
be art—live dem-
onstrations, musi-
cal performances,
kids’ activities—and
plenty of food and
drink on hand, so
please, don’t con-
sume any mas-
terpieces. July 12.
Maplewood, cityof
maplewood.com.

2 

Catch Black
Panther (July
12), Anchorman
(July 19), or Ocean’s
8 (July 26) during
the 10th-anniversary
edition of the Art Hill
Film Series—with
the stars overhead,
the Grand Basin at

your feet, and 100 or

so of your fellow

St. Louisans at your

side. July 12–August

2. Art Hill, Forest
   Park, slam.org.

3

In 1929, Anne

and Charles

Lindbergh were

given Alfredo Ramos

Martínez’s painting

Flores Mexicanas as a

wedding gift. It hasn’t

been seen in decades.

Now, with more of the

couples’ treasures,

it will be shown in

“Flores Mexicanas:

A Lindbergh Love

Story,” an in-depth

look at the lives of

the pioneers of avia-

tion. Through Sep-

tember 2. Missouri

History Museum,

mohistory.org.

5

Beck first

joined Cage

the Elephant

on the band’s Social

Cues album, creat-

ing “Night Running.”

(Of the album, NPR

says, “Loss comes

across in many differ-

ent colors.”) Now see

both on The Night

Running Tour. July

30. Hollywood Casino
    Amphitheatre, live
    nation.com.

6

Fifty years

ago, Apollo 11’s

lunar mod-

ule landed on the

moon as Americans

watched on TV. But

what did it take to

get there? Ask an

expert at Sci Fest’s

50th-anniversary

commemoration. July

20. Saint Louis Sci-
    ence Center, slsc.org.

7 

St. Louisans

flock to Fair

Saint Louis to

see big names and

bigger fireworks. The

2019 lineup—Brett

Young (July 4), Keith

Sweat (July 5), and

The Flaming Lips

(July 6)—means this

year’s celebration is

no exception. July

4–6. Gateway Arch

National Park, fair

saintlouis.org.

8 

Ariana Grande,

who resched-

uled her original

St. Louis date so

she could headline

Coachella, has been

said to turn an arena

into “a curvy, space-

age nightclub,” as

Vanity Fair wrote of

an earlier stop on

the Sweetener World

Tour. We’re in. July

6. Enterprise Center,
   enterprisecenter.com.

9

The band’s

fourth studio

album, Liv-

ing Mirage, is said

to be a rebirth for

The Head and The

Heart, because band

members have both

left and returned.

With the renaissance

comes a musical

pivot: This album

feels more pop for

the folk-rock group.

July 7. Stifel Theatre,

stifeltheatre.com.

10

Promoting its

ninth album,

Thank You

for Today—which

Rolling Stone calls a

“rejuvenated” version

of the group—Death

Cab for Cutie is

on tour and doesn’t

seem to be running

out of steam. But

don’t worry; the mate-

rial’s not all new: The

band will still perform

“I Will Follow You

Into the Dark.” July 8.

Stifel Theatre, stifel

theatre.com.

4

For folk music that’s melancholic, intimate (see

“No Hard Feelings”), and perhaps even cinematic

(see “Sun, Flood, or Drought,” created for the

documentary The Biggest Little Farm), don’t miss

The Avett Brothers early on their summer tour.

July 12 & 13. The Fox, fabulousfox.com.

Photography by John Frey, courtesy of Saint Louis Art Museum