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DOCUMENTARY
Where the
Pavement Ends
Jane Gillooly’s impressionistic
look at segregation in North
County, Where the Pavement
Ends, was originally conceived
as a historical examination of
the literal roadblock separating
all-black Kinloch from formerly
all-white Ferguson and how Kin-
loch was hollowed out by an air-
port noise-abatement program.
During research, though, Mike
Brown was killed in Ferguson,
and the film became as much
about the present as about the
past. janegillooly.com.ART GALLERY THAT’S NOT
REALLY AN ART GALLERY
Angad Arts Hotel
To spend a night at the Angad is
like being transported to a Soho
gallery with comfy beds. The
boutique hotel boasts rooms
in four poppy color motifs—
red, blue, green, yellow; choose
based on your mood—with edgy
murals painted by four local art-
ists. Even if you’re just stopping
by for a drink on the terrace
(seriously, the view), you’ll get
to enjoy the rotating gallery
of local art in the Chameleon
Lounge. 3550 Samuel Shepard.CREATIVE HIVE
MADE
Where can you laser-cut,
3-D print, sew, screenprint,
and try your hand at wood- and
metalwork—or at least take
a starter class for the maker-
curious—all in one place?
The MADE maker space. Open
the door to the 100-year-old
brick building on Delmar and
watch the place buzz not only
with the whirr of machines but
also with the energy of ideas
and collaboration by St. Louis
artists, entrepreneurs, and
designers. 5127 Delmar.ACTIVIST INITIATIVE
projects + gallery’s
For Freedoms
Two months before the 2018
midterm elections, a series of
billboards popped up along
I-44 and I-70. “Ride, walk, drive,
march, vote,” one read. “All
Lies Matter,” blared another.
Organized here by projects +
gallery (as part of a 50-state
initiative), the activation—titled
For Freedoms after President
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s idea of
four universal freedoms—and
corresponding exhibition were
meant to start a dialogue about
elections, art, race, and more.
What they gave us: a new way
of encouraging people to talk
about politics. 4733 McPherson.CULTURE & ARTSVIDEO GAME COMPANY
Graphite Lab
Here’s something we’d never
seen before: a video game that
flashes “made in STL” while
loading. But it was a must for
homegrown video game devel-
oper Matt Raithel and his video
game company, Graphite Lab,
in designing the Metroid- and
Contra-inspired Hive Jump. “I
think the thing that I’m most
proud of with the game is that
it was an original concept that
grew here in St. Louis,” he says.
Luckily, the space marines and
alien menace are not based on
anything here. graphitelab.com.ANTICIPATED EXHIBIT
Mildred Lane Kemper
Art Museum
St. Louis keeps raising the bar
when it comes to powerhouse
art exhibits, and the Kemper at
Washington University is getting
in on the action when it reopens
after a renovation and expansion
with “Ai Weiwei: Bare Life.” Start-
ing September 28, visitors will
be able to take in around three
dozen pieces of the Chinese
activist’s artwork—sculptures,
installations, and more—relating
to the refugee crisis and China’s
cultural legacy. kemperart
museum.wustl.edu.