Community Event Calendar

June 3 – August 15 in the Art Gallery

In this series of photographs of live mantises, Regan Pufall invites the viewer to gaze closely at these inhuman creatures. The more we look, the more we see similarities between ourselves and these “alien” beings.

• Thursday, June 13, 2024: Patrons of the Arts Kick Off
• 6:00 PM
• Sunset Bluffs

Friday, August 23

5 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

East Central College’s Music Department will be kicking off their concert series with a free, outdoor music festival.  Bands in order of performance will be:   Woodshine, Pamwe marimba band, and Funky Butt Brass Band.

All proceeds from the festival will go towards manufacturing scholarships.

Supported by:  Metallica Scholars Initiative, ECC’s Music Department, and ECC Patrons of the Arts

August 26 – September 19 in the Art Gallery

Beth Livensperger creates an installation of work on paper, tailored specifically to ECC’s Art Gallery space.  This body of work grew out of her  experiences with strong female colleagues: mentors, competitors, friends, and advocates. The large-scale collages depict women navigating the banal, yet psychologically charged, space of office interiors.

September 6 • 7:30 p.m.

ECC Theatre

Pop!Pop!Pop! Orchestra celebrates the most dominant musical media of the past 50 years, popular music, through the power of live string  performances. Come for a show celebrating three brilliant singer/songwriters featuring St. Louis icon, vocalist Anita Jackson!

September 20 • 7:30 p.m.

ECC Theatre

The members of the Arianna String Quartet serve on the faculty at the University of Missouri-St. Louis as professors of violin, viola, and cello. The  ASQ also presents an interdisciplinary performance and lecture series “First Mondays with the ASQ,” at KWMU, St. Louis Public Radio. Pianist  Jennifer Judd will join ASQ performing Dvorak’s Piano Quintet in A Major.

• Friday, September 27, 2024: Golf Tournament
• 11:00 AM
• Wolf Hollow Golf Club
• eastcentral.edu/alumni/golf-tournament/

September 27 • 4 p.m. • HH 105

Miguel Espinoza is hailed as one of the best flamenco guitarists in the world. Described by Guitar Player Magazine as “mesmerizing. Miguel Espinoza Fusion is world class global chamber music making that explodes the parameters of style, yet ever remains close to the heart.”- David Balakrishnan.