Photo by Joan Marcus
Hamilton | April 3–22
The hottest show on Broadway makes its St. Louis premiere. Of course it’s sold out, but additional tickets will be available via a digital lottery. And Hamilton cast members will be performing in St. Louis, including Mandy Gonzalez at The Sheldon on April 15 and Chris Lee at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room on April 9. $10 for digital lottery seats in the orchestra section; see website for times and additional information. Fox Theatre, 527 N. Grand, fabulousfox.com.
QFest | April 4–8
Cinema St. Louis presents this annual LGBTQ film festival, which span shorts, features, and documentaries. This year's offerings include Becks, which premiered at the New Filmmakers Showcase last fall; The Lavender Scare, a documentary about "the untold story of a vicious witch hunt and the courageous few who fought back," narrated by Glenn Close; a showcase of shorts; and the feature film Beautiful Thing, an adaptation of Jonathan Harvey’s 1993 play. $13, $10 members. See website for screening dates and times. Cinema St. Louis, cinemastlouis.org.
Cardinals Home Opener | April 5
It’s that time of year: the week that baseball fans cash in vacation days—spring colds or travel plans be damned. On Opening Day, the Cardinals face off against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Beforehand, check out the Opening Day rally at Kiener Plaza, and stick around downtown afterward for the Rooftop Rally, hosted at Thee Sixty until midnight. $50.90–$185.50, 6:15 p.m. Busch Stadium, 700 Clark, mlb.com.
Harry Potter at the Symphony | April 5–8
What’s better than seeing The Chamber of Secrets on the big screen? Watching it in Powell Hall with a live score performed by the St. Louis Symphony—then watching The Prisoner of Azkaban the next night. Standing room-only tickets are still available; call 314-534-1700 to purchase. See website for times and prices. Powell Hall, 718 N. Grand, slso.org.
Mona Hatoum: Terra Infirma | April 6–August 11
Born to Palestinian parents exiled in Lebanon, Hatoum found herself exiled a second time in 1975. During a visit to London, the civil war broke out in Beirut, and she couldn’t go home. She’s now a British citizen and makes objects that play with scale, gender, nationality, form, politics, humor, violence, domesticity, corporeality, light, architecture, sociology, loss, and geography. (That’s just the short, reductive list.) And really, the artist says, she’d rather keep it generous and open-ended anyhow. “There is no single interpretation, which is why I always find it problematic when museums and galleries want to put up an explanatory text on the wall,” she told BOMB magazine. “It fixes the meaning and limits the reading of the work and doesn’t allow the viewer to have this very expansive imaginative interpretation of their own, which reflects on their experience.” Free. Opening reception 6–9 p.m. Friday. Pulitzer Arts Foundation, 3716 Washington, pulitzer.org.
Check out SLM's calendar for additional happenings, including the GO! St. Louis Marathon, the Tiny Desk STL Happy Hour at Shift Test Kitchen, the Sittin' on the Porch Jam Session at the National Blues Museum, Ken Page at Jazz St. Louis, NEW WORLD at the St. Louis Public Library, Sunken Cities at the Saint Louis Art Museum, and more.
