Some of the StL’s most forward-thinking women have been recognized with 2019 Saint Louis Visionary Awards for women in the arts. Pictured are this year’s honorees: Carmen Dence, Susan Barrett, Kathie Winter, Kari Ely, Brea McAnally and Jacqueline Thompson. They will be celebrated at an April 22 ceremony at the Sun Theater in Grand Center. The recognition is given each year by the Saint Louis Visionary Awards nonprofit to women who advance the arts as philanthropists, educators, performers, artists and other professionals.
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Variety St. Louis will host rock royalty at its black-tie Dinner with the Stars gala this year. Grammy Award-winning musician and composer Sting will top the bill at The Stifel Theatre April 13, entertaining guests with his signature musical style. The gala is part of Variety Week, a full slate of fundraising and awareness events for the charity that helps children with special needs.
The Saint Louis Art Museum is now the permanent home of Charles I, a Kehinde Wiley painting that was part of the artist’s recent exhibit here. The portrait, formally purchased by the museum, was inspired by a 17th-century painting of England’s King Charles I by Daniel Martensz Mytens the Elder. Wiley’s official rendering of President Barack Obama is on display at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Attorney Timothy Sansone of Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard has added the role of author to his professional docket. Trusting All I Want, the first in a series, tells the story of college student Lana Delacroix and her personal choices and relationships, but from a male perspective. Sansone says among his inspirations for the book were the many women of courage, strength and intelligence he has encountered in his career.
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