Adding more style to an already stylish event is a personal appearance by fashion icon Andre Leon Talley (pictured at top). The former Vogue editor-at-large will be at the Saint Louis Art Museum at 2 p.m. June 24 to talk about menswear and fashion history. His visit coincides with the museum’s upcoming exhibit, Reigning Men, Fashion in Menswear, 1715-2015, opening June 25. Tally’s appearance is sponsored by the Regional Arts Commission and Saint Louis Fashion Fund.
Kudos to Sen. John C. Danforth, who ill be recognized for his nearly 50 years of public service when he receives the Winston Churchill Leadership Medal from the National Churchill Museum in Fulton, Missouri. Danforth, 80, was elected Missouri Attorney General in 1968, after which he served in the U.S. Senate for three terms and was a U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Author Doris Kearns Goodwin will deliver the keynote address at the award ceremony June 8 at Bellerive Country Club.
Katie Roth Wools, creative director at W.U.’s Olin School of Business, is a Gold Winner in the 2017 Hermes Creative Awards competition. She was recognized for the tribute she created to mark Shakespeare’s 453rd birthday. Her playful poster and banners were instrumental in Olin’s celebration of the day April 23.
Another great season awaits St. Louis theatergoers when The Rep launches its Mainstage lineup Sept. 6: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; Hamlet; Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley; The Marvelous Wonderettes; The Humans; Born Yesterday.
Congrats to three young filmmakers from Washington University whose films earned two of the 28 spots from around the nation to get a screening at the 2017 Campus MovieFest short film program in Cannes, France. Sagar Brahmbhatt directed one of the films, Grieve; George Gathiani and Evan Gates co-wrote Floor is Lava, which Gates also directed. Last fall, Campus MovieFest staff spent a week at W.U. during which students had five days to script, film and produce their shorts.