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Old Webster gets jazzed at music festival
Musicians hold workshop on improvisation techniques
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Jazz musicians make it seem easy. The notes appear to fly off their fingers, merging together to create beautiful music. The reality, however, is much more complicated. "You have to know what every note sounds like before you play it on your instrument to have successful improvisation," said guitarist Steve Schenkel, a Webster music professor.
Pirate Festival shivers timbers
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Although they aren't known for their swashbuckling ability, members of Webster University's Anime Society lent a hand at the Wentzville, Mo. Pirate Festival's opening weekend Sept. 15 and 16, operating two of the game booths at the event. The festival itself is run by Renaissance St.
Artist turns string into sculpture
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The Art Department's Friday Lecture Series hosted fiber sculptor Anne Coddington Rast Sept. 14. Rast spoke to art students and faculty about her use of fibers like linen, yarn and hair as sculpting materials. "One thing I like about working with fibers is their innate qualities of familiarity," Rast said.
Faculty Jazz Band enthralls audience at annual gala
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Around St. Louis, there are certain things a summer jazz festival is known for: was marked by fresh-brewed beer, lawn chairs, barbecue, dancing hippies and ecstatic children. Now speeding trains passing inches from the stage can be added to the list. The seventh annual Old Webster Jazz and Blues Festival Sept.
Walkers trade 'eight stinky feet' for four flat tires
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Four friends, seniors at Webster University, set out to walk across America and film their efforts in late May 2007. For nearly two months, they braved treacherous weather, sometimes less-than-desirable living conditions and serious injuries before they decided they could go no further.
Great Forest Park Balloon Race takes flight
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As the cooler weather sets in and class workloads increase, students can become reclusive - living out their lives exclusively on campus. But there is a great big city out there for Webster University students to explore, especially just as the autumn festivities are about to take place.
Symphony Orchestra 'rehearses a finale'
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Allen Larson, conductor of the Webster University Symphony Orchestra, likes a good gimmick. All six of the season's Symphony Orchestra concerts have thematic titles, Larson said. For the Sept. 16 performance, "Rehearsing a Finale," Larson entered the stage as though dressed for an informal rehearsal, wearing a casual jacket.
Artist turns string into sculpture
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The Art Department's Friday Lecture Series hosted fiber sculptor Anne Coddington Rast Sept. 14. Rast spoke to art students and faculty about her use of fibers like linen, yarn and hair as sculpting materials. "One thing I like about working with fibers is their innate qualities of familiarity," Rast said.
The Venue
Thursday, Sept. 20 • The St. Louis Art Museum presents a lecture by New York Times Art Critic Roberta Smith 7 p.m. at the St. Louis Art Museum. Smith will discuss the role of criticism in the art world and in life as she describes her writing process and how her views of criticism have been shaped by publications for which she has written.