Deadline Nears for Eureka Photo Contest

The Eureka Parks and Recreation Department needs your help capturing shots of kids in action and everyone is encouraged to participate.

Showtimes and Movie Reviews for Star Trek: Into Darkness, At Any Price, In The House, The Iceman, Kon-Tiki

Find movie reviews written by Patch blogger Mark Glass and showtimes for theaters in the St. Louis-area, including West County.

Are you a movie buff? Or maybe you just enjoy the occasional dinner and a movie date? Either way, Patch would be thrilled to have you on board as a movie blogger! All you have to do is shoot a quick email to Ryan Martin at ryan.martin@patch.com. Star Trek: Into Darkness   Patch Blogger Mark Glass: **** It’s time again to boldly go...where tons of TV and movie cameras have gone before. Space. The final frontier. For context, this is the second feature film showing the original crew of the Enterprise in the beginning of their careers, in an alternate time line, allowing both overlaps and variations from the stories and characters that started the whole  franchise. That allows Benedict Cumberbatch (best known as a contemporary Sherlock Holmes…

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Movie Reviews for The Great Gatsby, Iron Man 3, The Reluctant Fundamentalist and More

Find movie reviews written by Patch blogger Mark Glass and showtimes for theaters in the St. Louis-area, including West County, courtesy of Moviefone.

Are you a movie buff? Or maybe you just enjoy the occasional dinner and a movie date? Either way, Patch would be thrilled to have you on board as a movie blogger! It's free, quick and easy to do so! All you have to do is shoot a quick email to Brian Feldt at brianf@patch.com.  The Great Gatsby Patch Blogger Mark Glass: **½ This latest screen version of the classic novel is a mixed bag of assets and flaws. Director and co-writer Baz Lurhrmann ambitiously tries for a 3-D spectacle with several lavish party scenes that Busby Berkeley would have envied. He inserts bits of  anachronistically modern music into this 1922 setting. That worked beautifully in his Moulin Rouge, and hilariously in the opening joust of A Knight’s Tale, but feels overly…

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Annual Craft and Artisan Show Approaches

This weekend's craft, art and handmade event showcases local artists and features live music.

Movie Reviews: Iron Man 3, Starbuck, The Angels' Share

Find movie reviews and movie times for theaters in West St. Louis County.

Are you a movie buff or fanatic? Or maybe you just enjoy the occasional dinner and a movie date? Either way, Patch would be thrilled to have you on board as a movie blogger! It's free, quick and easy to do so! All you have to do is shoot a quick email to Brian Feldt at brianf@patch.com. --- Iron Man 3 Patch Blogger Mark Glass: *** Here’s what you need to know about the third installment of this wildly successful franchise from the Marvel Comics superhero stable. If you haven’t seen the first two flicks, don’t start here. You’ll be missing too much backstory to get into the flow. For veterans of the first two blockbusters, Robert Downey, Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow are back as the leads, with Don Cheadle and Jon Favreau reprising their …

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Retired Wildwood Architect "Aspires" to Second Career in Public Art

A student at St. Louis Community College-Meramec, Rod Callis, 66, was named the winner of the Chesterfield Arts' University Sculpture Competition and will have his proposal installed in the city's Central Park this summer.

Wildwood resident and retired architect Rod Callis has been named the winner of the Chesterfield Arts’ University Sculpture Competition, beating out nine other students from six colleges with his idea for a sculpture named "Aspire" that will invoke the image of a growing plant. The organization launched the competition as an effort to pair its public art efforts with its community outreach and create career opportunities for emerging sculptors. Callis, 66, is studying outdoor sculpture at St. Louis Community-College Meramac. Last summer, the arts organization invited students from within a 125-mile radius of Chesterfield to tour the proposed sculpture site, which is located at the south end of the pond in Chesterfield Central Park. Callis …

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Movie Reviews: Oblivion, Home Run, Lords of Salem, To The Wonder

Find movie reviews and movie times for theaters in the Kirkwood, Webster Groves and St. Louis area.

Are you a movie buff or fanatic? Or maybe you just enjoy the occasional dinner and a movie date? Either way, Patch would be thrilled to have you on board as a movie blogger! It's free, quick and easy to do so! All you have to do is shoot a quick email to Brian Feldt at brianf@patch.com.  Oblivion Mark Glass, Patch blogger: "**½ - As post-Apocalyptic sci-fi adventures go, this one’s a solid bet, and a near-miss to something special. The complicated plot serves up a number of surprises for Cruise, leading to plenty of stunning action sequences, as the fight for survival of our species rages on many fronts." Full movie review of Oblivion. - - - - -  To The Wonder Mark Glass, Patch blogger: "* - If you enjoy those perfume commercials with …

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Eureka Arts Council Gets City Donation

It will be the sixth year for collaboration between Eureka Arts Council and Eureka city leaders.

Eureka board of aldermen agreed to donate $5,500 to the Eureka Arts Council at Tuesday's meeting, per a request from Karen Crimi, who represented the council. This is the sixth year Eureka has lent a financial hand to this arts organization. The request was for an additional $500 more than in the past. The Eureka Arts Council program benefits 450 to 500 people, ranging from pre-kindergarten toddlers through adults, said Crimi, when board of aldermen questioned how the money was being used. Crimi said rooms were rented from the Rockwood School District on behalf of the council's summer programs. She said the district started charging for the rooms about four years, and that the arts council does get them at a reduced rate. Board of Alderman…

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St. Louis Teen Talent Winners Announced

VIDEOS: A Eureka High School finalist got an unexpected honor in the St. Louis Teen Talent competition Friday night at the Fabulous Fox. Twelve finalists were superb. Third place included a three-way tie.

Michaela Wolz, a Eureka High School senior, discovered Friday night while participating in the St. Louis Teen Talent competition she will be singing a solo this summer in West Side Story at The Muny. Wolz and 11 other finalists competed at the Fabulous Fox Friday to determined the program's 2013 ultimate winners. The program was presented by the Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation. What started as a field of 155 acts was narrowed to 37 semi-finalists, before the final 12 competed for top honors. All dozen finalists were evaluated on technical ability, stage presence, interpretation and originality:  First place of a $7,000 college scholarship was awarded to celloists Halen (Whitfield) and Riew (John Burroughs), who performed “…

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