BASEBALL:
River City Rascals - Class A Baseball League
Gateway Grizzlies - Class A Baseball League*
St. Louis Cardinals - National League, MLB
HOCKEY:
Missouri River Otters - United Hockey League
St. Louis Blues - NHL
FOOTBALL:
Show Me Believers - National Indoor Football League
St. Louis Rams - NFL Franchise
St. Louis
is home to the Rams. |
OTHER SPORTS:
St. Louis Quest - United States Professional Volleyball
St. Louis Skyhawks - United States Basketball League
St. Louis Steamers - World Indoor Soccer League
St. Louis Aces - World Team Tennis
ARENA CAPACITY
| Edward
Jones Dome |
70,000 |
| New Busch
Stadium |
46,000 |
| Savvis
Center |
18,500 |
| Family
Arena |
11,500 |
| *General
Admission free |
St. Louis is a great place to play, with 27 major parks and 62,000
acres of water, plus the nearby 63,000-acre Lake of the Ozarks.
Golfers can enjoy many courses throughout the Gateway region constructed
by top designers. Golf greats such as Tom Fazio, Hale Irwin, Jack
Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer have all put their signatures on the
St. Louis golf scene in recent years. St. Louis is home to several
legendary private clubs and is a national leader in public golf.
It is one of the few cities hosting three of the four major tours.
Archdiocesan Children’s Choir has over 90 children from
over 60 parishes in the Archdiocese. In addition to their regular
schedule, they have performed in several cathedrals across the
nation. Recently, they performed in Rome, Italy as part of the
International Congress of Children’s Choirs.
Arts and Issues Series at SIUE bring exceptional speakers
and world-class performers to the campus of Southern Illinois
University Edwardsville.
Arts League Players - a cutting-edge Metro East performing
arts group that has been performing for more than 20 years.
The Bach Society of Saint Louis sponsors the Bach Society Chorus
to perform the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and other composers.
Concerts, educational programs and outreach programs are presented
to educate, entertain and enrich the lives of the people of the
St. Louis region.
Belleville Philharmonic Society is the nation’s second
oldest continuously performing symphony orchestra made up of three
different performance groups: the Metro East Junior Orchestra,
the Belleville Philharmonic and the Belleville Philharmonic Chorale
serving the Metro-East area.
Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center is certain to
become one of St. Louis’ new landmarks. The Center brings the
performing arts to the University of Missouri-St. Louis and to
audiences from the St. Louis area and across the Midwest. UM-ST.
LOUIS students have incredible opportunities to train and display
their talents in a world-class performance hall while serving
as a cultural classroom for the community.
Dance St. Louis brings prominent dance companies and performers
to St. Louis.
The Circus Arts Foundation of Missouri (CAFM) is the parent
non-profit organization of Circus Flora....St. Louis’ very own
theater under a big top tent. Circus Flora excels in the art of
combining a traditional European circus with modern theater techniques
creating a “magical theater in a sawdust ring.”
The Florissant Civic Center Theatre is home to several
community based theatre companies, including The Hawthorne Players
and The Alpha Players.
Fox Theatre, located in the eight-block, Grand Center national
historic district, features popular performers and Broadway musicals.
Gash Voight Dance Theatre’s all-female dance troupe performs
thoughtful interpretations for St. Louis audiences.
The Gateway Festival Orchestra provides summer concerts
at Washington University.
Gateway Men’s Chorus performs a full season series of three
major concerts each year.
Grand Center - from the traditional to the experimental,
from around the corner and around the world, the finest in art,
music and theater for the people of St. Louis.
Hawaiian Polynesian Revue is a professional Hawaiian, Samoan,
Tahitian and Maori native dance troupe.
Historyonics Theatre Company in Residence for the Missouri
Historical Society creates shows using only the actual words and
music from the past.
HotCity Theatre provides new, provocative and sometimes
controversial works.
The Kirkwood Children’s Chorale provides children in second
through eighth grade an enrichment program of musical excellence,
vocal training and performance opportunities. The choirs perform
in area hospitals, nursing homes, churches and clubs. Proceeds
provide scholarships.
The Metro Theatre Company is a professional touring ensemble
that develops and produces original theater pieces.
The Mid America Dance Company is one of the oldest and
largest professional modern dance companies in the Midwest and
one of the few remaining modern repertory companies in the country.
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis is one of the country’s premiere
opera companies and offers innovative performances sung in English.
Philharmonic Society of St. Louis is a full-sized symphony
orchestra of 100 dedicated volunteer musicians who have achieved
a professional level of performance.
Repertory Theater of St. Louis has a national reputation
for producing live theater of uncompromising quality.
Piwacket Theatre for Children, headquartered in St. Louis,
is a traveling theatre group. They can be seen locally at five
community locations with multiple shows per year and in various
states across the U.S. Since their formation in 1989, the group
has performed for 200,000 people across Missouri, Illinois, New
York, New Jersey, and South Carolina.
St. Charles Municipal Band performs for The Summer Concert
Band Series in Frontier Park.
St. Louis Ballet consistently builds a culturally rich
organization with artists from around the world and coast to coast.
St. Louis Cathedral Concerts offers spectacular music featuring
the world’s best musicians in one of the world’s grandest Cathedrals.
St. Louis Chamber Chorus ranges from the Renaissance to
the present day, and is sung in the original language usually
without accompaniment. Programs match music to venue and occasion,
with the finest a cappella compositions.
The St. Louis Classical Guitar Society presents a dazzling
array of star performers on fretted instruments and offers a wide
variety of educational programs for area young people as well
as performing outlets for amateurs.
Center Stage Theatre, a theatre arts program for college
students and community residents produced by the faculty of the
St. Charles Community College Arts and Humanities Division.
St. Louis Black Repertory Company, the largest African-American
cultural performing arts organization in Missouri, offers six
productions each season.
St. Louis Cultural Flamenco Society performs and teaches
Spanish Dance in the St. Louis area.
St. Louis Gateway Storytellers has continued to be a group
of individuals whose mission is to promote the enjoyment of storytelling
as an art form.
St. Louis Muny Opera is the country’s oldest and largest
outdoor musical theater and presents Broadway musicals in enchanting
surroundings.
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra has been nominated for Grammy
Awards every year since 1977, with a total of six Grammies and
more than 50 nominations.
DAVID
ROBERTSON,
conductor,
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra |
St. Peters
Community & Arts Center is known throughout the region as
a destination for the arts.
The Sheldon Concert Hall is an intimate and acoustically
perfect music venue located in the Grand Center arts and entertainment
district.
Stages St. Louis is a professional theatre company dedicated
to producing the indigenous American art form of musical theatre
at the Kirkwood Civic Center.
UMB Bank Pavilion offers a summer concert series with a
wide variety of prominent entertainers.
Young Audiences produces and presents auditorium performances,
classroom workshops, artist-in-residence programs and professional
development workshops in music, dance, theater, storytelling,
and the visual and literary arts.
The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog, known as the
Dog Museum, commemorates man’s centuries-old relationship with
the dog with a collection of artwork including dog paintings,
bronze sculptures and etchings.
Armed Forces Museum of St. Louis is dedicated to the preservation
of military history from all services for all eras and nations.
The Museum has an extensive collection of historic military vehicles,
aircraft, and memorabilia.
Black World History Museum tells the stories of famous
and not-so-famous African-American Missourians including George
Washington Carver, Dred and Harriett Scott, musician Clark Terry,
Clara Brown, Hiram Young and others.
City Museum, recently named as one of the ”Greatest Public
Spaces in the World” by New York-based non-profit Project for
Public Spaces, is a unique interactive museum filled with caves,
an aquarium, an art studio for children, and more.
City
Museum is a unique interactive museum filled with caves,
an aquarium, an art studio for children, and more. |
The Contemporary
Art Museum St. Louis is one of the leading voices in the world
of contemporary art. The Contemporary is dedicated to exhibiting
the visual arts and artists of our time and to producing nationally
recognized education programs.
Gateway Arch, on the banks of the Mississippi River, is
a dramatic monument to Thomas Jefferson’s purchase of what is
now much of the American west. In 2005, this 630 foot stainless
steel structure celebrated its 40th birthday. Visitors can take
a tram to the top or tour the Museum of Westward Expansion.
The Holocaust
Museum and Learning Center houses an exhibition that provides
a chronological history of the Holocaust with personal accounts
of Holocaust survivors who immigrated to St. Louis.
Latzer Homestead/Albert Kaiser Memorial Park and Museum/Highland
Historical Society offers tours of the home of the founder
of Pet Milk Co. and a working miniature Pet milk plant.
Madison County Historical Museum and Archival Rivalry has
permanent exhibits depicting Madison County Illinois history;
period-furnished rooms; displays of antiques, quilts, historic
costumes and Native American artifacts.
The Magic House-St. Louis Children’s Museum is the 3rd-most
visited children’s museum in the nation.
The
Magic House - St. Louis Children’s Museum is the 3rd-most
visited children’s museum in the nation. |
Missouri
History Museum* houses a variety of exhibits and educational
resources focusing on the history of the St. Louis region, the
state of Missouri and the American West.
Museum of Transportation St. Louis County Park is one of
the largest collections of transportation vehicles in the world,
including over seventy real locomotives representing the rail
power that built America.
Museum of Westward Expansion, accredited by the American
Association of Museums, tells the history of the American Indians
and pioneers who ventured west of the Mississippi River.
The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts is a museum-like facility
with galleries that are open to the public two days a week. The
building houses 20th century and modern art including many pieces
on loan from the collection of Emily and the late Joseph Pulitzer.
Old Courthouse*, scene of the historic lawsuits by slave
Dred Scott and suffragist Virginia Louisa Minor, features restored
courtrooms, a beautifully-decorated dome, Dioramas and a film
and gallery depicting the history of St. Louis.
Saint Louis Art Museum ranks among the country’s top 10
museums in attendance, with an average of 42,000 visitors annually.
There are 30,000 works in its collection.
Saint
Louis Art Museum ranks among the country’s top 10 museums
in attendance, with an average of 42,000 visitors annually.
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St. Louis
Science Center* is the 5th-most visited science center in
the nation and the 8th-most visited in the world. It serves as
a bridge between scientist and layperson.
Saint Louis University Museum of Art offers art and artifacts
relevant to the long history of Jesuit liberal arts education
including works of local, national and internationally acclaimed
artists.
The University Museum at SIUE offers an encyclopedic collection
displayed throughout the campus.
William and Florence Schmidt Arts Center showcases an extensive
college and foundation collections and provides unique opportunities
to experience art.
Anheuser-Busch Brewery*: Tours of AB’s headquarters take
visitors on a memorable journey through an important part of America’s
brewing heritage. The brewery is also home to one of three traveling
Budweiser Clydesdales teams.
The Butterfly House is a glass enclosure with lush flowering
tropical plants and more than 100 species of butterflies from
around the world.
Cahokia Mounds State Park*, a World Heritage Site, preserves
the remains of the most sophisticated prehistoric native civilization
north of Mexico, within a 2,200-acre tract.
Great River Road has been designated part of a 50-mile
National Scenic Byway. Only 20 other roadways in America have
received the scenic byway designation.
Gateway Arch*, on the banks of the Mississippi River, is
a dramatic monument to Thomas Jefferson’s purchase of what is
now much of the American west. The stainless steel structure soars
630 feet. Take a tram to the top or visit the Museum of Westward
Expansion.
Gateway International Raceway hosts the NASCAR SEARS Craftsman
Truck Series, and the NASCAR Busch Series. The NHRA Drag Racing
SEARS Craftsmen Nationals, and Emerson Indy 250.
International Bowling Hall of Fame preserves and displays
the 5,000-year history that has led to this worldwide success.
A key part of that story is the individual efforts of bowling’s
legends honored in our Halls of Fame.
Laumeier Sculpture Park* is one of the major sculpture
parks in the nation.
Laclede’s Landing*, a restored, nine-block, nineteenth
century industrial area, features unique restaurants and sidewalk
cafes. At night, horse-drawn carriages and live music add to the
atmosphere.
Missouri Botanical Garden is a major cultural institution,
an historic landmark and a world-renowned scientific research
center. Its 79-acres include a formal English garden, a traditional
Japanese garden, a Chinese garden, the Flower Trail garden; and
the Climatron, the first geodesic-domed green house in North America.
Missouri
Botanical Garden is a major cultural institution, an
historic landmark and a world-renowned scientific research
center. |
Missouri
Wineries*: Visitors can taste award-winning wines, enjoy tours,
specialty shops, bakeries, bed and breakfasts, fine restaurants
and live entertainment.
Raging Rivers Water Park, one of the Metro East’s top attractions,
offers a gigantic wave pool, water slides and a kids play area.
Six Flags St. Louis: 1.56 million visitors a year enjoy
eight themed lands of exciting adventure, thrilling rides, spectacular
shows and a host of other fun attractions.
St. Charles National Historic District* a ten-block Nationally
Registered Historic District preserves early St. Charles. It has
brick streets, gas lights, lovingly restored buildings and Missouri’s
First State Capitol. The Frenchtown District has unique antique
and collectible shops, fine restaurants, tea rooms, several wineries
and a micro brewery.
St. Louis Forest Park* is at the center of the urban area
and encompasses over 1,300 acres, with over six miles of biking
trails, 20 lakes and ponds, 30 athletic fields and two golf courses.
Saint Louis Zoo: One of only three free zoos in the nation
and one of America’s top ten zoos (according to Travel & Leisure
Magazine) the Saint Louis Zoo is home to over 3,500 animals. It
hosted nearly three million visitors in 2003. Featured exhibits
include the River’s Edge, with elephants, hippos, and cheetahs,
and the new $2 Million Penguin and Puffin Coast, which includes
the only walk-through sub-antarctic penguin exhibit in North America.
The Saint
Louis Zoo is home to over 3,500 animals. |
St. Louis
Union Station*: This restored National Historic Landmark,
covering 11.5 acres, features a hotel, a unique marketplace of
shops, assortments of fine restaurants and cafes, live entertainment
and a lake for paddle boating.
Art on the Square is a premier event in the metro-east
region that fosters the appreciation of the visual and performing
arts to a diverse public by presenting an exhibit and sale of
fine art, providing educational and enjoyable workshops for children
and promoting the importance of the creative process.
Fair St. Louis & Celebrate St. Louis combine for the first
time in the summer of 2006 to bring more entertainment and fireworks
to downtown. Activities include: live music and entertainment,
thrilling air shows, educational activities, delicious food and
magnificent fireworks.
Juneteenth Heritage and Jazz Festival feature jazz and
blues greats.
Saint Louis Art Fair is an annual event on the streets
of Clayton. Artists bring their creations for display, food is
served by some of St. Louis’ finest eateries, and several music
stages are set up.
St. Louis Jazz Festival is two-day event that combines
top-flight national and local acts in Clayton’s Shaw Park.
Art East was initiated in an effort to encourage creative
exchange and dispel the myth that nothing was happening on the
“east side.” Artists participate by opening their studios to the
public or through exhibits organized in alternative spaces & galleries.
The EAST in Arts East is an acronym for “Edwardsville Alton Studio
Tour.”
Art Saint Louis is a not-for-profit visual arts co-op gallery,
organization and advocate exhibiting work by established and emerging
artists from the St. Louis region.
Arts in Transit (AIT) is a community partnership program
of Metro. AIT integrates public art and urban design with community
and enhancement initiatives.
COCA (Center of Creative Arts) multidisciplinary and multicultural
arts programs include performances in its theatre; educational
classes, camps, and workshops serving individuals aged six months
through adult; artists’ residencies; exhibits of contemporary
art in the Millstone Gallery at COCA; and an extensive outreach
program offered to low-income youth through its nationally recognized
Urban Arts Program.
Chesterfield Arts works to foster the growth of the visual,
performing and literary arts in the Chesterfield area by acting
as a presenter of quality artists from around the region and as
a catalyst for arts activity.
Classic 99 KFUO FM 99.1 is tuned into classical music and
the arts in St. Louis.
Community Music School of Webster University provides the
finest educational programs in music as well as outstanding performance
opportunities and performances.
Craft Alliance is a nationally respected non-profit visual
arts center providing inspiration and education to the entire
community through exhibitions, instruction and a gallery shop.
Located in the Loop, the organization offers classes, gallery
talks and a community outreach program to continually expose new
audiences to the unique qualities of contemporary craft.
The Department of Theater and Dance-SIUE provides instruction
and practical performance experience in all phases of theater
and dance production for the stage.
Freeburg Historical Society is a very active historical
and genealogical organization.
Gitana Productions Inc. is a local arts and education organization.
Greater St. Louis Arts & Educational Council is a non-profit
organization, which raises funds from the private sector to support
the arts and arts education activities in the St. Louis metropolitan
area.
The Katherine Dunham Centers for Arts and Humanities are
a non-profit, multi-disciplinary arts organization founded by,
and currently operated under the artistic direction and leadership
of dance legend Katherine Dunham. The Center’s operate the Katherine
Dunham Dynamic Museum, East St. Louis’ only cultural center.
KETC Channel 9 brings quality, educational programming
to the community.
KWMU 90.7 FM provides in-depth news and intelligent talk
radio.
Lewis & Clark State Historic Site was designated as the
location for one of the national signature events for commemoration
of the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial.
Madison County Arts Council is a community based nonprofit
cultural organization that provides services and resources to
artists and organizations and presents and produces culturally
diverse programming for the public.
Metro South Arts Council act as facilitators to enrich
and promote the arts offered in our community.
National Society of Arts and Letters is a member organization
that is dedicated to assisting young Americans aspiring a career
in one of the five visual, performing arts.
Riverwind Storytellers Company is a non-profit organization
of story loving folk, of all ages and backgrounds.
St. Charles Community College offers Center Stage Theatre,
a theatre arts program for college students and community residents
produced by the faculty of the SCC Arts and Humanities Division.
St. Louis Arts & Education Council is a non-profit organization,
which raises funds from the private sector to support the arts
and arts education activities in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
The St. Louis Artists’ Guild is a resource and advocate
for creative expression, serving the Midwest as a center that
exhibits, supports and promotes the visual arts.
St. Louis Art Works is a unique summer employment program
for St. Louis area youth.
St. Louis Irish Arts is the local Branch of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri
Eireann, (Translated: “A Gathering of Irish Musicians”), based
in Dublin, Ireland.
St. Louis Mid-Sized Arts Cooperative bring art into schools
and communities with residencies, classes, teacher’s workshops,
internships, and performances utilized as means of reaching their
audiences.
St. Louis Regional Arts Commission is a granting organization
located in St. Louis distributing over $3,000,000 to the arts
and organizations in St. Louis City and County.
Springboard to Learning provides in-school programs to
break down stereotypes and broaden children’s world view.
Warren County Fine Arts Council mounts a variety of exhibits
on an annual and biannual basis.
The Webster University Film Series is a year-round program
that prides itself as the most comprehensive alternative film
series in the St. Louis area.
St. Louisans can try their luck at Fairmount Park Race Track or
at any of these casinos: Alton Belle, Casino Queen, Harrah’s
Casino, The President Casino on the Admiral, and Ameristar Casino
St. Charles.
*General Admission free
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