Nancy And The Second Half

That's what the entertainment for the evening called itself. The singer is none other than Nancy Kranzberg, who, along with her husband Ken, created the Kranzberg Arts Foundation based just down Grand Boulevard. I didn't get the names of all the performers but the pianist is Thomas George, chancellor of the University of Missouri - St. Louis. They played 20th Century jazz standards with style and finesse.                 

See And Be Seen

There are some advantages to being a Fringe hanger-on volunteer. You get to meet impresarios, artists, performers and people from the community who like a little odd in their culture. These are some of the attendees at the St. Louis Fringe's 2017 kick off party. I swear I met and photographed all of these folks last season but I'm terrible about names and disorganized about note taking. Help me out. I'll give everyone credit.

 

I'm In?

The St. Louis Fringe had a kick off party for the 2017 season Tuesday night. It was held at The Dark Room, a wine bar-restaurant-photography gallery in Grand Center.

Didn't know it before, but most of the performers in the festival are chosen by lottery (illustration below). The policy was that the first five entries got in automatically. Someone, um, screwed up the spreadsheet this year so the first seven entries got a bye. A change for this season is that there was a "curated" selection, with several performers chosen by fringe management and consultants. The remaining entries were left to chance.

This is DDare Bionic, a DJ and rapper (some music here), at the moment he learned he was in. Happy happy joy joy. I'll be sure to catch his show during the festival in August.