Columns

Bright Lights Column: Walking on Sunshine

By Lynn Venhaus Managing EditorGreetings! Spring has sprung after a miserable, dreary winter of 24 inches of snow and long stretches of gray days. We... Details

Bright Lights: Accolades Aplenty to Heat Up Winter

By Lynn Venhaus Managing Editor THE BIZ IN SHOW: Congratulations to the recipients of this year’s St. Louis Arts Awards, which took place Jan. 21... Details

Bright Lights Column: Breakthrough Time

By Lynn Venhaus Managing Editor You go, girls! Local singer-actors get national attention, and the St. Louis-produced Broadway musical “The Prom” made Thanksgiving Parade television... Details

Bright Lights: Wicked Awesome

By Lynn Venhaus Managing EditorGREEN DAY: We have been changed for good by the cultural phenomenon “Wicked,” which has broken records in St. Louis and... Details

Bright Lights Column: Shine On, St. Louis

By Lynn Venhaus Managing EditorTHAT VOICE: Are you on Team Kennedy yet? If you haven’t heard Kennedy Holmes, 13, from St. Louis in her blind... Details

Bright Lights Column: Give My Regards to Broadway

Local actor-singer lands national tour, Tony-nominated local playwright ready for another Broadway go-round, managing editor Lynn Venhaus back on Broadway (the street) and reflects on... Details

Bright Lights Column: Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars

By Lynn Venhaus Managing EditorA STAR WAS BORN: It was as if scripted in a movie. You’ve heard of that classic moment in the 1933... Details

Bright Lights Column: St. Louis Putting on the Glitz

By Lynn Venhaus Managing Editor RISING STARS: Seeing talented teenagers passionately follow their dreams is such a thrill. The Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation is... Details