On July 12th, The Luminary welcomes visionary Baltimore band Lower Dens to the Elevator Music Series. Touring in support of the new album Nootropics, the band has expanded towards a more motoric palate and expansive sound. “The record as a whole begs for an assessment of all the flaws inherent in our existence, and to [...]
The Luminary presents Moonface for the Elevator Music Series on June 24th, 2012. Moonface is not a band. Moonface is just plain half-old Spencer Krug, in any solo or collaborative projects he’s involved in from now until whenever. In early 2010 the first Moonface EP was released on Jagjaguwar. It was called Dreamland EP: Marimba [...]
Coinciding with Residency Retrospective, Something Happened, Luminary Resident Katherine McCullough opens the new site-specific installation Pools. Pools is a reflection on the fleeting temperament of the material world through the medium of paint. To me, this space is about stillness– devised both through it’s history as a meditation chapel, and the enveloping quiet of [...]
On April 30th, The Luminary welcomes Lotus Plaza, the side project of Deerhunter guitarist Lockett Pundt, to the Elevator Music Series. The shoegaze-informed ambience immediately resonates with any Deerhunter acolyte, but this isn’t just another tossed-off side project. Lotus Plaza’s sound is fully-formed and explores Lockett’s dead-on melodic sense and expansive songwriting ability. Kid Counselor [...]
On March 20th, The Luminary welcomes EMA to the EMS. Erika M. Anderson grew up in the dive bars and rotten graveyards of South Dakota. She is a direct descendent of Erik Blood-Axe, the ruthless Viking warrior. All the boys ask her why she is so tough. She is 6 feet tall. She loves the [...]
On April 5th, The Luminary welcomes the legendary composer, producer and performer Van Dyke Parks to the Elevator Music Series. Over the course of his 50 year career, Parks has worked with the Beach Boys, Joanna Newsom, Ringo Starr in addition to his own celebrated releases. Join us for this very special seated performance in The [...]
On April 24th, The Luminary welcomes Shabazz Palaces to the Elevator Music Series. The already legendary project of former members of legendary hip hop group Digable Planets will make their first St. Louis stop and we ask that you attend. Like rich velvet hijabs or gold threaded abayas. Luxury as understood by the modest. Shabazz [...]
On March 27th, The Luminary presents The Hive Dwellers, the latest project of the legendary K Records and Beat Happening founder Calvin Johnson. The Hive Dwellers is a band, a combo (as in combination) of disparate individuals who share a common love of rock’n’roll, library cards and railroad travel. The assorted cacophony of membership slides [...]
The Luminary presents Oberhofer on Friday, April 27th as a part of the monthly Elevator Music Series. 2012 is shaping up to be a big year for Oberhofer. The band just announced the debut record by the Tacoma native, titled Time Capsules II, will be release on March 27th by Glassnote. This album is a bold [...]
The Luminary Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the second installment of our residency retrospective exhibition, Something Happened, which opens on Friday, February 24th from 6-9PM. Something Happened will feature work created by our artists-in-residence throughout 2011 as a way to create a dialogue between our studio and exhibition programs and further the engagement of the [...]
On April 13th, Matthew Paul Isaacson will open Cherry Dance, a new site-specific installation consisting of hundreds of Maraschino Cherries suspended from a monofilament grid. The piece was conceptualized from the artist’s childhood experience of working and living on a 1,500 acre industrial fruit manufacturing farm in Northern Michigan. The primary crops were several varieties [...]
˚ Andrew James + Stephen Cartwright April 13th – May 11th Opening Reception on April 13th from 6-9pm On Friday, April 13th from 6-9pm, The Luminary presents ˚ (read as: “Degree”), a two person exhibition featuring Andrew James and Stephen Cartwright. Both James and Cartwright track and translate external measurements such as the [...]
The Luminary has announced a capital campaign to purchase a 22,500 sq/ft former variety store at 2700 Cherokee Street and rehab it into an cutting-edge incubator for art, music and cultural projects. The building will include expanded gallery and venue space, housing and studios for artists-in-residence, open work space for the artist equipment library, classrooms, offices [...]
On Sunday, April 1st, The Luminary presents Bear in Heaven for the Elevator Music Series. Marking the first return visit to the curated series, Bear in Heaven will come through in support of their new album “I Love You, It’s Cool.” For album streams and more information, visit www.bearinheaven.com. Young Magic and Doldrums will open [...]
Ring in the New Year right with a proper follow up for our previous sold out NYE events. This year, we’re bringing it old school with a Space Invader-themed party just in time for the Mayan calendar to end. 18andCounting + Billy Brown will be providing the beats you have to move to. Urban Chestnut [...]
