Missouri Pacific Historical Society and Burlington Route Historical Society Joint Convention
The Missouri Pacific Historical Society and Burlington Route Historical Society, both non-profit and volunteer-run organizations, will hold a joint convention in 2021 to commemorate the 170th anniversary of the first two railroads to cross the State of Missouri – the Pacific Railroad of Missouri and the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad. The joint convention will be held October 7-10, 2021, at the historic St. Louis Union Station and will feature historical presentations, a train ride, tours, and more. While membership in one of the organizations is encouraged, the event is open to the public.
Dutchtown Movie Nights
DT2 • Downtown Dutchtown is hosting free Movie Nights in Marquette Park in the summer of 2021! Come for family friendly entertainment, food trucks, community activities, and more! Join us in front of the Marquette Park Field House in June and July. In August, we’ll have a Dive-In Movie at the Marquette Park Pool. Dates: Saturday June 5th, Saturday July 24th, Saturday August 28th. Events start at 7:30pm, movies begin when it’s dark. Our Movie Night events bring diverse families together at the center of our historic neighborhood to celebrate community and promote the great things happening in the Dutchtown neighborhood. The events are free to the public and paid for by sponsorships from businesses and organizations within our community.
Missouri Bicentennial Time Capsule Gala
The Missouri Bicentennial Time Capsule will be sealed on August 27, 2021, at a gala event in St. Louis hosted by Saint Louis Ambassadors. Gala details coming soon.
Dutchtown Movie Nights
DT2 • Downtown Dutchtown is hosting free Movie Nights in Marquette Park in the summer of 2021! Come for family friendly entertainment, food trucks, community activities, and more! Join us in front of the Marquette Park Field House in June and July. In August, we’ll have a Dive-In Movie at the Marquette Park Pool. Dates: Saturday June 5th, Saturday July 24th, Saturday August 28th. Events start at 7:30pm, movies begin when it’s dark. Our Movie Night events bring diverse families together at the center of our historic neighborhood to celebrate community and promote the great things happening in the Dutchtown neighborhood. The events are free to the public and paid for by sponsorships from businesses and organizations within our community.
Dutchtown Movie Nights
DT2 • Downtown Dutchtown is hosting free Movie Nights in Marquette Park in the summer of 2021! Come for family friendly entertainment, food trucks, community activities, and more! Join us in front of the Marquette Park Field House in June and July. In August, we’ll have a Dive-In Movie at the Marquette Park Pool. Dates: Saturday June 5th, Saturday July 24th, Saturday August 28th. Events start at 7:30pm, movies begin when it’s dark. Our Movie Night events bring diverse families together at the center of our historic neighborhood to celebrate community and promote the great things happening in the Dutchtown neighborhood. The events are free to the public and paid for by sponsorships from businesses and organizations within our community.
Show Me The Music: A Celebration of the Missouri Bicentennial
Show Me The Music: A Celebration of the Missouri Bicentennial will celebrate musicians from all parts of Missouri who have made important contributions to ragtime, blues, jazz, rhythm and blues, folks, bluegrass, country, rock, hip hop, and classical music genres. The project of the Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis, in partnership with the Nine Network of Public Media, will include a major concert scheduled for Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at the Sheldon Concert Hall featuring top name artists from Missouri plus top local talent in many music genres. The concert will be videotaped and produced into a PBS special and aired on or near the bicentennial date in August 2021 on all Missouri PBS stations.
A series of concerts in summer and fall 2021 will include diverse artists from the Sheldon concert and others at venues in several Missouri cities, including Kansas City, Columbia, Springfield, Jefferson City, and Rolla. Educational materials celebrating Missouri’s rich contributions to many music genres will be provided to schools throughout the state, and background materials will be provided on the project website and social media.
For students of all ages, who are interested in learning more about Missouri musicians and their significant contributions to American music, visit thesheldon.org/showmeeducation/
STL History Live – The Meaning of Race and Slavery During Missouri’s Admission Crisis
The Missouri Historical Society‘s STL History Live presents a Bicentennial-connected virtual program coming up at 11:00am on September 22, The Meaning of Race and Slavery During Missouri’s Admission Crisis. Although the Missouri admission crisis—more popularly known as the Missouri Compromise—was inherently a constitutional dispute, the question of slavery itself was central to the argument. But as for those who were debating Missouri’s admission to the United States, what were their prevailing perspectives on slavery, and, for that matter, on race overall? Join Executive Director of the Missouri Humanities Council Steve Belko for this look at the contentious Missouri admission debates from 1819 to 1821.