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If enjoying thoughtful, heartwarming films is on your holiday to-do list, there鈥檚 a brand-new St. Louis-made musical well worth your time. 鈥淎 New Holiday鈥� tells the story of 10-year-old Thelma as she grapples with the loss of her grandmother and looks toward a different kind of Christmas 鈥� themes that resonate especially in 2020. Soul singer Brian Owens directed the 33-minute film, which features an all-Black and almost entirely St. Louis-based cast.

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The artistic path of Brian Owens has long charted both tribute territory and totally new ground, and Owens is known to navigate both well. The local鈥�

Five years ago, Kevin and Danielle McCoy were making art that wasn鈥檛 particularly political.鈥淲e made a lot of safe work,鈥� Kevin McCoy said, 鈥渂ut it didn鈥檛鈥�

On Friday鈥檚 St. Louis on the Air, vocalist Brian Owens joined host Don Marsh to discuss his upcoming Johnny Cash tribute concert at the St. Louis鈥�

Next Tuesday, a local dream musical team will unite for the 442s鈥� 鈥淗oliday Spectacular鈥� at Washington University鈥檚 560 Music Center. In addition to the鈥�

Erin Bode, Brian Owens, Diane Reeves, Betty Carter, Wynton Marsalis, Joshua Redman, David Sanborn鈥�these are just some of the names in local piano legend鈥�

A group of performers from the Hindu Temple of St. Louis joined Batya Abramson-Goldstein, the executive director of the Jewish Community Relations鈥�

Soul singer Brian Owens has called Ferguson home for about nine years and encapsulates his experience there as 鈥渋nteresting, frustrating,鈥� and ultimately,鈥�

The St. Louis Symphony and Maryville University collaborated to create an 8-week music therapy program called 鈥淟ife Compositions鈥� to help students at鈥�