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PAGE 9-PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25.1980 Lively St. Louis welcomes warm weather ment and is open throughout the year. \ For more information about Photoi Ken Howard MEMBERS OF THE CELEBRATED OPERA THEATRE of St. Louis perform on the stage of the Loretto-Hilton Theatre during the season beginning May 24th and lasting through June 21st. St. Louis is celebrating the ar­ rival of warm weather with a burst of lively performances and exhibitions and the reopening of some of the area's favorite at­ tractions. The mystical production of Mozart's "The Magic Flute," opens the 1980 season of the Opera Theatre of St. Louis. The Opera Theatre has been the sub­ ject of glowing reviews from such opera centers as New York and Los Angeles. This year's performances provide a rich variety including Verdi's Falstaff, Britten's The Turn of the Screw, The Seven Deadly Sins by Weill and Brecht, and Fact or Fiction by Von Reznicek. For a complete evening, spe­ cial picnic basket dinners may be reserved on the lavyn of the Loretto-Hilton Theatre for be­ fore the performances. On stage A variety of stage produc­ tions are delighting audiences throughout the metropolitan area, including New York road performances of A Chorus Line and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas at the American Theatre, and a schedule of pro­ ductions at community and din­ ner theatres that includes/ Do, I Do, The Little Hut andT/i? M&use Trap. Offstage, but nonetheless sharing the spotlight, are several outstanding art exhibits. Laumeier Sculpture Park, one of two contemporary sculpture parks of its kind in the United States, features a spring gallery exhibit of models and studio photographs of the late Alexan­ der Calder. During May and June, one of the largest pieces of existing contemporary sculpture, "The Way" by Alexander Liberman, will be installed at the park, joining the more than 55 other sculptures by .internationally SUN-POWER MEANS FUN-POWER Free energy! Right in your own back yard from a source which, in a second, produces more energy than mankind has used in one million years. For fun in the sun, try cook­ ing with Sun Power. The Boy Scouts offer plans for three sim­ ple solar cookers. Send $1.00 to Solar Plans, Troop 70 BSA, 69-05 Ditmars Blvd., Jackson Heights, NY 11370. acclaimed artists on display in the sylvan setting. Throughout much of the summer, the Saint Louis Art Museum in Forest Park is dis­ playing two complementary photographic exhibits: "Ansel Adams and the West" and "St. Louis and the Arch" by Joel Meyerowitz. For art lovers The Art Museum is the only remaining building from the famous 1904 World's Fair and has recently been refurbished and expanded. The Saint Louis Symphony, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary season, is perform­ ing in and out of doors through­ out the area. Regular concerts continue through May at Powell Sym­ phony Hall followed bj? perfor­ mances with the Opera Theatre and in the Little Symphony series at Washington University Quadrangle. Musical extravaganza Other music groups, includ­ ing the New Music Circle, the American Brass Quintet, the St. Louis Conservatory and,the Philharmonic Society of St. Louis, have performances scheduled also. The Missouri Botanical Gar­ den is hosting more than a dozen shows and events including the Spring Flower Show, the Giant Cactus Exhibit, the Family Pic­ nic Day and the Rose Society Show. The Jewel Box in Forest Park is another favorite "flower place" with its seasonal exhibits. With spring and summer comes the welcome reopening of popular seasonal attractions. Grant's Farm opens April 15th, Six Flags Over Mid- America Theme Park opens for weekends on April 5th and daily on May 20th, the St. Louis Zoo opens its outdoor section of the. Children's Zoo and begins its famous animal show on May 17th, and the McDonnell Doug­ las Corporation Prologue Room, which displays 60 years of spacecraft development, opens its doors to visitors June 1st. April 10th is the day baseball fans begin flocking to Busch Memorial Stadium, where the St. Louis Cardinals are scheduled for their usual action- packed season. Not to be missed Of special interest is the reopening of the National Museum of Transport, which has been closed for renovation and refurbishment of key exhibits since September. The Museum displays one of the world's finest train collec­ tions as well as other vehicles ranging from trolleys to antique cars. The official opening will take place the weekend of June 14th-15 th. 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