An AARP collaboration with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is offering music fans a chance to win one of 20 pairs of tickets for a performance of “A Gospel Christmas” on Thursday, Dec. 15, at Powell Hall, 718 N. Grand Blvd. One winner will get a prize that includes a gift bag, premium tickets and a $100 certificate for future use.
From swing to bebop, music has long flourished in Kansas City, fueled early on by local officials’ decision to turn a blind eye to violations of the nation’s reigning Prohibition laws. Nightclubs—and jazz—proliferated.