This is an excellent, in-depth look at the appalling #McCloskeys, who apparently sue and threaten others (sometimes, in the latter case, with firearms they clearly don't know how to use) as often as the rest of us take out the recycling. Thank you, Jeremy Kohler. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Everyone in the Post-Dispatch newsroom is making brief videos about ourselves and our work; check out Aisha Sultan, Valerie Schremp Hahn 📰, Amy Bertrand, @mandystlpd & more great journalists. Here's mine. tinyurl.com/y7juefsv St. Louis Post-Dispatch Go! Magazine

It's official: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra postpones or cancels the concerts from last spring that were supposed to take place in August. (Watch this space for info on the 20-21 season.) You can still listen to Saturday night concerts on St. Louis Public Radio! tinyurl.com/y7o5p8du St. Louis Post-Dispatch Go! Magazine

Without local newspapers - and the reporters, editors, and others who work for them - our communities would be ill-informed on everything from corrupt officials to ballot issues, from in-depth sports writing to (ahem) classical music reviews.

Kathy Bowers touched many lives as a conductor, teacher, singer, and composer. May she rest in peace and rise in glory, and may her memory be a blessing. tinyurl.com/y389hzts St. Louis Post-Dispatch

This is sad, but necessary.

I tried it out yesterday, and it works just fine! Thank you, David, for making it possible for us to hear this sublime music.

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra isn't cancelling its season outright, unlike so many others; they're playing it by ear. tinyurl.com/y65xgmcj St. Louis Post-Dispatch Go! Magazine

Regarding the erstwhile artistic administrator at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and the complaint by Claudia Friedlander of a lack of media coverage: We are aware of it, and I have written something. However, he was NOT charged - just arrested - and we are still investigating the situation.

This is outrageous. How did we fall so easily from being a democratic republic into an autocracy ruled by a madman?

This, from Margaret Sullivan, is imperative reading, especially for journalists and avid readers of same. tinyurl.com/yylz7mxb

Concert review: Alagna and Kurzek, from the French Riviera. tinyurl.com/y6cxaoq2

One of the best-balanced recitals from #MetStarsLiveInConcert originated 8/29, with soprano LiseDavidsen performing live from Oslo for Metropolitan Opera. Through 9/9. Don't miss it! tinyurl.com/y5nbwwbu St. Louis Post-Dispatch Go! Magazine

With gratitude to those playing free outdoor chamber concerts, sometimes one gets a craving for a full orchestra. Scratch that itch on 9/13 in Frontier Park with Christine Brewer, Leonard Slatkin, Wendy Lea, Scott Schoonover, & MOSL. tinyurl.com/yxdk5su8 St. Louis Post-Dispatch Go! Magazine

From pop-up concerts to "Zoom cocktail hours," St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is working to bring its music and its mission to St. Louis audiences this fall. tinyurl.com/y2o6oq4z

The Saint Louis Chamber Chorus kicks off a most unusual season with the first of its watch-live-and-in-person-or-online series of programs. (For once, the acoustics really don't much matter.)

Of course I did. With my unhealthy (don't you love understatement?) health situation, they don't mess around with me: My doctor's office calls me as soon as they get the heavy-duty vaccine, and asks, "When can you come in? Is today good?" Silver lining!

Stéphane Denève and the SLSO are back, performing in Powell Symphony Hall! It was great to join them there on Friday morning. tinyurl.com/y6nkxnma