This weekend will see the performance of a play by St. Louisan Mariah Richardson about blues singer Alberta Hunter, and the Rolla High School musical that was nearly canceled by severe weather.

Friday, May 9 - A play about a blues legend and a musical a tornado couldn't stop

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