Thespians can enjoy free alfresco performances at the Shakespeare Festival in Forest Park from May 31–June 5, and Counterpublic’s second edition will run April 15 to July 15 — a civic exhibition that weaves contemporary art into the life of St. Louis for three months every three years in order to reimagine civic infrastructures toward generational change. One of the nation’s largest public art platforms, will bring animate six miles of Jefferson Avenue with free art installations, performances, screenings, and parties,. It supports Osage Nation’s efforts to rematriate Sugarloaf Mound, the last remaining intact mound and oldest man-made structure in the city.