St. Louis Black Repertory’s The Strong Men Friday, Apr 3 7pm Union Theater Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum 212 N. Fifth St. 558-8934 Free

World renowned St. Louis Black Repertory Company, known as The Black Rep, performs The Strong Men at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum Friday night. The show, also tagged as a choreo-poem, displays powerful voices and delicate humor of African-Americans who have made major contributions to American history. It features selected poems by James Weldon Johnson and Langston Hughes. Reservations are required for this 50-minute show, followed by a question and answer session with the actors.