Head to downtown St. Louis for the Hispanic Festival Inc . The festivities take place from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sept. 5 & 6 and from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sept. 7.

The Dog Days of Summer Bicycle Ride runs on Aug. 24, with registration from 7:30- 9 a.m. at Holt High School in Wentzville. Choose routes of 28, 36, or 44 miles. $8 for Trailnet members, $12 for non-members, and children under 13 are $3 with an adult.

Zoo news: Dinoroarus has been extended through Sept. 30. See 16 life-size animatronic dinosaurs that move, roar and spit in a walk-through exhibit in River's Edge.  $3 per person,  $1.50 for Zoo Friends.

The Greenway Network is sponsoring a Race for the Rivers (serious paddler), a clean Water Challenge (less intense) and a Race for the Rivers Festival in Frontier Park at St. Charles. So, canoists, kayakers and people looking for fun, check out, http://www.racefortherivers. org/

It's the last few days to see " Discerning Palette: Jerry O. Wilkerson Retrospective" at the Saint Louis University Museum of Art , 3663 Lindell Blvd. The museum is open Wednesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.. The show ends Aug. 24.

From 6-9 p.m. on Sept. 4, people can enjoy the opening reception for "Howard Jones: Memory and Refraction" at the Bruno David Gallery . Also showing at the gallery are Peter Marcus, Ian Weaver and Nanette Boileau.

Pamela Kort, a specialist in 20th century art from German-speaking Europe, will by at the St. Louis Art Museum at 7 p.m. Sept. 4 to discuss the works in "The Immediate Touch: German, Austrian and Swiss Drawings from St. Louis Collections, 1946–2007."

The chancellor at SIU Carbondale tells an artist to take down her work, but allows it to remain displayed on campus when she covers the partially exposed buttocks. | Jeff Engelhardt, Daily Egyptian

Parents --a '50s suburban horror film -- will be shown at 8 p.m. Sept. 3 as part of Strange Brew: Cult Films at Schlafly Bottleworks, 7260 Southwest Avenue. $4. For information go to www.webster.edu/filmseries

Webster University Film Series presents Goth Cruise at 8 p.m. Aug. 29, 30 & 31 at Moore auditorium. Director Jeanie Finlay will there for a Q&A Aug. 29 & 31. According to the film series release, "The film goes behind the dark make-up to discover why Goth has endured for so long, exactly what goes in to 'Goth Soup' and why the participants 'will keep on wearing black until they invent a darker color.' "

As the day turns to night on Aug. 16, "National Treasure Book of Secrets" will appear on the outdoor screen at St. Dominic Savio Parish -- sponsored by the Affton Community Betterment Association.

Come to the Moore Auditorium on the Webster University campus at 8 p.m. August 22, 23 & 24 for Crispin Hellion Glover’s Big Slide Show with What is It? (22nd) & It Is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE (23rd) (Both on the 24th) Special admission -- $20 -- for this Webster Film Series offering.