Check out new club, The Trade (3515 Chouteau, enter at rear), and support the Melanoma Research Foundation, from 5 p.m. to 3 a.m. Sept. 15. $5 minimum suggested donation will get you into the first annual Hoosier Games, including washers and wiffle ball. Music and food will also be available.

The Gateway Cup bicycle race starts under the lights in Lafayette Square on Friday. On Saturday morning, the race kicks off a new addition:  a 1-mile figure-8 course from The Schlafly Tap Room. Racing is on The Hill Sunday and in the U-City Loop on Monday Info: www.gatewaycup.com

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.

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 Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts' Des Lee Gallery – 1627 Washington Ave. -  will present “Bold Strokes and Finesse: The Stage Designs of John Ezell.”  The exhibit of this acclaimed theater designer's work will open with a reception for the artist from 6-8 p.m., Sept. 11, and will be on view through Nov. 22.

Your last chance to see "The Immediate Touch: German, Austrian and Swiss Drawings from St. Louis Collections, 1946–2007" is Sept. 7 at the St. Louis Art Museum.

“Nervous Laughter” exhibit at phd gallery opens with a artists' reception from 7-10 p.m. Sept. 6. The show, which runs trough Oct. 17, features works that use humor to address dark and complex topics. phd gallery, 2300 Cherokee Street, is open from noon to 4 p.m. Thursday through Sunday.

We didn't know what category to put this in, but figured this had to have a visual element. As the release says, its "An Extra Frisky Edition of Lola van Ella's Burlesque Showcase." Door opens at 5 p.m. and show goes from 8 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Sept. 6 at Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave. $20 gets you BBQ, live music and burlesque.

Janis Ian: Live From Grand Center, a one-woman concert featuring Grammy Award-winning singer/composer Janis Ian (“At Seventeen”) and produced by St. Louis public television station KETC/Channel 9, will be distributed nationally in October by the National Educational Telecommunications Association. The television special combines a retrospective of Ian’s hits with her most recent compositions.

See Metropolis -- a state-of-the-art digital restoration with the original 1927 orchestral score by Gottfried Huppertz -- at 8 p.m. Sept. 5 - 7 at Moore Auditorium as part of the Webster University Film Series . 

See A Killer Bargain at 7 p.m. Sept. 30 in the Moore Auditorium as part of the Webster University International Year of Human Rights Film Series . As this is also part of the regular Webster film series, there is a charge for all but Webster University students.

Dying to Tell the Story airs at 7 p.m. Sept. 9 in the Moore Auditorium as part of the Webster University International Year of Human Rights Film Series . From $6 to free for Webster University students..