SLAM Underground—GOTHIC

SLAM Underground—GOTHIC Schedule

All Evening

The Farrell Auditorium
Search for a masterpiece or explore the mystery of Dr. Frankenstein’s laboratory in a Roaming Riddle escape room. The escape room capacity is limited to eight people and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Each game runs for 20 minutes.
Create Lab
Craft your own miniature house of horror in the Create Lab.
Outside the Cafe
Booooooo-gie to music by Sounds Like Noise.  
Student Gallery
Rest in the peaceful atmosphere of the graveyard lounge and spin the wheel of doom (prize wheel).
East Building Galleries and Sculpture Hall
Explore Anselm Kiefer: Becoming the Sea.
Gallery 301
Take in Manuel Mathieu: Pendulum.

7 and 7:30 pm, Gallery 336

Gain ghoulish knowledge of spirits past with talks from Amanda Clark, public historian with the Missouri Historical Society.
7 pm, Sketching the Dead
This talk explores the unsettling but fascinating link between body snatching and world of art, in which stolen cadavers not only fueled medical study but also inspired artists eager for anatomical accuracy. Learn about the direct links between the Missouri Medical College’s Dr. Joseph Nash McDowell and St. Louis’s 19th-century female sculptor, Harriet Hosmer.
7:30, The Spirit Speaks
This talk delves into the strange and spirited world of early 20th-century St. Louis, where séances and spiritualism flourished and a housewife named Pearl Curran claimed to channel the ghostly author “Patience Worth.”

7:30–9 pm, Grigg Gallery

Harken to a tale of thrilling fantasy in an interactive Dungeons & Dragons–performance with local comics and improvisers, led by Sam the DM.

About Amanda Clark

Amanda Clark is a public historian with the Missouri Historical Society, serving as content lead for the Eads Bridge at 150 exhibit, the upcoming Yours Forever exhibit about Forest Park, and next year’s Marvel In Motion exhibit about the 1904 World’s Fair Ferris Wheel. She also leads MHS’s popular bus and walking tour program, See STL Tours.

About Sam the DM

Sam started playing D&D when he was 14 years old and instantly fell in love with the game. As a tool for storytelling and creativity, Dungeons and Dragons has helped him forge lifelong friendships, provided a much-needed escape in times of personal strife, and connected him to people from all walks of life. Sam have never met a player that did not fall in love with the game, and it is his absolute joy to share his passion for D&D with as many people as he can. Sam also hosts and produces an actual-play podcast called Challenge Rating: Zer0.