April 18, 2006
April Art-y Bits
So many fliers, so many eavesdropped conversations, so much to see and do.
1. The Chippewa Chapel Traveling Guitar Circle and Medicine Show, previously highlighted here by Stefene Russell, has added a Myspace page, so that the kids can keep up with the rotating venue hootenany. The next four stops are vertitable tour of new nightspots on the South Side: April 20, Iron Barley, 5510 Virginia; April 27, Colorado Bob's Ship of Fools, 3457 Morgan Ford; May 4, Windy's on the Wedge, Bates and Virginia; May 11, Kicker's Corner, 6201 So. Broadway.
2. Congrats to Emily Bax, winner of "best in show" at the recent BFA annual at Webster University. All the piece will be up in the Hunt Gallery for the next month, or so.
3. Photographer Eric Post - who released the recent book, "Ghost Town: While St. Louis Sleeps," 2005, Reedy Press - is spinning records on Wednesdays at the Atomic Cowboy. Not only might you find his set intriguing, a blend of downtempo, reggae, dub and R&B, but tech nerds will want to stare at his rig. He brings in his own two turntables, a twin CD mixer and a laptop. Caramba! Geek out to his gear, or just listen.
4. Speaking of music geekery, the St. Louis Record & CD Show returns to the American Czech Hall, 4690 Landsdowne at Kingshighway, on Sunday, May 7. Truly, save your pennies, 'cause records here can be had for 100 of them.
5. Andrea mentioned some of the activities of the Tree Huggers in Forest Park - Wiktor Szostalo, Agnieszka Gradzik and Joe Papendick; how about those for a trio of names? - and some photos are going up at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/51252573@N00/sets/72057594110154314/.
6. The remains of the 52nd City book sale live! In fact, for the next week, you can fill a bag ($1) or a box ($2) with books at the Hartford Community Cafe, where the second floor has been taken over by hard- and soft-covers of all sorts. This is no small amount of books, seriously. And I know you wanted to come out Saturday, but it was a busy holiday weekend, and all. No worries.
7. The Cine16 show at the Missouri History Museum this Thursday will feature the silent classic "The General," along with live musical accompaniment. More info over at the Ecology of Absence site.
More to add, but I'm spacing. Hmm...