March 31, 2008
To Do
An assortment of happenings happening in the next week or so....
Today 1:30-4pm
Family Farm Lobby Day
State Capitol Building – Jefferson City
Citizens concerned about legislation that affects small farmers and locally grown food will be gathering to speak with legislators at the Capitol about these issues today. If you would like to learn more about what is going on, please refer to
www.slowfoodstl.org/2008/03/17/family-farm-lobby-day
The Washington University Assembly Series presents...
(free and open to the public)
April 2, 4pm @ Graham Chapel
Ken Paulson
“In 2004 the veteran newspaper executive became editor of USA TODAY. Prior to that position, he ran the Freedom Forum’s First Amendment Center, a nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press and free speech for all.”
April 3, 4pm @ Steinberg Hall Auditorium
Calvin Trillin
“Combining a reporter’s eye with a wicked sense of humor, Trillin turns every subject into masterful pieces. With more than 30 years of writing books, essays, columns, articles, novels and poetry on an astounding array of topics, he is an extraordinary chronicler of American culture.”
Over the past 50 years The Assembly Series ( http://assemblyseries.wustl.edu/ ) has presented a number of tremendously interesting people to St. Louis including: Shirley Chisolm, Studs Terkel, Cornel West, BF Skinner, Margaret Mead, Gwendolyn Brooks, Elie Wiesel, Edward Albee, Ed Muskie, Harold Ramis, Nikki Giovanni, Uta Hagen, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, Saul Williams, and Susan Sontag, to name a few. The full list of past speakers can be found here - (http://assemblyseries.wustl.edu/biglist/speakerindex.html )
April 4-6
Les Pays des Illinois Colonial Trade Faire & Musket and Rifle Frolic
Fort des Chartres
Prairie du Rocher, IL
Cool fort over in southern Illinois. A piece of our French heritage lovingly restored. Every so often they put on 18th Century period/reenactment type events. Period-dressed people doing period things. Not my usual bag, but I dig the fort and the drive over is beautiful. Something out-of-the-ordinary to do on a spring afternoon.
http://chasseurs.homestead.com/TradeFaire.html
April 4–6
St. Louis Marathon
Runners impress me. Particularly marathon runners. How can a non-bionic, regular person possibly run 26+ miles? At The St. Louis Marathon next weekend people will be gathering to accomplish that great feat and I salute them. For info on the marathon, and the many other events that make up marathon weekend, please go to http://www.gostlouis.org/
April 4 – 19
Italian Film Festival
Brown Hall 100
George Warren Brown School of Social Work on Washington University's Danforth Campus.
“Screenings are free and open to the general public. In Italian with English subtitles. All films in 35mm.” Another interesting thing in St. Louis that is free and open to the public. For film schedules and descriptions please go to http://www.italianfilmfestivalstlouis.com/
April 6
The Black Artists Group (BAG) Presents..
“Rivers of Women, a National Poetry
Month Tribute to Women featuring Shirley Bradley
LeFlore, Marsha Cann, Blue-Mashibini and more!
BAG honors women and the spoken word in what promises
to be a lively and diverse offering of spoken word and
poetry in performance on Sunday from 7-9pm, in the Rosebud Café
at Scott Joplin House State Historic Site, 2658 Delmar Blvd. This free event
will feature original BAG poet Shirley Bradley LeFlore
whose mark on the St. Louis and East Coast creative
scenes spans five decades.”
April 16
Dr. Peter Raven, renown Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden, will be the final speaker of the season in the Social Justice Speaker Series at Manchester United Methodist Church. From the series' website...“In its debut season, from September to April, the Social Justice Speakers Series invites you to expand your understanding of our global impact through five free evenings of intellect, wit, insight, experience and discussion with internationally recognized leaders, trail blazers, and authors. At the end of each evening the audience will have the opportunity to ask questions and sign up for further discussion and action opportunities related to the evening's topic.” For directions and other series info, please visit http://www.manchesterumc.org/article93992.htm
Please refer to event websites to confirm all details. Have a great week!