November 06, 2008
Kick-Ass Awards: Thursday, 11/13
Fifth Annual Kick Ass Awards
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Joe’s Café, 6014 Kingsbury, St. Louis, MO, 63112
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. (6:30 doors)
Free, all-ages
www.52ndcity.com
www.kickassawards.blogspot.com
Contact: thomas@52ndcity.com
The Fifth Annual edition of St. Louis Kick Ass Awards will be held on Thursday, November 13, with a live presentation at Joe’s Café, Bill Christman’s whimsical, one-of-a-kind, retro-futuristic (and booze-free) music venue in the heart of the Skinker-Debalivere neighborhood. The awards will begin at 7:00 p.m. and will run until approximately 9 p.m., with doors opening at 6:30 p.m.
The St. Louis edition of the Kick Ass Awards launched in the early winter of 2004, based on the popular Austin, TX, event begun earlier that year by writer/raconteur Spike Gillespie. Since then, nearly 70 St. Louis individuals, organizations and other entities have been honored by the publishers of 52nd City, who promote this annual event, dedicated to folks in the community who often don’t get the praise they deserve… or, in other cases, folks that the publishers of 52nd City really, really dig. (For a full list of previous winners, you can check: www.kickassawards.blogspot.com.)
This year’s recipients make up our most delightfully diverse group ever, including:
* The Angry Black Bitch, aka Shark-Fu: provocative commentary on all subjects, dished out in blog-sized bites
* The Cupcake Project: quite likely the only “experimental cupcake blog” in the entire United States, based right here in the river city
* The Fox Hole: the most amusing sports show on the AM dial, featuring Maurice “The Mayor” Drummond, Martin “Marty Mar” Kilcoyne and Andy “Strick Nasty” Strickland
* Lucas Hudson: a winner for his work as both editor of the Vital Voice newspaper, as well as his role as the market master of the Old North Farmer’s Market
* The International Institute: a long-running, landmark South Side organization dedicated to serving the needs of New Americans from all over the globe
* Kosha Irby: an Associate Athletic Director at Saint Louis University, who slips plenty of good deeds into his 70-hour workweek
* George Malich: actor, improviser, star of “A. (anonymous),” upbeat advocate of the arts and a room-brightener, always
* Phil Valko: a resident of Old North, rehabber, board member, avid cyclist and twenty-something ass-kicker in a variety of progressive causes
* Lori E. White: blogger, urban explorer, dancer, actress, and, most importantly to us, a relentless advocate for The STL in a wide variety of media
* Josh Wiese: musician, neighborhood activist and all-around good guy; if only the City of St. Louis had a few thousand more of this personality type
Two more set, announced winners will be added shortly, along with our annual mystery winner, plucked from the event audience and brought onstage for the wild adulation that automatically comes with winning a Kick Ass Award. We’ll also have some “special” treats, including guided meditation and the appearance of a classic St. Louis sports mascot… really!
In short: St. Louis’ weirdest, free-est awards show is back. Please spread the word.
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