October 31, 2006
Huth & Nesser at Mad Art
Just got the mailer in the ol' mailer delivery system known as my front door. The two-woman show "Intersections" will go live this Friday, November 3 at Mad Art Gallery, 2727 S. 12th Street, with a 7-11 p.m. opening reception. The artists involved are Janice Nesser and 52nd City mag's own art director Caroline Huth. Check the gallery's site for details.
October 30, 2006
Day of the Dead Beats
I'd suggest that the good folks at Observable Books share, at least, a passingly pleasant, nodding sort of friendship with us 52nd Citizens. I'd like to believe that by posting the cribbed notes below - found over at their website - that we'll only cement that goodwill. So here's what we suggest you do on Thursday:
Day of the Dead Beats is an annual St. Louis reading of dead Beat poets by local writers, actors, musicians and personalities. The event, started by Paul Thiel and others following the 1997 death of Allen Ginsberg, has continued every year since. Its title is, of course, a play on words incorporating the Mexican holiday, Day of the Dead or Dia de Los Muertos and is a sort of remembrance of those who are gone but not forgotten.
Brett Underwood has taken over coordination of the event since 2004 and is thrilled that the event is part of Observable Readings. Join the Dead Beats at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dayofthedeadbeats/.
October 27, 2006
Sub Books Opening Arts Space
Subterranean Books is opening - at least for now - a space for local atists to sell their works. We'll attach a portion of an e-mail from Subterranean, but interested parties can get the full scoop by sending an e-mail request to info @ subbooks.com. By the way, if you've not been to the space a while, they're still transitioning out of the used books business and are heavily investing in new books. Got some nice bargains on a few used titles recently, while being quite impressed by the new stock. Anyway, here's the arts info:
"We are putting out a call for artists/DIYers/crafters and others who might be interested in placing their wares in a retail environment this holiday season. We think such a set-up could benefit everyone. We are able to offer the artisans prime retail space during the busy busy holiday season. And the Loop is very busy in December. We think our customers will respond well to having unique locally made (mostly) products from which to choose for their gift-giving (as well as our fabulous selection of books). For us, it is much more affordable to stock this brand-new retail area with consignment items than it is to have to pay for a lot of inventory up-front. Here’s the background of how the consignment space came about, and it may be more than you need to know. We have had a terribly cluttered 'office' area in the loft portion of the east half of the shop for the last 6 years, with great intentions to clear it out. It has finally happened as we have moved the office into an upstairs apartment. We’re not exactly sure how we’re going to use the newly freed up space in the long term, but for the short term we would like to offer it as a consignment area for local crafters/DIY/artisans etc… We may keep that area as a consignment space in the future, depending on how well it does in this experimental period."
October 26, 2006
Watch With Us & DRINK
Don’t forget you can watch the game (or the rain) with us tonight at Riley’s Pub (3458 Arsenal) as we celebrate the release of our DRINK issue of the magazine—which really is a nice cool one, deserving of a cheer—and only $8. There will be pizza and drink specials at this cozy tavern in Tower Grove East. And while the online edition of DRINK is up at www.52ndcity.com you really need to get your hands on the printed version, which is a gem. Please stop by.
Contributors to the print and web editions include: Aaron Belz, Chris King, Tom Weber, Jennifer Gaby, Nick Findley, Bill Chott, Brandyn Jones, Richard Newman, James Weber Jr., Adam Scott Williams, Michael McCarthy and Julia Smillie, among many others. Thanks again to all of our contributors, supporters, advertisers and the like. Or should I say love?
October 25, 2006
Photos of Cacti
Basically, I've always wanted to type those words into a title line. And now I have. Because of this:
A Prickly Affair
Thursday, November 30, 6 to 8 p.m., Duane Reed Gallery, 7513 Forsyth Blvd.
The Garden boasts a magnificent collection of rare and beautiful cacti and succulents, but most are infrequently available for public viewing. Duane Reed Gallery, in conjunction with renowned photographer Michael Eastman, is hosting an opening and auction to benefit the eventual construction of a new Desert House. The exhibit, “Succulent Palladiums,” features large limited-edition palladium prints of cacti and succulents, several of which were photographed in the Garden’s greenhouse. Basic tickets are $25. Tickets at the patron level are $100 and include a signed Eastman poster (a $100 value). For more information or to purchase tickets, call (314) 862-2333.
October 24, 2006
Jeff Suppan says: "No on 2"
Wow. Every so often I wonder if there's an active, progressive pro athlete in this entire country.
Friday Night Rock @ CB's
Two If By Sea (Dance rock from Baltimore, MD; compared to Psychedelic Furs, Echo & The Bunnymen, XTC, Squeeze, etc)
http://www.twoifbysea.org/
Tone Rodent (STL Psyche rock; compared to Primal Scream, Jesus & Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, etc)
http://www.tonerodent.com/
FREE Halloween Show @ CBGB (3163 S. Grand)
Friday, October 27th
9pm
October 20, 2006
Buy Us
52nd City will be splitting a tent - with the Hartford Coffee Company - and a table - with Observable Books - this weekend at the Tower Grove Harvest Festival, which runs from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. each day. In addition to our mags and the Observable chapbooks, we'll have some other items for sale, like pins from the Firecracker Press and autographed DVDs of the recent doc by Michael Steinberg, "Stan Kann: The Happiest Man in the World." And, maybe, some other odds'n'ends.
We're also adjusting our subscription price, to $40 a year, which is good for four issues of the mag and any other pieces published during the year. Please drop me a line at thomas @ 52ndcity.com for details.
Folks, let me put it this way: our next issue, released this coming Thursday, is at the printer. In order to get the finished product out of the shop, we need to sell some dadgummed mags in the next week. If you've been on the fence about a purchase, would like to get one for a friend, would be so kind as to prepay for the coming issue, or would care to share multiple copies with co-workers or others, this is the week to snap up some deals. Thanks for the consideration.
October 19, 2006
"Girl Gone" by Ass Kicking NPTCO Begins Tonight
I tend to be a completist, which I why I anticipate making it to "Girl Gone," the third fall production of the Non-Propeht Theatre Company's three-show season. The fact that the show has scenes contained in a strip club shocks my sensibilities, but, again, there's that completist mentality, which compels me to put aside my Puritan reservations in lieu of a trip to West County for this NPTCO joint.
(And before I give details on "Girl Gone," which begins tonight, have I mentioned that the Non-Prophets will be performing for a half-hour at the Kick Ass Awards on November 9th? Remind me to do that, sometime.)
Here's the relevant data:
NonProphet Theater Company's "GIRL GONE"
DUE TO ADULT SITUATIONS, THIS SHOW IS INTENDED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY
Directed by Christopher Limber, the play is set against the backdrop of exotic dancing. When Tish, a novice dancer, loses her friend and mentor Jean to a brutal murder, she sets out to find who killed her and why. Her search takes her along the seedy underbelly of the city, and the action drifts in and out of Tish's mind as she flashes back to past incidents in an attempt to unmask the killer. With a rapid pace, the scenes shift from the strip club, to a smoky jazz lounge, to a male hustler's pad, to Jean's apartment. She eventually finds the answer she's looking for, but is she ready to handle the truth?
This production, in addition to being the final entry in the NonProphet's inaugural season, is part of the St. Louis Political Theatre Festival. With tones of feminism, free speech, race, and sexual freedom, Reingold has crafted a dark yet moving story that flows seamlessly from one scene to the next, and subtly speaks to political and social issues of the day, while maintaining a bite-your-nails sense of suspense.
The show stars Kimberly C. Mason as Tish, Margeau Baue Steinau as Jean and Robert A. Mitchell as Bobby. The show also features B. Weller, Leah Schumacher, Paula Dean, Kiné Brown, and Jared Nell.
The NonProphet Theater Company promises that this will be the most ambitious production to date, with a dazzling array of lights designed by Jim Dolan, sound design by Dave Toretta, and set design by Dan Steinau. In addition to being a cast member, Leah Schumacher, of the Albino Alley Cat Burlesque Revue on Washington Avenue, is also acting as choreographer for the dance numbers.
The show is performed October 19 through October 28 in the Sarah & Abraham Wolfson Studio Theater, located in the JCCA (2 Millstone Campus Drive; Creve Coeur, MO 63164).
Performances are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm. There are no Sunday matinees.
Tickets are $15 for adults, and $12 for students and seniors. Student rush tickets will also be available for $10. Student rush tickets are available 15 minutes prior to show time, and will be released only if the show is not sold out. Valid ID is required.
October 18, 2006
Let Them Eat Cake
Several weeks back I was in the market for a special cake and the only place to find it was right smack in the middle of Cherokee, a neighborhood with which I was unfamiliar and a little intimidated. The cake is called “tres leches” or “three milks.” Never heard of it, never tasted it and I certainly didn’t understand what was so special about a cake looking just like something from the Schnucks bakery department.
A very nice woman guided me along. She explained to me that the cake was made with whole, evaporated and condensed milks and could be filled with any flavor (I chose strawberry) and iced and decorated in any color (I went with the all white and confetti sprinkles.) After balking slightly at the $40 ticket, I loaded up the sweet and muttered all the way home about the extra shopping trip to a strange neighborhood for an ordinary looking cake.
I am slightly embarrassed to report how phenomenal the Tres Leches cake tasted. How could I have known it would be sweet but not sugary? That the icing wouldn’t have a hard, lard-like mouth feel? That it would be moist beyond anything else I’ve ever eaten? Well, I couldn’t. But, now you do and you should order one. Plan to share it with no one.
El Chico Panaderia y Pasteliria
2634 Cherokee Street
(Cherokee and Texas)
314.664.2212
(Here’s a tip if you’ve never been in the place. There are all sorts of baked cookies, pastries and breads in open cases and wheeled racks. Don’t look for a little box of hygienic, pop-up food service tissues with which to grab your choices. Go to the counter and get a stainless platter and some tongs then serve yourself. They’ll tally your haul at the counter and bag it up for you.)
At White Flag
Stopped by the White FlagsProjects space on Manchester at Kingshighway today, my first visit to the much discussed new space. Ran into Matthew Strauss, the WFP founder and signed him on for an appearance on The Wire this coming Monday evening at 7:30 p.m.
Below is the text of an announcement on the current show, which ends this Saturday.
TOMMORROW IS THE SECOND-TO-LAST DAY TO SEE "BILL SMITH: STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS" AT WHITE FLAG PROJECTS !!! 12-7 WEDNESDAY ...
"Bill Smith's kinetic sculptures are marvelous. The apparent gossamer products of a team of fairies, they shimmer and shake and charge the atmosphere. The artist has created a play land for adults and children alike... There's another good word for Smith's work: astonishing. The show is on view only two more afternoons. I urge anyone interested in contemporary art to see it."
-David Bonetti, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"It's occasionally maddening to see something that looks interesting on my screen to be 1,000 miles away."
-Tyler Green, Modern Art Notes
"Once seduced, you are transfixed, trapped and sentenced to sit or stand and
attend carefully to Smith's visual music. Whirring, moving, constantly in
motion, surprising, at once fragile and structurally vigorous, Smith's art
speaks credibly and hypnotically of genius."
-Robert Duffy, The Riverfront Times
If you haven't seen this show, or only saw it in the crowded circumstances of the opening reception or lecture, I urge you to find the time toexperience a truly remarkable exhibit before it ends this Saturday October 21. Spread the word, urge your art-loving friends, this show is a genuine do-not-miss.
WHITE FLAG PROJECTS
4568 Manchester Ave (near Kingshighway)
St. Louis, MO 63110
314.531.3442
WEDNESDAY 12-7
SATURDAY 12-5
October 17, 2006
The Potato?
Okay, I'll take the bait.
Welcome to the blogosphere, Ms./Mr. Potato:
http://thepotato.wordpress.com/
Gotta confess, a couple of the "headlines" had me laughing out loud. Who under this little tent of St. Louis writer/wonks is up to this impish pursuit? (Some might blame Franklin Jennings, but 52nd City's confirmed that it's not him.) Hmm, very interesting.
Minow on Smith on Slay
Carson Minow's v-logging debut on MayorSlay.com is an impressive one, featuring the late blues musician Bennie Smith. Produced by local photographer Molly Hayden, the piece runs at just over four-minutes and can be found here:
October 16, 2006
Recipients and Details of Third Annual K.A. Awards
Third Annual St. Louis KICK ASS Awards
The Atomic Cowboy, 4140 Manchester in “The Grove”
Thursday, November 9, 2006; 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
(Event is immediately followed by the Chippewa Chapel Traveling Guitar Circle & Medicine Show)
Sponsored by 52ndCity.com and The Atomic Cowboy
Admission is free (but we request all the change you can donate at the door – really!)
Info: thomas @ 52ndcity.com; 314-776-6929
The third annual Kick Ass Awards will be offered to 13 St. Louisans, collaborators and organizations, dedicated to quietly improving the civic life of this City and region. The event will celebrate the works of the 12 nominees listed below – along with a special, mystery award going out to conclude the night.
The Kick Ass Awards were begun in Austin, TX, in January 2004, by noted journalist, author and educator Spike Gillespie. An erstwhile St. Louisan, Spike gave out awards to deserving local folks who didn’t always get a public nod of appreciation for the work they were doing around her community. A fourth ceremony will be held at Austin’s amazing bookstore, Book People, this coming January, but not before St. Louis’ third annual event, now at the Atomic Cowboy after two great years at the late Gallery Urbis Orbis.
Over the past year, the event’s organizers have formed a website, quarterly magazine and specialty publishing company, 52nd City Media, currently represented online at 52ndCity.com. The publishers of the site and a small committee of volunteers selected the nominees for 2006.
Admission to the event is free, but… we’d love donations in the form of change. Literally, we possess a “Trash Can Full of Change,” which appears at various civic and cultural events around town. We’d ask that those attending the event check their change at the door. Otherwise, the event is FREE for all.
Note, too, that the event will be immediately followed by the Chippewa Chapel Traveling Guitar Circle & Medicine Show; you can find information on this weekly, eclectic, nomadic open mic night at: www.chippewachapel.com.
Here are the 13 winners for the Kick Ass Awards for 2006:
Advocates of youth cycling and computer education, BIKEWORKS
The venerable urban educational institute, CROSSROADS SCHOOL
KAREN DUFFY, namesake of Duff’s and a longtime champion of the CWE and River Styx
SCOTT EMANUEL of the ACLU of Eastern Missouri
Singer, songwriter and recording artist STEVE EWING
World class poet and member of the Hoobellatoo collective K. CURTIS LYLE
The ever-evolving, ever-growing NON-PROPHET THEATRE COMPANY
STUDIO STL, a local organization dedicated to children’s literacy
Cherokee’s metal/punk/hard rock emporium TENSION HEAD
Writer, bartender, KDHX late night host and more… the one-and-only BRETT UNDERWOOD
The East Loop’s movers and shakers, the salon V-VEGAZ STYLE
DOUG WHYTE of KDHX-TV, a leading proponent of documentary and “challenge” films
Plus a special MSYTERY winner!
Winners in 2005: Dylan Hassinger, Teresa Mithen, the Webster University Film Series, Peter Venezia, Pat Brannon, the Publishing Group, Ivy Cooper, John Burse, Michael R. Allen & Claire Nowak-Boyd, Ann Haubrich, Margie Newman & Alan Brunettin and Cynthia Daly.
Winnters in 2004: Luigi Larhman, Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts, Maid Rite, Andrea Dunn, Mary Sue Rosenthal, Aaron Belz, Brandyn Jones, Andrea Avery, Kraig Schnitzmeier, Terrell Carter, MoKaBe’s and the Alternative Music Pub.
52nd City has been supported by: the Hartford Community Café, The Royale, Firecracker Press, the Independent Art Market, The Time, Mad Art Gallery and Fred Hessel of Edward L. Bakewell Realtors.
October 15, 2006
Saarinen Road Trip
I’m back from a honeymoon road trip that included a stop in Columbus, Indiana. What makes this little town (population 39,059) 40 miles south of Indianapolis so special is the architecture. In 1991, the American Institute of Architects surveyed 829 of its members and they ranked Columbus sixth among U.S. cities in architectural quality and innovation.
What started it all was the First Christian Church desgined by Eliel Saarinen in 1942. A wealthy businessman in the area agreed to pay the architect fees for public buildings if the entities selected from his list of preferred architects. This arrangement turned out to be quite advantageous to the town, which boasts buildings by many world renowned architects. There are two building, a bank and a church, designed by Eero Saarinen (um, anyone heard of the Arch?). We toured the North Christian Church, which he designed, and it was amazing. Even the parking lot was well designed with rows of gorgeous trees separating many small sublots of chat gravel—so one would feel like they were entering a little picnic place rather than a parking lot. The have a mall in the middle of town which you barely notice, which in my mind, is exactly how one would want a mall designed. It blends perfectly with the surroundings. Everything seemed so well planned—not in a “New Town St. Charles” sort of way—it was more organic and authentic. The town boasts 60+ buildings that are National Historic Landmarks, a huge Henry Moore sculpture in front of an I. M. Pei designed library, and a Chihuly chandelier in the visitor’s center—all big stuff for a small town.
Only 5-1/2 hours from St. Louis, it would make a great weekend trip. Especially in the fall. Visit their website.
October 14, 2006
The Last, Good Tomato
So, like, I went to the Tower Grove Farmer's Market today, hoping to find some tomatos, since they seemed to have disappeared from that market in Souldrd a couple weeks ago. Turns out, them pesky red veggies (fruits?) were back at Soulard today, but by the time I hit 7th & Lafayette, I'd already bought some heirlooms (and "not so hot" salsa) from the Tower Grove Market and was happy to do so on such a gorgeous morning.
Next weekend's the swan song for the Market, with two days and expanded hours for each: Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sources say some quality magazines will be for sale, along with CDs, DVDs and other local ephemera.
Here're the details:
http://www.tgharvestfest.com/index.htm
October 13, 2006
October 11, 2006
Live Pez Puppet Event
If Ann Haubrich says this event will be cool, then so shall it be:
Hello Friends and Neighbor
If you want to have some fun and can get out this Thursday evening, consider heading over to Joe's Cafe (Bill Christman’s studios) at 6014 Kingsbury (the corner of Kingsbury and Des Peres, just north of Forest Park) to witness a rare and wacky performance presented by my rare and wacky pal, Steve White, who is a folk artist currently living in New Mexico. (Steve made is home in St. Louis for several years, cooking at the Sunshine Inn and making a living as a darn good massage therapist. Since leaving St. Lou, Steve has made a name for himself with his artwork, even apprenticing with the late great Howard Finster.)
Steve's latest creations are enhanced pez dispensers-- and he's gone so far as to produce pez puppet shows, which are irreverent and outrageous and it seems, right on target... if you like what you see of the pez puppets (elvis, george bush, our lady of guadalupe.... the list goes on....) you'll be able to take one or more pez puppets home with you for a nominal price. After all, Steve needs gas money. Check out his website at www.thefolkfarm.com.
Joe’s Café will be the perfect intimate setting for a pez puppet show.
It all happens this Thursday evening, October 12 at 8:30 pm at Joe's Café.
$5.00 at the door gains you admission to the joint, for the puppet show and music, after that, by the Landes-Martin Trio and a bonfire in the found sculpture garden.
Be there or be square.
Take care. Hope fall is being good to you.
ann h.
p.s. and on Friday night, do yourself a favor and get over to Hoobellatoo's Blind Cat Black Listening Party and Art Invitational at Mad Art. After all, it is Friday the 13th. www.hoobellatoo.org.
St. Louis is jampacked with groovy and gratifying things to soak up.
October 10, 2006
Bloom Tour '06 - Kicks off in St. Louis
Okay, I'll admit I have KSHE preprogrammed into the car radio dial, but most of the time I'm a sucker for free jazz and the unclassifiable space jam. Which is why I'l be at the Tap Room tomorrow night. Superhero Brett Underwood of the No Show on KDHX (late, late Thursday nights) has lured Thollem McDonas back to the Tap Room, this time with pals (see squib below). If you were lucky enough to see McDonas the first time 'round you'll consider your Wednesday night plans already made, I'm sure. If not, I will tell you that seven dollars is a wee, wee sum for what you'll see tomorrow night ...
A descrip of the CD, to be performed as live show tomorrow night:
'Bloom', a spirited and colossal collaboration between pianist Thollem McDonas, multi-saxophonist and electronician Rent Romus, instrument builder Steven Baker, and drummer and found-object player Jon Brumit. The CD features free group improvisations as well as interpretations of numerous textual and graphical scores offered up by McDonas and Brumit. The entire album is an organic construction and expression of solos, duos, and trios combining disparate and divergent stylistic histories with a sense of refreshing immediacy, intensity, and spontaneous inventiveness.
On Wednesday, October 11, New Music Circle will co-sponsor, with the
No Show (KDHX, 88.1 FM), performances at 8 and 10 p.m, by THOLLEM
MCDONAS, RENT ROMUS, and JON BRUMIT. Shows will be at the Club Room
atop the Schlafly Tap Room
2100 Locust Street (at 21st)
(314)241-2337.
Also appearing will be Dave Stone/Aaron Smith & Peanuts Trio
(featuring Eric Hall, Sadeeq Holmes and Jeremy Brantlinger).
What to say? Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna.
ACC at the Royale
Not sure if it's a "closed" party, but the ACC is having a fete at The Royale tomorrow, after 6 p.m. This will be your best chance this week to throw eggs at Dave Drebes and Lucas Hudson. Or to give them hosannas on five years in the publishing business.
October 09, 2006
Finn's Motel, Thursday: Free Tix
On Thursday night, Euclid Records is sponsoring a "relaunch" of the store's website, with a power-pop show at the Duck Room. Playing will be The Hard Lessons, The Rug's and St. Louis' own Finn's Motel, who recently released their debut album on Scat Records.
Though I just wrote about the group for the current edition of Sauce Magazine, the band's gone through some significant lineup changes, in anticipation of a short, East Coast tour. Still in are songwriter/guitarist/vocalist Joe Theabeau and bassist Steve Scariano. New to the fold are guitarist (and Scat Records founder) Robert Griffin and drummer Peter Lang, whose resume could fill an entire page, single-spaced.
That version of the band will take the stage this Thursday, October 12, for a 21-up show. If you'd like to save on the $8 ticket ($10 at the door), we have four pairs of tickets to giveaway.
Just drop yours truly a note at: thomas @ 52ndcity.com.
See you at the show.
October 06, 2006
Caroline Huth
On the Mount Rushmore of 52nd City heroes, our art designer Caroline Huth has a fixed place. So it's a pleasure to note a couple of announcements - one dealing with workshop opportunities and the other a retirement of sorts:
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SHAW ART FAIR – This Weekend!
Last Chance: My Last Art Fair
Yes, it's true. I'm hanging it up after this art fair and just teaching classes. Come see what I've got left and get yourself a bargain. Last chance!
14th ANNUAL HISTORIC SHAW ART FAIR
Saturday & Sunday October 7& 8, 2006
Saturday – 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday – 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Admission is $5
Children 14 and under are free when accompanied by an adult. Proceeds benefit the activities of the Shaw Neighborhood Improvement Association.
132 quality artists from around the country who work in a large variety of media and styles.
Located on the tree-lined parkway of beautiful Flora Place at Tower Grove Avenue, the Historic Shaw Art Fair is one of the premier fine art and fine craft fairs in the St. Louis area. It is highly rated by art fair magazines and participating artists.
The food court and a variety of music help make your visit a relaxed and pleasant one. Dogs on leashes are welcome. Disabled parking and accessible entry ramp provided. Parking is available on neighborhood streets and in Tower Grove Park. The Missouri Botanical Garden’s Best Of Missouri Market is held on the same weekend directly across Tower Grove Ave.
2006 COLLAGE WORKSHOPS with Caroline Huth
Now Available: Dates in November and December
Sign up now for holiday workshops – make your own great gifts this year! Artist and designer Caroline Huth presents self-guided workshops in the art of collage design. In one 6-hour session you'll work with your memorabilia, plus accoutrements from her studio, to create a one-of-a-kind framed piece of your own.
Learn how to come up with a theme, assemble the right items, build layers and dimension, and finally frame your final piece. Final pieces will be in a 12x12 shadowbox frame in either black or creamy white.
Holiday 2006 Dates:
Sat, Nov 4
Sun, Nov 5
Sat, Nov 18
Sun, Nov 19
Sat, Dec 2
Sun, Dec 3
Location: University City Centennial Commons, 7210 Olive Blvd in University City
Time: 12 - 6PM
Cost: $75, plus $20 material fee
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL! Reserve by October 31 and pay only $70! (plus materials fee)
Reservations are required. Classes are limited to six people. Payment is required within one week of signup. Once paid, fee is non-refundable. A pre-workshop will be emailed (one week prior) with information on what to bring, but start collecting your stuff now!
Please send your email address to: caroline@carolinehuth.com
Please mail checks to: Caroline Huth, 6951 Amherst, St. Louis, MO 63130 (PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT THE WORKSHOP LOCATION)
CALL TO RESERVE YOUR SPACE!
(314) 863-5955 or (314) 409-7056
See you there!
October 04, 2006
DATES: "Drink" Issue Release/Kick-Ass Awards
A pair of dates to keep in mind when planning your social schedule for the next month-and-change:
Thursday, October 26: 52nd City's third issue, "Drink," will be released with a casual affair at Riley Irish Pub, 3458 Arsenal (314-664-7474), 7-9 p.m; come for the new mags, as well as pizza and drink specials at this cozy tavern in Tower Grove East. In addition to the print edition, for sale at the event, the same day will debut our latest web issue at: www.52ndcity.com. Contributors to the print and web editions include: Aaron Belz, Chris King, Tom Weber, Jennifer Gaby, Nick Findley, Bill Chott, James Weber Jr., Adam Scott Williams, Caroline Huth and Julia Smillie, among many others.
Thursday, November 9: The Third Annual Kick-Ass Awards will be held at the Atomic Cowboy, 4140 Manchester in the Grove (314-775-0775; www.atomic-cowboy.com). The event, from 7:30-9 p.m. will highlight the accomplishments of a variety of community members and organizations, who've added to the region's health and vitality over the past year. Adapted from a similar program founded by writer Spike Gillespie in Austin, TX, the St. Louis Kick-Ass Awards was hosted at the late Urbis Orbis for two years, with past winners including: MoKaBe's, the Alternative Music Pub, Ann Haubrich, Margie Newman & Alan Brunettin, The Publishing Group and Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts. A full list of this year's winners will be announced next week. In addition, we will precede the Chippewa Chapel's weekly event at the same venue that evening.
Dana Smith: Photos @ Firecracker
Note the end of this release. Thinking of going as Eric Woods, I am. But, anyway, back to our pal and contributor, Dana Smith:
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Recorduroy presents -
No Rest For The Wicked
Sat Oct 28 7pm - 11pm
The Mighty Gallery (@ The Firecracker Press)
4251 Chippewa
St. Louis, MO 63116
Photographs by Dana Smith
Come see rare and candid photographs taken over the last couple of years. The photos primarily deal with musicians and artists in the St. Louis area doing what they do best, performing, writing, recording and creating.
Portraits include:
Ben Hanna (Grandpa's Ghost)
Larissa Dalle (The Wormwood Scrubs)
Sam Thompson (Off Broadway)
Jim Atkinson (3WK Underground Radio)
Jeb Venable (The Dirty 30's, Pizzasaurus Rex, Rock Solid)
Riley (The Dirty 30's)
Fred Friction (The Highway Matrons, MorganFLOORed)
Jason Hutto (The Phonocaptors, Walkie Talkie USA)
Erik Carlson (El Diablo)
Galen Gondolfi (Fort Gondo Compound for The Arts)
Plus many more...
There will also be a Halloween costume contest at 9 p.m. sponsored by the Firecracker Press.
October 02, 2006
October 01, 2006
Grove, Pt. 1: AMP
After enjoying a few stops in the City last night - total club count, er... too many - one particularly notable note was the news that AMP is moving across the street from its current location at Boyle and Manchester, to a catty-corner building being rehabbed by the Gills. Owners Neil Harris and Rusty Woody will again live above their bar, which should double in size with the springtime move.
What this will leave is a very usable, high visibility corner slot for a canny bar operator. Looking forward to seeing both the new AMP and the replacement tavern, as well.
As alluded in the headline, there's another bit of Grove news worth reporting, but I can't scoop myself, so check back on Monday, yo. Hint: it involves preservation, demolition, adaptive reuse and God.