Architectural Promiscuity at Fort Gondo

Don't miss Angelo Olegna's debut solo show, Architectural Promiscuity, opening June 2, 2012 at Fort Gondo.

Event page on Facebook

Fort Gondo
3151 Cherokee Street
Saint Louis, Missouri  63118

• Saturday, June 2, 2012
• 7:00pm

Says Angelo:

Sexy city-scapes for the scandalous urbanist pervert! I'm going to be putting on display never-before-seen works; including a little something different than usual.

Tomorrow: Nathaniel Farrell, Keith Newton & Matvei Yankelevich read in Gondo Poetry Series

The fort GONDO POETRY series is pleased to present:

Nathaniel Farrell
Keith Newton
Matvei Yankelevich

TOMORROW, April 28 at 7 P.M.

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Nathaniel Farrell was born and grew up in Western Pennsylvania before moving to New York City, where he lived for fifteen years. A recent arrival in St. Louis, he is currently completing a dissertation on modern poetics at Columbia University and teaching at Washington University. A collection of two unpublished long poems — "Newcomer" and "The Republic" — is forthcoming from Ugly Duckling Presse.

Keith Newton’s writing has appeared in Denver Quarterly, 1913, Harvard Review, Konundrum Engine, and Typo, among other journals, and his chapbook of poems Sent Forth to Die in a Happy City was published in 2009 by Cannibal Books. He is co-editor of "The Harp & Altar Anthology" (Ellipsis Press, 2010), a selection of writing from the magazine Harp & Altar, which he founded in 2006. He lives in Brooklyn.

Matvei Yankelevich is the author of "Boris by the Sea" (Octopus Books), and the translator of "Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings of Daniil Kharms" (Ardis/Overlook). His new collection of
poems, "Alpha Donut," has just been released by United Artists Books. He is a member of the writing faculty at the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College and one of the the founding editors of Ugly Duckling Presse, a Brooklyn-based nonprofit publishing collective.

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This is the last reading in this season’s series. Please check our website soon to hear more about next season, which will begin in Fall 2012!

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Readings are sponsored in part by All Along Press.

www.fortgondo.com

BPW Design Contest

Call for artists

PURPOSE
Benton Park West Neighborhood Association (BPWNA) is requesting t-shirt design submissions to use as a fundraiser for the neighborhood association.  The winning design submission will be produced on t-shirts and sold at neighborhood meetings, events, and online.  Proceeds from the sale of the t-shirts will enable BPWNA to fulfill its mission and enhance our community.

ARTWORK
Parameters 

• Artwork should include “Benton Park West” text 
• Artwork should capture the energy, diversity, and excitement of Benton Park West
• Artwork may include, but not limited to Benton Park West architecture, people, culture, landmarks, institutions, etc.
• Creativity and originality are required
• Artwork should be appropriate for all ages: children through senior citizens
• Artwork may be photos, painting (all mediums), collage, pen & ink, graphic design, computer generated
• Color or Black & White; if color, please limit to 4 color.  
• 2 dimensional and sizeable up to 16in x 20 in

Submitted artwork must be reproducible. Selected artwork may be used in the following methods:
• T-shirts
• Promotional postcards
• Promotional posters
• Print media ads 
• Other uses as determined by BPWNA

Please note: By entering this contest, the artist (if selected) agrees to provide a release waiver authorizing Benton Park West Neighborhood Association to reproduce the submitted image for the above usages. The printer may adjust the image for reproduction.  No prize money is awarded, but the artist will receive recognition on the BPWNA website, social media sites, The Porch newsletter, press releases, and any media interviews related to the design contest.

ARTIST ELIGIBILITY
This request is open to all artists located within 100 miles of St. Louis.  All ages and skill levels are encouraged to submit their work.  BPWNA is not required to make recommendations or selections from the submissions if, in its opinion, qualifications are not appropriate.

DEADLINE
Must be received/postmarked by 5PM, Monday, July 2, 2012.  All entries will be displayed at the Benton Park West neighborhood meeting on Thursday, July 19 at 7PM.  Attendees of that meeting will vote for their top choices.  Finalists will be notified by Monday, July 30, 2012.  Finalists may be asked to show their original work to the August neighborhood meeting, Thursday, August 16. The designer of the winning artwork will be notified by phone/email by Friday, August 24, 2012. The voting schedule is subject to change and all contestants would be notified in advance of any scheduled changes.

SUBMISSIONS
DO NOT SUBMIT ORIGINAL ARTWORK.  Your submissions will not be returned. After reviewing submissions, we will keep your application on file for future considerations.
 
All submissions should include the following information: 
• Name
• Address
• Contact phone number(s) 
• Titles & Descriptions of artwork images submitted
• Website information if applicable

Email Submissions: 
Please submit up to 6 artworks/images in JPEG format (no larger than 500KB each) as attachments to secretary(at)bentonparkwest(dot)org.

Please Note: If you have a website, instead of sending attachments, you may simply send us the URL of the images you wish to submit and the link to your site.

Postal Mail Submissions: 
Please submit up to 6 artworks/images/photos (sizes 3x5 to 8x10) to:

Benton Park West Neighborhood Association
Attn: T-Shirt Design
P.O. Box 18671
St. Louis, MO  63118
           
For confirmation of receipt of submission, enclose a Self Addressed Stamped Postcard with your submission.

QUESTIONS?
Please contact Scott McIntosh by calling (314)719-6507 or emailing secretary(at)bentonparkwest(dot)org.
Please be sure to visit our site, www.bentonparkwest.org.

Thank you for your submission!

Shakespeare in the Streets -- this weekend

Local Benton Park / Gravois Park / Cherokee Street business owners and residents will be appearing alongside professional actors in a play artfully adapted from William Shakespeareʼs The Tempest titled The New World, as part of the inaugural Shakespeare in the Streets, April 27-29. The event is underwritten by PNC Arts Alive and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The hour-long play will be performed at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, April 27-28, and at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 29, at the intersection of Cherokee Street and California Avenue. All performances are free.

Creative team members Tlaloc Rivas (director), Nancy Bell (playwright) and Justin Barisonek (set designer) spent the past four months in the neighborhood collaborating with the residents, immersing themselves in the culture.  The three attended neighborhood events, met with residents, business owners and the community leaders in an attempt to get to know one another and to simply understand the history, the stories and the current concerns of the neighborhood. 

The resulting script draws upon Shakespeare, real conversations with the residents, and the playwright’s own impressions. For example, the character Gonzalo says: 
 
 “The people here in City South, in Louis Saint,
 They do be different, that much is sure.
 Some immigrants, some working class
 Some artists and many others, too.
 But here they are.  Together.  Every day.
 And basically, they’re...
 Pretty chill
 With one another.....
 I would not change it.



Friday & Saturday, April 27-28 at 8PM and Sunday, April 29 at 3PM. It’ll be a block party. Get excited!

More on this exciting event here

'CHEROKEE STREET SATURDAY NIGHT' at STL CURIO SHOPPE & RETRO 101

GET IT ON YOUR CALENDAR NOW!!
YOU CAN'T MISS THIS!!!

The ST. LOUIS CURIO SHOPPE and RETRO 101/CHERRY BOMB VINTAGE
will be having a combined event for our participation in
'Cherokee Street Saturday Night' Street Party
Saturday, April 14
6-8pm

Live Music by

SARAH JANE AND THE BLUE NOTES
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sarah-Jane-The-Blue-Notes/229096007133849?ref=ts

Art Opening for STL Artist

PAUL WEBB
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Queer-Designs/235104392027?ref=ts


MUSIC - ART - REFRESHMENTS - SHOPPING - FUN


ST. LOUIS CURIO SHOPPE: http://www.facebook.com/stlcurioshoppe?ref=tn_tnmn
RETRO 101/CHERRY BOMB VINTAGE: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Retro-101-Cherry-Bomb-Vintage/114659468548802?ref=ts


“Cherokee Street Saturday Night” – celebrates how the arts have helped revitalize this St. Louis neighborhood. Free and open to the public, from 6 to 8 p.m. stores and galleries on Cherokee Street will be open from Indiana Ave. to Virginia Ave., with music venues, art openings, food trucks and street entertainment. At 8 p.m. the party moves to Art Dimensions, 2720 Cherokee St. and the public is invited. This event has been planned in conjunction with Cherokee businesses and artists, led by Randy and Jeff Vines of StL-Style (www.stl-style.com)

For the OFFICIAL EVENT INFO see: http://www.facebook.com/events/341558122550543/
Let them know you are coming!!!

Issue 9 of Lumberyard has appeared

And it looks like a beauty!  Details and ordering information on the Firecracker Press's website here.

Cherokee Street Saturday Night (Saturday, April 14, that is)

Saturday, April 14, 2012, 6:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Art. Shop. Eat. Drink. Dance. Create. Party.

As part of Rustbelt to Artist Belt : At the Crossroads, Arts-Based Community Development Convening at the Chase Hotel April 12-14, 2012, we introduce Cherokee Street Saturday Night.

This event will feature all that we love about ART in COMMUNITIES. Extended business hours, live music, street performances, art installations, participant art, improv, food trucks, restaurants, drinks, people, culture.

Get out in the street and pARTicipate!

More info: www.rustbelttoartistbelt.com

Jennifer O'Connor/Tim Foljahn/Alexa Wilding at Foam, March 19

Monday, March 19, 2012

9:00pm until 12:00am

You’ve probably heard Brooklyn Indie Folk artist Jennifer O’Connor, as she’s had songs appear on numerous television shows and films such as Parenthood, Sons of Anarchy, The Ghost Whisperer, The Strangers and Private Practice. O’Connor has toured the United States many times over, playing alongside bands such as Wilco, Cass McCombs, Silver Jews, The Mountain Goats, Damien Jurado, Feist and Yo La Tengo. She graces the Foam stage with a special Monday night performance. Foam 3359 S. Jefferson Ave. (at Cherokee) Saint Louis, MO 63118

Book Release Party for Sermons and Lectures TONIGHT at Firecracker

Book Release Party
Friday, March 9th from 7-9pm

We've just finished Matt Hart's new book/boxed set, Sermons and Lectures Both Blank and Relentless. It's a letterpressed edition of 50 copies, containing three books of punk-rock poetry, and a full-length CD. Come by the studio Friday, March 9th to hear Matt read (it's FREE) and purchase one of these limited editions while they last. More info HERE.

The Firecracker Press, LLC
2838 Cherokee St.
St. Louis, MO 63118

(314)776-7271

Cbabi Bayoc - Birds & Words opens at Aisle 1 Gallery TONIGHT

Cbabi Bayoc
Birds & Words

Opening Reception
Aisle 1 Gallery
Friday, March 9, 2012
7-11pm

Cbabi (pronounced Kuh-bob-bi) Bayoc is an artist who has always known, and lived, his calling: creating art which reflects his love of music and family. Bayoc, 39, lives in south St. Louis with his wife and three kids. He grew up in O'Fallon, IL and is an alumnus of Southwestern Illinois College and Grambling State University. Cbabi's defining project this year is his impressive resolution of "365 Days With Dad." While surely very busy painting a father a day in 2012, Cbabi will be also be completing a new body of work sure to please lovers of birds and words for this exhibition at Aisle 1 Gallery.

Aisle 1 Gallery is extremely excited to bring Cbabi Bayoc's work to Cherokee Street.

Join us to celebrate this bird-filled body of work from 7 – 11 pm on March 9, 2012.

Read more about the Artist : cbabibayoc.com
Find Cbabi on Facebook

Cbabi and his "365 Days with Dad" project have recently been featured in The St. Louis Beacon, Fox 2 News, and the Belleville News Democrat.

Aisle 1 Gallery is located at 2627 Cherokee Street, at Texas Ave. just one block west of Jefferson Ave.

www.aisle1gallery.com

Type-truck visits Firecracker

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

6:00pm until 9:00pm

Get directions

 

Kyle Durrie, of Power and Light Press, will be bringing her mobile type-truck to The Firecracker Press on Feb 28th from 6pm-9pm. She’ll be cruising in from Alabama so please come on down, make some posters, and show her a warm StL welcome.

Kyle’s been traveling the count...ry spreading the “good word” about printing and letterpress. We’re tickled to be considered a stop on her trip! Make a collaborative poster the night of her visit… you print one color on our monster signpress and then run outside to the TypeTruck to print the second color in Kyle’s mobile printing studio.

We’ll have tons of prints for sale (as little as $2) and we’ll have plenty of snacks and drinks on-hand.

What’s better than a mobile printing studio?.. I knew you couldn’t think of anything.

DYNAMITE IGNITES: Typecast Night at Firecracker Press

• Friday, March 9, 2012
• 7:00pm until 9:00pm

   

Typecast Publishing is headed home to St. Louis for a night of poetry that is "cataclysmic in all the ordinary ways." We're celebrating the launch of poet Matt Hart's latest collection, SERMONS AND LECTURES BOTH BLANK AND RELENTLESS. Firecracker Press molded this book into a gorgeous letterpress box set that will melt your hands, so come on down and enjoy a brief reading from the book and a chance to talk with the author. It's an evening designed to refuel your noggin--we promise you'll leave with the muse clinging to the hem of your shirt. Typecast editor Jen Woods will also be in attendance to talk about new opportunities to publish your work in 2012, as well as show off the latest issues of The Lumberyard. WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU IN ST. LOUIS! This event is FREE. For more info on Matt Hart and his book, Sermons and Lectures, visit: www.typecastpublishing.com.   At the Firecracker Press Address 2838 Cherokee St, Saint Louis, MO 63118 · Get Directions Website http://www.firecrackerpress.com

Mad-Libs style Valentines at Firecracker

From the Firecracker Press:

On Saturday, Feb. 11th from 11am – 5pm we’ll be making custom Valentine cards… mad-libs style. That’s right you fill in the blanks with nouns, verbs, nicknames, etc. and we will print ‘em up in 30 minutes or less. This year the cards are HUGE so they make a big impression as a card or a poster. And we’ll customize a standard envelope for you at no extra charge. Quantities are very limited and due to the popularity of the event we suggest you come early.

More information here.

Kickstarter campaign for the Luminary to move to Cherokee Street

Three days to go ... more information here.

Fundrasier bean dinner for CAMP at Black Bear, January 25

Says CAMP:

We will be having a delicious BEAN DINNER fundraiser at Black Bear Bakery on Wednesday, January 25th, from 6:30pm to 9pm. There will be baked beans, chilli beans, bean soup, bean bread, bean taffey, and bean compote, along with food not involving any beans.  Come on by to enjoy this feast of protein!  Vegetarian and vegan options will be available.

We will be giving short introductions to everything that CAMP is up to for the new year, including elections for folks who help run CAMP!

We will be screening several films in the upstairs library for your enjoyment:
Red Beans & Rice (Record Collecting Documentary)
David Icke's Ad-lib Occupy Wall Street Documentary
... others TBA

Black Bear is located at 2639 Cherokee St, just a few blocks East of CAMP.
Admission is $5-10 sliding scale, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds!
Contact us at coordinator@stlcamp.org for more info!