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A civil-rights bridge with Obama's visit Print E-mail
By Philip Deitch, Special to the Beacon   

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Posted 4:52 p.m. Wed., 03.10.10 - Sister Antona Ebo, who will lead the invocation at the dinner featuring President Barack Obama, already had reason to remember March 10. Forty-five years ago today she was part of a St. Louis contingent that stood with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and defied the officials of Selma, Ala., who had already used violence to stop marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

 
A tale of two artists on one block of Cherokee Street Print E-mail
By Elia Powers, Beacon staff   

cherokee100storefronts.jpgPosted 8:52 a.m. Tues., 03.09.10 - Anchoring the 2300 block of Cherokee Street are two arts spaces: Boots Contemporary Arts Space and PHD Gallery. The owners both grew up in St. Louis, left town and eventually returned. Both came to the Cherokee-Lemp Historic District at around the same time. Their experiences teach important lessons about what it's like to be on different ends of the art world and invested in a neighborhood that's still largely in flux.

 
Like the Florida sands through an hourglass, it's time for the Days of Our Cardinals Print E-mail
By Mary Delach Leonard, Beacon staff   

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Posted 2:50 p.m. Wed., 03.03.10 - Yes, it's been a truly grueling pre-season, Cardinals fans. But come Saturday afternoon, the Florida sand will stop running through the hour-glass for at least a while, as KTRS-550 AM broadcasts its first of 17 spring training games. The Cardinals will take on the Florida Marlins at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla., at 12:05 p.m.

 
St. Cecilia's fish fry has a distinctively Mexican flavor Print E-mail
By Elia Powers, Beacon staff   
fishfry100stceciliaep.jpgPosted 9:44 a.m. Wed., 03.03.10 - The line for food snaked around the inside of the gym at St. Cecilia School and finally came to an end outside the crowded room on a mild late-February Friday evening, but this is hardly your typical fish fry. The most popular dish is chiles rellenos, a nod not only to St. Cecilia's predominantly Hispanic school and parish, but to the growing Hispanic community in St. Louis.
 
Intersections - Forest Park Print E-mail
By Sam Washburn, Special to the Beacon   
Posted 10:15 a.m. Mon., 03.01.10 - "Intersections" is a series from illustrator Sam Washburn. Each month, Sam will present an image of a neighborhood or an activity that is special to St. Louis. In his drawings, Sam hopes to distill a community's personality and character -- and make us smile in recognition. This month, it's Forest Park. To see earlier ones, click on the topic: Florissant , First Night , Maplewood ,  South Grand ,  Alton , The Hill .
 
Got a dream? Take it to PechaKucha Print E-mail
By Rosa Dudman Mayer, Special to the Beacon   

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Posted 11:32 a.m. Wed., 02.24.10 - What would you present if you had five minutes and could use 20 slides? Community members took up this challenge for the second PechaKucha night in St. Louis. PechaKucha began as a way for designers to meet, network and show their work. In St. Louis, it has been a way to present quirky, original visions for St. Louis.

 

 
Sloup's on: New soup dinners will help fund arts projects Print E-mail
By David Weinberg, Special to the Beacon   

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Posted 2:30 p.m. Tues., 02.16.10 - Each person pays about $10 for dinner. And as they dine on soup (on this menu: carrot, leek with roasted red pepper), people discuss proposals that have been submitted by artists. After a vote, all the proceeds from the dinner are then awarded to the proposal with the most support.

 
French Festival connects in many ways Print E-mail
By Jamison Spencer, Special to the Beacon   

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Posted 9:45 p.m. Sun., 02.21.10 - The St. Louis French Festival, which runs nearly a week from Feb. 24 through March 1, started as a simple organ recital. It grew to include two speeches by the French ambassador to the United States, an art lecture, a theatrical performance, a musical afternoon and a tour of the Cathedral Basilica, in addition to the organ recital and two lectures.

 
Big Read focuses on 'Tom Sawyer' Print E-mail
By Donna Korando, Features and commentary editor   

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Posted 4:25 p.m. Fri., 01.29.10 - Given that 2010 is the 100th anniversary of the death of Mark Twain, the choice of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" as this year's Big Read book holds no surprise. Click through to the story to find a list of discussion opportunities and activities for St. Charles County as well as the city and county of St. Louis.

 
Intersections - The Hill Print E-mail
By Sam Washburn, Special to the Beacon   
Posted 12:08 p.m. Tues., 01.26.10 - "Intersections" is a series from illustrator Sam Washburn. Each month, Sam will present an image of a neighborhood or an activity that is special to St. Louis. In his drawings, Sam hopes to distill a community's personality and character -- and make us smile in recognition. This month, it's the Hill neighborhood. To see earlier ones, click on the topic: Florissant , First Night , Maplewood ,  South Grand ,  Alton .
 
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  • Books
  • Theater/Dance

    • The Repertory Theatre will present "Crime and Punishment" March 10-28 in the Emerson Studio Theatre, 130 Edgar Road (on the campus of Webster University). Tickets start at $35. For times and tickets go to www.repstl.org .

    • "Menopause The Musical" will return to The Playhouse at Westport Plaza on March 5, with a run going through May 8. The show will be performed Wednesdays through Sundays. For tickets ($45) and information: 314-534-1111.

    • To listen to theater people talking to theater people, check out "Break a Leg" on KDHX, 88.1 FM

    • See "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You!" on Thursdays through Saturdays, Dec. 3-19 at the Tower Grove Abbey, 2336 Tennessee Av. Tickets -- $18-20 -- from Stray Dog Theatre StrayDogTheatre.org or 314-865-1995

  • Music

    • Pianist Claude Frank will perform works by Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert as part of the Maryville concert series at 3 p.m. March 21 in the Auditorium, 650 Maryville University Dr. $5-$10.

    • HEARding Cats Collective is bringing the world jazz group Ravish Momin's Trio Tarana to the Kranzberg Arts Center (501 N. Grand) at 7:30 p.m., March 21. $7-$15.

    • New Music Circle presents the premiere of St. Louis composer John Tamm-Buckle's new work for ice and electronics at 7:30 p.m. March 13 in the Kranzberg Arts Center, 501 N. Grand Ave. $15-$7 www.newmusiccircle.org

    • Banjo whiz John Becker dies at age 90: Starting in St. Louis at Gaslight Square and on riverboats, he developed an international following. | STLtoday

 
  • Neighborhoods

    • What a garage sale. Come to the Zoo’s Living World from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. March 20 when such attractions as Cahokia Mounds, the Humane Society, the Art Museum, Eugene Field House, the Zoo and more clean house and sell things at a discount.

    • March Morpho Mania will go on from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesdays through Sundays, March 2-31 at the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House, 15193 Olive Blvd. at Faust Park. $4-$6. www.butterflyhouse.org

    • Legends of St. Louis Blues Music exhibit, on display at the Sheldon through Aug. 28, offers free gallery talks. KDHX DJ, Gabriel will speak (TBA) and Robert Koester, Delmark Records Founder on Sat., May 1 at 11 a.m.

    • The new schedule is out for the Arch City Roller Girls with the first game Jan. 9, 2010.  Click here to read a Beacon article about the team.

  • Visual Arts

    • "The Art of Labor" is showing through April 1 (9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday) at Gallery Visio, 170 Millennium Student Center at UMSL, One University Blvd. Free. Information, click here .

    • Art critic George Baker will lecture about the work of Sharon Lockhart (whose “Lunch Break” is at the Kemper Art Museum) at 6:30 p.m., March 15, in Steinberg Hall Auditorium. A reception will follow in the Kemper, next door. For more information, click here .

    • Atrium Gallery , 4728 McPheson Ave., presents "Prints," a group exhibition from March 12-May 9. The show includes prints from Claudio Bravo, Suzanne Caporael, Sam Gilliam, Karen Kunc, Nicola Lopez, Judy Pfaff and ManoloValdes.

    • The Gallery at the Regional Arts Commission, 6128 Delmar Blvd., will host "All Hands on Deck: The Artists of Thirteen Squared" from March 12-May 2. The artists each created four works based on the playing cards they were dealt.

  • Movies/TV

Baby Lift

Video by Kristen Hare

Vietnamese babies that were part of "Operation Baby Lift" now have lives and families in St. Louis but they still have questions about their pasts. Read the story and see a larger version of the video here.
 

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Voices

  • Police and local control: two views, one place
    Beacon Columnists

    Posted 9:42 a.m. Thurs., 03.04.10 - M.W. Guzy is confused by the Post-Dispatch. It wants the legislature to free the city police from the control of a state board whose members are appointed by the governor, then merge an assortment of locally controlled departments and place them under the supervision of a different state board whose members are also appointed by the governor.

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  • Effort to enact a "percent for art" dies an undeserved death
    In the News

    Posted 12:35 p.m. Wed., 03.10.10 - The success of City Garden is one reason for the resurgence of the idea of setting aside a "percent for art" on public projects and private ones covered by TIFs or tax abatement. Lana Stein laments that, once again, developers (this time joined by the mayor's office) won the votes to kill the plan.

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  • Health-care reform: Start over
    In the News

    Posted 2:45 p.m. Tues., 03.09.10 - With President Barack Obama coming to the region to push for support for his health-care plan, the Beacon asked U.S. Reps. Todd Akin, R-Town & Country, and Russ Carnahan, D-St. Louis, to write about the topic. Click through to read Akin's article.

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The Lens

  • Finding Alice

    alice100timburton.jpgPosted 10:35 a.m. Mon., 03.08.10 - Tim Burton's treatment of "Alice in Wonderland" is just the most recent in a long line - a line dating from 1903.

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