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Review: COCA shows off six local artists and Pele Prints Print E-mail
By Ivy Cooper, Beacon art critic   
alvarez100minornode1detail.jpgPosted 2:50 p.m. Tues., 03.09.10 - "Interface" at the Center of Creative Art's Millstone Gallery features beautiful art by some of St. Louis' best artists. But the star of the show is Pele Prints, an unassuming printmaking studio in South County that specializes in collaborative work with artists in all media. (Detail from a work by Gina T. Alvarez)
 
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.

 
'Dirt! The Movie' gives you a whole new way to look at soil Print E-mail
By Mary Delach Leonard, Beacon staff   

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Posted 1:20 p.m. Tues., 03.09.10 - Most people not only take the earth beneath their feet for granted, they tend to treat it like ... dirt. But the documentary by Bill Benenson and Gene Rosow can help educate people in how to care for soil and the basic fact that good dirt contains a lot of life.

 
"The Hurt Locker" is biggest Oscar winner Print E-mail
By Beacon film watchers   

academy100awards.jpgUpdated 11:38 p.m. Sun., 03.07.10 -"The Hurt Locker" wins six, including best picture and best director -- the first for a woman. Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock also win.| Los Angeles Times

Click through to see earlier Oscar predictions (mostly right) from Beacon movie reviewer Harper Barnes, Beacon issues and politics editor Susan Hegger, Cinema St. Louis head Cliff Froehlich and Beacon contributor Nick Otten.

 
Kevin Kline Awards founder takes a new 'Temporary' step Print E-mail
By Nancy Fowler Larson, Special to the Beacon   
temporary100gutenberg.jpgPosted noon Fri., 03.05.10 - Asked about the name for his new theater company, Steve Isom said, "If I called it the 'Permanent Theatre,' that would be so limiting, wouldn't it?" Isom said. "With 'Temporary' I have many more options. I could end it after one show or I could end it after 20 years." The curtain goes up on the first show, at least, on March 11: "Gutenberg! The Musical!"
 
Aviation mural displayed at Lambert for 27 years has been moved to SLU Print E-mail
By Jo Mannies, Beacon Political Reporter   

lambertmural100.jpgPosted 5:25 p.m. Wed., 03.03.10 - "Flight … An American Triumph," the mural memorializing the history of aviation and displayed at Lambert St. Louis Airport for almost 30 years has been tranferred to Saint Louis University. Lambert officials announced Wednesday that the 142-foot mural -- begun by artist Siegfried Reinhardt in 1980 and displayed in the baggage-claim area of the main terminal for 27 years -- was donated to the university by the Reinhardt Mural Foundation.

 
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.

 
‘Jewsical’ debuts new JCC arts center Print E-mail
By Nancy Fowler Larson, Special to the Beacon   

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Posted 11:10 a.m. Tues., 03.02.10 - What better way to break in a new theater than with laughter. And that should be the case this weekend as the Second City Comedy Troupe of Chicago brings its irreverent show to the new Arts and Education building at the Jewish Community Center.

 
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.
 
Review: New Media at SLAM has retro feel Print E-mail
By Ivy Cooper, Beacon Art Critic   
swanson100dark_room.jpgPosted 11 a.m. Mon., 03.01.10 - “Marc Swanson and Neil Gust: Dark Room” is a 2009 digital video projection that's featured in the museum's New Media Series. It exhibits a distinctly retro feel, almost as if it’s referencing the early days of experimental video. (Photo detail from 'Dark Room')
 
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  • Neighborhoods
    • On Arbor Day, April 2, the Kemper Center for Home Gardening at the Missouri Botanical Garden , 4344 Shaw Blvd. will be giving away trees for planting from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or while supplies last. Included with Garden admission.

    • Come to the Zoo on March 20-21, 27-28, April 3, 2010 for Breakfast with the Bunny. 9 and 11 a.m. seatings. $18-$22. www.stlzoo.org . Reservations required

    • 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.

  • Visual Arts
    • The Bruno David Gallery presents Cindy Tower's "Decadense" from March 19 - May 8. Also showing: Nanette Boileau "Heard but not Said" and Dickson Beall "Membrane Moments: Journey through Loss"

    • Marbles Yoga Studio & Art Gallery , 1905 Park Ave., will show "UNFOLDING," paintings & drawings by Galina Todorova. Free opening reception 7-9 p.m. April 3. Gallery talk 7-9 p.m. April 30, the last day of the exhibit. Open prior to scheduled yoga classes or by appointment.

    • "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 .

    • 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.

  • Movies/TV

Gatekeepers

Video by Elia Powers

Rollerderby isn't just for women in St. Louis anymore. The StL Gatekeepers team lets men get out on the rink. Read the story and see a larger video

Voices

  • Beacon Columnists

    Posted 9:30 a.m. Thurs., 03.18.10 - The University of Chicago is a prestigious institution and the intellectual home of both the atomic bomb and the bombastic economic and political theories that caused the great financial meltdown in 2008, writes columnist M.W. Guzy, who wonders which "bomb" caused the most damage.

  • In the News

    Posted 2:45 p.m. Mon., 03.15.10 - The congressional ethics committee can't be trusted to demand high standards. The Supreme Court says wide-open corporate spending cannot be curtailed in elections. And President Barack Obama raised more than anyone else. D.C. can't say no to money, so Matt Vianello says the people should say no to the big spenders

  • Beacon Columnists

    Posted 6 a.m. Sun., 03.14.10 - Mike Lawrence calls for support for amending the Illinois constitution to do away with the draw-from-the-hat mechanism that for three consecutive decades has permitted the lottery winner to dictate the new boundaries required after every census.

Beacon Roundtable

The Lens

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    Posted 6 a.m. Thurs., 03.18.10 - It's called Anyclip (www.anyclip.com ), and according to its publicity, it will "empower you to find and relive any moment from any film, instantly."  It sounded promising, but a search of the site itself, which launched on March 15 proved to be far less successful.

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