One night only (Thursday): Midsummer Menagerie: New Work by Amy K. Holmes Simmons

Midsummer Menagerie: New Work by Amy K. Holmes Simmons

One Night Only! Not To Be Missed!

Take a break from the hot sultry St. Louis summer, while seeing new works by Amy K. Holmes Simmons. Midsummer Menagerie will feature images from the dark cool places in the summer garden. Secret hiding places discovered, new delights found.

Performances By Ami Amore & Sugar Cyanide to heat you up, if you feel a chill.

Performances at 9pm & 10pm.

RSVP @ The Archive Facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=130415090307163&ref=mf

FREE!

BYOB.

tart Time:	Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 7:00pm
End Time:	Friday, June 25, 2010 at 12:00am
Location:	The Archive
Street:	3215 Cherokee
City/Town:	Saint Louis, MO
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Sunday Night Speakeasy at 2720

Start Time:	Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 8:00pm
End Time:	Monday, June 28, 2010 at 1:00am
Location:	2720 Cherokee
Street:	2720 Cherokee St.
City/Town:	Saint Louis, MO
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Description

The NonProphet Theater Company & Lola Von Ella and the Bon Bons present Sunday Night Speakeasy, a fundraiser for their upcoming production of Kander and Ebb’s “Cabaret.” The show will feature performances by Lola and the Bon Bons, members of the NonProphets and various special guests.

http://nptco.org/
http://www.myspace.com/lolavanella
http://www.myspace.com/bonbonsburlesque

18+
$10
8pm

BEYOND XY: Opens Saturday 6-26-10, 7PM at PHD Gallery

BEYOND XY:
Four Photographers Explore the Masculine Continuum
http://phdstl.com/beyond_xy.htm

• David Vance (Miami)
• Trix Rosen (New York)
• Loren Cameron (San Francisco)
• Joshua McVeity (Calgary)

Join us for the opening reception
this Saturday, June 26th 7-10 PM
PHD Gallery
(through August 7th)

"Rather than defining male as 'not female,' the exhibit disrupts the idea that male has a universal meaning and instead explores the spectacular diversity of male embodiments. " Alexis Ruth Matza, Ph.D., Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Washington University in St. Louis

(See the P-D video preview here: http://videos.stltoday.com/p/video?id=15031432)

PHD Gallery
2300 Cherokee Street
St. Louis, MO 63118
(314) 664-6644

Opening this Friday at Cranky Yellow - Dimensions of Compatibility

Opening, Friday June 25, 8pm-11pm
"Dimensions of Compatibility" @ Cranky Yellow
2847 Cherokee

Found Video Montage by Mike McCubbins
Music by Mike McCubbins and Dan Madrigal
Photography by Alan Palmer

A narrative experiment in original music, found video montage, and photography.

Join us for a screening of this conceptual montage with live musical accompaniment by Mike McCubbins and Dan Madrigal. Photography by Alan Palmer will be on display, plus an audio/visual set by Ou Ou.

http://ouou.bandcamp.com/

Installation will remain at Cranky Yellow until July 25.

Check the link for video trailer:
http://www.dimensionsofcompatibility.blogspot.com/

Upcoming Events at MADE

• Friday, June 18, 6:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.:  Let's celebrate! Etsy, along with ReadyMade and Meetups Everywhere (and MADE Studios), You can participate in the Etsy Craft Party, a global initiative to energize your local community, make art together, and throw a party. We want to celebrate crafting together on June 18, 2010 (which just happens to be Etsy's birthday) with as many celebrations across the globe as possible. Join us at MADE Studios where we will have craft projects & supplies as well as plenty of space to work on your own projects.
  
  Come hang out and work on your own projects - you can also buy a project wristband for a small fee that allows to make and take as many of our funky & creative make-and-take projects as you like.
  
  The studio will be open all day, from 10 am on, so feel free to stop by early and check us out!
  
  http://www.meetup.com/Etsy-Craft-Party/2720/ -
  
  that's where you sign up!

• Saturday, June 26, 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.  Make your own Appliques!  Learn how to make your own iron-on patches using your favourite printed cotton fabrics! Bring fabric and clothing you want appliqued to MADE, and Beqi from Beqi Clothing will teach you! Class fee includes supplies needed. $10.
  
  
• Saturday, June 26, 8:00 p.m. - midnight.  MADE in the Eighties: A Dance Party.  21+ event. Dance your ass off at MADE! $5 cover. Best costume gets a prize basket of MADE artists' goodies! Complimentary drink tickets included with cover charge. Don't be shy, shake what yo' mamma gave ya!
  
  
• Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.  Live Yudu Screenprinting demonstration! Demonstration cost is $5. Beqi from Beqi Clothing will demonstrate how to make a Yudu Screen for printing. Will show how to apply emulsion, dry emulsion, expose artwork onto screen, rinse screen, print screen onto clothing, and aftercare of screen and printed materials. During drying of screen, anyone who wants to practice screenprinting with MADE's available pre-done screens may do so for an extra $5 to cover material costs. Bring whatever you'd like to have screened. Class limit of 20. RSVP necessary for admission. 

For more information on any of these events (RSVP required for most) visit MADE on Facebook.


Made is at:

	Street: 3159 Cherokee City/Town: Saint Louis, MO View Map

CHEAPY TUESDAY w/ 18andCounting and more!

Start Time:	Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 9:00pm
End Time:	Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 1:00am
Location:	2720 Cherokee
Street:	2720 Cherokee St.
City/Town:	Saint Louis, MO
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Description

Stan Chisholm (a.k.a. 18andCounting) is an emerging interdisciplinary artist from St. Louis, Missouri who studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His drawings, paintings and mixed media installations reveal a growing cast of over 700 characters or mascots that serve as a visual lexicon for the moods, personal attributes or feelings explored in his work. Chisholm’s work has been exhibited at Laumeier Sculpture Park, City Museum (St. Louis), the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis, and most recently with a solo exhibition at The Hyde Park Art Center. Chisholm is a nomadic packrat who kind of lives and works in St. Louis & Chicago.

http://18andcounting.com/home.html
http://www.myspace.com/xviii_and_counting

$4 Cover, $2 Drink Specials, quality local music and art on Cherokee.

(18+) ($4) ($7 for minors) (9pm)

The Non + Catharsis of a Mute at 2720

Start Time:	Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 9:00pm
End Time:	Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 1:00am
Location:	2720 Cherokee
Street:	2720 Cherokee St.
City/Town:	Saint Louis, MO
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Description

The Non is a dynamic experimental instrumental rock band from Oklahoma City that engages audiences with intricate musicianship, high energy, and ethereal soundscapes. Drawing sonic cues from disparate influences such as Radiohead, Octopus Project and Grizzly Bear, The Non incorporates chaotic, dissonant guitars against sweeping, intricate melodies complemented with tight syncopated grooves by drums and bass. John Estus of NewsOK describes The Non as “one of the state’s top creative entities of any kind.”

Following up the success of their debut album, “Paper City” (2007), The Non recently released their sophomore album “Tadaima” with two consecutive sold-out shows. Their new album is a compositional shape-shifter that merges loud and chaotic elements with soothingly transcendent motifs. EarsMadeReady described Tadaima’s sound as “spacious and full, given to eruptive bursts of shimmering layers of washed out guitar lines”. After selling out OKC Resound where they played with a 15-piece orchestra, The Non recently played to a fully packed Sooner Theater (over 550 people) as a headliner at this year’s Norman Music Festival with a 25-piece orchestra. The uproar of fans unable to attend helped cause Oklahoma newspapers such as such Norman’s OU Daily and Stillwater’s O’Colly to call The Non “Most Likely To Succeed” and “Oklahoma’s most important band,” respectively.

Catharsis of a Mute (formerly Five Across the Face) is “a refreshing progressive instrumental act” from here in St. Louis.

myspace.com/thenonband
myspace.com/catharsisofamute

Doors@8pm
Show@9pm

 

TONIGHT at Foam: Sean Renner w/ Glowing House and My Molly

posted by Sean Renner:

Date:	Thursday, June 17, 2010
Time:	8:00pm - 11:00pm
Location:	FOAM
Street:	3359 South Jefferson Avenue
City/Town:	Saint Louis, MO
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This is going to be a very cool show for Morning Bird Records. Glowing House from Colorado will be here to perform that evening, along with myself, My Molly, and Abi Robins. So 4 out of 5 of the Morning Bird groups will be performing in the same night! And the best part is that we're each going to playing with each other during our respective sets. It's basically like one big Morning Bird supergroup! It's going to be pretty dang fun...

Special Solstice Spirit Jam at the Archive Thursday Evening

Spirit Jam - Drum and Dance at the Archive

Date:	Thursday, June 17, 2010
Time:	7:00pm - 11:00pm
Location:	The Archive
Street:	3215 Cherokee
City/Town:	Saint Louis, MO
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Description

Join us for an evening of drumming and dancing at the Archive every FIRST AND THIRD Thursday of the month.

Our next event is Thursday, June 17 at 7 p.m.


Bring your drums, rattles, and other percussion instruments and lose yourself in rhythm. Let's raise some positive energy! Share this invite with anyone you think would enjoy attending!

We'll do this rain or shine, we have indoor space as well.

Be sure to bring your own refreshments!

The Archive is a fabulous used bookstore and so much more - remember to browse the collections and buy a few books!!!

EPROM + phaded + Cody Breeze at 2720

Start Time:	Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 9:30pm
End Time:	Sunday, July 4, 2010 at 1:00am
Location:	2720 Cherokee
Street:	2720 Cherokee St.

Description

EPROM is known for his diverse, funky and energetic sets, which cross the lines between live remixing and manipulation of hip-hop and dubstep with his own obscenely bass-heavy neurocrunk transmissions. EPROM has played alongside artists like Flying Lotus, The Glitch Mob, Skream, Lazer Sword, Kode9, Mochipet, Rustie, and he’s worked with internationally renowned MCs and has slated multiple vinyl releases in the coming year. DJ supporters include Starkey, Jakes, Bassnectar, The Glitch Mob, Rustie, Megasoid, Zombie Disco Squad, Riton, Basement Jaxx, and BBC Radio One’s Mary Anne Hobbs.

Joining EPROM will be Chicago’s phaded and Cody Breeze, St. Louis’ Interstellar Meltdown DJ Battle winner who recently performed at Wakarusa.

New Riders of the Purple Sage at 2720 Cherokee this weekend!

Start Time:	Friday, June 11, 2010 at 8:00pm
End Time:	Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 1:00am
Location:	2720 Cherokee
Street:	2720 Cherokee St.

Description

New Riders of the Purple Sage featuring David Nelson & Buddy Cage - TWO NIGHTS in ST. LOUIS!

6.11 (Friday) w/ Elijah Palnik of The Northwoods
&
6.12 (Saturday) w/ Tom Wood & Friends

Join us for what's left of the High Times Lifetime Achievement Award winners, New Riders of the Purple Sage! Elijah Palnik of The Northwoods will open Friday night and Tom Wood & Friends will open Saturday.

In the summer of 1969, John Dawson was looking to showcase his songs while Jerry Garcia was looking to practice his brand new pedal steel guitar. The two played in coffeehouses and small clubs initially, and the music they made became the nucleus for New Riders of the Purple Sage. That same year, David Nelson, expert in both country and rock guitar, joined the group on electric lead guitar. Filling out the rhythm section in those early days were Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart and engineer Bob Matthews on bass, who was later replaced by Phil Lesh. In 1970, Dave Torbert took over on bass and the New Riders played every chance they got. Soon enough, smoky clubs all over the San Francisco bay area were filling up with whooping, foot-stomping crowds as their music got tighter and more dynamic. They began to tour extensively with the Dead, and in December of 1970, Spencer Dryden, who had previously showed his impeccable drumming style with the Jefferson Airplane, had stepped in on drums.

The New Riders were signed to Columbia Records in 1971 by Clive Davis and their eponymous first album, New Riders of the Purple Sage, was released in September of that year to widespread acclaim. In December, 1971 they played a live radio broadcast with the Dead over WNEW-FM in New York to an audience of millions. In 1972 the pattern of their success continued to grow, with their first European tour followed in June by the release of their second album, Powerglide. They toured the United States extensively in response to increasing demand, and in November, 1972 released their third album Gypsy Cowboy. These first three New Riders albums were all produced by Stephen Barncard, who also worked with Crosby, Stills and Nash and co-produced the Dead’s American Beauty.

The dawn of the 21st Century found John Dawson retired to the hills of Mexico, David Nelson creating incredible music with his David Nelson Band and Buddy Cage working with an array of acts including the Brooklyn Cowboys. These three main components of the New Riders’ sound reunited in October, 2001 for band archivist Rob Bleetstein’s 40th Birthday Bash at the Sweetwater in Mill Valley, California. They performed two highly charged sets, including classic versions of “Garden of Eden” and “Portland Woman.”

The New Riders of the Purple Sage received a Lifetime Achievement Award from High Times magazine at their Doobie Awards in September, 2002 and performed a brief set (which included “Loneseome L.A. Cowboy” and “Panama Red” with Peter Rowan) at the festivities at B.B. King’s Blues Club in New York City.

Henry took off the brakes in 2006 as the New Riders of the Purple Sage went back on the road with a revived and inspired lineup, bringing the songs of John Dawson back to the ears of adoring crowds nationwide as well as taking those songs to places they’ve never been before musically. Led by David Nelson and Buddy Cage, the current touring lineup includes Michael Falzarano (Hot Tuna) on guitar and vocals, Ronnie Penque on bass and vocals and Johnny Markowski (Stir Fried) on drums and vocals.

John Dawson passed away on July 21, 2009, but before his passing he had given the guys his blessing and was excited to know his music is being heard live again by a new generation of fans. Keeping the NRPS spirit and flame alive, the band released it’s first studio album in twenty years in 2009 titled Where I Come From. Featuring a slew of new songs written by David Nelson and Robert Hunter among other band originals, the New Riders’ renaissance continues to grow, both on record and at their live shows, where they are continually breaking out new songs on every tour while staying true to the legacy that was started over 40 years ago by John Dawson and Jerry Garcia.

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Ages: 18+ ($3 minor surcharge)
Price: $18adv-$25dos
Doors: 8 PM
Show: 9 PM

*Purchase your ticket(s) in advance and save at http://shop.loyalfamily.com/

Wine Class at Firecracker Press

 

Wine Class at Firecracker Press (WINE01). Find out what happens when fine wine & fine prints collide! Join Ernesto’s sommelier Jim Read in this comprehensive class as he takes you through a selection of old world and new world wines, perfectly paired with scrumptious morsels prepared by their executive chef Cassy Vires.

If that’s not enough, get a set of unique coasters printed on our antique presses as you watch!

$40 per person. Space is limited, so reserve your seat today.  Click here to order tickets.

Saturday, June 19th at 2 PM at The Firecracker Press.
Address:
2838 Cherokee Street
Saint Louis, MO 63118
Phone: (314) 776-7271

Cheapy Art & Cheapy Tuesdays at 2720

This summer, the St. Louis Artist’s Guild and ArtDimensions are teaming up with hip local art and music venue 2720 Cherokee to bring you Cheapy Art, the profits of which will go towards sending a group of midwestern artists who might not normally have the opportunity or the means to study and exhibit in a foreign country to Jakarta, Indonesia, for an art tour abroad.


Cheapy Art Fundraisers take off of 2720 Cherokee’s weekly Cheapy Tuesdays, which include live music for a 2$ entry fee for those over 21 (7$ for those under) as well as 2$ drink specials. The SLAG part of the deal will bring art into the mix, by including in the events a silent art auction. Bidding for auction starts at $100, for pieces valued at $500 or more. For less expensive artwork ($75–$150), there’s also a spin the bottle for art game game in which, for $20, one can spin a bottle encircled by donated artwork: whichever piece the bottle ends up pointing to, that person gets to take home.

Live music, great art, cheap drinks, fun door prizes, and all for a great cause – how could you better spend a Tuesday night?

For a schedule of Cheapy Tuesday events, see 2720 Cherokee’s website.

Spirit Jam - Drum and Dance at the Archive

Date:	Thursday, June 17, 2010
Time:	7:00pm - 11:00pm
Location:	The Archive
Street:	3215 Cherokee
City/Town:	Saint Louis, MO
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Description

Join us for an evening of drumming and dancing at the Archive every FIRST AND THIRD Thursday of the month.

Our next event is Thursday, June 17th at 7pm


Bring your drums, rattles, and other percussion instruments and lose yourself in rhythm. Let's raise some positive energy! Share this invite with anyone you think would enjoy attending!

We'll do this rain or shine, we have indoor space as well.

Be sure to bring your own refreshments!

the Archive is a fabulous used bookstore and so much more - remember to browse the collections and buy a few books!!!

FRI & SAT: ArtD Gallery & Studios & '2720' exhibit reception event

ArtD Gallery and Studios together with '2720' presents...
Large and Still in Charge

Two Night Opening Reception
Friday June 4, 2010 & Saturday June 5, 2010
7 – 11 pm


ArtDimensions' Flax Gallery brings you Flax’s first exhibit at the 2720 location.

The Flax Gallery is a concept gallery which celebrates women in the arts. All artwork will be by or about women. “Large and Still In Charge” is a sequel exhibition to the last exhibit called “Large and in Charge”.  The Flax Gallery is excited to host its first event at the new location. The ArtDimensions Gallery is located on the 2nd floor of 2720 Cherokee Street.  The building is shared with the venue, “2720”, on the first floor where there is a large stage for live music and performance art and a full service bar.   

Opening Reception Schedule
Friday, June 4 doors open at 7pm, enjoy live music on the first floor by:
The Good Pyramid, Abstracked and Farout, Z.A.P.
Meet artists from the exhibit, "Large and Still In Charge" on the second floor. There will be performances by Slightly Askew Theater Ensemble throughout the event.
Suggested Donation $7.  Donations will be discounted from art purchases during the opening.

Saturday June 4th  noon – 4pm free gallery hours.
                                7-11pm, enjoy live music on the first floor by:
dLAS and The Pimps of Joytime.  Meet artists from the exhibit.  Enjoy samples from local restaurants.
Suggested Donation $7.


Large and Still in Charge closes Saturday July 3, 2010.

ArtD Gallery & Studios will be open during these hours:
Friday & Saturdays, noon-4pm
And during all Loyal Family Events throughout the month of June or by appointment.

LIVE in the Gallery...
Slightly Askew Theater Ensemble :  Hamletmachine
Wednesdays-Saturdays, June 9-26 at 7:30 PM at
Featuring: Adam Elkana-Hale, Johanna Elkana-Hale, William Rauch, Rachel Tibbetts, Kimberly C. Weller Directed by Ellie Schwetye; Choreography by Sarajane Alverson. The plays of Heiner Muller are as dense as they are brief - shell fragments fired into our collective psyche.  What Mueller does is boil down a universally recognizable story to its skeleton.  Of his vast body of work, Hamletmachine is probably Mueller's most recognizable, and possibly the least accessible. Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble will transform Mueller's dark Hamletmachine text into a circus-like music video that both celebrates and challenges traditional theatre forms, using the best elements of pop culture to take the mystique out of the text, and make it accessible. The spectator may recognize the farce behind the so-called despair of the intellectual: Hamlet is a clown; Ophelia is a Lady Gaga. 

COMING UP
The exhibition in September will be “Seeing Green”, all works featured will celebrate sustainability. In addition to the exhibition and in collaboration with EarthDance Farms, there will be a Saturday Afternoon neighborhood farmers Market.

ArtDimensions, a 501(c)-3 nonprofit arts organization, has been working hard for the past 10 years to unite St. Louis artists and art appreciators at events like this one.  Please support the arts!                           

Heterarchy: An Ordinary Adventure (Opening Reception at Fort Gondo)

Mostly new work by Amy VanDonsel

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 12, 6PM – 11PM

Gallery Hours
Saturday and Sunday, June 19 & 20, 12 – 4PM
Saturday and Sunday, June 26 & 27, 12 – 4PM

Amy VanDonsel’s mostly new work indulges in worries about fixating on an obsession with obsessions. Mixed media paintings and installations, which incorporate a variety of materials and techniques, scrape away at an internal adventure. There’s something to be said for choking on the words. Heterarchy is the confession of a temporary apophenia addiction, and a hug, disguised as a shrug, for nerd girls.

Date:	Saturday, June 12, 2010
Time:	6:00pm - 11:00pm
Location:	Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts
Street:	3151 Cherokee Street
City/Town:	Saint Louis, MO
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Monthly artist networking meeting TONIGHT (Wednesday) at ARtDimensions

Please join us tonight (6/2) at 7pm for the monthly artist networking meeting. Find out about upcoming events at ArtDimensions and more!

Bring your promotional materials for your art event!

Refreshments will be served.

2720 Cherokee St.

STL 63118

DRAWGASMIC: International Art Compendium in STL - Spaces still available!

From Cranky Yellow:

Less than 2 years after his wildly successful international stuffed animal exhibition, 23 year old, David Wolk (Cranky Yellow founder) is at it again organizing and throwing a MASSIVE Art, Illustration and Design Compendium: DRAWGASMIC!

Saint Louis, MO will play host to this unique: one night only art
exhibition and book release party! Having gathered the work of 1,000
international artists, David and the Cranky Yellow team will be exhibiting the huge collection at:

2720 & Art Dimensions Gallery
2720 Cherokee Street
Saint Louis MO
63118

On Saturday July 10th @ 2720 Cherokee Street
7pm - 1am

The party and exhibition will also function as the official Drawgasmic Book release! All of the work has been compiled into a limited edition coffee table book to exist as a cohesive documentation of the entire collection of work.

The night will be filled with other alternative entertainment as well,
including: A craft Shanty Town by the Saint Louis Craft Mafia, Live art by the Art Dimensions Crew, Live Bands & DJ's all night, Weirdos/Freakoids/Sideshows and MORE MORE MORE!

"It's going to be the biggest hot mess this summer!" said Dainel Shinn of the Cranky Yellow Team, "Having seen all of the artwork, I can tell you not to miss this show! This stuff is what is turning the art world on it's head! Amazing work from up-and-coming artists! Some of these artists have never shown before! It's just insane!"

SO DON'T MISS IT KIDS!

Saturday July 10th @ 2720 Cherokee Street
7pm - 1am

BE THERE! RSVP now on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=115351785170770&ref=ts

Or just visit our headquarters at:
http://www.drawgasmic.com

P.S. Applications are open until June 11th if you want to participate! Get with it!

Upcoming letterpress at Firecracker

Says Eric:

New summer class just added. Sign up quick! We keep the class sizes small... they're mighty powerful.

Deadline: JUNE 8TH

http://www.firecrackerpress.com/store/show/CLASS_05