Hidden Pictures (Kansas City, MO), Eric Voeks (KC), The Jump Starts (STL) at Foam this Saturday

Time	Saturday at 9:00pm - Sunday at 12:00am
Location	Foam 3359 S. Jefferson Ave. (at Cherokee)   Saint Louis, MO 63118
More Info	Hidden Pictures from Kansas City, MO grace Foam with their pop fueled presence this Saturday July 2nd. If you are in town for the holiday weekend you need to be here. We'll crank the AC. Drink cool beverages and tap our toes to the sweet sounds. St. Louis' Jump Starts are also going to be on the bill. You know you love them already.

Spirit Jam Drum, Dance and Chant at the Archive July 7

Time	Thursday, July 7 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location	The Archive on Cherokee Street STL 3215 Cherokee Street
More Info	Join us once again for Spirit Jam Drum, Dance and Chant at the Archive on July 7th at 7pm and every first and third Thursday of the Month. Bring your drums, rattles and other percussion instruments and lose yourself in rhythm. Let's raise some positive energy! $5.00 suggested donation. Bring your own refreshments. This will happen Rain or Shine. We have indoor space as well.

Call for Entries: Firecracker's Summer Reading Series - 2011

CALL FOR ENTRIES
The Firecracker Press is preparing for its 2011 Poetry Reading Series. This is the first call of the year, and while dates remain tentative, we will begin booking as selected poems are gathered.

The following outlines some general information regarding the event:
- Readings will be twice a month starting in July and running indefinitely through the remainder of the year. The event will begin at 2:00 p.m.
- The prints are part of the entertainment; we will be printing as you are reading. For those not familiar with The Firecracker Press, we use antique printing technology, complete with all of the clicks and groans of our manual presses. Please go here for a virtual peek into the shop.


For more information or to ask questions or submit, visit the Firecracker Press web site.

The Firecracker Press
2838 Cherokee Street
Saint Louis, MO 63118

Theodore's Tour Kick Off Show (with Special Guests) at Pig Slop this Thursday

Time	Thursday, June 23 · 7:30pm - 11:00pm
Location	Pig Slop Studios 2700 Cherokee Street Saint Louis, MO
More Info	Hey everybody! Yeah, I guess shows at Pig Slop usually don't start until 11:00 or whatever. But this has to start and end super early - or else we'll have to stop having shows. Hope you all can make it on time because this is gonna be great! Love, Pig Slop. Navigator http://navigatorstl.bandcamp.com/ http://www.facebook.com/Navigator.band Sleep In Sundays http://www.myspace.com/sleepinsundays http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sleep-in-Sundays/195517250461427?sk=info THEODORE http://theodoremusic.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/theodoremusic http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/theodore-concert/20032259-3738169.html Tour kick off show for Theodore. donation$ accepted all ages. Bring yo sippy cupz... (BYOB)

Sloup #17 Flowers to the People this Sunday

Time	Sunday, June 26 · 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location	2317 Cherokee St., Saint Louis, MO 63118
More Info	Sloup #17 brought to you by Flowers to the People, Holly Fann (food writer extraordinaire), and your favorite brewpub The Stable! $10 get you food and an awesome packet of proposals - sloup applicants - the deadline for proposals is Friday midnight - bumping up the deadline a bit.    Hosted by Flowers to the People the hippest floral and gift boutique Soup will be provided by local food writer for the River Front Times - Holly Nickels Fann AND - we are currently composing a 'slouper' cocktail with some delicious spirits - donated by the brewpub and micro-distillery The Stable its going to be. awesome. So get your proposals in - we will be bumping up our deadline to Friday by midnight - tell your friends and tell your friends friend.

Cherokee Stroll this Saturday!

Check the page of the St. Louis Art Project for details on related events this Saturday, June 18.  Highlights include Medusa's Craft Menagerie and STL-Style's birthday party. Don't miss it!

SLAP's Cherokee Stroll page.

AUNIA KAHN: "Film Noir" opens at PHD Gallery

Opening at PHD Gallery on Saturday, June 25, 2011
"AUNIA KAHN: "Film Noir"
http://phdstl.com/aunia_kahn.html.

Join us for the opening reception
Saturday, June 25th
7-10 PM
PHD Gallery

(TOM of FINLAND: Original Drawings also on view)
http://phdstl.com/tom_of_finland.html

(Gay Pride Weekend)

Your $10. donation benefits
Tom of Finland Foundation

PHD Gallery
2300 Cherokee Street
St. Louis, MO 63118
(314) 664-6644
http://www.phdstl.com

What's the Use? opening at Snowflake

Time	Saturday, June 18 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location	Snowflake 3156 Cherokee Street (at Compton)
More Info	Snowflake Gallery is pleased to present the first St. Louis based exhibition of the works of Wonder Koch and Eliza Newman-Saul. The artists, long time friends, share an interest in creating artworks that tell stories. Though both artists write as part of their practice, this exhibition focuses on their object based works. 'What's the Use?' is a study of insufficiencies--both personal and global. In each bad decision we make is the often painful consequence of our own action and its reverberations into the society as a whole. "My great grandfather sent a postcard that reads: Fire Sweeps Horwell Today, Thursday Dec 9, 1915. Our hotel is gone. Loss is great. 'What's the Use.' In honor of this event I ask myself a similar question daily..." Eliza Newman-Saul's drawing and video focus on classical images of the sea as a point of searching, loss and longing. The collection of drawing of sunken ships and the video work together as an installation titled "To My dear Impotent World." Culling headlines from sources including Fox News, presidential declarations of war, instructions for breaking a World of War Craft addiction or submitting a proposal to DARPA’s Polymer Ice Program, The Story of the Eye as well as phrases heard screamed from car windows, Wonder Koch has created an unwieldy, tactile news ticker. Freed from television, “Ticker” subverts propaganda into the kind of news you can get from poetry. www.snowflakestl.com

TOM of FINLAND Original Drawings at PHD Gallery...

Opening at PHD Gallery on Saturday, June 25, 2011
"TOM of FINLAND, Original Drawings."
http://phdstl.com/tom_of_finland.html

This is a very rare opportunity to see (and own!) actual graphite on paper originals by the iconic
TOM of FINLAND.

Join us for the opening reception
Saturday, June 25th
7-10 PM
PHD Gallery
(through August 6th)

(Gay Pride Weekend)

PHD Gallery
2300 Cherokee Street
St. Louis, MO 63118
(314) 664-6644
http://www.phdstl.com

Letterpress Class this weekend at All Along!

There are still a couple of openings for this weekend's letterpress class at All Along Press!

Letterpress 1: Stationery
June 4 & 5 | 10am-6pm (1 hr lunch)

Print your own personalized stationery using antique printing methods!

Create your design using vintage illustration blocks and wood type. Learn the basics of setting metal type to print matching envelopes with your return address.

Students will familiarize themselves with the make-ready process, mixing inks, and printing on the Vandercoook #4 and Kelsey tabletop presses. All materials are provided, and students will leave with their own set of personalized letterhead and envelopes.

This is an introductory class. No experience is required. To sign up, visit classes.allalongpress.com or call (314)827-6185.

Check out our other upcoming classes including printmaking, screen printing, publishing and bookbinding!

All Along Press
2712 Cherokee Street
Saint Louis, MO 63118

The Grocery List — exhibition at Aisle 1 Gallery

The Grocery List
A Group Exhibition
Opening Reception at Aisle 1 Gallery
June 10, 2011, 7-11pm.

Join Aisle 1 Gallery on Cherokee Street Friday June 10 for the Opening Reception.

FEATURING ///
MYLES KEOUGH myleskeough.wordpress.com
Myles’ new work is an investigation into the artist’s “complex balance between nature and nurture.” As questioned by Myles, is it “the nature of the material or its natural reaction to the application process and the artist’s manipulation or nurturing of the material?”

ANGELA PERRY http://www.wix.com/arttart/ach
Painter and illustrator Angela works mostly on wood. She started drawing in 2005 as a hobby with sharpies, colored pencils, and crayons, and has since started painting delightful pieces. Angela remarks, “Honestly I never know how each piece is going to look when I begin. I have made so many variations of flowers I can’t remember them all.”­

JENN CARTER jennfoolery.com
Co-owner of Aisle 1 Gallery, Jenn is a mixed media artist whose work for this show will consist of five new 16 x 20 in. framed collages that incorporate screen prints, illustrations and graphic cut paper elements.

DANIEL GAENG danielgaeng.com
Daniel’s subject matter, predominantly character-based, is derived from his interest and appreciation of street art. His work reflects a variety of concepts ranging from completely aimless thoughts, to his feelings on worldly happenings and American politics.

DAVID LANGLEY's current work, in the form of large-scale painted collages, continues to present insightful alteration of American imagery. Langley's work has been featured in such publications as New American Paintings, Adbusters, and The Progressive.

Located at the corner of Texas at 2627 Cherokee Street, 63118, just one block west of Jefferson.

www.aisle1gallery.com

Friday June 10,
7 - 11 pm
Opening Reception
DJ Chilly C

Saturday June 18
7 - 10 pm
SLAP (St. Louis Arts Project)
The First Ever
Cherokee Stroll Saturday July 9
Noon - 4 pm
Closing Reception

View the exhibition During Gallery Hours
Saturdays
Noon - 4 pm
or by appointment and on our website

Benefit Used Book Sale for Chatillon-DeMenil House

Time	Saturday, May 14 at 10:00am - May 15 at 4:00pm
Location	1922 Cherokee Street on Antique Row
More Info	10-4 Saturday ($5 preview from 9-10); 12-4 Sunday (bag sale) - all proceeds benefit ongoing restoration and educational work at the Chatillon-DeMenil House (www.demenil.org) You've waited for it all year long, or maybe you never knew it existed, but it's going to be very very good this year. What:    Chatillon-DeMenil House's Fifth annual used book sale             Many thousands of good books filling two storefronts! When:    Saturday, May 14, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.                 Sunday, May 15, noon - 4 p.m. Cost:     Free!  Books start at 50 cents for most paperbacks.             $5 for early admission at 9am Saturday. (Cherokee Street is closed until about 9:40) Where:    1922-24 Cherokee Street All proceeds of the sale benefit ongoing restoration work at the Chatillon-DeMenil House, your friendly neighborhood St. Louis history museum at the eastern end of Cherokee Street.

Beat Street at Aisle 1 Gallery

Time	Saturday, May 7 · 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Location	Aisle 1 Gallery 2627 Cherokee St. Saint Louis, MO
More Info	Come be a part of a special guest appearance by the Beat Street DJs at Aisle 1 Gallery and help us celebrate Cinco de Mayo on Cherokee Street and the Opening Weekend of Character Analysis: Works by Joey Potts! Previously seen rockin' in front of Vintage Vinyl, DJ Needles, DJ Alejan, G-Wiz and Fly D-Ex will migrate south to add a solid dose of Hip Hop to the festivities. https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=117987758280549 http://cincodemayostl.com/ http://aisle1gallery.com/

Character Analysis: works by Joey Potts at Aisle 1 Gallery

Time	Friday, May 6 at 7:00pm - June 4 at 4:00pm
Location	Aisle 1 Gallery 2627 Cherokee St. Saint Louis, MO
More Info	CHARACTER ANALYSIS WORKS BY JOEY POTTS WWW.JOEYPOTTS.COM Joey Potts studied illustration and painting at the Maryland Institute, College of Art. His artworks consist of clean, bold ink drawings, colorful acrylic paintings, sporadic assemblages, animations, graphic prints and collage for apparel, posters, album covers, music videos, and limited edition prints. Potts’ influences include classic cartoons and animation, skateboarding..., Renaissance Art, toys, religious iconography, Abstract Art, science fiction, movies, Psychedelic Art, music, and nature. He currently lives and works out of the basement of a tiny coach in Chicago. AISLE 1 GALLERY 2627 Cherokee Street St. Louis MO 63118 www.aisle1gallery.com ---------- Friday May 6, 2011 Opening Reception 7:00 - 11:00 pm Special guest DJ Bace Monk Food provided by Jilly’s & Labeebee’s ---------- Saturday June 4 Closing Reception 7:00 - 11:00 pm ---------- View the exhibition during gallery hours or by appointment. Saturdays Noon - 4:00 pm

Cherokee Street Crawl: MAY 12th (CQAL)

Time	Thursday, May 12 · 6:00pm - 10:30pm
Location	Cherokee Street
More Info	CHEROKEE STREET CRAWL: THURSDAY MAY 12th The crawl is part of the 3rd annual Chautauqua Art Lab (CQAL), a week-long arts festival, free university and event series occurring in artist-run spaces throughout St Louis City. Our purpose is to connect creative innovators, makers, musicians, thinkers and doers in the community at large. CQAL Calendar: http://sporeprojects.blogspot.com/ WEST CHEROKEE: 6-7:30pm Archive, Fort Gondo (M.S.I.F.), STL Style, Cranky Yellow, Firecracker Press, & Peridot. Group show at Evenn's Apartment Gallery located above Peridot. EAST CHEROKEE: 7:30- 9pm Pig Slop (CQAL Fort Project) , Aisle 1 (Joey Potts), All Along Press (Jenny Murphy, Travis Russell, & Angela Malchionno), SPORE Mobile Gallery (Juliet Hinely) & David Langley's Studio. OUTDOOR FILM with LIVE SOUNDTRACK: 9:15pm Location: Cherokee ReAl Garden. Rain Location: Pig Slop Allen Killian-Moore's "Shut the Mouth" with live sound by Ali Jafar (Minneapolis)