Letterpress Printing Winter 2011 – No2 at Firecracker

Letterpress Printing Winter 2011 – No2 (2011_NO2_W). is a comprehensive five week course focusing on the traditional methods of letterpress printing. Students can learn the basics of handsetting metal type, how to make a woodcut or photopolymer plate, mixing ink by hand, and learning the ins and outs of choosing paper. Our Vandercook printing presses and antique platen presses will be available for use. Each student will create an editioned piece of their design to exchange with all students, so everyone leaves the class with a small portfolio of fine prints! No prior experience needed. This is a perfect course to design and handprint just about anything!

For details and to sign up click here.

Letterpress Printing Winter 2011 – No1 at Firecracker

The Firecracker Press is offering Letterpress Printing Winter 2011 – No1 (2011_NO1_W), a comprehensive five week course focusing on the traditional methods of letterpress printing. Students can learn the basics of handsetting metal type, how to make a woodcut or photopolymer plate, mixing ink by hand, and learning the ins and outs of choosing paper. Our Vandercook printing presses and antique platen presses will be available for use. Each student will create an editioned piece of their design to exchange with all students, so everyone leaves the class with a small portfolio of fine prints! No prior experience needed. This is a perfect course to design and handprint just about anything!

DEADLINE -SEPT. 26th – space is limited.
Course schedule (5 weeks):
TUESDAY evenings from 6:30pm-9pm
Sept. 27th – Oct. 25th
Cost: $195.00

For more information or to register go here.

South City Art Walk this Saturday

Time	Saturday, September 3 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location	Cherokee Street: All Along Press, Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts, Aisle 1, and Los Caminos
More Info	Gallery Openings at All Along Press, Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts, Aisle 1 Gallery, and Los Caminos All Along Press (2712 Cherokee Street) Everything Must Go: Window Installations by Anya Liao, Rici Wittkugel, Katie Olson, and Anna C. Paszkiewicz. [From 1940-2002 the printshop was a shoe store, Proper Shoes. The window displays in the storefront are once again filled with shoe boxes. However, in lieu of shoes, these screen-printed shoe boxes contain contributions from St. Louis artists in the form of zines, photographs, drawings, etc, functioning more like the shoe boxes in everyone's basement, filled with memories, photos, and keepsakes. This piece is an homage to Proper Shoe and the history of the area, yet celebrates the new growth of the artistic community on Cherokee Street.] Also at All Along Press, Tate Foley will be showing an installation addressing the same themes of the destruction of the old, to make room for the new. 7-11 pm Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts (3151 Cherokee Street) Your Silence Speaks Volumes: Collaborations by Gaucha Berlin & Langely (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=158004100948657) 7-11 pm Aisle 1 Gallery (2627 Cherokee Street) The Freelance Dance Project with Jessica Ruhlin Featuring body paint by artist Kate Donato performance at 8 pm (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=139059226186886) Los Caminos (2649 Cherokee Street, 2nd Floor) Social Therapy Act 1. 1 A performance by Nicholas Jacobs and Kasper Lorene Woldtvedt Event from 7-9pm, performance at 8pm (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=203918183005725)

Bumble & Bramble - Works by Ben Pierce & Joy Tiyasirichokchai at Aisle 1 Gallery

Time	Friday, September 9 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location	Aisle 1 Gallery 2627 Cherokee St. Saint Louis, MO
More Info	Join Aisle 1 Gallery on Cherokee Street Friday September 9th for the Opening Reception. Joy and Ben are two of the most interesting character illustrators in St. Louis. We've chosen to pair them together and are very excited about the results. Joy and Ben will be collaborating on several new pieces but will also be showing individual works. About the Artists Ben Pierce /// http://www.benjamin314.com/ ... Joy Tiyasirichokchai /// http://limbiclullaby.wordpress.com/ Joy Tiyasirichokchai is a self taught artist currently residing in Saint Louis, MO. Thriving on the enthropic beat of the changing world, she interprets this through the use of the feminine form, characters, and nature, mixed with artifacts that hold a special meaning or displays a moment of recollection. She hopes to remind the audience that beauty is found in all things and like layers of emotion, it takes time and effort to nurture.” Enjoy Samples of Frostbite Gourmet Ice Cream! http://www.facebook.com/getfrostbite

The Dogs (Chicago) & Spectator (STL) at Foam August 25

Time	Thursday, August 25 at 8:00pm - August 26 at 12:00am
Location	Foam
	Address 3359 S. Jefferson Ave. (at Cherokee), Saint Louis, MO 63118 · Get Directions Phone 314.772.2100
More Info	The Dogs are a young Chicago based band that is making music in the same vein as Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and Saturday Looks Good to Me. You'll want to see these kids now. Next tour will be much larger venues. Another up and coming band, Spectator, from St. Louis will be opening the show. $5 cover. Doors at 8pm. Show at 9pm

The B'Dinas in ST. LOUIS!!! @ Foam

Time	Saturday, August 13, 9:00 pm
Location	Foam Coffee & Beer 3359 S Jefferson Ave
More Info	We're finally making the trip across the state to St. Louis! We can't wait to rock it out for our friend old and new! This is an ALL-AGES, NO-COVER SHOW!! Langen Neubacher will be opening up! www.thebdinas.com

Spirit Jam Drum, Dance and Chant at the Archive Thursday, August 18

Time	Thursday, August 18 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location	The Archive on Cherokee Street STL 3215 Cherokee Street Saint Louis, Missouri 63118
More Info	Join us once again for Spirit Jam Drum, Dance and Chant at the Archive on August 18th 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. Don't forget to buy some books too. Bring your own refreshments. This will happen Rain or Shine. We have indoor space as well.

Summer Reading Series at Firecracker this Saturday - Erin Wiles and Mary Ruth Donnelly

Time	Saturday, August 6 · 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Location	The Firecracker Press 2838 Cherokee St. Saint Louis, MO
More Info	This is the third installment of our 2011 Summer Reading Series. We have two wonderful readers lined up that are sure to entertain. How does this series differ from others... 1. each reader reads their work in the midst of the printshop... on the pressroom floor. There's not a bad seat in the house! 2. we've got presses set up, with lead and wood type, to print a broadside of each reader's work. 3. we print the words you're hearing as they are being read. Hear all the clicks and clacks and other noise of the printshop. 4. you take home a freshly printed broadside for the cost of admission... a slim $5 bill.

City-Wide Open Studios coming to Cherokee this weekend

As part of the Contemporary Art Museum's City-Wide Open Studios project, there will be numerous spots open along Cherokee this Saturday, July 30, where folks can go take a look at some of the terrific work being done on this fantastic street.

A list of all the participating artists can be found on the Contemporary's web site here.

A convenient printable map of open studios is available for download as a PDF file from the Contemporary's web site. here.

Don't miss it; it's always a wonderful event!

Bonne Finken, Chad Elliott and Jen Galinski at Foam Thursday

Time	Thursday at 9:00pm - July 29 at 12:00am
Location	Foam 3359 S. Jefferson Ave. (at Cherokee), Saint Louis, MO 63118
More Info	From Des Moines, Iowa we have the Rock Your Roots tour with Bonne Finken and Chad Elliott. Finkens remarkably versatile voice allows her to transcend genres effortlessly. One moment, shes melting your heart with a classic soul-inspired ballad. The next, she's making your heart race with a take-no-prisoners approach to a slice of driving, R&B-tinged pop. Finken even has the capability to carry a down-and-dirty, loud rocker. The fact that her vocal delivery has been compared to both the soulful croon of Annie Lennox and to the legendary wail of Janis Joplin is a testament to her impressive adaptability.

The Pretty Darns at Foam tomorrow night

Time	Tuesday, July 26 · 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Location	Foam
3359 S. Jefferson Ave. (at Cherokee), Saint Louis, MO 63118
More Info	Resulting from backgrounds of bluegrass, classical, jazz and country, The Pretty Darns from Salt Lake City, Utah create a fusion of sound not quite compatible to a specific genre. Utilizing strong vocal harmonies, instrumentation of mandolin, guitar, violin and sometimes banjo, the closest fit would be bluegrass, with the influences seeping through each of their melodies, rhythms and interpretations. Each member brings their own individuality to the emerging all-girl trio. Jazz pianist and vocalist, Liz Woolley, has successfully transferred her songwriting skills to the mandolin. Annemarie Neff, classically trained vocalist and percussionist, brings her uncanny sense of harmonizing to the vocals and rhythmic ideas to the guitar. Classically trained, but bluegrass influenced, violinist Lacey Johnson rounds out the group with a complementing fiddle sound. Together they bring you the sound they hope people will soon recognize as The Pretty Darns.

Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary: continuing the conversation starts TONIGHT

Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary: continuing the conversation

July 23 – August 13, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 23, 7-10pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, August 13, 2pm
Los Caminos is proud to present the Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary: Continuing the Conversation, artist Juan William Chávez’s public proposal for the overgrown lot where the Pruitt-Igoe housing project once stood in St. Louis, Missouri. Featuring a series of photographs and a Super 8 film, the exhibition encourages public dialogue about the creative uses and possibilities of urban abandonment.

PDF press release here.

Los Caminos | 2649 Cherokee Street, Saint Louis, Missouri 63118, USA

Letterpress Printing Spring/Summer 2011 – No 6 at the Firecracker Press

Letterpress Printing Spring/Summer 2011 – No 6 (2011_NO6_SS). is a comprehensive five week course focusing on the traditional methods of letterpress printing. Students can learn the basics of handsetting metal type, how to make a woodcut or photopolymer plate, mixing ink by hand, and learning the ins and outs of choosing paper. Our Vandercook printing presses and antique platen presses will be available for use. Each student will create an editioned piece of their design to exchange with all students, so everyone leaves the class with a small portfolio of fine prints! No prior experience needed. This is a perfect course to design and handprint just about anything!

Fresh out of ideas? No worries. Our instructor can help you get your creative juices flowing.

DEADLINE -AUG. 1st – space is limited.
Course schedule (5 weeks):
WEDNESDAY evenings from 6:30pm-9pm
Aug. 3rd – Aug. 31st

Visit Firecracker's site for more details and to register.

Letterpress Printing Spring/Summer 2011 – No 5 at Firecracker

from The Firecracker Press:



Letterpress Printing Spring/Summer 2011 – No 5 (2011_NO5_SS). is a comprehensive five week course focusing on the traditional methods of letterpress printing. Students can learn the basics of handsetting metal type, how to make a woodcut or photopolymer plate, mixing ink by hand, and learning the ins and outs of choosing paper. Our Vandercook printing presses and antique platen presses will be available for use. Each student will create an editioned piece of their design to exchange with all students, so everyone leaves the class with a small portfolio of fine prints! No prior experience needed. This is a perfect course to design and handprint just about anything!
Fresh out of ideas? No worries. Our instructor can help you get your creative juices flowing.
DEADLINE -JULY 29th – space is limited.


Go here for more information and online registration.

The Firecracker Press
2838 Cherokee Street
Saint Louis, MO 63118

sleepy kitty / little big bangs / cowboy indian bear tonight at Pig Slop

Time	Saturday, July 9, 9:00pm - Tomorrow at 12:00am
Location	pig slop 2700 Cherokee Street, Saint Louis, MO 63118
More Info	sleepy kitty (local) little big bangs (local) cowboy indian bear (touring)

The Riverfront Times has a nice write-up on Sleepy Kitty's new album here.