Aug
30
FREE Improv Classes
Posted by Bill Chott on August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Improv is about agreement, teamwork and communication. We have a lot of fun along the way.
Discover your hidden talent to be spontaneous, funny and creative. This class is a supporting and comfortable enviornment suitable for people who have never been in front of an audience before and it’s amazing discipline for seasoned performers.
Aug
29
Canadian in Mexico
Posted by Jason Deem on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Just in from our friends at Image Works Public Relations and the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Bureau is an article (click image to enlarge) written by Canadian Journalist Philippe Mercure who attended the Cinco de Mayo Festival on Cherokee as part of a piece highlighting St. Louis. Global perspective on a local event. Literal translation by Sophie Liebermann.
6:00pm The Latin Quarter
I am heading towards the Latin Quarter for the Cinco de Mayo festival. The change of scenery is radical and it is hard to believe that I did not just land in a small town in Mexico. Musicians walking by, spicy tacos, children dancing and older folks happily drinking: a beautiful party that unfortunately ends too early and poorly.
Aug
26
Community Development Fund
Posted by Angelo S. on August 26, 2008 | 4 Comments
I’ve had an idea running through my brains for quite some time. I’ve always liked the idea of a community development fund, a pot of money that could be used to help organizations, cooperatives, small businesses, beautification projects, and social service operations in the area. The money, entrusted to a community coop, would be pooled and directed towards endeavors that would provide common prosperity.
There are a number of vacant lots, buildings, and billboards around the area that could be filled with art, social service and activist organizations, small businesses, coops, and anything that could help enrich the culture, health, well-being, safety, and beauty of Cherokee Street.
Aug
18
Cherokee Rec Center – New sign / sculpture
Posted by Cipriano Medina on August 18, 2008 | 2 Comments
June 18th I was invited, along with other neighborhood reps, to see a presention of art models to replace the black and white “Cherokee Recreation Center” sign at Jefferson Ave. and Wyoming St. The Cherokee Recreation Center, located in the Benton Park Neighborhood, is open and free for all city residents.
Incarnate Word, ArtWorks, SIUE and the city of St. Louis teamed up with local youth to design a new sign that would help bring people into the Rec Center.
After viewing and commenting on (6) proposals on June 18th, one was chosen and that winning design was built and installed at the former sign location.
Aug
15
Cherokee People: “Senyora Verde”
Posted by Lyndsey Scott on August 15, 2008 | 1 Comment
“I sometimes wonder how I do it. God gave me good health so I could take care of <others>.”When asked where the energy for her daily trash rounds comes from, seventy-five year old Mary responds modestly & matter-of-fact – she picks up the neighborhood because she likes it better that way. Without a trace of resentment or self-righteousness.
We met walking in the alley behind the 3300 block of Ohio, where she’s lived in the same house since 1962. The salsa box she collected cans in appropriately dubbed her Senora Verde, “the Green Lady”, although her recycling pick-up ritual long predates the current green/sustainability movement. She joined Benton Park West Neighborhood association in 1980 – “back when it was the Beautification Association” – and has witnessed the neighborhood change dynamic, decade by decade.
Aug
12
Benton Park Playground
Posted by David Wolk on August 12, 2008 | 3 Comments
Benton Park Playground being demolished.
Two days ago, a friend and myself were standing at the corner of Arsenal and Jefferson. We were looking at that big open plot of land that will soon be developed into new (probably expensive) condos. We exchanged some comments of gentrification, globalization, homogenized living and an overall luke-warm distaste for the new development. We also decided that super cool, rickety, vintage playground, that sits in Benton Park, across the street from the development, would likely be replaced with something a bit more cookie-cutter and clean. Unfortunately our prophecy came true all too soon.
Aug
8
DADA Salon Tonight @ Shangri-La Diner
Posted by David Wolk on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The second DADA Salon is tonight at Shangri-La Diner (2201 Cherokee) from 8pm-12am! Cranky Yellow will be serving up some of the most surreal experiences, crazy antics, and outlandish parlor games to keep the evening fresh! Just bring yourself, your costume, your art supplies, and some witty banter… everything else will be supplied!
Be sure to check out the book-release party at Firecracker Press, and then make your way down to Shangri-La for some good eats and crazy feats!
Aug
8
Lumberyard Release Party
Posted by Jason Deem on August 8, 2008 | 1 Comment
Tonight!
August 8, 2008. 6-10pm
@ Firecracker Press. 2838 Cherokee
Aug
3
Cherokee Sauce
Posted by Jason Deem on August 3, 2008 | 1 Comment
A friend dropped off the latest edition of Sauce Magazine today which features Cherokee Street Mexican Restaurants on the cover. Nice 4-page writeup that highlights El Chico Bakery, Gardunos, El Torito, Carniceria Latino Americana, La Vallesana, El Bronco, Los Arcos, Diana’s Bakery, and the recently opened Tower Tacos.
With the addition of The Stable as well as Foam and Kakao Chocolate in the works Cherokee Street is fast becoming a diverse destination for cullinary arts.
Organizations and Associations
- Arch Reactor
- Art Dimensions
- Benton Park
- Benton Park West
- Cherokee Antique Row
- Cherokee-Lemp Historic District
- Cherokee Station Business Assn.
- Community Arts and Media Project
- Dutchtown South
- Gravois Park
- Marine Villa
Neighborhood Resources
- - Quick Reference -
- Cherokee Recreation Center
- Community Arts and Media Project
- Franciscan Connection
- West Corner Community Garden