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Ivan Martin extends an invitation to submit for the JAMAA art show at St. Louis’ Soulard Art Market. We are having a show at the Soulard Art Market to celebrate Black History. Call For Art Jamaa A Juried Art Exhibition At: Soulard Art Market & Contemporary Gallery 2028 S. 12th Street St. Louis, MO 63104…
A note from Jana Segal of Reel Inspiration: Reel Members, Our MOST INSPIRING FILMS OF 2009 list is compiled of films that have been promoted through our reviews on Reel Inspiration’s blogs. Diverse films with entertaining, powerful stories that uplift, challenge, give hope or inspire. Some weight has been given to films with themes that…
“The Little Book of Meditation,” by Marina C. Bear is the perfect book to introduce people to meditation. Marina has been a meditator for 40 years, so she should know. Charles Tart says this is the book he wishes he had had when he was starting out. Readers say that it’s helpful, funny, charming and…
January 11-March 15, 2010 Vaughn Cultural Center 3701 Grandel Square St. Louis, MO 63108 The opening for the Zuka Arts Guild exhibit at St. Louis’ Vaughn Cultural Center left us deeply satisfied. “The Zuka Arts Guild seeks to promote knowledge of and participation in the visual arts through exhibitions, teaching programs, workshops, seminars and selected…
Today marked the groundbreaking for the expansion of the St. Louis Art Museum. Among other friends I bumped into Robert Powell (executive director of the Portfolio Gallery and Education Center), and Freida Wheaton (woman of the arts and owner of Salon 53). Every time I meet her Freida has joined another board. In a chock-a-block…
Dave Scotese, Litmocracy’s founder announces a contest for unpublished books. The prize is $1,000 dollars and no-cost book publication. This contest runs in ten rounds. It’s purpose is to encourage authors with talent who are unrecognized in the mainstream publishing world. Dave says, “The publishing industry is lax in identifying new authors; hundreds of thousands…
Women’s Memoirs is at it again…leading the way to support women (and men) writers and bloggers. Blogrolls…contests…prizes…It’s hard to keep track. Nominate your blog on Women’s Memoirs and meet some other outstanding bloggers. Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler say: One way we promised to help build this community, to help you reach more women interested…
STL Actors Studio stages John Kolvenbach’s “Love Song” in its LOVE & HONOR season. It’s a play replete in layers as it examines love: within ourselves, couples, families, and the Platonic ideal of love that lives inside us. The Actors Studio is in my neighborhood so I could walk there and back. A genuine pleasure…
Jana Segal who writes Reel Inspiration reviews “A Single Man.” She’s a good guide to the movies.
Ernest Dempsey has located yet another online resource for poets. It’s The Poets Speak where your poem is printed and also heard in your voice through streaming audio. “Blase” is from his second poetry book Two Candles. If you would like to get your audio poem posted, contact The Poets Speak editor.