April



	April Poets and UM-St. Louis Faculty Poets Composers The University Bookstore UM-St. Louis April 1 Inside Out Loud: Visualizing Women's Health in Contemporary Art Public Exhibition Tour Mildred Kemper Art Museum 7:00 pm Washington University April 1-3 St. Louis Spring Festival of Art A juried event with 135 local, regional, and national artists presenting original work. Greater St. Louis Art Association Queeny Park in Manchester, Missouri April 2 Diva Diction with Nikki Giovanni and Ishle Park Two of the most powerful female poets of the page and the stage COCA--Center of Creative Arts 8:00pm April 2-29 Landscapes & Lost Lakes Mary C. Nasser, a solo exhibition of drawings and paintings Marbles Art Gallery 1905 Park Avenue (314) 497-2877 April 3 Poetry In Song II A survey of great poetry and the music it has inspired Grace United Methodist Church 6199 Waterman Avenue 3:00pm April 3 This 100-ARTIST-PERFORMER-MUSICIAN- EVENT is a triple fundraiser for three non-profits! Come experience kosher food, Israeli dancing and live performances, as well as an eclectic array of local and national artists including: Clarksville Glassworks, Jan Gates and Harvest Arts, Jeane Vogel Photography, Jeri Changar Designs, Kathryn Leventhal-Arnold, Lezlie Silverstien, Mary Beth Shaw, Mavrik, Rachel Miller Jewelry, Tsila Schwartz Calligraphy. Shaare Emeth Congregation 11645 Ladue Road Creve Coeur, MO 63141 (314) 568-0506 10:00am-4:00 pm April 4 Mary Troy Reading from Cookie Lily Monday Noon Series J.C. Penney UM-St. Louis 12:15pm Center for the Humanities April 4 Pearl Cleage Babylon Sisters Left Bank Books Schlafly Branch of the St. Louis Public Library (225 N. Euclid Ave.) 7:00pm April 4 Mary Mcleod, Professor of Architecture Lecture Washington University School of Architecture April 4 Meg Cabot: The Princess Diaries Another installment to her popular Princess Diaries series, Princess in Training Left Bank Books Buder Branch, St Louis Public Library, 4401 Hampton 7:00pm April 4-17 Sum and Substance Curated by Andrea Schankman, and featuring the works of artists James M. Smith and Mary Sprague The Gallery at the Regional Arts Commission April 5 Jennifer Lawler Dojo Wisdom For Mothers St. Louis County Library (1640 S. Lindbergh) 7:00pm April 5 Inside Out Loud: Visualizing Women's Health in Contemporary ArtDr. Paula Treichler Paradoxes of Visibility: Women's Health in a “Post-Reproductive Era” Mildred Kemper Art Museum 7:00 pm Washington University April 5 Outloud Poetry Open Mic Special Guest: BJ Old Tymer's Nite Club 12667 New Halls Ferry Road April 6 Women in Art Lecture: Feminism and Museums Susan Cahan/Jeanne Zarucchi Gallery 210 UM-St. Louis, 3pm April 6 Susan Meiselas, documentary photographer Best known for her work covering civil wars in Central America, Meiselas has also been heralded for her frank and honest look at women on the margins of society. St. Louis Museum 7:00pm April 6 Haywood Smith The Red Hat Club Ride Again Book discussion and signing Schlafly Branch 225 N. Euclid Avenue 7:00pm April 7 Liane Hancock Lecture Washington University School of Architecture Bernoudy Gallery of Architecture 11:30am April 7 Readings @ the Contemporary presents the poets Stephanie Young, Stephanie McKenzie, and Stefane Russell. Contemporary Art Museum, 3750 Washington Boulevard 7:00pm April 8-9 Barbara Rand Jewelry Trunk Show A new line for spring with extraordinary attention to detail and balance. American Visions Contemporary Crafts 9854 Manchester Road, St. Louis, MO April 8-17 Art by Yasmina Reza West End Players Guild Union Avenue Christian Church 733 Union, St. Louis, MO April 8-10 Color Me Dark Adapted from the book by nationally renowned author Patricia McKissack of St. Louis COCA--Center of Creative Arts 524 Trinity Avenue, St. Louis, MO Friday at 7pm Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 and 3:30pm April 9 The Jazz Singers: A Tribute to Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald Sheldon Concert Hall 8:00pm April 9 Emily Hahn: Intrepid Adventurer Exhibit also, UM-St. Louis current and alumnae artists Kirkwood Public Library April 9-May 6 Luanne Rimel New Textiles Exhibit R. Duane Reed Gallery April 9 Poetry and Gardens Pattiann Rogers, nature poet Bobby Norfolk, Sylvia Duncan, and musician Glen “Papa” Wright Missouri Botanical Gardens Noon-3pm April 11 Phyllis Kornfeld Art Work of Women and Men in Prison Monday Noon Series J.C. Penney UM-St. Louis, 12:15pm Center for the Humanities April 11 Lecture Jeanne Gang Professor of Architecture Washington University School of Architecture Steinberg Auditorium 7:00pm April 11-May 21 Colors of the River Saint Louis Watercolor Society presents a juried exhibition featuring over 100 original watercolor paintings by St. Louis area artists Saint Louis Watercolor Society Creative Framing and Art Gallery 3232 Ivanhoe April 12 Susan Marks Finding Betty Crocker Left Bank Books 7:00pm April 12 Byron Katie I Need Your Love - Is it True Headquarters Branch of the St. Louis County Library (1640 S. Lindbergh) 7:00pm April 13 Women in Film Series Julie Dash, Director, Daughters of the Dust Gallery 210 UM-St. Louis, 3pm April 13 Classical Women Composers Chamber Concert Martines, Reichardt, Savage, Billington Touhill PAC , 7:30pm UM-St. Louis April 13 Elizabeth Gaffney Metropolis captures the splendor and violence of New York in the years after the Civil War Left Bank Books 7:00pm April 13 Rosamund Purcell Photographer, artist and author Gallery 210 UM-St. Louis, 7:00pm April 14 East Wind Ensemble Shakuhachi and the Koto Touhill PAC , 7:30pm UM-St. Louis April 14 Betsy Peterson Voices of Alzheimers Left Bank Books 7:00pm April 14 Eungie Joo Lecture Indepentdant Curator and Gallery Director and Curator at REDCAT Contemporary Art Museum, 3750 Washington Boulevard 6:00 and 8:00pm April 15 Jane Solose, Piano Recital Music Department UM-St. Louis April 15-16 The 7th annual Venus Envy Visual, performing and culinary arts celebrating local women artists Forest Park “The Grove” on the 4100 block of Manchester April 16 Her Art: Greek and Greek-American Women in the Arts Hellenic Government-Karakas Foundation Professorship in Greek Studies UM-St. Louis Student Millennium Center, Century Rooms 9:00am-5:00pm SESSION I: MUSIC 9:00-9:30 Women in Ancient Greek and Byzantine Music Diane Touliatos, University of Missouri-St. Louis 9:30-10:00 Greek Women and Classical Music Dr. Anastasia Siopsi , Ionian University, Greece 10:00-10:30 Greek Women and Popular (“Laika”) Music Gail Holst-Warhaft, Cornell University SESSION II: WOMEN IN CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE AND DRAMA 11:00-11:30 Penelope's Perspective: How Greek Women Translate the Classics Gail Holst-Warhaft, Cornell University 11:30-12:00 Women in Greek Theater: Contemporary Adaptations of Ancient Greek Tragedy Vassiliki Rapti, University of Missouri-St. Louis SESSION III: PAINTING , FILM, AND THEATER 14:00-14:30 Tekhnítides: Women Artists in Ancient Greece John Younger, University of Kansas-Lawrence 14:30-15:00 Contemporary Greek Women Artists and Painters Christina Petrinou, Art Historian, Athens, Greece 15:00-15:30 Thalia Selz, Author and art critic, Greek American Women in the Visual Arts 16:00-17:00 Open public discussion featuring Academy Award Winning Actress Olympia Dukakis April 16 Celebrating Women: Reinventing Ourselves After 50 Conference Workshops, readings, music, health J.C. Penney UM-St. Louis 9:00am Room 78 Fitness After 50 Rae Mohrmann Room 229 Menopause and the Gender-Related Cancer: The Connecting Link Victoria Fortner Room 126 Career Transitions: Exploring Options and Community Resources Cheryl Bielema & Brenda Fraser Room 222 Makeup Tips Lori Lonigro 10:00am Room 78 The Importance of Spirituality Margaret Muskopf Room 126 Who Gets Grandma's Yellow Pie Plate? Sherron Hancock Room 229 Getting Out of Debt and Staying Out Deborah Williams Room 222 Writing Your Family's Stories Mary Harrison Auditorium MaryAnn Rund Dancers Dancing Towards the Light: Dipping in the Wellspring 11:00am Room 78 Raising Grandchildren Betty Reinsch Room 126 Volunteering: Finding the Right Fit Joyce Day Room 222 Managing and Keeping Family Records Sherron Hancock 11:15 a.m. The Summit The Black Rep Her Dreams, Her Aspirations 1:00pm Room 78 Celebrating Midlife: Our Bodies, Ourselves After 50 Sue Kendig Room 126 Dealing with Change: Coping with Life's Transitions Linda Senn Room 222 Design on a Dime Sharon Laux Auditorium Cameo Club Contestants from the Ms. Senior America Pageant 2:00pm Room 78 Food Label Detective Suzanne Switzer Room 126 Starting Your Own Business Ann Ross Room 222 To Move or Improve? Sharon Laux Auditorium Etc., UM-St. Louis Senior Theatre Company 10-minute plays focusing on women over 50 3:00pm Room 78 Caring for Aging Parents Wilma Schmitz Room 126 Going Solo: Writing for Money Bobbi Linkemer Room 222 Empowering Your Life through Storytelling Kathy Schottel Auditorium The Mavenettes Real women with humor 4:00pm Room 78 Travel 101: The Basics Allen Becker & Fred Rosen Room 126 Public Office Starts at 50! Harriett Woods Room 222 Scrapbooking: Sense of Style Beverly Leon & Melissa Larkin 5:00pm The Summit The Hot Flashes* an all-woman rock 'n' roll band April 17 Arianna String Quartet “A Cultural Odyssey” Gabriela Lena Frank: “Leyendas – an Andean Walkabout” Touhill PAC 4:00pm UM-St. Louis April 18 2 nd Annual “Celebration of the Arts” Thomas F. George and Katharine Lawton Brown Women Jazz Composers Northwest County Family YMCA 2:00pm April 18 Arianna String Quartet “A Cultural Odyssey” Gabriela Lena Frank: “Leyendas – an Andean Walkabout” The Ethical Society of St. Louis 8:00pm April 18 Arianna String Quartet with Gabriela Frank, Composer Monday Noon Series J.C. Penney UM-St. Louis, 12:15pm Center for the Humanities April 18 Haven Kimmel Something Rising Left Bank Books 7:00pm April 18 River Styx: Dorianne Laux River Styx Magazine presents poet Dorianne Laux, author of Smoke and What We Carry Duff’s Restaurant, across from LBB 7:30pm April 18 Sherrie Maricle & DIVA Jazz Orchestra Concert Harris-Stowe State College Auditorium 8:00pm April 18 7 th Annual Multicultural Awareness Day The event will include musical and visual performances by UMSL Chancellor Tom George Barbara Harbach and Annette Crymes UM-St. Louis MSC Pilot House 11:30am-1:00pm April 19 Lillian Faderman Naked in the Promised Land Left Bank Books 7:30pm April 19 - October 23 Sleep in Beauty: Bed Coverings from Around the World Gallery 100 Saint Louis Art Museum April 20 Lolly Winston Good Grief Left Bank Books 7:00pm April 20-August 30 "14 Kids: By Us, For Us, About Us", a community photography exhibit F eatures photos taken by and of the children (ages 10-13) who attend the Pagedale Beyond Housing after school program University of Missouri-St. Louis's Public Policy Research Center Photo Gallery http://pprc.umsl.edu April 21-May 14 Parental Advisory: Annual Juried exhibition The annual juried exhibition of Bachelor of Fine Art candidates at UM-St. Louis Gallery 210 UM-St. Louis April 21 Irish-American Film Joan FitzPatrick Dean, University of Missouri--Kansas City UM-St. Louis 331 Social Sciences & Business Building 12:30pm April 21 Organ Recital Barbara Harbach Works by Elizabeth Stirling, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel and Harbach UM-St. Louis Provincial House Chapel Noon April 21 Sue Monk Kidd The Mermaid Chair Central Branch of the St. Louis Public Library (1301 Olive St.) April 22-June 11 Bessie Lowenhaupt: St. Louis artist A Painting Retrospective Gallery 210 UM-St. Louis April 22 Inside Out Loud: Visualizing Women’s Health in Contemporary Art Susan Felleman and Vagner Whitehead: The Mind-Body Problem Mildred Kemper Art Museum 7:00 pm Washington University April 22 Jane M. Mason, artist Flowers and Birds – Natural Friends American Visions Contemporary Crafts American Visions Contemporary Crafts 9854 Manchester Rd. 04/22/05 - 05/28/05 April 22 Glenda Hares, Impressionist artist Norton's Fine Art & Framing 2025 Big Bend Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63117 04/22/05 - 05/31/05 April 22-23 Missouri Writers’ Guild 90th Annual Conference Speakers include writers, agents, editors, and publishers ready to inspire and encourage attendees Holiday Inn Select 4341 Veterans Memorial Parkway St. Peters , MO April 25 Oh Freedom After While: Story of the Sharecropper Protest in 1939 Local storyteller Lynn Rubright will show her video documentary J.C. Penney UM-St. Louis, 12:15pm Center for the Humanities April 25 Fiction & poetry reading UMSL graduate students Allison Creighton, Carol Niederlander, David Hollingsworth, Adam Cleary, Jason Rizos and Kendra Hayden will read from their fiction and poetry Duff's, 392 N. Euclid Ave. 7:30pm April 26 UM-St. Louis University Band Concert Emanation from the Sacred Harp by Barbara Harbach Touhill PAC, 7:30pm UM-St. Louis April 26 Amy Goodman The Exception to the Rulers Goodman, award-winning producer and host of the program “Democracy Now!” exposes the lies, corruption, and crimes of the power elite. First Unitarian Church, 5007 Waterman Blvd. 7:00pm April 26, 27, 28 Washington University MFA Readings Graduating students in the MFA in Writing Program read from their poetry and fiction. Washington University Hurst Lounge, Duncker 201 8:00pm April 27 Joyce Schiller, Lecture Bessie Lowenhaupt Paintings Gallery 210 UM-St. Louis, 3:00pm April 28 Joyce Schiller Lecture Bessie Lowenhaupt Drawings Mercantile Library UM-St. Louis 7:00pm April 28-June 24 "Bessie Lowenhaupt: Drawing on Life" presents drawings, illustrated letters and graphic work by St. Louis artist Bessie St. Louis Mercantile Library UM-St. Louis April 28 UMSL Dance Repertory Auditions Dance attire is required Touhill PAC 3:00pm UM-St. Louis April 28 NEO-SOUL NIGHT Chain of Arts UM-St. Louis Pilot House in the Millenium Student Center 7:00-10:00pm April 28 Tonya Lewis Lee & Crystal McCrary Anthony, Authors of Gotham Diaries . Borders Books and Music - Brentwood , 1519 S. Brentwood Blvd , St. Louis MO 7:00pm April 28 Organ Music by Women Composers Harbach, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Stirling The New Synagogue Szeged, Hungary 7:00pm April 28 56th Annual Great Saint Louis Book Fair April 28, 4pm-10pm April 29 and Saturday, April 30, 10am-10pm May 1, 11am-6pm May 2, 10am-6pm Westfield Shoppingtown West County April 28-June 24 Bessie Lowenhaupt: Drawing on Life presents drawings, illustrated letters and graphic work by St. Louis artist St. Louis Mercantile Library April 29 Charis, the St. Louis Women's Chorus "In the Grove" explores through song the influence of women and the Women's Movement on popular music Shrewsbury Community Center 5200 Shrewsbury Ave., St. Louis April 29 Screening of Making an American Citizen Alice Guy, Director Barbara Harbach, Music Gyor, Hungary April 29-May 30 Local ceramicist Joy Lappin and local sculptor and lamp worker Deb Kato exhibition Craft Alliance 6640 Delmar Blvd. April 30 Screening of Making an American Citizen Alice Guy, Director Barbara Harbach, Music Budapest, Hungary April 28-May 14 Parental Advisory: Annual Juried BFA Student Exhibition Gallery 210 UM-St. Louis April 30 Annual Spring/Arts Souljourn: FRESH & ANCESTRAL (New Xpressions From The EBR Writers Club Workshop) Featuring: Darlene Roy, Sandra English, Sheryl Jonson, Patricia Merritt City Council Chambers, 2nd Floor of Municipal Building 301 River Park Drive--East Saint Louis, Illinois 9:00 AM