StitchCast Studio LIVE!
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
6:00-9:00 PM
Mending the Gap – Black Youth and Police
with guest
Sgt. Stephen Perry from St. Louis Police Academy
Youth, ages 16-25 years old, will discuss the relationship between Black youth and the police, rights and responsibilities, and more in a live podcast recording on stage with guest Sgt. Stephen Perry from St. Louis Police Academy. A live art interlude will be incorporated into the presentation. Learn about the community through the words of young leaders.
HIGH LOW
3301 Washington Ave
6:00 Doors open
6:30-8:00 Podcast
8:00-9:00 Open Mic
Free
Cash bar
Watch and be a part of Story Stitchers live podcast discussions, presented on the state-of-the-arts stage of 3301 Washington Ave. Story Stitchers artists and guest artists will round out each presentation with live art interludes.
Youth, ages 16-25 years old, discuss current topics in live podcast recordings on stage. Live art interludes are incorporated into the presentations. Learn about the community through the words of young leaders.
Youth, ages 16-25, lead meaningful dialogues that inspire original content in mentor-led workshops based on participants’ lived experiences in economically disadvantaged, high crime areas. Podcasts focus on the streets, gun violence, and finding solutions to issues that are coming at our youth hard. The project goal is to gain greater understanding of the needs and desires of the youth served and to give them an amplified voice to create needed changes in society, to support youth in a successful transition to adulthood, and to reduce youth crime in St. Louis. Youth artists use dialogue, adult guests, original poetry, and music to highlight their personal experiences with gun violence, life transitions, and mental health, promoting mutual respect for diverse ideas, greater understanding, and a more peaceful society.
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Tuesday, May 28
The Great Outdoors
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Acknowledgements
In 2024, Saint Louis Story Stitchers’ StitchCast Studio LIVE! is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Support for Story Stitchers creative youth development programs is provided in part by The Lewis Prize for Music 2021 Accelerator Award.
This project has been supported by the Missouri Department of Economic Development’s Youth Opportunities Program.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs has been provided by Kranzberg Arts Foundation where Saint Louis Story Stitchers is a proud resident organization.
