Author: Saint Louis Story Stitchers

StitchCast Studio LIVE!

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

6:00-9:00

HIGH LOW

3301 Washington Ave, 63103

THE GREAT OUTDOORS

Special Guest Jean Ponzi

Green Resources Manager at EarthWays Center of the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Reserve your FREE Seat

Listen to StitchCast Studio on all major podcast platforms.

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.

Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, Arts & Education Council, Trio Foundation, Deaconess Foundation, and Kranzberg Arts Foundation.

Story Stitchers featured on KDHX Earthworms podcast with Jean Ponzi

http://earthworms.kdhxtra.org/storystitchers-0

Jean will also be a guest on Story Stitchers’ youth-led award winning podcast,

StitchCast Studio LIVE!

The Great Outdoors!

Tuesday, June 6

6:00 PM

Podcast followed by an Open Mic

HIGH LOW

3301 Washington Ave, 63103

Free Tickets:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stitchcast-studio-live-tickets-504563461897

Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective

The WHY of MY City

Coming soon!

In the play, a teenage girl named Wanda manages to save herself from the clutches of gangster Zoot Suit with the help of Scott Joplin, Madam CJ Walker, Cool Papa Bell, and Tina Turner.

Tickets are now available on MetroTix

PURCHASE TICKETS

CAST 

Mario Farwell Playwright

Gregory S. Carr Director

CAST

Featuring

KP Dennis Performing Artist

and

Bobby Norfolk Master Storyteller

with

Basmin Red Deer as Madam CJ Walker

Ducey Hathaway as Zoot Suit

Branden Lewis as Scott Joplin

Kem Smith, PhD as Tina Turner

Zack Williams as Cool Papa Bell

COMPANY

Raven Alade

Keith Brown

Cali Fleming

Donniesha Hartan

Joshua Johnson

Malik Jones

Aakirah Muhammad 

Quannae Noble

Jamal Reid

The WHY of MY City

Coming soon!

Tickets are now available on MetroTix

PURCHASE TICKETS

To learn more visit storystitchers.org

I’m writing to let you know that the Trusted Messengers exhibition has been extended through August 25, 2023.  The CDC Foundation reports the public response to the exhibition has been extremely positive.

Story Stitchers work from Perception Isn’t Always Reality, created in 2022 to bolster vaccine confidence with support from the CDC Foundation, is featured in an exhibition at the David J. Sencer CDC Museum, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta GA 30329.

The exhibition is on view November 25, 2022 – August 2023.

Photography by Mike Jensen, courtesy of the David J. Sencer CDC Museum

“Trusted Messengers: Building Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccines Through Art spotlights some of the arts and culture partners who worked with CDC and the CDC Foundation in 2022 to help bolster demand for COVID-19 vaccines by building trust and confidence in their communities.”

To learn more and see additional images from the exhibit visit:

https://www.cdc.gov/museum/exhibits/trusted.html

To learn more about Story Stitchers’ project visit:

Perception Isn’t Always Reality

Join us for the Grand Opening of The Center!

Saturday, May 20, 2023

3701 Grandel Sq, 1A, St. Louis, MO 63108

12:00-8:00

Come and celebrate with the Story Stitchers!

Catch Story Stitchers performing, have an ice cream cone, DJ’s, dancers, rap artists, producers, visit with vendors, cut the ribbon with the City of St. Louis Mayor Tishaura O. Jones and the Story Stitchers at 1:00, tour The Center, then join in for dance and beat battles and cheer on your favorite artists! You’re the judge!

12:00 VISIT with Vendors including Great Rivers Greenway, The SPOT, Neighbors Credit Union, League of Women Voters, Locks of Love from Women’s Voices Raised for Social Justice, CHADS, Habitat for Humanity, The T and The BRIC, and more.

12:00-6:00 REGISTER for Stitchers Youth Council (16-25 year olds with ID), grab free food coupons, register for the dance and beat battles, or buy a ticket to stitchers new play – The WHY of MY City!

12:00-2:00 EAT Cool Times Ice Cream Free to the first 100 16-25 year olds! Also for sale to the general public.

12:30 Story Stitchers performance

1:00 CUT THE RIBBON and hear City of St. Louis Mayor Tishaura O. Jones give remarks!

2:00-3:30 TOUR The Center! – A new unique space for 16-24 year old youth to learn, create, play games, heal, make new friends, earn money, gain job skills, and give back to make St. Louis a happier and healthier city for all!

4:00-7:00 EAT Dinner featuring Louisiana style yummies from Crooked Boot! Free dinner to the first 100 16-25 year olds! Also for sale to the general public.

4:00-8:00 DANCE and BEAT BATTLES!! ENJOY, be an AUDIENCE JUDGE, or COMPETE!! Join DJ Domo as battle master, Branden Lewis as MC, Rich the Ruler as Tie Breaker Judge, BlueBeatz and S.K. Banga, our top beat producers, with Sillo and Quinsonta Boyd capturing it all on camera!

DANCE BATTLE AND BEAT BATTLE

1st Place – 1 for EACH BATTLE – $300 Visa Gift Card

2nd Place- 1 for EACH BATTLE – $150 Shure SRH840A Professional Monitoring Headphones

3rd Place – 1 for EACH BATTLE – Story Stitchers Hoodie!

16-25 year olds can enter with a photo ID

PLUS

OG Dance Battle

1st Place $200 Visa Gift Card

Showcase Battle featuring some of St. Louis’ top dancers!

Saint Louis Story Stitchers, The Center and its youth programs are funded in part by the Lewis Prize for Music Accelerator Award of 2021 and Kranzberg Arts Foundation, where Saint Louis Story Stitchers has been a resident organization since 2014.

Additional support comes from the City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention Grant,  Youthbridge Community Foundation, Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, Trio Foundation, Deaconess Foundation, Arts and Education Council, the St. Louis Area Violence Prevention Commission, and Ameren Missouri.

Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective

is pleased to announce

The WHY of MY City

CAST & CREW

Mario Farwell Playwright

Gregory S. Carr Director

Dominick Hines aka DJ Domo

Stage Manager & Community Engagement

Willie James aka Sillo Choreographer

Chris Pendleton aka BlueBeatz Audio

Darion Poe aka S.K. Banga Audio

Alexis Allen Brown Costume Design

CAST

Featuring

KP Dennis Performing Artist

and

Bobby Norfolk Master Storyteller

with

Rachael Jones as Wanda

Basmin Red Deer as Madam CJ Walker

Ducey Hathaway as Zoot Suit

Branden Lewis as Scott Joplin

Kem Smith, PhD as Tina Turner

Zack Williams as Cool Papa Bell

COMPANY

Raven Alade

Keith Brown

Cali Fleming

Donniesha Hartan

Joshua Johnson

Malik Jones

Aakirah Muhammad

Quannae Noble

Jamal Reid

In the play, a teenage girl manages to save herself from the clutches of gangster Zoot Suit with the help of Scott Joplin, Madam CJ Walker, Cool Papa Bell, and Tina Turner.

Tickets available on MetroTix: PURCHASE TICKETS

Saint Louis Story Stitchers does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran or national guard status, handicap status, or any other factor prohibited by law in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in its programs and/or activities.

7 Days to go!

Join us for the Grand Opening of The Center!

Saturday, May 20, 2023

3701 Grandel Sq, 1A, St. Louis, MO 63108

12:00-8:00

Come and celebrate with the Story Stitchers!

Catch Story Stitchers performing, have an ice cream cone, DJ’s, dancers, rap artists, producers, visit with vendors, cut the ribbon with the City of St. Louis Mayor Tishaura O. Jones and the Story Stitchers at 1:00, tour The Center, then join in for dance and beat battles and cheer on your favorite artists! You’re the judge!

12:00 VISIT with Vendors including Great Rivers Greenway, The SPOT, Neighbors Credit Union, League of Women Voters, Locks of Love from Women’s Voices Raised for Social Justice, CHADS, Habitat for Humanity, The T and The BRIC, and more.

12:00-6:00 REGISTER for Stitchers Youth Council (16-25 year olds with ID), grab free food coupons, register for the dance and beat battles, or buy a ticket to stitchers new play – The WHY of MY City!

12:00-2:00 EAT Cool Times Ice Cream Free to the first 100 16-25 year olds! Also for sale to the general public.

12:30 Story Stitchers performance

1:00 CUT THE RIBBON and hear City of St. Louis Mayor Tishaura O. Jones give remarks!

2:00-3:30 TOUR The Center! – A new unique space for 16-24 year old youth to learn, create, play games, heal, make new friends, earn money, gain job skills, and give back to make St. Louis a happier and healthier city for all!

4:00-7:00 EAT Dinner featuring Louisiana style yummies from Crooked Boot! Free dinner to the first 100 16-25 year olds! Also for sale to the general public.

4:00-8:00 DANCE and BEAT BATTLES!! ENJOY, be an AUDIENCE JUDGE, or COMPETE!! Join DJ Domo as battle master, Branden Lewis as MC, Rich the Ruler as Tie Breaker Judge, BlueBeatz and S.K. Banga, our top beat producers, with Sillo and Quinsonta Boyd capturing it all on camera!

DANCE BATTLE AND BEAT BATTLE

1st Place – 1 for EACH BATTLE – $300 Visa Gift Card

2nd Place- 1 for EACH BATTLE – $150 Shure SRH840A Professional Monitoring Headphones

3rd Place – 1 for EACH BATTLE – Story Stitchers Hoodie!

16-25 year olds can enter with a photo ID

PLUS

OG Dance Battle

1st Place $200 Visa Gift Card

Showcase Battle featuring some of St. Louis’ top dancers!

Saint Louis Story Stitchers, The Center and its youth programs are funded in part by the Lewis Prize for Music Accelerator Award of 2021 and Kranzberg Arts Foundation, where Saint Louis Story Stitchers has been a resident organization since 2014.

Additional support comes from the City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention Grant,  Youthbridge Community Foundation, Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, Trio Foundation, Deaconess Foundation, Arts and Education Council, the St. Louis Area Violence Prevention Commission, and Ameren Missouri.

Saint Louis Story Stitchers will be present at our partner organization’s event today,

Vision for Children at Risk Mental Health Day Event

Saturday, May 6

Deaconess Foundation

1000 N Vandeventer

11:00-4:00

Stop by Story Stitchers’ table and say hey to Sillo to learn how you can get involved!

1:30

Emeara, Llord and Isaiah will share a dance!

Interested in being a vendor at a Story Stitchers event?

Reach out to us with this form:

StitchCast Studio LIVE!

Watch and be a part of Story Stitchers live podcast discussions, presented on the state-of-the-arts stage, High Low, 3301 Washington Ave. Story Stitchers artists and guest artists will round out each presentation with live art interludes and all ages open mic.

Youth, ages 16-24 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. Participate in a family-friendly open mic. Join Stitchers Youth Council by filling out the form at storystitchers.org.

DATES and PROGRAM TOPICS:

Tuesday, May 23, 2023, StitchCast will focus on Youth Violence with Sultan Muhammad aka Brother Self Love.

Tuesday, June 6, 2023, StitchCast Studio will focus on The Great Outdoors with Jean Ponzi, Green Resources Manager at EarthWays Center of the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Details on EVENTBRITE (Free)

Listen to StitchCast Studio on all major podcast platforms.

Police Violence URL: https://stitchcaststudio.podbean.com/e/livepoliceviolence/

Youth and Sadness URL: https://stitchcaststudio.podbean.com/e/youthandsaness/

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.

Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, Arts & Education Council, Trio Foundation, Deaconess Foundation, and Kranzberg Arts Foundation.