Pick the City UP Tour Schedule
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SAT June 3, 2017 TOUR STOP #1
Marquette Park, in the Dutchtown Neighborhood, 4025 Minnesota Ave, 63118
OPEN to the PUBLIC and FREE! Pool OPENS AT Noon!!!

SAT June 3, 2017 TOUR STOP #2
2:00-4:00; Live show at 2:00
Stupp Center in Tower Grove Park
Enter park from Grand Blvd and first take left Stupp Center.
4256 Magnolia Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110
NPR Camille Phillips News Story
St. Louis #wearorange Event for National Gun Violence Awareness Day
Special performance for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America in conjunction with Everytown for Gun Safety
OPEN to the PUBLIC and FREE!
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WED June 21, 2017 TOUR STOP #3
LOOP ARTS FEST!!
Make Music St. Louis on the Delmar Loop!
2:00-3:00 at Craft Alliance Center of Art + Design, 6640 Delmar Blvd, 63130
6:00-7:00 at Piccione Pastry, 6197 Delmar Blvd., 63130
OPEN to the PUBLIC and FREE!
TH June 22, 2017
Literary Arts Day
Spoken Word with Aigner Crawley aka NewNu
1:00-3:00 at Stitchers Storefront Studio, 616 N Skinker Blvd., 63130
OPEN to the PUBLIC and FREE!
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SAT June 24, 2017 TOUR STOP #4
City of St. Louis Juvenile Detention Center
1:00-2:00 at 3847 Enright Ave
Special performance for the youth. Closed set.
“My personal experience with the Juvenile Detention Center was warming. I feel like the initial reaction that the kids had was more nonchalant but once they got to see us performing, like our first few performances, they started to feel welcome because they could connect with us. They started to see that we all come from the same thing, you know we all got connections so they started to like, get more comfortable with us and I visually started seeing from slouching in chairs to head nods then by the end of the show everybody was into it, they was waving hands and I really feel like it was empowering and influential because that could change somebody’s life and I personally feel like it did change their life, somebody in that room, it changed their life.” Antonio, age 16
Funded in part by the Civic Engagement Fund grant from the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement at Washington University in St. Louis.
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TH July 6, 2017 TOUR STOP #5
Mathews Dickey Boys’ and Girls’ Club
11:30 at 4245 N Kingshighway Blvd 63115
Closed Set. Special performance for the participants of the Club’s Summer Camp.
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SAT July 8, 2017 TOUR STOP #6
Tillie’s Corner Historical Project
Neighborhood Block Party
1:00-3:00 at 1353 N Garrison Ave 63106
Performances at 1:30 and 2:30.
Saint Louis Story Stitchers is pleased to announce that Master Storyteller Bobby Norfolk will be joining the Collective for the Pick the City UP Tour at Tillie’s Corner Historical Project in JeffvanderLou!
Mr. Norfolk’s performance is sponsored by the St. Louis Storytelling Festival and the Community Arts Program of the University of Missouri Extension, funded in part through a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Activities are ongoing during the entire event.
FREE!
Health care resources at Tillie’s Corner Neighborhood Block Party
Brightside St. Louis, Camp Sun Splash, Clergy of the JVL and other Neighborhoods, City of St. Louis, Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) Art Bus, Custom Xpressions TM, Dunbar Elementary School and Other Educators, Frederick A. Douglass Museum of African-American Vernacular Images, Fresh Starts Community Garden, Habitat for Humanity, Historic Miss Tillie’s Corner Community Garden, Hopscotch Communications, HOSCO Foods USA, JeffVanderLou Whole New Area II Neighborhood Development Association, MetroMarket Food Bus, Ministry of Wellness, Inc., Primerica Insurance, Ready Readers, Smooth Light Productions, Solidarity St. Louis, St. Louis Fire Department, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department with Operation Polar Cops Ice Cream Truck, St. Louis Safety Group, St. Paul Saturdays, The SPOT (Supporting Positive Opportunities with Teens) Mobile Unit, United Way, Women’s Voices Raised for Social Justice, Contraceptive Choice Center with Wash U School of Medicine (C3), Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and more
Pick the City UP Tour Health Care Resources Guide
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POSTPONED – Coming soon!! TOUR STOP #7
Co-Op City Market
Neighborhood Block Party
1:00-3:00 at 1038 N Sarah 63113
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Date Change: SAT July 29, 2017 TOUR STOP #8
3113 Gasconade St., 63118
Youth-run Festival 3:00-7:00 PM
Show Time 6:00 PM
OPEN to the PUBLIC and FREE!
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TH July 27, 2017 TOUR STOP #9
Saint Louis Story Stitchers is pleased to announce that Master Storyteller Bobby Norfolk, will be joining the Collective for the Pick the City UP Tour at the Contemporary Art Museum! Mr. Norfolk, an internationally known story performer and teaching artist, three-time Emmy Award winner, multiple Parents’ Choice Gold and Silver Award winner and Storytelling Oracle Award recipient, is one of the most popular and dynamic story-educators in America today!
Story Stitchers will bring the African American urban experience to life in conjunction with the Contemporary Art Museum’s current exhibition: Urban Planning: Art and the City 1967-2017. This is a one of a kind performance with a cameo appearances by violinist Mario Miles Turnage and Sherry Gates aka Buddy and performances by Story Stitchers artists in residence Aigner Crawley aka NewNu and Jarmel Reece, and a viewing of the Curating Teen Voices: Coming of Age portfolio with Mariana Parisca, plus your favorite young stars from the Stitchers Teen Council will promote #dropthegun and #keepthepeace with performances that showcase their desire for a healthier, safer city for all.
6:30 – 8:00 PM
3750 Washington Blvd, 63108
OPEN to the PUBLIC and FREE!
Sponsored in part by the Contemporary Art Museum.
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Gregory J. Carter Park in the Walnut Park Neighborhood
5800 Lillian Ave, St. Louis, MO 63120
OPEN to the PUBLIC and FREE! Pool OPENS AT Noon!!!
TH August 17, 2017
2017 St Lou Fringe Festival!! Opening Night!
7:00-8:00 Preview of National Acts
8:00 Preview of Glo Sho at Strauss Park, Grand Center, 63103
OPEN to the PUBLIC and FREE!
This production appears as part of the 2017 St Lou Fringe Festival. St Lou Fringe is an open-access network that supports independent producers in bringing their projects to the stage in the city of St Louis. Content, themes, and matters explored in this show are the discretion of the producing company, and are not administrated by St Lou Fringe. For more info: http://www.stlouisfringe.com
FR August 18, 2017
9:30 PM Glo Sho at Strauss Park, Grand Center, 63103
OPEN to the PUBLIC!
Bring a blanket and watch from the grass for free or go VIP and watch from a cafe table on the patio for $15 per person.
Tickets available through MetroTix HERE
This production appears as part of the 2017 St Lou Fringe Festival. St Lou Fringe is an open-access network that supports independent producers in bringing their projects to the stage in the city of St Louis. Content, themes, and matters explored in this show are the discretion of the producing company, and are not administrated by St Lou Fringe. For more info: http://www.stlouisfringe.com
SAT August 19, 2017
8:00 PM Glo Sho at Strauss Park, Grand Center, 63103
OPEN to the PUBLIC! Tickets available through Fringe Fest.
Bring a blanket and watch from the grass for free or go VIP and watch from a cafe table on the patio for $15 per person.
Tickets available through MetroTix HERE
This production appears as part of the 2017 St Lou Fringe Festival. St Lou Fringe is an open-access network that supports independent producers in bringing their projects to the stage in the city of St Louis. Content, themes, and matters explored in this show are the discretion of the producing company, and are not administrated by St Lou Fringe. For more info: http://www.stlouisfringe.com
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FR September 29, 2017
Grand Finale!
7:00 PM Glo Sho at the .ZACK, 3224 Locust, 63103
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