11/11/11 Street Bash!

Looking for a good time (and not exactly the “good time” promised by the nebulous phone number scrawled in lip stain on the doors of The Jade Room’s bathroom stalls)? Walk, bike, drive, fly, or teleport down to Cherokee Street for Eleven‘s 11/11/11 event.  Or, “Eleven-Cubed” if you would like your tongue untied. Seriously, say it fast, “11/11/11″… it’s hard!

***Check out…***

4:45 – 5:45 // The Hobosexuals @ The Nebula
5:00 – 6:30 // Bootigrabbers Delight @ Black Bear Bakery
5:30 – 6:15 // CANCELED ***  Owen Pye @ Drew Henry Salon & Gallery
5:45 – 6:45 // Bredon of Last to Show First to Go @ The Nebula
6:00 – 6:45 // Caleb Travers @ PHD Gallery
6:00 – 6:30 // Spastic Plastic @ Aisle 1 Gallery
6:30 – 7:15 // Beth Bombara @ Firecracker Press
6:45 – 7:30 // Volcanoes @ Aisle 1 Gallery
7:00 – 7:45 // Kid Scientist @ Paper Boat Studios
7:30 – 8:15 // Last to Show First to Go @ The Archive
7:30 – 8:15 // The Campfire Club @ All Along Press
8:00 – 8:30 // Since 1902 @ Apop Records
8:45 – 9:30 // Kid Counselor @ Apop Records
8:30 – 9:30 // Arthur & the Librarian @ All Along Press
9:00 – 9:45 // PALACE @ FOAM
10:15 – 11:00 // Bear Hive @ FOAM

@ Off Broadway: STL LOUD 3 Release Show
- Fire Dog
- Funky Butt Brass Band
- The Reedling Gilly
- Rockwell Knuckles
- Superhero Killer
*Doors open at 8:00 P.M.*

@ 2720 Cherokee
- Stank Nasty
- Jon Eric “Electric Banjo Man”
- Justin Torres Loop Project
- Mikey Wehling
*Suggested $5 donation upon entry*

@ ArtMonster
- 18andCounting
- Dylan Hassinger

@ Fort Gondo (poetry series)
- Chris Martin
- Ted Mathys
- Mary Austin Speaker
*Starts at 7:00 P.M.*

*** Participating:***
2720 Cherokee
Aisle 1 Gallery
All Along Press
Apop Records
ArtMonster
The Archive
Black Bear Bakery
Cherokee Street Bikes
Drew Henry Salon & Gallery
Firecraker Press
FOAM
Fort Gondo
I Scream Cakes
Labeebee’s Mid-East Cafe
Off Broadway / STL LOUD 3
Paper Boat Studios
PHD Gallery
STL STyLehouse
*** … and more! ***

*** Consume… ***
Flowers to the People arrangements
The Tin Can food
Labeebee’s Mid-East Cafe food
Urban Chestnut beer
Sicily Streat food truck

*** … and more! ***

Shows on-going from 4pm. Schedules and maps available on the street!

The celebration kicks off in the afternoon at Eleven’s office in The Nebula, 3407 S. Jefferson, St. Louis, MO 63118.

This entry was written by Blair Stiles, posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:00 pm, filed under Live, News, Upcoming, What's Going On and tagged 11/11/11, cherokee, Cherokee Street, Eleven, eleven cubed, event, events, neighborhood. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

FORM – 2nd Annual Contemporary Design Show

Photo by Ben Pierce

This show is legit. Featuring an eclectic mix of up-to-the-minute works from over 70 designers and presenters, FORM’s second annual contemporary design show exhibited everything from the rustic to the whimsical. Taking place in the sprawling Temtor Building (once a Coca-Cola Syrup bottling plant) on South Broadway, I traversed this 15,000-square foot maze seeking out everything that FORM had to offer. Around every bend I was welcomed by cavernous spaces jam-packed with eco-friendly and clever designs. (more…)

This entry was written by Zachary, posted on August 16, 2011 at 1:30 am, filed under Review and tagged design, Eleven, FORM, Temtor, The Luminary. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Editorial Round Two: (Lack of) Novembeard

Look for Eleven Issue 7.3 on the streets early next week.

Every morning I look in the mirror and rediscover that I am Asian. Nothing to write home about, except that I can’t grow a beard. Which isn’t to say that Asian people can’t grow beards – I mean, look at Confucius, in all his bearded wisdom, or Genghis Khan. Would he have been able to conquer half the world without a beard? Heck, would any celebrity with a beard be where he (or she, I don’t discriminate) is today without active facial follicles? Would Rick Ross be half the man he is without that hedge on his chin? Look up a picture of his baby-face past, and you tell me. Matisyahu? Let’s not get into religion. And don’t even get me started on folk music.

Try this: name one successful folk musician who doesn’t have a beard. Bon Iver? Nice try. Devendra Banhart? Maybe for a day or two. Sufjan Stevens? Okay, fine. But then my response would be to pull out a picture of a mega-beard (ha! William Fitzsimmons) and that’d make up for at least twenty other beardless celebrities. And then imagine how much cooler Lady Gaga would be if she could only grow a beard. Anyhow, back to my point – I can’t grow a beard.

So, guys, next time you pick up that razor, look at this column. Then back at the mirror. Then back at this column. Then at a picture of Santa Claus. And girls, when you’re tired of your man’s grizzly, scratchy excuse for manliness, look at this column. I’ll be waiting, clean-shaven.

This entry was written by Josh Tan, posted on October 29, 2010 at 11:01 am, filed under Editorials and tagged beards, Confucius, Eleven, Josh Tan, Novembeard. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.