Local Profile: Evan Sult & Paige Brubeck
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Among the neighborhood locals, Evan Sult and Paige Brubeck's Sleepy Kitty Graphic Arts is often referred to as Cherokee Street's foremost storefront-less business. But the company's lack of an "Open" sign and welcome mat doesn't do anything to dissuade the duo's fervent passion for their block. Eleven caught up with Sleepy Kitty's co-owners to discuss Cherokee, late nights, and fine cuisine. See more of their work at http://sleepykittyarts.co.nr, and catch highlights from our interview below.
Q+A:
Could you drum up some experience, or some story that happened that made you just say “Man, that’s Cherokee?”
Paige: It happens all the time. Recently we were walking down the street when we heard some…positive sounds…and we look and we heard the Peat mobile and a ton of people in costume doing a photoshoot for Cinco de Mayo. Just in the middle of the day in front of Latino Americana, Peat Wollager and his awesome truck. And we’re just like…that’s Cherokee street! That’s awesome.
Evan: People talk about St Louis being a small town; we think of it instead as a short story. It’s a limited cast of characters who play multiple roles that kind of keep recurring. It feels…we don’t have a TV…but it feels not unlike TV where you walk down the street and there’s this sort of unrealistic number of familiar faces, and situations that you get to see unfold right in front of you. It’s really rewarding to feel like you’re part of this ongoing narrative. And new people are kind of cycling in and out of the narrative, but the narrative is engrossing. Just being a part of the street is engrossing.
This entry was written by , posted on May 14, 2010 at 5:52 pm, filed under Local Profile and tagged Cherokee St., Local Profile, Sleepy Kitty. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
Weekend Show Forecast: 11/27
Theodore
Where: Off Broadway
When: Doors at 8:30, Show at 9
Theodore’s sound is straight out of another time – full of country roads, dusty phonographs, and just enough pedal steel to make you really feel it. The Saint Louis-based band will bring their unique folk/bluegrass sound to Off Broadway this Friday evening. Stop in for a listen and maybe you’ll catch a song off of their upcoming album, slated for release in February 2010, or possibly their killer cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Chelsea Hotel.”
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This entry was written by , posted on November 27, 2009 at 1:27 am, filed under Upcoming and tagged Beth Bombara, Off Broadway, Robb Steele, Rock N Roll Craft Show, Sleepy Kitty, Target Market, Tarlton, The Firebird, Theodore, Third Degree Glass Factory, Via Dove, We All Have Hooks For Hands. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.