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- Shine the Light
Sheldon Concert Hall and Bowood Farms
Saturday, January 2 at 5:45pm
The St. Louis Beacon
Share your most memorable events with the St. Louis Beacon through our
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Did you thrive, or just barely survive in this past year? Did you experience a major life transition? Did a certain event spark an epiphany for you?
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A standing-room crowd of residents and staff of the Normandy and Wellston school districts had plenty of questions Monday night about their proposed merger, but one answer was clear: As of June 30 of next year, Wellston will cease to exist. Though the issue won't be settled until Thursday, Missouri'...
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Missouri's status in a recent study that showed the state has been providing food stamps to 98 percent of those eligible turns out to be wrong. Missouri's participation percentage is somewhere in the 70-percent range, a spokesman for the state Department of Social Services confirmed Monday. And Miss...
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The Regional Arts Commission told area organizations that grant money will be down by at least 15 percent starting June 1, 2010. Given that many theater companies rely on RAC for up to 50 percent of their funding, this will mean a scramble for funding for the 2010-11 season -or rethinking what can b...
The St. Louis Beacon
"Cecilia Nadal thinks of herself as a bit of a gypsy, gathering strands
of this culture and that. That's probaby why the nonprofit organization
she founded is called Gitana (Spanish for gypsy). Gitana uses music,
dance and drama to promote diversity and global awareness. But Gitana
is just the latest way that Nadal has wor...ked to build bridges between
people."
We at the Beacon hope that you take a look at us every day, but we also know that that's not always possible. So, once a week, on Friday, we'll be highlighting some of the top stories of the week. That way you can catch up with stories that you might have missed...
The St. Louis Beacon wonders if you know about the Public Insight Network? We're close to 1,000 sources - could you be the one to tip us over the top?
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About once a month, we'll ask you to share your observations, insights and experience. We then pass on your information to our reporters and editors who may follow up with a request for more information, or perhaps an interview. It's a great way to share what you know. So open up. Become part of th...
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With the help of federal stimulus money, South Grand is on the road to becoming a Great Street again. As part of the Great Streets program, a pilot program -- embraced by residents and businesses -- reconfigured the street to reduce speeding and increase safety, in effect becoming more neighborhood ...
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Mayor Francis Slay and the National Park Service are announcing that a new national design competition will be held to reinvigorate the Arch grounds, to eliminate real and perceived concrete and asphalt moats and boundaries and to weave together the Arch, city and river into a unified urban organism...
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In the decades since the civil rights movement, interracial relationships have become more common -- and more accepted. In 1970, interracial couples were only 0.7 percent of the population; by 2005, interracial marriages made up 7.5 percent of the population. That doesn't mean that all the problems ...
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Patrick Jackson went into teaching as a safety valve when he didn't find a symphony job. Kirkwood was about ready to drop its orchestral program because of a dearth of students. When the two came together, magic happened: He's an award-winning teacher and his orchestra is on its way to play Carnegie...
We at the Beacon hope that you take a look at us every day, but we also know that that's not always possible. So, once a week, on Friday, we'll be highlighting some of the top stories of the week. That way you can catch up with stories that you might have missed...
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By sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan but also setting a deadline for when they would start to come home, President Barack Obama may have been trying to split the difference on an issue that prompted deep divisions. Based on reactions from St. Louisans who have experience in the region, the div...
The St. Louis Beacon
Join world acclaimed soprano Christine Brewer, legendary impresario Richard Gaddes, and your friends and members of the staff of the St. Louis Beacon on
Saturday, January 2, 2010
for a champagne reception and a resplendent evening of extraordinary singing and brilliant repartee at the Sheldon Concert Hall followed by an... incomparable feast in a fantasy winter garden at Bowood Farms.
Reception: 5:45 to 6:45 p.m.
Concert: 7 p.m.
Dinner: 8:15 p.m.
Dress Splendidly!
Reception/Concert tickets
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Reception/Concert/Dinner tickets
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Carolyn Clarke, Chair
Phoebe and Spencer Burke
Diann and Lance Cage
Ernest Clarke
Boo and Chuck Cook
Ann and Stephen Desloge
Hazel and Arnold Donald
William A. Donius and Jay Perez
Kitty Drescher
Barbara Eagleton
Saundra and James Hudson
Erica Leisenring and Robert Sears
Karen and Mont Levy
Pris and Sandy McDonnell
Noémi Neidorff
Kara Graziano and Timothy O'Leary
Peasy and Andrew Love
Ann and Gene Mackey
Eileen Ryan Pettus
Roy Pfautch
Emily Rauh Pulitzer
Mabel L. Purkerson
Annie and Joseph Schlafly
Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield
Laura Slay and Robert Poli
Jessie L. Ternberg
James Timmerberg
Carol and George H. Walker
Virginia Weldon
Josephine and Richard Weil
Rita and David Wells
Donna Wilkinson
A benefit gala for the St. Louis Beacon
Time:5:45PM Saturday, January 2nd
Location:Sheldon Concert Hall and Bowood Farms
The St. Louis Beacon
also wants to know your thoughts and experiences with discrimination
within racial and ethnic groups. Click through to share your thoughts
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When it comes to race it's easy to look at the big picture and see how some groups choose to dislike or discriminate against others. But how do people treat each other within their own group? Do light-skinned ...
