Join us for a film screening of RIOT ACTS\, a full-length documentary representing the whole lives of transgender and gender variant musicians\, through a first-hand perspective of the intersections between gender performance and stage performance. This feature-length documentary highlights issues crucial to interviewees such as songwriting\, voice presentation\, presenting a body/bodies on stage\, audiences\, venues\, the idea of the spectacle\, media representation\, performing gender and theories about "\;drag\,"\; and the personal as political. The film culminates with the notion that identities and bodies are undeniably political\, and that the trans experience isn't always one of tragedy\, but one of creativity and joy. The film's producer Simon Strikeback--a former member of the Bent Boyz drag troupe in St. Louis--will do a Q&\;A following the screening.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T120105Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100211T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100211T030000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/rosalind-wisemans-girl-world-tour URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/rosalind-wisemans-girl-world-tour SUMMARY:Rosalind Wiseman's Girl World Tour DESCRIPTION:Moms &\; daughters (recommended ages 8-14) are invited to join Rosalind Wiseman\, an internationally-recognized author\, mom and expert on teens &\; parenting for a fun-filled evening of mother-daughter bonding. In addition to celebrating Rosalind’s latest books\, the tour will feature an interactive discussion about confidence\, friendships\, sweat-inducing moments and common mother-daughter challenges. A Q&\;A session and book signing will follow. The two-hour event is sure to getmothers and daughters talking\, laughing and connecting.
Tickets are $40 per mother-daughter pair and include admission to the event\, one copy each of Rosalind's latest books\, a one-year subscription to Family Circle Magazine\, light refreshments and a gift bag!
Additional tickets may be purchased at $20 per person (also includes a book and gift bag).
Moms will receive Queen Bees &\; Wannabes\: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques\, Gossip\, Boyfriends\, and the New Realities of Girl World\, and daughters will receive Rosalind's debut young adult novel Boys\, Girls\, and Other Hazardous Materials\, along with a free sample of Dove Go Fresh deodorant.
Please call 314.367.6731 to purchase tickets.
This event is sponsored by Dove Go Fresh deodorant.
For more insight from Rosalind or information about Dove Go Fresh deodorant\, visit www.dontfretthesweat.com and rosalindwiseman.com.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T120105Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100212T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100212T020000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/focus-st-louis-program-dedicated-downtown-issues URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/focus-st-louis-program-dedicated-downtown-issues SUMMARY:FOCUS St. Louis Program Dedicated to Downtown Issues DESCRIPTION:The Holden Public Policy Forum at Webster University is teaming up with FOCUS St. Louis\, the region's citizens league\, to offer a new speaker series dedicated to downtown issues\, aiming to get people to come downtown more often\; foster a dialogue about downtown misconceptions\, challenges and solutions\; and realize the area's importance to the health of the entire St. Louis area. Members of the local media will serve as guest speakers for the program. Carol Daniel (KMOX-AM) will be the featured speaker at this event\, and St. James Winery will provide wine for tasting following the program.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T120105Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100213T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100213T000000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/john-stasi-eldredge-love-and-war URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/john-stasi-eldredge-love-and-war SUMMARY:John & Stasi Eldredge - Love and War DESCRIPTION:What the Eldredge bestsellers Wild at Heart did for men\, and Captivating did for women\, Love &\; War will do for married couples everywhere. John and Stasi Eldredge have contributed the quintessential works on Christian spirtuality through the experience of men and the experience of women and now they turn their focus to the incredible dynamic between those two forces. Walking alongside John and Stasi Eldredge\, every couple can discover how their individual journeys are growing into a story of meaning much greater than they could do or be on their own.
Tickets are only $15 per person and are available from Ransomed Heart Ministries. All proceeds from ticket sales go to support the work of Ransomed Heart Ministries.
Doors will open at 5\:30\, and the event will begin at 7\:00. Copies of Love &\; War for signing will be available at Grace Church from Left Bank Books staff.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T120105Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100213T173000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100213T233000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/writing-seminar-critically-acclaimed-author-wade-rouse URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/writing-seminar-critically-acclaimed-author-wade-rouse SUMMARY:Writing Seminar with Critically Acclaimed Author Wade Rouse DESCRIPTION:Join critically acclaimed author Wade Rouse for an intensive writing seminar designed to help you take your writing to the next level of success. Rouse guides you in "\;finding your voice\, finding your way\, and finding your agent!"\; Whether you are writing your first novel (or want to begin one) or have found your voice but need to find your way to the end of the book\, Rouse offers tested suggestions for moving forward. Have a manuscript without a home? Rouse shares insights into finding the right agent for your writing and product\, and tips for building long-term relationships that lead to success. This seminar is open to writers of all levels. The seminar is $150\; please direct RSVPs and questions to Left Bank Books (314.367.6731\, rsvp@left-bank.com).
Wade Rouse is "\;laugh-out-loud funny"\; (NBC's Today Show)\, "\;wise\, witty and wicked"\; (USA Today)\, and a writer whose "\;combination of honest emotion and evocative prose seems destined to be a hit!"\; (St. Louis Post-Dispatch). He is the author of four memoirs\, including America's Boy\, Confessions of a Prep School Mommy Handler\, At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream\, and the newly-released It's All Relative.
River Styx at Duff's presents Major Jackson (author of Hoops) and Brett Eugene Ralph (author of Black Sabbatical).
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T120105Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100217T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100217T010000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/jim-hirsch-willie-mays URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/jim-hirsch-willie-mays SUMMARY:Jim Hirsch - Willie Mays DESCRIPTION:Authorized by Willie Mays and written by New York Times best-selling author Jim Hirsch\, this is the definitive biography of one of baseball's immortals. Willie Mays began as a teenager in the Negro Leagues\, became a cult hero in New York\, and was the headliner in Major Leage Buaseball's bold expansion to California. He was a blend of power\, speed\, and stylistic bravado that enraptured fans for more than two decades. Willie is perhaps best known for "\;The Catch\,"\; his breathtaking over-the-shoulder grab in the 1954 World Series. But he was a transcendent figure who received standing ovations in enemy stadiums and who\, during the turbulent civil rights era\, urged understanding and reconciliation. With meticulous research\, and drawing on interviews with Mays himself as well as with close friends\, family\, and teammates\, Hirsch presents a complex portrait of one of America's most significant cultural icons\, revealing the man behind the player.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T120105Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100217T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100217T230000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/paul-volponi-black-and-white URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/paul-volponi-black-and-white SUMMARY:Paul Volponi - Black and White DESCRIPTION:Marcus and Eddie are the stars of Long Island City High School's basketball team. Marcus is black and Eddie is white\, but they got past all that "\;racial crap"\; and have been best friends for years. Then one cold night\, something goes wrong. Told in their two voices\, Black and White is the gripping story of two boys who make a bad mistake. It's also a heartbreaking look at the realities of the urban criminial justice system. Black and White is the featured book for ReadMOre\, an initiative of the St. Louis Public Library. Teens can pick up free copies of Black and White at library branches before the event. Paul Volponi is a writer\, journalist and teacher. For six years he taught incarcerated teens on Rikers Island to read and write\, and for six years taught teens in drug day-treatment centers\, influencing many of his novels. Volponi's other books\, including his newest\, Rikers High\, will be available for purchase from Left Bank Books before and at the event.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T120105Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100218T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100218T000000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/alex-berenson-midnight-house URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/alex-berenson-midnight-house SUMMARY:Alex Berenson - The Midnight House DESCRIPTION:CIA agent Jon Wells returns\, in a cutting-edge novel of modern suspense from #1 New York Times best-selling writer Alex Berenson. Early one morning\, a former CIA agent is shot to death in the street. That night\, an army vet is gunned down in his doorway. The next day\, John Wells gets a phone call. Come to Langley. Now. The two victims were part of an eleven-member interrogation team that operated out of a secret base in Poland called the Midnight House. Now Wells must find out who is killing them. As a reporter for The New York Times\, Alex Berenson has covered topics ranging from the occupation of Iraq to the flooding of New Orleans to the financial crimes of Bernie Madoff. His previous novels include The Faithful Spy\, winner of the 2007 Edgar Award for best first novel\, and The Ghost War.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T120105Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100219T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100219T010000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/michael-shelden-mark-twain-man-white URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/michael-shelden-mark-twain-man-white SUMMARY:Michael Shelden - Mark Twain\: Man in White DESCRIPTION:Filled with first-rate scholarship\, never-before-published photos\, delightful anecdoetes\, and memorable quotes\, Michael Shelden's biography of Mark Twain's last years provides a remarkable portrait of the man himself\, and the unforgettable era in American letters that he helped to created. Although Mark Twain has long been one of our most beloved literary figures\, his final years have been largely misunderstood. Writing ceaselessly and always ready with one of his legendary quips\, Twain would risk his fortune\, become the willing victim of a lost-at-sea hoax\, and pick fights with King Leopold of Belgium and Mary Baker Eddy.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T120105Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100220T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100220T000000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/robin-stone-my-times-black-and-white URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/robin-stone-my-times-black-and-white SUMMARY:Robin Stone - My Times in Black and White DESCRIPTION:After a career of many firsts\, journalist Gerald M. Boyd shattered the color barrier of the white establishment's most exclusive media giant\, the New York Times\, and became its first black managing editor. Boyd's tale provides a rare inside view of power and behind-the-scenes politics at the nation's premier newspaper during one of its tumultous periods. Before the New York Times\, Boyd was at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch\, where he worked his way up from copyboy to White House correspondent. A native of St. Louis\, Boyd attended the University of Missouri under a Post-Dispatch scholarship program and Harvard University as a Nieman Fellow. He died in November 2006 at the age of 56. Robin D. Stone\, who was married to Boyd\, is an independent journalist who has edited for several publications\, including the New York Times\, the Boston Globe\, and Essence Magazine. She is the author of No Secrets\, No Lies\: How Black Families Can Heal from Sexual Abuse\, and she will be speaking about Boyd's book\, My Times in Black and White\, at this event.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T120105Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100223T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100223T000000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/david-swanson-daybreak-undoing-imperial-presidency-and-forming-more-perfect-union URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/david-swanson-daybreak-undoing-imperial-presidency-and-forming-more-perfect-union SUMMARY:David Swanson - Daybreak\: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union DESCRIPTION:The Don Connors Chapter of Veterans for Peace\, St. Louis and Left Bank Books are pleased to present David Swanson for a discussion and book signing of Daybreak\: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union. A lot more has gone wrong over the last eight years than meets the eye\, and it will take more than a new president to create the kind of change that is necessary. Daybreak is a thorough investigation of how Bush/Cheney altered the way American government works and deteriorated the Constitution and Bill of Rights. It includes clear plans for how we may reclaim democracy\, declare our rights\, and truly set out for a new America. David Swanson is co-founder of AfterDowningStreet.org\, creator of ConvictBushCheney.org\, Washington director of Democrats.com\, and a board member of Progressive Democrats for America. He served as press secretary for Dennis Kuckinch's 2004 presidential campaign and has been a leading voice for the prosecution of Bush and Cheney for war crimes.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T120105Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100224T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100224T010000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/matthew-davis-when-things-get-dark URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/matthew-davis-when-things-get-dark SUMMARY:Matthew Davis - When Things Get Dark DESCRIPTION:Vividly capturing Mongolia's timeless elements and natural beauty\, When Things Get Dark is Matthew Davis's deeply honest account of living and working among the people of this large\, underpopulated country. Set within a small\, western Mongolia provincial capital called Tsetserleg\, When Things Get Dark documents the rapid changes this town is experiencing from its traditional existence in the countryside to a more urban\, modern identity. Natural disasters killed millions of animals and forced herders into cities. The Internet arrived. And Mongolians balanced their nomadic roots\, their communist past\, and their democratic\, free-market future. Matthew Davis was born in Chicago and attended the University of Missouri's School of Journalism. He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Tsetserleg\, Mongolia\, and lived for a year in the Mongolian capitoal of Ulaanbaatar.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T120105Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100302T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100302T010000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/pat-macenluty-picara URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/pat-macenluty-picara SUMMARY:Pat MacEnulty - Picara DESCRIPTION:Raised by an opera singer and the family maid in Augusta\, Georgia\, Eli runs away with a draft dodger. When things don't go according to their plans\, she must go live with her disc jockey and anit-war activist father in Webster Groves\, Missouri\, with a new wife and two young sons. Witnessing and sometimes participating in the protests\, drug use\, and musical fervor of the times\, Eli learns about love\, forgiveness\, and survival.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T120105Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100305T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100305T010000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/bellaspark-productions-presents-gregg-braden URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/bellaspark-productions-presents-gregg-braden SUMMARY:BellaSpark Productions presents Gregg Braden DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T120105Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100307T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100308T000000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/janet-kirchheimer-how-spot-one-us URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/janet-kirchheimer-how-spot-one-us SUMMARY:Janet Kirchheimer - How to Spot One of Us DESCRIPTION:Janet Kirchheimer is a poet whose work has appeared in a variety of publications both in the U.S. and abroad. Her moving collection of poems about the Holocaust\, How to Spot One of Us\, is described by author and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel as “poignant and evocative of times of darkness and despair. Their warmth is communicative and necessary.”
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