On March 14 (3.14), Venture Cafe and #STLMade come together to celebrate the people and ideas moving St. Louis forward. We'll discuss the St. Louis narrative, unveil theSTL.com, and engage in dialogue on the topics that challenge us and passions that unite us.

ENGAGE:
· STLMade Photo Booth
· STL Airbrush Tattoos
· Game Dev Demonstrations
· theSTL.com Tours & Meet the Editor
· STL Stories Recording studio:
We’d love to hear how St. Louis has inspired or supported you to do something meaningful. Share your St. Louis story in our STLMade recording booth at the March 14 Venture Café NXT event and you could be featured on theSTL.com or on our STLMade social channels. Anyone who shares their story at the event will take home #STLMade swag items. STLMade story recordings will take place every 15 minutes starting at 5pm. We’ll be accepting walk-ins, but you can also schedule your recording time here: https://calendly.com/stlmade/share-your-stl-made-story

LEARN:
In the Havana Room:
· 5pm “St. Louis Startups: Let’s stay together”
· 6pm “Innovation in Action: Seeing and solving our challenges through new voices"
· 7pm “Living Forward: The consequences of art and complexities of community"
· Over 15 sessions on various cultural, innovation, and business topics (see full lineup at vencafstl.org/calendar)

INDULGE:
· Beer, Wine & Wakava on the 2nd floor
· Food & Beverage Tastings by Local Businesses on the 1st floor

Food by The River Lillie, Sameem Afghan Restaurant, Lona's Lil Eats, Ma Yim Bakery, and @Pieces Vegan Baker. Libations by Narwhal's Crafted, Brick River Cider, 4 Hands Brewing Company, Saint Louis Hop Shop, 100 Percent Wine and Wakava.

Venture Café Thursday Gathering begins at 3pm & the NXT@4240 with #STLMade begins at 5pm. Event concludes at 8pm.

Check out our calendar for more info: http://www.vencafstl.org/calendar/

Let us know you're coming on Facebook! And if you've never been to a Venture Cafe Gathering before pre-register in advance for easier check in here: venturecafekiosk.org/registration/st-louis/

#VentureCafeSTL #STLMade

The date is set, and MADE will be open! Join your community at St. Louis's biggest local makerspace. Watch machine demos, take a self-guided tour, and join us in celebrating our opening.

Some equipment demonstrations include 3D printers, laser cutters, waterjet, CNC routers, wood lathe, welding machines, embroidery, and more!

Food and drink will be available for purchase. See you there!

$15 in adv / $20 at the door

BLINK St. Louis Havana Poster Xpo is a poster exhibit of contemporary Cuban poster design opening November 16th at Meramec Community College.

Join the St. Louis creative community on Friday, Oct. 26 for an AIGA St. Louis Design Week 2018 closing party and enjoy a preview of the exhibit BLINK Havana St. Louis Poster Xpo coming up Nov 16th at Meramec Community College. 

What’s included:

- Art show
- A look inside the new Brennan’s Work & Leisure in midtown
- Small plates — lots of them — come hungry
- Dessert station

Cash bar

October's theme is HONESTY chosen by CreativeMornings / Cardiff and illustrated by James Lewis (http://www.jamesllewis.com/). Thank YOU to our global sponsors Mailchimp, Adobe and WordPress! ♥

Event is FREE.
Get your free ticket at https://creativemornings.com/talks/jemal-swoboda

Speaker: Jemal Swoboda
Jemal manages national operations, strategy and company growth as CEO for Dabble with a focus on expanding Dabble in new markets around the globe as well as securing funding and investment for future growth. Jemal’s enthusiasm for Dabble led him to approach the company about taking on a leadership role in expanding Dabble and then took the reins in July 2014. Jemal dabbles in ultra-marathons, fiddle playing, camping, live music, and has proudly driven in a demolition derby.

It's easy to think that your struggles as an artist are unique to you. Artist Support Group is a a discussion group intended to help artists help each other as we deal with similar issues in our creative practice and professional lives.

This happy hour is the FIRST time the ST. LOUIS SHOP TRAIL passport and map will be for sale! 

Want to learn more about the project, chat with fellow small business owners or be one of the first people to get started on the passport? Come and hang out. 

UCBC is kindly providing the first round of beers! Just stop at our table and see us to grab a drink ticket. The initial run of passport/maps is limited, so get them hot off the press while you can!

So... What is the St. Louis Shop Trail? 
St. Louis Shop Trail —a guide and passport highlighting locally owned shops in St. Louis. This pocket-sized kit that includes a letterpress map of St. Louis on the front and a passport on the back. To use the passport, visit one of the stores listed stlshoptrail.com and ask the shopkeeper to mark your passport with their business’ stamp or sticker. While you’re at it, learn a little more about who they are and what they do. What the heck, even buy something. Once your passport is complete, frame the map of St. Louis as a reminder of your favorite stops along the way.

Follow us on Instagram at @stlshoptrail for the latest information, including prizes for the first two people to complete their passport! 

Friday, June 15th
6pm-8pm
UCBC in the Grove

Architects, Designers, and Architectural Product Representatives:

Join AIA St. Louis and subcommittees Young Architects Forum and Women in Architecture Forum, co-hosting a summer social to network and share updates about the Resource Center @ AIA St. Louis. Enjoy a glass of wine or beer and mingle with other design professionals including YAF, WiA, and AIA St. Louis Board members, as we celebrate Summer Solstice one week early. 

All Welcome. Please RSVP to the link below. Parking is available on street meters (feed until 7 pm) and on adjacent surface parking lots.

WHAT: TRC @ AIA-StL Summer Social
WHERE: AIA St. Louis: Lammert Building, Suite 100, 911 Washington Ave., St. Louis 63101
WHEN: 5:30 to 7:30 pm, Thursday, June 14th, 2018
RSVP: Please follow the link https://www.aia-stlouis.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1116448


Learn more about the Resource Center at AIA St. Louis at
https://www.aia-stlouis.org/page/ResourceCenter

Are you looking for an outlet to connect, network, and sip coffee with other designers? Join your fellow AIGA members at Rise Coffee for an informal get together open to everyone in the design community.

"COMMITMENT" A TALK BY MARSIA GELDERT-MURPHEY ON MAY 19.

Our theme for May is "Commitment". Our speaker, Marsia Geldert-Murphey, has been chosen as one of the St. Louis Business Journal’s Most Influential Business Women for her commitment to the St. Louis Region, and her strong presence in the engineering community.

Schedule:
9:00 AM: Registration, Breakfast & Networking Hour
10:00 AM: Lecture Start Time
10:30 AM: After-Show Performance/Entertainment from local artists.

Register now for your free tickets!
https://creativemornings.com/talks/marsia-geldert-murphey 

Made possible with generous support from Flamingo Bowl, Goshen Coffee Company, Dr. John Schad's Dental Office, Research & Planning Group 🖤

Meet up with locals to chat, learn, and engage in a casual happy hour surrounded by fascinating contemporary artworks. Enjoy specialty drinks at the new Rise Café or a complimentary beer from Urban Chestnut, take advantage of special discounts in the shop, and partake in short, informal tours of the exhibitions on view. Knowledge of contemporary art is not required!

This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP here: camstl.org/event/meet-me-in-the-museum/

Special thanks to Urban Chestnut Brewing Company.

Rooftop Happy Hour w/ Huht
Featuring: DJ MAKossa & Lord Soul

Friday May 11th // 5-9pm
@ Techartista (rooftop) in the CWE
Dj's 5-8pm // huht 8-9pm
$5 // includes 1 FREE 4Hands beer // BYOB
(cheap beers will be provided through the night for donations)

huht::
"The father/son duo of “Q” and Ian Quattrocchi make up two-thirds of the eclectic trio Huht. Far from the confines of a jam band, Huht leans on the hypnotic repetition of kraut rock while injecting prog-elements with the relative whimsy of a weathered jazz outfit. Songs here are less structured than most, yet avoid the risky venture of full-on improv. With a DNA makeup that includes members from 18andCounting & TheOnlyEnsemble and resident King Crimson tribute Thrak, Huht reaches across the aisle with a strong tendency to shred."

- Joe Hess RIVERFRONT TIMES
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/musicblog/2018/03/09/the-5-best-concerts-in-st-louis-this-weekend-march-9-to-11

"It’s recommended here that you do see them, early and often, and go to their gigs while listening to mixes of Can and Pylon and Aphrodite’s Child and Future Sound of London and whatever, other, smoked-out, soaked-up jam you play when your mind and body wanna travel." 

- Thomas Crone ST. LOUIS MAGAZINE
https://www.stlmag.com/culture/music/no-one-else-in-st-louis-sounds-like-huht/

Makossa & Lord Soul::
Veteran heads with the finest and most far out selections of psych, funk, soul, world and other. All vinyl, all the time.

Art Tech Meetup #7. 

ARTISTS
Presenting, demoing, sharing (bios below):
> Foveal Media 
> Honna Veerkamp

Enjoy up to three free beers or wine thanks to Venture Café St. Louis. 

DIRECTIONS/INFO
4240 Duncan Ave 63110 in the Cortex district.
Free parking is available on the street or lots off Duncan Ave. or Sarah St.
After you sign into Venture Café, grab a drink, and make your way to the James Crutchfield room (there are maps that will show you the way).

BIOS

HONNA VEERKAMP
Honna is a media artist and educator and is the Creative Experience specialist at St. Louis Public Library. Creative Experience is a digital makerspace that opened in St. Louis Public Library’s historic Central branch in 2013. It features facilities for individual and collaborative digital media projects, including an audio recording studio, and regularly offers free workshops and other events for adults and teens. Recently these have included virtual reality programming with The Library's HTC-Vive headset. Creative Experience Specialist, Honna Veerkamp will discuss some of these programs and talk about potential future collaborations with artists working with VR and AR. 

FOVEAL MEDIA
TBA

Kit Brooks, co-curator of "Living Proof," will moderate a discussion among scholars and artists about works in the exhibition, focusing on historical contexts, artistic practices, and global influences, ranging from European Impressionism to contemporary art. Speakers will include Jed Henry, contemporary ukiyo-e designer; Willa Z. Silverman, Malvin E. and Lea P. Bank Professor of French and Jewish Studies and Head, Department of French and Francophone Studies at Penn State University; and Yukio Lippit, Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University, and Johnson-Kulukundis Family Director of the Arts, Radcliffe Institute.

For more information, visit pulitzerarts.org.

Image Credit:
Utagawa Kuniyoshi. "Onnagata," (Detail) 1850–51. Ink on paper.
12 x 8 1/2 inches (30.5 x 21.6 cm). Collection of Stephen Flavin

Join us for at our ADDY Week kickoff event - Young Professionals Night! Drinks, food and insights from industry leaders will be shared.

ADDY Week STL is a celebration of creative advertising, marketing, and digital media, culminating in a night that rewards the best of the best in St. Louis. All winners will compete in the regional, and possibly national, stage.

With a series of educational events leading up to the American Advertising Awards, ADDY Week provides a host of programming to inspire and attract talent from across the spectrum of experience and discipline.

Whether you’re looking for opportunities to motivate your company, recruit employees, reach a highly-targeted audience of industry professionals or simply connect with friends old and new, we invite you to participate in this year’s programming as a valued and visible sponsor.

Day One: Young Professionals Night

Guest speakers include:
- Erin Barr, HR from O+B
- Bob Kochan, recent AAF Ad Club ‘The Bridge’ Lifetime Achievement Award winner, former Ad Club president
 

Registration is now open for Connect With St. Louis, FOCUS' annual educational and networking event for young professionals! This year, we'll explore different paths to leadership - in your career, in the community and in the civic space. Learn from talented and passionate young leaders in our region who are charting their own course and making a difference, and connect with peers from across industries and sectors. Come prepared to get inspired and involved!

Tickets are free for FOCUS St. Louis members and $10 for all others. Admission includes all sessions, light appetizers, free parking and two complimentary drink tickets.

KEYNOTE CONVERSATION
Brand Me: Mastermind with Keisha Mabry
In this mastermind, branding and networking expert Keisha Mabry will lead young professionals through a 5-step process to build their brands from scratch. Attendees will brainstorm their passions, brain-dump their purposes, and leave with a customized brand statement in preparation for the civic engagement, the nonprofit involvement, and the forging my path afternoon sessions.

BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Hyper-Local Politics
We know you don't have to be mayor to make a difference, but where do you start? This panel will highlight individuals who have gotten involved in their local government committees, councils, neighborhood associations etc. to help young professionals understand how they can flex their civic muscles.

Forging Your Own Path
Nowadays, career paths are rarely linear. We will hear from trail-blazers whose winding career paths have been driven by a personal mission, and perhaps have led to self-designed opportunities to serve an unmet need.

Nonprofit Involvement: Thinking Outside The Box
Finding a meaningful opportunity to give back can be harder than you'd think. Learn from leaders who have used their strengths to create opportunities for others through nonprofit involvement in order to help young professionals understand how they can do the same.

Don't miss the first Creative Process of 2018! 

Saint Louis Fashion Fund’s program series Creative Process highlights the diverse creative ventures happening in St. Louis through celebrating and fostering cross-disciplinary collaborations. From fashion, art and design to music, dance and performance, to literature and poetry, to food and mixology, we’re bringing innovative minds together to connect, learn, and share local resources. To see who are special guests are, click the ticket link for full information. Tickets are free and open to everyone!

We all have sketchbooks full of old gems. For this show, let's pull out an old sketch and display it side by side with a new re-invented finished piece! Tattooers drop off artwork to the studio by 1/27/18. Shoot us a direct message or call the shop at 314-833-3394 with any questions. Snacks and drinks provided. Can't wait to see old friends and make some new ones!

Kick off your weekend with an hour-long yoga class in the creative metropolis of co-working space Techartista! After class, enjoy a cup of coffee and some sweet treats provided by the Coffee Club. Ticket price includes yoga, coffee, and snacks.

A Word on Accessibility:
If there is ever any assistance you need in order to feel supported at one of our events, please reach out. If you would like to request an assistant, sign language interpreter, or other one-on-one support, please give us one week notice to try to line something up. If you have a caregiver or an assistant you'd like to bring with you, please let us know in advance.

If you have any specific needs, concerns, injuries, or limitations, please let us know either via email in advance, or connect with the teacher directly before the class begins. Contact us at events@yogabuzz.org.

Please join us for a conversation with the artists behind:

The Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis (RAC) presents "The Importance of Texture and Delicacy," an exploration of the concepts of emotional fragility and “Existence as Resistance” in Black Culture.

ARTISTS: Katherine Simóne Reynolds, Lola Ogbara, Eugenia Alexander and Jen Everett
CURATOR: Katherine Simóne Reynolds

GALLERY TALK: Friday, August 4. Reception at 6:00 PM. Talk at 6:30 PM.

GALLERY HOURS: 
Mon - Fri 10AM - 5PM; 
Sat & Sun 12PM - 5PM

More details...
Through art and culture, we can physicalize the fragility and essence of Blackness. Each artist in this exhibition will use their own craft of sculpture, photography, archival work, or quilting to form a discussion around the body, the style, and the historical trauma/joy of the present and the past.

CLOSING RECEPTION: Thursday, August 24, 6:00 - 8:00 PM

All events are free and open to the public.

About the Curator...
Katherine Reynolds is in her feelings, and will probably remain sitting there. At the moment, she is based out of Saint Louis, MO creating conceptual portrait and architectural photography. From receiving her B.A in Dance from Webster University, movement comes second nature and is thoroughly integrated into her practice. Her recent work is made to be literal, authentic, and emotional.

Katherine has exhibited work within many spaces and institutions around Saint Louis, including the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts, and The Luminary. Internationally she was hired to work for ImPulsTanz, the largest contemporary dance festival in Europe, as the event photographer where she worked on photographic and performance projects within the MUMOK, the Weltmuseum, and many other unique venues around Vienna, Austria.

This year she completed her first residency in Berlin, Germany where she exhibited her work twice at Takt Kunsterprojectum; bringing together her two loves, architectural photography and authentic movement from the subject being photographed. For the future, she will be working on expanding her practice into more sculptural and performance works dealing in social practice.

Join us for the opening ceremony of the 2017 Sinquefield Cup and unveiling of the winning design from Pinned! A Designer Chess Challenge!

It will be an unforgettable night of fashion, chess, and music, featuring national DJ and fashion designer Timo Weiland.

6 PM Cocktail Hour
7 PM Evening Program
After Party to Follow

Tickets: $75
Tickets are limited, RSVP quickly!

For more information, please visit
http://worldchesshof.org/news-events/event-calendar/event/2017/08/01/pinned-a-designer-chess-challenge-unveiling/

The Moon Zine needs BIG help collaging our BIG issue at South City Art Supply! There will be magazines, glue sticks, crayons, and Stag Beer, but please BYOScissors. This issue is on BIG paper!!!

The Moon Zine is a St. Louis-based zine that started in 2015. Issues are free, monthly, and usually themed. Along with submitted content, the Moon Zine welcomes the community to collage the blank pages of each issue, making every zine one-of-a-kind. We ♥ collaboration - all are welcome, invite your friends!

You're free to create any sort of collages you want, but please no hate. Keep it nice.

*sold out* more dates to be added soon!*
Join Alicia Lantzy from On Three Designs for a Modern Calligraphy Workshop and exclusive shopping opportunity at The White Rabbit! This workshop has been created for those who have little to no previous calligraphy experience. We will be exploring the basics of the art of modern calligraphy by getting comfortable with the pointed pen and experimenting with basic letter forms. You will leave with the tools and confidence to create beautiful lettering at home! Spaces are limited to provide students with one-on-one instruction.

After a successful first event in March, we're back at it with a host of new vendors for the second installment of May's Place Presents: Night Market @The Ready Room - with special guests Taco Circus! 

Bring your friends and shop with some of the best local merchants, makers and artists St. Louis that has to offer- all under one roof! Need to refuel after all that shopping? Taco Circus will be on hand dishing out everyone's favorite hand held foods and the The Ready Room bar will be serving cold drinks all night long! You won't want to miss it!