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Alternative New Years Eve event- 24 Hours of Yoga!
Fifth Annual 24 Hours of Yoga a New Year’s Eve Celebration!
Who: It’s time once again to come out for the Fifth Annual 24 Hours of Yoga New Years
Eve Celebration! Marbles is hosting a rare opportunity to spend New Year's Eve into New Year's Day in the healthiest ways possible for you and the planet with a 24 hour schedule of back to back yoga classes. There will be ongoing classes with teachers volunteering
from yoga studios from around the St. Louis area, teaching for 24 continuous hours. This has become a very fun and popular event!
BRAIN DRAIN: ConnectWith and Insight St. Louis fight to keep and attract young professionals
Brain Drain
By Lucas Hudson
Christmas is a time for sore cuticles, raw from fingernails clawing at red clearance stickers, and laughable attempts by parents to convince suspicious toddlers that presents are delivered by an obese cookie-obsessed, chimney-dwelling septuagenarian; but most importantly, Christmas is a time when bright young professionals come back to the family roost after planting roots in different cities. But for locally-born, preening professionals, why is the Christmas trip back to mom’s house via airplane instead of automobile? Comparatively speaking, does St. Louis truly suffer from a "brain drain" epidemic, or is the potential problem an exaggerated local myth reinforced by our well-documented racial problems, yearly crime rankings, historic population loss and the 17th time we’ve asked a coastal transplant: "So, why are you here?"
Meet Jeffrey Carter: The New Artistic Director of the Gateway Men's Chorus
Meet Jeffrey Carter: The New Artistic Director of the Gateway Men’s Chorus
By: Joan Lipkin
It’s a big deal when a new artistic director comes to town. When the artistic director is Dr. Jeffrey Richard Carter and joins the Gateway Men’s Chorus, now in its 22nd season, it’s a very big deal. Carter’s considerable credentials include a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Kansas, and a Master of Arts degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Central Missouri.
FREEZING COLD AND FIRED UP
At noon on Nov. 15, while city workers hurriedly decorated Kiener Plaza with holiday lights and erected Christmas trees along Market Street, a chorus of chants and cheers took flight on the autumnal air as St. Louis once more was filled with the melodies of social justice.
More than 1,400 gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender (GLBT) and straight allied activists from throughout the region braved the cold and damp afternoon to protest the recent passage of Proposition 8 in California on the steps of the Old Courthouse downtown.
Show-Me No Hate Rally
Show-Me No Hate Rally
Colin Murphy, Senior Writer
At noon on Nov. 15, while city workers hurriedly decorated Kiener Plaza with holiday lights and erected Christmas trees along Market Street, a chorus of chants and cheers took flight on the autumnal air as St. Louis once more was filled with the melodies of social justice.
Cabaret St. Louis Features Tony Sandler at the Sheldon-- Opens Nov. 13 !
Tony Sandler in Chevalier-Maurice & Me
Tony Sandler plays for two nights only- Thu. Nov.13 at 8:00 p.m. and Fri. Nov. 14 at 8:00 p.m. For individual tickets, go here. The Sheldon's Web site is here.
MAJOR DEMONSTRATION AGAINST PROP 8 PLANNED FOR NOON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15 AT THE OLD COURTHOUSE IN DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS
All pertinent information can be found at Show Me No Hate. I hope to see many of you there.
Local Prop. 8 Protest to Target Mormon Church: Planning Meeting 9 p.m. Tonight at Mokabe's Coffeehouse
Peter Cabrera-Nguyen, Ph.D. student at Washington University is leading the local effort to protest the Mormon Church, which Cabrera-Nguyen claims bankrolled the successful effort to pass Proposition 8 in California, which bans gay marriage in the state. The church's tax-exempt status makes their financial contributions towards banning gay marriage controversial, and could threaten said status.
Rep. Jeanette Mott-Oxford's Voting Recommendations
Rep. Oxford’s Recommendations In the November 4 Election:
Miss Gay America (MGA) Pageant
Miss Gay America 2009
By: Colin Murphy
Senior Writer
The Show-Me State provided the jewel in the crown at the final night of the 37th annual Miss Gay America (MGA) pageant held in St. Louis as three former Miss Gay Missouri’s were chosen to compete in the top ten, including a triumphant Victoria DePaula from Kansas City, who clinched the coveted national title.







