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SEPTEMBER 2011
August 2011 Digest
Volume 4 Issue 3
METRO EAST NEWS WWW.BELLEVILLEPRIDE.ORG
Editor: Colby Kluthe
Director: Daniel McCree Foundation
Contributors:
Mickey Johnson (Carbondale)
History & Southern Illinois News
Tess Farnham (Belleville)
Liberal Arts & Education
At Large:
Terri Nuss (St. Louis)
Scott Miller (St. Louis)
Common Resources:
St. Louis Activist Hub
St. Louis Gay History Project
TransHaven
Michael Paynic
Todd Sivia P.C.
Southern IL QueerNation
Jennifer Shaw P.C.
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Q&A: (SWIC) First Meeting of Semester - AUG 30th
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Foreclosure Counseling for ILLINOIS Residents (FREE)
"Thank God I can be oversexed again.” – By Tess Farnham
SAGE Metro St. Louis Launches New Website
Erica Leigh Foster is Crowned Miss Gay Illiniois America
MetroEast EVENTS
Glitter in September~ UCD is Taking Over RUE 13!
Vote for MCC in "How Sweet The Sound" (ST LOUIS)
UCD! Boot Camp AUG 26th & September Glitterbomb Schedule
"Open Mic Night @ The Inn", Aug. 25th w/ Chrissy Renick
Friday Night Follies Return to KORNERS September 2nd
Greater St Louis Hispanic Festival September 16th
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UPCOMING EVENTS
KORNERS 7109 S. Broadway
(ST LOUIS)
Saturday September
3rd @
Korners Kabaret!
Olivia DeMornay hosts a great cast>> Christina Lush, Nina
VonFirstenburgh and Cleleste Dixon! Showtime 10:30pm!
21+ NEVER A COVER! 7109 S.Broadway
UCD!! ToyBox TakeOver! Ladies and Gentleman, Bois and Grrls- At long last
U*CAN*DANCE is back!
This is our first UCD!! at
Rue 13 and we're
excited to bring the
hottest party in town
down to Washington Ave!
It's time to dig back to
your childhood for
costume inspiration for TOYBOX TAKEOVER! Dress as a toy
OR bust out the glue gun and decorate your entire outfit in
toys- and remember, not only does dressing up get you in
for just $5 before midnight, it ...also makes you more
badass and fun. :)
Non-stop interactive show will feature: SIREN,
RYDYR, NIK OKTOBER, SUZY CYDAL, SUM YUNG
WANG, PINKØ, KAMIYA KRUSH, PARIS VERSACE,
ROBYN HEARTS, and the BOMB SQUAD gogo
dancers!
Friday- September 2 @ 10:00pm Rue 13 1311 Washington-- Saint Louis, Missouri
GlitterBomb Productions
Basslines and beats by CHARLIE BUTTONS and LANDYN
CADE!
Doors at 10. Show at 11. Dancing til close!
$10 cover for 18 and 21+
$5 cover for party people who come dressed as action-
ready action figures, misfit toys, plastic princesses,
tormented teddy bears, and other toy themed costume!
Valet available in front. Secured parking lots available
behind the club.
Sushi Bar open til 2am. Rue 13 is located at 1311
Washington downtown
Out at the Ballpark -
Saturday, September 3 · 3:00pm Pride St. Louis, Inc and Promo have partnered with the St.
Louis Cardinals to present Out at the Ballpark, an afternoon
of baseball, community and family fun. Join us on Saturday,
September 3rd at Busch Stadium as the Cardinals take on
the reigning division champion, Cincinnati Reds. Game
Time is 3:10 pm. Tickets are at a discounted price of $22
and are going fast! A portion of the ticket sales will benefit
PROMO and PRIDE S...T. LOUIS, INC. They are NOW
AVAILABLE online at
http://www.cardinals.com/outattheballpark.
AVAILABLE ONLINE until September 2nd. . For an
additional $5 a shuttle bus will run from Just John to the
Ballpark. Shuttle will leave at approximately 2:15 p.m.
The party continues after at JUST JOHN and any ticket-
holder receives 2 free beers, Bud Light or Bud Select, a free
Koozy, Cardinals Schwag and HAPPY HOUR PRICES all night!
Pride St. Louis Inc. and Promo will be selling Jell-O shots.
Lots and Lots of Labor Day Weekend FUN!!!
FLAT OUT IS BACK POPULAR DEMAND! ONLY
AT TRAZ
September 3rd - Carbondale
Club Traz 213 E. Main Street
Carbondale, IL
Flat Out is playing at Club Traz!
Ryder Sweets Favorite Band
Cover $4
This is a great band!
CARBONDALE
Siu-(CARBONDALE) Southern Lights
Are you a friend of Dorothy?
Use promo code DOROTHY to buy your tickets now to see
the National Broadway Touring production at Shryock
Auditorium. You will also save $5 on every ticket
purchased by using the DOROTHY promo code!
The Wizard of Oz
www.southernlightsentertainment.com The National Broadway Touring production of THE WIZARD OF OZ comes to SIU's
Shryock Auditorium Sunday, October 16, 2011.
"Thank God I Can Be OverSexed Again" www.BellevillePride.Org
By: Tess Farnham-MetroEast NEWS
August 29th, 2011
(BELLEVILLE)
"Thank God I Can Be OverSexed Again"
On Finding a Photo of an Ex-Boyfriend in the Seedy Section
of the Riverfront Times
O Here I sit with rum and raisins
poring over yesterday’s photo
Your skin. Your nipples.
“Berry rubbed and airbrushed “
"Romance
finis.
Your chance
finis.
Those ants
that invaded my pants
finis."
They’d cropped the top half
of your head
and I traced along your jawline
A blue band of language
barked out your armpit:
Wanna See the Rest of Me?
Dial 555-Guys
Another band higher, this time
fantastic with scat and jazz
"Thank God I can be oversexed again."
I might have known it was poetry
taking off the top of your head
(italicized excerpts are borrowed from Ella Fitzgerald’s recording of
“Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered”)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Tess Farnham is an Adjunct Professor of English Composition at Southwestern Illinois
College (SWIC) in Belleville. Ms. Farnham is also an accomplished Artist and offers her original works and reprints
for purchase online. (TESSILU STUDIOS) She has also served for two years on the Board of Directors for the Daniel
McCree Foundation, as well as contributing writer for MetroEast NEWS. Tess Farnham
MCC- St. Louis Choir Invited To Join National Competition “How Sweet The Sound”
Sponsored by Verizon Wireless
www.BellevillePride.Org
by: Colby Kluthe- MetroEast NEWS
September 1, 2011
Metropolitan Community Church of Greater Saint Louis has been invited to join the national gospel choir competition for
3rd year in a row! “How Sweet The Sound” is a nationwide tour as a search for “America’s Best Choir”. Each year, more
than a hundred choirs from the Saint Louis region alone, audition for this annual contest. From those entries, seven
choirs from our area are invited to perform at the Scottrade Center, before an audience of 10 to 15 thousand. In the
competition’s 3rd year in St. Louis, MCCGSL has for a third time, been invited to join the celebration on September 26th. If
selected as our regions top choir, the group will be traveling to Los Angeles in October to compete with top choirs from
each of the other selected markets. Other Regional markets include Dallas, Atlanta, Charlotte,Washington DC, Detroit,
Chicago, Los Angeles, and Oakland.
Scottrade Center
September 26, 2011, 7:30pm
Scheduled to appear
Donald Lawrence - Host
CeCe Winans - Co-Host
Marvin Sapp - Judge & Per
Verizon Presents: How Sweet the Sound: The Search for the Best Church
Choir in America
www.howsweetthesound.com
On September 26, Verizon will bring the How Sweet The Sound™ experience to Scottrade Center in St. Louis. Raise your praise
hands and experience an anointing as incredible choirs and top gospel celebrities rock the house during this empowering
evening that will leave you inspired and amazed.Purchase your tickets here. Tickets are $10* and $15* at Scottrade Center Box
Office, Ticketmaster outlets, Ticketmaster.com or call Ticketmaster at 800.745.3000 to order by phone.
*Does not include box office or Ticketmaster fees.
Written by: Daniel McCree
March 2007
indemnify the effort
I'm coming away from a place in my life
where i was running from everything.
working a 12 step program,
facing the past present and the future
with as much integrity and
honesty as i can muster. Somewhere out there is a person,
a person with delicate ways of brutal things
and a level of integrity that will succeed,
that loves god and country and self
and that just seems to make me
want to make them happy
~ Daniel Evans- Aaron McCree
www.DanielMcCree.Org
Boxers N Briefs
Welcomes Michelle
McCausland to
Centreville
SEPTEMBER 4th
LABOR DAY WEEKEND
55 Four Corners Lane
DRAG SHOW
Hosted by:
MICHELLE MC CAUSLAND
MR BOXERS N
BRIEFS ZEEK TOWERS
MR BOXERS KING
MANNIE KNUFF
MISS BOXERS N
BRIEFS SUSHIE PINK
MISS BOXERS
PRIDE GYPSY HAVOC
AND OUR
FAVORITE FRUIT CHAQUITA
BANANA!
(THIS IS A BOOKED SHOW ONLY)
Sunday, September 4 at
10:30pm - September 5 at
4:00am
Open Mic Night @ The Inn feat. Just Like the Country
By Susan Spit-Fire Lively
Hey y’all! What’s happening? Hope that life is treating you
well! Come to Open Mic Night @ The Inn on Thursday, Aug.
25th (Doors-8; Show-9) for another amazing show filled
with the best artists in our area! Our main act for the show
will be Independent Folk Rock Band Just Like the Country,
which is composed of Nathan and Ginnifer Brown, a very
talented married couple from Edwardsville, IL. Their music
is moving and distinctly original and they have been
working together since High School. They play a variety of
diverse genres including Folk, Rock, and Pop. Their very
funny FB page states that: “’Nathan's powers include
various guitars, heat-vision, banjo, and electronic
programming. Ginnifer's powers are clarinet, accordion,
keyboards, singing, and of course, baking. Nathan and
Ginnifer have united their powers (heat vision, GPS, and
some musical talent) once again to fight the machinations
of evil. Join them and their quest for a fried pie not cooked
in lard.”’
Just Like the Country’s influences include Shawn
Colvin, Smashing Pumpkins, The Sundays, The Black
Crowes, Nick Drake, Aimee Mann, The Beatles, Rush,
Soundgarden, and Sarah McLachlan. They always gives a
great and memorable live performance, and have
appeared at venues such as The Stone Spiral Coffeehouse,
The Way Out Club, Mokka Kaffeehaus, FOAM, and The
Wine Press. The duo was also featured at Best-Fest 2010 in
Alton, IL. Their debut album Saint of the Open Opera was
just released this year. It is haunting and unique and really
highlights the quality of their music and the beauty of
Ginnifer’s voice. You can purchase it on iTunes or directly
from the artists.
Warming up the stage for the band will be an
exceptional Musician, Songwriter, and Vocalist originally
from Cape Girardeau, Mo. named Chrissy Renick. Chrissy
attended college at Murray State, KY, and currently resides
in St. Louis. She plays piano and guitar and has a gorgeous
singing voice, perfectly suited for the Rhythm and Blues
she so loves. Possessing great range both in her voice and
her songwriting, she plays Pop and Alternative-Soul music
as well. Renick has performed at The Old Rock House, the
Way Out Club, Cicero’s, The Over/Under, Petra Hookah
Lounge, FOAM Coffee & Beer, The Benton Park Café, The
Wood, and many other area venues. Her influences
include, Alicia Keyes, Corinne Bailey Rae, India Arie,
MeShell Ndegeocello, Lauryn Hill, Joss Stone, Fiona Apple,
Aaliyah, Jack Johnson, and Sarah Bareilles. Chrissy is
currently in the studio finishing up her first EP.
Also gracing the stage will be the incredible band
Antique Swing, composed of J. Thomas Crammond, Jim
Drennan, and Terry Muskopf. The band specializes in
classic Swing music, and hearing them live is always a
highly enjoyable experience. Mr. Crammond, known as
Tom, is an expert guitar player, and Jim backs him up
perfectly on rhythm guitar, with newest member Terry
jamming on Bass. Peoria native Crammond is a
distinguished Musician, Songwriter, and Educator who has
been performing professionally for well over forty years.
Tom attended Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville,
where he obtained a degree in Music (Jazz Performance –
Guitar). After graduating, he went on to teach Music, Music
Theory, and Guitar to college and grad school students.
Terry Muskopf also has over forty years of playing
and teaching experience and has been in numerous rock
and country bands since the 1970's. Jim Drennan began
playing guitar in 1981 with Tom as his instructor and has
been teaching and playing ever since. In 1988, he was the
recipient of a performance scholarship from Lewis and
Clark Community college. In 2010, Jim approached Tom
about creating a Jazz guitar duo that would recreate a
sound reminiscent of the 1930's and 1940's. Antique Swing
applies the vintage sound of musicians like gypsy Jazz
legend Django Reinhardt to many Jazz, Bossa Nova, and
Blues tunes of the 30's and 40's. Equipped with a
traditional sound and a timeless collection of songs,
Antique Swing plays music that will take you back to a time
when music was simple and elegant.
And Jhirmel Wysinger, a young and multi-talented
artist from East St. Louis, IL, will be with us. He is a Rapper,
Songwriter, and Poet who has been writing poetry and
short stories since the age of eight. He began his musical
career in 2006 with a popular band known as the Eastside
Reziderz. The band consists of Jhirmel, Tres Morrison,
Hakeem Hill and Khristian Greenlee. Never afraid to push
boundaries, their music is an eclectic mix of Electronica,
R&B, Jazz, Rap, Hip-Hop, House, Rock, Pop, and Club.
They’ve performed at venues such as The Creepy Crawl,
The Village Theater, Fubar, and Cicero’s.
On top of all his other gifts, Jhirmel is an
immensely skilled artist, specializing in Manga and Realistic
Art drawings. He is also an avid student of Martial Arts,
including Tae Kwan Do, Judo, and Brazilian Ju-jitsu. Jhirmel
attended high school at Shawnee Mission East in Overland
Park, KS, before returning to Illinois to attend SIUE East St.
Louis Charter School. During his time in high school he won
four NAACP Poetry Awards, one for a powerful poem he
penned entitled “The New Beginnings for Black History”.
Mr. Wysinger is now a student at Southwestern Illinois
College, where he’s pursuing an Associate’s degree in
Applied Sciences and Fine Art. His band, the Eastside
Reziderz, is getting ready to release an album called
Something New. A mix tape entitled The Reckoning, Vol. 1,
is in the works as well. Their music can be found on
MySpace, Youtube, Imeem, and Garageband.
And last but certainly not least is our Special Guest
for the evening, Mr. Tres Morrison. Tres is a brilliant up
and coming Musician, Songwriter, and Vocalist who is
originally from London, UK. His range of musical styles is
impressive, ranging from Alternative Rock, to Heavy Metal,
to Gospel. His influences include Leonard Cohen, U2, Jason
Mraz, Jeff Buckley, The Script, and Mumford and Sons. He
has an authentic musical voice and has been singing since
he was very young. He frequently performs at many local
fundraisers and charity events. His live performances are
captivating, and his range is remarkable. As mentioned
earlier, he is a prominent member of Eastside Reziderz. In
addition to that he is currently working on his first CD and
is in two new bands: Dead by Six and Endless October.
Morrison is forming a third band with his friend Lamone
Waller. Tres also recently auditioned for the hit show
American Idol. He and his family reside in Cahokia, IL.
So as you can see, it’s going to be another exciting
night! We’ll have our always hoppin’ Open Mic session,
fantastic drink specials and finely crafted cigars, and a
warm and welcoming staff to enjoy it all with. So come and
soak up some of the sophisticated ambience of the hottest
club around. I promise you won’t be disappointed! See you
soon. Peace!
Love & Hugs, Spit-Fire
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