Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Rockwood School District and St. Louis Community College-Wildwood students, along with those from other local schools, create huge chair-themed public art project for June 2. Video accompanying this article explains origin of Chesterfield-style chairs.
Rockwood School District students got the opportunity to showcase their artistic talents by participating in the Take a Seat Public Art project with Chesterfield Arts. With the guidance of art teachers, students at Babler Elementary, Ballwin Elementary, Chesterfield Elementary, Eureka Elementary, Green Trails Elementary, LaSalle Springs Middle, Ridge Meadows Elementary, Uthoff Valley Elementary, Rockwood South Middle and Rockwood Valley Middle are joining 13 other local schools (22 total) from the area as they design a life-sized fiberglass-formed “Chesterfield chair"—a high-back style of chairs made famous by classic British upholstery techniques. The Chesterfield seating design dates back to the British club chair popular in London men'…
Thursday, May 10, 2012
VIDEO: A special introduction for a film whose many scenes were shot in the St. Louis metropolitan area will be personally handled by its production manager and actor James Sparling Saturday at B&B Theatres in Wildwood.
WaterWalk, a movie partially filmed in the St. Louis metropolitan area, will premiere at the B&B Theatres Wildwood 10 Friday at 7 p.m. Actor and production manager James Sparling will introduce the film on Saturday, May 12, at the 7 p.m. showtime. WaterWalk will be showing locally for one week only. “It’s an honor to come to Wildwood and debut WaterWalk, a film that is a love note about the American heartland,” stated Sparling in an announcement about his personal introduction of the film. “This a wonderful story that will appeal to audiences from ages 5 to 105.” Sparling will present a behind-the-scenes look at the making of WaterWalk Saturday evening. The movie opens in theaters across the Midwest in May. It will also appear at select …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Sendak has died at age 83. Tell us your memories of reading his books—especially "Where the Wild Things Are."
My two children are well above the age when they'd sit still for their mother and father reading a book to them. It won't be that many years before they have their own children. They'll be doing the reading. And I have no doubt that Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are" will be among the books they crack open and recite. On Tuesday, we learned that the author of perhaps one of the most famous children's books of all time had died at the age of 83. The New York Times' report said the author had died from complications after a recent stroke. Writers have lauded Sendak's worth, but in particular his ability to craft children's stories out of what might have been considered "untraditional" — monsters "roaring their terrible roars" and "…
Friday, May 4, 2012
Today is Star Wars Day, and your trusty editors talk about what a galaxy far, far away means to them. Share your best 'Star Wars' memories.
May the Fourth be with you! It might not be an official holiday, but for millions of Star Wars fans, it is a chance to reflect on the mythology that has grown so close to our heart. We wanted to share our memories and reflections on Star Wars, and maybe inspire you to do the same. Leave us a comment below, or click the "Upload Photos and Videos" button to share an image of a Star Wars costume, toy, midnight release or anything else. No picture is too nerdy. (But pictures do need to conform to Patch's terms of use policy.) Here's are some memories from your trusty editors from around St. Louis Patchland, and be sure to click through the photos of an original 1977 Star Wars press kit! The newsroom was all abuzz back in 1977 when press …
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Central VPA’s tap dancers take top honor. The show was taped to be re-aired on May 21 and 26.
Eleven metro area high school acts brought the crowd to their feet at The Fabulous Fox Theatre on Friday as they poured their hearts and souls out on stage at the St. Louis Teen Talent Showcase Competition Finals. Eighteen students competed for thousands of dollars in personal scholarships and special prizes, according to a news release from the event's organizers. As previously reported in Eureka-Wildwood Patch, some locally talented teens from Wildwood made it through the semi-final rounds of this competition: Lafayette High Violinist Competes in Showcase Teen Violinists Advance in Talent Competition Technical ability, stage presence, interpretation, originality and content were all taken into consideration to choose the following …
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Financial support from the city of Eureka represents a multiyear partnership with the council to benefit local visual and performing artists.
Approximately 700 students are serviced by the Eureka Arts Council each summer, and this year should shape up to be a creative experience as well. Eureka board of aldermen agreed to donate $5,000 to the Eureka Arts Council at Tuesday's meeting, per a request from Karen Crimi, who represented the council. This is the fifth year Eureka has lent a financial hand. Eureka Arts Council services individuals and groups in Eureka and the surrounding area, particularly through classes in June and July, Crimi said. The council will host three summer camps: The Eureka Arts Council also receives financial support from The Regional Arts Commission. Alderman Don Beckerle, Ward 3, asked Crimi if camp attendance had remained the same or expanded in the …
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Thousands of young women audition each year for the Rockette Summer Intensive program; one Lafayette High School junior secured a spot this year.
Maria Schou, a 17-year-old Wildwood resident, will get a huge kick out of her upcoming summer. She auditioned and was accepted among thousands of dancers who seek spots in the Rockette Summer Intensive program at Radio City in New York. This one-week program for 14- to 17-year-olds who aspire to become Rockettes will be July 8-14. Now entering its 11th year, the Rockettes Summer Intensive offers dancers the unique opportunity to train with the world-famous Rockettes, as well as a Rockettes director/choreographer Eileen Grace, and learn their signature precision dance technique. Schou, a junior at Lafayette High School in Wildwood, has been dancing for 10 years. She has spent the last five and a half years at Wildwood Dance & Arts, where …
Monday, April 2, 2012
The work of a Wildwood artist is being seen at the 114th Midwest Art Exhibition at Lindsborg, KS.
Artwork from Wildwood-native Kent Addison is being featured at the Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery during the 114th Midwest Art Exhibition, which began Saturday and continues through June 17, according to a report from The McPherson Sentinel. Though Addison was born in Wildwood, he grew up in Springfield, IL. He came back to the St. Louis area when he attended college in St. Louis at Washington University, where he studied sculpture with Richard Duhme, who passed away in 2005. Addison then earned a master's degree from the University of Notre Dame, after which he returned to St. Louis to teach at Maryville University. Between 1955 and 1992, his work primarily consisted of sculpture created with clay, wood, stone, cast bronze and welded …
Sunday, March 25, 2012
A phone application to pull up restaurant grading scores is what a group of Wildwood youngsters wanted to work on to improve food safety. Plus, they've been busy competing in several rounds of qualifiers.
A local FIRST LEGO League (FLL) robotics team—the Phantom of the LEGOs—recently received an invitation to the FLL North American Open Championship May 18-20 at LEGOLAND-California. Members of the Phantom of the LEGOs Robotics team include: Catherine Colletti and Jaime Pack, who attend Wildwood Middle School; Michael Colletti who attends Fairway Elementary School in Wildwood; and Ian Rosebrough and Matt VanVooren, who attend Holy Infant School. The team is coached by Ron and Teresa Colletti, who are Wildwood residents. Two teams representing the Eastern Missouri region will go to the May competition; the other team is the Neon Electrons, a team from Reed Elementary School. The Phantom of the LEGOs team earned the invite to the North …
Friday, March 23, 2012
One shouldn't really ask another movie-goer if they liked this movie; liking or disliking doesn't seem to fit it. Movie-goers experience this film. The correct question after this movie is: How do you FEEL about it?
The movie, The Hunger Game, is like looking into a rippling mirror of society. Approximately 750 movie-goers of all ages had that opportunity at midnight on Thursday for the film's debut at B&B Theatres Wildwood 10. B&B district manger John Cumins said four of their theaters quickly sold out, so he opened a fifth one. Based upon a widely successful book series by author Suzanne Collins deemed to be in the "dystopian" category, the plot is about a future world under strict societal control. B&B Theatres' staff of 10 dressed up in the spirit of the movie's characters, as did many of the attendees. B&B host, Samantha Orlowski and senior at Lafayette High School in Wildwood, greeted people donned like the movie's main character, Katniss …
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Loved to use this story in my KG classroom over the years; the children loved the idea of monsters who were manageable and fun:-) We also loved "Chicken Soup With Rice" and "Pierre." I remember I had the books AND the recordings to go with--we'd sing and sing! more ›