Nicki's Central West End Guide
an urban news journal
A scholarly-looking owl welcomes neighbors to a “branch” of the Little Free Library, which opened it’s 2-foot-wide door September 24th at Boyle & Laclede Avenues (in front of the Boyle Laclede Community Garden). For weeks in advance mastermind Anne Bevill, below, had been on NextDoor Central West End stirring up interest, and requesting books from…
As you might suspect, creativity abounds inside the home of Bob Kramer’s Marionnettes, located in the CWE at 4143 Laclede Avenue but, as I recently discovered, there’s abundant evidence of imagination outside as well. The puppet theater has been on my radar for years, starting with performances I attended when my children were young, and more…
You can always count on discovering something exotic and inventive when attending an opening at projects+gallery, 4933 McPherson Ave. Thursday, September 15th’s debut of Charlie Would… was no exception. Susan Barrett, founder of Barrett Barrera Projects, parent company of projects+gallery, continues to introduce artists you would expect to find only in New York, Chicago or Los…