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Ethical Society Of St. Louis

Monday, June 11, 2012

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Patch Picks: Events and Happenings June 11 - 17

Here's what's happening in and near Ladue, Clayton and University City this week.

Ladue-Frontenac Patch teams up with neighboring Patch sites each week to round up events and happenings in the area. Here are our picks for this week. Monday, June 11 Tuesday, June 12 Wednesday, June 13 Thursday, June 14—Flag Day Friday, June 15 Saturday, June 16 Sunday, June 17—Father’s Day

Monday, June 4, 2012

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Patch Picks: Events and Happenings June 4 - 10

Here's what's happening in and near Ladue, Clayton and University City this week.

Ladue-Frontenac Patch teams up with neighboring Patch sites each week to round up events and happenings in the area. Here are our picks for this week. Monday, June 4 Tuesday, June 5 Wednesday, June 6 Thursday, June 7 Friday, June 8 Saturday, June 9

Monday, April 23, 2012

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Patch Picks: Events and Happenings Apr. 23 - Apr. 29

Here's what's happening in and near Ladue, Clayton and University City this week.

Ladue-Frontenac Patch teams up with neighboring Patch sites each week to round up events and happenings in the area. Here are our picks for this week. Monday, Apr. 23. Tuesday, Apr. 24. Wednesday, Apr. 25. Thursday, Apr. 26. Friday, Apr. 27. Saturday, Apr. 28. Sunday, Apr. 29

Sunday, June 5, 2011

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Ignore the cicadas and enjoy the first stirrings of summer, albeit it HOT stirrings.

School is out, summer camps are in full sway, with old schedules tossed out and space being made for new ones. Make room on your schedule or your child’s for these events.  Monday, June 6. St. Joseph’s Academy, 2307 S. Lindbergh Blvd., is beginning its roster of summer camps today. Tuesday, June 7. Nothing says summer like buying new beach stuff, and Neiman Marcus at Plaza Frontenac, 1701 S. Lindbergh Blvd. will give you a chance for that at its Camp Gorgeous in the cosmetics department.  Stock up on all the season’s beauty essentials and receive a NM tote with an $85 purchase of cosmetics or fragrances. 314-567-9811. www.neimanmarcus.com.  Tuesday, June 7. Bissinger’s at Plaza Frontenac, 1701 S. Lindbergh Blvd. continues its half price …

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Ethical Society Hosts Interfaith Poetry Reading

Six poets of Christian, Islamic and Jewish faiths read their work on Saturday.

On Saturday night, a crowd of all ages and various faiths gathered in the auditorium at the Ethical Society of St. Louis for "An Interfaith Poetry Reading." Six poets of the Christian, Islamic and Jewish faiths read their original work, while Rabbi James Stone Goodman performed with his band. "These poets are similar. They're focused on being reverent with each other's traditions," said Howard Schwartz, one of the poets and an event organizer. "The whole point of this reading is to show respect for other religions." Kathy Kammien, the membership and program director at the Ethical Society, welcomed the crowd. "May the humanity within every human being be held more precious," she said. Christian poet John Knoepfle, a former professor at …

Friday, January 14, 2011

Moved to the CORE

Kids to base MLK Sunday skits on memories of discrimination.

One morning 60 years ago, during her time coordinating lunch-counter protests in St. Louis, Billie Teneau discovered that a cross had been burned in her yard. Joyce Best and her husband stood in for a young couple who wanted to buy a home in a nice neighborhood, but could not because of their skin color. From 1947 to 1957, nearly a decade before the national civil-rights movement personified by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Committee of Racial Equality (CORE) did much of the heavy lifting to improve race relations in the Gateway City. Last Sunday, Teneau and Best shared reminiscences of those years with Sunday-school students—from kindergarten to 7th grade—at the Ethical Society of St. Louis, 9001 Clayton Road in Ladue. “They listened to…

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