Historical June 1996 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Neighborhood Events and Meetings 6/10 Skinker DeBaliviere Community Council Board of Directors. SDCC Offices, 6008 Kingsbury, 7:00 p.m. 6/17 Bi-State Groundbreaking for new MetroLink Parking Lot. (near the Delmar Station, behind Crescent Plumbing), 9:00 a.m. 6/17 Apartment Owners Association. SDCC Offices, 6008 Kingsbury, 7:30 p.m. 6/25 Hamilton Elementary C.E.C. Board Meeting. Hamilton ECEC, 5819 Westminster. 6/27 Meeting regarding Central Corridor expansion of MetroLink, possibly along the south side of the Forest Park Expressway.
Call SDCC for time and location. 7/15 Apartment Owners Association. SDCC Offices, 6008 Kingsbury, 7:30 p.m. 7/18 Neighborhood meeting re: MSD Tunnel. Missouri Historical Society, Skinker Boulevard, 7:00 p.m. 7/29 Skinker DeBaliviere Community Council Board Meeting. SDCC Offices, 6008 Kingsbury, 7:00 p.m. 8/6 National Night Out. Four Corners Park, 6:00 p.m.Watch for details. Events yet to be scheduled: Neighbors Review of Nina Place Passive Park. West End Arts Council Summer Concerts Series Schedule. Central Corridor Transit Plans Presentation. Other Events of Interest thru 6/29 Opera Theatre of St. Louis presents four operas: Puccini’s La Rondine, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito, and Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia.
Call 961-0644 for availability and prices. 6/17-23 Juneteenth Festival: The “Ville,” Kiener Plaza & Soldiers Memorial present celebrations that reflect upon the freedoms, talents. struggles and faith of the African-American community.
Call 652-6366 for a schedule. 6/18 Twilight Tuesday: After the Fair.
The Metro Brass Quartet performs outside the History Museum at Forest Park at ‘7pm. World’s Fair artifacts will be displayed. Free. 6/18 The Legend of White Snake, Chinese opera, performed at the St. Louis Art Museum by Fu Using Chinese Opera Mission, Taiwan.
For ticket information, call the Chinese Culture Center at 567-5540. 6/22 Exhibition Opening: Meet Me at the Fair, Memory, History, and the 1904 World’s Fair. At the History Museum in Forest Park, the exhibit will examine the fair’s impact on civic and personal memory in the 20th century.
The exhibit will be on display for five years. Free. 6/23 New Music Circle presents St. Louis Alive, work of St. Louis composers/performers at 5 Central West End art galleries and in a free outdoor performance from 12:30 to 5:30pm. Galleries are at 415 N. Euclid, 4729 and 4727 McPherson, 4658 Maryland, and 44 Maryland Plaza. 7/16 Summertime Fun: African Expedition at the History Museum in Forest Park. Reservations are required. Dancing, drumming, songs and stories from the African continent. 7/23 Summer Evenings at the Fair: Discussion of all the magnificent eateries at the 1904 World’s Fair where 36,650 patrons could dine at one time. History Museum in Forest Park, 7pm, free.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, June 1996.
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