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Benton Park Vintage Volkswagen Bus Show

The Benton Park Neighborhood Association is doing the first-ever, one-of-a-kind, sure-to-be-a-hit Vintage Volkswagen Bus Show.

The event will coincide with the final show of the Benton Park Summer Concert Series, happening on Saturday, October 1st.

There will be VW buses to see, Jake’s Leg will perform, and food will be available from many Benton Park restaurants.

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2nd Food Truck Friday In Tower Grove Park

2nd Food Truck Friday In Tower Grove Park

As part of a summer event series that celebrates the mobile dining community in St. Louis, Sauce Magazine is presenting the second installment of Food Truck Friday this Friday, July 22nd from 5 to 8 p.m. at Tower Grove Park.

Fun-seeking, truck-loving diners can look forward to the addition of six new trucks to this month’s roster, three of which are officially launching their four wheeled dining ventures at the event, serving their first mobile menu to hungry guests.

Food trucks gearing up for the event include:

7th Annual Race Around The Lou

7th Annual Race Around The Lou

Metropolis St. Louis is holding its 7th Annual Race Around the Lou event on September 10th, 2011. "It's like the Amazing Race, but Saint Louis style!" 

Teams of 2 or 3 compete in a scavenger hunt around Saint Louis. Contestants begin at a centralized starting point where the teams are given clues to at least four city destinations, and all day Metro passes.

The goal is to be the first team to return to the finish line after completing the requirements at each stop.

The top three teams to complete the race will win either a cash prize or a gift basket full of prizes and gift certificates from local businesses.

BUY TICKETS:

http://www.mstl.org/index.php

Antique Sale To Benefit Botanical Garden

The Missouri Botanical Garden is full of treasures this weekend from the vegetable garden to The Botanical Garden. Antique hunters can find a trove of treasures this weekend at the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Atwater is here to tell what will be on sale at the Missouri Botanical Garden on Shaw Boulevard. It's free with the price of admission to the garden.

Link: http://www.littleshop.org/

Summer Youth Jazz Clinic

Summer Youth Jazz Clinic

Community Women Against Hardship (CWAH) presents it’s premier Summer Youth Jazz Clinic -- for 5th – 12th grade students of low to moderate income families.

Sponsored by the Public Safety Department, City of St. Louis, the Summer Youth Jazz Clinic provides the youth the opportunity to realize their individual music skills with concentration on exploring jazz styles, music theory, improvisation, Jazz history, and sound engineering. Also, there will be individual and group sessions.

The clinic will be taught by some of the most talented local Jazz musicians: Drummer Jerome Harris, Saxophonist/Bassist Jeffrey Anderson, Clarinetist/Saxophonist

Hope Walker, Guitarist Eric Slaughter, Vocalist Anita Jackson, and Pianist Ed Nicholson.

Applicants must have at least one year of instrumental experience and must be a St. Louis City resident.

Fair Saint Louis Metro Transit Schedule

Fair Saint Louis Metro Transit Schedule

Fair Saint Louis visitors can avoid massive traffic jams, blocked highway exits, closed St. Louis streets, and paying too much for parking by taking Metro Transit to the popular three-day celebration.  Extra MetroLink trains will be operating to accommodate the large crowds on Saturday, July 2, Sunday, July 3, and Monday, July 4 so fairgoers can conveniently get in and out of downtown St. Louis.  Each evening, even more trains will be running to bring visitors to the fair for the nightly entertainment and fireworks shows and then back home afterwards.  Cardinals fans going to the 5:15 p.m. game on July 4 should also consider taking Metro to avoid the traffic jams and the hassle and expense related to finding parking.

Symphony Presents “Principal Of The Year” Award To SLPS Principal

Symphony Presents “Principal Of The Year” Award To SLPS Principal

The St. Louis Public School District is pleased to announce that Ms. Debra Leto, principal at Mason School of Academic and Cultural Literacy, has been named the Principal of the Year by the St. Louis Symphony.
 
An educator with the District since 1994, Leto began to partner with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra while an Instructional Coordinator at Carver Elementary.
 
“Carver School is located in the Grandel Center, a few blocks from Powell Hall, and I remember the Symphony musicians wheeling their instruments on a weekly basis the two blocks to the school to perform for the students,” said Leto.