Thursday, May 17, 2012
St. Louis novelist Gerry Mandel talks about his hit.
Local novelist Gerry Mandel, author of Shadow and Substance: My Time With Charlie Chaplin speaks about how his hit first novel came to be, at Maryville University Thursday night, 7-8 p.m.—in Town and Country. Mandel appears as part of the St. Louis Writers Guild Lecture Series. "Learn about his passion for Chaplin, as well as how he wrote and marketed this breakout hit," according to the Guild. Mandel didn't just write a novel about Charlie Chaplin, his first novel found success by taking the reader on a journey with the legendary film star. Gerry spent years researching and penning this unique vision, then had it published by Hue Vista Publishing, and has marketed it through venues such as Amazon and StL Books. The event is free, at …
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 "…
Monday, April 30, 2012
Parkway Central students received nominations for a Cappies Award in numerous categories. The Cappies are the Tony Award for high school theater.
High school theater performers from Nerinx Hall dominated the nominations for the Cappies Awards — the high school equivalent of the Tony Awards on Broadway. The list came out today with nominees from plays and musicals throughout the St. Louis and St. Charles county areas. The awards will be announced at the annual Cappies gala on May 19, at 6 p.m., at the Pillsbury Chapel and Dale Williams Fine Arts Center on the campus of Missouri Baptist University. Nerinx Hall scored a best musical nomination for its production of The Phantom of the Opera, along with its lead actress, Carolyn Cowling, for best actress in a musical. The awards span 40 categories, ranging from best musical and play to best critic team from a high school, as well as a …
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Check out the main photo on our updated Facebook page. Does it represent Town and Country and Manchester?
Facebook switched over to the new timeline format and that meant it was time to pick a photo to headline Town and Country - Manchester Patch's Facebook page. Take a look by clicking here and tell us what you think! Be sure to "like" our Facebook page too! The photo was taken during a ceremony at the Manchester Veterans Memorial in Margaret Stoecker Park off Henry Avenue. As the editor of this site, I tried to find a photo that captured the feel of the Town and Country and Manchester communities. What do you think? Do you have a better suggestion? Have a photo you believe is better? If so, post a comment and upload your photo in our Pics & Clips gallery by clicking here.
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Friday, March 23, 2012
Have you been looking forward to "The Hunger Games" movie since before the preview came out? You should consider blogging about it for Town and Country - Manchester Patch.
Our motto at Patch is to make life ridiculously easy for our readers. To further that mission, we've created a new feature that allows you to look up movie times for nearby theaters right here on Town and Country- Manchester Patch! And what better time to roll the feature out than now, when movie lovers are pining over the highly-anticipated "The Hunger Games" movie, based off the popular novel written by Suzanne Collins. You can search by "The Hunger Games"—or any movie, for that matter—zip code or theater. It's that easy! So, locally, you would search for: And once you're done with the flick, we'd love to hear what you thought of it. That's why we are now actively searching for movie review bloggers. Anyone may apply regardless of age…
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
The Manchester Board of Aldermen voted to allow a Penske truck hub to operate in the city, plus approved more money for sidewalk repairs and took steps to move ahead with the new Manchester Arts Council.
Monday night the Manchester Board of Aldermen voted on issuing a special use permit to a local business to run a Penske truck hub just off Manchester Road. Ridgway Insurance Group LLC, requested a special use permit to also operate as a Penske agent from his current location at 14575 Manchester Road. This request was not recommended by the city's Planning and Zoning Committee and Manchester's Director of Planning, Zoning and Economic Development Franz Kraintz previously pointed out concerns over traffic and noise at the public hearing for the permit request. The vote was deferred at the last two board of aldermen meetings, but after adding 13 stipulations to the agreement for the permit, a vote issuing the permit came Monday night. Those …
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
In an effort to honor veterans decades after the war, the City of Manchester is inviting the public to Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day at Manchester's Veterans Memorial.
The City of Manchester is remembering Vietnam veterans at the end of March and the public in encouraged to attend the Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony. It will begin at 10 a.m., Sat., March 31 at Manchester's Veterans Memorial at Margaret J. Stoecker Park. "It's actually a nationwide movement that's trying to recognize what the Vietnam veterans should have been recognized forty years ago," Franz Kraintz, Manchester's director of planning, zoning and economic development, tells Patch. "Trying to make up for it." Kraintz said it was March 30, 1973 that the last Vietnam veteran came home and that really signaled the end of the war. He said the city wants to show its support for their service and sacrafice and invites residents to do…
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
A Penske vote was postponed Monday night, but Manchester city leaders learned how an arts council benefits a city and what steps the city needs to take now to make its' council a reality.
Last year, the City of Manchester began looking into whether or not there was an interest in the city to create an arts council. Manchester Alderman Michael Clement said Monday night that since that time the creation of a council has received an overwhelming response from the community. As previously reported by Town and Country - Manchester Patch, several meetings have been held with residents moving forward with creating the council (Read more on the Manchester Arts Council at the end of this article.). At Monday night's Manchester Board of Aldermen meeting, Dan Tierney, deputy director of the Regional Arts Commission, updated aldermen on the progress of the newly created Manchester Arts Council. Tierney also explained how an arts …
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
$1,500 scholarships are available through the Greater St. Louis Art Association in conjunction with the Art Fair at Queeny Park
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Tuesday, February 7
The Greater St. Louis Art Association (GSLAA) invites St. Louis area high school seniors to apply for its annual Artistic Merit Scholarship. The organization has increased its scholarships to $1,500, up from $1,000 in years past, which are awarded to two or more students who are planning to pursue a post high school arts education. Students interested in the Artistic Merit Scholarship can submit an application and six images of recent work by the March 15 deadline. Applications and additional information may be found at www.GSLAA.org. Finalists are selected by the GSLAA’s board of directors, and will have the opportunity to exhibit pieces of their art at the 2012 Spring Art Fair at Queeny Park at the Greensfelder Recreation Center in …
Thursday, January 12, 2012
The new hot trend in dining has nothing to do with food.
We've all done it. Here’s my story: Last week, I was waiting for the boyfriend to arrive for our sushi date. Bored, I watched couples at the tables around me, but one in particular caught my eye. Two young women with full plates of tempura and bright pink-and-green cocktails spent their entire meal engrossed in (not each other, not their food, not their drinks, but...) their phones. I swear they hardly said a word to each other the entire 45 minutes I was waiting. (I was super early, he was a little late. Typical.) As they left and the boyfriend arrived, I filled him in on the their ghastly behavior, my voice dripping with judgment. After dinner, as we sat a bar waiting for our movie to start, I was halfway into a work email when my …
Gabrielle
1:44 pm on Thursday, May 10, 2012
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 ›