Spring has ... well, it's got to spring eventually, right? Over the next two weekends we've got lots of opportunities to get out at Queeny Park, celebrate the season, have some fun, and help LiveFeed.

Kids are welcome these 2 days
WE NEED 10 VOLUNTEERS EACH OF THESE DAYS.
April 3rd Queeny Park 10am-5pm
April 4th Queeny Park 10am-5pm

WE NEED 30 VOLUNTEERS FOR THE FOLLOWING DAYS! PLEASE BRING YOUR FRIENDS IF YOU CAN!
April 10th Queeny Park 5:30pm-11pm
April 11th Queeny Park 5:30pm-11pm

Interested? Email Amy at amy@livefeed.org.


Please let Amy know if you can help out
amy@livefeed.org

Congratulations to LiveFeed's executive director, Amy Graham, who will be on Best of the StL tonight! If you'd like to be in the studio audience, drop an email to bryante@stlouiscity.com. Doors open at 6p.m. - pre-reception hosted by RUE LAFAYETTE! show starts at 7p.m. ends at 8p.m The studio's located at 4971 Oakland Avenue, across the street from St. Louis University High School.

If you can't make it to the studio, tune in to my46 tonight at 7, or catch it live online.

Students at the University of Missouri - St. Louis' Newman Center had the chance to experience the disproportion of the haves and have-nots in an experiment last Thursday. Read more about how students reacted to a small-scale illustration of living in dire poverty versus high income. While their experiment focuses on worldwide hunger, it touched on the universal feeling of being lesser-than that comes with being inadequately nourished, regardless of if they're living in Africa or St. Louis.

Want to help some locals who know that feeling all too well because hunger is their reality? Check out LiveFeed's shows this week.

Wednesday's open mic night at both The Gramophone (3234 Manchester in The Grove) and Llewelyn's Pub (17 Moody, Webster Groves). Shows start at 9:00.

Thursday, Treble Clef Palette bring their jammy funk to The Gramophone. Cover charge is $5. Show starts at 10. Here's a preview.

Friday, Tonya Gilmore continues the free concerts series at Washington University's Kemper Art Museum at 6 PM. Check out her performance at Hartford Coffee with Tyler Davis.

In the mood for something different? How about belly dancing in Clayton? Aalim Dance of St.Louis presents AZIZA in Concert with performers from St.Louis and the midwest region. They'll be at the Sheraton Clayton Plaza Hotel (7730 Bonhomme in downtown Clayton) all weekend. The main performance is Saturday night, but you can get the low-down on how to shimmy at workshops throughout the weekend. Check the Aalim Dance of St. Louis website for pricing. If you've never had the thrill of sitting by a dancer with a sword balanced on her head, you need to attend this event!

And don't forget! Off Broadway gives $1 from each cover charge to LiveFeed, so pay them a visit. This week you can catch Langhorne Slim, Rose's Big Ol' Party with a full funk line-up, Bolt Action Thrill, an evening with Lola Van Ella and the St. Louis Burlesque Showcase, Team Relevance, and Left Lane Cruiser with The Monads and Fattback. So go pay Stephen a visit and thank him for all he does to make the St. Louis music scene so awesome.

Yesterday, the Cleveland Plain-Dealer ran an editorial by Phillip Morris about seeing hunger that's a must-read for everyone.

I'm not talking about people that we are emotionally conditioned to ignore: The chronically homeless, vagrants who aggressively panhandle and the mentally ill who refuse help. Those folks know how to forage for food.

I'm talking about children. I'm talking about senior citizens. I'm talking about out-of-work and out-of-resources young families, who live just down the street. I'm talking about people who have lost jobs and are in the process of losing homes, cars -- and hope.

We must all pitch in.

Here's how you can help in St. Louis.

Pay a visit to Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue, in the Cherokee Lemp District), where $1 from each ticket benefits LiveFeed.

Wednesday's open mic night at two of our favorite venues! Check it out at The Gramophone (4243 Manchester in The Grove) and Llywelyn's Pub (17 Moody in Webster Groves).

Fridays mean free shows at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum (near the corner of Skinker and Forsyth on the Washington University campus). This week, A Bit Shifty plays a free show at 6 PM. Continue the night at The Gramophone with the soul stylings of Chicago's The Right Now.

Saturday, Liquor Store Bandits are playing a free show at Twisters (1045 Imperial Main Street, Imperial, Missouri). Here's a sample.

As I mentioned yesterday, Off Broadway's started a series of free show with PBR that benefit LiveFeed. There are open slots available for bands who'd like to get some time on-stage, along with $75, a case of PBR, and the warm fuzzy glow of helping LiveFeed. Here's the dirt, directly from Steve at Off Broadway:

Here's how it works for your band. It's your night. Work on new
material. Have your friends sit in and jam. Debut that long delayed
rock opera. Play every Clash song you know. Or every David Hasselhoff
song. Pretend you are in your basement. Plus get paid $75..and a free
case of beer from our friends at Pabst. Invite your friends and fans
and make some new ones. And help feed hungry kids. Interested? Contact
Off Broadway at stevepohlman@yahoo.com...or talk to PBR Dave when you
see him around town.

First and foremost, thank you to everyone who voted and spread the word about LiveFeed competing for $10,000 in Advanta's Ideablob February contest. We won't know for two weeks who won. We do know this: at the last minute on Saturday night, when LiveFeed was 12 votes out of first place, lots of peopole rallied to vote for us. Amazing!

Second, our good friends at Off Broadway are really stepping up for LiveFeed. They're donating $1 from each ticket to LiveFeed! Monday nights, during their free PBR Music Series, you can donate $5 to LiveFeed, enjoy $1 cans of PBR, and catch some great live music. Tonight, Person X takes the stage at 10 PM.

And finally, St. Louis newcomer Beth Bombara is our Artist of the Month. Give her a listen, and come see her this Saturday at Off-Broadway. She'll be playing keyboards with Brothers Lazaroff during KDHX's multi-band tribute to Townes Van Zandt.

Thanks, Friends! Check back Tuesday for more details about this week's schedule.