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10 Things to Do Under $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, February 19-21, 2010

By Amir Kurtovic Fri., Feb. 19 2010 at 2:14 PM
Categories: Arts, Bars, Go!, Music

Yet another Mardi Gras has passed in St. Louis and now only memories (and compromising photos) remain. If you're not entirely worn-out from last weekend, look forward to this weekend: fire-breathing burlesque, a Jersey Shore cast member, munching on crickets and worms and a goth version of Seinfeld, all for $10 or less.

Uncovering the Path to Freedom: Photographs of Underground Railroad Sites by William Earle Williams (Friday)

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Image courtesy William Earle Williams
Interior Paul Laurence Dunbar House, Dayton, Ohio, 1995.
​ William Earle Williams has spent more than 25 years photographing the surviving Underground Railroad sites; Uncovering the Path to Freedom: Photographs of Underground Railroad Sites by William Earle Williams, an exhibition of his amazing work, opens with a free public reception from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, February 19, at the Sheldon (3648 Washington Boulevard). Williams' images reveal drawing rooms that are mundane in their old-fashionedness and rough-hewn basements that must have been a welcome, if Spartan, sanctuary. Williams' carefully composed photos penetrate this guise of the everyday to reveal these locations' true purpose in luminous black and white. Click here for complete preview.

In The Manner of Smoke (Goth Seinfeld?) (Friday)

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Image: Jerstin Crosby
​What if the cast of Seinfeld were re-imagined a little darker, a little more gothic? Would things still make sense? Artist Jerstin Crosby loosely explores this concept in his new exhibition, In the Manner of Smoke, opening from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, February 19, at the Good Citizen Gallery (2247 Gravois Avenue). Click here for the full preview.


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Michael Eastman
Michael Eastman's Globe Window #1, from Excavating the Emptied Globe: Images and Artifacts from a Lost St. Louis Environment
Excavating the Emptied Globe: Images and Artifacts from a Lost St. Louis Environment (Friday)
Photographer Michael Eastman and archaeologist Robert Mazrim collaborated for this exhibition, which features documents of their exploration of the abandoned Globe Drug Warehouse. Opening reception, free to the public, from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, February 19. At the Duane Reed Gallery (4729 McPherson Avenue). Click here for full preview.

Eyedea and Abilities (Friday)
Along with fellow Rhymesayers Records artists such as Atmosphere and Brother Ali, the duo of Eyedea (Michael Larsen) and his DJ partner, Abilities (Gregory Keltgen), was once a rising star in Minnesota's hip-hop underground. Highly decorated (Eyedea is a former Blaze Battle champ, while Abilities owns two DMC regional titles) and critically acclaimed (for the 2001 debut, First Born), the duo nonetheless took a long powder after 2004's old-school-style E&A. After regrouping for a tour two years ago and after releasing the brief but hard-hitting By the Throat in 2009, the pair now boasts a rock-rap sound that references Eyedea's side project, the band Carbon Carousel. The duo plays the Firebird for $10 on Friday. More details about the show are here.

 CONSPIRACY-Sturdy Gurlesque's Pre-Wedding Party (Friday)

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​ This is the pre-wedding party of noted pyromaniac/burlesque star Sturdy Gurlesque and Dustin Indigo Charles Krueger. Performers will include Sturdy Gurlesque herself, The Swedish Siren, Michelle Mynx and others. Cover is $8 at The Crack Fox (1114 Olive Strett). The wedding is Saturday and also open to the public. It is, however, $15 and thus out of the price range for this post. But there's more info on the wedding here.

Title Tracks at Firebird (Saturday)
John Davis, formerly of Q and Not U, performs attThe Firebird (2706 Olive Street). Tickets are $8. Click here for full preview.


Tags:

Burlesque, Forest Park, Globe Drug Warehouse, Jersey Shore, Old St. Louis, Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House, Steinberg Rink, The Crack Fox, The Firebird
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