Weekly Porch: Area Activities, May 16-26, 2019
Below is a list of upcoming activities in or around Benton Park West, a Cherokee Neighborhood.
Cherokee Street CID Meeting
Thursday, May 16 at 5:30 pm, Artist Arts, 2643 Cherokee
Cherokee Street CID (formerly Cherokee Street Business Association) Public Meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 5:30 pm. All business owners, residents, property owners, and anyone with an interest in Cherokee are welcome and encouraged to attend. Facebook Invite
Benton Park West Neighborhood Meeting
Thursday, May 16 at 7-8 pm, Five Star Senior Center, 2832 Arsenal
Please join us to hear the neighborhood news and have a chance in interact with your neighbors, 3rd District police, aldermen and NSO. We will review upcoming events and activities. For agenda items and other details, please visit our Events Page or the Facebook Invite.
BPW Litter Clean Up + Social Hour
Saturday, May 18 at 9-10 am, Cherokee at Jefferson (by the statue)
Join us for our monthly neighborhood litter pick up and social hour! We will be starting at the corner of Cherokee and Jefferson (by the Indian). Afterwards join us at Teatopia for some amazing smoothies!*Feel free to bring a bucket, gloves and trash picker upper if you like. We have trash bags that have been donated by Operation Brightside. Facebook Invite
Fox Park #trashtag Challenge
Saturday, May 18 at 1-4 pm, 2827 Oregon
Jump on the viral social media challenge that really does make a difference! The Fox Park Neighborhood Safety Committee, Messiah Community Center and Lohr Distributing Company are hosting a #trashtag Challenge! Grab a team, sign up with your social media handle, go out and clean up the community, post the pics, and come back for the after party of food, fun and games! Homebase: 2827 Oregon Ave. Registration: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm. After Party: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Together we can make our community safer and cleaner and stronger! Facebook Invite
Ice Cream Social FUN-raiser
Saturday, May 18 at 6-9 pm, South Broadway Art Project, 3816 S. Broadway
Join us for our season finale FUNraiser for scholarship for TAP Teen Apprenticeships! This event will feature current artwork, fashion designs, and Pop-Up Shops by our Teen Apprentices. Come BUY a bowl and get a bottomless Ice Cream Sundae. We will also have donations for drinks and complimentary snacks! This event is a great way to get some really unique bowls for a great cause! Facebook Invite
Gravois Park Trash Pickup and Social Hour
Sundays from 9:30-10:30 am, Gravois Park, 3200 Potomac
Each Sunday, get to know your neighbors and help make YOUR neighborhood park a better place to play! We'll pick up litter in and around the park while talking and getting to know each other.
in. Open to the public, bring your friends!
Blues City Swing in Benton Park
Sunday, May 19 at 4 pm, Benton Park
Join us for our first concert of the summer! Blues City Swing will play all evening on the 19th. Drinks will be available for purchase. Rain or shine, located in Benton Park. Bring your friends, neighbors and pets - this event is free for all ages! Facebook Invite
Übercool at Lemp Mansion Maifest!
Saturday, May 25 at 5-10 pm, Lemp Mansion, 3322 Demenil
Join us in celebrating the merry month of May and Spring at the historic Lemp Mansion in the gazebo and garden! A GREAT celebration! Facebook Invite
Benton Park Historic Neighborhood Tour
Sunday, May 26 at 2-5 pm, Benton Park Pavillion
St. Louis History and Architecture is hosting a historic walking tour of the Benton Park neighborhood. The tour will start in Benton Park at the corner of Arsenal Street and Illinois Ave, and will showcase the historic architecture of the neighborhood, dating from 1848 through the 1920s. The neighborhood is filled with the stories of a variety of people from beer barons to Icarian French settlers to Frontiersmen, and showcases a wide variety of architecture from different periods of history. Tickets are $15, and include a 2 hour tour which spans the whole neighborhood. Facebook Invite
SAVE-THE-DATES
IndiHop 2019, Saturday, June 1 at 1-7 pm, Cherokee Eventbrite
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As The Porch Review (BPW newsletter) is printed quarterly, we'll post upcoming activities on Thursdays through the "Weekly Porch." If there's an area activity that you'd like to have included, please send your activity details to scottwmcintosh@yahoo.com.
