OUTTOWN: February 2012

HEY OUTTOWNERS!

IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN!!

TIME TO GET TOWNED!!!

WOMEN HISTORY MONTH BITZ

March is Womens History Month. OUTTOWN will highlight women from the Illinois and Missouri area who has made significant feats in the fields of arts and entertainment.

This week we feature journalist, Lucile Harris Bluford

Lucile Bluford was a well-respected editor and publisher of the Kansas City Call, an important African American weekly newspaper. She was also a brave and persistent civil rights activist. In both her personal life and her career, she refused to remain quiet about racial injustice.

Born on July 1, 1911, in Salisbury, North Carolina, she moved with her family to Kansas City when she was seven years old. At age 13, she started Lincoln High School, where her father taught

Lucile Bluford began her journalism career in Atlanta, where she was a reporter for the Daily World, an African American newspaper. Returning home, she worked at the the Kansas City American and then at the Kansas City Call, both African American-owned newspapers.

In 1939, Bluford applied to the University of Missouri School of Journalism to do graduate work. She was accepted into the program, but when she went to Columbia to enroll, she was turned away. University officials had not known that she was African American.

She tried eleven times to enter the University of Missouri. She filed the first of several lawsuits against the university on October 13, 1939. In 1941 the state supreme court finally ruled in Bluford’s favor. The University of Missouri had to admit her because no equal program existed at Lincoln University(The all-black university). In response, the School of Journalism closed its graduate program. It claimed that it could not operate properly because a majority of its professors and students were serving in World War II.

She became a leading voice in the civil rights movement in Kansas City and helped make the Call one of the largest and most important black newspapers in the nation. Eventually, the University of Missouri honored her. In 1984, Bluford received an Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism from theSchool of Journalism. In 1989 the university gave her an honorary doctorate.

She died in Kansas City on June 13, 2003, at the age of 91, having worked at theCall for seventy years.

THE BIG A&E STORY THIS WEEK IS:

Former Chicago resident, and current network owner and Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award recipient Oprah Winfrey was a guest on his post-Oscars party Sunday after the Oscar telecast for an interview in which they discussed her history with Oscar, her tweeting habits, her plans for, and how she more or less invented planking.

Winfrey also took part in a Kimmel sketch in which he pitched ideas for her OWN network, which ranged from the ridiculous (the Jimmy and Oprah Interview, in which they simultaneously chat up guests like Jennifer Aniston) to the Book Club Fight Club and Oprah Repos Favorite Things need to become real programming. Check out both the interview and the sketch below:

http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/02/27/jimmy-kimmel-oscar-movie/

The sketches were hilarious and was great TV. Plus, it was good to see Oprah be, well, human! LOL

Two ILLI MOians were among the 12 celebrities selected to be a part of Dancing With The Stars’ upcoming season. They were Chicago native and Emmy Award winning talk show host Sherri Sherpherd and Washington, Mo actor Jack Wagner (PICTURED). Others included singer Gladys Knight, tennis legend Martina Navratilova and actress Melissa Gilbert. The series kicks off its new season March 19 on ABC.

The competitors and their professional dance partners were announced Tuesday on "Good Morning America."

The Smithsonian broke ground for its 19th museum, the National Museum of African American History and Culture last week in an invitation-only groundbreaking ceremony on the National Mall. President Barack Obama spoke at the ceremony. Other honored guests included First Lady Michelle Obama, former First Lady Laura Bush, and Rep. John Lewis. The ceremony took place on the museum’s five-acre site adjacent to the Washington Monument at 14th Street and Constitution Avenue N.W.

Obama, whose posters from the 2008 presidential campaign of Barack Obama, the first African-American president were donated to the musuem, said the National Museum of African American History and Culture would ensure that the sometimes difficult, often inspirational role that blacks have played will not be forgotten.

"This day has been a long time coming," Obama said, speaking under a tent erected on the National Mall at the future site.

The president called the museum, which is to open in 2015, "not just an achievement for our time, but a monument for all time." He said he hoped that it not only would preserve history but also inspire future generations, including his daughters, Sasha and Malia.

The museum, a seven-level structure with much of its exhibit space below ground, will rise between the Washington Monument and the National Museum of American History.

The construction of the museum will begin in summer 2012 and is expected to take three years.

Speaking of artifacts donated, St Louis native rock legend Chuck Berry’s candy-apple red 1973 Eldorado was given to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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Chicagoan singer/actress Jennifer Hudson is on the witness list for the upcoming trial of a man accused of killing her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew.

The Chicago Tribune reports, however, that prosecutors haven't yet disclosed whether Hudson will actually testify at William Balfour's trial, which is slated to begin April 9.

Balfour was the estranged husband of Hudson's sister, Julia. Hudson's mother and brother were found dead in the family's home on Chicago's South Side in 2008. Her nephew's body was found days later in a vehicle on the city's West Side.

A court filing by prosecutors last week contains detectives' reports from interviews with Hudson after the deaths. According to the filing, Hudson told investigators she'd known Balfour since childhood and had advised her sister against marrying him.

This is going to be another star studded court trial filled with real life drama. It’s going to be interesting how the media (ie Court TV,) covers this trial which looks like it will be watercooler talk for weeks to come.

In other J Hud newz, she is reportedly on a short list of singers considered to play the late Whitney Houston in an upcoming biopic. Others included Rihanna, Jordin Sparks, Brandy and Vivica Fox. The flick will be reportedly produced by her mentor record label executive Clive Davis, reports say.

According to the Daily Mail, Davis is looking to finalize a script soon.

Of those considered, J Hud may be likely—the others definitely NO. We think Kelly Rowland may be the best choice because she favors Whitney.

And in more J Hud newz, she recently wrapped up a music video for the song, “Think Like A Man” from the upcoming movie, “Act Like A Man,” that is set to air on various networks The clip was directed by Chris Robinson. It also features Neyo and Rick Ross and one of the stars of the movie, comedian Kevin Hart.

To see the video go to http://www.aceshowbiz.com/video/download/00026176/

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This week, a sign bearing the name of the late comedian Bernie Mac has been raised over a street in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood where he was born and raised. Reportedly, about 200 people, including his widow Rhoda McCullough, daughter Je'Niece McCullough and the Rev. Jesse Jackson, gathered on a corner near the home where he grew up.

Je'Niece told the Associated Press that she hopes renaming the street Bernie Mac Street reminds people "they can do whatever they want to do in life."

Mac, born Bernard McCullough, died in August 2008 at age 50 from pneumonia complications, after suffering from sarcoidosis, an autoimmune disease.

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Michael Jordan's longtime personal residence in suburban Chicago is for sale for $29 million. The sprawling estate is in Highland Park, along Lake Michigan, and has more than 56,000 square feet of living space. That includes nine bedrooms, 15 baths and five fireplaces. There's also a three-bedroom guesthouse, pool area, outdoor tennis court and three climate-controlled multi-car garages.

An indoor basketball complex features a full-size regulation court with specially cushioned hardwood flooring and competition-quality high intensity lighting. It's also got a sound system set up to provide perfect acoustics within the court space.

The property was put on the market Wednesday by Katherine Chez-Malkin of Baird & Warner Real Estate.

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St. Louis’s own Devon Alexander made his welter weight debut, against Marcos Maidana last Saturday on HBO Fight Night. Alexander, 25, used his added weight to record a unanimous 10-round decision over Maidana on Saturday night. He improved to 23-1. Maidana, from Argentina, fell to 31-3 in his welterweight debut.Alexander captured nine of 10 rounds on two judges’ cards.

HBO’s hit late-night boxing franchise began a new season with this fight which had taken place at Scott Trade Center in St Louis (no info as of yet on the attendance)

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The controversial St Louis based competition Battle of the Complexions that was held last Friday at a nightclub called The Venue to celebrate Black History Month made (inter)national headlines because of its connotative aspects of separating the different skin colors of women and deciding which skin color was the best resulting in the St Louis Chapter of the NAACP to step in to address the issue. It also resulted in Mack TV, the promoter, and Nelly Da Celeb the host of it, to issue a statement regarding the backlash:

"MACK TV & NELLY DA'CELEB WOULD LIKE TO CLEAR UP THE MISUNDERSTANDING OF OUR CONCEPT FOR THIS PARTY...ITS NOT TO DEGRADE WOMEN OR DIVIDE SKIN COLORS..IT'S SIMPLY TO SEE WHICH COMPLEXION OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN REPRESENTS THE MOST ( lightskinned , caramel - brown , or darkskinned )

AS A WHOLE , MALE & FEMALE!

I CAN SEE THE MISUNDERSTANDING WITH OUR PROMO.....WE COULD HAVE USED A BETTER CHOICE OF WORDS....IN NO WAY DID WE MEAN TO OFFEND THE OFFENDED...AND THERE WAS A TIME WE WERE NOT PROUD TO BE LIGHT OR DARK...WE JUS BE PROUD OF YOUR SKIN COLOR...

IT'S BLACK HISTORY MONTH , SO WE MADE A PARTY THEME DEDICATED TO OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN CROWD. THE YOUNGER GENERATION IS LOVING THIS PARTY BECAUSE HERE'S THE FIRST TIME EVER YOU CAN COME OUT & BE PROUD THAT YOU ARE BLACK!! REGARDLESS IF YOU'RE LIGHT-SKINNED , BROWN-SKINNED , or DARK-SKINNED , YOU'RE STILL BLACK!! SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION & MISLEADING INFO."

Having a contest on which black complexion is the best one during Black History Month is quite disturbing. In their press release they say they weren’t trying to degrade women or divide skin colors. It may not have been degrading women but it maligns women based on their skin color. And dividing women is exactly what the contest done—with the battle! They admit they could have used a better choice of words, but on a bigger picture—the concept was not well thought out. If they wanted to celebrate Black History Month for a younger club crowd they could have done a contest to see which young lady best represents blackness—PERIOD based on their beauty, their heritage and their femininity.

(SEE STL NEWZ BELOW FOR MORE INFO OF THIS STORY)

THE BIG STL NEWZ STORY IS:

IN OTHER STL NEWZ

The Cardinals and Gold Glove catcher Yadier Molina are reportedly close to an agreement on a multi-year extension with an average annual value exceeding $10 million. The Cardinals talked with Molina’s agent Melvin Roman, who was in town last week. Molina reportedly expressed wanting to remain in St. Louis shortly after arriving in Jupiter, Fla for Spring Training last month . The catcher is in his last year of a five year deal that pays him $7 million. Team officials declined to comment regarding the status of talks except to deny a rumor that a deal was already in place.

Looks like Molina is receiving his extension without having to wait til the end of the 2012 season to go back to the table but then again, its not a over 200 million contract at stake either like his former colleague Albert Pujols.

UPDATE: The Cardinals announced Thursday the completion of a five-year extension with catcher Yadier Molina.The contract will be added to his existing contract for the 2012 season and guarantee Molina's place behind the plate through 2017. The contract includes a mutual option for 2018, and the total value of the six years would equal $88 million.

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The seventh-ranked Mizzou Tigers squeaked a 78-72 victory against Iowa State Cyclones Wednesday that assured them the No. 2 seed in the Big 12 tournament next week. Mizzou is 26-4 overall and 13-3 in Big 12 action; ISU is 21-9 and 11-6. Sixth-man Michael Dixon led five Tigers in double figures with 21 points. Royce White had 20 points, nine assists and six rebounds for the Cyclones before an announced crowd of reportedly 14,837 at Mizzou Arena.

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St. Louis residents expressed outrage this week over a “Battle of the Complexions” contest that took place last Friday night, at The Venue in Wellston, Mo. but the event’s promoters said they organized it to honor African-American women and regretted any “misunderstanding.”

Promotional materials, including the poster, promised a contest to see which African-American women are most attractive — those with light skin, those with brown skin or those with dark skin.

“This is the most debatable topic of the year, whats the sexiest skin complexion?? So ladies come out & lets settle this!!” the promoters — Mack TV, a video and music promotional company, and a local “men’s entertainment” promoter calling himself Nelly Da’Celeb — said on a Facebook page for the event, according to msnbc.com

. Adolphus Pruitt, president of the St. Louischapter of the NAACP, said the event “raises the … hair on the back of people’s necks like me and some other folks.”

“Folks who buy into it, support it, feed into it, they’re just assuring that using race — using the skin complexion of women, devaluating women and things of this nature — is going to continue to happen, because as long as people spend money to take advantage of it, somebody’s going to use it as a promotional tool,” Pruitt told NBC station KSDK.

After the contest was highlighted this week by Kevin C. Johnson, a music writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, negative reaction was reportedly swift and loud.

Camille Houston, an African-American woman from St. Louis, told KSDK that she found the promotion offensive because it perpetuates historical divisions in the African-American community centered on skin tone.

“Some guys will say, ‘I don’t like talking to dark-skinned girls,’ or, you know, some girls will say. ‘I don’t like talking to dark-skinned guys,’” Houston said.

In a post Thursday on Nelly Da’Celeb’s (PICTURED)personal Facebook page, Mack TV and Nelly Da’Celeb said they understood why some people were upset but that the event would go on:

Following the event, Nelly Da Celeb and his fans commented on Facebook. Here are some of those comments:

Nelly DA Celeb: “So in ONE WEEK , ive ben on CHANNEL 2 , CHANNEL 4 , CHANNEL 5 , CHANNEL 11 , MSNBC , POST DISPATCH , RADIO 89.5 FM , & now MEDIATAKEOUT.COM!!! ALL THIS (( FREE PUBLICITY )) NOW I AINT JUS LOCAL NO MORE....IM A NATIONAL CELEB NOW!!! ERRBDY KNO MY NAME!!! LMAO

Sooooo im watchin news ch 5... And I see the story abt yall light vs brwn vs dark.....ppl takin it WAY to serious....naacp gettin involved.

Jazmin Looney Head Anthony

All the old ppl on my friendslist fussin about yo party lol the media fussin ain't doin nothin but helpin yo promo for free

.im on my way to stardom!!!

Phillip Mrbluntblog Wilburn

‎ I SALUTE YOU MY NIGGA FOR……I SEE YOU DOING YO THANG IF AINT NOBODY SHOWING LOVE THEY JUST HATING….

Bam Martin

Wow this is too much playin for real! True, the party got big promo from media, but what’s cringing is Nelly da Celeb feeling that he has arrived and has made star status based upon it. True, he’s got star status, but for how long? The spotlight comes and goes. Ego is clouding up the real issue that the event has put a negative light on the topic of which skin color is the best. And that’s not in a good light. Pun intended.

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March 1 is the deadline for the ST LOUIS RAMS to approve or do a counter-proposal in response to the CVC's proposal to split the $120 million renovations of the Edward Jones Dome before the lease expires in 2015.

We will keep you posted on the outcome when it is reported.

UPDATE: The Rams organization and owner Stan Kroenke rejected the CVC’s plan and will respond with a counterproposal that the CVC will vote on. The deadline the Rams have given to the CVC is May 1. If the CVC rejects it, then the CVC has the right to take it to arbitration.

No surprise after the CVC bent over backwards to amend the lease last month on “all games must be played at home” clause to allow the Rams to leave the country and play in London We think its going to arbitration and here a decision will be made whether CVC must agree to the Rams terms or the Rams must agree to CVC’s terms and on whether the Rams will stay in or leave St Louis after the 2015 lease expiration year with that decision to be settled supposedly in December 2012.

The late Negro Leagues ambassador Buck O'Neil was inducted Monday into the Hall of Famous Missourians. A bust of the former Kansas City Monarchs first baseman, will reportedly grace the state Capitol's third-floor rotunda.

O'Neil won two batting titles during his 11 seasons with the Monarchs, a team in baseball's Negro Leagues. He was later hired as a scout by the Chicago Cubs in 1962, making him the first black in a coaching position with Major League Baseball.

After his baseball career, O'Neil raised money to build the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City.

He returned to Kansas City in the late 1980s as a scout for the Royals.

In 2006, O'Neil became the oldest professional baseball player in history, signing a one-day contract with a minor league team a few months before he died at the age of 94

O'Neil was unfortunately passed over for induction into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.

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St Joseph, Mo native and High School German teacher Patrick Quinn won the "Jeopardy!" Teachers Tournament competition this week coming away with $100,000 and a guaranteed spot on the show's "Tournament of Champions."

Quinn won with the correct answer to this clue from the category The 1960s: "On nominating this man in 1967, LBJ said 'It is the right thing to do, the right time to do it, and the right man & the right place.'"

The correct answer, formed as a question of course, was: "Who is Thurgood Marshall?" (Marshall was the first African-American Supreme Court justice.)

Quinn, of Chesterfield, entered the competition with $5,589 from the Final Jeopardy! round. That amount was combined with what he won in the finals to come up with his two-day of $22,300, enough to edge out two other teachers and claim the $100,000 prize.

The Teachers Tournament began with 15 players and was filmed in January in Culver City, Calif.

The day after the "Jeopardy" show aired this week he got a warm reception at the high school where he teaches at Ritenour High School where they reportedly held an assembly in honor of Quinn.

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East St Louis native rapper and TMA nominee Gena announced on Twitter this week that he just signed to Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def label. He signed his contract with Freeman Bosley Junior Law Firm reps Bosley, Daniel Brown and Star Power Promotions’ Tony T Luv Davis and Abe Perkins as witnesses at the Bosley Law Firm in downtown St. Louis.

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The St Louis Gateway Classic set for Sept 28 has been cancelled . Reportedly the annual ‘sportsfest’, that has been in existence since 1994, has been canceled this fall, due to a “ lack of interest by a community that wallows in high school sports, the Blues, and Cardinals baseball games, and even the St. Louis Rams, NFL team; and the Missouri Tigers and St. Louis University’s basketball teams are hot ticket items.” (quote from writer Gentry Trotter from his website Globe Trotter). Its CEO, Earl Wilson died in 2010 and his son, Richard Gray took over the realms the following year which resulted in the first ever doubleheader with Lincoln U v MSSU and UAPB v Clark Atlanta.

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Tony and Emmy Award winning actress Leslie Uggams will reprise her role as Muzzy in this summer's production of "Thoroughly Modern Millie" at the Muny. In its premiere Muny production, the show will run June 18-24. Season tickets to the Muny go on sale March 3.

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Circus Flora returns to the Grand Center big top with "The Wizard - Merlin & the Legends of King Arthur," a new show that celebrates the magical world of Camelot.The circus runs from May 31 to June 24 in Grand Center underneath the big top adjacent to Powell Hall.

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Mustard Seed, Upstream and Imaginary Theatre Co. — will present scenes from plays that deal with race at "Conversations…Racism," a discussion that the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis is sponsoring in conjunction with its current Mainstage production, David Mamet’s “Race.”

Nicole Hudson Hollway, general manager of the St. Louis Beacon, will lead a discussion after each of the scenes, which are taken from “Driving Miss Daisy” by Alfred Uhry, “Blood Knot” by Athol Fugard and “Spinning Into Butter” by Rebecca Gilman.

Panelists include Amy Hunter, director of racial justice at YWCA Metro St. Louis; David Carl Wilson, dean of arts and sciences at WebsterUniversity; and Dr. Kira Banks, assistant professor of psychology.

A sharp-edged legal drama about race, sex and honesty, “Race” runs at the Rep through March 4.

"Conversations…Racism" is 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Browning Mainstage at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, 130 Edgar Road. The event is free

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REO Speedwagon, Styx and Ted Nugent headline the Midwest Rock N’ Roll Express Tour, coming to Verizon Wireless Amphitheater June 22.

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Comedian Margaret Cho is at Lumiere Place Casino’s Lumiere Theater for two shows, 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. June 23.

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St Lunatics member Kyjuan will host Muscato Mondays @ the Aqua Bar

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TMA nominee Vega has a new CD called “Small City, Big Dreams” To download it go to http://stlmixtapes.com/2012/02/vega-heartbreak-small-city-big-dreams/

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Sexy N The STL will have a watch party for its 2nd season March 7 at Club Hush Located at 19^th and Washington

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There will be a video shoot for T-DOT'S song "BAD BI&%HES" at Friday Night Rush at The Venue this Friday.

Comedian Wanda Sykes is at the Peabody Opera House with a concert on March 8.

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Radiohead will perform March 9 at Scottrade Center and March 11 at Sprint Center in Kansas City.

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T.I. will be in concert at the Ambassador March 10

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Mike Epps at Chaifetz Arena March 10

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A Tribute to Whitney Houston by Cheryl Brown & Friends is taking place from 5 p.m.-9 p.m. March 11 at Jazz at the Bistro.

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Country singer Don Williams is at the Roberts Orpheum Theater with a concert. March 14

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Everlast is at Lumiere Place Casino's Lumiere Theater with a show on March 16.

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Rapper Tyga is at the Pageant at 8 p.m. March 16.

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Kelly Clarkson March 16 • Fox Theatre

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New Edition’s Reunion Tour comes to the Scott Trade Center March 29. SWV opens.

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Peter Frampton March 30 • Peabody Opera House

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Emmy Award winning Actor William Shatner will perform his one-man show "Shatner's World: We Just Live in It" at The Peabody Opera House April 12.

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Emmy nominated comedian/TV host Bill Maher will perform at The Family Arena April 15.

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Comedian Adam Corolla performs at Pageant April 20

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Emmy winning comedian Dana Carvey will headline at the 24th Annual Bob CostasBenefit for SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center beginning April 21 at The Fox Theatre.

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R&B group Kool and the Gang will open for rock group Van Halen at the April 29 atScottrade Center.

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Pop music diva Diana Ross is set to headline this year's Dinner with the Stars on April 28 at the Peabody Opera House.

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Comedian Kevin Hart comes to the Concert Club at Scottrade Center with a concert on April 13.

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Actor and comedian Kevin Pollak, will perform April 14 at Lumiere Place Casino’s Lumiere Theater.

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Bowling for Soup will perform May 1 at the Old Rock House.

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Actor-comedian Aziz Ansari comes to the Pageant May 11.

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Steve Winwood is at Peabody Opera House, in concert on May 14.

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Rocker Daughtry comes to Peabody Opera House with a concert on May 16.

HAPPY STL PIESCESians B DAZEs (FEB. 26- MARCH 3)

Former NFL player Milton Reed(PICTURED), radio personality Kevin Pulley, promoter Mocha Latte, actor Victor Little, comedian Princeton Dew, promoter Ezekiel Obasi, and dancer Blanche Haley

BLIND DISHZ. Which STL promoter and socialite got overtly sexual in his salacious tweets(e.g. getting oral while relieving themselves on the throne?)

HINT. #1 The promoter is a male

HINT #2. The promoter is part of a promotion team

HINT #3. Part of this promoters’ moniker is of “royality” status.

PRO-MO-CIAL-ITES (FEB 26-MAR 3)

Which STL promoters and socialites got it in this week?

Seviin Li (RIGHT). Coming off of hosting her show Seviin at 7 on eibynelly.com, she will open for EI Institute’s first installment of its Speaker series Thursday (March 1) at Lumiere Theatre with Real Housewives of Atlanta stars Kandi Burress and Phaedra Parks (SEE EVENTZ BELOW)

Mocha Latte(FAR RIGHT). The Queen of Promotions who is coming off of a whirlwind trip to Las Vegas to celebrate her 40^th birthday is hosting her monthly poetry showcase Got Lyrics that will be held Thursday (March 1) at the Inspot Dessert Lounge. She will also host and hype it up at her Saturday gig at The Loft.

Nelly Da Celeb (FAR LEFT). This up and coming promoter made national newz recently for hosting the controversial Battle of the Complexions contest promted with Mack TV (and part of its weekly network party Friday Night Rush) that was held at The Venue. Coming off of a radio interview with DJ Whobeta on 89.5 The Wave, he hosted the weekly Leggins Contest that takes place Sundays at The Venue And Friday, he is hosting a Tattoo Party for this week’s Friday Night Rush also at The Venue.

Tony J. (LEFT) This veteran radio personality who can be heard weekdays on WHHL FM, is back with the 2^nd Annual Too Much Action Weekend that will consist of "Traffic Media Affair"highlighting media personalities and business people at Bar Italia on Friday (Mar 2), a "Community Wellness Fair" at Better Family Life on Saturday (Mar 3) and later that day, The TMAs "Soooo! St. Louis" Hair & Fashion Show" at the Aqua Bar and on Sunday (March 3) the Traffic Music Awards that will be held at The Ambassador (SEE EVENTZ BELOW)

WORDZ TO THE WHYZ???????????????????

Why were NASCAR drivers tweeting while driving on the tarp? Why is Aretha’s people trying to spin the reason why she didn’t attend Whitney’s funeral? Why did Target still have cards making fun of Whitney? (If its true) Why didn’t Chris Brown think before snatching that cell phone from that fan when hes on probation? Why did Mary J Blige think she could do a "whitney" singing the Star Spangled Banner at this year's NBA All Star Game? Why didn’t the promoters of the Battle of the Complexions didn’t think there wouldn’t be a backlash of their competition from the black community? And why aint St Louis haven’t had a real snow storm?

AT THE OSCARS

Why did Billy Crystal do a Sammy Davis Jr impression in blackface in his video montage? Why didn’t Viola Davis win?Why didn’t the Oscars ban Sasha Cohen like they said they were? Why are folks still persisting that J Lo showed her ariola in her dress? Why did Woody Allen win? Why did The Help joke about not finding black women in Beverly Hills come off a bit racist? Why were there just two songs in the Best Song category? Why didn’t the Oscars ask Chris Rock to host after he killed during his presentation of Best Animated Short?

Drake LIVE March 1st at Sprint Center in Kansas City

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Meet N Greet Your Favorite Real Housewives of Atlanta Kandi and Phaedra, March1 at 7:30 p.m. at Lumiere Place Theater. Ticket info go to www.eibynelly.com

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Barry Manilow March 1-2 • Fox Theatre

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Comedian Princeton Dew has a Bday comedy jam march 2 at the ambassador plus a tribute to Whitney Houston tickets are $15 reg $20 Vip or Tables .For advance tickets call.314-599-0705

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Eddie Money, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. March 2 at ticketmaster.com and the ETC gift shop located inside Lumiere Place Casino

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DJ epic will have a birthday bash this Friday.. March 2nd!!
at the Inspot Dessert Lounge 5854 Delmar Blvd (near hamilton) 9pm - 1am

http://www.facebook.com/events/303078176419016/

*** THE VENUE ( MAR. 2ND ) BIGGEST TATTOO VIDEOSHOOT JAM ***

**( CHECK MY ARTWORK )** -- LADIES (( $5 )) TIL 11PM -- T-DOT'S VIDEOSHOOT 4 SINGLE ( BAD BI&%HES ) ERRBDY IS INVITED!

--EVERYBODY-- w/ @ LEAST (( 3 )) TATTOOS -- FREE -- TIL 10PM

--NELLY DA'CELEB-- ROCKING DA MIC <> --DJ CUE-- ON DA 1'S & 2'S

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The Ultimate Fashion Competition meets the Ultimate Dance Competition, March 2, 2012 at Rooks Gameday, 12322 Dorsett Rd.. 8 p.m. $5 cover For more info visit www.rooksbar.com or http://dubstepstl.tumblr.com/ for more info

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**Friday, March 2, 2012 The TMAs "Traffic Media Affair"

GET YO TIX NOW

Bar Italia

13 Maryland Plaza, Saint Louis, MO 63108

$15 ADV / $20 DOOR

Doors Open @ 7pm Show Starts @ 8pm til 10pm

Media meet & greet & Photo Op with sponsors, nominees, presenters, performers and fans. The TMAs will Present winners of the following(12) Categories: Business, Educator, Poet, Legend, Author, Politician, Humanitarian, Publication, Cell Phone Company, Car Dealership, Comic, TV Personality.Performances by St. Louis' Hottest Bands, Neo-Soul Artist, Comics & Poets

3 DAY PASS:

GEN: $30

VIP: $40

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WOP WOP WOW presents JIM JONES LIVE @ POSH FRI MAR 2,

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SAT MARCH 3RD IS OOOPs LIVE SHOW @CLUB ESCALADE

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**Saturday, March 3, 2012 The TMAs "Community Wellness Fair"

Better Family Lifel – 6017 Natural Bridge Ave., SAINT LOUIS, MO, 63120

FREE FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY - EVERYONES WELCOME

Doors Open @ 10 am - 1 pm
We would like to invite you to join us for an incredible evening of local wellness festivities! The TMAs: Community Wellness Fair is a fundraiser to benefit the Tony J. Johnson Charitable Fund. It is also a fantastic way to get to know your local wellness service providers and businesses, taste some healthy local food and beverages, hear some incredible local music.

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**Saturday, March 3, 2012 The TMAs "Soooo! St. Louis" Hair & Fashion Show"

Aqua Bar
4571 GRAVOIS AVE, SAINT LOUIS, MO, 63116

GEN: $10 ADV / $15 DOOR
Doors Open @ 7pm Show Starts @ 8pm - 10pm
A High Energy Extravaganza to showcase & display the cuttin' edge styles of the show me state! The TMAs will present winners of the following Categories: Clothing Designer/Company, Venue, Barber Shop, Model, Beauty Shop, Dancer/Choreographer, Tattoo Shop, Photographer, Graphics Designer/Company.Performances by New Hot St. Louis R&B and Hip Hop Artist, Dancers & DJs.

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THIS SAT. MARCH 3RD @ 609 LOUNGE! "I BLEED BLACK & GOLD"

U. CITY CLASS OF "92" REUNION FUNDRAISER PARTY

@609 LOUNGE!

PRESENTED BY:

ROCKHOUSE ENT * TOPHER JONES * CLOSE TO FAMOUS * CHASE *

OUTTOWN

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

OUT 1104--ILLI MO BITZ (MARCH 1-7)

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