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StitchCast Studio is a podcast produced by Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective in Saint Louis, Missouri. It’s a show about the streets, gun violence, and finding solutions to issues that are coming at our youth hard. The voices of youth of color are important to hear at this critical time. StitchCast Studio creates a series of leveled conversations about issues that concern youth related to health, safety and violence. This is the place to come to hear real conversations about what’s on the minds of 16-25 year old St. Louis teens and young adults and catch some powerful new ideas for solutions. Programs include original spoken word and music produced by Saint Louis Story Stitchers. Saint Louis Story Stitchers is a nationally recognized Artists Collective know for high quality art ad innovative youth violence prevention programs. StitchCast Studio has received supported from the National Endowment for the Arts, On the web at arts dot gov. Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs has been provided by provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, The Lewis Prize for Music Accelerator Award, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention, March For Our Lives Aid & Alliance, Deaconess Foundation, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, Missouri Arts Council, Missouri Humanities Council, Arts and Education Council, and The Divided City, Washington University in St. Louis. To learn more visit storystitchers.org.
Episodes
Thursday May 19, 2022
Thursday May 19, 2022
Parenting
In this week’s StitchCast our panel sits down and imagines life as a parent. What would it be like to raise a child in today’s complicated world? BlueBeatz, father of two, joins in on the discussion.
Recorded in Zoom on February 24, 2022.
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Different I by Emeara Burns
Different II Branden Lewis
Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2016 and 2017
Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Story Stitchers is supported by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2021, Lush Corporation’s The Charity Pot, and March For Our Lives Aid & Alliance.
Sunday May 01, 2022
Sunday May 01, 2022
Youth leaders have a conversation about art and social media. Recorded in Zoom in St. Louis, Missouri on March 25, 2022.
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Prairie Therapy, Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2019
Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Story Stitchers is supported by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2021, Lush Corporation’s The Charity Pot, and March For Our Lives Aid & Alliance.
Sunday May 01, 2022
Sunday May 01, 2022
Youth leaders discuss misconceptions about gender and navigating the age old traditions of gender roles in contemporary life. Recorded in Zoom in St. Louis, Missouri on March 24, 2022.
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Youth guitarist Alexis, live at Central Stage, StitchCast Studio, 2022
Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Story Stitchers is supported by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2021, Lush Corporation’s The Charity Pot, and March For Our Lives Aid & Alliance.
Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
StitchCast Studio Special Edition: Podcasts in the Park VIII
Bobby Norfolk
Recorded live at Shaw Nature Reserve, Missouri Botanical Gardens, September 19, 2021
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To The Prairie
KP Dennis and Ntegrity with Troy Anthony on bass, Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2018
Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective presents Peace in the Prairie, an original presentation exploring the concepts of peace and violence, juxtaposing urban life as experienced by African American people living in the city of St. Louis, Missouri and the state’s endangered prairie lands.
Is the path towards peace through Missouri’s native prairies?
Join the Story Stitchers Friday, April 22, 2022 from 10:00 AM-9:30 PM on Earth Day! at the World's Fair Pavilion in Forest Park, St. Louis.
Main Event at 7:00 PM, Story Stitchers performance and film screening of Peace in the Prairie under the stars!
The event is free and open to the public. All ages are welcome.
Peace in the Prairie is presented with support from Missouri Arts Council, a State Agency, which receives support from the State of Missouri.
Story Stitchers is supported by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for Saint Louis Story Stitchers is provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, a City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2021, March For Our Lives Aid & Alliance, Edward Jones Community and Philanthropic Giving, and Kranzberg Arts Foundation.
Thursday Apr 14, 2022
Thursday Apr 14, 2022
Britny Cordera, event manager for Peace in the Prairie 2022, and Branden Lewis, Story Stitchers Youth Program Coordinator, discuss plans for Peace in the Prairie at the World's Fair Pavilion in Forest Park on Earth Day 2022!
The event which is free and open to the public will include vendors, presentations, performances and an original film. Peace in the Prairie is an original multimedia presentation exploring the concepts of peace and violence, juxtaposing urban life as experienced by black youth living in the city of St. Louis, Missouri with the state's unique endangered prairie lands.
Friday, April 22, 2022
Earth Day!
10:00 AM-9:30 PM
World’s Fair Pavilion, Forest Park
1904 Concourse Drive, St. Louis, MO 63110
Peace in the Prairie is presented with support from Missouri Arts Council, a State Agency, which receives support from the State of Missouri.
Story Stitchers is supported by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for Saint Louis Story Stitchers is provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2021, March For Our Lives Aid & Alliance, Edward Jones Community and Philanthropic Giving, and Kranzberg Arts Foundation.
Community Partners
St. Louis Public Libraries, Cabanne Branch
Audubon Center at Riverlands
Alive and Well
Crime Victims Center
Missouri Prairie Foundation
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
Power4STL aka The T with Punch Love!
Missouri Department of Conservation
Flora Conservancy of Forest Park
Perennial
Sierra Club, Missouri Chapter
Creative Reaction Lab
Women's Voices Raised For Social Justice
Yoga and Mindfulness with Michelle Fleming
Understanding Trauma with Alive and Well
Story Circle with Master Storyteller Bobby Norfolk
Birds in Missouri Prairies with Audubon Center at Riverlands
Who's Ready? Music Video Cameos with Troy Anthony
Performances
Ars Poetica - Spontaneous poetry
CommUNITY Arts Pop UP performances
MoSTLy Tap
Big Plate Dance + CS Academy
CS Academy Landscapes
Loukidz
Story Stitchers Pop UP Krump Dance to Bug and Bird Beatz
MAIN EVENT
7:00
Peace in the Prairie
Saint Louis Story Stitchers Performance
Film Screening
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To The Prairie, Ntegrity, KP Dennis, and Troy Anthony, Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2018
Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Story Stitchers is supported by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2021, Lush Corporation’s The Charity Pot, and March For Our Lives Aid & Alliance.
Thursday Apr 07, 2022
Thursday Apr 07, 2022
Youth leaders hold a public Story Circle as part of the Perception Isn’t Always Reality.
With support from the CDC Foundation, the Saint Louis Story Stitchers project Perception Isn’t Always Reality will engage Black teen and young adult artists to re-evaluate messages they may have received about COVID and vaccinations and evaluate the sources of the information. Through their own brand of urban storytelling that involves collaborative work in hip-hop music, krump dance, videography, photography, and podcasting, the artists will produce a body of work for the public to view on urban canvases, such as the sides of city buses, and listen to on the airwaves.
Dr. Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis, MD, MPH, the Director of Health for the City of St. Louis joins to answer questions about Covid vaccines for this live recording at Central Library, St. Louis Public Library, March 11, 2022.
Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Story Stitchers is supported by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2021, Lush Corporation’s The Charity Pot, and March For Our Lives Aid & Alliance.
Thursday Apr 07, 2022
Thursday Apr 07, 2022
StitchCast Studio SPECIAL EDITION: Perception Isn’t Always Reality: Part I
Youth leaders hold a public Story Circle as part of the Perception Isn’t Always Reality.
With support from the CDC Foundation, the Saint Louis Story Stitchers project Perception Isn’t Always Reality will engage Black teen and young adult artists to re-evaluate messages they may have received about COVID and vaccinations and evaluate the sources of the information. Through their own brand of urban storytelling that involves collaborative work in hip-hop music, krump dance, videography, photography, and podcasting, the artists will produce a body of work for the public to view on urban canvases, such as the sides of city buses, and listen to on the airwaves.
Sonya Kumpuckal, MPH, Health Education Coordinator, Division of Health Promotion and Public Health Research, Saint Louis County Department of Public Health, joins to answer questions about Covid vaccines for this live recording at the Lewis and Clark Branch Library, St. Louis County Libraries, March 19, 2022.
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Worthy
Saint Louis Story Stitchers for Perception Isn’t Always Reality, 2022
Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Story Stitchers is supported by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2021, Lush Corporation’s The Charity Pot, and March For Our Lives Aid & Alliance.
Sunday Apr 03, 2022
Sunday Apr 03, 2022
Youth leaders will discuss the war in Ukraine and the effects of the trauma of war on youth with Vy-Thao N Dao, a refugee from the Viet Nam War who lives and works in St. Louis.
Vy-Thao N Dao was born after the Viet Nam War ended. Her parents lived through the war and as a result, her father was detained in a re-education camp over 6 years, the majority of his 20’s. Vy came to the United States in the early 1990’s through the human operation program that sponsored all families that were incarcerated because of the war. Vy says there are many Vietnamese people living in St. Louis who came here through this program.
Youth leaders and Vy will discuss war and its impact on families and youth through stories of her own family and the migration of war refugees out of one’s home country.
Recorded live and in person at Central Stage, 3524 Washington Ave in St. Louis, Missouri on March 11, 2022.
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Youth guitarist recorded live on stage, 2022.
Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Story Stitchers is supported by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2021, Lush Corporation’s The Charity Pot, and March For Our Lives Aid & Alliance.
Sunday Apr 03, 2022
Sunday Apr 03, 2022
In this episode, youth leaders continue to explore the theme of misunderstanding which can lead to fear and even hate. This episode has a focus on neurodivergence and autism. Recorded in Zoom on March 22, 2022.
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Poem
Story Stitchers STL Youth Jobs intern, 2022
Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Story Stitchers is supported by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2021, Lush Corporation’s The Charity Pot, and March For Our Lives Aid & Alliance.
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
Youth leaders share stories about navigating teenage relationships, the meaning of “cheating”, and how to recognize healthy relationships. .
Recorded in Zoom on Central Stage Stage at Kranzberg Arts Foundation in the Grand Center Arts District for StitchCast Studio LIVE! on February 24, 2022.
Pick the City UP Art Interlude
WADE
The WHY of MY City album, Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2020
Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Story Stitchers is supported by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2021, Lush Corporation’s The Charity Pot, and March For Our Lives Aid & Alliance.