By day, Heather Brown-Hudson raises funds for Shriners Children’s Hospital, and her wife Lacie does the same for PROMO, Missouri’s statewide LGBTQ+ public policy and advocacy organization. But what do they do in their off hours? They raise more funds — for others. This dynamic duo is known for hosting extravagant gatherings at their West…
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Private Reception for Jonathan Karrant in Advance of His Blue Strawberry Performance
There’s nothing like being in a room full of talented musicians, and that’s exactly where I found myself Monday evening as socialites Russell Jackson and Alex Gutierrez opened their beautifully converted Lafayette Square firehouse for an intimate gathering. The guest list included some of St. Louis’s finest entertainers—Ron Bryant, Adam Levinskas, Chuck Flowers, Kim Fuller,…
Society Page: A Literary Salon at Geoff Story’s LaSalle Park Home
On Thursday evening, filmmaker Geoff Story and author Scott Alexander Hess hosted a vibrant queer literary salon at Story’s celebrated LaSalle Park home. The gathering, attended by an intergenerational mix of writers and readers, followed the New York-based Hess’s appearance at Left Bank Books, where he read from his latest novel, Drought. The evening’s lineup…