Events and Performances

4th Annual Birthday Bash Featuring The Soulard Blues Band and Sonja GholstonByrd

Friday, October 5, 2018

Each year we throw a party to thank our supporters, make new friends and raise funds to continue raising the voices of workers and their families.

Celebrate with us at Joe’s Café & Art Gallery. Enjoy the blues and be inspired by Voices of Solidarity. Bid on unique items and experiences in the Silent Auction. Sip beer, wine or a special B&R birthday cocktail along with soft drinks and snacks available at our Donation Station.

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$20 General Admission

$30 Advanced Reserved Patron seating, limited to first 30 pre-paid tickets.

When: Friday, October 5th from 7 – 10 pm
Where: Joe’s Cafe and Art Gallery at 6014 Kingsbury Ave, St. Louis, MO 63112

For details, email Mary Barber or call her at 314.494.6952

To Buy Tickets

Please use the link for Online Contributions, enter the payment amount and indicate the event and number of tickets in the “Special Instructions” box.

No paper tickets will be issued. A list of pre-paid guests will be available at the door.

Checks can be mailed to:

Bread and Roses – Missouri

Mail Address: 2725 Clifton
St. Louis, MO 63139

Shaw Art Fair Mandala Workshops

Saturday, October 6 & Sunday October 7, 2018

Come to the Shaw Art Fair to learn about the history and art behind Mandalas, and even make your own! More specifics closer to the time of the Fair. Located on the tree-lined parkway of beautiful Flora Place at Tower Grove Avenue, the Historic Shaw Art Fair is one of the premier fine art and fine craft fairs in the St. Louis area. $7 per adult, which is good for both days! Children 14 & under are free with an adult. Bring a non-perishable food item to receive $1 off admission—benefiting Isaiah 58 Ministries and Mount Olive Church

When: Saturday, October 6th from 9 am – 5 pm; Sunday, October 7th from 10 am to 5 pm

Where: Historic Shaw Neighborhood, 4100 Flora Pl, St Louis, MO 63110

For details, email Joan Suarez or call her at 314.380.0174

The Workers’ Opera

Saturday, October 20 & Sunday October 21, 2018

The Workers’ Opera productions have been well received at the Grand Center Theatre Crawl, The Missouri History Museum, and in Columbia, Missouri.

Now, we perform at two local union halls. This new rendition, revamped and remixed, includes some of the original cast as well as new additions, new poems, new music, dance and movement, historical reenactments and many new stories.

Saint Louis has a rich, mostly unexplored labor history. And there is history in the making again today, as fast food workers, home health care workers, childcare workers, university adjuncts, call center workers, hotel workers and lawn care workers begin to find their voice; all of this in the face of the political push in Missouri for so-called right to work legislation in the private and public sectors. Ferguson, too, has made it increasingly clear that workers engaged in these organizing efforts understand clearly the connection between workers’ rights and civil rights in this post-industrial society growing up around us.

To honor these efforts, Bread & Roses Missouri is producing a workers’ opera to connect the then with the now. The performers are workers turned actors, members of the movement itself, commemorating their history, and sharing the current experience of the ongoing struggle. This show continues the rich local tradition of celebrating social justice and solidarity with the arts.

Two Performances to Choose from:

When: Saturday October 20th at 10 am / Where: CWA #6300, 2268 Grissom Drive St. Louis, MO 63146

When: Sunday October 21st at 1 pm / Where: Laborer’s #110, 4532 South Lindbergh, St. Louis, MO 63127