OLD NORTH SNOW CONE: crushed ice culture
Tomorrow in Old North St. Louis is the Crown Square Ribbon-Cutting & Street Festival. Crown Square is the most significant redevelopment to take place in the Old North Saint Louis historic neighborhood in many decades. This ambitious undertaking includes the historic rehabilitation of 27 buildings and replacing the two- block long “pedestrian mall” with new streets, sidewalks, lighting, parking and other public amenities. If you care about historic preservation, sustainable development, and transformative, community-based neighborhood revitalization…then you must come and celebrate. I will be leading a performance entitled ”OLD NORTH SNOW CONE: crushed ice culture”.
On July 29, 2010, artist Juan William Chávez will lead a performance
for the grand opening of the Crown Square in Old North St. Louis. The
performance is a snow cone stand in which Chavez will ask members of
the audience to create a drawing in exchange for a snow cone. In
addition, Chavez will incorporate snow cone drawings that were created
during a workshop with children from the Old North neighborhood.
Chávez worked with education and program consultant, Kathryn
Adamchick, to create a workshop that focused on snow cone culture and
its relationship to the community. The children viewed a slide show of
various snow cones from cultures around the world. After they finished
examining unfamiliar flavors and seemingly strange practices, like
sprinkling chili powder on a snow cone or topping it with kidney
beans, they had an opportunity to design their own snow cone flavors.
The workshop concluded with the children sampling some of the exotic
fruits and flavors they saw in the slide show such as fresh mango,
guava juice, and hot pepper jelly. The workshop took place at the Urban Studio Café.
Who - Juan William Chavez, artist
What - Performance - OLD NORTH SNOW CONE: crushed ice culture Grand
opening of the Crown Square in Old North St. Louis.
When - July 29, 2010 4-8 p.m.
Where - Old North St. Louis- 2600-2700 bocks of N. 14th Street
Why - For the grand opening of the Crown Square
David Johnson installing
