Last Shop Day: May 22nd

Stirrup Pants will go out with a bang the third weekend in May with a final shop-saturday and Sloup #4 on Sunday the 23rd.

All the beautiful chaps that don't sell by then will be sent back to their presses at the end of the month, wrapped in the finest saint louis lovin', so come scoop them up before they fly.

Keep an eye out for Heather Overby's next Exploding Swan that very same weekend on May 21st, which will be hosted by Slow Rocket Urban Farm!

And Amelia Colette Jones is taking Sloup mobile this summer, starting in June! On top of reaching out to artists who need funding, and soup and bread makers who want to share their talents, Sloup will now seek to partner with diverse arts and community spaces to make each Sloup unique.

I personally had an incredible year learning a little about how presses do their inspiring work, how writers and readers move through the world, and how saint louis is a truly compelling place to open a door and expect to love whomever walks in. Please email me at maggieginestra@gmail.com about what you're up to, what you're making, and what doors you're opening. I'd love to be included.

thanks, all! see you soon!

EXPLODING SWAN: LIKE IF ALLERGIES FELT REALLY GOOD

it's an itch and a scratch and more.

THE CODY RIVERS SHOW PRESENTS:

"Right Back Where We Finished" at Stirrup Pants on March 15th. Exploding Swan brought them to STL last year, and now we hope they never won't come.

tickets are $10 at the door, and we recommend coming right at 7:30 to fidget and shift. seating is super limited!

codyrivers.com

SLOUP #1: FEBRUARY 21ST @ 6 PM

come out to our monthly-soup-dinner-yields-guerrilla-arts-grants kick-off!

and read about it in the st louis beacon!

WHEN THE CHAIR BURNED...

it was so bright. Thank you, Cannibal, for being an awesomeness-magnet. Every poet truly fluttered and flamed, and STL misses them so much now.

Hearts are for breaking, we guess.

Thank you, also, Joseph Wood of Tuscaloosa, for bringing your Slash Pine Press team that same afternoon to talk chap-wizardry. You ARE wizards: you built a rose inside our chests!

Fresh chaps were generously left behind by Cannibal, Slash Pine, and DoubleCross - please everyone, come see these new goodies some soon Saturday!

THE 23RD WILL BE ONE HOT NIGHT @ STIRRUP

SUCH SPECIAL

being on cherokee street is like some kinda yummy board game come to life. SP is lucky to get to hang tight with this awesome event!