Peter Noire Musical Guest at Monday, August 27, Open-Mic

Peter Noire will be the musical guest at the •chance operations• FREE open-mic at Duff's, 392 N. Euclid, in the Central West End.

Free admission; doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Advance sign-up for the open-mic following the featured readers is encouraged. Click here to sign-up via e-mail.

Tom Simmons at July Open-Mic

Tom Simmons was one of six readers to step up to the •chance operations• open-mic at the July reading. Other readers were Jennifer Goldring, Will Kyle, Grady Manus, C.J. Smith, and Amy Genova.

The next •chance operations• reading will be an evening long open-mic on Monday, August 27, at Duff's, 392 N. Euclid, in the Central West End.

Free admission; doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Advance sign-up for the open-mic following the featured readers is encouraged. Click here to sign-up via e-mail.

Amy Genova at July Open-Mic

Amy Genova was one of six readers to step up to the •chance operations• open-mic at the July reading. Other readers were Jennifer Goldring, Grady Manus, C.J. Smith, and Tom Simmons.

The next •chance operations• reading will be an evening long open-mic on Monday, August 27, at Duff's, 392 N. Euclid, in the Central West End.

Free admission; doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Advance sign-up for the open-mic following the featured readers is encouraged. Click here to sign-up via e-mail.

C.J. Smith at July Open-Mic

C.J. Smith was one of six readers to step up to the •chance operations• open-mic at the July reading. Other readers were Jennifer Goldring, Grady Manus, Amy Genova, and Tom Simmons.

The next •chance operations• reading will be an evening long open-mic on Monday, August 27, at Duff's, 392 N. Euclid, in the Central West End.

Free admission; doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Advance sign-up for the open-mic following the featured readers is encouraged. Click here to sign-up via e-mail.

Grady Manus at July Open-Mic

Grady Manus was one of six readers to step up to the •chance operations• open-mic at the July reading. Other readers were Jennifer Goldring, Will Kyle, C.J. Smith, Amy Genova, and Tom Simmons.

The next •chance operations• reading will be an evening long open-mic on Monday, August 27, at Duff's, 392 N. Euclid, in the Central West End.

Free admission; doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Advance sign-up for the open-mic following the featured readers is encouraged. Click here to sign-up via e-mail.

Six Haiku

great blue heron stands
motionless shadow watching
... nearby wild plums bloom


death shroud of white mist
borne on whisper-soft cat paws --
river valley morn


frost covers the earth
a lady draped in fine lace
beautiful and cold


night grieves loss of light
stars tentatively console
... unmoved, nighthawks dance


skeletal trees weep
world wrapped in cold bleak winter
.. my heart walks alone


redtail hawk sits, blinks
mouse scuttles, gathering seeds
... somewhere a heart breaks

-- Grady Manus

Will Kyle at July Open-Mic

Will Kyle was one of six readers to step up to the •chance operations• open-mic at the July reading. Other readers were Jennifer Goldring, Grady Manus, C.J. Smith, Amy Genova, and Tom Simmons.

The next •chance operations• reading will be an evening long open-mic on Monday, August 27, at Duff's, 392 N. Euclid, in the Central West End.

Free admission; doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Advance sign-up for the open-mic following the featured readers is encouraged. Click here to sign-up via e-mail.

Jennifer Goldring at July Open-Mic

Jennifer Goldring was one of six readers to step up to the •chance operations• open-mic at the July reading. Other readers were Will Kyle, Grady Manus, C.J. Smith, Amy Genova, and Tom Simmons.

The next •chance operations• reading will be an evening long open-mic on Monday, August 27, at Duff's, 392 N. Euclid, in the Central West End.

Free admission; doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Advance sign-up for the open-mic following the featured readers is encouraged. Click here to sign-up via e-mail.

Joe Thebeau Musical Guest at Duff's on Monday, July 23

Our musical guest will be Joe Thebeau of Finn's Motel.

This •chance operations• reading will be an evening long open-mic on Monday, July 23, at Duff's, 392 N. Euclid, in the Central West End.

Free admission; doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Advance sign-up for the open-mic following the featured readers is encouraged. Click here to sign-up via e-mail.

Thomas Crone says of Joe Thebeau:

A longtime musician in the local rock scene, Thebeau came into prominence with the Finns (aka Finn Brothers) in the late '80s, the band reigniting the Saint Louis power pop flame. From there, he played through a variety of shorter-term gigs, like Sexicolor and A-OK, all the while writing songs that would eventually form the spine of Finn's Motel's debut album on Scat Records, Escape Velocity.

Thebeau's lyrics are far from the usual and you get as much talk about science as you do about love lost. Intriguing lyrics aside, the key to the Finn's Motel sound is the pulling-in of many influences; sure power-pop's still there, but he's equally adept at writing a moody ballad, or a transitional instrumental, linking one stellar track to the next.

Free Open-Mic on Monday, July 23, at Duff's in the C.W.E.

The next •chance operations• reading will be an evening long open-mic on Monday, July 23, at Duff's, 392 N. Euclid, in the Central West End.

Free admission; doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Duff's will offer a limited menu for tonight's •chance operations• open-mic!

Hummus platter with roasted red bell pepper hummus topped with crumbled feta cheese with toasted pita...$7

Classic Caesar salad, romaine lettuce with garlic croutons, creamy anchovy dressing, Parmesan cheese...$7

Margarita pizza, homemade crust with farm fresh tomatoes, basil, and mozzarella cheese...$9

Sliders, two cheeseburger sliders and fries...$9

Advance sign-up for the open-mic following the featured readers is encouraged. Click here to sign-up via e-mail.

Musical guest Joe Thebeau of Finn's Motel.

Chris Parr Featured Reader at June •chance operations•

Chris Parr, co-founder of •chance operations• was one of the featured readers at the June reading.

The next •chance operations• reading will be an evening long open-mic on Monday, July 23, at Duff's, 392 N. Euclid, in the Central West End.

Free admission; doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Advance sign-up for the open-mic following the featured readers is encouraged. Click here to sign-up via e-mail.

Musical guest Joe Thebeau of Finn's Motel.

Tony Renner Read Dorothea Grossman at June •chance operations•

Tony Renner, co-founder •chance operations• read work by the late Dorothea Grossman at the June reading.

The next •chance operations• reading will be an evening long open-mic on Monday, July 23, at Duff's, 392 N. Euclid, in the Central West End.

Free admission; doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Advance sign-up for the open-mic following the featured readers is encouraged. Click here to sign-up via e-mail.

Musical guest to be announced.

John Han Featured Reader at June •chance operations•

John Han was one of the featured readers at the June •chance operations• reading.

The next •chance operations• reading will be an evening long open-mic on Monday, July 23, at Duff's, 392 N. Euclid, in the Central West End.

Free admission; doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Advance sign-up for the open-mic following the featured readers is encouraged. Click here to sign-up via e-mail.

Musical guest to be announced.

Ben Moeller-Gaa Featured Reader at June Reading

Ben Moeller-Gaa was one of the featured readers at the June •chance operations• reading.

The next •chance operations• reading will be an evening long open-mic on Monday, July 23, at Duff's, 392 N. Euclid, in the Central West End.

Free admission; doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Advance sign-up for the open-mic following the featured readers is encouraged.

Buzz Spector Featured Reader at June •chance operations•

Buzz Spector was one of the featured readers at the June •chance operations• reading.

The next •chance operations• reading will be an evening long open-mic on Monday, July 23, at Duff's, 392 N. Euclid, in the Central West End.

Free admission; doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Advance sign-up for the open-mic following the featured readers is encouraged. Click here to sign-up via e-mail.

Musical guest to be announced.