Hometowner Beau Willimon (of House of Cards fame) has created a short film called Curt that played at the St. Louis Film Festival recently. Willimon made the documentary about a longtime California surfer with autism through his production company, Westward Productions. Another short is on the way, this one about Karl Bushby’s walk around the world. Stay tuned. Willimon is a Burroughs grad, ’95.
There’s nothing like anticipating twin grandbabies to inspire a new book. That is what local children’s author Kim Gosselin found, anyway, when she wrote Babies of Two, her first book in 15 years. It is written from the perspective of babies who share every experience, from the womb onward. It is illustrated with watercolor images by Alisa Belzil and will be available Dec. 1 on Amazon.com (the Kindle edition is already out).
Congrats to our very own Bach Society, St. Louis’ oldest continual choral group. The newly launched season is its 75th and includes a year of celebratory events culminating in a June 9 gala and concert at The Sheldon. Check out bachsoceity.org for details.
It may be a little early to visit Santa, but it’s never too early for Santa to collect toys that will bring smiles to sick children. That’s why Mosby Building Arts is reprising its Stuff the Truck toy drive, a collection of new toys for donation to St. Louis Children’s Hospital, going on now. You can help Mosby top its 1,000-plus haul of last year by bringing your donations to the drop-off box in the Mosby lobby at 645 Leffingwell Ave. in Kirkwood.
Our city’s Trey Ross (MICDS, 2013) was a winner in the Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence Awards. Her three winning pieces, published in her school newspaper, The Daily Wildcat (U. of Arizona) were in the General Column Writing category, chosen from scores of entries. Trey is the daughter of Lee Ross of Ladue and the late Michael Ross.
