“Funky Donkey” Listening Party

“Funky Donkey” Listening Party —Celebrating funky free jazz and local music history on Nov. 14th— In fall 1973, the Human Arts Ensemble, a group closely interknitted with St. Louis’s legendary Black Artists Group (BAG), recorded the funk-jazz album “Funky Donkey” in the sanctuary of Berea Presbyterian Church (now Saint Louis University’s Il Monastero facility). The Thursday, Nov. 14th, event features DJ Mark Lewis, short remarks on Berea church’s astonishing activist and artistic role, the playing of an original vinyl pressing of “Funky Donkey,” and complimentary beer (21+) and snacks.