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Friday, November 29, 2013 at 1:57PM As a thank you to all of our 2013 members, volunteers and local businesses, the Benton Park Neighborhood Association is hosting the annual Holiday party at Table December 3rd @ 6pm.
Click the invite to RSVP. Hope to see you there!
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at 10:25PM Registration: http://renegadestl.com/beer
Cost: $15
When: Saturday, 19 October
BEER. It's What We Do - Afternoon walking tour featuring St. Louis's rich brewing history. St. Louis architectural historian, Chris Naffziger, will recount the rich heritage of the area's German-American breweries that sprang up in the 19th Century over caves used to store beer before refrigeration.
Details: Start and end at the tour entrance of the Anheuser Busch Brewery. Tour should last about 2.5 hours.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at 10:28PM Douglas Nissing passed away on September 29, 2013. He grew up in Webster Groves and graduated from Webster Groves High School in 1978. He attended Rice University in Houston, Texas, and The General Theological Seminary in New York City. He was ordained an Episcopal priest in February 1989. Upon completion of training at the Blanton-Peale Institute in New York City in 1994, he opened his private pastoral psychotherapy practice in New York City.
He returned to St. Louis in 2009 to be with family and to pursue an MBA at St. Louis University. He and his husband, Dan, married in 1991. The two of them have been preparing to open a bed and breakfast in Benton Park. In his husband’s words; “Doug fought a long hard battle with the cunning and baffling disease of alcoholism. Yesterday at 8:20pm that battle came to an end.” His death at such a young age is testament to the terrible reality of alcoholism in our midst. That he was able to hide his relapse so effectively is testament to our own need to speak openly about our addiction and be attentive to one another’s needs.
He is also survived by his father, Burton John Nissing, his sister, Angela Kay Nissing, and eleven nieces and nephews including Angela’s daughters, Paulina and Alyssa Utochkin. The memorial service will take place at Christ Church Cathedral, 1210 Locust St., St Louis, MO, on Friday, October, 4, 2013 at 11:00 am. A memorial will also soon be held in Connecticut at a place and time to be determined. In lieu of flowers please make a donation to either of the following organizations:
