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🎬👑 VARCITY LIFE — ST. LOUIS, SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT !🔥🙏🏾💙👑

ONE NIGHT. TWO SHOWINGS. ONE INCREDIBLE CITY!

We are truly humbled and overwhelmed by the love and support surrounding the world premiere of VARCITY LIFE: A Thief’s Theme | The Ballad of Joe!

Our 7:00 PM premiere is SOLD OUT! Due to overwhelming demand, we’ve added a SECOND SHOWING at 7:30 PM!🙌🏾

🎟️ 7:00 PM — SOLD OUT!
🎟️ 7:30 PM — WALK-UP TICKETS ONLY! ARRIVE EARLY! Please remember to Park your cars in the Chase Park plaza garage. The theater will validate parking tickets.

📅 Thursday, October 22, 2026
📍 Chase Park Plaza Cinema, St. Louis

✨ DRESS TO IMPRESS!

This is a formal, red-carpet celebration! Bring your family, bring your friends, and come celebrate independent cinema made right here in St. Louis!

🎭 IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO OUR CAST

We love and appreciate EVERY ONE of you who helped bring this film to life!

Please understand that ALL cast members must purchase a ticket to attend the public premiere. There are no complimentary premiere admissions.

If you missed last week’s FREE private cast screening, don’t worry! We will announce another FREE CAST-ONLY SCREENING soon.

We want everyone to experience the film, and we appreciate your understanding as we make room for our paying supporters.

🥂 THE CELEBRATION CONTINUES!

Join us after the film at @macks.bar.and.grill , 5513 Pershing Ave. This St. Louis establishment is also one of our actual filming locations, featured in at least THREE scenes!

❤️ FROM OUR ENTIRE TEAM — THANK YOU!

Every late night, every sacrifice, every obstacle, and every person who believed in this project brought us to this moment.

We didn’t get here alone. And we haven’t forgotten that.

🎥 WATCH THE OFFICIAL

Questions? Please DM us directly.

FOR ST. LOUIS. BY ST. LOUIS.

SUPPORT ALL LOCAL FILMMAKERS. WE DO!!💙👑. THANK YOU ST LOUIS AND @chaseparkcinema

#VarcityLife #TeamwoodFilms #StLouisFilm #WorldPremiere #SoldOut #IndependentCinema #SupportLocalFilm #STLMade #ChaseParkPlaza #StLouis. @kmovnews4

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Break the silence, shine purple, and stand with survivors 💜

@JadeHarrellRareGem with Bran-Dee Jelks, Program Director, Diamond Diva Empowerment Foundation (@2DEF)

Together we can end domestic violence.

Event Details:
6th Annual Domestic Violence Awareness Rally and Walk!!
The Grove
4000 block of Manchester Ave
St. Louis, MO 63110
Set-Up 9:00 am
Walk starts at 10:00 am

Need support dealing with DV? We all know someone.
Meet us there💜 for the biggest domestic violence resource event for you and your family.

Register at www.2def.org/rallywalk

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@websteru WAS A MOVIE! 😮‍🔥🎤 Y’all showed OUT! Can’t wait to come back. Big S/O @hazelwoodcentralhawks for pulling up and showing love! 🤝🏽🔥

That’s a WRAP on the first half of the College & Tech Tour! 🚀

Big S/O @zothetrakstarz , @basumadethis314 , & @bgcstl for making this happen! 💙

What schools should we pull up to next? 👀 Drop ’em in the comments!👇🏽

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Varcity Life: Thief’s Theme | Ballad of Joe. Link in bio for tickets to the World Premiere 10/22/26 @chaseparkcinema https://varcitylife.teamwoodfilms.com/index.html.

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@slu_official WE LITTT! 😮‍🔥🔥🎤

Day 1 of the College & Tech Tour was a whole vibe! Big S/O @confluenceprepacad Academy & @theofficialgcaa for pulling up and showing love! 🤝🏽💙

@siuedwardsville … Y’ALL UP NEXT! 👀 Where y’all at?! 😮‍🔥🎤

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START THE PEACE FEST 🎤🔥

Big love to @kyjuanstl & @murphderrty for having me and letting me be part of such a great event! 🤝🏽💙

Much love to everybody who pulled up and showed support. 2 Easy! 💸🔥

🎥 @basumadethis314 @officialtake1visualz
EDITED @egl.images

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Good people. Great energy. Real connections. 🤝🏽💚❤️

Had a great time at Start The Peace Fest! Grateful to be surrounded by people who continue to support the journey and help create opportunities through music.

Much love to everyone who pulled up, showed love, and made the day special. 🕊️🎤

More Than Music. Always.
📸 @capturedbyvidell @basumadethis314

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@blackmenreadstl took over Jury Elementary School in Blackjack, MO today….salaam

Abdul-Wali

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First time on Channel 5 promoting Voices In Tandem with @preciousbarrystl be on the look out for the next @blackmenreadstl event
Black Men TALK
September 24th 6:30–9 PM
4631 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63108

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I had an amazing event Saturday with @blackmenreadstl at the library! I loved being with other local black authors in my community talking about our individual books, writing processes, and being in community together. Getting to meet Precious, Kevin, Emma, and Stephen and hear about their books and all they do was incredible! Thank you to Keyon and the Black Men Read organization for allowing me to be a part of the event!

Please go to my Linktree to find links to everyone’s books under the “Books by friends” collection!

IDs:

Photo 1: A picture of Sean Gold sitting behind the table with his books, a purple bucket of candy, and two flyers.

Photo 2: A panel of Black authors. From left to right: Sean Gold, Precious Barry, Emma Dree, Stephen Perkins, and Kevin Lewis.

Photo 3: The panelists and event organizers are standing in front of the sponsorship backdrop holding their Black Men Read certificates.

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Come out TODAY!📚

I’ll be at Voices in Tandem with @blackmenreadstl as a featured author sharing Why I Use My Voice! Come stop by, support, and enjoy a great afternoon with us.

Schlafly Library
1:30–4:30PM

Hope to see y’all there!

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Thanks for creating urgency and accuracy around literacy, @blackmenreadstl. 📚✨

Join an afternoon celebrating Black authors and storytelling in St. Louis.

Voices in Tandem takes place Saturday, Sept. 19, from 1:30–4:30 p.m. at Schlafly Library. Meet local authors, hear their stories and discover new voices. The event is free and open to the public!

#stl #events #literacy #reading #education

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