Fire. Glass. Art. Music. A free evening of entertainment.
St. Louis' newest tradition, Third Fridays at Third Degree Glass Factory are HOT! We present a variety glass activities and entertainment every third Friday of the month from 6 - 10 p.m. Family friendly. Handicapped accessible.
Every Third Friday you'll see glassblowing demonstrations and art exhibits in the East Gallery. Or browse the HotShop Gift Gallery for glass items made by local glass artists. Hear live music beginning at 8 p.m. No cover charge.
Get hands-on with glass. Sign up at the front desk to work with our instructors make a paperweight, glass tile keepsake or beads during Third Friday. You can also cast your hand in glass.
Stop by for a drink before or after dinner in The Loop or Central West End. Cash bar. Or have dinner at Third Degree. Now offering fireside dining Third Degree style. See below for more information.
March 19, Third Friday, 6-10pm FREE
Got spring fever? Thought so. Come out and play. Watch glssblowers make it happen with molten glass and blow it into cool art. Enjoy live music and art.
Dinner@Third Friday: How's that appetite? Designing Chefs brings us a taste of sunny Spain with seafood paella, mixed green salad with artichokes, tomatoes and blue cheese ranch. Topped off with a warm cookie and cold milk. Prefer vegetarian? Yep, you can order this meal as a vegetarian option.
Click here to make your reservation online or call us directly an we'll sign you up.
Get your hands-on glass. Make a paper weight $30, glass beads $20, shamrock glass tile $20. Third Friday tradition: Bring your fave bottle - NO LABELS - and presto we'll turn it into a glass platter for $10.
Your hand in glass. Give Mark a hand - YOUR hand - and he'll make a glass casting. This offering gives new meaning to "hands-on" glass. Limited to 5. Sign up online. $125
Rich Simmons and Prairie Soul ignites at 8 p.m. A musical mix of bluegrass, country, swing, and rock with tunes by the Beatles, the Allman Brothers, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Lyle Lovette, Emmylou Harris, and Alison Krauss as well as emerging artists like the Waifs, The Infamous Stringdusters, and Neko Case.
Third Degree East Gallery opens:
Coordinates. An installation of glass with fiber weavings by Jessica Cope, Libby Leuchtman, Tunde Ogunfidodo, and Mark Salsbury.
Through March 16
Childhood Icons: Cortney Boyd. Sure to bring out the wild child in all of us, this exhibit showcases toys as cast glass objects. Boyd is the Visiting Assistant progfessor in Glass at SIU-Carbondale. In 2001 she received a B.A. in studio art with an emphasis in printmaking and a B.A. in art education from Hastings College in Nebraska. While attending her last semester at Hastings, Boyd decided to take a glass class, which truly changed the direction of her life. She received her M.F.A. in glass from SIU-C in 2008.
Hot Color: Susan Reis. It's all about color. Exuberant imagery from the natural world drenched in brilliant hues, pattern and personality. Reis grew up in St. Louis. She studied textile design, metalsmithing and enamel. She worked professionally in graphic design and corporate communications - most recently as an illustrator and product designer for Mary Engelbreit. It's "feel good" art with a stroke of magic.
Hot. Sweet. Fiery. With a Pop of Color. You brought your sweetie and snuggled by the fire. The glassblowers created amazing glass art and you made paperweights, beads, and Tokens of Affection glass tiles. We celebrated two very colorful art openings: Childhood Icons and Hot Color. And there was chocolate. Brian Pelletier of Kakao Chocolates provided decadent tastes of Champagne Truffles, Snow Coconut Meringues, and a Bouquet of Truffles flavored with your flower faves. Designing Chefs provided a love feast: salad with walnuts and pears, braised pork shank, roasted root vegetable risotto. Then topped it off with a warm cookie. Yum! Salt of The Earth brought on bluegrass accented with blues, pop and rock.