Tonight I joined some friends from the P-D at a screening of the documentary "One Bad Cat." It was shown at The Tivoli theatre as part of this year's St. Louis International Film Festival, which started last week and runs through this weekend."One Bad Cat" tells the story of 'Reverend' Albert Wagner, a self-taught African-American outsider artist and preacher. Wagner was a self-proclaimed "sinner and womanizer" who found God at the age of 50 and felt a strong call to begin painting. His home in East Cleveland, Ohio became a museum and gallery for his work. The movie paints a fascinating portrait of a complex man. I found it most interesting. My friends did, as well, and we discussed it at length outside the screening room afterwards.
My aforementioned P-D colleague Elie Gardner alerted me to this via Facebook. She took part in a photography workshop in Cleveland a couple of years ago and was assigned to photograph Albert Wagner. She was at his house during the filming of the documentary and got a "Special Thanks" mention in the credits. Very cool!
We ended the evening at Fro-Yo, a nearby frozen custard joint. At Fro-Yo, you choose from a variety of ice cream flavors, dish it yourself, then top it with any number of available toppings. You pay $.40 per ounce and then indulge! For $3.85 I had vanilla soft-serve topped with fresh strawberry and kiwi slices, and a couple of chunks of chocolate-chip cookie dough.
(why? because it was there!)
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