Living St. Louis highlights Bistro's new neon sign

There's a brand new, fancy neon sign now hanging outside Jazz at the Bistro, and Living St. Louis, the local magazine show that airs on PBS affiliate KETC, had a feature story about it on Monday night's episode. The piece by reporter Anne-Marie Berger explained a bit about how neon signs work, and took viewers inside the shop that fabricated the Bistro's new 12-foot sign, which features the stylized image of a saxophone and a version of the Bistro's logo. Viewers also learned that the sign was designed by Keith Hempen and built and installed by his employers, Warren Sign, at a cost of $70,000 (!), which was underwritten by the Centene Corporation.

Living St. Louis airs several times each week on KETC, and although the station's program guide doesn't say specifically when a particular episode will be rerun, Monday's shows seem usually to be repeated on the following Sunday afternoon. So if that pattern holds, there's a good chance you can see this episode for yourself by tuning in to Channel 9 this Sunday, June 25 at 4:30 p.m..

Otherwise, KETC also makes segments from the Living St. Louis available for online streaming in Windows Media format on their Web site. The story on the Bistro's new sign hasn't made it online yet, but while you're waiting, you can check out some of the program's previous jazz-related coverage from the last two years, including stories on trumpeter and vocalist Jeremy Davenport; singer Erin Bode and the MAXJAZZ record label; veteran pianist Herb Drury; Freddy Cole and the Bistro's jazz education program; and the photography of jazz DJ and historian Dennis Owsley.

(Note: The above links go directly to the .wmv streams of each story. If for some reason they don't work for you, go here, find the subject in the alphbetical listing, and click the link to start the stream.)