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That’s Lauren Davis all over. The 30-year vet as an art teacher at Parkway Central High has turned how students who have become prominent designers, including Mike Binnette, Deanna Kuhlmann and Jeremy Lasky (who is now with Pixar production company). What’s Davis up to now? Sculptures. “I’m creating a big, fat, New York pigeon,” said the charmer. . . Former reporter and now a columnist and jewelry craftsperson, Susan Fadem, is having her first-ever gallery opening at 6 p.m., Oct. 9 at Crepes in the City, 500 S. Fourteenth Street. The entrepreneurial lady is also staging jewelry-and-stuff home shows at the Fadem manse. She has exhausted storage space and joked, “How many necks does a person have?”. . . What glowed in the dark and sported the libation of your choice? The glassware, of course, provided by American Airlines (via the always adorable Cindy Hutchings) at the Central West End Association’s benefit, “Glow in the Park” fundraiser in Forest Park the other night. Hundreds gathered under tents to watch dozens of balloons show their stuff, danced until the wee hours, and ogled the unique atmosphere created by our town’s Alexis Tucci, whose pop, Kim, served as auctioneer. Chris Williams of Southwest Bank chaired the event, which benefitted both the CWE nabe and the Flora Conservancy at Forest Park. Energizer’s Ward Klein joined the ranks of corporate toppers at the party, including Todd George of Lumiere, godbug Charlie Shapard of Holt & Shapard Capital Mangement, and Chris Sommers of PI Restaurant (soon to bow in the CWE). Parks Director Gary Bess and 28th Ward alderwoman Lyda Krewson held court and the Balloon Race prez John Marlow talked winds-aloft and BTU’s. He also reported that the Energizer Bunny, the lead launch for the race, was celebrating its 20th birthday – an event officially memorialized by mayoral proclamation.

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