Benton Park Apartments
Benton Park Apartment Listings
The Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center is a venue and gallery located on the East Side of St. Louis, Missouri, in the historic Lemp Neighborhood of the Benton Park South area.
As a non-profit project, Lemp donates a majority of the money to the musical performers. Its primary audience is the community’s youth, particularly anyone involved in artistic endeavors. While the all-ages venue frequently hosts small concerts, the performers (chosen by the Board of Directors running the establishment) are frequently non-commercial or little-known. The walls are lined with exhibits of visual artwork, often with themes of encouraging a social consciousness.
While the Lemp’s main premise on limitations for performers state they do not promote “violent or reckless behavior or through a discriminatory, lewd, degrading or immoral message” there is a tendency towards inviting experimental music acts, particularly ones classifiable as noise rock, noise pop, art rock, or noise music. The latter varieties of music are celebrated annually in their three day NoisefeSTL that increasingly hosts acts from wide-ranging origins.
Less publicized are the meetings held by the Lemp Neighborhood Association, concerning crime and special projects for the community.
