Melissa Miller is business editor at The Southeast Missourian. A graduate of the University of Missouri Journalism School, she's worked as a reporter, photographer, editor and as the executive director of two not-for-profit organizations. After living in Michigan and then Indiana, she moved back to her hometown of Jackson, Mo. In addition to writing daily stories for The Southeast Missourian, Melissa coordinates editorial content each month for Business Today. Business Today is a monthly publication for southeast Missouri's business community. Monthly themes include health care, agriculture, women in business, technology and more. Business Today is direct mailed to business owner and managers throughout southeast Missouri and southern Illinois. Follow her updates on local business developments at www.twitter.com/semissourianbiz or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MelissaMillerSoutheastMissourian

New art gallery to open in May

Posted Monday, April 19, 2010, at 9:37 AM

A group of local artists has come together to cooperatively market their works. O'Tenem Gallery will soon open at 5 N. Main St. in Cape Girardeau. The new art gallery, set to open May 7, has 2,800 square feet of space to showcase jewelry, woodworks, paintings, pastels, drawings, photographs and books. It also will have a gift shop. Hours will be noon to 5 p.m. seven days a week, with extended hours until 8 p.m. on Fridays and until 9 p.m. on First Friday. The O'Tenem Creative Group, which operates the gallery, includes nine local artists: Mike and Ronda O'Fara, Sharon and Bill Hopkins, Carol Aoole, Aaron Horrell, Marcia Williams, Kaili Kai and Lyndie Kempfer. Renovations are now underway at the new gallery site. The group has a virtual gallery online at www.otenem.com.

Comments

View 2 comments or respond

Community discussion is important, and we encourage you to participate as a reader and commenter. Click here to see our Guidelines. We also encourage registered users to let us know if they see something inappropriate on our site. You can do that by clicking "Report Comment" below.

Great. But what is going into the old Blimpies on Broadway? Persons of Hispanic descent have been seen working there. Is this more illegal or a new El Torero?

And what about the request for a license for Dirt Cheap at 420 South Kingshighway? Is this the Dirt Cheap chain out of Saint Louis? Why doesn't this paper have a business reporter?

-- Posted by nocomment on Wed, Apr 21, 2010, at 12:35 AM
Well then here is some more work for you. Is Mue Bueno moving? Basic fuel has reopened and we all need to support them as they force the whole fuel market down for us here in Cape. How about a story comparing fuel prices in Cape to Perryville and south of here. And then a story in a month showing how basic fuel forces the prices to become competitive here. It is not news if you cover it after everyone in town already knows it. Remember this is a "news"paper. Not a history paper.

-- Posted by nocomment on Wed, Apr 21, 2010, at 11:55 PM

Respond to this blog

Posting a comment requires a subscription.