Thanksgiving is next week. Here's one response to our current Question of the Week. Click on the button and share your thanks with us!

My 5-year-old daughter brought home a placemat she proudly made in art class. The feathers of a paper turkey, brightly adorned in crayon, with the three things she is most thankful for. My first child, her first opportunity to sing my praises as a great Mom, I thought. Instead it said "Water, McDonalds and Aunt Beth". (Sigh) It's the day I truly learned to share. - Michelle Bettis Ankoviak

Check out the 18th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival Nov. 12-22. The event is presented by Cinema St. Louis. Our own Chris Clark, host of St. Louis Indie Theatre, is artistic director of the organization along with Cliff Froehlich, executive director, and Brian Spath, operations supervisor. The festival includes the romantic “Ciao Bella,” shown here, and George Clooney’s “Up in the Air,” which was filmed in St. Louis earlier this year. Films and special events are being held at Tivoli Theatre, Plaza Frontenac Cinema, Saint Louis Art Museum, Hi-Pointe Theatre, Webster University’s Winifred Moore Auditorium and Washington University’s Brown Hall Auditorium.

This week on City Corner host Ivy Hartman introduces you to the Immigrant and Refugee Women's Program, which is helping women become more independent through free one-on-one English reading and writing lessons. The teachers serve women who cannot attend formal English language classes because they are caring for small children, or have work or transportation issues, or suffer from physical/psychological trauma. Last year 71 volunteer teachers supported the program and provided more than 2,800 hours of service to 87 women.
The program was founded in 1995 and in the ensuing years has grown tremendously, offering tutoring to immigrant and refugee women from Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovinia, Kurdistan, Iraq, Russia, Ethiopia and many more countries. “Thirty percent of these women have never gone to school in their home country,” said Executive Director Pat Joshu. “This is their chance not only to learn English, but to become literate for the first time.” Also interviewed on the show is Karen Heitzman, president of the board of the Immigrant and Refugee Women's Program.

In another episode of City Corner also airing this week, host Sarah Thompson welcomes Robert A. Powell, executive director and founder of Portfolio Gallery and Educational Center, which features artworks in a variety of media by local African-American artists. “There’s a message in all the art one creates,” says Powell, who founded the Portfolio Gallery 20 years ago in an effort to expose St. Louis to African-American art. “When I came to St. Louis in 1969 there were only a few places that showed black artworks,” Powell explained. The gallery is at 3514 Delmar Boulevard near the St. Louis Symphony’s Powell Hall.

See our program schedule for air times for City Corner.

Hard at Work highlights your government at work. Click on one of the “Hard at Work” panels on the left for a preview of one of our newest shows spotlighting city employees on the job. Currently airing are two episodes featuring Department of Health food establishment health inspector Monica Hudspeth and the second spotlights the man behind the computers that help run Lambert St. Louis International Airport.

JFL Monday Night Football – They’re mini, but they’re mighty! St. Louis youth football gets the prime time treatment with play-by-play and more.

Also watch for:

St. Louis Indie Theater – Native St. Louis filmmaker and teacher Kevin Coleman discusses his film “Snapshot,” with host Chris Clark

Inside Sports – Check out Inside Sports on Sundays at 8 pm to get the story behind the story of your favorite local teams and athletes. This week: the St. Louis Blues.

Stayin’ Fit – No need for a club membership, just get out those leg warmers you’ve been keeping since the 1980s and join the weekly work outs on Stayin’ Fit right here on STL TV.

Check our program schedule for air times.

The Best of the STL will air live November 18. Make your reservations now to be a part of our live studio audience! Hear from Tony Davis, the man behind one of St. Louis’s most successful rap stars and learn more about how St. Patrick’s Center helps those in need from chairman Dan Buck. Rocking the house will be the Billy Barnett Band and rocking your taste buds will be the In Spot Dessert Bar & Lounge. Send reservation requests to bryante@stlouiscity.com. Please include contact information and the number of people.

Give us 10 good reasons why you should win, and you could enjoy a free weekend stay at The Lodge of the Four Seasons in Missouri’s Ozarks. Click on the link on this page and fill out the contest form. You must be 21 to enter. Entry must be received by December 4, 2009. To enter contest you MUST WATCH THE VIDEO and complete all fields. Winner will be notified by telephone or e-mail.

"The Bommarito automotive group has always been a big sponsor of JFL football. In particular what it teaches the kids growing up - the skills, the loyalty, the love of the game. They really do teach a true football skill." - John Bommarito, Bommarito Automotive Group