Punch out, log off and join Bread and Roses Missouri for an evening of celebration!

Since 2015, Bread & Roses Missouri has amplified and elevated the voices of working people through the arts.

2025 is our 10th anniversary! We invite you to celebrate this milestone with us.

We’re excited to announce an event you don’t want to miss:

Off the Clock: 10 Years of Arts and Activism

Saturday, March 8, 2025 | 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm

The Leona | 5700 Leona Street in South City

It’s always a great party that attracts a delightful mix of artists, activists and allies. With a casual vibe, Off the Clock will feature:

Happy hour with light appetizers and cocktails
A brief program celebrating a decade of Bread & Roses and toasting our honorees
More fun, drinks and tasty treats

Join this year's event Co-Hosts Joan Suarez, Founder Emeritus of Bread & Roses Missouri and long-time Labor leader, and Roseann Weiss, Arts Leader and Advocate.

We are grateful to our Host Committee for their support of Off the Clock

Bob Wilcox
Bronwen Zwirner & Ben Senturia
Colin McLaughlin
Deanna Stevenson & Maggie Probert
Earline Jones
Gwen Moore
Jeremy Al-Haj
Joan Bricetti
Julie Terbrock
Laura Stefacek
Lynn Maupin and Dale Bilyeu
Mariah Richardson
Mary Barber
Michael Paplanus
Philip Deitch
Rhona Lyons
Shannon Duffy
Shevaré Perry

Tickets are now available! Click on the red button above.

Local artists are critical to our mission’s programming. You or your organization can also consider purchasing tickets for Bread & Roses artists, so that they can celebrate with us, too. Select “Ticket for a Working Artist” when you go click on thr red button above.

Thanks to our Off the Clock 10th Anniversary Sponsors

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An Off the Clock Sponsorship for your union, organization, business or as an individual shows that you support access to the arts for working families and share the conviction that the arts have the power to effect deep and lasting social change.

FIND THE RIGHT SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION.

Founded in 2015 by labor organizer Joan Suarez, Bread and Roses Missouri celebrates the lives of workers and their families through arts and humanities events. Funds raised at Off the Clock will support our Workers' Theatre Project, producing exciting work that elevates the voices and concerns of working class people, and our Youth Initiative, providing quality arts instruction that also helps youth learn to be changemakers in their community.

Scenes from past Off the Clock Events [STILL NEEDS UPDATE]

Bread and Roses Board Members

Laura Stefacek, President

Michael Paplanus, Vice President

Mary Barber, Secretary/Treasurer

Demarion Delaney

Shannon Duffy

Lynn Maupin

Shevaré Perry

Joan Suarez, Founder Emeritus

Bread and Roses Council of Advisors

Gwen Moore and Bronwen Zwirner, Co-Chairs

Mark Bielicke
Joan Briccetti
Danny Gonzales
Percy Green
Sue Greenberg
Malaika Horne
Brenda Jones
Earline Jones
Rhona Lyons
Sukanya Mani
Karla May
Cassandra Medley
Gwen Moore
Donnie Morehouse
Julie Terbrock

Roseann Weiss
Christopher Worth
Bronwen Zwirner

Off the Clock 2025: 10 Years of Arts & Activism

By Bread & Roses Missouri

Off the Clock 2025: 10 Years of Arts & Activism

Celebrating 10 Years of Bread and Roses Missouri

Team Members