| 399 N. Euclid | Saint Louis, MO 63108 | (314) 367-6731 | 321 N. 10th | Saint Louis, MO 63101 |
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Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Janet Kirchheimer is a poet whose work has appeared in a variety of publications both in the U.S. and abroad. Her moving collection of poems about the Holocaust, How to Spot One of Us, is described by author and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel as “poignant and evocative of times of darkness and despair. Their warmth is communicative and necessary.” | 8
Start: 7:00 pm
Clifton Taulbert will discuss education and his life, as well as signing books, at this special library event. Taulbert and his Building Community Institute are dedicated to ensuring organizational effectiveness at all levels and focusing on the power of community. He is the author of Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored, his autobiography of life in the segregated South, and Eight Habits of the Heart, which shows how to strengthen families, schools, and communities through a collection of exercises for reflection and practice. | 9
Start: 7:00 pm
Written with the same boldness and brilliance that made Buddhism Without Beliefs a classic in its field, Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist is Stephen Batchelor's account of his journey through Buddhism, which culminates in a groundbreaking new portrait of the historical Buddha. The more Batchelor read about the Buddha, the more he came to believe that the way Buddhism was being taught and practiced was at odds with the actual teachings of the Buddha himself. Charting his journey from hippie to monk to lay practitioner, teacher, and interpreter of Buddhist thought, Batchelor reconstructs the historical Buddha's life, locating him within the social and political context of the world, showing a man who looked at human life in a radically new way for his time. | 10
Start: 7:00 pm
From Ali Eteraz's schooling in a "madrassa" in Pakistan to his teenage years as a Muslim American in the Bible Belt, and back to Pakistan to find a pious Muslim wife, this lyrical, penetrating saga captures the heart of our universal quest for identity. Astonishingly honest, darkly comic, and beautifully told, Children of Dust is an extraordinary adventure that reveals the diversity of Islamic beliefs, the vastness of the Pakistani diaspora, and the very human search for home. Ali Eteraz also writes the award-winning blog, Islamophere. This Medart Lecture Series event is free and open to the public and includes a 6:30pm reception and 7:00pm talk. Start: 7:00 pm
It seems unlikely that James Naismith, who grew up playing "Duck on the Rock" in the rural community of Almonte, Canada, would invent one of America's most popular sports. But Rob Rains and Hellen Carpenter's fascinating, in-depth biography, James Naismith: The Man Who Invented Basketball, shows how this young man--who wanted to be a medical doctor, or if not that, a minister (in fact, he was both)--came to create a game that has endured for over a century. Rob Rains is a former National League beat writer for USA Today's Baseball Weekly and for three years covered the St. Louis Cardinals for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. He is the author or co-author of autobiographies or biographies of Tony La Russa, Ozzie Smith, Mark McGwire, Jack Buck, Red Schoendienst, and many other sports celebrities. Hellen Carpenter is the granddaughter of James Naismith, and her more than 300 documents from Naismith's files were instrumental in crafting this biography. | 11
Start: 6:00 pm
Jennifer Brown tackles another hard subject for teens in her novel, Hate List. After Valerie Leftman's boyfriend, Nick, opens fire on their school cafeteria, Val is shot trying to stop him, but is implicated in the shootings because of the list she helped create. Now, Val is forced to confront her guilt as she returns to school to complete her senior year. Jennifer Brown is the two-time winner of the Erma Bombeck Global Humor Award and a humor columnist for The Kansas City Star (winning the Missouri Writer's Guild 2008 Conference Award for Best Newspaper Column). | 12
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Start: 9:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
Tom Murphy's photographs reveal wildlife interacting with each other and with their envitronment in the wildest places on earth. At this seminar, he will share tips and information about the proper selection and use of camera equipment, compositional concepts and setting equipment for maximum impact and interest in wildlife photography, an overview of digital photography (including the do's and don'ts with memory cards and digital camera settings), and his own personal in-depth workflow procedures and effective systems to label and track all images. For more information or to register, visit www.stlcameraclub.com. |
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