Community Calendar

We hope you can join us for the second Creation Care Summit on Saturday, September 13, 9-12:30 at the Cardinal Rigali Center!

The summit features Dr. Dan DiLeo, associate professor and director of the Justice and Peace Studies Program at Creighton University. His teaching, research, and scholarship focus on Catholic social teaching, public theology, and climate change. Since 2009, he has been a consultant with Catholic Climate Covenant of which the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is a founding member.

There will be light refreshments served and exhibitor tables.

Register by scanning the QR code or at bit.ly/2025CreationSummit

Spectrum is the region’s premier conference for nonprofit marketing communications professionals. The day-long conference, brought to you by Nonprofit Marketers Network–STL, brings together a diverse group of professionals representing 90+ nonprofit organizations, marketing experts, and industry leaders. You’ll learn from some of the leading minds and voices in the nonprofit marketing sector as you gain valuable insights and practical strategies to succeed in today’s evolving nonprofit landscape.

Spectrum 2025: Business NOT as Usual will focus on the many innovative ways that nonprofit marketing professionals think and work differently to accomplish their goals and move missions forward. Join us to hear from local subject-matter experts, connect with peers, and take away ideas that you can implement in your own role.

The St. Louis Independent Comics Expo (SLICE) is St. Louis’s premier annual indie-print showcase, bringing together over 100 writers and artists from St. Louis and beyond to showcase their self-published books, comics, zines, prints, magazines, poetry, and more. SLICE 2025 takes place on October 18, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., at The Sheldon Concert Hall and Art Galleries. The expo is free to attend and open to the public.

Programming throughout the day will include lectures and workshops by SLICE’s special and featured guests, as well as activities provided by local artists and organizations. SLICE’s 2025 special guests are award-winning author and the creator of Check, Please!, Ngozi Ukazu; award-winning Vietnamese American cartoonist, artist, and writer Trung Le Nguyen; and Rori, a St. Louis cartoonist, designer, and illustrator whose work has been the focus of two major exhibits with the Missouri History Museum.

For more information on the expo schedule, the SLICE 2025 exhibitor list, and more, visit slicexpo.org and follow @slicexpo on Instagram, Bluesky, YouTube, and Facebook.

Join us for the inaugural Counterpublic Convening, a free festival bringing together leading artists, thinkers, and advocates to imagine new ways of being in the world together. Organized by New York-based writer and curator Laura Raicovich, alongside Ringleaders Kenneth Bailey, Galen Gritts, Nontsikelelo Mutiti, and Jeanne van Heeswijk, CIRCUS OF LIFE cultivates connections and shared experiences during a time when locating what we hold in common is urgent and necessary. Hosted in the Grand Center Arts District at the Big Top, an iconic circus tent, and the new Counterpublic House, the program expands imaginations and engages participants through joy, delight, and creative expression.

Act II: Undoing & Redoing

Act III: Resisting/Existing

Act IV: Cultivating Radical Love

A full day of talks, conversations, and performances by Chloë Bass, Rashida Bumbray, Roxane Gay, Sarah Kendzior, Larry Krone with special guests, Brontez Purnell, Ali Sethi and Nicolás Jaar, Nermeen Shaikh, and more. Workshops include Kenneth Bailey, Hilma’s Ghost, Prem Krishnamurthy and Sam Rauch from the Department of Transformation, and Circus Harmony. Gather community resources from local advocacy and non-profit organizations. Artist booths continue to be open all day.

After the successful completion of Mental Health 2024, We cordially invite you all to attend the “5th International Conference on Psychology and Mental Health” on November 05-06, 2025 at Dubai, UAE. This worldwide conference encompasses a diverse range of sessions addressing both the scientific and academic aspects of Psychology and Mental Health.