Community Calendar

The Pulitzer Arts Foundation and Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis invites you to explore our current exhibitions and enjoy engaging conversations with curators. The evening kicks off with a courtyard reception at 5pm, followed by curator-led discussions at 6pm. Guests are welcome to visit each museum’s exhibitions from 7–8pm.

This event is free and open to the public. Please contact our team if you require any accommodations to participate.

Workshops for Writers—October 4, 2025. The St. Louis Writers Guild presents: Confessions of a Ghost Writer
Join the St. Louis Writers Guild from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. CDT on Saturday, October 4, 2025, for a free workshop with author/entrepreneur Troy Taylor on his storied career built on telling ghost stories in all their diverse forms and spectral shapes.
Our presenter, Troy Taylor, will join us LIVE for this FREE workshop. We will gather at The Lodge Des Peres, 1050 Des Peres Rd., St. Louis, MO, 63131for the presentation, or you may attend the meeting online. To do so, follow the event link from the St. Louis Writers Guild website.
CONFESSIONS OF A GHOST WRITER
Join author Troy Taylor for a spirited discussion about his thirty-two years as an independent writer, tour guide, museum owner, and business operator, who somehow survived the 90s and has kept a company afloat through bad weather, floods, pandemics, and worse. In an attempt to answer the questions he's most often asked, Troy reveals how he got his start, why he worked in the carnival, how he made up a job out of thin air, why he writes about ghosts and true crime, why you should never buy a haunted movie theater, and much more! It's an entertaining and freewheeling presentation that will have you scratching and wondering how he's managed to still be around to tell the tale!
BIO:
Troy Taylor is the author of more than 150 books on history, hauntings, true crime, the unexplained, and the supernatural in America. He is the founder of American Hauntings Ink, which offers books, events, and ghost tours, and is the owner of the American Oddities Museum in Alton, Illinois. He is also the writer and co-host of the American Hauntings Podcast. He has appeared in numerous television shows and documentaries, and his book about the St. Louis exorcism of 1949 is currently under option to be turned into a film by a major production company.

Post Dispatch Weatherbird cartoonist Dan Martin discusses 19th century political cartoons about Grant, highlighting the work of Thomas Nast (pro-Grant) and Joseph Keppler, who has a St. Louis connection, and was anti-Grant.

The program is free. Call 314-842-1867 ext. 230 for reservations.

The Field House Museum is excited to host Andy Tolch Sunday, October 5th! Andy Tolch is a longtime toy collector and expert who will be speaking on the history of the toy industry in St. Louis! Stop by October 5th at 1pm and learn about the history of toys in St. Louis before exploring the Field House Museum’s ongoing Fisher-Price toy exhibit! To sign up and learn more about this event, go to https://fieldhousemuseum.org/events/programs/!

Andy Tolch is a longtime toy collector and owner of Andy’s Toys. An expert in his field and member of the Antique Toy Collectors of America, his accomplishments include appearances in KSDK, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and even predicting the Beanie Baby crash of 1999! Andy’s Toys also owns the Al Korte Metalcraft Archives and will be publishing the definitive guide to Metalcraft trucks in the Fall of 2025.

On February 8, 2025, after 491 days in Hamas captivity, Eli Sharabi emerged from the tunnels of Gaza, a shadow of his former self, and finally made his way home to Israel, only to learn the devastating news that his wife and daughters had been killed on October 7.

In his highly anticipated book, HOSTAGE, Sharabi shares his harrowing journey of survival, resilience, and unwavering hope. This powerful appearance offers a rare, firsthand account of strength in the face of unimaginable darkness.

The first memoir to be published by a survivor of Hamas captivity, HOSTAGE was an instant bestseller in Israel, breaking the record for fastest-selling book in the history of Hebrew publishing.

A portion of ticket proceeds will be donated to Achim L'achim- Brothers for Life

Students with a valid ID and Children under 18 are free. General Admission $36

Register at www.fsolph.org/events/ today to join the Sisters and other Franciscans For Earth on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, from 6:30 to 8 pm Central via Zoom, for a free screening and discussion of the film Beethoven’s 9: Ode to Humanity. Following the film, there will be a short amount of time for an open discussion of this deeply personal exploration of the legacy and resonance today of Beethoven’s 200-year-old Ninth Symphony.
According to the distributor, Bullfrog Films’ website, “In early 2023, filmmaker Larry Weinstein sets out to make a documentary about Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. It is supposed to be about how far we have come in the two hundred years since it was written. But when world events pull Larry into his own film, the question becomes a deeply personal one. Beethoven’s 9 is a documentary about music, but also about war and hope. It follows nine unique individuals, including Ukrainian musicians, a deaf composer, a Polish rock star, a best-selling author, a legendary cartoonist and Weinstein himself, as they try to better understand the legacy of Beethoven’s Ninth, the composer’s own struggles, the inspiration music can provide, and how humanity continues to look for hope even in the darkest times.”

Start your Saturday at Wilson! Enjoy an abbreviated tour and participate in activities around the school. Speak with teachers, meet current parents, and hear from Wilson students about their experiences. Children are welcome to attend!

Join us every Sunday from June 29th to August 17th, 3–6 PM EST, for a transformative experience designed by veterans, for veterans. The Veteran Support Bootcamp is your chance to rebuild, refocus, and reconnect with a community that understands.

🔹 What’s Included:

✅ Mental Health & Wellness Tools
✅ Job & Business Resources
✅ Peer Bonding & Accountability
This bootcamp offers a safe and empowering space for veterans to navigate life after service. Whether you're seeking support, new opportunities, or a strong network, this is your next step forward.

"Because after the war, the real work begins… and no one should fight alone."

📍Spots are limited — sign up now at yourvet.org/events

Professors John Inazu (Washington University School of Law) and Chad Flanders (Saint Louis University School of Law) will engage in a lively, respectful public dialogue on the strengths and weaknesses of a Christian worldview. Longtime friends with different perspectives, they will take up perennial questions at the heart of human existence: Is religious belief an essential part of the good life, or can it be dispensed with entirely? Does faith enrich our moral and civic lives, or does it risk distorting political judgment in a pluralistic society? What, if anything, is lost when belief disappears, and what might be gained in its absence? Rather than trading soundbites or scoring points, the conversation hopes to model rigorous intellectual engagement and curiosity about the other’s deepest commitments. The evening will include moderated discussion and audience Q&A.

This event is sponsored by the Frick Initiative and the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy.

A central issue in the “culture wars” that characterize contemporary American politics is how sports ought to be organized: whether and how sports should be sex-segregated and, in particular, who should be included in women's sports. This invites further questions, including whether we ought to have a separate category of women's sports to begin with, what values competitive sports currently embody and advance and if we might have sports that aim at different values, and what kind of knowledge about women and their bodies is emerging (or not) from sport science and medicine. The Civil Society Initiative at Washington University in St. Louis is pleased to present a public symposium featuring four WashU faculty: Zack Bowersox (Political Science), Marina DiMarco (Philosophy), Ophelia Vedder (Political Science), and Lucy Vollbrecht (Philosophy). We’ll have lightning presentations from our four panelists about their research, followed by discussion with the audience.

All are welcome; please RSVP if you plan to attend.

This event is sponsored by the Frick Initiative and the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy.