Community Calendar

Real-World Resilience from the Frontlines of Chaos.

Uncertainty isn’t just inevitable – it’s a hidden opportunity waiting to be unlocked. In a world where disruption is the new normal, Winning Through Uncertainty equips leaders and organizations with the tools to adapt, innovate, and thrive under pressure. Sam Goodwin provides a transformative shift in mindset, empowering teams to face complexity with clarity, confidence, and bold action. When the unknown arises, Sam shows you how to win.

Sam Goodwin is a world traveler, entrepreneur and former Division I athlete whose extraordinary life experiences have made him the voice of resilience, leadership, and thriving in uncertainty. Sam credits the mental toughness, critical thinking, and resilience he developed through athletics as key to surviving his most harrowing experience: being taken hostage and wrongfully imprisoned in Syria. During months of captivity, he endured solitary confinement, blindfolded interrogations, and a sham trial—yet emerged with a renewed perspective and powerful framework for Winning Through Uncertainty.

Sam’s life is a testament to growth through adversity. Between 2010 and 2019 he traveled to all 193 UN sovereign countries sharing stories of positivity from overlooked and misunderstood places. His career has spanned playing and coaching hockey in India, North Korea, and Turkmenistan and leading humanitarian efforts across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Sam also launched a tech startup and NGO in Singapore, focusing on stakeholder engagement and non-profit partnerships. With a Doctorate in International Affairs from Johns Hopkins University and a passion for inspiring others, Sam delivers captivating keynotes that turn uncertainty into opportunity. His story equips leaders with practical tools to cultivate resilience, embrace challenges, and lead with purpose in the face of the unknown.

Join us as we celebrate the 200th anniversary of Julia Dent Grant’s birth in St. Louis on January 26, 1826. From Julia Dent Grant’s childhood when she interceded with her father on behalf of the enslaved to her widowhood when she befriended Varina Davis, Julia Dent Grant served as a diplomat and unofficial ambassador. Pam Sanfilippo will share insights into Julia’s role as diplomat throughout her life and how her personality made her well suited for this role, whether in personal interactions or in world affairs. Cake and punch reception to follow.
The program is free. Call 314-842-1867 ext. 230 for reservations.

Join us for a lively and engaging look at one of St. Louis’s most iconic characters!
On January 24, 2026, at 1 p.m., longtime St. Louis Post-Dispatch cartoonist Dan Martin will present The History of the Weatherbird and St. Louis Cartooning.
Martin will trace the evolution of the beloved Weatherbird, America’s longest-running continuously published cartoon figure, while spotlighting the rich legacy of St. Louis cartoonists who helped shape the world of comics. From Chic Young and George McManus to Lee Falk and the incomparable Mike Peters, Martin will introduce audiences to a remarkable cast of creators whose work reached far beyond the Gateway City.
Entertaining, insightful, and full of fascinating stories, this program is perfect for fans of comics, local history, and, of course, the Bird himself.
This program is free with limited availability in person and on Zoom. Reservations must be made in advance on our website, by calling the Museum at 314-421-4689, or by emailing info@fieldhousemuseum.org.

Black St. Louis explores the rich and inspiring history of African Americans in St. Louis from the city’s founding as a French fur trading post during the Spanish colonial era to the new millennium. Author NiNi Harris highlights great figures who showed leadership, incredible innovation, and courage despite the injustices they faced.

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

This World Premiere production tells the true story of the 1933 Funsten Nut Strike in St. Louis, when Black women facing low wages, unsafe conditions, and segregation, organized over 2,000 workers across five factories. This act of solidarity decades before the Civil Rights Movement positioned St. Louis at the intersection of workers' and civil rights. With an original jazz and blues score, this true yet forgotten story highlights the pivotal role of Black women in the struggle for justice in St. Louis and beyond.

Directed by Rayme Cornell, written by Kathryn Bentley and Colin McLaughlin, and with original music by Alicia Revé Like.

MISSOURI HISTORY MUSEUM
Thursday, Feb 19 @ 6:30pm
Friday, Feb 20 @ 7pm
Saturday, Feb 21 @ 3pm & 7pm
Sunday, Feb 22 @ 3pm

The project is funded and supported by Laborers Local 110, the John and Carolyn Peterson Charitable Foundation, Inc., the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis, Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation, Missouri Workers Center and Missouri Jobs with Justice.

This World Premiere production tells the true story of the 1933 Funsten Nut Strike in St. Louis, when Black women facing low wages, unsafe conditions, and segregation, organized over 2,000 workers across five factories. This act of solidarity decades before the Civil Rights Movement positioned St. Louis at the intersection of workers' and civil rights. With an original jazz and blues score, this true yet forgotten story highlights the pivotal role of Black women in the struggle for justice in St. Louis and beyond.

Directed by Rayme Cornell, written by Kathryn Bentley and Colin McLaughlin, and with original music by Alicia Revé Like.

MISSOURI HISTORY MUSEUM
Thursday, Feb 19 @ 6:30pm
Friday, Feb 20 @ 7pm
Saturday, Feb 21 @ 3pm & 7pm
Sunday, Feb 22 @ 3pm

The project is funded and supported by Laborers Local 110, the John and Carolyn Peterson Charitable Foundation, Inc., the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis, Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation, Missouri Workers Center and Missouri Jobs with Justice.

This World Premiere production tells the true story of the 1933 Funsten Nut Strike in St. Louis, when Black women facing low wages, unsafe conditions, and segregation, organized over 2,000 workers across five factories. This act of solidarity decades before the Civil Rights Movement positioned St. Louis at the intersection of workers' and civil rights. With an original jazz and blues score, this true yet forgotten story highlights the pivotal role of Black women in the struggle for justice in St. Louis and beyond.

Directed by Rayme Cornell, written by Kathryn Bentley and Colin McLaughlin, and with original music by Alicia Revé Like.

MISSOURI HISTORY MUSEUM
Thursday, Feb 19 @ 6:30pm
Friday, Feb 20 @ 7pm
Saturday, Feb 21 @ 3pm & 7pm
Sunday, Feb 22 @ 3pm

The project is funded and supported by Laborers Local 110, the John and Carolyn Peterson Charitable Foundation, Inc., the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis, Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation, Missouri Workers Center and Missouri Jobs with Justice.

This World Premiere production tells the true story of the 1933 Funsten Nut Strike in St. Louis, when Black women facing low wages, unsafe conditions, and segregation, organized over 2,000 workers across five factories. This act of solidarity decades before the Civil Rights Movement positioned St. Louis at the intersection of workers' and civil rights. With an original jazz and blues score, this true yet forgotten story highlights the pivotal role of Black women in the struggle for justice in St. Louis and beyond.

Directed by Rayme Cornell, written by Kathryn Bentley and Colin McLaughlin, and with original music by Alicia Revé Like.

MISSOURI HISTORY MUSEUM
Thursday, Feb 19 @ 6:30pm
Friday, Feb 20 @ 7pm
Saturday, Feb 21 @ 3pm & 7pm
Sunday, Feb 22 @ 3pm

The project is funded and supported by Laborers Local 110, the John and Carolyn Peterson Charitable Foundation, Inc., the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis, Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation, Missouri Workers Center and Missouri Jobs with Justice.

In this lecture, explore practical and transformative prayer, as taught in Christian Science. Through compelling personal stories, Christian Science practitioner and lecturer Bobby Lewis illustrates how the spiritual laws of divine Love operate, and how prayer brings us into alignment with these laws. Whether you're feeling lost or struggling with illness, effective prayer can restore clarity, peace and wholeness in every area of life.

The Civil Society Initiative is pleased to present a public talk featuring Deva Woodly on "The Politics of Futurity." Futurity is the agentive and efficacious quality of being concerned with the prospects and possibilities of a future time, event, and renewed and continuing existence, and the premise of this talk is that there is no reason that 2080 should not be as much different and improved for most people in most places than 1980 was from 1880. From this perspective, the future does not just happen, we build it.

Professor Woodly is Professor of Political Science at Brown University and the author of The Politics of Common Sense: How Social Movements Use Public Discourse to Change Politics and Win Acceptance (Oxford University Press, 2015) and Reckoning: Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Necessity of Social Movements (Oxford University Press, 2021).

Brunch will be served. All are welcome for this free event; registration is requested using the RSVP link below.

This event is organized by the Civil Society Initiative at WashU and is sponsored by the Frick Initiative and the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy.