Join Kathy Schrenk, author of the new book, “Kirkwood: A Walk Through History,” to enjoy a tour through the Downtown West neighborhood of Kirkwood on April 23. The walk will start at the entrance to the aquatic center at Kirkwood Park and include a 190-year-old cemetery, an historic church, and...
Join Kathy Schrenk, author of the new book, “Kirkwood: A Walk Through History,” to enjoy a tour through the neighborhoods east of downtown Kirkwood on May 7. The walk will start at Kirkwood Public Library and include the city’s oldest church, the original location of the historical society, and some...
Take an Historic Tour through the Gateway City. St. Louis is well known for its stunning arch that represents the Gateway to the West. But the city has many more exciting landmarks and historic sites that offer a glimpse into the past. Join authors Vicki and James Erwin as they...
The Kirkwood Public Library & the Kirkwood Human Rights Commission will once again co-host a program featuring author Bobby Bostic. Bostic, who was sentenced to 241 years in prison in 1997 for non-homicide offenses which he committed in St. Louis when he was 16, was paroled in November 2022 with...
Join the author for a conversation about her memoir, Ivy Lodge: A Memoir of Translation and Discovery, which received a starred review from KIRKUS. She will talk about growing up in the 1960s in Kirkwood, how the physical home in which children grow up can influence their childhood, and how...
Join authors Stephen Snodgrass and Joshua Kezer as they discuss their book "The Murder of Angela Mischelle Lawless: An Honest Sheriff and the Exoneration of an Innocent Man." In 1992 Joshua Kezer was wrongly convicted of murdering a young woman in southeast Missouri. Stephen Snodgrass was on the team that...
Meramec Highlands: Join Kathy Schrenk, author of the new book, “Kirkwood: A Walk Through History,” to enjoy a tour through the Meramec Highlands neighborhood of Kirkwood. The walk will start on West Ponca Trail, just east of the intersection with Big Bend Road. There is limited street parking along Ponca...
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Mound City Chronicle is more than a series of images of St. Louis. It is testament to a path made through the city at this moment; a path meant to investigate my place and my impact here, and the history of those things (like the Mississippi River, cultural forces claim,...
Based on a series of walks the author did on a 45-mile-long zig-zag path through South St. Louis in 2021. It provides different insights into the history, people and quirks of South St. Louis.
