The St. Louis Poetry Center has an October calendar packed with events. Here is its list:

10/5: Members Colleen McKee and Catherine Rankovic speak on “Women, Depression and Creative Writing”
at UM St. Louis in the J. C. Penney Conference Center, 12 noon, free.

10/6: Member Marcel Toussaint reads with others at Dressel’s in the Central West End

10/8: OBSERVABLE READINGS FOR OCTOBER 8TH: Michele Glazer, John Estes,
and Devin Johnston from St. Louis University. See the website for full bios. www.stlouispoetrycenter.org

10/10: THE BIG READ at the campus of Clayton High School behind Shaw Park
SLPC has a booth in the Kids’ Big Corner….. and we NEED SOME volunteers that
enjoy kids.

Don’t forget to submit your poem for the Sunday workshop on the 18th. Deadline is
Monday the 12th. See the website for guidelines.

10/12: Outreach programs begin: at Midtown Community Cener, with IMPACT,
with Friend-with-a-Better-Plan at city high schools, with Interchange Cultural Partners in city schools

10/14: Chesterfield Writers Guild’s RIVER VALLEY READINGS:
with SLPC members Julia Gordon Bramer and Matthew Freeman. 7-8:30 at Chesterfield Arts Gallery.

10/16: SLPC member Ed Boccia has an opening reception for his paintings at A.J. Brewington Gallery,
4739 McPherson, from 6-9 pm. Ed was painting faculty at Washington University until retirement.

10/17: John Gallaher in our guest in a PRIVATE FEE WORKSHOP: 10-4 PM.
fee: $50 members and $60 non members. Limit of 10. Registration is still open.

10/18: John Gallaher is our guest poet critic for the October Sunday Workshop at U. City Library 1:30 pm.

10/19: River Styx: Kathleen Driskell, Janie Thomson and Gardner McFall… Let’s support our poetry community.

10/22: OBSERVABLE TASTES: A BENEFIT at Schlafly Bottleworks from 7 -9 with food and cash bar.
Local food writers will be our special guests and will read poems celebrating food and drink.
Check the website for the guest readers. SAVE the DATE: only $20 at the door… or online.

10/27: POETRY AT THE POINT: Kelly, Probe, Wilkins-Chinn and Nymark will chase the chill away.

10/29: Hurst Hall readings at Wash U: Claudia Rankine….. just thought you’d want to know.