Come into UCPL’s new Makerspace to try out the cool equipment available for public use, including a laser cutter, 3D scanner, Cricut, and sewing, quilting, and embroidery machines! For more info, visit www.ucitylibrary.org/makerspace or email creative@ucitylibrary.org.
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CANCELLED for 1/17/2026
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HPES will host a free health screening from 9 a.m. to noon in the auditorium.
Screening tests offered include:
Screenings are by appointment only, call 314-448-7373 to schedule an appointment.
Gather a team of up to four puzzlers to show your skills at solving a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle the fastest. Because space is limited, registration is required, and participation is limited to adults. Call 314-727-3150 or email reference@ucitylibrary.org to reserve your table.
Are you secretly an amazing speller? Prove how good you are at the UCPL Adult Spelling Bee! The winner will go on to compete at the Municipal Library Consortium Championship Bee! For more information or to register for the bee, email reference@ucitylibrary.org or call the reference desk at 314-727-3150.
The Friends of University City Public Library will welcome best-selling author Sarah Kendzior to discuss her latest book, The Last American Road Trip. The free program will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 15 in the UCPL auditorium.
The Last American Road Trip is part memoir, part travel adventure, and a prescient and alarming political critique of the decline of America. Written with both anger and deep affection for her beloved country, the book chronicles the trips she, her husband, and their two children took to National Parks and historic sites; along Route 66; and to obscure and weird roadside attractions, like the giant praying hands sculpture in Webb City, Missouri. Beginning in 2016, through the pandemic years, and as the children grew into teenagers, they continued exploring America with a sense of seeing it before it was too late. She has a PhD. in Anthropology from Washington University and lives and works in University City. She will be interviewed by STLPR’s Rod Milam.
This program is intended for adults, but is free and open to all. Refreshments and book signing after the presentation. Book sales courtesy of Subterranean Books.
The Friends of University City Public Library will welcome author Vivian Gibson for a reading and discussion of her book, The Last Children of Mill Creek. Vivian Gibson was raised on Bernard Street in Mill Creek Valley and has lived in New York City and Liberia, West Africa. After retiring at sixty-six, she started writing short stories about her childhood memories in Mill Creek Valley, a segregated St. Louis community. Her book, The Last Children of Mill Creek, is an essential book for anyone interested in urban development, race, and community history―or for anyone who was once a child.
Refreshments and a book signing will take place after the presentation. This program is intended for adults, but is free and open to all.
Join us online for a thrilling discussion with bestselling author Liz Moore to discuss her latest work, The God of the Woods, an instant New York Times bestseller and one of NPR’s 2024 “Books We Love” highlights.
Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.
As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore’s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore’s most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.
Join us in conversation with Liz as we embark on a tale of thrilling twists and disturbing disappearances.
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