Join us at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 13 for a free ONLINE presentation of “Credit As An Asset,” an interactive discussion on how to build credit for better financial health. The presentation will be led by Tatiana Gillum, an asset building manager with Justine Peterson. With more than 10 years of experience in the finance industry, Ms. Gillum works to help educate the community to build generational wealth and financial success.
This program is free and open to all. For information on participating in the Zoom-based discussion, email reference@ucitylibrary.org. Additionally, this program will be live-streamed to UCPL’s Facebook and YouTube pages.
Join us at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 5 for an online book discussion of The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones. This acclaimed book expands on the New York Times Magazine‘s groundbreaking issue, which reframed American history by placing slavery and its legacy at the center of the narrative.
This free online program is presented in partnership with the School District of University City’s Community Book Study of the same title. For information in participating in the Zoom-based discussion, email reference@ucitylibrary.org.
University City Public Library is excited to welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tony Messenger for an online program at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9. Mr. Messenger will discuss his new book, Profit and Punishment: How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice.
As a metro columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Mr. Messenger has spent years in county and municipal courthouses documenting how poor Americans are convicted of minor crimes and then saddled with exorbitant fines and fees. If they are unable to pay, they are often sent to prison, where they are then charged a pay-to-stay bill, in a cycle that soon creates a mountain of debt that can take years to pay off. These insidious penalties are used to raise money for broken local and state budgets, often overseen by for-profit companies, and it is one of the central issues of the criminal justice reform movement. Mr. Messenger won a Pulitzer Prize in 2019 for his series of columns on this topic.
The program is free and open to all, and will be held virtually via Zoom. To participate, please email reference@ucitylibrary.org to register for the Zoom link. The Library will also broadcast the program on the Library’s Facebook and YouTube pages. Signed copies of Profit and Punishment will be available for purchase at Subterranean Books after the event.
Join us at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26 when local author Margaret Hermes joins us for an online presentation. Ms. Hermes will discuss her latest novel, The Opposite of Chance, which centers on a sheltered woman who sets out on a solo journey around the world after learning of her husband’s philandering. A St. Louis resident, Ms. Hermes grew up in Chicago, and has published short stories in literary journals including River Styx, Fiction International, and The Literary Review. A collection of her short fiction, Relative Strangers, won the Bakwin Book Award.
This online program is free and open to all. For information on participating in the Zoom-based event, send an email to reference@ucitylibrary.org.
The Library will be closed all day Thursday, Nov. 24 and Friday, Nov. 25 for Thanksgiving.
The Library will be closed all day Monday, Sept. 5 for Labor Day.
The Library will be closed Monday, July 4 for Independence Day.
The Library will be closed all day Monday, May 29 for Memorial Day.
The Library will be closed all day Sunday, May 14 for Mother’s Day.
The Library will be closed all day Monday, Feb. 20 for Presidents Day.
