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St. Louis County Library is pleased to host a special ticketed event with two-time U.S. Poet Laureate and bestselling author Billy Collins. Collins will share his new poetry collection, “Musical Tables.” PUBLICATION DATE: 10/17/2022 LEGACY LINK: https://www.slcl.org/content/slcl-presents-evening-former-us-poet-laureate-billy-collins ARTICLE TYPE: Press Release ELEPHANT

The St. Louis County Library’s Favorite Author Series presents local author Ed Wheatley for a discussion and signing of “St. Louis Sports Memories: Forgotten Teams and Moments from America’s Best Sports Town.” PUBLICATION DATE: 10/13/2022 LEGACY LINK: https://www.slcl.org/content/sports-historian-ed-wheatly-discusses-%E2%80%9Cst-louis-sports-memories%E2%80%9D ARTICLE TYPE: Press Release ELEPHANT

St. Louis County Library’s Favorite Author Series presents local author Amanda E. Doyle for a discussion and signing of her book “Tower Grove Park: Common Ground and Grateful Shade Since 1872.” PUBLICATION DATE: 10/5/2022 LEGACY LINK: https://www.slcl.org/content/local-author-amanda-e-doyle-discusses-history-tower-grove-park ARTICLE TYPE: Press Release ELEPHANT

St. Louis County Library’s Reading Garden Series for Young Audiences is pleased to present a joint event with sensationally popular middle grade authors Kwame Mbalia and Roseanne A. Brown – two of the most recent authors in the popular Rick Riordan presents series. PUBLICATION DATE: 10/4/2022 LEGACY LINK: https://www.slcl.org/content/middle-grade-authors-kwame-mbalia-and-roseanne-brown-present-new-rick-riordan-presents-books ARTICLE TYPE: Press Release ELEPHANT

St. Louis County Library is partnering with the Kranzberg Arts Foundation to bring arts-based programming and cultural enrichment to County Library branches this fall. The programming is made possible by a $200,000 endowment from the Kranzberg Arts Foundation to the St. Louis County Library Foundation. The endowment will develop and utilize Library spaces for use as artistic venues and provide an arts based approach to community development. In addition to programming, the Library will host annual group exhibits featuring Kranzberg Arts Foundation visual artists-in-residence at the new Clark Family Branch (scheduled to open in late 2023). PUBLICATION DATE: 10/3/2022 LEGACY LINK: https://www.slcl.org/content/st-louis-county-library-receives-endowment-kranzberg-arts-foundation ARTICLE TYPE: Press Release ELEPHANT

St. Louis County Library has been named the 2022 Missouri Library of the Year for distinguished and outstanding work for the community by the Missouri Library Association. The award was presented during the Missouri Library Association’s annual conference on September 29, 2022 in Springfield, Missouri. PUBLICATION DATE: 9/30/2022 LEGACY LINK: cARTICLE TYPE: Press Release ELEPHANT