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St. Louis County Library Foundation, the Saint Louis Science Center and The Novel Neighbor are pleased to host an event with Dr. Aomawa Shields, NASA astrobiologist and author of “Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Way in the Universe.” The event will take place on Monday, July 17, 7:00 p.m. at the Saint Louis Science Center, Omnimax Theater, 5050 Oakland Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110.

St. Louis County Library will provide fresh produce from Operation Food Search at three library branches starting on Thursday, July 6. Produce boxes will be available at the Florissant Valley, Lewis & Clark and Weber Road branches on Thursdays starting at 8:30 a.m. Boxes are distributed curbside in branch parking lots. There is a limit of one box per family. The program will run through August 3, 2023.

St. Louis County Library Foundation is pleased to host an event with Anupam B. Jena and Christopher Worsham, authors of “Random Acts of Medicine: The Hidden Forces that Sway Doctors, Impact Patients, and Shape Our Health.”

The event will take place on Thursday, July 13 at 7:00 p.m. at the Daniel Boone Branch, 300 Clarkson Rd. Ellisville, MO 63011. The program is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the event from The Novel Neighbor.

SLCL is seeking creative designs from kids and teens for our Design a Bookmark Contest. Entries will be accepted June 1-July 7, 2023.

St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Reading Garden Series for Young Audiences and the Novel Neighbor are pleased to present comic strip and graphic novel artist and author Steenz for a discussion and signing of “Heart Takes the Stage: A Heart of the City Collection.” The event will take place on Wednesday, July 12 at 6:30 p.m. at the Grand Glaize Branch of St. Louis County Library, 1010 Meramec Station Rd. Manchester, MO 63021.

St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Favorite Author Series and The Novel Neighbor present popular thriller writer Reed Farrel Coleman for a discussion and signing of his latest novel, “Sleepless City.”

The event will take place on Tuesday, July 11 at 7:00 p.m. at the Grant’s View Branch of the St. Louis County Library, 9700 Musick Rd., St. Louis MO, 63123.