Feb 25 Tuesday
The National Weather Service in St. Louis, in coordination with partners across the region, are offering storm spotter classes at several locations to prepare for severe weather season. If you would like to assist your local community by becoming a volunteer storm spotter and reporting severe weather to the National Weather Service, or if you simply want to learn more about severe weather, consider attending one of our classes! Classes are normally held in the evening and last approximately 2 hours.
Attendees are taught the basics of thunderstorm development, storm structure, the features to look for, and where to find them. What, when, and how to report information, as well as basic severe weather safety, are also covered.
Classes are free and for all ages (even small children)! No pre-registration is required for in-person classes.
Feb 26 Wednesday
Retirement often brings unexpected financial challenges, from rising healthcare costs to the expense of staying prepared for the unexpected. Navigating retirement requires thoughtful planning, and a reverse mortgage could be part of the solution.
Join our free seminar to uncover how reverse mortgages work, debunk common myths, and explore practical ways this financial tool can support your goals, whether you’re planning ahead or looking for a safety net.
Join us at the Spencer Road Library Rm L in St Peters. Seating is limited - reserve your spot today! Please register online or by phone: https://seniorsempowermenttruthseries.com/ola/services/reverse-mortgages-facts-myths-rumors or 636-336-6819.
Feb 27 Thursday
As part of the Georgia K. Johnston Writer-in-Residence Program, SLU's Department of English will host poet Hoa Nguyen from February 24-28, 2025. During her visit she will meet and workshop with undergraduate and graduate students.
Nguyen will host a poetry craft talk at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 27, in room 142 of Adorjan Hall.
All are welcome to join; admission is free of charge.
Author biography:
Hoa Nguyen is the author of several books, including Red Juice: Poems 1998 - 2008 and the Griffin Prize-nominated Violet Energy Ingots. Her latest collection of poems, A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure, was a finalist for a 2021 National Book Award, the General Governor’s Literary Award, and the Kingsley Tufts Award. Nguyen lives in Toronto with her family, where she serves as a visiting practitioner for the Faculty of Arts at Toronto Metropolitan University and as a mentor for writers in the graduate programs at Guelph University and the University of Toronto. She is a member of She Who Has No Masters (SWHNM), a Vietnamese and Southeast Asian diasporic transnational collective of cis, trans, and nonbinary women/womyn, and founding mentor of the SWHNM mentorship. In 2019, her body of work was nominated for a Neustadt Prize for Literature, a prestigious international literary award.
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Mar 11 Tuesday
Horticulture Class – Formal and Natural Garden Design Class
This Formal and Natural Garden Design class, taught by our Director of Horticulture and Curator of Living Collections, James Faupel, is held on Tuesday, March 11, at 1:00 p.m. Make sure to sign up quickly for this class, as it’s the only one of this topic in our series of Horticulture classes!