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The Library offers programs for adults, teenagers, children and toddlers.

Reading Challenges

Audience: Pre-Kindergarten and Parents.

Audience: Teens ages 14-18

Book Clubs and Writing Group

Audience: Adults

Audience: Teenagers and Adults

Audience: Adults

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Calendar of Events

6:00 pm Alex Primm: Oral History for Eve...

Alex Primm: Oral History for Eve...

Oct 3 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Drop modern Greece into the middle of America. That’s roughly the size of the Ozarks: 50,000 square miles. But the Ozarks has one-tenth the number of residents. I’ve spent 40 years working as an oral historian traveling from Sallisaw, Oklahoma, to Saint Louis; Little Rock to Columbia and many towns in between. Here are my most inspiring stories. I want to share people I cannot forget. I hope to encourage others to interview families and friends. Oral history is a natural trait. We all appreciate true struggles. Local history influences everything we do. In early 2022 McFarland Co., an academic publisher in North Carolina, brought out my ‘Ozark Voices: Oral History from the Heartland’. Some 60 chapters share accounts sponsored by the U.S. Army at Ft. Leonard Wood, the Forest Service, Geological Survey, National Park Service along the Ozark National Scenic Riverways and other institutions. This program on Ozark oral history will offer stories and encourage people to record their family history to make it useful for the future. Modern technology makes oral history possible for everyone. But it has to be done right to make it valuable. This foundation is what I offer.

7:00 pm Steve Wiegenstein: Missouri’s Ut...

Steve Wiegenstein: Missouri’s Ut...

Oct 3 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Nineteenth-century Missouri was home to several alternative communities, often termed “utopian communities” for their emphasis on social betterment and a different way of life. But although their neighbors sometimes considered these utopians odd or eccentric, they were often within the mainstream of progressive social thinking of the time. Steve Wiegenstein has been researching these communities for decades, both as a scholar and in his role as a leading historical novelist. In this presentation, he will invite discussion of Missouri’s well-known and lesser-known utopian communities, including religious communes, secular communities, and those in between.

9:00 am Tot Time

Tot Time

Oct 5 @ 9:00 am – 9:30 am

Join us on Thursdays for Tot Time, with stories and activities for children 3 and under. There are two sessions: 9:00 am & 10:00 am.

10:00 am Tot Time

Tot Time

Oct 5 @ 10:00 am – 10:30 am

Join us on Thursdays for Tot Time, with stories and activities for children 3 and under. There are two sessions: 9:00 am & 10:00 am.

6:00 pm Loftin Woodiel: William C. Quant...

Loftin Woodiel: William C. Quant...

Oct 5 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

During the American Civil War, Captain William C Quantrill commanded a band of Confederate irregulars who reeked death and destruction throughout the Missouri and Kansas borders. Tactical and technical perfection was a trademark of his organization. Prior to the war, Quantrill was a school teacher in the state of Ohio. A number of Quantrill’s men continued to hone their skillset, maintained these deviant behaviors and channeled them into post-war career banditry opportunities; e.g., James Robert Cummins, the James Brothers (Jessie and Frank), and the Younger Brothers (Cole, Bob and Jim). Just as a teacher motivates his students to adopt specific standards of academic and social behavior, did Quantrill’s pedagogical skillset propel his subordinates into deviant careers? This interdisciplinary research design employs historical context analysis, psychological evaluation of motivation in a running text, and the application of criminological theory.

7:00 pm Jeff Smith: Cemeteries and Memor...

Jeff Smith: Cemeteries and Memor...

Oct 5 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Cemeteries are seen as both sacred spaces and secular tools for articulating and preserving the collective memory a community wants to preserve. The monuments, cemetery design, and gravestones hold a version of a community’s collective memory. When additional monuments are placed in these spaces, they become part of that memory as well. Presented by a nationally recognized scholar in cemeteries and death studies, this lecture will examine the ways Confederate monuments in cemeteries represent a special case for understanding the Lost Cause in the 21st century.

10:00 am Storytime

Storytime

Oct 6 @ 10:00 am – 10:30 am

Stories and songs for all ages.

10:00 am Monday Book Club

Monday Book Club

Oct 9 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

This book club meets monthly, every 2nd Monday, at 10:00 a.m.

5:00 pm Wagging Tales

Wagging Tales

Oct 9 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Readers partner with a Franklin County Humane Society Volunteer and a dog. Fifteen-minutes sessions. 2nd Mondays from 5:00 – 6:00 pm.

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Friday         8am - 6pm
Saturday    9am - 5pm
Sunday   Noon - 4pm
Phone:        (636) 390-1070 Fax: (636) 390-0171

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