Featured Events in Saint Charles in October 2024 (September Updated)

Random Weave Baskets with Becky Stevens October 5th, 10am to 4pm. Random weave technique is fun, expressive, intuitive, organic, and meditative. Fall in love with this free-form, contemporary approach to basket making. Your finished piece can be sculptural or utilitarian. We’ll use basket reed which is a forgiving material to begin with and minimal tools. After you’ve mastered the basics you can easily apply them to foraged materials. No basket weaving experience is required. Registration: $75. All materials will be provided. Please bring small garden pruners if you have them and an old towel. Information Source: Gallery Row Fine Art | eventbrite

Our founders always intended for the United States to operate under a federalist system, wherein states and local communities, not Washington, have say in how they are run. Today, however, there is an effort to homogenize power by having the federal government take precedence over localities. Cooke will explain why this effort to centralize is antithetical to our founding mores, and why we should reverse course on this troubling trend. Brought to you by: Show-Me Institute, the John W. Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise , National Review Institute, and Show-Me Opportunity Information Source: Show-Me Institute | eventbrite

Join us for a delicious evening tea to celebrate the release of THE STONE WITCH OF FLORENCE by debut author Anna Rasche! Perfect for fans of WEYWARD and THE LOST APOTHECARY, THE STONE WITCH OF FLORENCE follows a young woman who can harness the power of gemstones summoned from exile to help track down Florence's priceless relics amid a deadly plague. This event is ticketed and includes: -Tea sandwiches and desserts from Bike Stop Cafe -A hardcover copy of THE STONE WITCH OF FLORENCE with gorgeous sapphire sprayed edges! Event details: Location: Kisker Road Library, 1000 Kisker Rd. St. Charles, MO 63304 Date: Thursday, October 10th, 2024 Time: 7:00pm We can't wait to see you there! About THE STONE WITCH OF FLORENCE: A woman's secret. A deadly Plague. Unleash the hidden magic... 1348. As the Black Plague ravages Italy, Ginevra di Gasparo is summoned to Florence after nearly a decade of lonely exile. Ginevra has a gift--harnessing the hidden powers of gemstones, she can heal the sick. But when word spread of her unusual abilities, she was condemned as a witch and banished. Now the same men who expelled Ginevra are begging for her return. Ginevra obliges, assuming the city's leaders are finally ready to accept her unorthodox cures amid a pandemic. But upon arrival, she is tasked with a much different mission: she must use her collection of jewels to track down a ruthless thief who is ransacking Florence's churches for priceless relics--the city's only hope for protection. If she succeeds, she'll be a recognized physician and never accused of witchcraft again. But as her investigation progresses, Ginevra discovers she's merely a pawn in a much larger scheme than the one she's been hired to solve. And the dangerous men behind this conspiracy won't think twice about killing a stone witch to get what they want... About Anna Rasche: Anna Rasche is a historian and gemologist who has previously worked in the jewelry collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and as a curatorial fellow at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Rasche's debut is based on original research she conducted on the uses of gemstones in medieval medicine at the Cooper Hewitt Museum and on site in Italy. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and infant daughter. Information Source: Main Street Books/St. Charles City-County Library | eventbrite

Main Street Books and the St. Charles City-County Library are delighted to welcome USA Today Bestselling Author Catharina Maura to St. Charles! Catharina will be celebrating her new novel MINE FOR A MOMENT, a new spicy, high-angst romance featuring a young artist and her brother's billionaire best friend... This ticketed event will take place at: Kisker Road Library 1000 Kisker Road St. Charles, MO 63304 Your ticket includes a copy of MINE FOR A MOMENT and a glass of wine! We can't wait to see you there! About MINE FOR A MOMENT: When the man she's always been in love with starts dating one of her friends, artist Serenity Adesina creates a to-do list that will help her get over him once and for all. The first item on that list? Losing her virginity to Archer Harrison, her older brother's billionaire best friend...and her boss. He's the perfect choice--alluring, caring, and entirely emotionally unavailable. Their deal was supposed to be simple: Serenity will paint Archer anything he wants in return for a secret, no-strings-attached relationship. Except each kiss leaves them both wanting more, tempting them to risk it all for what's growing between them. That is, until a cruel twist of fate shows them that giving in to their feelings comes at a far higher cost than they could've imagined. About Catharina Maura: Catharina Maura is a USA Today bestselling author. She writes angsty, fast-paced contemporary romance novels that break your heart before they lead you to a hard-won happily ever after. Cat lives in Hong Kong with her husband and a dozen houseplants that all have names. When she isn't daydreaming about future characters, she's exploring the world and seeking out new adventures. Information Source: Main Street Books/St. Charles City-County Library | eventbrite