There are a lot of free events cooking at the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park on Tuesday, June 19.
The day starts off at 10:30 p.m. with Summer Family Fun Series: Katie Banister. A portrait is so much more than a painting of a person. In the gallery installation The Language of Portraits, the pictures tell stories about the lives and personalities of the people in them. What story would you want to tell? Poems are a good way of telling stories too!
Join Katie Banister at 10:30 or 11:30a.m., or 1 p..m for a 45-minute poetry-writing workshop to create your own written portrait.
Stop by the hands-on art workshop anytime from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. to create a work of art to go with your poem portrait. While all ages are welcome, the writing workshops are best suited for children ages 7-11.
Don’t forget to check out the rest of our Summer Family Fun Series activities.
At noon enjoy Brick by Chance and Fortune Documentary. St. Louis has a rich history as both a producer and a user of building material that’s as lovely as it is sturdy: brick! This documentary offers a look at the use of fire to make brick.
New! All for Union: A Brief History of Missouri in the Civil War. Getan overview of politics, battles, and massacres in Missouri during the Civil War.
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In the aftermath of a fire, there are many questions about how and why the disaster occurred. From arson to accident, it is the job of fire investigators to determine the cause of the blaze.
7 p.m.
St. Louis has great parks! And St. Louisans are passionate about them. Acclaimed local historians NiNi Harris and Esley Hamilton discuss their book, which takes readers through the…
7 p.m.
Jazz quartet D’Fynitive Soul performs standards as well as inspired interpretations of spirituals on this day commemorating the abolition of slavery in the U.S.
