Pick Five in Ladue and Frontenac

Duck between the raindrops and have fun with these actitivities happening in your neighborhood. 

Monday, March 7 – 17. Start the week out right with a big hunk of chocolate, and the following days will be bliss. Karl Bissinger’s is having their solid chocolate half-rice sale through the 17th. Remember that dark chocolate is good for heart health in moderation. (“Chocolate” and “moderation” in the same sentence?) Anyway, this is a great time to stock up for Easter and to treat your friends and, most important, yourself. Bissinger’s is on the second level of Plaza Frontenac.  97 Plaza Frontenac. 314-367-9750. www.bissingers.com.

Thursday, Friday, Saturday, March 10-12. The Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School winter play, “Twelve Angry Women” will be performed by the high school students at 7:30 on all three nights at the auditorium on the campus, 801 Spoede Rd. The play is based on the 1957 movie, “12 Angry Men,” but with an all-women cast. Admission is $7 for adults and $5 for students. 314-8110-3529 or www.vdoh.org

 Thursday, March 10. The St. Louis  County Library Foundation will host author Randy Wayne White for a discussion and signing of his thriller, “Night Vision.” The event will take place at 7 p.m. at Library Headquarters, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd. The program is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase from Pudd’nHead Books, 37 S. Old Orchard Ave., www.puddinheadbooks.com. For more information, call 314-994-3300 or visit www.slcl.org.

Thursday, March 10. Get ready to travel towards healthy living when Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Plaza Frontenac present “Passport to Good Health.” Learn more about your health as you travel the Plaza. Light refreshments, free screenings, and giveaways will be available as will the opportunity to learn more about cancer detection and prevention, heart healthy living, back and neck pain, male and female health, and much more. Stop by the registration desk near the center escalator between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. 1701 S. Lindbergh Blvd. For more information, call 314-867-3627.

Saturday, March 12. National bestselling literary suspense author Walter Mosley will visit the St. Louis County Library Headquarters to discuss the 2011 Read St. Louis mystery selection, “When the Thrill is Gone.” The program will begin at 7 p.m., 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd. 314-994-3399. www.slcl.org.