Arts & Entertainment

MICDS to Host Alumni and Parent Author Book Signing Event
 on November 2

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To showcase its many alums and parents who have recently published books, Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School (MICDS) will host its first-ever Alumni and Parent Author Book Signing this week. 

The event is scheduled for Wednesday, November 2, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Olson Hall Presentation Room. It is open to the community. (Please use entrance 4 from Warson Road and parking will be available at the entrance to Olson Hall.) Books will be available for purchase at the signing event (cash or check only).

MICDS alumni and parent authors participating in the event include:

  • Carol Ferring Shepley, author, Movers and Shakers, Scalawags and Suffragettes: Tales from Bellefontaine Cemetery
  • Susan Spoehrer Elliott, author, Across the Divide: Navigating the Digital Revolution as a Woman, Entrepreneur and CEO
  • Jamieson Spencer, author, Fictional Religion: Keeping the New Testament New
  • Adalbert K. Dietz, author, Snippets of St. Louis
  • Henry H. Culver Jr., author, Imperial Swing Dancing
  • Mary King Swayzee, author, Leaving a Trace: My Garden and Other Art Projects
  • Cynthia Dennison Haines, author, The New Prescription:  How to Get the Best Health Care in a Broken System
  • Quinta Dunn Scott, author, The Mississippi: A Visual Biography
  • Richard T. Newman, editor, River Styx Magazine
  • Jan Schonwald Greenberg, author, Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring
  • Xiaolong Qiu, author, Years of Red Dust: Stories of Shanghai

For more information, contact Louise Jones, MICDS Director of Alumni Relations, at 314-995-7312 or ljones@micds.org

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