Spine-iversary - Spine's 2nd Anniversary

Sat. Nov. 25, 2023 // 9am - 10pm

For our anniversary we'll offer a taste of all the various events we've been doing here over the last two years. I hope you join us for this entertaining and enlightening celebration as we look back with one face and ahead with another--all Janus-like and whatnot!

10-11 - Children's Storytime with Simon.

11-11:30 - TBA.

11:30-12 - Unseen St. Louis creator Jackie Dana will talk about the history of the Spine Bookstore & Café building.

12-12:30 - Spine's best-selling poet Lesley Day,  and host of Sunday Night Poetry.
12:30-1 - Spine's top-selling poet Matthew Scott Freeman.

1-1:15 - Storyteller Mary Schaefer from Elena Sampson's Truth Be Told: We Got Stories will tell her true story about her near-death experiences.
1:15-1:30 - Mark Pannebecker will tell his story about how he almost killed Bob Cassilly, creator of City Museum.

1:30-2 - Julie Nicolai will give an abbreviated talk on the history of racism from her UnSeen St. Louis talk.

2-2:15 - Comedian Andrew Gieselmann and host of Tuesday Comedy Night.
2:15-2:30 - Comedian Matt Wayman.

2:30-3 - Best-selling author Wm Stage.

3-3:30 - One of the hosts for our Original Music Open Mic musician Eric Keeney.
3:30-4 - Musician Alex Huck original host of No Cover Singer/Songwriter Showcase.

4-4:30 - Spine's Top-selling poet Lynne Jensen Lampe.
4:30-5 - Top-selling poet Agnes Vojta.

5-5:15 - Storyteller from the Truth Be Told: We Got Stories open mic series - Dale Sager - will tell the story of when he stole grandpa's teeth!
5:15-5:30 - From the open mic storytelling series, Nicky - Story TBA.

5:30-6 - From the Unseen St. Louis series, speaker Nathan Jackson offers a brief discussion on the hidden treasures in St. Louis architecture.

6-6:30 - Spine's top-selling author Jim Findlay will read and discuss his thriller "The Ice: Murder in Antarctica" written with Jay Schober

6:30-6:45 - Comedian Taji.
6:45-7 - Comedian Ellie Kirchhoefer.

7-7:30 - Musician Wilson Ridge current host of the No Cover Singer/Songwriter Showcase.
7:30-8 - Our other host of Original Music Open Mic musician Jason Krena.

8-9 - Open forum open mic.

FREE EVENT

Food specials // drink specials

Thank you for being an important vertebra in our spine...