Author
Events
2024
Book Discussions/Events
January
13 Plain Talk-Intergenerational Voices Writing Workshop
Spine Bookstore & Cafe 1-4 PM
20 St. Louis Artists' Guild--Storytelling Workshop 10-11 AM
23 Council of Jewish Women--Coffee Talk 8:30-9:30 AM-Zoom
February
12 MICDS Parents & Students--School Passport Series-Guest Speaker 6-8 PM
13 City STL-SC Dinner, Reading & Panel Discussion--6:00-9:00 PM
16 Field House Museum Reading & Book Discussion --1:00 PM
20 Marquette University Urban Public Policy-Guest Speaker 6-7 PM Zoom
23 Invest STL Reading and BookDiscussion 10:00 AM
24 Urban League Brunch--Home Ownership Panel Presentation--10:45-1:00
27 National Council of Jewish Women Book Discussion 8:30 AM-- Zoom
28 SLU Panhellenic Sororities--guest speaker--5:30
29 Delmar DivINe Black History Brunch & Book Giveaway--8:30-10:30 AM
March
2 Educators for SocialJustice-Gateway Science Academy South--Panelist-10:00 AM
16 Tribute to Women Veterans Post 404-Guest Speaker -Ameristar Casino 10:30 AM
20 SLU High-Student anti-Racist Coalition =10:35 AM
April
12 John Burroughs School-7th Grade Book Presentation & Book Discussion
14 St. Michael St. George Church-Book discussion 11:30
23 Revised Date Washington University Life Long Learning "St. Louis African American History"-Guest Presenter-1-3 PM
June
1 StoryTellers Project (UMSL) @ Griot Museum of Black History 2:00-4:00 PM
2 Cultural Leadership (7th-grade class discussed LCOMC & tour Pillars Monument
18 Juneteenth Celebration with SLU Med School Student Scholars (high school) 11:00 AM-12:00 PM @ Schwitalla Hall
28 PlainTalk Panel Discussion-Spine Indie Bookstore & Cafe 7:00 9:00 PM
July
16 Best of the Bust Belt book launch: panel discussion--STL Style house 7:30-9:00
18 STL Blues: Music, Migration, and the Movement is a workshop for K-12 educators & Mill Creek tour
@ STL Blues Museum noon-2:30 PM
25 STL Blues: Music, Migration, and the Movement is a workshop for K-12 educators & Mill Creek tour
@ STL Blues Museum noon-2:30 PM
August
16 St. Louis University Visual & Performing Arts Dept. staff & faculty--Book discussion & lunch-11:00 AM-1:00 PM
27 Memphis Carver High Reunion/Horseshoe STL Hotel--Book discussion & book signing
September
10 Cbabi's "The Mill Creek Legacy" mural installation at St. Louis University 4:00 PM
17 "Voices of Mill Creek" panel discussion--SLU's Pius XII Library 4:00 PM
18 Presentation to Prof. Christopher Tinson's Civil Rights class at SLU 11:00 AM
21 Missouri History, Urban Renewal Tour, beginning at Union Station at 10:00 AM
24 Presentation to Prof. Clarice Thomas's A-A Studies class at SLU 10:45 AM
26 Presentation to Prof. Clarice Thomas's A-A Studies class at SLU 12:45 PM
28 St. Louis Publishers Assoc. "The Writers Toolbox" panel discussion at The Heights
9 AM-4 PM
October
3 ST. Louis Realtors Book Discussion, UMSL Grand Center 10:00 AM
10 American Assoc. of University Women Book Discussion 10:30 AM
22 Parkway & Pattonville African American Studies Mill Creek Tour w/ Bernie Hayes
9:30 AM-Black Radio Hall of Fame
25 Visitation Academy Civil Rights Museum Project-11:00 AM
26 WU School of Architecture Panel Discussion-"Preservations: Centering Culture, Memory, and Identity"--Weil Hall 1:30-3:00 PM
November
7 ISACS Annual Conference Presentation w/ BS Educators on teaching "The Last Children of Mill Creek" Hyatt Regency 1:30-2:45 PM
12 Guest Speaker, Lindenwood U.--History of Race in America class--9:15 AM
Last year (20223
November
1 KMOX Radio interview on Total Information AM w/ Megan Lynch & Tom Ackerman-9:00 AM
2 Red Key Realtors community event at Hi-Point Theater 6-9 PM (viewing the movie "The Banker") book talk/Q/A.
14 Faith Des Pares Presbyterian Church Book Discussion 7:00 PM
October
1 Record an interview with StoryCorps Mobile Tour
3 Grace United Methodist Church Book Discussion 12:30 PM
5 St. Louis Women's Club Book Discussion 11:00
6 Kansas City Heartland Book Festival-"Great Reads from Great Places Awardee 7:00 PM
7 Fontbonne University Homecoming Alumni Award Recipient 9:30 AM
7 Kansas City Heartland Book Festival-Panelist 12:00 PM
31 St. Louis University Urban Studies-Daniel Smith (2 Classes)10:00
September
7 Venture Cafe St. Louis-"Thought Leadership & Public Speaking"
TEDx St. Louis panel discussion
4-7 PM
18 Lois Severen's Book Club 4:00 PM
23 My Vashon High 55th Class Reunion-Dinner Speaker & Book Signing 7:00PM
28 Thursday Night at MO History Museum--A conversation with Gwen Moore and Damon Davis--5:30 PM
30 Ageless Remarkable St. Louisans Gala-St Andrews Foundation Awardee 6:00
August
5 Urban League Panel Discussion 11:30
7 Christian Network Interview w/ John Jessup 10:30 AM
12 Library of Congress National Book Festival 10 AM-6 PM
July
5 Journey Leadership Summer Book Discussion 10:45
14 Aim High Graduation 11:00 AM
15 Missouri Humanities Veterans Writing Workshop 10:00 AM Zoom
22 Missouri Humanities Veterans Writing Workshop 10:00 AM Zoom
25 Robin Boyce WSIE Jazz Radio Interview 11:30 Zoom
May
3 Glen Echo Book Club-5:00 PM
4 Principia School Student Civil Rights Museum Opening 6:00 PM
13 National Blues Museum Genealogy Workshop 1:00 PM
14 Cultural Leadership @ Mill Creek Memorial--STL City SC 3:00 PM
16 St. Andrews Nominee Luncheon @ The St. Louis Club 11:00 AM
21 Grace United Methodist Church Book Club--9:15 book Signing
9:30 Book Discussion
April
7 John Burroughs School (7th Grade In-school field trip) 8:20 AM
27 Boys & Girls Club Table for Four Luncheon (City SC) 11:00 AM
March
2 Webster Groves Writing Festival 8:25 AM
6 Teach for America @ Delmar Divine 11:00
8 Pattonville Schools Writers Week 9:00 AM
10 Principia Mill Creek Bus tour 9:30 AM
27 Judy Deutsch's Book 2:00 PM
30 North Side Community School
February
7 Mich Hancock: MichMash Podcast.
11:15 AM
15 Women's Voices for Racial Justice--Lunch & Learn Kirkwood Library 12:00 PM
16 Mill Creek Memorial Dedication (Soccer Stadium Plaza)
10:00 AM
17 St. Louis Public Schools Professional Development
(History Museum) 8:15 AM
21 Urban League Housing Division Book Discussion
11:30 AM
22 US Probation Office Book Discussion Eagleton Courthouse 10:00 AM
24-26 Virtual Writers & Book Conference (Reading/Discussion)
League of Women Voters Book Discussion
3:00 PM (Zoom)
26 Booked Global Book Club Discussion
4:00 PM (Zoom)
January
2 KMOX Radio: At Your Service.
10:00 AM
5 Kirkwood Public Library 'On Becoming a Mill Creek Child.'
6:30 PM 140 E. Jefferson Ave., Kirkwood, MO
16 Bookclub Discussion/University City
23 'Living St. Louis' with Ruth Ezell, Nine PBS 7:00 PM
December
7 St. Louis Public Library Central Branch
Book Discussion & Book Signing 6:00 PM
15 Richmond Heights Library
Book Discussion, Book Sales & Signing 6:30 PM
November
1 Daniel Smith's Urban Studies Classes
St. Louis University 12:45 & 3:00
October
1 Book Lovers Annual Event
Harris-Stowe University 11:30 AM
2 St. Timothy Episcopal Church 3:00 PM
17 St. Louis Storytelling Festival 7:00 PM
High Low
22 TEDx Talk 6:00 PM
Kirkwood Performing Arts Center
September
13 Midtown & Mill Creek
Missouri History Museum 11"00 AM
29 Accept Missouri Library Association Author of the Year Award Springfield, MO
July
21 Clayon Schools Teachers' Summer Institute
Wydown Middle School--12:45 PM
June
16 St. Louis CountyLibrary-Writing My Story:
A Counternarrative--6:30 PM
21 Clayton Schools Teacher Workshop 10:00 AM
May
4 Home Sweet Home-Book Discussion 3:30 PM
5 Principia Middle School Civil Rights Museum 10:00 AM
19 Edison Condo Book Club 6:30 PM
31 WUSTL/Ethical Society film viewing & panel discussion:
"More Than One Thing" 6:30 PM
April
2 Book Lovers Book Club--HSSU 12 Noon
7 John Burroughs Book Club--6:00 PM
8 John Burroughs Student Assembly--8:00 AM/Small group student book discussion 9:00 AM
14 Clayton Oasis: Reflections on Mill Creek with Michael Allen 10 AM
28 Missouri History Museum--Rethinking Monuments & Memorials: Panel Discussion 5:30 - 8:00
March
3 Book Club at United Hebrew--Zoom 1:0 PM
7 UMSL Alliance on Land Use: Blurring the Boundaries of Public Lands--3 PM--Zoom
16 Oasis Storytelling/Clarendale Clayton--1:00 PM
20 Ethical Society/Carol Beere 10 AM
22 Spirit of St. Louis Women's Fund--5:30 PM
February
11 Friendship Village Book Club--lunch: Noon Discussion: 2 PM
25 Metro Theater Panel Discussion 5:30 PM--Zoom
25 Jambalaya Book Club--8 PM-Zoom
January
8 Compton Heights Christian Church Book Club--1:00 PM Zoom
20 Edison Condo Book Club--6:30
2021 St. Louis County Library Black History Celebration Event
Vivian Gibson, "The Last Children of Mill Creek"
Tuesday, February 02, 2021, 7:00 p.m. Virtual
Video premiere: February 2, 7:00 p.m. on Facebook.com/hectv
Signed book available from The Novel Neighbor.
Curbside pickup and shipping are available.
Meet the Author
of
The Last Children of Mill Creek
Vivian Gibson
Friday, September 4, 2020
St. Louis Oasis
10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Center of Clayton
50 Gay Avenue, Clayton, MO 63105
Vivian Gibson, Author and Marylen Mann, Oasis Founder
Clayton Oasis
50 Gay Avenue, Clayton, MO 6310
Past Events:
Thank you for blessing our 109th church anniversary with your memories of Mill Creek.
We can't wait to buy copies of your book!
Deacon Keath Spears
Northern Baptist Church
St. Louis, MO
Heartland Fall Forum in Cleveland, Ohio
Oct. 4, 2019
St. Louis Anthology Launch Party - June 2019
Contributing Playwright for "50in50: Writing Women Into Existence"
Billie Holiday Theatre, Brooklyn, N.Y. May 2017