Prime Timers St. Louis

PTSL Sunday Brunch at Uncle Bill's West County
2025-01-12 12:30 - 14:30 (America/Chicago) | MO
Please join us for Sunday Brunch on January 12 at Uncle Bill’s in West County. The address is 14196 Manchester Road, Manchester, MO 63011.
Please RSVP to let us know how many are attending.
Date: January 12, 2025
Time:12:30pm-2:30pm

MON 5:00 PM - Golden Happy Hour at Just John's Nightclub - RSVP encouraged
2025-01-13 17:00 - 20:00, 2025-02-10 17:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-10 17:00 - 20:00 | Just John, 4112 Manchester Avenue, St. Louis, MO, 63110, United States
Join your fellow Prime Timers at Just John’s for:
Golden Happy Hour from 5 to 8 PM.
Please respond (accepts only) to rsvp@primetimersstl.org so that your host Michael D will know who is attending. Arrive any time during happy hour and enjoy the evening with fellow Prime Timers. Complimentary food is served during the happy hour.
The coordinator for this event is Michael D. Prime Timers can be found in a group in the rear of the bar or out on the patio in nice weather. If you don’t see us, ask the bartender.
Afterwards, around 8:00 pm, you are welcome to join Michael and some of the others for a bite to eat at Chao Baan restaurant, just down the street from Just John’s Bar, in the Grove neighborhood.

Narrative Wisdom and African Arts at St. Louis Art Museum
2025-01-17 10:15 - 12:30 | St. Louis Art Museum, 1 Fine Arts Dr, St. Louis, 63110, United States
The exhibit NARRATIVE WISDOM AND AFRICAN ARTS explores historical and contemporary African arts.

The exhibition acknowledges the intersections between certain historical arts and oral traditions and places historical works made by artists across sub-Saharan Africa during the 13th to 20th centuries in conversation with contemporary works by African artists working around the globe. Drawing from public and private collections in North America and Europe, the exhibition features an extensive array of media, including sculpture in wood, ivory, and metal, textiles, works on paper, photography, painting, and time-based works.

The PTSL event coordinator is Doug Schneider, who lived in sub-Saharan Africa for 6 years.

Friday, January 17, 2025, at 10:15 AM. This is a ticketed exhibit; the exhibit is free on Fridays. The suggestion is to get your free ticket soon.
Go to https://www.metrotix.com/events/detail/narrative-wisdom-and-african-arts. NOTE: If you don’t have a MetroTix account, they will help you set one up. Although the ticket is free, everyone will have to pay a $3 service fee.

Optional lunch in the Art Museum’s café afterwards. Please let Doug know that you are attending the event: ParadiseDouglas@gmail.com. He will then send you details about the event.

FREE ZOOM TALK: FIRST IN BOOZE: DISTILLERIES IN ST. LOUIS AND IN MISSOURI
2025-01-23 19:00 - 20:15 | MO
The old St. Louis saying goes: “First in shoes, first in booze, and last in the American League.” This talk will cover distilleries old and new, starting with distillery activity in the 19th Century (The oldest distillery in Missouri uses its original still house and makes bourbon from a 165-year-old recipe). It will cover bootlegging during Prohibition (when things got Wild). And it will cover today’s craft distillery movement (You can get married in a St. Louis distillery). We were once the home of Jack Daniel’s whiskey and that whiskey got milked. The talk will also look at organizations, festivals, and legislation.

All St. Louis Prime Timer Members will be emailed a link to this free Zoom talk, given by Doug Schneider.

Gateway Men's Chorus Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser
2025-01-26 16:00 - 19:00 | Lafayette Park United Methodist Church, 2300 Lafayette Ave, St. Louis, 63104, United States
Come warm up with some comfort food and shake off those winter doldrums as the Gateway Men’s Chorus is hosting its 2nd Annual Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser on Sunday January 26th from 4:00pm to 7:00pm at Lafayette Park United Methodist Church, 2300 Lafayette Avenue, 63104!
$20 gets you all the fixings and that warm-hearted feeling from helping to contribute to GMC’s GALA Fund!
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.gmcstl.org/spaghetti

PTSL February Potluck in Florissant
2025-02-01 16:00 - 19:00 | MO
Our February Potluck at the Henley-Hudson house in Florissant is full now. The limit of 20 persons has been met.
NOTE: Limit of 20 persons
Parking: Open street parking
Menu: Lasagna and spaghetti Alfredo. Alcohol is BYOB.
Please RSVP to let us know how many in your party and which side dish you will bring. Everyone who sends an RSVP will receive a reply with the actual address.

Lunch N Learn LGBTQ
2025-02-04 12:30 - 14:00, 2025-03-04 12:30 - 14:00 | Age Smart – Swansea, IL, 7 Bronze Pointe South, Unit B, Swansea, IL, 62226, United States
AgeSmart Lunch N Learn LGBTQ Meeting will be held on Tuesday, from 12:30 – 2:00pm at 7 Bronze Pointe S, Ste B, Swansea, IL 62226.
Reservations are required. Call (618) 222-6521 to reserve your space.

Saint Louis Wind Symphony
2025-02-16 15:00 - 16:30 | MO
Concert #3: “Old vs. New”
Date: Sun, Feb 16, 2025
Time: 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Location: Clayton High School, 1 Mark Twain Cir, Clayton, MO 63105
https://www.stlwindsym.org/
https://www.stlwindsym.org/event-details-registration/concert-3-old-vs-new

Pere Marquette Lodge Eagle Package
2025-02-18 15:00 - 2025-02-20 11:00 | MO
Escape with us to Pere Marquette Lodge
This place has been a real gem as an easy and reasonable getaway destination. The travel distance from StL is just right for either a dinner trip or overnight stay.
Treat yourself to dinner with us or stay for a night or two. We’re booked to arrive on Tuesday, February 18th and depart on Thursday, the 20th (two nights).
If you plan to stay, you must book your room ASAP. You can cancel if needed later. This low-cost package fills quickly, so call for reservations today (no minimum stay required).
They have a fantastic “Eagle Package” rate of $144.00 + tax per room (not per person). Come by yourself or bring a friend and split the cost; the package includes 2 dinners, 2 breakfasts, 2 drinks and your room).
To get the Eagle Package, call 618-786-2331. It’s not available online.
Please let us know when you will arrive so we can alert the dining staff and send you any additional updates – ejohnson10316@yahoo.com
Cheers,
Eric & Mitch
https://pmlodge.net/
https://pmlodge.net/packages/
Special request: If you take photos, Doug Schneider asks that you send copies to him for a future PTSL newsletter. 314-221-6381 ParadiseDouglas@gmail.com
For events and activities offered to members and friends, check out the Prime Timers St. Louis calendar: https://chapters.theprimetimersww.com/stlouis/?post_type=tribe_events&eventDisplay=month

ZOOM EVENT: LGBTQ+ Aspects of the 1904 World’s Fair
2025-02-19 19:00 - 20:30 | MO
LGBTQ+ Aspects of the 1904 World’s Fair.
Wednesday, 19 February 2025 7:00–8:30PM
See this ZOOM presentation by Charles Koehler on the LGBTQ+ Aspects of the history of the 1904 World’s Fair.
This presentation is a prequel to the Pride Exhibit visit at the Missouri History Museum on Friday, February 21, featuring the history of LGBT life in St. Louis
RSVP to Charles Koehler at ckoehler1904@charter.net to let him know you plan to attend the event. Below is the Zoom link for this event.
ZOOM LINK
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3828648228?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 382 864 8228
Passcode: [REDACTED]

PTSL Board Meeting
2025-02-20 18:00 - 19:00 | MO
The PTSL Board of Directors will conduct a meeting via Zoom on Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 6:00pm. All members are invited to attend this virtual meeting.
Click the link below to join the meeting on February 20 at 6:00pm.
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Group visit to Gateway to Pride Exhibit at Missouri History Museum
2025-02-21 10:15 - 12:30 | MO
Friday, 21 February 2025 from 10:15 AM to 12:30 PM
Group visit to Gateway to Pride Exhibit at Missouri History Museum
Admission is free. This exhibit features the history of LGBT life in St. Louis.
NOTE: If you have been to this exhibit before, Steven Louis Brawley says that new items have been added.
Please RSVP to Doug Schneider at ParadiseDouglas@gmail.com to let him know you plan to attend the event. There will be an optional lunch afterwards at the Museum’s Key Bistro, with views over Forest Park.

Washington University Symphony Orchestra Concert
2025-02-23 15:00 - 17:00 | MO
Date: Sunday, February 23, 2025
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: E. DESMOND LEE CONCERT HALL, 560 MUSIC CENTER
560 Trinity Ave, Saint Louis, MO 63130
Parking: https://560.wustl.edu/about-the-560-music-center/directions/
https://music.wustl.edu/events/categories/415
https://music.wustl.edu/events/symphony-orchestra-2?d=2025-02-23

VIRTUAL: Washington County Library’s 2025 "Write in Our Midst" Author Series
2025-02-26 18:30 - 19:30 | MO
Write in Our Midst: Brian Malloy Online
Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Time: 6:30pm – 7:30pm (CST), 7:30 – 8:30 pm (EST)

Washington County Library welcomes author Brian Malloy as part of Washington County Library’s 2025 Write in Our Midst author series. Virtually via Microsoft Teams, Brian will be discussing his work. There will be time reserved for questions.

Brian Malloy is the author of the novels The Year of Ice (St. Martin’s Press), Brendan Wolf (St. Martin’s Press), After Francesco (Kensington), and the young adult novel Twelve Long Months (Scholastic). His novels have been a 2002 New York Times New and Notable title, an Oprah Daily pick for best of 2022, a 2021 Women’s National Book Association Great Group Reads selection, and a 2009 Book Sense Pick. His nonfiction has appeared in Minnesota Monthly, OUT, and the Lambda Award-winning anthology, The Man I Might Become: Gay Men Write About Their Fathers (Marlow & Co.).

All are welcome to join this free program.

Registration is necessary to join this virtual program.
https://washcolib.libcal.com/event/13441610

Free Zoom Talk on Baking and Bakeries in St. Louis
2025-02-26 19:00 - 20:00 | MO
Wednesday, 26 February 2025 from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Free Zoom Talk on Baking and Bakeries in St. Louis
This free Zoom talk will cover how St. Louisans bake and what St. Louisans bake. The history starts with the mud ovens the French colonial settlers used, and goes to the revolving ovens and the deck ovens with stone baking surfaces that bakeries use today. We have a baking and pastry arts program that is ranked #9 in the nation. The talk will look at the wide variety of bakeries (over 150) we have in St. Louis today – including a bakery that does not use yeast, and lots of ethnic bakeries. And there are large bakeries that bake for national distribution and small bakeries that bake for farmers markets. Plus, the best cookie shop in America. All STL Prime Timers will be emailed a link to the free Zoom talk.

Washington University Wind Ensemble Concert
2025-02-27 19:30 - 21:30 | MO
Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: E. DESMOND LEE CONCERT HALL, 560 MUSIC CENTER
560 Trinity Ave, Saint Louis, MO 63130
Parking: https://560.wustl.edu/about-the-560-music-center/directions/
https://music.wustl.edu/events/wind-ensemble-concert-15?d=2025-02-27

My Black Is Beautiful - A Fine Arts Showcase
2025-02-28 18:00 - 21:00 | William A. Kerr Foundation, 21 O’Fallon St, St. Louis, MO, 63102, United States
Black Pride St. Louis invites you to the “My Black is Beautiful” Fine Arts Showcase – a night of art, culture, and community!
📅 Date: Friday, February 28, 2025
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📍 Location: William A. Kerr Foundation building at 21 O’Fallon St., St. Louis MO 63102
🎟️ RSVP Now: https://bit.ly/2025MBIB
✨ Event Highlights:
🎨 Stunning showcase of local Black artists
🍷 Wine/Bottle Pull & Delicious Drinks
🍴 Light Food and Refreshments
🎟️ 50/50 Raffle
Come celebrate Black beauty, creativity, and resilience while connecting with the community.
🌟 Don’t miss this unforgettable evening!
🎟️ RSVP Here: https://bit.ly/2025MBIB
See you there,
Black Pride St. Louis
#MyBlackIsBeautiful #BlackPrideSTL #ArtShowcase #CommunityCelebration

PTSL March Potluck in Webster Groves **LIMIT REACHED**
2025-03-01 15:00 - 18:30 | MO
Please join us for our PTSL March Potluck in Webster Groves, courtesy of member Steve W.
NOTE: This event has reached the maximum number of guests. No more RSVPs will be accepted.
Please bring a side dish or dessert.
Please RSVP with the number in your party and what side dish you will bring.
Parking: Ask your GPS to take you to Laclede Groves retirement community. You will arrive there on S. Laclede Station Road. When you turn in the main entrance you will pass a guard house and come to an intersection. At the intersection turn right onto Echrich Place. The rec center will be on the immediate left, 800 Echrich Place. If there’s space park there. If that lot is full, take the next right onto Lohmann Forest Lane. On your right will be overflow parking in the parking lot of Webster Child Care Center. See site map below.

Main Course: To be announced/provided by PTSL
Alcohol: BYOB

Couts Music Series at Second Presbyterian Church CWE
2025-03-02 16:00 - 18:00 | MO
St. Louis Children’s Chorus (with Piano Quintet)
Date: Sunday, March 2, 2025
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: Second Presbyterian Church, 4501 Westminster Place, St. Louis, MO 63108

PTSL Spring Renewal Celebration
2025-03-08 13:00 - 16:00 | St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 6337 Clayton Road, Clayton, 63117, United States
Join us at St. Mark’s to hear our guest speaker, win prizes, enjoy sandwiches, fellowship with others, and more. St. Mark’s is located at 6337 Clayton Road, 63117.
Please RSVP to let us know who is attending.
8 reasons to attend the PTSL Spring Renewal Celebration 2025:

Vote! March is the month that we elect a new Board of Directors. There will be printed ballots available for those who haven’t voted yet.
Buy a raffle ticket. There will be 2 raffles. There may be a surprise gift or a pot of cash in your future! Winner to be announced at social hour. Proceeds of the raffles will be used to send our representative to the next Prime Timers World Wide Convention in 2025. PTWW, our parent organization, provides us with support and resources and it’s important to have strong representation at their convention.
Listen to a presentation by our guest speaker, Norman James, PTSL member and world traveler.
Listen to a preview of upcoming events.
Participate in question-and-answer session about any PTSL thing on your mind.
Enjoy substantial food and refreshment, compliments of PTSL and set up by John Carroll and Phil Egert.
Visit with your friends and make new ones at social hour.
Enjoy your surroundings at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church Hall.

Band Together - 2025 Anniversary Concert
2025-03-15 19:30 - 21:30 | 560 Music Center, 560 Trinity Ave, University City, 63130, United States
The next Band Together performance will be the 2025 Anniversary Concert, Saturday, March 15, 2025, from 7:30pm to 9:30pm at 560 Music Center, 560 Trinity Avenue, St. Louis, 63130. Band Together concerts are always free.

Sunday Brunch at Katie's Pizza & Pasta Ballpark Village
2025-03-16 12:30 - 14:00 | Katies Pizza and Pasta, 751 Clark Ave, St. Louis, 63102, United States
Please join us for Sunday Brunch at Katie’s Pizza & Pasta at Ballpark Village, 751 Clark Avenue, St. Louis MO 63102.
Date: March 16, 2025
Time: 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Please email us so that we know if you will attend rsvp@primetimersstl.org

Alliance Philharmonia Orchestra (this is the new LGBTQ+ Community Orchestra)
2025-03-16 15:00 - 17:00 | MO
Spring Concert “Echoes of Struggles and Triumph”
Date: Sunday, March 16, 2025
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: First Congregational Church of St. Louis, 6501 Wydown Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63015
https://www.apo-stlouis.org/
Alliance Philharmonia Orchestra

Doug Schneider’s Free Zoom Class Thursday Evening March 20: “International Dining in St. Louis”
2025-03-20 19:00 - 20:00 | MO
I will be giving a free Zoom talk called “INTERNATIONAL DINING IN ST. LOUIS”
You don’t have to leave St. Louis to enjoy foods from the Four Corners of the Earth. We have access to a wide range of international foods from 75 countries around the world, from Albania and Argentina to Uzbekistan and Wales.
This talk will highlight various cuisines and encourage people to expand their palates and try some of St. Louis’ amazing international restaurants.
The talk will also include international festivals and bakeries.
The talk is free, and is on Thursday, MARCH 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM Central Time
The talk will be hosted by the St. Charles Missouri City/County Library.
(NOTE: If you cannot make the livestream of the Zoom talk, the library will be recording the talk, and the library will send out a link to everyone who has registered so they can watch it at their leisure.)
You will need to register in advance for this free class.
YOU DO NOT NEED A LIBRARY CARD TO REGISTER
Click on the Registration link below, and then:
Only fill in three fields. Do not fill in more than three fields
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Fill in First Name and Last Name and Email Address (Just fill in these 3 fields)
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REGISTRATION LINK:
https://stcharles.librarycalendar.com/event/ethnic-dining-st-louis-166901
If your registration has problems, look at the fields that must be blank,
perhaps a character or two slipped in there.

Saturday Afternoon Concert With the Bach Society
2025-03-22 15:00 - 17:00 | First Presbyterian Church of Kirkwood, 100 E Adams Ave, Kirkwood, 63122, United States
Spend a Saturday afternoon with The Bach Society. Treat yourself to a little culture, some excellent music and perhaps dinner following the performance.
Saturday March 22, 2025 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm
First Presbyterian Church
100 E Adams Ave
Kirkwood, MO 63122
https://bachsociety.org/requiem
Go to the Bach Society link above, click on “tickets” and make your seat selection.
We’ll meet in the lobby at 2:30 and after the concert, decide if and where we’d like to have dinner.
If you have questions, contact Keith Raibley at: keith.raibley@gmail.com

Gateway Men's Chorus - "This Spring Concert Is No Crying Matter"
2025-03-22 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-03-23 15:00 - 17:00 | Union Avenue Church, 733 Union Ave, St. Louis, MO, 63108, United States
The next GMC performance will be Sunday, March 23 with a matinee at 3:00pm at the Union Avenue Christian Church, 733 Union Blvd, St. Louis MO 63108.
This Saturday (March 22nd @ 8pm) and Sunday (March 23rd @ 3pm), Gateway Men’s Chorus is presenting THIS SPRING CONCERT IS NO CRYING MATTER. A tender examination of empathy and emotion, this concert includes the seminal TTBB classic “When We No Longer Touch”, which explores the stage of grief after tragic loss and how the soul yearns and strives to recover from it. Featuring guest solos from renowned opera artists Merry Keller and Nadia Maddex, this incredible concert is going to tug at your heart and leave you weeping with joy.
Tickets are available now at www.gmcstl.org/spring or at the door for each performance!
Tom Kellermann and Tom Bolman are inviting you to meet them in the main lobby, where the tickets are sold, at Union Avenue Christian Church just before the GMC matinee performance at 3:00pm, Sunday, March 23. We can all sit together to watch the performance, and visit during the intermission. You can buy tickets at the door as well as in advance. Afterwards, we are meeting for dinner at 5:00pm at the Fountain On Locust, 3037 Locust St., St. Louis, 63103. Please RSVP to rsvp@primetimersstl.org so that we can tell the restaurant how many people are coming.
Click on link to the GMC website below for more info.
GATEWAY MEN’S CHORUS
