Join us for a Festive Gala Dinner and Celebration of the 175th Anniversary of the St. Louis Mercantile Library! This event will feature speeches by Chancellor Kristin Sobolik and other surprise guests; music by distinguished pianist Cynthia Johnson; and a sumptuous served dinner. This event is black tie-optional AND welcomes period 19th-century costumes to celebrate our founding year of 1846! All attendees will receive one complimentary copy of the forthcoming publication Seventeen and a Half Decades Serving St. Louis and the World: An Informal History of the Mercantile Library, Decade by Productive Decade by Executive Director John Hoover.

General public tickets: $90 per person, $175 per couple. Mercantile Members pay $85 per person and $160 per couple.

Tickets can be purchased via check or credit card. Please make checks payable to The St. Louis Mercantile Library at UMSL, and mail to: St. Louis Mercantile Library, 1 University Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63121.

To purchase tickets over the phone, call 314-516-7248.

Tickets must be purchased in advance as seating is limited. Reservations must be made no later than March 25. ***Tickets CANNOT be purchased at the door***