Saturday 3
SHOW ME TRIVIA NIGHT at the Jewish Community Center West to benefit the St. Louis Asthma and Allergy Foundation, 645-2422 or aafastl.org.
‘LET’S CELEBRATE’ dinner and auction featuring KSDK’s Cindy Preszler at The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis, to benefit the Assistance League St. Louis and celebrate its 25th anniversary, 636-227-6200 or stlouis.assistanceleague.org.
FALL LUNCHEON AND FASHION SHOW at Garden Villas North to benefit Soroptimist International of Greater St. Louis, 355-1516 or soroptimiststlouis.com.
Sunday 4
33rd annual ST. LOUIS HALF MARATHON and 12th annual CLAYTON POLICE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL OLYMPICS 5K starting at the Center of Clayton to benefit Special Olympics Missouri, 781-3926 or stlhalfmarathon.org.
34th annual ST. LOUIS JEWISH BOOK FESTIVAL featuring Carrie Fisher at the Jewish Community Center to benefit the J's scholarships and cultural arts programming, 442-3299 or stljewishbookfestival.org.
SAINT LOUIS ORIGINALS FALL FOOD FRENZY at Monarch to benefit the ALS Association St. Louis Regional Chapter, saintlouisoriginals.com.
Monday 5
‘JOIN US ON THE JOURNEY’ event sponsored by Leslie and Sheldon Weinstein at Remy’s Kitchen & Wine Bar to benefit The Kids’ Clubhouse, 725-4511.
Thursday 8
SSM ST. MARY’S EXPECT MORE HEALTHY BABIES CELEBRATION featuring keynote speaker Jenae Wallick at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Clayton to benefit the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit, ssmhealth.com/stmarys.
First annual WINE TASTING at the Grand Ballroom of Sheet Metal Workers Local 36 to benefit the St. Vincent Home for Children, 261-6011 or stvincenthome.org.
Friday 9
APPLAUSE! THE 2012 STAGES ST. LOUIS GALA at The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis, to benefit STAGES’ educational and artistic programs, 636-530-5959 or stagesstlouis.org.
ARTSOUNDS GALLERY GALA featuring Sylvia McNair at the Sheldon Art Galleries to benefit the galleries’ exhibitions and education programs, 533-9900 or thesheldon.org.
21st annual EXPRESS SCRIPTS REACH FOR A STAR GALA honoring Ron Daugherty at the Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 733-1241 or gateway.cff.org/gala.
2012 PAWS FOR THE CAUSE TRIVIA NIGHT at the Museum of the Dog in Queeny Park to benefit Abandoned Paws Rescue and its Puppies for Parole program, 643-7297 or abandonedpawsrescue.org.
Friday 9 through Saturday 10
ART AND CRAFTS BOUTIQUE 2012 at the Kirkwood Community Center to benefit the Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary, 962-0106 or stlsalvationarmy.org.
Saturday 10
EPWORTH’S WINE DINNER & AUCTION at The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis, to benefit Epworth’s Family Support Network program, 918-3401 or epworth.org.
Second annual ALL-IN FOR MIRACLES TEXAS HOLD ’EM POKER TOURNAMENT at Syberg’s Dorsett to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network of Greater St. Louis, 434-6880 or cmn-stl.org/poker.
Wednesday 14
2012 SUSAN SHERMAN ANNUAL DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER, Thelma Golden, at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, 535-4660 or camstl.org.
Thursday 15
Third annual HEART OF THE HOME KITCHEN TOURS of Ladue and Clayton to benefit JDRF, 729-1846 or jdrfstl.org.
CHILDREN’S WISHING WELL FOUNDATION OF SAINT LOUIS DINNER AND AUCTION at Palladium Saint Louis to benefit the Foundation, 541-8349.
Saturday 17
26th annual MAGIC OF GIVING GALA honoring Stafford Manion at the Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis to benefit the National Kidney Foundation, 961-2828 or kidney.org/site/308.
ZOOTINI 2012 hosted by the Young Zoo Friends at the Saint Louis Zoo's Living World to benefit the zoo's conservation efforts, 781-0900 or stlzoo.org.
TRIVIA NIGHT at Brown Shoe Corporation to benefit SSM Hospice & Home Care Foundation, 989-2775 or ssmhospicefoundation.com.
HEART & SOUL GALA honoring Steven and Susan Lipstein at the Chase Park Plaza’s Starlight Room to benefit Congregation Shaare Emeth, 569-0010 or shaare-emeth.org.
GIRLS ON THE RUN 5K starting at Soldiers Memorial to benefit the Girls on the Run St. Louis Scholarship Fund, 862-6266 or girlsontherunstlouis.org/5k-run.
Third annual WYMAN WOBBLE GOBBLE five-mile trail run at the Wyman Center campus to benefit the organization, 636-938-5245 or wymancenter.org.
Eighth annual GARDENLAND EXPRESS HOLIDAY FLOWER AND TRAIN SHOW running through Jan. 1, 2013 at the Missouri Botanical Garden to benefit the Garden, 577-5100 or mobot.org.
Wednesday 28
29th annual FESTIVAL OF TREES gala at Sheraton Westport Lakeside Chalet to benefit TouchPoint Autism Services, 394-7018 or touchpointautism.org.
Thursday 29
20th annual HOLIDAY MART at Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church to benefit the Ladue Chapel Nursery School’s educational and enrichment programs, 993-3993 or laduechapelnurseryschool.com.
Coming in DECEMBER
1 SILVER BALL at the Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis to benefit the Arthritis Foundation, 447-4881 or arthritis.org/missouri.
5 18th annual CAREGIVER AWARDS LUNCHEON at St. Louis Marriott West to benefit the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program, 918-8222 or ltcop-stl.org.
8 SHEER ELEGANCE: ELEMENTS OF STYLE & GRACE at The Chase Park Plaza to benefit the Mathews-Dickey Girls’ Program, 382-5952 ext. 234 or mathews-dickey.com.
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