Nine PBS Events

View a listing of Nine PBS related events below. Please check back as new events are added regularly. For more information on events in the Public Media Commons, please visit PublicMediaCommons.org.

Nine PBS Birthday Block Party

Sunday, September 22, 2024
1 – 4 pm
Public Media Commons

Join us at our 70th Birthday Block Party as we welcome friends and neighbors to our home for a grand celebration. We’ll enjoy food, music, kids’ activities, visits from PBS KIDS characters, and an opportunity to meet “Maria” from Sesame Street, PBS icon Sonia Manzano. 

Get your tickets here.

Supported by UB Greensfelder, Millstone Foundation, Raymond H. Wittcoff Foundation, Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, and The Magic House. 

Special Preview Screening: Going Your Way

Wednesday, October 9
6 – 8:30 pm
Nine PBS Bayer Studio

Nine PBS presents a special preview screening of Going Your Way, a new documentary about the personal, medical, and spiritual issues surrounding end-of-life care. The film highlights the active role people of all ages are now taking to ensure their death goes according to their own plans and wishes. 

Cocktail hour will begin at 6 pm; screening at 7 pm. Following the screening, enjoy a panel discussion and Q&A moderated by Going Your Way executive producer, Jim Kirchherr.

Registration information coming soon. 

Nine PBS Fall Edcamp

Saturday, October 12
8:30 am – 12:30 pm

Join Nine PBS for this unique professional development opportunity! Connect with educators and caregivers from across the region, get access to Nine PBS KIDS resources, discuss innovative learning strategies, and more. Participants are eligible for 2.5 clock hours for both Missouri and Illinois.

Presented by Norman J. Stupp Foundation 

Register Here.

Paint Like Bob Ross

Virtual National Event
Tuesday, October 29
7–10 pm
Join us for a special event with certified Bob Ross instructor Nicholas Hankins. A single ticket includes access to the Zoom webinar link, instructions from Hankins, and a painting kit. Sign up by October 4 to receive your paint kit!