Advanced Registration Required. Call 314-727-3150 or email YouthServices@ucitylibrary.org. This camp encourages young people to eat healthier meals and snacks as a result of hands-on cooking experiences. Youth participants learn to prepare simple, healthy foods they can make for themselves and their family members. Each lesson includes kid-friendly handouts such as recipes and tips for how to use kitchen equipment safely.

Advanced Registration Required. Call 314-727-3150 or email YouthServices@ucitylibrary.org. These classes will cover topics ranging from technical skills like aperture and exposure to composition and editing. Some photography experience will help, but isn’t required. All you need is a camera - any kind will do!

Elementary Culinary Camp will incorporate the life skill of cooking/food preparation and the science of food.

Elementary Culinary Camp will incorporate the life skill of cooking/food preparation and the science of food.

Hang out with CJ's very own Chef Zach and Flynn's Foods! Learn simple recipes, kitchen safety and basic knife skills while preparing a meal or snack each day to enjoy or take home. Students will use a chef's knife, saute in hot pans, bake, and wash their own dishes -- all while gaining confidence and independence in the kitchen.

Join Madame Marusic for a fun-filled cooking class. In this hands-on experience, kids will learn basic cooking skills, explore different flavors, and create a dish for each meal. Recipes will vary depending on the availability of ingredients, and we will be eating our creations. Bon appétit! No peanut/tree nut ingredients will be used, but unfortunately, we cannot accommodate any other food allergies.

Advanced Registration Required. Call 314-727-3150 or email YouthServices@ucitylibrary.org. Think it! Draw it! Make it! Take a journey to the farthest reaches of the imagination while learning about the rain forest, Hollywood, Mars, and a futuristic city! Use the design thinking process to solve real-world problems in these different environments. Experiment with Crayola products and a wide variety of art techniques like sculpting, collage, and mixed media. Discover design careers like graphic design, fashion design, and architectural and urban design.

Advanced Registration Required. Call 314-727-3150 or email YouthServices@ucitylibrary.org. At the Do Art Productions Comic Book Workshop, in this interactive workshop we will explore the different languages of comics, from the eyes, to body posture, to the actual language within speech bubbles.

Get ready to mix, measure, and bake your way through an exciting week of hands-on fun in the kitchen! Aspiring young bakers will learn the fundamentals of baking—from proper measuring techniques and bake times to decorating like a pro. Our campers will explore different types of kitchen equipment, follow step-by-step recipes, and create delicious treats from scratch. But the best part? Everything they bake, they get to take home! Whether your son is a beginner or already loves to bake, they’ll gain confidence in the kitchen while having a blast with friends.

Elementary Culinary Camp will incorporate the life skill of cooking/food preparation and the science of food.

Led by De Smet Jesuit coaches, teachers, and students, our camps are all about pushing yourself, making new friends, and having an unforgettable summer. Come see what it means to be a Spartan!

Advanced Registration Required. Call 314-727-3150 or email YouthServices@ucitylibrary.org. The Acting workshop, we will learn about the different visual languages we use with our face, emotions, and body posture. From these, we will try different improv scenarios at random, and see how easy it is to ‘get into ‘character’ and tap into our creative expression.

This class will learn to make their own pie/pastry crust, add pie filling and bake. Students will be able to taste their wonderful creations at the end of the class! (Subject to slight changes.) Ages 13-18. Students should bring a can of their favorite pie filling. NO FLIP FLOPS! Students, please wear tennis shoes.

Hang out with CJ's very own Chef Zach and Flynn's Foods! Learn simple recipes, kitchen safety and basic knife skills while preparing a meal or snack each day to enjoy or take home. Students will use a chef's knife, saute in hot pans, bake, and wash their own dishes -- all while gaining confidence and independence in the kitchen.

Advanced Registration Required. Call 314-727-3150 or email YouthServices@ucitylibrary.org. In painting workshops, we will all paint together with our own canvases and canvas paper.