Signature Events

Signature Events are the cornerstone of our calendar, each with a recurring theme: The Annual Meeting, 1835 Lecture, Hearth & Home, Memoir, Toni Morrison Freedom Writer Award, Science & Nature, Innovation (fka 2035) Lecture, Albert Pyle Urban, Modern Novel, and Words & Music. 

Signature Events are FREE for Mercantile Library members. Some of our past Signature Lecturers include: Claudia Rankine, Chuck D, Colson Whitehead, Susan Orlean, David Simon, Michelle Alexander, Jennifer Egan, Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, Wil Haygood, Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Melissa Clark, Steve Earle, Josh Ritter, Kiese Laymon, & Emily St. John Mandel.