Monday, June 16

River Styx's popular summer reading series kicks off with The Hungry Young Poets, the ninth season of readings by six poets under the age of 30. Admission is $3. 7:30pm, Duff's Restaurant, 392 N. Euclid, 533-4541.

St. Louis Public Library and Left Bank Books proudly present bestselling cognitive scientist and linguist, George Lakoff, with his new book, The Political Mind. 7pm, SLPL-Central Branch, 1301 Olive, 367-6731.