Get Out: Play Trivia, Catch a Lecture at Wash U or Take in a Baseball Game

It's Thursday, and you've got no idea what you'll do for the weekend. University City Patch is coming to the rescue. Check our picks for the activities to hit and places to explore.

UNIVERSITY CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

When/Where: Sunday, April 10 at 7:00pm at the , 560 Trinity at Delmar. Why Go: To take in a free concert by the University City Symphony Orchestra. Jennifer Lim Judd and Annette Burkhart solo on the Mozart Concerto #10 for Two Pianos, and Marlissa Hudson and James Arnn are lead singers in Handel's Ode for St. Cecilia's Day. Pricing: Free. 

When/Where: Friday, April 8 at 6:30 p.m. at , 975 Pennsylvania Ave. Why Go: Trivia fans can test their knowledge at the Arts and Smarts Trivia Night and Silent Auction. All proceeds will go to build a new playground. Pricing: $15 a person or a full table of 8 for $120. To register contact Laura Chisholm at chiven.wings@prodigy.net or call 484- 0814. 

"JOURNALISM IN THE DIGITAL AGE: ANYTHING GOES?"

When/Where: Thursday, April 7 at 6:00pm at the Danforth University Center, Room 234, on Washington University's Danforth Campus, One Brookings Drive. Why Go: As more news moves online it's good to talk about standards, quality of reporting and accuracy in this new frontier. Pricing: Free. Open to all.

When/Where: Saturday, April 9 at 12 p.m. at . Why Go: Come check out the Lions as they host the Mehlville Panthers in this varsity contest. Pricing: Free.

U CITY TRACK MEET

When/Where: Saturday, April 9 at 8:0o a.m. at . Why Go: The Boys and Girls Track team is hosting the Charlie Beck Invitational Track meet. There are 32 Varsity teams and 32 JV teams attending this premier St. Louis Track Meet. Pricing: Free.

When/Where: Sunday, April 10 from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. at . Why Go: The St. Louis Poetry Center will present a benefit reading  sonnets read by fourteen members of the community including: The Poet Laureate of Missouri David Clewell, Writer William Gass and Emily Pulitzer, Poets Stacey Lynn Brown, Adrian Matejka and Sally Van Doren, Alderman Lyda Krewson, Linda Kennedy and Robert Mitchell, Actors with the Black Rep, Khnemu Menu-Ra and Jessica Shoemaker, Actors with the Shakespeare Festival, Buzz Spector, dean of the College and Graduate School of Art and professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts at Washington University. Additional readers are Boo McLaughlin and Philip Barnes. Pricing: Tickets for the reading and champagne reception are $60.

"APRIL SHOWERS" SATURDAY STORYTIME

When/Where: Saturday, April 9, at 10:30am at the . Why Go: To hear Mrs. W share season stories and songs. Pricing: Free. For age 3-6.