

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Bestselling author, actor and director, Andrew McCarthy - "Who Needs Friends"
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 03 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us for an evening with New York Times bestselling author, actor and director, Andrew McCarthy, for a discussion of his newest nonfiction work, Who Needs Friends. Andrew will be joined in conversation by incredible St. Louis artist, Cbabi Bayoc.

This is a ticketed event. Ticket includes a hardcover copy of Who Needs Friends. A signing line will follow the discussion. Guidelines for the signing line will be released closer to the event date.

Keating Center for the Performing Arts
801 W Essex Ave
Kirkwood, MO 63122

Doors open at 6:00pm.

About the author:

Andrew McCarthy is the author of four books, Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across Spain, Brat: An '80s Story, Just Fly Away, and The Longest Way Home — all New York Times best sellers. He is an award-winning travel writer and served for a dozen years as an editor-at-large at National Geographic Traveler. Best known as an actor for the past four decades, Andrew has appeared in such iconic films as Pretty in Pink and Less Than Zero. He lives in New York.

Get your tickets here: https://thenovelneighbor.com/events/4792120260403
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/des-peres/bestselling-author-actor-and-director-andrew-mccarthy-who-needs-friends/200029810552711
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art, Theatre, Entertainment, performances
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 87

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://thenovelneighbor.com/events/4792120260403?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=des+peres-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Des Peres
- **state**: MO
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 801 W Essex Ave, St Louis, MO 63122-3608, United States
- **lat**: 38.59182
- **long**: -90.42234
- **full address**: 801 W Essex Ave, St Louis, MO 63122-3608, United States, 801 W Essex Ave, St Louis, MO 63122-3608, United States, Des Peres

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: The Novel Neighbor (https://allevents.in/org/the-novel-neighbor/9438894)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 03 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 801 W Essex Ave, St Louis, MO 63122-3608, United States, 801 W Essex Ave, St Louis, MO 63122-3608, United States, Des Peres
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Novel Neighbor
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Art, literary-art, Theatre, Entertainment, performances
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Bestselling author, actor and director, Andrew McCarthy - "Who Needs Friends" ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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