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Format: 2013-05-25
Format: 2013-05-25
  • Investing Basics
    Sunday, April 21, 2013
    Central Library

    Presented by the Financial Planners Association

    The Kansas City Public Library is hosting Money Smart Month adult programs across all Library locations during April 2013. Topics range from budgeting to investing to effective couponing.

    The Library will waive up to $30 in overdue fines and fees for any Kansas City Public Library cardholder who attends one or more of the events.

  • Jazz expert Chuck Haddix follows the rise and fall of the Kansas City band that during the 1920s took the Midwest, and then the entire country, by storm with hits like Yes Sir, That’s My Baby and What A Girl! What A Night!
    The Coon-Sanders Nighthawk Orchestra - Chuck Haddix
    Sunday, April 21, 2013
    Central Library

    Beginning with their regular gig in the Plantation Grill at Kansas City’s Muehlebach Hotel, the Coon-Sanders Nighthawk Orchestra in the 1920s took the Midwest, and then the entire nation, by storm. UMKC jazz expert Chuck Haddix follows the rise and fall of the band that had hit recordings like “Yes Sir, That’s My Baby,” “When You’re Smiling,” “The Flippity Flop,” “Kansas City Kitty,” “I Ain’t Got Nobody,” “Harlem Madness,” and “What A Girl! What A Night!”

  • Think you’re film literate? Not until you’ve experienced the masterpieces of world cinema presented as part of this series.
    Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
    Sunday, April 21, 2013
    Plaza Branch

    Think you’re film literate? Not until you’ve experienced the masterpieces of world cinema presented as part of this new series. Former Kansas City Star film critic Robert W. Butler (now a member of the Library’s Public Affairs staff) provides opening and closing remarks.

  • The Vox Narro project hosts an afternoon of traditional and contemporary Kurdish poetry, music and dance, plus an introduction to Kurdish literature, culture, and history. Following the presentations, sample a variety of Kurdish cuisine.
    A Cultural Celebration of Kansas City's Kurdish Community
    Saturday, April 20, 2013
    North-East Branch

    The Vox Narro project hosts an afternoon of traditional and contemporary Kurdish poetry, music, and dance, plus an introduction to Kurdish literature, culture, and history. Following the presentations, sample a variety of Kurdish cuisine.

  • Ultimate Couponing
    Saturday, April 20, 2013
    North-East Branch

    Presented by Michelle Brown

    The Kansas City Public Library is hosting Money Smart Month adult programs across all Library locations during April 2013. Topics range from budgeting to investing to effective couponing.

    The Library will waive up to $30 in overdue fines and fees for any Kansas City Public Library cardholder who attends one or more of the events.

  • Savings Zone: A Money Smart Day Program for Children
    Saturday, April 20, 2013
    Central Library

    Author Margaree King Mitchell shares a story of a small business owner’s perseverance during the Great Depression in her award-winning children’s book Uncle Jed’s Barbershop. Mitchell will speak at the Library as part of a children’s Money Smart Month activity. Following her presentation, the Library will have a face-painter and self-led activities promoting financial education. Author Book reading is from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., with activity stations from 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

  • Money Smart Day offers free presentations and hands-on activities about personal finances – from managing credit and debt to the special financial needs of women, from understanding your credit report to knowing your mortgage options.
    Money Smart Day
    Saturday, April 20, 2013
    Central Library

    Not sure how to budget your money? Ready to start planning for retirement? Is it time to teach your kids to be money savvy?

    Personal finances – from managing credit and debt to the special financial needs of women, from understanding your credit report to knowing your mortgage options – will be examined during this day of free presentations and hands-on activities, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

  • Experts in the field of early literacy offer practical methods to encourage early learning in every child. Registration for this free event is required by April 16, 2013.
    2013 Early Literacy Symposium
    Saturday, April 20, 2013
    Plaza Branch

    At the Early Literacy Symposium you will learn practical ways to stimulate children’s language skills and a love for books and reading. Register today for the free Early Literacy Symposium! Registration is required by April 16th.

  • A face-painter and Sesame Street games delight children as they experience this interactive, hands-on financial education event with their families. Recommended for ages 3-5.
    Grow Up Great Story Time
    Friday, April 19, 2013
    Plaza Branch

    A face-painter and Sesame Street games delight children as they experience this interactive, hands-on financial education event with their families.

    In honor of Money Smart Month, PNC Foundation is sponsoring age-appropriate financial literacy concepts to preschool age children and their families. Please see our full list of Money Smart Kids Programs for more information.

  • Military historian Gregory S. Hospodor examines the year-long effort by a Union army – under the command of Ulysses S. Grant – to take Vicksburg, the Mississippi River stronghold that Jefferson Davis called “the nail head that holds the South’s two halves together.”
    Vicksburg: Grant’s Masterpiece
    Thursday, April 18, 2013
    Central Library

    Military historian Gregory S. Hospodor examines the year-long effort by a Union army -- under the command of Ulysses S. Grant -- to take Vicksburg, the Mississippi River stronghold that Jefferson Davis called “the nail head that holds the South’s two halves together.”