Events

« Wednesday June 24, 2009 »
Wed
Start: 9:30 am
Location: Waldo Branch

Bring your one-year-old to a program designed just for them.

Start: 9:30 am
Location: Plaza Branch

We provide stories and activities for children newborn to 18 months of age.

Start: 10:00 am
End: 11:30 am
Location: Southeast Branch

Build on skills learned in Southeast's E-mail Basics. Class focus will be on downloading and attaching documents. Attendance at E-mail basics required; must know username and password for Yahoo e-mail account and be able to log on. Space is limited; call 816-701-3484 to register.

Start: 10:30 am
Location: Trails West Branch

Children 5 and up can get an up-close look and feel of grains such as oats and flax and learn about the value of eating whole grains. Grinding of grain by hand turning a wheel comes next, to see how it can become flour. Then each child will put together a small take-home bag of granola. All of this with the guidance of Kathy Crowther of the Bread of Life Organic Bakery in Stewartsville, MO.

Start: 10:30 am
Location: North-East Branch

Come into the library and watch a feature film with your friends.

Start: 10:30 am
Location: Waldo Branch

Children ages 2-5, and caregivers, enjoy stories, songs, and crafts.

Start: 10:30 am
Location: Plaza Branch

We provide stories and activities for children newborn to 18 months of age.

Start: 1:00 pm
Location: North-East Branch

Come into the library and watch a feature film with your friends.

Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Location: Waldo Branch

On Wednesdays, June 10, 17, and 24, at 2 p.m. spend an afternoon in the Library doing crafts and playing fun games.

On June 10, catch the motion picture, Fantasia (1999).

Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Location: Plaza Branch

On Thursday, June 18, at 10 a.m. at the Central Library and Wednesday, June 24, at 2 p.m. at the Plaza Branch, Duct-Tape Dave presents the interactive learning event Mad Lab Live: Be Creative and Read!

Start: 4:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Location: Sugar Creek Branch

It’s Summer, and time to get busy reading! Come to the library for free stories and activities to fight summer boredom. Each story/activity is followed by an easy craft.

This week's story: I Know a Shy Fellow
This week's craft: Decorative Guitar Picks

Start: 6:00 pm
Location: North-East Branch

Come join the Weep Book Group each month to share your passion for books and join in on riveting book discussion.

Start: 6:00 pm
Location: Waldo Branch

Every Monday and Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. catch these study sessions designed to help those interested in obtaining their General Equivalency Diploma, the equivalent of a high school diploma. To register, call Adult Basic Education at 816.418.8202.

Start: 7:00 pm
Location: Plaza Branch
Recommended reading:
1920s-30s America

Gary Pomerantz talks about his new true- crime book set in Kansas City, The Devil’s Tickets: A Night of Bridge, a Fatal Hand, and a New American Age, on Wednesday, June 24, at 7 p.m. at the Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.