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Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
Location: Central Library
The American West and quilts have always gone together—but never quite like this. The Library presents the exhibit Don't Fence Me In: Contemporary Quilts beginning Saturday, May 9, at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
Location: Central Library
The exhibit Dichos: Words to Live, Love and Laugh By in Latin America will be on display starting Saturday, May 16, in the East Mezzanine of the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. Start: 9:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
Location: Plaza Branch
On Mondays, June 8, 15, 22, and 29, at 9 a.m. drop by the Plaza Kid Corner anytime for fun activities and the chance to earn a cool prize! Start: 11:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
Location: Central Library
On Mondays in June at 11 a.m. enjoy a movie based on a book! This week we're showing The Cat in the Hat. All movies will be shown in the Children's Activity Room on the second floor. Start: 1:30 pm
Location: Plaza Branch
On Mondays, June 8, 15, 22, and 29, at 1:30 p.m. at the Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St., the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival presents The Merry Wives of Windsor: The Earliest Sitcom, a series of programs celebrating one of Shakespeare’s rollicking comedies. Start: 3:30 pm
End: 5:30 pm
Location: North-East Branch
Join us on Monday, June 8, at 3:30 p.m. as we celebrate the summer with Ocean-themed movies. Start: 3:30 pm
End: 4:30 pm
Location: Westport Branch
Bring your scrap pieces, sewing kits, and unfinished projects and lets quilt together. Beginning and advanced quilters are welcomed. Call 701-3488 to register. Start: 5:00 pm
End: 8:01 pm
Location: Central Library
Wizard Rock! Teen concert featuring The Whomping Willows with KC Teen Bands The Roving Way, Sour Apple Surgery and Prowl the Sky! Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Location: Central Library
Need to write a letter or a report? Learn the basics of this powerful word processing program. Call 701-3449 to register. Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 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: 6:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Location: Central Library
Nearly 20 years to the day that the Chinese government violently cracked down on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square, author Diane Wei Liang discusses her memoir of the period, Lake With No Name: A True Story of Love and Conflict in Modern China, on Monday, June 8, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. Start: 6:30 pm
Location: Central Library
In anticipation of the opening of its new H&R Block Business & Career Center, the Kansas City Public Library offers film audiences a look at cinematic portrayals of corporate giants and individual entrepreneurs from the Studio Era and the modern day. The Stanley H. Durwood Film Vault is Giving Them the Business on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 1:30 p.m. throughout June 2009 at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Location: Sugar Creek Branch
This month's selection is Ellery Queen. Admission and refreshments are always free. Join us! Contact Richard at 816-701-3489 for more information. | ||