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Start: 9:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
Location: Central Library
The Missouri Valley Special Collections Department of the Kansas City Public Library presents the new, original exhibit Keys to the City: The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Kansas City, Missouri, 1895-1957, opening Friday, September 4, at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. Start: 6:30 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Location: Central Library
The inaugural exhibit of the Orval Hixon gallery, Shooting Stars: The Celebrity Photography of Orval Hixon, is now on display at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. The exhibit features images of some of Hixon's most famous celebrity subjects, including Theda Bara, Al Jolson, and Kansas Citian Joan Crawford. Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
Location: Central Library
Nosotras: Portraits of Latinas, a collection of 50 photographs documenting the lives and culture of Latina immigrants in the United States, is on display. Nosotras, Spanish for the feminine "us" or "we," was organized by Virginia Dodier, a photography historian and a Mexican-American born on the border and raised in the American West. She, like many other Hispanic women and girls, has experienced the feeling of living in two worlds. Start: 10:30 am
Location: North-East Branch
This story time promotes literacy in children with the participation of caring family members. Start: 10:30 am
Location: Plaza Branch
Bring your child to the Library for stories and songs for the preschool set, followed by a craft in the Art Spot. Start: 11:00 am
Location: Trails West Branch
It's never too early to introduce children to great stories. Children ages 18-36 months, and their caregivers, can enjoy stories, songs, finger plays, and crafts. Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Location: Central Library
Learn the fundamentals of crating a database with this Microsoft progam. Call 701-3449 to register Start: 2:00 pm
Location: Waldo Branch
A group of aliens visit earth and one of them is lost and left behind stranded on this planet. The alien is found by a 10 year old boy, Elliot. Soon the two begin to communicate, and start a different kind of friendship in which E.T learns about life on earth and Elliot learns about some new values for the true meaning of friendship. E.T. wants to go home, but if Elliot helps him, he'll lose a friend. Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Location: Sugar Creek Branch
Get the 411 on your sexual health! Come play sexual health Jeopardy and learn important facts about sexually transmitted infections, contraception, abstinence, healthy relationships and anatomy. This Jeopardy game is fun and informative, come share what you know and win great prizes! Contact Megan at 816-701-3489 for more information or to register! Start: 5:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Location: Plaza Branch
Bring your Yu-Gi-Oh! and Magic decks and challenge our champion deck builders. We play and trade cards every Friday night in the Plaza Teen Area. Discover new card games like Werewolf, Vampire TES (White Wolf) and Munchkin! Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Location: Plaza Branch
Get your game on every Friday night from 6-8 pm at the Plaza Branch. We have several different consoles and dozens of games to choose from. Ages 12-17 Start: 7:00 pm
Location: Plaza Branch
Local storyteller Brother John performs Songs of the Black Pioneers, a tribute to African American trailblazers such as Dr. Mae Jemison, the first black woman to fly on a space shuttle, and Bass Reeves, the first black U.S. Marshal. Brother John has developed more than 120 thematic stories and programs. Can't make this event? You can also attend at 10 a.m. on February 11, 2010 at Central Library. Click here. | ||