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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: 9:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
Location: Central Library
In the exhibit Pitty Patt(rn), artists Garry Noland and Cory Imig visually interpret—and re-invent—language, patterns, and ideas about the natural world using a variety of media, from acrylic paint on wood panels to duct tape and National Geographic magazines. According to Noland, "Our most basic human attitudes mimic the globe we live on. The waters erode the land while the land pushes back the water. Each requires the other for definition. Similarly, the alphabet requires space between the letters. Start: 9:00 am
Location: Waldo Branch
The AARP Tax-Aid program provides free tax preparation and assistance services to low and middle-income taxpayers with special attention to those ages 60 and older. Volunteer tax preparers will assist people from 9 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Call 816-701-3486 for your reservation. Start: 2:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm
Location: Central Library
Learn how to use the software program WinWay Resume and the online database Career Insider to access useful information on resumes, cover letters, interviewing, and career research. Start: 3:00 pm
End: 5:30 pm
Location: Southeast Branch
More games than ever can be played since 2 TV screens are available so the Wii and PlaystationII games can be played simultaneously. New games have been added and of course you are still welcome to bring your own to share. Selections of more traditional board games are also available. Start: 3:30 pm
Location: North-East Branch
Come spend some time gaming with your friends. Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Location: Westport Branch
This class offers teens a chance to create a professional resume that can be printed, faxed or emailed as an attachment. They will learn tips on preparing for job interviews and how to navigate through websites such as Monster.com and Careerbuilder.com. Call 701-3488 to register. 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: 6:00 pm
Location: Waldo Branch
A nation-wide program of the Foreign Policy Association to broaden public involvement with the most important foreign policy topics facing the U.S. Start: 6:30 pm
Location: Central Library
Thin Man Mondays presents William Powell at his sleuthing best in films based on popular mystery novels on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. throughout February and March 2010 in the Stanley H. Durwood Film Vault at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) on February 22. Nick and Nora get mixed up with the mob as their latest murder investigation is tied to illegal sports gambling. Not rated. (97 min.) Start: 6:30 pm
Location: Central Library
Novelist and critic Edmund White discusses his new memoir City Boy on Monday, February 22, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. | ||