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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: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
Location: Central Library
Lasting Light: 125 Years of Grand Canyon Photography, an exhibit of 60 framed photographs showcasing one of the most stunning landscapes on earth, is on display through Sunday, February 14, at the Central Library. 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: 2:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm
Location: Central Library
The quality of your resume is measured both by content and presentation. Learn how to self-evaluate your background and job/career-goals so that you put the RIGHT information in your resume to land the job of your dreams. 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
End: 5:30 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: 3:30 pm
Location: North-East Branch
Come spend some time gaming with your friends. Start: 3:30 pm
Location: North-East Branch
Come spend some time gaming with your friends. 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: 6:30 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. After the Thin Man (1936) on February 8. Nick and Nora are in San Francisco visiting family when a cousin asks Nick to find her missing spouse. The action picks up after a visit to a Chinese nightclub, leaving Nick with two bodies and in search of a murderer. With James Stewart. Not rated. (112 min.) Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Location: Sugar Creek Branch
This month's selection is an adventure with Perry Mason . Admission and refreshments are always free. Join us! Contact Richard at 816-701-3489 for more information. | ||