Events

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.

An exhibit documenting the history of Bunce Island, a key base of operations for European slave merchants in Sierra Leone, will be on display starting Saturday, June 12, at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

The exhibit, Bunce Island: A British Slave Castle in Sierra Leone tells the story of slave trading venture located off the coast of West Africa.  From this site, traders sent nearly 30,000 African captives to the Americas between 1670 and 1807.

Learn about the resources the Library has available for job-seekers, and get some practical tips on searching, and resume and cover letter-writing. The session will present information from the Library’s H&R Block Business & Career Center and our online databases. Also learn how to find the best books to make your job search a success!

Learn more about getting around on your computer in this class, which offers insights into hardware and software components.

Beginner and advanced knitters will receive instruction from Mary Arney, a very accomplished knitter! Instruction is for knitting only, but feel free to bring other needlework projects to this class. Registration is required. Please call 816-701-3488 to register.

A duck design contest! Come decorate your very own rubber duck.

Just in time for Independence Day, William Hogeland presents new research and top-notch scholarship to reveal how the American Revolution really began.