Events

Art, Language & Play features original art work by Stephen T. Johnson, an author and illustrator of children’s books who has been nationally published and exhibited. Johnson’s art forges connections between words, objects, and ideas.

Much of his work is characterized by an interest in the alphabet and language, which began with his book Alphabet City, a Caldecott Honor book, and A is for Art: An Abstract Alphabet, named the New York Times Illustrated Book of the Year.

A new exhibit based on the Kansas City Star Magazine series and book by Steve Paul. It features 22-by-28-inch reproductions of pages from the book, which celebrates Kansas City’s architectural scene one letter at a time.

This exhibit is on display in the Fifth Floor Exhibit Space.

The newest exhibition of the Orval Hixon Gallery, New Compositions: The Dance Portraiture of Orval Hixon, is on display from June 11, 2011 through 2013 at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. The exhibit features a rich selection of Hixon’s portraits, including images of some of the best-known dancers of his time.

To most local landscape architects, Hare & Hare is a household name. The firm has left an indelible mark on some of the most iconic and often-visited areas of Kansas City—the Country Club Plaza, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Loose Park, Ward Parkway, and Mission Hills among them.

We provide stories and activities for children 12-24 months of age.

We provide stories and activities for children newborn to 18 months of age.

Need email? In this class we'll set up free Gmail email accounts and learn how to send and read messages. Basic Internet skills required. Space is limited, registration required; call 816-701-3484 to register.

Children ages 2-5 will enjoy stories, songs, and crafts.

We provide stories and activities for children newborn to 18 months of age.

If you have a preschooler who is ready to enjoy fun stories, songs, and crafts, bring the little one to the Library.

Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.

Discover Your Family Heritage every Wednesday at the Sugar Creek Branch Library! Bring anything that will be helpful in finding more about your family heritage. We will provide a starter pack to get your journey going.

Come and play Wii video games,PlayStation 2,board games and now Xbox 360 is part of the fun. Bring your own games and share the joy of playing with all your friends.

Meet at Westport Library on March 21, 2012 to discuss Heaven is For Real by Todd Burpo. Call 816-701-3488 for more information.

Join us for a spring themed story time at the Sugar Creek Branch Library! We will share stories and have a short craft. Bring a friend! Contact Christy at 816-701-3489 for more information.

Bobby’s Books for Boys is back for its second season! The book club is for boys ages 8-12 and meets the third Wednesday of each month beginning October 2011 through March 2012.

Titles include Chronicle of the Red King: The Secret Kingdom by Jenny Nimmo and Genius Files: Mission Unstoppable by Dan Gutman. Snacks will be provided.

Attica Locke discusses her novel Black Water Rising, set in Houston in the early 1980s. Former campus radical Jay Porter is now a lawyer running his practice out of a dingy strip mall. When he saves a woman from drowning, his act of heroism inadvertently opens a Pandora’s box of dangerous secrets that threaten the city’s corporate power brokers and place Jay at the center of a murder investigation.