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.

The Kansas City Public Library, in partnership with the Mid-Continent Public Library and the Local Investment Commission host the 2012 Jackson County Spelling Bee. The winner will advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.

Navigate the Internet with Internet Explorer, learn how to do online searches and more in this 50-minute class. Registration is required. Call 701-3488 to register.

This class on the fundamentals of Microsoft Word focuses on templates as well as the various menu options.

Children in kindergarten through eighth grade are encouraged to tap their creative energies and create masterpieces at the Westport Center for the Arts’ Team Up for Art this winter.

John Ford. Two words that bring up memories of John Wayne riding through Monument Valley. Well, Ford did direct some great Western movies, but he also excelled at dramas, comedies, adventures, and prestige literary adaptations. Join us in the Film Vault in March for some of his non-Western classics.