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.

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.

Free Savvy Couponing Tips:With the Coupon Lady! Tamara Baker
at the Southeast Branch. Call 816-701-3584 to register.

Presented by the Savvy Coupon Lady.

Money Smart of Greater Kansas City is an annual community outreach program designed to promote and encourage financial awareness for all ages through classes, workshops, and the delivery of various resources.

The Library will waive up to $30 in overdue fines and fees for any Kansas City Public Library cardholder who attends one or more of the events.

Do you have a question about the latest ereader or tablet? Would you like to know how to download an e-book? Visit with our resident gadget expert in an informal setting. Not a class but a chance to see some of the new gadgets demonstrated and ask questions.

Please join us for our 7th Annual Family Science Day. Kids will be involved, entertained, and (possibly) educated with a series of hands-on activities. All ages are welcome.

Dungeons and Dragons in the Art Spot.

This bi-weekly class at Sugar Creek offers many options for all levels of quilters. Bring a project, start a project, or come to learn something new.

Class is every other Saturday at the Sugar Creek Branch Library.

Call Nancy at 816-252-3344 for more information.

In honor of Money Smart Month, PNC Foundation is sponsoring age-appropriate financial literacy concepts to preschool age children and their families. Instruction is based on lessons from Sesame Street’s For Me, for You, for Later: First Steps to Spending, Sharing, & Saving, created for PNC as part of a continuing partnership.

For three decades Paul Mazursky gave us films that with humor and insight chronicled our sexual and social behavior. From the wife-swapping of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, to Harry and Tonto (which won Art Carney a best actor Oscar), to the defector-in-NYC comedy Moscow on the Hudson, Mazursky makes us roar and sigh.