Events

Story times feature books written by Latinas from the Pura Belpré Award list.

The Girls’ Night Out Teen Book Club features Graffiti Girl by Kelly Parra on May 11, from 5 - 8 p.m.

MANA de Kansas City hosts a meet and greet with Linda Rodriguez to celebrate her novel Every Last Secret on Thursday, May 10 at 6:30 p.m.

During the Civil War Missouri was a state divided, suffering from a fractured identity and caught up in a struggle of no quarter between its battling factions. That violent period of near-anarchy is examined in the traveling exhibit A State Divided: The Civil War in Missouri, a joint effort of the Missouri Humanities Council and the Missouri History Museum.

This colorful and informative exhibit follows the “bushwhackers” and “Jayhawkers” whose bitter enmity continues to color the relations between Missourians and Kansans.

Fred Geary (1894-1955) attended the Kansas City Art Institute and worked as a commercial artist for the Fred Harvey Company in Union Station. Geary became caught up in the wood engraving movement that became popular in the U.S. in the 1930s and in his spare time produced exquisite depictions of small-town life and Missouri landscapes and landmarks.

Easily and cheaply reproduced, woodcuts put art into the hands of working-class Americans.

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.

Come join us for thirty minutes of fun stories, songs, and learning activities!

Learn how to create professional looking slide show presentations. Call 816-701-3481 to register or click here.

Little kids and big enjoy songs and stories, fingerplays and rhymes, occasional guest visitors, videos in the vault and simple crafts, puzzles and games for all ages. Parking is free!

When a pair of chopsticks gets separated, after some traumatic moments the two friends eventually learn to stand on their own.

Come join us for lots of great stories, songs, fun learning activities and even a short movie - all geared for three and four-year-olds.

Come join us for lots of great stories, songs, fun learning activities and even a short movie - all geared for three and four-year-olds.

Designed for people who are novices, it teaches basic computer skills and how to navigate the Library's online catalog. Registration requested.

Learn what the Internet and your Internet browser can do for you! This class concentrates on the basics of online searches. No registration necessary. Call 816-701-3489 for more information.

Teen Gaming has a Wii console, a PlayStation2 and a Xbox 360 plus an array of board games for you to enjoy. A chess board is always available for some great competitive games. Bring your own video games and share the joy of playing with all your mates.

Are you feeling sluggish, need to shape up, lose weight or maybe you'd just like to work on strengthening? Come exercise with us on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:30pm, and Saturdays 10:00-11:00AM. This is a DVD led exercise group. Stop by and follow along with this week's workout. There are Zumba DVDs available to this group upon request.

Join us every Tuesday and Thursday at 5:30pm for dinner and a movie! This free event is open to children ages 3-18. For more information, contact Christy at 816-701-3489.

Elegies for the Broken-Hearted by Christie Hodgen

Leadership is less about having all the answers than about asking the right questions. Harvard Business School professor Robert Kaplan says in his book What to Ask the Person in the Mirror that the challenge lies in being able to step back, reflect, and ask the key questions that are critical to your performance and your organization’s effectiveness.