Events

Friday FUN Days!

Every Friday beginning June 7, 2012. Get you game on! Join us Central Youth Services for Games, Games and MORE Games! We'll be giving weekly Chess lessons, playing board games, card games, and MORE!

Poetry Beats With Hip Hop Academy’s T-Blaze at Central Teen Services!

Explore poetry from the basics to the beats and take your voice from the classics to the streets! Every Thursday, 1 pm-2-pm
Beginning June 7, 2012

All teens ages 13-18 welcome!

June 13- Up Cycling and Book Binding-
Repurpose old books into new journals or sketchbooks with Green Paper Crafts.

June 20- Bleached Out Glow in the dark Library Bags-
Bleach out your drawings on a canvas bag and then make it glow.

June 27- Zombie Felties- It’s ALIVE!
Frankenstein had the right idea when he pieced together his old school zombie monster. Sew up your own frightening mini zombie friends.

July 11th- Read the Stars-
Constellation themed mixed media and embroideries

Founded in 1993, the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival is dedicated to bringing the Bard’s great plays free of charge to Kansas City audiences.

The season kicks off on June 19 in Southmoreland Park with the magic-and-comedy-filled romance A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The next night, June 20, marks the opening of Antony and Cleopatra, a tragedy inspired by the famous romance between a Roman warrior and the Queen of Egypt.

Check out the following free presentations inspired by this year’s Heart of America Shakespeare Festival.

Kids Cafe at Central Youth Services

Free Lunch served everyday, Monday thru Friday, Noon– 12:45 pm
Beginning June 4, 2012

All youth ages 0-18 welcome

*Meals served ONLY to those 18 years of age and younger.
*ALL food must be consumed during the program on the premises

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.

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.

Bring toddlers ages 18-36 months for a 20 minute storytime, followed by a fun craft in the Art Spot.

Bring toddlers ages 18-36 months for a 20 minute storytime, followed by a fun craft in the Art Spot.

What on earth is a Facebook and what am I supposed to do with it? Come to this class and find out! Facebook is a popular social networking site that allows you to connect with everyone. Join us and see if it is right for you.

No registration necessary.

Call Megan @ 816.701.3489 for more information.

Bring toddlers ages 18-36 months for a 20 minute storytime, followed by a fun craft in the Art Spot.

Gather with people who share the same interest as you! Bring something to share such as a project you have completed or a current project you are working on.

Call Christy at 816-701-3489 for more information.

A gathering of needlework enthusiasts! We work on all kinds of needlework projects (knitting, rug hooking, crochet, applique, needle point, embroidery, etc.) We meet the first and third Thursday of the month. Bring your own project and join us for a warm and friendly time of fellowship.

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.

You never know what fun creative activity we might do each week...games, crafts, workshops, movies and more! Most enjoyed by Tweens and Teens.

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.

Flamboyant, confident, and controversial, Edith Bolling Wilson was not your traditional First Lady. After her husband, Woodrow Wilson, suffered a debilitating stroke in 1919, she took the reins of government and acted on behalf of her ailing spouse. Historian Kristie Miller looks into the life of the woman known as “Madame Regent” and “the Assistant President” and asks: Was Edith Wilson, in effect, our first woman president?