Events

Open through the 2012 World Series

Celebrate Kansas City’s All-Star summer with this new exhibit exploring our local baseball heritage.

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

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.

Ages 3-5

Serves as an introduction to explore their sense of make believe. Using body movement, voice, and imagination exercises, the class will play, listen and learn.

Kids will meet on Fridays for five weeks with professional actor John Mulvey and perform (in front of an audience) at a Friday Night Family Fun Night. Rehearsals will take place on the stage of the Truman Forum and explore dreams.

Registration is required.

Rehearsal dates: Friday June 29, July 6, July 13, July 20, & July 27

Ms. Helma Hawkins will provide description of program.

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

In this class you will learn some of the more advanced functions of MS Word such as inserting dates and time, auto-text, diagrams and pictures. Call (816) 701-3482 to register for this class or just show up.

Summer Reading: Story-time and Craft
Come explore your world through our Storytime and make a fun craft related to our theme "4th of July Parade!"

Ages 11-17

Why is something funny? What makes us laugh? Tap into your sense of humor with this class as we explore the world of comedy. Using characters and situations, we will pursue the act of “thinking on your feet.” Be prepared to laugh!

Kids will meet on Fridays for five weeks with professional actor John Mulvey and perform (in front of an audience) at a Friday Night Family Fun Night. Rehearsals will take place on the stage of the Truman Forum and explore dreams.

Registration is required.

Bring your Yu-Gi-Oh! and Magic the Gathering decks and challenge our champion deck builders. We play and trade cards every Friday night in the teen area.

Milwaukee accordionist and singer Mike Schneider brings old-time sounds to the younger set with Pint Size Polkas.

Schneider’s vision is to help children and their families discover the good, clean fun that can be experienced with polka music through songs like The Alphabet Polka, The Numbers Schottische, and Tiny Bubbles in the Tub.