Events

Saturday, June 30 2012

Time Items
All day
Tue, 06/26/2012 - 9:00am - Sun, 11/04/2012 - 9:00am

Open through the 2012 World Series

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

Fri, 06/08/2012 - 1:00pm - Fri, 07/27/2012 - 1:00pm

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!

Thu, 06/07/2012 - 1:00pm - Thu, 07/26/2012 - 1:00pm

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!

Wed, 06/06/2012 - 1:00pm - Wed, 07/25/2012 - 1:00pm

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

Mon, 06/04/2012 - 12:00pm - Tue, 07/31/2012 - 12:00pm

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

Sat, 05/05/2012 - 10:00am - Sun, 07/01/2012 - 5:00pm

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.

Sat, 05/05/2012 - 10:00am - Sat, 06/30/2012 - 9:00pm

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.

Sat, 06/11/2011 (All day) - Tue, 12/31/2013 (All day)

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.

Thu, 03/31/2011 - 9:00am - Mon, 12/31/2012 - 5:00pm

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.

12:00 pm
Sat, 06/30/2012 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm

Part Three: All about Soft Circuits
Learn how to add soft circuits to toys and clothing in preparation for the next stage of the Cityscape project.

Be a permanent part of Plaza's Cityscape! Help design and build the unique art instillation that will stay with the library for years to come. Learn about this collaborative art project through six workshops where soft circuits and creative lighting will form a beautiful nightscape of Kansas City.

Sat, 06/30/2012 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Sat, 06/30/2012 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm

All ages are welcome to attend this Mini-Health Fair. Free services include: Ask-A-Doctor, Glucose Screening, Glaucoma Screening, Children Vision Screenings (6 months to 6 years) and Posture Balance Screening. Services provided by Cleveland Chiropractic College, Missouri Lions Club and Truman Medical Center.

1:00 pm
Sat, 06/30/2012 - 1:30pm - 3:30pm

Weight-Loss Support Group
Join us as we learn about good habits that will help you maintain a healthy weight.

Sat, 06/30/2012 - 1:30pm

Get in the mood for Kansas City’s hosting of the All-Star Game with this lineup of memorable baseball-themed movies. There’s something for everyone: fantasy, romance, comedy, melodrama, real-life stories, and a big-league musical. Hollywood hits homer after homer with these classics.