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

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.

Published in 1611, the King James Bible’s blend of poetry and piety has nurtured generation after generation.

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.

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.

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

Youth from North-East and Bluford will take field trips to local health and wellness organizations to learn to become responsible adults. Kids 12-19 are welcome. A permission form must be turned in by June 29th in order to take part.

Join us for an After Lunch Book Club as we read and discuss great books. We will meet every other week, each month at the Sugar Creek Branch Library.

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

Come listen to fairy tales that have a wish or night-time theme, such as Princess and the Pea. We will also do some activities and crafts.

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.

The campaigning is over. The polls have closed. The voters have retreated to their living rooms to catch the results on television. But for election workers the night is still young with much more to do. Representatives of the Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners explain what happens after your vote is cast. Voting memory cards must be collected, secured and uploaded into the Election Board’s system. Only then can the final results be calculated and the winners announced.

Join us for a fun summer craft! This year's theme is: DREAM BIG. For more information, contact Christy at 816-701-3489.

Come and learn how to make beautiful dream catchers and bead bracelets. The bracelets are nice to wear for the summertime and give out as gifts to your friends. Dream catchers are good as decorations in your rooms. Materials are free. All are welcome.

Each week we will have a new surprise activity! You never know, will this week be games, movies, or arts and crafts?!?!? Youth ages 10-16 are welcome to attend.

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.

Are you wanting some place to exercise. Our meeting rooms are open upon request. Come join us on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 5:30 -7p.m. and Saturdays from 10:00-11:00 a.m. We have DVD's available for your use in both high and low impact. So no matter what your mobility level there is something here for you.

How could a president have won a war and lost a re-election? For George H.W. Bush, being Commander-in-Chief during Desert Storm was not enough.

John Robert Greene, author of The Presidency of George Bush, sets Bush’s presidency in the context of the Reagan years and reviews his foreign policy successes, such as the war with Iraq and an improved relationship with Russia, and nagging domestic issues such as economic recession, “Read My Lips,” and the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court appointment.