Events

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

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.

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

Sign up for a free email account and follow along as this tutorial teaches how to send, receive, and organize email. Call 816-701-3481 to register, or click here.

Little Owl enjoys a lovely night in the forest visiting his friend the raccoon, listening to the frogs croak and the crickets chirp, and watching the fog that hovers overhead.

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.

Learn how to create, send and receive email messages. Registration requested and basic computer skills a requirement. Patrons must take E-mail Basics before taking Advanced Email, or have significant Internet experience.

A popular online auction site, eBay offers bargains aplenty, but there are some potential dangers and rules you need to know. This class offers an introduction to the site for prospective users.

This interactive event explores the experience of fugitive slaves seeking freedom during the Civil War. Designed for kids but appropriate for the entire family, activities include: a sing-along featuring "Follow the Drinking Gourd," a hard tack tasting, and discussions of the Quilt Code as well as the difference between slavery in Missouri and elsewhere in the United States.

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.

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.

What happens when Joey and his sister, Mary Alice -- two city slickers from Chicago -- make their annual summer visits to Grandma Dowdel's seemingly sleepy Illinois town? August 1929: They see their first corpse, and he isn't resting easy. August 1930: The Cowgill boys terrorize the town, and Grandma fights back. August 1931: Joey and Mary Alice help Grandma trespass, poach, catch the sheriff in his underwear, and feed the hungry -- all in one day.

Wilburn Stancil discusses the King James Bible, of which it has been written: “If everything else in our language should perish, it alone would suffice to show the extent of its beauty and power.”

The program complements Manifold Greatness: The Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible, an exhibit on display starting July 12 at the Central Library.

Stancil is a professor of theology and religious studies at Rockhurst University.