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All day	Manifold Greatness: The Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible Thu, 07/12/2012 - 9:00am - Fri, 08/10/2012 - 5:00pm Central Library Published in 1611, the King James Bible’s blend of poetry and piety has nurtured generation after generation. Amateurs to All-Stars Tue, 06/26/2012 - 9:00am - Sun, 11/04/2012 - 9:00am Central Library 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 @ Central Youth Services! Fri, 06/08/2012 - 1:00pm - Fri, 07/27/2012 - 1:00pm Central Library 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! KIDS CAFE @ Central Youth Services Every Day, Monday-Friday, Noon-12:45 pm! Mon, 06/04/2012 - 12:00pm - Tue, 07/31/2012 - 12:00pm Central Library 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 New Compositions: The Dance Portraiture of Orval Hixon Sat, 06/11/2011 (All day) - Tue, 12/31/2013 (All day) Central Library 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. The Legacy of Kansas City’s Hare & Hare Thu, 03/31/2011 - 9:00am - Mon, 12/31/2012 - 5:00pm Plaza Branch 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.
10:00 am	Preschool Storytime Fri, 07/27/2012 - 10:30am Plaza Branch Preschool age kids (3-5) will enjoy stories, songs, and art in this storytime. Getting News on the Internet Fri, 07/27/2012 - 10:30am Lucile H. Bluford Branch In this class participants will be shown how to use the Internet to find and retrieve news online; everything from local news, sports, and weather to finances, stocks and more. Call (816) 701-3482 to register for this class or just show up. Story Time Fri, 07/27/2012 - 10:30am - 11:30am North-East Branch Come explore your world through our Storytime and make a fun craft related to our Summer Reading theme; DREAM BIG! This week the theme is "Monsters".
2:00 pm	Exploring Open Office Writer Fri, 07/27/2012 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm Central Library Learn about this powerful free word processing program. Open Office Writer is part of the open source Open Office Suite of programs. This powerful full function program has some features that the better know word processors wish they had available. Come and explore the basics of this wonderful program. Call 701-3449 to register.
5:00 pm	Yu-Gi-Oh! and Magic the Gathering Fri, 07/27/2012 - 5:00pm - 8:00pm 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.
6:00 pm	Friday Night Family Fun: Dream Big, Act! Fri, 07/27/2012 - 6:30pm Plaza Branch Come see what the kids from the Plaza Library can do after five weeks of drama classes. Instructor John Mulvey will also keep audience members entertained with humor and drama. Mulvey has performed for various theaters including Starlight, Theater League, Unicorn Theater, The Coterie, and many others.