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.

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.

Location: City Market, 400 Grand St.

Join fellow book lovers on the first Saturday of every month (May – October) from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. as the Friends of the Kansas City Public Library present the fifth annual City Market Summer Book Sale Series.

Set up an account and learn the basics of e-mail in this free 50-minute class. Registration is required. Call 701-3488 to register.

Children in kindergarten through eighth grade are encouraged to tap their creative energies and create masterpieces at the Westport Center for the Arts’ Team Up for Art this summer.

Artist Stanley Brian Morgan will lead this summer workshop. Participants will focus on both individual skill building and the completion of a group project by the end of the session. All age and skill levels participate in the final product using recycled and donated materials.

Learn more about getting around on your computer in this class, which offers insights into hardware and software components.

Join us for ice cream, crafts, games, and prizes as we celebrate the end of the Summer Reading period. All kids who have completed the Summer Reading program are invited.

Relax with a movie and Dungeons and Dragons! We will be discussing future events and activities.

Children in kindergarten through eighth grade are encouraged to tap their creative energies and create masterpieces at the Westport Center for the Arts’ Team Up for Art this summer.

Artist Stanley Brian Morgan will lead this summer workshop. Participants will focus on both individual skill building and the completion of a group project by the end of the session. All age and skill levels participate in the final product using recycled and donated materials.

This bi-weekly class at Sugar Creek offers many options for all levels of quilters. Bring a project, start a project, or come to learn something new.

Class is every other Saturday at the Sugar Creek Branch Library.

Call Nancy at 816-252-3344 for more information.

Join us as we learn about good habits that will help you maintain a healthy weight.

When the going gets tough, Americans get going. They hop in the car and leave their troubles behind. At least that’s what Hollywood would have us believe, based on this decade-spanning selection of road movies.