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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.

Established in 1874, the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department has for 138 years protected our citizens while keeping abreast of changes in criminology, transportation, technology, and society. This long and colorful history is examined in a new exhibit, Kansas City’s Finest.

In the pre-digital era before cell phones, satellites, and the Internet allowed travelers to instantly transmit their photos and comments to family and friends, Americans relied on “snail mail” and the picture postcard.

This exhibit gathers more than 200 examples of Kansas City postcards from the ‘30s and ‘40s. The cards – featuring images of landmarks, hotels, parks, and public buildings - have been drawn from the Mrs. Sam Ray Postcard Collection in the holdings of the Library’s Missouri Valley Special Collections.

Kansas City’s story doesn’t begin with fur traders and settlers. Rather it goes back millions of years to an era of rising and falling seas, thick green forests of towering ferns, and huge, now-extinct animals. That world, as revealed by the rocks beneath our feet, is explored in the exhibit KC|BC.

KC|BC complements Kansas City Millions of Years Ago – Reading the Rocks, a current show of digital illustrations and actual fossils at the Box Gallery in Suite 211 of the Commerce Bank Building, 1000 Walnut St.

Looking for the perfect card to complete your deck? Stop by the plaza library and trade, then put your best deck to the test!

Neil McIntyre (A.K.A. Mr. Kneeel), emcee and vocalist, is coming to town with inspiring hip-hop and beatboxing fun!

McIntyre’s music is high energy, engaging, and never insults a child’s intelligence. This is hip-hop that focuses on kids, who they are, and what they enjoy.

The program is appropriate for all ages.

Navigate the Internet with Internet Explorer, learn how to do online searches and more in this free class which lasts approximately one hour. Registration is required. Call 701-3488 to register.

This class on the fundamentals of Microsoft Word focuses on templates as well as the various menu options.

Relax after a long week of school, watch movies, play games, talk about books, manga, video games and help plan library events while having lots of fun.

Dustin Hoffman rocketed to stardom as Benjamin Braddock, a recent college grad who becomes the lover of the predatory Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft) while pining for her daughter (Katharine Ross). Mike Nichols directs. MPAA rating: NR. 106 minutes

Part of the Make 'Em Laugh Film Series, showing Saturdays and Mondays in May in the Stanley H. Durwood Film Vault at the Central Library