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Part of the 2013 Off-the-Wall Film Series featuring comedies starring Kansas City native Paul Rudd. Rudd shot into the comedy stratosphere playing Peter, a painfully uncool guy desperate to strike up a friendship with the hip Sydney (Jason Segal). The film was noteworthy for Rudd’s off-the-charts comedy improvisations. With Rashida Jones. This title is recommended for adult audiences only.

Watch movies, play games, talk about books, manga video games and help plan library events while having lots of fun.

Movie Series: Based on the Book by the Same Name
Chitty Chitty, Bang, Bang

Games, games and more games! Grab some friends and challenge them to some after-school gaming fun on our XBOX 360 and Wii Systems. We provide some games, but feel free to bring yours to get a battle going with your friends.

When a ferocious looking dragon arrives in William's town, his neighbors are frightened for their lives. William knows that appearances can be deceiving, and he sets out to teach the townspeople that the dragon is truly friendly.

Felicia Flash, wildlife photographer, and her sidekick, Karma the elephant, are back from another globe-trotting journey and are ready to relax in their OWN backyard. As usual, adventure is never far away for this wacky duo. A peaceful nap under the shade tree takes Felicia into an amazing ecosystem under her lawn chair. We are talking bugs. BIG BUGS…as she shrinks to bug size…or our stage grows to make the audience bug-sized. This show features Green Darner Dragon Flies, Earth Worms, Tree Frogs, Slugs and more!

Serengeti Steve performs over 600 shows a year throughout the country and has been featured as a Las Vegas finalist on NBC's hit show, America's Got Talent. His talents even earned him a place in the famous Guinness Book of World Records. Various reptiles and arachnids from around the globe are brought to you in a comical and fun-filled hands on experience.

Learn to sew by hand and by machine. Four projects are available; Pin cushin, Book Bag, Apron, and cat pillow. Sign up is required, with a maximum of 14 teens per class. Call the Plaza branch at 816-701-3481.

Families who can't make it to the Library during the day can enjoy this evening storytime. We will read great books, sing songs, and have a fun craft.

In defiance of an 1890 Louisiana law prescribing “equal but separate accommodations” on public transportation, Homer Plessy, a black man born to free black parents, boarded a train car reserved for whites and was promptly arrested. Plessy appealed his conviction and his case ended up before the U.S. Supreme Court, which upheld the Louisiana statute in 1896.

As Williamjames Hull Hoffer, associate professor of history at Seton Hall University, shows in his book Plessy v. Ferguson: Race and Inequality in Jim Crow America, the ruling created an official system of racial segregation that would last deep into the 20th century.