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Programs and a traveling exhibit from the Metropolitan Community College’s Business and Technology Campus explore how to land in-demand “gold collar” jobs – electric utility lineman, computer-controlled machine programmer, welder/fabricator, environmental engineering technician – with just an associate’s degree or less.

The programs – 10 Gold Collar Jobs in KC and 10 Things that Get You Hired and 10 Things that Get You Fired – will be presented throughout the summer and fall at several Library locations.

Few Supreme Court decisions have stirred up as much controversy, vitriolic debate, and even violence as the one delivered in Roe v. Wade in 1973.

The case was filed on behalf of a woman who had sought and failed to obtain a legal abortion in Texas by falsely claiming to have been raped. Her pregnancy went to term; she sued the state. Rejecting a fetal right-to-life argument, the Court ruled 7–2 that a right to privacy under the 14th Amendment’s due process clause extended to a woman's decision to have an abortion.

Peter Charles Hoffer examines the lasting impact of this landmark decision in Roe v. Wade: The Abortion Rights Controversy in American History, which was co-authored with N.E.H. Hull. Hoffer is a distinguished research professor of history at the University of Georgia.

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

Part of the 2013 Off-the-Wall Film Series featuring comedies starring Kansas City native Paul Rudd. George and Linda (Rudd, Jennifer Aniston) have given up on life in the Big Apple. En route to a new job, the uptight couple find themselves staying in a latter-day hippie commune where both the sexuality and the bathroom doors are wide open. With Justin Theroux, Alan Alda. This title is recommended for adult audiences only.

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.

Programs and a traveling exhibit from the Metropolitan Community College’s Business and Technology Campus explore how to land in-demand “gold collar” jobs – electric utility lineman, computer-controlled machine programmer, welder/fabricator, environmental engineering technician – with just an associate’s degree or less.

The programs – 10 Gold Collar Jobs in KC and 10 Things that Get You Hired and 10 Things that Get You Fired – will be presented throughout the summer and fall at several Library locations.

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

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.

Location: City Market, 400 Grand St.

Join us on the first Saturday of every month (June–October) as the Friends of the Kansas City Public Library present the sixth annual City Market Summer Book Sale, from 9 a.m.–2 p.m.

Programs and a traveling exhibit from the Metropolitan Community College’s Business and Technology Campus explore how to land in-demand “gold collar” jobs – electric utility lineman, computer-controlled machine programmer, welder/fabricator, environmental engineering technician – with just an associate’s degree or less.

The programs – 10 Gold Collar Jobs in KC and 10 Things that Get You Hired and 10 Things that Get You Fired – will be presented throughout the summer and fall at several Library locations.