All Events & Activities: anytime, any location, all ages

Falun Dafa is a traditional Self-Cultivation Practice to Improve Mind and Body. Please join us as we meet each week on Tuesday evening.

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.

As America’s biggest private corporation, ExxonMobil has economic power and political clout exceeding that of many countries. Yet its corporate culture of secrecy and discipline makes it a mystery to most of us.

Author Steve Coll unearths the company’s secrets in Private Empire, tracking the corporation’s role on the world stage from the Exxon Valdez accident in 1989 to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.

We provide stories and activities for children newborn to 18 months of age.

We provide stories and activities for children newborn to 18 months of age.

Learn basic conversation, pronunciation, and grammar for daily use and workplace. Meet friends from many countries and have a great time! Classes are free. Please call 816-701-3488 for more information.

As the oldest and favorite daughter of Thomas Jefferson, Martha “Patsy” Jefferson Randolph was well educated, known on two continents for her grace and sincerity, and often assumed the duties of first lady for her widowed father.

Yet as biographer Cynthia A. Kierner points out, Patsy Jefferson was not spared the tedium, frustration, and sorrow experienced by most women of her time.

Kierner is professor of history at George Mason University and the author of Martha Jefferson Randolph, Daughter of Monticello.

Bring toddlers ages 18-36 months for a 20 minute storytime, followed by a fun activity in the Art Spot.

Bring toddlers ages 18-36 months for a 20 minute storytime, followed by a fun activity in the Art Spot.

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