[3] LeVar Burton – yes, the LeVar Burton – paid a special visit to our Central Children’s Library this past Friday to read to a group of kids from the Derrick Thomas Academy. It was like an episode of Reading Rainbow come to life. But you don’t have to take our word for it! Follow the “Read More” link to see a video of LeVar in the Library with friends, including local author and musician Shane Evans [4].
[6] Known to generations of book lovers as the host of Reading Rainbow, LeVar Burton is coming to the Kansas City Public Library. And we’re offering our followers on Twitter [7] and fans on Facebook [8] the opportunity to meet him in person! Find out how you can enter our contest for a chance to visit with the Emmy-winning actor and director simply by sharing your love of reading.
[10] Sometimes at the Library, our best ideas come from patrons. When I.H. Ruiz Branch regular Keishla Collins saw a need for more programs for teenage girls, she spoke up. Now every month, a group of around 20 girls and women meet to talk about books and take part in fun, beneficial activities. But stay back, fellas - this here's the Girls' Night Out [11] Book Group.
[13] At 4:30 a.m. on the morning of Wednesday, February 2, 2011, most people in Kansas City were snuggled up warm in their homes. Jerry Houchins was in his office on B1 of the Central Library, watching the weather on Fox 4 news. By 5 a.m., he was on the sidewalks of 10th & Baltimore, cleaning up after a blizzard that dumped 8-12 inches of snow across the city, with drifts up to two feet tall.
[15] Jordan Fields likes to teach, but she didn't want to be a full-time teacher. So she became a librarian. Now as the Library's digital projects manager, she is the main architect of two different online repositories of information that, when complete, will educate people about the Kansas City region's past and present.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/KC%20Unbound/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/video-levar-burton-brings-joy-reading-kc-library
[4] http://www.shaneevans.com/
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/12313#comment-form
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/tweeting-rainbow-meet-levar-burton-kansas-city-public-library-facebook-and-twitter-contest
[7] http://twitter.com/kcpublibrary
[8] http://www.facebook.com/kclibrary
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/tweeting-rainbow-meet-levar-burton-kansas-city-public-library-facebook-and-twitter-contest#comments
[10] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/its-more-book-group-its-girls-night-out
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/book-clubs/girls-night-out
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/12174#comment-form
[13] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/let-it-snow-how-library-handled-blizzard
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/12082#comment-form
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/know-your-librarians-jordan-fields-digital-librarian
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/12013#comment-form
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=25
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=22
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=23
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=24
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=27
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=28
[24] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=29
[25] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=30
[26] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=32
