[3] "Library books lead many lives," says Kevin Craig. As a Library volunteer in the Collection Maintenance department, he would know. He sorts countless books, shelving and reshelving, shuffling in new purchases, finding misplaced volumes, and plucking out worn-out ones for the Friends of the Library book sales. Without workers like Craig, the Library couldn't function.
[5] Do you want to learn a craft or art, but don’t feel inspired or know where to start? Or maybe you’re already a crafter or artist but would like to learn more and dig deeper into your passion. At the Kansas City Public Library, inspiration and guidance can be found in a wide and wonderful selection of titles about many arts and crafts!
[7] 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 [8].
[10] Talk about synchronicity. When I decided that I was going to re-read James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time for the Library’s Building Bridges Book Club [11], I already happened to be reading Henry Louis Gates’ Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man, a collection of profiles of prominent African-American men.
[13] Every now and then, we spend a little time doing something we know is wrong. Sometimes, especially if we get caught, we admit to the crime. But sometimes the crime feels a little too good to let go. Such is the case with Sutter Keely, a senior in high school on the brink of graduation. He has the world at his fingertips — and an ice-cold glass of 7&7 in his actual fingers. Constantly.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/KC+Unbound/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/portrait-volunteer-kevin-craig
[4] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/portrait-volunteer-kevin-craig#comments
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/crafty-reads-how-use-library-get-started-jewelry-making
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/12333#comment-form
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/video-levar-burton-brings-joy-reading-kc-library
[8] http://www.shaneevans.com/
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/12313#comment-form
[10] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/classics-reviewed-fire-next-time-james-baldwin
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/blackliterature
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/12302#comment-form
[13] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/book-review-spectacular-now
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/12300#comment-form
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=89
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=86
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=87
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=88
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=91
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=92
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=93
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=94
[24] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=112
