Classes & Activities
Drama Time KC Acting Club
Join us at the Southeast library as we partner with our friends from Drama Time KC to work on an adapted script of "Annie" called "Annie on the Vine". Learn the basics of theater, story telling, and public speaking. This is a 10 week session. Saturdays, Sept. 30th-Dec. 2nd. Open to youth of all ages!
Drama Time KC Acting Club
Join us at the Bluford library as we partner with our friends from Drama Time KC to work on an adapted script of "Annie" called "Annie on the Vine". Learn the basics of theater, story telling, and public speaking. This is a 10 week session. Saturdays, Sept. 30th-Dec. 2nd. Open to youth of all ages!
Story Writing: How to Build Background with Imagery and Setting
This class is all about writing sensory descriptions and creating a sense of place in writing fiction. Discover how descriptive language can help ground your reader and create thought-provoking imagery that adds to the tone and intrigue of your story. Look at several examples of descriptive language and clear scene-setting in pieces like “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “A Serious Talk” by Raymond Carver. Work on creating impactful images and atmosphere in your own stories using these ideas and observations.
This class is taught by a graduate student in the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s MFA Program in Creative Writing.
English for Citizenship Class
This is a free 12-week English course to prepare English language learners for the citizenship process.
Drama Time KC Acting Club
Join us at the Southeast library as we partner with our friends from Drama Time KC to work on an adapted script of "Annie" called "Annie on the Vine". Learn the basics of theater, story telling, and public speaking. This is a 10 week session. Saturdays, Sept. 30th-Dec. 2nd. Open to youth of all ages!
Writing Poetry: Free Advice on Free Verse
Learn about writing in free verse, a style that doesn’t include consistent meter or end-rhyme patterns. Study the work of free verse poets, such as Elizabeth Acevedo and Sharon Olds, who use enjambment, anaphora, alliteration, and other poetic devices to add musicality and meaning to their work. During the class, use similar techniques to create your own poem.
This class is taught by a graduate student in the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s MFA Program in Creative Writing.
Keep Your Keys
The Keep Your Keys Program is a driver-safety course geared toward people 55 and older who may need support to continue driving or retire from driving. The program will be facilitated by Jessica Gaicone, Trauma Outreach & Injury Prevention Coordinator, from St. Lukes Hospital.
English for Citizenship Class
This is a free 12-week English course to prepare English language learners for the citizenship process.
Writing A Ghost Story
Creepy tales told around a campfire. A book finished by flashlight under the covers. Nothing is as delicious as the thrill of a good ghost story. How do authors create such scary-sweet treats? In this course, we’ll examine the nuts and bolts of shivery stories.
Using examples from Poe to the present, we’ll get under the hood of horror and create our own spooky fiction.
• Learn writing techniques of ghost stories: the uncanny, the fantastic, and more.
• Develop your own ghostly tale.
• Finish a short draft (250-500 words) if you dare.
This class is taught by a graduate student in the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s MFA Program in Creative Writing.
Drama Time KC Acting Club
Join us at the Southeast library as we partner with our friends from Drama Time KC to work on an adapted script of "Annie" called "Annie on the Vine". Learn the basics of theater, story telling, and public speaking. This is a 10 week session. Saturdays, Sept. 30th-Dec. 2nd. Open to youth of all ages!