On Saturday, October 11, the Central Library is open to registered Heartland Book Festival attendees only. Regular services, such as hold pickups, public computers and phones, and public meeting rooms, will not be available.
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Tuesday, October 22, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
In a discussion of his book A Pilgrimage to Eternity, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Timothy Egan recount...
Sunday, October 20, 2019
1:30pm
In Person
The Library continues its film series showcasing the diverse roles of girls as cinematic storytellers with the acclaimed 1997 emotional drama...
Thursday, October 17, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Photographer B.A. Van Sise, whose work is featured in the Library exhibit One Second, discusses the convergence o...
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Land conversation and climate change expert James Levitt examines the challenges of protecting today’s large areas of natural land, i...
Monday, October 14, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
We take our seats in a darkened movie theater, turn ourselves over for a couple of hours to a romantic storyline and the romantic leads, and walk away...
Sunday, October 13, 2019
2:00pm
In Person
Starting in 1918, at the urging of his son Harry, John Benton Hart began telling stories of a colorful three-year period of his youth. The native K...
Thursday, October 10, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
In a discussion of her new memoir Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares, Aarti Shahani walks th...
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Author Mallory O’Meara spotlights the history-making but too-long-overlooked creator of one of movies’ most iconic monsters in a d...
Thursday, October 3, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Born and raised in Topeka (which appears in some fashion in all of his works), novelist, essayist, and poet Ben Lerner is one of t...
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Amid a yearlong celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Guadalupe Centers, Inc. – a westside anchor since 1919 – CEO Cris M...