Events and Activities Calendar

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August 2022

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Bookmobile Stop at Benilde Hall Program

10:00 am @ Mobile Services
In Person Event
 
 

Puzzle Time

12:00 pm @ Sugar Creek Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

1:00 pm @ North-East Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Bookmobile at Sycamore Groves Apartments

1:30 pm @ Mobile Services
In Person Event
 
 

Teen Volunteering Drop-In

3:00 pm @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

3:30 pm @ Waldo Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Teen Volunteering: Teen Advisory Board

4:00 pm @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 
 
 

Hollywood vs. History: '55 Days at Peking'

6:00 pm @ Plaza Branch
RSVP Required
In Person Event, Online Event
 
 

Family Storytime

9:30 am @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Family Storytime

10:30 am @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

1:00 pm @ North-East Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Pop In at the Park: Seven Oaks Park

3:00 pm @ Offsite Locations
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

3:30 pm @ Waldo Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Medicare Made Easy

4:30 pm @ Online
RSVP Required
Online Event
 
 

Tabletop Tuesday for Adults

4:30 pm @ Southeast Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Tabletop Tuesday

5:00 pm @ Waldo Branch
In Person Event
 
 

NickiFit: Body Sculpt

6:00 pm @ Lucile H. Bluford Branch
RSVP Required
In Person Event
 
 

Puzzle Time

12:00 pm @ Sugar Creek Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Move with Angela

12:00 pm @ Southeast Branch
RSVP Required
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

1:00 pm @ North-East Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Ping Pong

3:00 pm @ Sugar Creek Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Anime Club

3:00 pm @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Pop In at the Park: Gillham Park

3:00 pm @ Offsite Locations
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

3:30 pm @ Waldo Branch
In Person Event
 
 

English for Citizenship

6:00 pm @ North-East Branch
Online Event
 
 

NickiFit: Tabata Kickboxing Strength

6:00 pm @ Online
Online Event
 
 

NickiFit: Full Body Chair

9:00 am @ Online
Online Event
 
 

Family Storytime

9:30 am @ Plaza Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Baby Storytime

10:30 am @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Family Storytime

10:30 am @ Plaza Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

1:00 pm @ North-East Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Pop In at the Park: Martin Luther King, Jr. Park

3:00 pm @ Offsite Locations
In Person Event
 
 
 

After Lunch Reads ‘Little Lovely Things’

3:00 pm @ Sugar Creek Branch
In Person Event, Online Event
 
 

Kids Café

3:30 pm @ Waldo Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Bookmobile at Back to School Party

5:00 pm @ Mobile Services
In Person Event
 
 
 
 

You Don’t Have to Move Out of Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better One

6:00 pm @ Plaza Branch
RSVP Required
In Person Event, Online Event
 
 

NickiFit: Mixxedfit

6:00 pm @ Lucile H. Bluford Branch
RSVP Required
In Person Event
 
 

Back to School Craft Night

6:00 pm @ North-East Branch
In Person Event
 
 

English 1

7:00 pm @ Online
Online Event
 
 

Kindergarten Readiness Storytime

10:30 am @ Plaza Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

1:00 pm @ North-East Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Puzzle Time

1:00 pm @ Trails West Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Ping Pong Friday

2:00 pm @ Trails West Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Pop In at the Park: The Concourse Park

3:00 pm @ Offsite Locations
In Person Event
 
 

Bag o’ Ice Cream

5:30 pm @ Plaza Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Online Storytime

9:00 am @ Online
Online Event
 
 

Bookmobile at Apostolic Church of God

10:00 am @ Mobile Services
In Person Event
 
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Building Bombers in Kansas City

2:00 pm @ Central Library
RSVP Required
In Person Event
 
 

Sunday Cinema: 'Cleo from 5 to 7'

2:00 pm @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Puzzle Time

12:00 pm @ Sugar Creek Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

1:00 pm @ North-East Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Teen Volunteering Drop-In

3:00 pm @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

3:30 pm @ Waldo Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Teen Volunteering: Teen Advisory Board

4:00 pm @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Family Storytime

9:30 am @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Family Storytime

10:30 am @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Let's Talk: Senior Conversations - What's on Your Mind?

11:00 am @ Southeast Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

1:00 pm @ North-East Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Let's Talk: Senior Conversations - What's on Your Mind?

2:00 pm @ Online
RSVP Required
Online Event
 
 

Kids Café

3:30 pm @ Waldo Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Tabletop Tuesday for Adults

4:30 pm @ Southeast Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Tabletop Tuesday

5:00 pm @ Waldo Branch
In Person Event
 
 

KC Tween Book Club

5:00 pm @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Music & Mocktails: A farewell to Summer (Reading) Happy Hour

5:30 pm @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Queer Voices Reads ‘Exalted’

6:00 pm @ Online
RSVP Required
Online Event
 
 

NickiFit: Body Sculpt

6:00 pm @ Lucile H. Bluford Branch
RSVP Required
In Person Event
 
 

KC Linux User Group

6:30 pm @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Puzzle Time

12:00 pm @ Sugar Creek Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Move with Angela

12:00 pm @ Southeast Branch
RSVP Required
In Person Event
 
 

Downtowners Reads ‘Becoming Duchess Goldblatt’

12:00 pm @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Science Matters: The Science and Technology of the Birth of Motion Pictures

12:00 pm @ Online
Online Event
 
 

Kids Café

1:00 pm @ North-East Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Ping Pong

3:00 pm @ Sugar Creek Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Anime Club

3:00 pm @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

3:30 pm @ Waldo Branch
In Person Event
 
 

NickiFit: Tabata Kickboxing Strength

6:00 pm @ Online
Online Event
 
 

Baristas Reads ‘My Cousin Rachel’

7:00 pm @ Plaza Branch
In Person Event
 
 

NickiFit: Full Body Chair

9:00 am @ Online
Online Event
 
 

Family Storytime

9:30 am @ Plaza Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Baby Storytime

10:30 am @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Family Storytime

10:30 am @ Plaza Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

1:00 pm @ North-East Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

3:30 pm @ Waldo Branch
In Person Event
 
 
 

Books and Brews Reads ‘The Radium Girls’

6:00 pm @ Waldo Branch
In Person Event, Online Event
 
 

NickiFit: Mixxedfit

6:00 pm @ Lucile H. Bluford Branch
RSVP Required
In Person Event
 
 

English 1

7:00 pm @ Online
Online Event
 
 

Family Storytime

10:00 am @ North-East Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Kindergarten Readiness Storytime

10:30 am @ Plaza Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

1:00 pm @ North-East Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Puzzle Time

1:00 pm @ Trails West Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Ping Pong Friday

2:00 pm @ Trails West Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Bubbles!

5:30 pm @ Plaza Branch
In Person Event
 
 
 

'The Rock' vs 'Con Air'

8:45 pm @ Central Library
RSVP Required
In Person Event
 
 

Online Storytime

9:00 am @ Online
Online Event
 
 

Bookmobile at Key Coalition Family Fun Day

10:00 am @ Mobile Services
In Person Event
 
 

Trailblazers Reads ‘Breaking Night’

2:00 pm @ Trails West Branch
In Person Event
 
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Sunday Cinema: 'A Bug's Life'

2:00 pm @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Bookmobile Stop at Benilde Hall Program

10:00 am @ Mobile Services
In Person Event
 
 

Puzzle Time

12:00 pm @ Sugar Creek Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

1:00 pm @ North-East Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Bookmobile at Sycamore Groves Apartments

1:30 pm @ Mobile Services
In Person Event
 
 

Teen Volunteering Drop-In

3:00 pm @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

3:30 pm @ Waldo Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Teen Volunteering: Teen Advisory Board

4:00 pm @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Friends of the Library Reads ‘The Huntress’

7:00 pm @ Plaza Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Family Storytime

9:30 am @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Family Storytime

10:30 am @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

1:00 pm @ North-East Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

3:30 pm @ Waldo Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Tabletop Tuesday for Adults

4:30 pm @ Southeast Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Tabletop Tuesday

5:00 pm @ Waldo Branch
In Person Event
 
 

NickiFit: Body Sculpt

6:00 pm @ Lucile H. Bluford Branch
RSVP Required
In Person Event
 
 

Coffee & Conversation

10:30 am @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Puzzle Time

12:00 pm @ Sugar Creek Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Move with Angela

12:00 pm @ Southeast Branch
RSVP Required
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

1:00 pm @ North-East Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Ping Pong

3:00 pm @ Sugar Creek Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Anime Club

3:00 pm @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

3:30 pm @ Waldo Branch
In Person Event
 
 
 
 

The Art of Desiree Kelly: Storytelling Through Portraits

6:00 pm @ Central Library
RSVP Required
In Person Event, Online Event
 
 

NickiFit: Tabata Kickboxing Strength

6:00 pm @ Online
Online Event
 
 

NickiFit: Full Body Chair

9:00 am @ Online
Online Event
 
 

Family Storytime

9:30 am @ Plaza Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Baby Storytime

10:30 am @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Family Storytime

10:30 am @ Plaza Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Southeast Literary Lions Reads ‘Blood Grove’

10:30 am @ Online
Online Event
 
 

Legal Aid in the Library

12:00 pm @ Lucile H. Bluford Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

1:00 pm @ North-East Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Silver and Gold Readers Reads ‘Lies My Teacher Told Me’

2:00 pm @ Online
RSVP Required
Online Event
 
 

Thursday Matinee: 'A Journal for Jordan'

3:00 pm @ Southeast Branch
RSVP Required
In Person Event
 
 

Lego Club

3:30 pm @ Waldo Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

3:30 pm @ Waldo Branch
In Person Event
 
 
 
 

They Fought the Fight: The 1965 Voting Rights Act

6:00 pm @ Plaza Branch
RSVP Required
In Person Event, Online Event
 
 

NickiFit: Mixxedfit

6:00 pm @ Lucile H. Bluford Branch
RSVP Required
In Person Event
 
 

Family Video Game Night

6:00 pm @ North-East Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Literature in Translation Reads ‘Malinche’

6:30 pm @ Waldo Branch
In Person Event
 
 

KCFD Fire Safety and Prevention

10:00 am @ Plaza Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Kindergarten Readiness Storytime

10:30 am @ Plaza Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Fourth Friday Family Storytime

10:30 am @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Bookmobile at City Market

11:00 am @ Mobile Services
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

1:00 pm @ North-East Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Puzzle Time

1:00 pm @ Trails West Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Ping Pong Friday

2:00 pm @ Trails West Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Drum Safari

6:00 pm @ Plaza Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Great Books KC Reads ‘In Search of Lost Time, The Guermantes Way’

7:00 pm @ Plaza Branch
Online Event
 
 

Online Storytime

9:00 am @ Online
Online Event
 
 

Bookmobile at Ivanhoe Farmers Market

10:00 am @ Mobile Services
In Person Event
 
 

'80s & '90s Trivia Party

2:00 pm @ Southeast Branch
RSVP Required
In Person Event
 
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Sunday Cinema: 'Bend It Like Beckham'

2:00 pm @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Puzzle Time

12:00 pm @ Sugar Creek Branch
In Person Event
 
 

American Red Cross Blood Drive

2:00 pm @ Plaza Branch
In Person Event
 
 

American Red Cross Blood Drive

2:00 pm @ Plaza Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

3:30 pm @ Waldo Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Bookmobile at Micah Ministries

5:30 pm @ Mobile Services
In Person Event
 
 

Family Storytime

9:30 am @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Family Storytime

10:30 am @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

3:30 pm @ Waldo Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Tabletop Tuesday for Adults

4:30 pm @ Southeast Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Tabletop Tuesday

5:00 pm @ Waldo Branch
In Person Event
 
 
 
 

River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile

6:00 pm @ Plaza Branch
RSVP Required
In Person Event, Online Event
 
 

Movie Trivia with Kahoot!

6:00 pm @ Trails West Branch
In Person Event
 
 

NickiFit: Body Sculpt

6:00 pm @ Lucile H. Bluford Branch
RSVP Required
In Person Event
 
 

Puzzle Time

12:00 pm @ Sugar Creek Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Ping Pong

3:00 pm @ Sugar Creek Branch
In Person Event
 
 

Anime Club

3:00 pm @ Central Library
In Person Event
 
 

Kids Café

3:30 pm @ Waldo Branch
In Person Event
 
 

NickiFit: Tabata Kickboxing Strength

6:00 pm @ Online
Online Event