What does Kansas mean to you?
Reflect on your own thoughts and memories using writing prompts and discussion inspired by the Kansas Reads 2011 selection “What Kansas Means to Me.”
Programs
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Recent Programs Blog Posts
What’s Happening at Your Library – April/May 2011 connectnow
There are big changes on the way for this publication. We will be mailing connectnow to library card households. Read more about the changes on page 1 (ConnectNowAprMay2011web pdf). Plus, the library’s website is getting a new look. Why customers should care. And, accessing the library is as easy as pressing a button with the [...]
February/March 2011 connectnow – What’s Happening at Your Library
The community reads a book of essays inspired by our home state. Library materials move to one area, creating Collectibles Neighborhood. And, how your library is recognizing the influences of African-Americans during Black History Month. Plus, computer classes and hot new books and movies in this edition of connectnow.
What Kansas Means to Me, are you reading it?
If you’d like to learn more about the States choice for KS Reads come and talk to Tom Averill the editor of this year’s choice.
Monday, February 28
6:00-8:00 pm
Marvin Auditorium 101BC
Kansas Reads – What Kansas Means to Me
A visit with Tom Fox Averill Editor of What Kansas Means to Me:Twentieth Century Writers on the Sunflower State. Monday, February 28 6:00-8:00 pm Marvin Auditorium 101BC Averil Discusses the collection of essays on the meaning and appeal of Kansas. The essays are written by Kansans including William Allen White and Milton S. Eishenhower. “A sampler of [...]
Music for a Sunday Afternoon
Lemuel Sheppard Sings Civil War Songs & Spirituals Sunday, February 13 3:00-4:00 pm Marvin Auditorium This acclaimed folk singer and native Kansan will carry us back 150 years to the Civil War period. His songs and commentary from the 1840s-1860s will help us relive the experiences of Americans who lived during this monumental and difficult [...]
December 2010/January 2011 connectnow – What’s Happening at Your Library
Discover events you just can’t miss this winter. We offer events to get you in the mood for the holidays. Your library’s involved in the 150th anniversary of Kansas statehood. Learn what we’re doing to commemorate this significant milestone. Plus, how to get free (and legal) downloadable music from your library. Tap inside to flip through the pages of connectnow.
October/November 2010 connectnow – What’s Happening at Your Library?
October brings 31 programs in 31 days as we take part in a national reading initiative called The Big Read. There is something for the whole family, and a reason to bring the kids back in November too – Legos! Flip through the pages of the library's connectnow magazine inside this post, or download this printable pdf and view it on your computer.
August/September 2010 connectnow – What’s Happening at Your Library
In this edition of connectnow magazine, learn about a new reading program for babies. Plus, find out how babies to 12th graders can read (or be read to) for prizes. And, important information for patrons of our annual Friends of the Library booksale.
June/July 2010 connetnow – What’s Happening at Your Library
This is the issue for information on SummerFest programming. Find out what fun things the kids can do at the library this summer. For the adults… for home improvement ideas without the sales pitch come to the library. A new Home Improvement neighborhood will be dedicated to the do-it-yourselfer. Another new neighborhood on Pets has information on subjects ranging from pet training to non-traditional pets. Both neighborhoods open this summer.
April/May 2010 connectnow – What’s Happening at Your Library
Check out the Library’s magazine, connectnow online. The library is continually evolving to make browsing our stacks easier. That service expands with the launch of two one-stop browsing areas, the Cooking and Lawn & Garden neighorhoods, in April. Plus, learn why this year’s El Dia de los Ninos/El Dia de los Libros, scheduled for April 29, will be better than ever.
