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Sep25Event Voter Registration Drive ImageSep 25 | 9:00AM - 6:00PMVoter Registration DriveTopeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Rotunda - SE CornerSep25Event The 1951 Flood: 75 Years Later ImageSep 25 | 9:00AM - 9:00PMThe 1951 Flood: 75 Years LaterTopeka RoomSep25Event You Are Here: Maps and the Art of Travel ImageSep 25 | 9:00AM - 9:00PMYou Are Here: Maps and the Art of TravelTopeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Alice C. Sabatini GallerySep25Event MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival 2026 ImageSep 25 | 2:00PM - 5:00PMMANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival 2026Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Marvin Auditorium 101BC
 
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