Gear Up for Vacation

Save your money for your trip by checking out free travel planning materials at the library.

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Kids in the Garden

Find out how gardening can be a fun learning experience for your kids.

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Meet New Red Carpet Librarian

Learn about our new librarian and the experience she brings to Topeka and Shawnee County.

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May Baskets

May Baskets are a creative and open ended craft idea that can be made from what you have on hand or what inspires you.

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Help Choose New Book Groups in a Bag

We are adding 10 new titles to the library’s Book Group in a Bag collection this year. Help us narrow down our list to just 10 titles.

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Teen Activism

The library can help you make your voice heard with resources and information.

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Health

Making health care decisions if you are unable

Learn how making important health care decisions now helps provide for a legal decision-maker or documents to guide a patient’s medical care.

Books, Movies & Music

For the Love of 80’s Nostalgia

Books, Movies & Music

HUSH Podcast #119 – Books from Mexico and Spanish language literature

Books, Movies & Music

Featured Author: Alex Grecian

Sports

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Books, Movies & Music

Betrayal

Genealogy and Local History

75 Years on the Road

Upcoming Events

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Open Today from 9 am–6 pm View All Events Bookmobile Schedule

Learn to Play Dungeons and Dragons (TM)
Saturday, April 21 | 1-3 p.m. Adults
Marvin Auditorium 101AB

Open Sunday from Noon–9 pm View All Events Bookmobile Schedule

Make a May Day Basket
Sunday, April 22 | 1-4 p.m. Teens
The Edge - Teen Room

Open Monday from 9 am–9 pm View All Events Bookmobile Schedule

14 Mistakes Not to Make With Your Will
Monday, April 23 | 12:30-2 p.m. Adults
Marvin Auditorium 101C
Excel: Intro to Spreadsheets
Monday, April 23 | 1-2:30 p.m. Computer
Computer Training Center
Picture This Photography Club
Monday, April 23 | 5:30-6:30 p.m. Adults
Linoleum Block Printing Demo
Monday, April 23 | 7-8 p.m. Art
Alice C. Sabatini Gallery
Teen Writers Group
Monday, April 23 | 7-8 p.m. Teens
The Edge - Teen Room

Open Tuesday from 9 am–9 pm View All Events Bookmobile Schedule

Toddler Time 2
Tuesday, April 24 | 9:30-10 a.m. or 10:30-11 a.m. or 6:30-7 p.m. Kids
Lingo Story Room
Preschool Storytime
Tuesday, April 24 | 10-10:30 a.m. Kids
The Story Zone
Computer & Gadget Help
Tuesday, April 24 | 3-4:30 p.m. Computer
Computer Training Center
Book Bites
Tuesday, April 24 | 7-8:30 p.m. Books
Pizagels's Pizza and Bakery | 2830 SW Fairlawn Rd Topeka, Kansas, KS 66614

Open Wednesday from 9 am–9 pm View All Events Bookmobile Schedule

Week of the Young Child "Wild About Us!"
Wednesday, April 25 | 10-11 a.m. Kids
Marvin Auditorium 101AB
Preschool Storytime
Wednesday, April 25 | 10-10:30 a.m. Kids
The Story Zone
Excel: Lists
Wednesday, April 25 | 1-2:30 p.m. Computer
Computer Training Center
Art & You
Wednesday, April 25 | 4-5 p.m. Kids
Garfield Community Center – 1600 NE Quincy St.
Quiet Type Book Club
Wednesday, April 25 | 5:30-6:30 p.m. Books
Norseman Brewing Company, 830 N Kansas Ave
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving in the Workplace
Wednesday, April 25 | 6:30-8:30 p.m. Adults
Computer Training Center
Bias Against Kansas in the Civil War Press
Wednesday, April 25 | 7-8:30 p.m. Adults
Marvin Auditorium 101B

Open Thursday from 9 am–9 pm View All Events Bookmobile Schedule

Handmade Envelopes
Thursday, April 26 | 9-10:30 a.m. Adults
Shawnee North Community Center – 300 NE 43rd St.
Baby Bookworms
Thursday, April 26 | 9:30-10 a.m. or 10:30-11 a.m. or 5:30-6 p.m. Kids
Lingo Story Room
Preschool Storytime
Thursday, April 26 | 10-10:30 a.m. Kids
The Story Zone
Windows 10 for Beginners
Thursday, April 26 | 5:30-7 p.m. Computer
Computer Training Center
Master Gardener Series: Growing & Using Herbs
Thursday, April 26 | 7-8 p.m. Adults
Marvin Auditorium 101C

Open Friday from 9 am–9 pm View All Events Bookmobile Schedule

Pinterest for Beginners
Friday, April 27 | 1-2:30 p.m. Computer
Computer Training Center
Trivia Night @ your library
Friday, April 27 | 6:30-9 p.m. Adults
Marvin Auditorium
Poetry @ the Jayhawk
Friday, April 27 | 7-9 p.m. Books
Jayhawk Theatre, 720 SW Jackson St

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