The 4 Elements
Explore the work of Diane Guthrie, Connie Ehrlich, Melissa McCormick and Shanna Wagner as they strive to invoke thought, conversation and action related to environmental topics through their artwork.
Audience: All Ages
Youth Art Month
View artwork from elementary, middle and high school students from across Kansas. Teachers nominate students to participate in this Kansas Art Education Association exhibit. Feb 11-Mar 10
Audience: All Ages
2Book Topeka Book Club
Our 2Book Topeka theme for this spring is baseball! Discuss The Soul of Baseball by Joe Posnanski. Heads up, the author will be visiting the library on Feb 17 at 2 pm.
Audience: All Ages
Joe Posnanski - 2Book Topeka Special Event
Joe Posnanski, bestselling author of The Soul of Baseball & three-time national sportswriter of the year will share baseball tales, insight into sports writing and talk with his guest Bob Kendrick, President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Q&A and book signing to follow.
Audience: All Ages
Reading with Prairieland Dogs
Grab your favorite book and read to these special dogs. Dogs are man’s best friend and they're a child’s best listener.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Toddler Time 2
Share stories, songs and crafts with your older toddler. This 6-week program transitions children from lap-sitting to independent storytimes. Register on Jan 8 for classes on Tuesdays from Jan 22-Feb 26, 2019 at tscpl.org/register.
Audience: 24 - 36 months
This event requires registration.
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Computer & Gadget Help
Let's focus on your technology questions. Bring your laptop, tablet or other device. Practice new computer skills or learn to use the library catalog while trainers are available.
Help also available in Spanish.
Ayuda para computadoras y dispositivos disponibles en español.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Facebook for Beginners
Sign up for a Facebook account and learn the basics of this popular social networking site. Be sure to bring your email address and password. If you already have an account, please bring your Facebook password.
Audience: All Ages
Topeka Anime and Manga Society (TAMS)
Watch anime, talk about it and (maybe) learn something! This is a member-driven club that includes viewing, discussion and info/activity about culture.
Audience: 12 - 18 years
Toddler Time 1
Bubbles and books, wiggles and songs! Early literacy fun for one-year olds to enjoy with their adults.
Audience: 12 - 24 months
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Excel: Intro to Spreadsheets
Learn about cells, columns, rows, AutoSum, simple formulas and page setup features.
Audience: All Ages
STEAM Power
A steam-ulating experience! Investigate art through the lens of science, technology, engineering and/or math as you collaborate and create in this hands-on, problem-solving program.
Audience: 8 - 12 years
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
TALK Book Discussion: Station Eleven
TALK discussions immerse you in story and introduce new perspectives. This month we discuss Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Discussion facilitated by Daniel Eells. Sponsored by Humanities Kansas. Questions - talk@tscpl.org
Audience: Adult
Purple Martins
Kansas birder Andrew Burnett explains the intriguing lives of Purple Martins and how you can help them during nesting season. Cohosted by Topeka Audubon Society.
Audience: Adult
Baby Bookworms
Introduce your baby to the wonderful world of books through interactive songs, stories and bounces!
Audience: Birth - 18 months
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Caregiver Support Group / Thursday Group
Being a caregiver can be incredibly stressful. Meet and talk to others who are in the same situation. Moderated by April Maddox, Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging caregiver support specialist.
Audience: All Ages
iPad Workshop
Bring your iPad and your library card to learn and share tips, tricks, iPad features and favorite apps including our suite of digital offerings.
Audience: All Ages
Factual Fun
Explore the world of nonfiction and jump into learning with fun hands-on activities. You will also learn where to find awesome books to investigate your favorite thing or something totally new.
Audience: 5 - 8 years
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Master Gardener Series - Pruning Ornamental Trees
Pruning is an important practice for maintaining the health, size, form and vigor of trees and shrubs in the landscape. Learn the science and art of successful pruning. Presented by Shawnee County Extension's Master Gardeners.
Audience: All Ages
Musical Storytime
Shake off your sleepiness with some fun songs and crazy dancin' with Kyler. Topeka Civic Theatre and Academy joins us the 4th Saturday of each month. You may even see a character from the current TCTA show.
Audience: Birth - 5 years
Reading with Prairieland Dogs
Grab your favorite book and read to these special dogs. Dogs are man’s best friend and they're a child’s best listener.
Audience: All Ages
Ceramic Demo
Discover how "4 Elements" artist Melissa McCormick creates her wonderful pieces. Come ready to get a little dirty as you can play and create using clay.
Audience: All Ages
Breast Cancer Updates
Kelly Nightengale from the Kansas Department of Health & Environment will present some of the “hot topics” of breast cancer including 3D mammography, and different types of breast cancer, like Triple Negative.
Audience: Adult
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Picture This Photography Club
Whether you use your phone, a point-and-shoot or an expensive camera, join us at a different location on the fourth Monday of each month to take pictures. Email picture@tscpl.org or follow Picture This Photography Club on Facebook for the location.
Audience: All Ages
Comenzando a Navegar en su Computadora
Aprenda la forma correcta de sostener y mover el ratón. Aprende sobre casillas de verificación, botones de radio y barras de desplazamiento. Si no puede hacer una de estas sesiones. Vaya a una sesión de Ayuda de Computadoras y Gadgets para comenzar.
Audience: All Ages
Baseball Game Night - 2Book Topeka
Grab your friends and report for spring training to test your baseball skills with some Virtual Reality fun and Wii Baseball.
Audience: 8 - 18 years
Teen Writers Group
Find inspiration to create. Join others who share your literary passion as we express ourselves and explore the world through our works of poetry and prose.
Audience: All Ages
Toddler Time 2
Share stories, songs and crafts with your older toddler. This 6-week program transitions children from lap-sitting to independent storytimes. Register on Jan 8 for classes on Tuesdays from Jan 22-Feb 26, 2019 at tscpl.org/register.
Audience: 24 - 36 months
This event requires registration.
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Computer & Gadget Help
Let's focus on your technology questions. Bring your laptop, tablet or other device. Practice new computer skills or learn to use the library catalog while trainers are available.
Help also available in Spanish.
Ayuda para computadoras y dispositivos disponibles en español.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Book Bites
Talk lit with this book group for readers in their 20s and 30s! This month we'll discuss Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. Questions - bookbites@tscpl.org
Audience: Adult
Toddler Time 1
Bubbles and books, wiggles and songs! Early literacy fun for one-year olds to enjoy with their adults.
Audience: 12 - 24 months
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Excel: Lists
Familiarity with basic Excel is required for this class. Learn to create field names, sort lists and link worksheets. You'll learn lists that can also be used in our Word: Mail Merge class.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Teen STEAM: Live
Explore science, technology, engineering, art and math with hands-on activities in an environment that encourages leadership, collaboration, creativity and innovation. Mentors from the library and Arts & Craftsman Workshop will facilitate.
Audience: 12 - 18 years
Button Jewelry
Learn to turn leftover buttons into unique, wearable art. Buttons and other materials will be provided, but you may want to bring along buttons from your own collection. .
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
Baby Bookworms
Introduce your baby to the wonderful world of books through interactive songs, stories and bounces!
Audience: Birth - 18 months
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Touring Your Digital Library
Access the digital library anytime on your home computer or device using our free apps. Get a quick tour of our Digital Branch and an overview of our catalog, ebooks, and digital magazines, movies and music.
Audience: All Ages
Formal Gaming [Ages 18-25]
Wear the dress, wear the tie, even put together a costume on the fly. Play, teach, and trade card games and board games for a silly/serious night out with other younger adults!
Audience: Adult
The Exodusters
Discover the stories of the Exodusters who came to Topeka after the Civil War. Exodusters were African-Americans who migrated from states along the Mississippi. Hosted by the Topeka Genealogical Society.
Audience: Adult
Art Detectives
Discuss a book about an artist or a book with artistic illustrations and look for clues to decipher an image from the book. Create your own artwork in the spirit of this artist or illustrator.
Audience: 8 - 12 years
4-H in the Library
Take part in 3 amazing small activities ranging from arts and crafts to woodworking and rabbits to rocketry. Teen 4-H’ers will lead the way.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Read Across America
Celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday with stories, games, crafts and fun. Make something fun to take home (while supplies last) and show your love of reading and the books of Dr. Seuss.
Audience: 5 - 8 years
Play it Again!
Learn to play a new board or video game, or bring a classic to the table. Children are welcome with their adults.
Audience: All Ages
Medicare Mondays
Senior Health Insurance Counseling for Kansas helps you navigate the complex web of Medicare.
Audience: Adult
Windows 10 for Beginners
Learn the features of Windows 10 including organizing the Start Menu, using accessories, personalizing the desktop and getting apps from the Windows store.
Audience: All Ages
Resume Help
Our business and career librarian will answer questions in this hands-on session. If you have a draft resume, bring it. Laptops provided or bring your own.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
PostPublic Article Club
Discuss interesting articles curated by a different person each month. Additional articles can be discussed in an unregulated bonanza at the end. Email postpublic@tscpl.org for more info.
Audience: All Ages
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
League of Women Voters Tuesday Topics - Women in Kansas Politics & Society
Washburn University History Associate Professor Kerry Wynn and a few of her students will discuss women in Kansas politics in the 1970s and 1980s. The meeting is free and the public is invited to attend. A catered luncheon is available at 11:30am for $9.25; the program is from noon-1pm.
Audience: All Ages
Computer & Gadget Help
Let's focus on your technology questions. Bring your laptop, tablet or other device. Practice new computer skills or learn to use the library catalog while trainers are available.
Help also available in Spanish.
Ayuda para computadoras y dispositivos disponibles en español.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Photographing Your Backyard
Discover "The 4 Elements" photographer and Master Gardener Diane Guthrie's tips and tricks on photographing your own backyard wonderlands.
Audience: All Ages
Toddler Time 1
Bubbles and books, wiggles and songs! Early literacy fun for one-year olds to enjoy with their adults.
Audience: 12 - 24 months
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Beginning Computer Navigation
Learn the proper way to hold and move the mouse. Learn about check boxes, radio buttons and scroll bars. If you cannot make one of these sessions, go to a Computer & Gadget Help session to get started.
Audience: All Ages
Fun with Washi Tape
Find creative ways to decorate with washi tape. We'll have fun exploring how to add just the right accents to your art projects. Materials provided. .
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
LEGO® Builders
If you are the master builder of the blocks or ruler of the creative and innovative, test that mastery. We'll provide the blocks, you bring your cleverness and skill.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Art and You
Enjoy hands-on art projects for kids with a variety of materials and techniques.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
How to Start a Business
Learn what it takes to start and run your own business including legal structure, writing a business plan, knowing your competition and what to expect from being your own boss. Presented by Washburn Small Business Development Center.
Audience: All Ages
Baby Bookworms
Introduce your baby to the wonderful world of books through interactive songs, stories and bounces!
Audience: Birth - 18 months
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Computerized Genealogy
Get started in genealogy and learn how to use the online resources to build your family tree. Receive helpful forms for keeping records.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
Internet Introduction
Learn basic internet functions and visit a variety of sites for information and entertainment.
Audience: All Ages
Zoo Animals Live
Meet some Topeka Zoo animals up close as Rachael Rost, education specialist, helps you separate animal fact from fiction.
Audience: Family
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Word I: Introduction to Word Processing
Get started with the basics of Microsoft Word. Learn to use fonts, spell check and some basic editing techniques to help you navigate, create and edit documents.
Audience: All Ages
What Does the Fox Read?
Explore interesting literature, authors, fun people, good food and book-themed drink specials. Email foxread@tscpl.org for upcoming titles.
Audience: Adult
Master Gardener Series - Community Gardens 101
Learn about developing and maintaining a community garden and about resources available. Presented by Shawnee County Extension’s Master Gardeners.
Audience: All Ages
Cover Letter Help
Our business and career librarian will answer your cover letter questions. Bring your resume and a draft cover letter if you have one. Laptops provided or bring your own.
Audience: All Ages
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
After a train robbery goes wrong, Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. Their solution - escape to Bolivia. 1969|color|110 min.
Audience: Adult
Musical Storytime
Shake off your sleepiness with some fun songs and crazy dancin' with Kyler. Topeka Civic Theatre and Academy joins us the 4th Saturday of each month. You may even see a character from the current TCTA show.
Audience: Birth - 5 years
Creating Oral Histories
Learn how to use the library's oral history kits to preserve and enhance your own family history. Register at tscpl.org/register.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
KAEA Youth Art Month Celebration
Meet youth artists and discover which Kansas elementary, middle and high school students won awards from the Kansas Art Education Association (KAEA).
Audience: All Ages
Roald Dahl Adventurers Wanted
"Wonderful surprises await you" in an imaginormous celebration of Roald Dahl, author and creator of amazing characters, inventions and worlds including The BFG and many more. Drop in to enjoy selected readings, games, art and quite possibly chocolate.
Audience: All Ages
So Many Books
Discuss The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion. A quirky professor, armed with a 16-page scientifically designed questionnaire, sets out to find love - and makes some unexpected connections and discoveries. Questions - somany@tspcl.org
Audience: Adult
Crafting Together
Bring whatever craft you want to work on. See what others are working on and maybe learn a new skill and meet new friends.
Audience: Adult
Classics Made Modern
Discuss Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella, the inspiration for the movie Field of Dreams. “If you build it, he will come.” This story is a nostalgic look at baseball, fathers and sons, love and family, and the joy of finding your way home. A 2BookTopeka selection. Questions - classicsmodern@tscpl.org
Audience: All Ages
Caregiver Support Group / Monday Group
Being a caregiver can be incredibly stressful. Meet and talk to others who are in the same situation. Moderated by April Maddox, Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging caregiver support specialist.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Computerized Genealogy
Get started in genealogy and learn how to use the online resources to build your family tree. Receive helpful forms for keeping records.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
Teen Writers Group
Find inspiration to create. Join others who share your literary passion as we express ourselves and explore the world through our works of poetry and prose.
Audience: All Ages
Kansas Wildflowers
Enjoy a photographic tour of Kansas wildflowers from Antennaria neglecta to Zizia aurea with stops to visit bees and butterflies along the way. Presented by Topeka Audubon member Vivien Smith.
Audience: Adult
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Journaling with Words & Images
Explore personal writing and creativity using a visual journal. Discover additional ideas through the work of others, in-session exercises and tech or online resources. We'll provide prompts for inspiration and art materials.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Graphic Novel Panel
Read in advance and be part of the panel. For March check Hoopla for Coyotes Vol. 1. This book by Sean Lewis and Caitlin Yarsky follow women standing up to the werewolves infesting their border town.
Audience: All Ages
Kids Create
Explore your creativity. We'll provide the materials and a few basic ideas. Kids supply the imagination and ingenuity. There's fun to be made here!
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Monarchs Baseball – 2Book Topeka Special Event
Explore the early days of the KC Monarchs with Phil S. Dixon, author and co-founder of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Remember great players like Satchel Paige & Jackie Robinson. Q&A and book signing. Sponsored by Humanities Kansas.
Audience: All Ages
Toddler Time 1
Bubbles and books, wiggles and songs! Early literacy fun for one-year olds to enjoy with their adults.
Audience: 12 - 24 months
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Crestview Chapter Chat
Chat about what you're reading in this laid back neighborhood book club. In March read Brave by Nicholas Evans. Use your own book or pick one up at the Crestview Community Center. Questions - chapter@tscpl.org.
Audience: All Ages
Art in Common
Nurture your creative spirit through discussion, exploration and hands-on art making. Find inspiration and resources in our community, gallery, library and online. Register at tscpl.org/register.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
Teen STEAM: Leadership
Be part of this core group of teen leaders planning a series of fun, free, out-of-school STEAM events for other teens.
Audience: 12 - 18 years
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
How to Sign up for Medicare Part D
Learn how to use the Medicare.gov website and plan finder to help you make an informed decision regarding your Medicare Part D drug coverage every year.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
Baby Bookworms
Introduce your baby to the wonderful world of books through interactive songs, stories and bounces!
Audience: Birth - 18 months
Master Gardener Series - Spring Lawn Care
Learn the basics from “seed to soil contact” to creating a lush and weed free lawn. It isn’t easy to have a beautiful lawn in Kansas. Successful lawns require proper soil preparation and seed selection along with on-going watering and weed control.
Audience: All Ages
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Retirement & Medicare
Learn about Medicare from Senior Health Insurance Counseling for Kansas. They will answer questions, give unbiased counsel and help you determine how Medicare will best work for you.
Audience: All Ages
Master Gardener Series - Spring Lawn Care
Learn the basics from “seed to soil contact” to creating a lush and weed-free lawn. It isn’t easy to have a beautiful lawn in Kansas. Successful lawns require proper soil preparation and seed selection along with on-going watering and weed control.
Audience: All Ages
Musical Storytime
Shake off your sleepiness with some fun songs and crazy dancin' with Kyler. Topeka Civic Theatre and Academy joins us the 4th Saturday of each month. You may even see a character from the current TCTA show.
Audience: Birth - 5 years
Anyone Can Cook
For anyone who loves to eat but can’t cook, you'll learn to follow a recipe, plan healthy and delicious meals and snacks, and explore different styles of cooking.
Audience: All Ages
Build Bee Houses
Make bee houses for the solitary bees in your own backyard. Learn about the library's Bee Team project and your opportunity to join us in conserving native wildlife with local community partners.
Audience: All Ages
2Book Topeka Book Club
Our 2Book Topeka theme for this spring is baseball. Discuss Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella.
Audience: All Ages
Writing Workshop Examining Truth
Melissa Fite Johnson will lead writers in an interactive workshop to examine honesty and truth in our writing, whether poetry or prose. Examples of "slanting" the truth into art, hands-on activities, and exercises to practice after the workshop. Stick around for a reading with the poet at 2pm.
Audience: All Ages
This event requires registration.
Poet Melissa Fite Johnson
Kansas Notable Book Award winner Johnson will share insight from her writing journey and read poems from her debut collection, While the Kettle's On, and the collaborative work Ghost Sign. Q&A and book signing to follow. See related event: Writing Workshop Examining Truth.
Audience: All Ages
Senior Legal Assistance
At 12:30 learn about the importance of advance directives and estate planning basics from Kansas Legal Services. Then from 1-4:30 Kansas Legal Services staff will meet with individuals age 60+ on a first come first served basis to draft advance directive legal documents for free.
Audience: Adult
Google It!
Learn to use the most-visited site on the web. Search for information and images. See your house with Google Maps. Learn about even more Google apps and features.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Computer & Gadget Help
Let's focus on your technology questions. Bring your laptop, tablet or other device. Practice new computer skills or learn to use the library catalog while trainers are available.
Help also available in Spanish.
Ayuda para computadoras y dispositivos disponibles en español.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Topeka Anime and Manga Society (TAMS)
Watch anime, talk about it and (maybe) learn something! This is a member-driven club that includes viewing, discussion and info/activity about culture.
Audience: 12 - 18 years
Toddler Time 1
Bubbles and books, wiggles and songs! Early literacy fun for one-year olds to enjoy with their adults.
Audience: 12 - 24 months
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Google Docs
Learn how to access Google Docs, use basic editing features and save to Google Drive.
Audience: All Ages
STEAM Power
A steam-ulating experience! Investigate art through the lens of science, technology, engineering and/or math as you collaborate and create in this hands-on, problem-solving program.
Audience: 8 - 12 years
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
TALK Book Discussion: The Hate U Give
TALK discussions immerse you in story and introduce new perspectives. This month we discuss The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. Discussion facilitated by Kim Stanley. Sponsored by Humanities Kansas. Questions - talk@tscpl.org
Audience: Adult
Baby Bookworms
Introduce your baby to the wonderful world of books through interactive songs, stories and bounces!
Audience: Birth - 18 months
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
NCAA Basketball Tournament
Watch the first weekend of the NCAA Basketball Tournament with us on two projection screens.
Audience: All Ages
Caregiver Support Group / Thursday Group
Being a caregiver can be incredibly stressful. Meet and talk to others who are in the same situation. Moderated by April Maddox, Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging caregiver support specialist.
Audience: All Ages
iPad Workshop
Bring your iPad and your library card to learn and share tips, tricks, iPad features and favorite apps including our suite of digital offerings.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Factual Fun
Explore the world of nonfiction and jump into learning with fun hands-on activities. You will also learn where to find awesome books to investigate your favorite thing or something totally new.
Audience: 5 - 8 years
Excel: Intro to Spreadsheets
Learn about cells, columns, rows, AutoSum, simple formulas and page setup features.
Audience: All Ages
Mix It Up!
Mixed media is an adventure, a true test of imagination and skill as artists combine sometimes drastically different media to create art and meaning. View this mixed media art exhibit "Mix It Up" to see some of the adventures artists have taken March 22 - May 12.
Audience: All Ages
NCAA Basketball Tournament
Watch the first weekend of the NCAA Basketball Tournament with us on two projection screens.
Audience: All Ages
Comenzando a Navegar en su Computadora
Aprenda la forma correcta de sostener y mover el ratón. Aprende sobre casillas de verificación, botones de radio y barras de desplazamiento. Si no puede hacer una de estas sesiones. Vaya a una sesión de Ayuda de Computadoras y Gadgets para comenzar.
Audience: All Ages
Musical Storytime
Shake off your sleepiness with some fun songs and crazy dancin' with Kyler. Topeka Civic Theatre and Academy joins us the 4th Saturday of each month. You may even see a character from the current TCTA show.
Audience: Birth - 5 years
NCAA Basketball Tournament
Watch the first weekend of the NCAA Basketball Tournament with us on two projection screens.
Audience: All Ages
NCAA Basketball Tournament
Watch the first weekend of the NCAA Basketball Tournament with us on two projection screens.
Audience: All Ages
Email for Beginners
Learn to log into an account and to open, delete, reply to and forward email messages.
Audience: All Ages
Food Assistance & Nutrition for Seniors
Learn about food assistance programs in our community and the benefits of eating a colorful and varied diet.
Audience: Adult
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Picture This Photography Club
Whether you use your phone, a point-and-shoot or an expensive camera, join us at a different location on the fourth Monday of each month to take pictures. Email picture@tscpl.org or follow Picture This Photography Club on Facebook for the location.
Audience: All Ages
Kids Games Galore!
From Bingo to Basketball to Battleship, you don't have to Scrabble for something entertaining to do because the library has a Monopoly on fun!
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Teen Writers Group
Find inspiration to create. Join others who share your literary passion as we express ourselves and explore the world through our works of poetry and prose.
Audience: All Ages
Toddler Time 2
Share stories, songs and crafts with your older toddler. This 6-week program transitions children from lap-sitting to independent storytimes. Register on March 12 for classes on Tuesdays from March 26-April 30, 2019.
Audience: 24 - 36 months
This event requires registration.
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Computer & Gadget Help
Let's focus on your technology questions. Bring your laptop, tablet or other device. Practice new computer skills or learn to use the library catalog while trainers are available.
Help also available in Spanish.
Ayuda para computadoras y dispositivos disponibles en español.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Book Bites
Talk lit with this book group for readers in their 20s and 30s! This month we'll discuss Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward. Questions - bookbites@tscpl.org
Audience: Adult
Toddler Time 1
Bubbles and books, wiggles and songs! Early literacy fun for one-year olds to enjoy with their adults.
Audience: 12 - 24 months
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Cutting the Cable Cord
Learn about some of the alternatives to traditional cable or satellite TV, and the benefits and drawbacks of streaming TV and HDTV antennas.
Audience: All Ages
Teen STEAM: Live
Explore science, technology, engineering, art and math with hands-on activities in an environment that encourages leadership, collaboration, creativity and innovation. Mentors from the library and Arts & Craftsman Workshop will facilitate.
Audience: 12 - 18 years
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Fun with Washi Tape
Find creative ways to decorate with washi tape. We'll have a fun time exploring how to add just the right accents to your art projects. Materials provided. .
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
Baby Bookworms
Introduce your baby to the wonderful world of books through interactive songs, stories and bounces!
Audience: Birth - 18 months
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Excel: Lists
Familiarity with basic Excel is required for this class. Learn to create field names, sort lists and link worksheets. You'll learn lists that can also be used in our Word: Mail Merge class.
Audience: All Ages
Railroaded - The Industry that Shaped Kansas
Historian Leo E. Oliva will examine the complicated legacy of railroads in Kansas. This program is made possible by Humanities Kansas and hosted by Topeka Genealogical Society.
Audience: Adult
Hoopla Digital
Learn how to instantly borrow digital movies, music, eBooks, television shows and graphic novels 24/7 with your library card on your computer or devices.
Audience: Adult
Friends of the Library Book and Media Sale Members Only
Shop books (including collectibles) sorted by genres, DVDs, CDs, audiobooks and records. This sale is for Friends members only. Memberships are available at the door or in the Chandler Booktique. Bring your own totes, boxes, luggage on wheels, etc. Cash and credit card accepted.
Audience: All Ages
Friends of the Library Book and Media Sale
Shop books (including collectibles) sorted by genres, DVDs, CDs, audiobooks and records. Bring your own totes, boxes, luggage on wheels, etc. Cash and credit card accepted. For more information visit tscpl.org/friends/book-sales.
Audience: All Ages
Friends of the Library Book and Media Sale Bag Day
Fill a grocery sack (provided) to the top for just $10. Books, DVDs, CDs, audio books and records. Cash and credit card accepted. For more information visit tscpl.org/friends/book-sales.
Audience: All Ages
Family Place Learn & Play
Play together in activities that focus on healthy child development and early literacy. Learn about your role as your child’s first teacher. Local partners will share resources available. Register for the 5-week program (April 1-29) beginning March 4 at tscpl.org/register.
Audience: Birth - 3 years
This event requires registration.
Touring Your Digital Library
Access the digital library anytime on your home computer or device using our free apps. Get a quick tour of our Digital Branch and an overview of our catalog, ebooks, and digital magazines, movies and music.
Audience: All Ages
Medicare Mondays
Senior Health Insurance Counseling for Kansas helps you navigate the complex web of Medicare.
Audience: Adult
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Kansas Afro-American Historical and Genealogy Society Meeting
The Kansas Chapter of KAAHGS meets quarterly to learn about African American family history and genealogy with guest speakers. Find them on Facebook or visit aahgs.org.
Audience: Adult
Grants 101 for Non-Profits
Learn about U.S. foundations, direct corporate giving programs and grant-making public charities that can help your non-profit.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
PostPublic Article Club
Discuss interesting articles curated by a different person each month. Additional articles can be discussed in an unregulated bonanza at the end. Email postpublic@tscpl.org for more info.
Audience: All Ages
Toddler Time 2
Share stories, songs and crafts with your older toddler. This 6-week program transitions children from lap-sitting to independent storytimes. Register on March 12 for classes on Tuesdays from March 26-April 30, 2019.
Audience: 24 - 36 months
This event requires registration.
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
League of Women Voters Annual Meeting
The meeting is free and the public is invited to attend. A catered luncheon is available at 11:30 a.m. for $9.25; the program is from Noon-1 p.m.
Audience: All Ages
Computer & Gadget Help
Let's focus on your technology questions. Bring your laptop, tablet or other device. Practice new computer skills or learn to use the library catalog while trainers are available.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Windows 10 for Beginners
Experience the new features in Windows 10. Learn how to organize the Start Menu, use accessories, personalize the desktop and get apps from the Windows Store.
Audience: All Ages
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Excel: Intro to Spreadsheets
Learn about cells, columns, rows, AutoSum, simple formulas and page setup features. Register at tscpl.org/register.
Audience: All Ages
Make a Hardcover Book
Make your very own hardcover blank book using a simple 3-hole pamphlet stitch binding. All materials provided.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
Art and You
Enjoy hands-on art projects for kids with a variety of materials and techniques.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
LEGO® Builders
If you are the master builder of the blocks or ruler of the creative and innovative, test that mastery. We'll provide the blocks, you bring your cleverness and skill.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
How to Start a Business
Learn what it takes to start and run your own business including legal structure, writing a business plan, knowing your competition and what to expect from being your own boss. Presented by Washburn Small Business Development Center.
Audience: All Ages
Baby Bookworms
Introduce your baby to the wonderful world of books through interactive songs, stories and bounces!
Audience: Birth - 18 months
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Computerized Genealogy
Get started in genealogy and learn how to use the online resources to build your family tree. Receive helpful forms for keeping records.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
Zoo Animals Live
Meet some Topeka Zoo animal residents up close as Rachael Rost, education specialist, helps you separate animal fact from fiction.
Audience: Family
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Grants 101 for Individuals
Find sources for scholarships, fellowships, grants, awards and other financial support that fund individuals.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
What Does the Fox Read?
Explore interesting literature, authors, fun people, good food and book-themed drink specials. Email foxread@tscpl.org for upcoming titles.
Audience: Adult
Master Gardener Series - Managing Weeds, Pests & Diseases Organically
Learn to use soil management and nature’s beneficial insects to keep your garden healthy. We'll take a beginner’s approach to this expansive topic.
Audience: All Ages
Facebook for Beginners
Sign up for a Facebook account and learn the basics of this popular social networking site. Be sure to bring your email address and password. If you already have an account, please bring your Facebook password.
Audience: All Ages
Escape Room: Totally Radical '80s Time Travel Adventure
Welcome back to 1986! You will need to use all your knowledge of what was rad in the '80s to get yourself back to present day. You only have 45 minutes before you get stuck in the past forever!
Audience: Family
Art Detectives
Discuss a book about an artist or a book with artistic illustrations and look for clues to decipher an image from the book. Create your own artwork in the spirit of this artist or illustrator.
Audience: 8 - 12 years
Collage - Artist Presentation by Barbara Solberg
Mixed media artist Barbara Solberg will talk about her work that incorporates a variety of media and techniques, from pastels, acrylics, oils, lithography and mono-prints to collages of natural objects. She finds inspiration in nature and is captivated by the beauty of the land.
Audience: All Ages
4-H in the Library
Take part in 3 amazing small activities ranging from arts and crafts to woodworking and rabbits to rocketry. Teen 4-H’ers will lead the way.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Play it Again!
Learn to play a new board or video game, or bring a classic to the table. Children are welcome with their adults.
Audience: All Ages
So Many Books
Discuss The Rosie Project by Graeme Simonson. Don Tillman thinks that having women fill out a six-page questionnaire before a date is logical and reasonable. Rosie Jarman, an impetuous barmaid, thinks Don should loosen up and learn to live a little. Questions - somany@tspcl.org
Audience: Adult
Family Place Learn & Play
Play together in activities that focus on healthy child development and early literacy. Learn about your role as your child’s first teacher. Local partners will share resources available. Register for the 5-week program (April 1-29) beginning March 4 at tscpl.org/register.
Audience: Birth - 3 years
This event requires registration.
Resume Help
We'll answer questions to help you create a winning resume in this hands-on session. If you have a draft resume, bring it. Laptops provided or bring your own.
Audience: Adult
Crafting Together
Bring whatever craft you want to work on. See what others are working on and maybe learn a new skill and meet new friends.
Audience: Adult
Classics Made Modern
Discuss Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance, a probing look at the struggles of America’s white working class through the author’s own story of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town. Questions - classicsmodern@tscpl.org
Audience: All Ages
Caregiver Support Group / Monday Group
Being a caregiver can be incredibly stressful. Meet and talk to others who are in the same situation. Moderated by April Maddox, Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging caregiver support specialist.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Computerized Genealogy
Get started in genealogy and learn how to use the online resources to build your family tree. Receive helpful forms for keeping records.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
Comenzando a Navegar en su Computadora
Aprenda la forma correcta de sostener y mover el ratón. Aprende sobre casillas de verificación, botones de radio y barras de desplazamiento. Si no puede hacer una de estas sesiones. Vaya a una sesión de Ayuda de Computadoras y Gadgets para comenzar.
Audience: All Ages
Teen Writers Group
Find inspiration to create. Join others who share your literary passion as we express ourselves and explore the world through our works of poetry and prose.
Audience: All Ages
Toddler Time 2
Share stories, songs and crafts with your older toddler. This 6-week program transitions children from lap-sitting to independent storytimes. Register on March 12 for classes on Tuesdays from March 26-April 30, 2019.
Audience: 24 - 36 months
This event requires registration.
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Journaling with Words & Images
Explore personal writing and creativity using a visual journal. Discover additional ideas through the work of others, in-session exercises and tech or online resources. We'll provide prompts for inspiration and art materials.
Audience: All Ages
Computer & Gadget Help
Let's focus on your technology questions. Bring your laptop, tablet or other device. Practice new computer skills or learn to use the library catalog while trainers are available.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Graphic Novel Panel
Read in advance and be part of the panel. For April check Hoopla for Concrete Vol. 1: Depths. Read the stories of a man with a body of stone.
Audience: All Ages
Kids Create
Explore your creativity. We'll provide the materials and a few basic ideas. Kids supply the imagination and ingenuity. There's fun to be made here!
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Week of the Young Child Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs, activities and a craft. Family childcare providers are encouraged to attend. Co-sponsored by Child Care Aware of Eastern Kansas. [2-5 years]
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Excel: Lists
Familiarity with basic Excel is required for this class. Learn to create field names, sort lists and link worksheets. You'll learn lists that can also be used in our Word: Mail Merge class.
Audience: All Ages
Crestview Chapter Chat
Chat about what you're reading in this laid-back neighborhood book club. In April read Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. Use your own book or pick one up at the Crestview Community Center. Questions - chapter@tscpl.org.
Audience: All Ages
Art in Common
Nurture your creative spirit through discussion, exploration and hands-on art making. Find inspiration and resources in our community, gallery, library and online. Register at tscpl.org/register.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
Teen STEAM: Leadership
Be part of this core group of teen leaders planning a series of fun, free, out-of-school STEAM events for other teens.
Audience: 12 - 18 years
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Legal Issues and Your Small Business
Learn the legal requirements to start and run a small business. Presented by the Washburn Business & Transactional Law Center.
Audience: Adult
How to Sign up for Medicare Part D
Learn how to use the Medicare.gov website and plan finder to help you make an informed decision regarding your Medicare Part D drug coverage every year.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
Baby Bookworms
Introduce your baby to the wonderful world of books through interactive songs, stories and bounces!
Audience: Birth - 18 months
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Mixed Media Artist Presentation - Larry Peters
Artist Larry Peters will discuss his collage and assemblage artworks including concepts, techniques and materials. Everyone is invited to a reception immediately following the presentation.
Audience: Adult
Cover Letter Help
Bring your resume to this hands-on session. We'll answer questions to help you write a strong cover letter. If you have a draft cover letter, bring that too. Laptops provided or bring your own.
Audience: Adult
The Philadelphia Story
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself. 1940 | b&w | 112 min.
Audience: Adult
Musical Storytime
Shake off your sleepiness with some fun songs and crazy dancin' with Kyler. Topeka Civic Theatre and Academy joins us the 4th Saturday of each month. You may even see a character from the current TCTA show.
Audience: Birth - 5 years
Computerized Genealogy 2
Now that you have your family tree, move to the next level. This class will focus on using online resources to find your ancestors where they may be hidden. Register at tscpl.org/register.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
Music for a Sunday Afternoon - Guitarist Peter Fletcher
Enjoy the music of award-winning classical guitarist Peter Fletcher. He recently performed at Carnegie Hall in a solo recital.
Audience: All Ages
Family Place Learn & Play
Play together in activities that focus on healthy child development and early literacy. Learn about your role as your child’s first teacher. Local partners will share resources available. Register for the 5-week program (April 1-29) beginning March 4 at tscpl.org/register.
Audience: Birth - 3 years
This event requires registration.
Beginning Computer Navigation
Learn the proper way to hold and move the mouse. Learn about check boxes, radio buttons and scroll bars. If you cannot make one of these sessions, go to a Computer & Gadget Help session to get started.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Understanding Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's disease is not a normal part of aging. An Alzheimer's Association dementia care specialist will provide information on detection, causes, risk factors, stages of the disease and treatment.
Audience: Adult
Toddler Time 2
Share stories, songs and crafts with your older toddler. This 6-week program transitions children from lap-sitting to independent storytimes. Register on March 12 for classes on Tuesdays from March 26-April 30, 2019.
Audience: 24 - 36 months
This event requires registration.
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Computer & Gadget Help
Let's focus on your technology questions. Bring your laptop, tablet or other device. Practice new computer skills or learn to use the library catalog while trainers are available.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Topeka Anime and Manga Society (TAMS)
Watch anime, talk about it and (maybe) learn something! This is a member-driven club that includes viewing, discussion and info/activity about culture.
Audience: Family
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Internet Introduction
Learn basic internet functions and visit a variety of sites for information and entertainment.
Audience: All Ages
STEAM Power
A steam-ulating experience! Investigate art through the lens of science, technology, engineering and/or math as you collaborate and create in this hands-on, problem-solving program.
Audience: 8 - 12 years
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
TALK Book Discussion: The Things They Carried
TALK discussions immerse you in story and introduce new perspectives. This month we discuss The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. Discussion facilitated by Sara Tucker. Sponsored by Humanities Kansas. Questions - talk@tscpl.org
Audience: Adult
Baby Bookworms
Introduce your baby to the wonderful world of books through interactive songs, stories and bounces!
Audience: Birth - 18 months
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Caregiver Support Group / Thursday Group
Being a caregiver can be incredibly stressful. Meet and talk to others who are in the same situation. Moderated by April Maddox, Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging caregiver support specialist.
Audience: All Ages
iPad Workshop
Bring your iPad and your library card to learn and share tips, tricks, iPad features and favorite apps including our suite of digital offerings.
Audience: All Ages
Factual Fun
Explore the world of nonfiction and jump into learning with fun hands-on activities. You will also learn where to find awesome books to investigate your favorite thing or something totally new.
Audience: 5 - 8 years
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Sewing for Beginners
Learn the basics of hand sewing with the Kansas Capital Quilters Guild. Make a simple quilt square by reading a pattern, cutting fabric and sewing seams. Materials provided.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
BLOCKFEST
Experience block fun with your child while increasing their math and science knowledge. Topeka Public Schools Parents as Teachers will demonstrate techniques to help children become math thinkers through block play. Bring the kids in anytime during the event. [birth - 8 years]
Audience: Birth - 5 years
Musical Storytime
Shake off your sleepiness with some fun songs and crazy dancin' with Kyler. Topeka Civic Theatre and Academy joins us the 4th Saturday of each month. You may even see a character from the current TCTA show.
Audience: Birth - 5 years
Anyone Can Cook
For anyone who loves to eat but can’t cook, you'll learn to follow a recipe, plan healthy and delicious meals and snacks, and explore different styles of cooking.
Audience: All Ages
Escape Room: Back to the Future
In 1955 a bolt of lightning struck the clocktower and rendered it useless. Today, Oct. 25, 1985, the clocktower is scheduled to be replaced with a more modern clock. Last night all of our petitions to save the old tower were stolen. We only have 45 minutes to find them and save the clocktower!
Audience: All Ages
Make It: Flag Waver
Make a flag waver using our new TeacherGeek building system. Learn about transmissions, mechanical advantage, linear motion and rotary motion all while having fun and building. Take home your very own flag waver to impress your family and friends.
Audience: All Ages
Family Place Learn & Play
Play together in activities that focus on healthy child development and early literacy. Learn about your role as your child’s first teacher. Local partners will share resources available. Register for the 5-week program (April 1-29) beginning March 4 at tscpl.org/register.
Audience: Birth - 3 years
This event requires registration.
Tai Chi for Seniors
We will explore the benefits and fun of Tai Chi for seniors. Come ready to move.
Audience: Adult
Email for Beginners
Learn to log into an account and to open, delete, reply to and forward email messages.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Picture This Photography Club
Whether you use your phone, a point-and-shoot or an expensive camera, join us at a different location on the fourth Monday of each month to take pictures. Email picture@tscpl.org or follow Picture This Photography Club on Facebook for the location.
Audience: All Ages
Understanding Dementia Related Behavior
An Alzheimer's Association dementia care specialist will help you learn to decode behavioral messages, identify common behavior triggers and learn strategies to help.
Audience: Adult
Kids Games Galore!
From Bingo to Basketball to Battleship, you don't have to Scrabble for something entertaining to do because the library has a Monopoly on fun!
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Teen Writers Group
Find inspiration to create. Join others who share your literary passion as we express ourselves and explore the world through our works of poetry and prose.
Audience: All Ages
Toddler Time 2
Share stories, songs and crafts with your older toddler. This 6-week program transitions children from lap-sitting to independent storytimes. Register on March 12 for classes on Tuesdays from March 26-April 30, 2019.
Audience: 24 - 36 months
This event requires registration.
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Computer & Gadget Help
Let's focus on your technology questions. Bring your laptop, tablet or other device. Practice new computer skills or learn to use the library catalog while trainers are available.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Cutting the Cable Cord
Learn about some of the alternatives to traditional cable or satellite TV, and the benefits and drawbacks of streaming TV and HDTV antennas.
Audience: All Ages
Book Bites
Talk lit with this book group for readers in their 20s and 30s! This month we'll discuss The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. Questions - bookbites@tscpl.org
Audience: Adult
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Hoopla Digital
Learn how to instantly borrow digital movies, music, ebooks, television shows and graphic novels 24/7 with your library card on your computer or devices.
Audience: Adult
Teen STEAM: Live
Explore science, technology, engineering, art and math with hands-on activities in an environment that encourages leadership, collaboration, creativity and innovation. Mentors from the library and Arts & Craftsman Workshop will facilitate.
Audience: 12 - 18 years
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Make a Hardcover Book
Make your very own hardcover blank book using a simple 3-hole pamphlet stitch binding. All materials provided.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
Baby Bookworms
Introduce your baby to the wonderful world of books through interactive songs, stories and bounces!
Audience: Birth - 18 months
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Google Docs
Learn how to access Google Docs, use basic editing features and save to Google Drive.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Master Gardener Series - Shade Gardening
Learn how to select and place shade plantings that thrive in our area and see examples of local shade gardens. A well-planned shade garden can provide a cool, relaxing respite from the harsh, hot climate of summer.
Audience: All Ages
Sculptor Randy Regier's Artist Talk
Sculptor Randy Regier will discuss his artworks, inspired by toys, ranging from models of fanciful cars to large-scale installations to spaceships with smoking astronauts. Reception following.
Audience: Adult
Trivia Night
Enter as a team of 5-8 people working together to answer 100 questions from 10 categories. Prizes will be awarded to the top teams! Doors open at 6pm. The Millennium Café will be open until 6:30pm. Team captain can register starting March 1 at tscpl.org/register. Questions - trivia@tscpl.org
Audience: All Ages
This event requires registration.
Musical Storytime
Shake off your sleepiness with some fun songs and crazy dancin' with Kyler. Topeka Civic Theatre and Academy joins us the 4th Saturday of each month. You may even see a character from the current TCTA show.
Audience: Birth - 5 years
Trivia Afternoon
Enter as a team of up to 8 people working together to answer 100 questions from 10 categories for fun and prizes. The Millennium Café will be open for snacks and drinks. Team captain can register the team at tscpl.org/register starting March 1.
Audience: All Ages
This event requires registration.
Día: See Inside a Tipi
Join celebrated Diné (Navajo) artist and multicultural educator Dennis Rogers for stories inside his 16-foot tipi.
Audience: All Ages
Día: Children's Day, Book Day
Experience culture through hands-on activities and take home a free book (while supplies last). Make your own coctel fruta and enjoy local performers including Danza Azteca Tonantzin, Ballet Folklorico and the State Street Singers.
Audience: All Ages
Family Place Learn & Play
Play together in activities that focus on healthy child development and early literacy. Learn about your role as your child’s first teacher. Local partners will share resources available. Register for the 5-week program (April 1-29) beginning March 4 at tscpl.org/register.
Audience: Birth - 3 years
This event requires registration.
Medicaid for Seniors
Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control Manager, Kelly Barker, will provide an overview of Medicaid for seniors and answer your questions.
Audience: Adult
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Toddler Time 2
Share stories, songs and crafts with your older toddler. This 6-week program transitions children from lap-sitting to independent storytimes. Register on March 12 for classes on Tuesdays from March 26-April 30, 2019.
Audience: 24 - 36 months
This event requires registration.
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Computer & Gadget Help
Let's focus on your technology questions. Bring your laptop, tablet or other device. Practice new computer skills or learn to use the library catalog while trainers are available.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Word I: Introduction to Word Processing
Get started with the basics of Microsoft Word. Learn to use fonts, spell check and some basic editing techniques to help you navigate, create and edit documents.
Audience: All Ages
Toddler Time 1
Bubbles and books, wiggles and songs! Early literacy fun for one-year olds to enjoy with their adults.
Audience: 12 - 24 months
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Calligraphy Basics
Learn the ABCs of Chancery Italic script, pens, inks and basic shapes for letters. We'll demonstrate flourishes and provide supplies and resources.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
24/7 Online Learning
Learn at your own pace with Lynda.com's more than 6,000 video classes teaching everything from Microsoft Office to coding to time management to drawing. Bring your library card and earbuds or headphones and we'll show you how to login, navigate and build your learning playlist.
Audience: Adult
Art and You
Enjoy hands-on art projects for kids with a variety of materials and techniques.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
LEGO® Builders
If you are the master builder of the blocks or ruler of the creative and innovative, test that mastery. We'll provide the blocks, you bring your cleverness and skill.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
How to Start a Business
Learn what it takes to start and run your own business including legal structure, writing a business plan, knowing your competition and what to expect from being your own boss. Presented by Washburn Small Business Development Center.
Audience: All Ages
Baby Bookworms
Introduce your baby to the wonderful world of books through interactive songs, stories and bounces!
Audience: Birth - 18 months
Computerized Genealogy
Get started in genealogy and learn how to use the online resources to build your family tree. Receive helpful forms for keeping records.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Excel: Intro to Spreadsheets
Learn about cells, columns, rows, AutoSum, simple formulas and page setup features.
Audience: All Ages
Zoo Animals Live
Meet some Topeka Zoo animal residents up close as Rachael Rost, education specialist, helps you separate animal fact from fiction.
Audience: Family
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Big Sonia Screening
Sonia is one of the last remaining Holocaust survivors in Kansas City and one of the only survivors in the area who speaks publicly about her wartime experience. Sonia is the ultimate survivor. Her story must never be forgotten. Presented in partnership with Temple Beth Sholom.
Audience: Family
What Does the Fox Read?
Explore interesting literature, authors, fun people, good food and book-themed drink specials. Email foxread@tscpl.org for upcoming titles.
Audience: Adult
Escape Room: Haunted High
In 1953, Haunted High was forced to close its doors due to odd occurrences. All of these events were linked to a strange box that randomly appeared in the homeroom of Eunice Lugosi. A similar box has appeared in your room. Can you open the box before it's too late?
Audience: All Ages
Story Slam
Listen to or be one of 10 people who each tell a 5-minute story on the theme of May Day or mayday. The audience will award a cash prize to the best story based on quality and presentation. Sign up to be a storyteller begins at 6:30. Cohosted by the library and NOTO Arts Place, emcee Kay Duganator.
Audience: All Ages
Comenzando a Navegar en su Computadora
Aprenda la forma correcta de sostener y mover el ratón. Aprende sobre casillas de verificación, botones de radio y barras de desplazamiento. Si no puede hacer una de estas sesiones. Vaya a una sesión de Ayuda de Computadoras y Gadgets para comenzar.
Audience: All Ages
Creating Oral Histories
Learn how to use the library's oral history kits to preserve and enhance your own family history. Register at tscpl.org/register.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
4-H in the Library
Take part in 3 amazing small activities ranging from arts and crafts to woodworking and rabbits to rocketry. Teen 4-H’ers will lead the way.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Free Comic Book Day
Pick from a huge selection of free comic books, including titles for all ages, tastes and genders. The fun continues with comic book-themed crafts. In partnership with Gatekeeper Hobbies.
Audience: All Ages
Play it Again!
Learn to play a new board or video game, or bring a classic to the table. Children are welcome with their adults.
Audience: All Ages
Curate This! exhibit(temporary name)
View an art exhibit curated by a team of area high schoolers using artwork from the library's permanent collection and juried high school art.
Audience: All Ages
So Many Books
Discuss The Flowers of the Killer Moon by David Grann. In the 1920s the discovery of oil has made the Osage Nation incredibly wealthy. Then, one by one, the Osage begin to be killed off. As the death toll rises the newly created FBI takes up the case. Questions - somany@tspcl.org
Audience: Adult
Resume Help
We'll answer questions to help you create a winning resume in this hands-on session. If you have a draft resume, bring it. Laptops provided or bring your own.
Audience: Adult
Medicare Mondays
Senior Health Insurance Counseling for Kansas helps you navigate the complex web of Medicare.
Audience: Adult
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
PostPublic Article Club
Discuss interesting articles curated by a different person each month. Additional articles can be discussed in an unregulated bonanza at the end. Email postpublic@tscpl.org for more info.
Audience: All Ages
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
League of Women Voters Tuesday Topics - Restorative Justice
Topeka Center for Peace and Justice Executive Director Jim McCollough will discuss restorative justice. The meeting is free and the public is invited to attend. A catered luncheon is available at 11:30am for $9.25; the program is from noon-1pm.
Audience: All Ages
Computer & Gadget Help
Let's focus on your technology questions. Bring your laptop, tablet or other device. Practice new computer skills or learn to use the library catalog while trainers are available.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Kids Create
Explore your creativity. We'll provide the materials and a few basic ideas. Kids supply the imagination and ingenuity. There's fun to be made here!
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Toddler Time 1
Bubbles and books, wiggles and songs! Early literacy fun for one-year olds to enjoy with their adults.
Audience: 12 - 24 months
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Crestview Chapter Chat
Chat about what you're reading in this laid-back neighborhood book club. In May read Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. Use your own book or pick one up at the Crestview Community Center. Questions - chapter@tscpl.org.
Audience: All Ages
Excel: Lists
Familiarity with basic Excel is required for this class. Learn to create field names, sort lists and link worksheets. You'll learn lists that can also be used in our Word: Mail Merge class.
Audience: All Ages
Art in Common
Nurture your creative spirit through discussion, exploration and hands-on art making. Find inspiration and resources in our community, gallery, library and online. Register at tscpl.org/register.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Teen STEAM: Leadership
Be part of this core group of teen leaders planning a series of fun, free, out-of-school STEAM events for other teens.
Audience: 12 - 18 years
How to Sign up for Medicare Part D
Learn how to use the Medicare.gov website and plan finder to help you make an informed decision regarding your Medicare Part D drug coverage every year.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
Baby Bookworms
Introduce your baby to the wonderful world of books through interactive songs, stories and bounces!
Audience: Birth - 18 months
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Windows 10 for Beginners
Experience the new features in Windows 10. Learn how to organize the Start Menu, use accessories, personalize the desktop and get apps from the Windows Store.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Master Gardener Series - Gardening for Wildlife
Learn about techniques, design ideas and plant choices to attract birds, butterflies and others to your yard. We'll discuss considerations for wind, water and native plants, and tips and techniques for deterring unwanted critters.
Audience: All Ages
Cover Letter Help
Bring your resume to this hands-on session. We'll answer questions to help you write a strong cover letter. If you have a draft cover letter, bring that too. Laptops provided or bring your own.
Audience: Adult
The Third Man
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime. 1949 | b&w | 93 min.
Audience: Adult
Musical Storytime
Shake off your sleepiness with some fun songs and crazy dancin' with Kyler. Topeka Civic Theatre and Academy joins us the 4th Saturday of each month. You may even see a character from the current TCTA show.
Audience: Birth - 5 years
How-To Fair
Explore our immersive fair where you can learn, try, experience and investigate more than a dozen opportunities and engage with community members who share your interests. From fire eaters to bike repair, Topeka is full of resourceful, creative and innovative people!
Audience: All Ages
Monday Farmers Market
Shop high-quality, locally-grown produce, farm fresh eggs, baked goods, fresh cut flowers and bedding plants. Look for more variety as the season progresses. Free fun craft for kids at each market.
Audience: Adult
Crafting Together
Bring whatever craft you want to work on. See what others are working on and maybe learn a new skill and meet new friends.
Audience: Adult
Beginning Computer Navigation
Learn the proper way to hold and move the mouse. Learn about check boxes, radio buttons and scroll bars. If you cannot make one of these sessions, go to a Computer & Gadget Help session to get started.
Audience: All Ages
Classics Made Modern
Discuss The Yard by Alex Grecian. As Jack the Ripper's reign of terror in London comes to an end, a new era of depravity sets the stage for the first gripping mystery featuring the detectives of Scotland Yard's Murder Squad. Questions - classicsmodern@tscpl.org
Audience: All Ages
Caregiver Support Group / Monday Group
Being a caregiver can be incredibly stressful. Meet and talk to others who are in the same situation. Moderated by April Maddox, Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging caregiver support specialist.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Computerized Genealogy
Get started in genealogy and learn how to use the online resources to build your family tree. Receive helpful forms for keeping records.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
Teen Writers Group
Find inspiration to create. Join others who share your literary passion as we express ourselves and explore the world through our works of poetry and prose.
Audience: All Ages
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Journaling with Words & Images
Explore personal writing and creativity using a visual journal. Discover additional ideas through the work of others, in-session exercises and tech or online resources. We'll provide prompts for inspiration and art materials.
Audience: All Ages
Computer & Gadget Help
Let's focus on your technology questions. Bring your laptop, tablet or other device. Practice new computer skills or learn to use the library catalog while trainers are available.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Word II: Intermediate Word Processing
Use Microsoft Word to edit text, insert pictures or Word Art into your document, form a header or footer, and create a Word table to organize information. Register at tscpl.org/register.
Audience: All Ages
Graphic Novel Panel
Read in advance and be part of the panel. For May check Hoopla for Black Hammer Vol. 1: Secret Origins. What happens when the heroes are banished to a strange sort of purgatory?
Audience: All Ages
Toddler Time 1
Bubbles and books, wiggles and songs! Early literacy fun for one-year olds to enjoy with their adults.
Audience: 12 - 24 months
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Internet Introduction
Learn basic internet functions and visit a variety of sites for information and entertainment.
Audience: All Ages
STEAM Power
A steam-ulating experience! Investigate art through the lens of science, technology, engineering and/or math as you collaborate and create in this hands-on, problem-solving program.
Audience: 8 - 12 years
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
An Evening with Author Christina Lauren
New York Times bestselling romance author Christina Lauren is actually two writers (and best friends!) who are visiting us in Topeka to launch their brand new book, The Unhoneymooners. The authors will discuss their writing process, their books and will answer questions.
Audience: All Ages
Baby Bookworms
Introduce your baby to the wonderful world of books through interactive songs, stories and bounces!
Audience: Birth - 18 months
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
iPad Workshop
Bring your iPad and your library card to learn and share tips, tricks, iPad features and favorite apps including our suite of digital offerings.
Audience: All Ages
Caregiver Support Group / Thursday Group
Being a caregiver can be incredibly stressful. Meet and talk to others who are in the same situation. Moderated by April Maddox, Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging caregiver support specialist.
Audience: All Ages
Factual Fun
Explore the world of nonfiction and jump into learning with fun hands-on activities. You will also learn where to find awesome books to investigate your favorite thing or something totally new.
Audience: 5 - 8 years
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Musical Storytime
Shake off your sleepiness with some fun songs and crazy dancin' with Kyler. Topeka Civic Theatre and Academy joins us the 4th Saturday of each month. You may even see a character from the current TCTA show.
Audience: Birth - 5 years
Google It!
Learn to use the most-visited site on the web. Search for information and images. See your house with Google Maps. Learn about even more Google apps and features.
Audience: All Ages
Anyone Can Cook
For anyone who loves to eat but can’t cook, you'll learn to follow a recipe, plan healthy and delicious meals and snacks, and explore different styles of cooking.
Audience: All Ages
Escape Room: Help Get the Hubble Back!
NASA lost control of the famed space telescope and the perpetrator has hidden the means to regain control in a small box, along with a series of clues to open the multiple locks. Can your group of young astronomers figure out the codes, unlock the box, and help NASA use the Hubble again?
Audience: All Ages
Make It: Electric Racer
Build an electric race car using our TeacherGeek system. We'll provide plenty of materials, instructions to design, construct and evolve a unique battery-powered car. We may even have time to race them!
Audience: All Ages
Monday Farmers Market
Shop high-quality, locally-grown produce, farm fresh eggs, baked goods, fresh cut flowers and bedding plants. Look for more variety as the season progresses. Free fun craft for kids at each market.
Audience: Adult
CarFit for Older Drivers
Help yourself be a safer driver as you age. Don Hughes, a Kansas Highway Safety Officer will share senior driving tips.
Audience: Adult
Email for Beginners
Learn to log into an account and to open, delete, reply to and forward email messages. Register at tscpl.org/register. Register at tscpl.org/register.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Kids Games Galore!
From Bingo to Basketball to Battleship, you don't have to Scrabble for something entertaining to do because the library has a Monopoly on fun!
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Computer & Gadget Help
Let's focus on your technology questions. Bring your laptop, tablet or other device. Practice new computer skills or learn to use the library catalog while trainers are available.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
PowerPoint
Beginners create a dynamic presentation from start to finish. Learn to insert slides, add text, graphics, transitions and animations.
Audience: All Ages
Topeka Anime and Manga Society (TAMS)
Watch anime, talk about it and (maybe) learn something! This is a member-driven club that includes viewing, discussion and info/activity about culture.
Audience: Family
Toddler Time 1
Bubbles and books, wiggles and songs! Early literacy fun for one-year olds to enjoy with their adults.
Audience: 12 - 24 months
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Cutting the Cable Cord
Learn about some of the alternatives to traditional cable or satellite TV, and the benefits and drawbacks of streaming TV and HDTV antennas.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Teen STEAM: Live
Explore science, technology, engineering, art and math with hands-on activities in an environment that encourages leadership, collaboration, creativity and innovation. Mentors from the library and Arts & Craftsman Workshop will facilitate.
Audience: 12 - 18 years
TALK Book Discussion: The Chaperone
TALK discussions immerse you in story and introduce new perspectives. This month we discuss The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty. Discussion facilitated by Miranda Ericsson. Sponsored by Humanities Kansas. Questions - talk@tscpl.org
Audience: Adult
Baby Bookworms
Introduce your baby to the wonderful world of books through interactive songs, stories and bounces!
Audience: Birth - 18 months
Preschool Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Mail Merge: Email
Learn how to send personalized mass emails for your next event, newsletter or thank you.
Audience: All Ages
Out of School Learning
Challenge your brain with some learning fun after school is out! Every day is different, but we'll always have activities to spark your curiosity.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Using DNA for Family History Research
Marty Flanagan, a local DNA expert, will discuss how DNA evidence can enrich your life and help to break down brick walls in your family history research.
Audience: Adult
Musical Storytime
Shake off your sleepiness with some fun songs and crazy dancin' with Kyler. Topeka Civic Theatre and Academy joins us the 4th Saturday of each month. You may even see a character from the current TCTA show.
Audience: Birth - 5 years
Monday Farmers Market
Shop high-quality, locally-grown produce, farm fresh eggs, baked goods, fresh cut flowers and bedding plants. Look for more variety as the season progresses. Free fun craft for kids at each market.
Audience: Adult
Picture This Photography Club
Whether you use your phone, a point-and-shoot or an expensive camera, join us at a different location on the fourth Monday of each month to take pictures. Email picture@tscpl.org or follow Picture This Photography Club on Facebook for the location.
Audience: All Ages
Stories & Crafts
Enjoy stories, songs and activities that encourage a love of reading and help develop early literacy skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Readapalooza
Explore the universe and satisfy your curiosity with stories, crafts, games and activities. There's a different story and activities at every session, so come to them all!
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Computer & Gadget Help
Let's focus on your technology questions. Bring your laptop, tablet or other device. Practice new computer skills or learn to use the library catalog while trainers are available.
Audience: All Ages
Book Bites
Talk lit with this book group for readers in their 20s and 30s! This month we'll discuss The Alice Network by Kate Quinn. Questions - bookbites@tscpl.org
Audience: Adult
Toddler Time 1
Bubbles and books, wiggles and songs! Early literacy fun for one-year olds to enjoy with their adults.
Audience: 12 - 24 months
Calligraphy Basics
Learn the ABCs of Chancery Italic script, pens, inks and basic shapes for letters. We'll demonstrate flourishes and provide supplies and resources.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
Baby Bookworms
Introduce your baby to the wonderful world of books through interactive songs, stories and bounces!
Audience: Birth - 18 months
Readapalooza
Explore the universe and satisfy your curiosity with stories, crafts, games and activities. There's a different story and activities at every session, so come to them all!
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Stories & Crafts
Enjoy stories, songs and activities that encourage a love of reading and help develop early literacy skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Formal Gaming [Ages 18-25]
Wear the dress, wear the tie, even put together a costume on the fly. Play, teach and trade card games and board games for a silly/serious night out with other younger adults!
Audience: Adult
Borrow-It Book Fair
Rocket your summer of reading to new heights by checking out some amazing books. This close encounter includes great reads arranged by topic where you may even discover a hidden object.
Audience: All Ages
4-H in the Library
Take part in 3 amazing small activities ranging from arts and crafts to woodworking and rabbits to rocketry. Teen 4-H’ers will lead the way.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Play it Again!
Learn to play a new board or video game, or bring a classic to the table. Children are welcome with their adults.
Audience: All Ages
Monday Farmers Market
Shop high-quality, locally-grown produce, farm fresh eggs, baked goods, fresh cut flowers and bedding plants. Look for more variety as the season progresses. Free fun craft for kids at each market.
Audience: Adult
Medicare Mondays
Senior Health Insurance Counseling for Kansas helps you navigate the complex web of Medicare.
Audience: Adult
PostPublic Article Club
Discuss interesting articles curated by a different person each month. Additional articles can be discussed in an unregulated bonanza at the end. Email postpublic@tscpl.org for more info.
Audience: All Ages
Readapalooza
Explore the universe and satisfy your curiosity with stories, crafts, games and activities. There's a different story and activities at every session, so come to them all!
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Stories & Crafts
Enjoy stories, songs and activities that encourage a love of reading and help develop early literacy skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Toddler Time 1
Bubbles and books, wiggles and songs! Early literacy fun for one-year olds to enjoy with their adults.
Audience: 12 - 24 months
How to Start a Business
Learn what it takes to start and run your own business including legal structure, writing a business plan, knowing your competition and what to expect from being your own boss. Presented by Washburn Small Business Development Center.
Audience: All Ages
Baby Bookworms
Introduce your baby to the wonderful world of books through interactive songs, stories and bounces!
Audience: Birth - 18 months
Stories & Crafts
Enjoy stories, songs and activities that encourage a love of reading and help develop early literacy skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Readapalooza
Explore the universe and satisfy your curiosity with stories, crafts, games and activities. There's a different story and activities at every session, so come to them all!
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Computerized Genealogy
Get started in genealogy and learn how to use the online resources to build your family tree. Receive helpful forms for keeping records.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
What Does the Fox Read?
Explore interesting literature, authors, fun people, good food and book-themed drink specials. Email foxread@tscpl.org for upcoming titles.
Audience: Adult
Master Gardener Series - Garden Photography
Learn how to photograph your garden like a pro!
Audience: All Ages
Musical Storytime
Shake off your sleepiness with some fun songs and crazy dancin' with Kyler. Topeka Civic Theatre and Academy joins us the 4th Saturday of each month. You may even see a character from the current TCTA show.
Audience: Birth - 5 years
Computerized Genealogy 2
Now that you have your family tree, move to the next level. This class will focus on using online resources to find your ancestors where they may be hidden. Register at tscpl.org/register.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
Monday Farmers Market
Shop high-quality, locally-grown produce, farm fresh eggs, baked goods, fresh cut flowers and bedding plants. Look for more variety as the season progresses. Free fun craft for kids at each market.
Audience: Adult
Crafting Together
Bring whatever craft you want to work on. See what others are working on and maybe learn a new skill and meet new friends.
Audience: Adult
Caregiver Support Group / Monday Group
Being a caregiver can be incredibly stressful. Meet and talk to others who are in the same situation. Moderated by April Maddox, Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging caregiver support specialist.
Audience: All Ages
Computerized Genealogy
Get started in genealogy and learn how to use the online resources to build your family tree. Receive helpful forms for keeping records.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
Stories & Crafts
Enjoy stories, songs and activities that encourage a love of reading and help develop early literacy skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Readapalooza
Explore the universe and satisfy your curiosity with stories, crafts, games and activities. There's a different story and activities at every session, so come to them all!
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Journaling with Words & Images
Explore personal writing and creativity using a visual journal. Discover additional ideas through the work of others, in-session exercises and tech or online resources. We'll provide prompts for inspiration and art materials.
Audience: All Ages
Toddler Time 1
Bubbles and books, wiggles and songs! Early literacy fun for one-year olds to enjoy with their adults.
Audience: 12 - 24 months
Teen STEAM: Leadership
Be part of this core group of teen leaders planning a series of fun, free, out-of-school STEAM events for other teens.
Audience: 12 - 18 years
Baby Bookworms
Introduce your baby to the wonderful world of books through interactive songs, stories and bounces!
Audience: Birth - 18 months
How to Sign up for Medicare Part D
Learn how to use the Medicare.gov website and plan finder to help you make an informed decision regarding your Medicare Part D drug coverage every year.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
Readapalooza
Explore the universe and satisfy your curiosity with stories, crafts, games and activities. There's a different story and activities at every session, so come to them all!
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Stories & Crafts
Enjoy stories, songs and activities that encourage a love of reading and help develop early literacy skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Retirement & Medicare
Learn about Medicare from Senior Health Insurance Counseling for Kansas. They will answer questions, give unbiased counsel and help you determine how Medicare will best work for you.
Audience: All Ages
Master Gardener Series - Low Water and Drought Tolerant Plants
Learn about the planning process, design considerations and installation of a successful xeric garden. A drought tolerant garden should result in both lower maintenance and lower water bills.
Audience: All Ages
Duck Soup
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale. 1933 | b&w | 68 min.
Audience: Adult
Monday Farmers Market
Shop high-quality, locally-grown produce, farm fresh eggs, baked goods, fresh cut flowers and bedding plants. Look for more variety as the season progresses. Free fun craft for kids at each market.
Audience: Adult
Readapalooza
Explore the universe and satisfy your curiosity with stories, crafts, games and activities. There's a different story and activities at every session, so come to them all!
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Stories & Crafts
Enjoy stories, songs and activities that encourage a love of reading and help develop early literacy skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Topeka Anime and Manga Society (TAMS)
Watch anime, talk about it and (maybe) learn something! This is a member-driven club that includes viewing, discussion and info/activity about culture.
Audience: Family
Toddler Time 1
Bubbles and books, wiggles and songs! Early literacy fun for one-year olds to enjoy with their adults.
Audience: 12 - 24 months
Baby Bookworms
Introduce your baby to the wonderful world of books through interactive songs, stories and bounces!
Audience: Birth - 18 months
Readapalooza
Explore the universe and satisfy your curiosity with stories, crafts, games and activities. There's a different story and activities at every session, so come to them all!
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Stories & Crafts
Enjoy stories, songs and activities that encourage a love of reading and help develop early literacy skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Caregiver Support Group / Thursday Group
Being a caregiver can be incredibly stressful. Meet and talk to others who are in the same situation. Moderated by April Maddox, Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging caregiver support specialist.
Audience: All Ages
Musical Storytime
Shake off your sleepiness with some fun songs and crazy dancin' with Kyler. Topeka Civic Theatre and Academy joins us the 4th Saturday of each month. You may even see a character from the current TCTA show.
Audience: Birth - 5 years
Musical Storytime
Shake off your sleepiness with some fun songs and crazy dancin' with Kyler. Topeka Civic Theatre and Academy joins us the 4th Saturday of each month. You may even see a character from the current TCTA show.
Audience: Birth - 5 years
Monday Farmers Market
Shop high-quality, locally-grown produce, farm fresh eggs, baked goods, fresh cut flowers and bedding plants. Look for more variety as the season progresses. Free fun craft for kids at each market.
Audience: Adult
Picture This Photography Club
Whether you use your phone, a point-and-shoot or an expensive camera, join us at a different location on the fourth Monday of each month to take pictures. Email picture@tscpl.org or follow Picture This Photography Club on Facebook for the location.
Audience: All Ages
Stories & Crafts
Enjoy stories, songs and activities that encourage a love of reading and help develop early literacy skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Readapalooza
Explore the universe and satisfy your curiosity with stories, crafts, games and activities. There's a different story and activities at every session, so come to them all!
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Toddler Time 1
Bubbles and books, wiggles and songs! Early literacy fun for one-year olds to enjoy with their adults.
Audience: 12 - 24 months
Teen STEAM: Live
Explore science, technology, engineering, art and math with hands-on activities in an environment that encourages leadership, collaboration, creativity and innovation. Mentors from the library and Arts & Craftsman Workshop will facilitate.
Audience: 12 - 18 years
Baby Bookworms
Introduce your baby to the wonderful world of books through interactive songs, stories and bounces!
Audience: Birth - 18 months
Stories & Crafts
Enjoy stories, songs and activities that encourage a love of reading and help develop early literacy skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Readapalooza
Explore the universe and satisfy your curiosity with stories, crafts, games and activities. There's a different story and activities at every session, so come to them all!
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Using Historical Society Library and Archives
Sara Keckeisen, reference librarian at the Kansas State Historical Society, will share tips and tricks for using this awesome resource in Topeka.
Audience: Adult
Monday Farmers Market
Shop high-quality, locally-grown produce, farm fresh eggs, baked goods, fresh cut flowers and bedding plants. Look for more variety as the season progresses. Free fun craft for kids at each market.
Audience: Adult
Medicare Mondays
Senior Health Insurance Counseling for Kansas helps you navigate the complex web of Medicare.
Audience: Adult
PostPublic Article Club
Discuss interesting articles curated by a different person each month. Additional articles can be discussed in an unregulated bonanza at the end. Email postpublic@tscpl.org for more info.
Audience: All Ages
Stories & Crafts
Enjoy stories, songs and activities that encourage a love of reading and help develop early literacy skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Readapalooza
Explore the universe and satisfy your curiosity with stories, crafts, games and activities. There's a different story and activities at every session, so come to them all!
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Toddler Time 1
Bubbles and books, wiggles and songs! Early literacy fun for one-year olds to enjoy with their adults.
Audience: 12 - 24 months
Readapalooza
Explore the universe and satisfy your curiosity with stories, crafts, games and activities. There's a different story and activities at every session, so come to them all!
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Stories & Crafts
Enjoy stories, songs and activities that encourage a love of reading and help develop early literacy skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Computerized Genealogy
Get started in genealogy and learn how to use the online resources to build your family tree. Receive helpful forms for keeping records.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
What Does the Fox Read?
Explore interesting literature, authors, fun people, good food and book-themed drink specials. Email foxread@tscpl.org for upcoming titles.
Audience: Adult
4-H in the Library
Take part in 3 amazing small activities ranging from arts and crafts to woodworking and rabbits to rocketry. Teen 4-H’ers will lead the way.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Play it Again!
Learn to play a new board or video game, or bring a classic to the table. Children are welcome with their adults.
Audience: All Ages
Monday Farmers Market
Shop high-quality, locally-grown produce, farm fresh eggs, baked goods, fresh cut flowers and bedding plants. Look for more variety as the season progresses. Free fun craft for kids at each market.
Audience: Adult
Crafting Together
Bring whatever craft you want to work on. See what others are working on and maybe learn a new skill and meet new friends.
Audience: Adult
Caregiver Support Group / Monday Group
Being a caregiver can be incredibly stressful. Meet and talk to others who are in the same situation. Moderated by April Maddox, Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging caregiver support specialist.
Audience: All Ages
Computerized Genealogy
Get started in genealogy and learn how to use the online resources to build your family tree. Receive helpful forms for keeping records.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
Readapalooza
Explore the universe and satisfy your curiosity with stories, crafts, games and activities. There's a different story and activities at every session, so come to them all!
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Journaling with Words & Images
Explore personal writing and creativity using a visual journal. Discover additional ideas through the work of others, in-session exercises and tech or online resources. We'll provide prompts for inspiration and art materials.
Audience: All Ages
Stories & Crafts
Enjoy stories, songs and activities that encourage a love of reading and help develop early literacy skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Toddler Time 1
Bubbles and books, wiggles and songs! Early literacy fun for one-year olds to enjoy with their adults.
Audience: 12 - 24 months
Teen STEAM: Leadership
Be part of this core group of teen leaders planning a series of fun, free, out-of-school STEAM events for other teens.
Audience: 12 - 18 years
Baby Bookworms
Introduce your baby to the wonderful world of books through interactive songs, stories and bounces!
Audience: Birth - 18 months
How to Sign up for Medicare Part D
Learn how to use the Medicare.gov website and plan finder to help you make an informed decision regarding your Medicare Part D drug coverage every year.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
Readapalooza
Explore the universe and satisfy your curiosity with stories, crafts, games and activities. There's a different story and activities at every session, so come to them all!
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Stories & Crafts
Enjoy stories, songs and activities that encourage a love of reading and help develop early literacy skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Musical Storytime
Shake off your sleepiness with some fun songs and crazy dancin' with Kyler. Topeka Civic Theatre and Academy joins us the 4th Saturday of each month. You may even see a character from the current TCTA show.
Audience: Birth - 5 years
Creating Oral Histories
Learn how to use the library's oral history kits to preserve and enhance your own family history. Register at tscpl.org/register.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
Monday Farmers Market
Shop high-quality, locally-grown produce, farm fresh eggs, baked goods, fresh cut flowers and bedding plants. Look for more variety as the season progresses. Free fun craft for kids at each market.
Audience: Adult
Stories & Crafts
Enjoy stories, songs and activities that encourage a love of reading and help develop early literacy skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Readapalooza
Explore the universe and satisfy your curiosity with stories, crafts, games and activities. There's a different story and activities at every session, so come to them all!
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Topeka Anime and Manga Society (TAMS)
Watch anime, talk about it and (maybe) learn something! This is a member-driven club that includes viewing, discussion and info/activity about culture.
Audience: Family
Toddler Time 1
Bubbles and books, wiggles and songs! Early literacy fun for one-year olds to enjoy with their adults.
Audience: 12 - 24 months
Baby Bookworms
Introduce your baby to the wonderful world of books through interactive songs, stories and bounces!
Audience: Birth - 18 months
Stories & Crafts
Enjoy stories, songs and activities that encourage a love of reading and help develop early literacy skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Readapalooza
Explore the universe and satisfy your curiosity with stories, crafts, games and activities. There's a different story and activities at every session, so come to them all!
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Caregiver Support Group / Thursday Group
Being a caregiver can be incredibly stressful. Meet and talk to others who are in the same situation. Moderated by April Maddox, Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging caregiver support specialist.
Audience: All Ages
Musical Storytime
Shake off your sleepiness with some fun songs and crazy dancin' with Kyler. Topeka Civic Theatre and Academy joins us the 4th Saturday of each month. You may even see a character from the current TCTA show.
Audience: Birth - 5 years
Friends of the Library Book and Media Sale Members Only
Shop books (including collectibles) sorted by genres, DVDs, CDs, audiobooks and records. This sale is for Friends members only. Memberships are available at the door or in the Chandler Booktique. Bring your own totes, boxes, luggage on wheels, etc. Cash and credit card accepted.
Audience: All Ages
Friends of the Library Book and Media Sale
Shop books (including collectibles) sorted by genres, DVDs, CDs, audiobooks and records. Bring your own totes, boxes, luggage on wheels, etc. Cash and credit card accepted. For more information visit tscpl.org/friends/book-sales.
Audience: All Ages
Friends of the Library Book and Media Sale Bag Day
Fill a grocery sack (provided) to the top for just $10. Books, DVDs, CDs, audio books and records. Cash and credit card accepted. For more information visit tscpl.org/friends/book-sales.
Audience: All Ages
Monday Farmers Market
Shop high-quality, locally-grown produce, farm fresh eggs, baked goods, fresh cut flowers and bedding plants. Look for more variety as the season progresses. Free fun craft for kids at each market.
Audience: Adult
Picture This Photography Club
Whether you use your phone, a point-and-shoot or an expensive camera, join us at a different location on the fourth Monday of each month to take pictures. Email picture@tscpl.org or follow Picture This Photography Club on Facebook for the location.
Audience: All Ages
Readapalooza
Explore the universe and satisfy your curiosity with stories, crafts, games and activities. There's a different story and activities at every session, so come to them all!
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Stories & Crafts
Enjoy stories, songs and activities that encourage a love of reading and help develop early literacy skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Toddler Time 1
Bubbles and books, wiggles and songs! Early literacy fun for one-year olds to enjoy with their adults.
Audience: 12 - 24 months
Teen STEAM: Live
Explore science, technology, engineering, art and math with hands-on activities in an environment that encourages leadership, collaboration, creativity and innovation. Mentors from the library and Arts & Craftsman Workshop will facilitate.
Audience: 12 - 18 years
Baby Bookworms
Introduce your baby to the wonderful world of books through interactive songs, stories and bounces!
Audience: Birth - 18 months
Stories & Crafts
Enjoy stories, songs and activities that encourage a love of reading and help develop early literacy skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Readapalooza
Explore the universe and satisfy your curiosity with stories, crafts, games and activities. There's a different story and activities at every session, so come to them all!
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Musical Storytime
Shake off your sleepiness with some fun songs and crazy dancin' with Kyler. Topeka Civic Theatre and Academy joins us the 4th Saturday of each month. You may even see a character from the current TCTA show.
Audience: Birth - 5 years
Monday Farmers Market
Shop high-quality, locally-grown produce, farm fresh eggs, baked goods, fresh cut flowers and bedding plants. Look for more variety as the season progresses. Free fun craft for kids at each market.
Audience: Adult
Card Making with Cindy
Learn how to make two greeting cards with the help of a local paper crafter.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
Readapalooza
Explore the universe and satisfy your curiosity with stories, crafts, games and activities. There's a different story and activities at every session, so come to them all!
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Stories & Crafts
Enjoy stories, songs and activities that encourage a love of reading and help develop early literacy skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Toddler Time 1
Bubbles and books, wiggles and songs! Early literacy fun for one-year olds to enjoy with their adults.
Audience: 12 - 24 months
Baby Bookworms
Introduce your baby to the wonderful world of books through interactive songs, stories and bounces!
Audience: Birth - 18 months
Readapalooza
Explore the universe and satisfy your curiosity with stories, crafts, games and activities. There's a different story and activities at every session, so come to them all!
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Stories & Crafts
Enjoy stories, songs and activities that encourage a love of reading and help develop early literacy skills.
Audience: 3 - 5 years
Computerized Genealogy
Get started in genealogy and learn how to use the online resources to build your family tree. Receive helpful forms for keeping records.
Audience: Adult
This event requires registration.
What Does the Fox Read?
Explore interesting literature, authors, fun people, good food and book-themed drink specials. Email foxread@tscpl.org for upcoming titles.
Audience: Adult
4-H in the Library
Take part in 3 amazing small activities ranging from arts and crafts to woodworking and rabbits to rocketry. Teen 4-H’ers will lead the way.
Audience: 5 - 12 years
Play it Again!
Learn to play a new board or video game, or bring a classic to the table. Children are welcome with their adults.
Audience: All Ages