3 January
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Jan 03 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM
Up From the Roots: Growing Our Connections with Nature
See the gallery transformed into a garden where you can take a calming stroll through wildflowers, parks and artist's imagined landscapes. Explore connections between communities & the natural world.
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery
Jan 03 | 10:00AM - 10:30AM
Family Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs, and activities that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Story Zone 121C west
Jan 03 | 10:00AM - 11:00AM
A Bookish Year in Review + Bookmark Making
Come chat about the best books of 2025, make your reading list for 2026 and create a one-of-a-kind bookmark to enjoy using all year long!
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Fiction Wing
4 January
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Jan 04 | 12:00PM - 1:30PM
Computer and Gadget Help
Drop in for help with basic technology tasks like downloading documents, setting up apps, filling out online forms, online job searching, or setting up your new smart phone or eReader.
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Digital Arts Studio (2nd Floor)
Jan 04 | 12:00PM - 9:00PM
Up From the Roots: Growing Our Connections with Nature
See the gallery transformed into a garden where you can take a calming stroll through wildflowers, parks and artist's imagined landscapes. Explore connections between communities & the natural world.
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery
Jan 04 | 12:30PM - 8:30PM
Risk Tournament
Enter a friendly Risk tournament for adult players. All winners of round 1 receive a prize, and the first and second place players of round 2 will receive a Keynundrum voucher! Requires registration.
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Marvin Auditorium 101AB
3 January
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Jan 03 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM
Up From the Roots: Growing Our Connections with Nature
See the gallery transformed into a garden where you can take a calming stroll through wildflowers, parks and artist's imagined landscapes. Explore connections between communities & the natural world.
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery
Jan 03 | 10:00AM - 10:30AM
Family Storytime
Enjoy stories, songs, and activities that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Story Zone 121C west
Jan 03 | 10:00AM - 11:00AM
A Bookish Year in Review + Bookmark Making
Come chat about the best books of 2025, make your reading list for 2026 and create a one-of-a-kind bookmark to enjoy using all year long!
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Fiction Wing
4 January
View All
Jan 04 | 12:00PM - 1:30PM
Computer and Gadget Help
Drop in for help with basic technology tasks like downloading documents, setting up apps, filling out online forms, online job searching, or setting up your new smart phone or eReader.
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Digital Arts Studio (2nd Floor)
Jan 04 | 12:00PM - 9:00PM
Up From the Roots: Growing Our Connections with Nature
See the gallery transformed into a garden where you can take a calming stroll through wildflowers, parks and artist's imagined landscapes. Explore connections between communities & the natural world.
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery
Jan 04 | 12:30PM - 8:30PM
Risk Tournament
Enter a friendly Risk tournament for adult players. All winners of round 1 receive a prize, and the first and second place players of round 2 will receive a Keynundrum voucher! Requires registration.
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Marvin Auditorium 101AB
Orval Thrasher (Artist)
untitled (woman in flower garden)
1900s
Woman in a white dress and hat surrounded entirely by flowers. Flowers, some may be wildflowers, are in purples, white, blues, greensm, yellows, oranges, and red - array of color reads left to right in the "rainbow" spectrum. Woman has her hands in the flowers ready to pick a bunch to put in her basket in bottom left part of image.
The object was made in Liberty, Missouri, United States.
Accession No.: 2005.034.006
Category: Paintings
Object Type: Paintings
Object Height/Width: Size 148.59 x 131.45 cm (58 1/2 x 51 3/4 in)
Material/Technique: oil paint (paint); canvas (textile material)