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September 11, 2024 · Brittany Keegan
Call for 3D art entries in Topeka Competition 34
Submit your art in a competition that celebrates artists working in 3-dimensional media. This is a unique opportunity to showcase the newest, most innovative work in contemporary arts and crafts.
September 6, 2024 · Ginger Park
Transform your garden this fall
Shawnee Co Master Gardeners have unearthed tips to help you nurture your garden and prepare it for the seasons ahead.
September 6, 2024 · Sherry Hess
Block play builds foundation for STEM
Learn about the value of block play and opportunities to explore blocks with Parents as Teachers during BLOCK Fest.
September 6, 2024 · Lissa Staley
Help improve food access in central Topeka
Learn how 3 minutes of your time will help bring affordable food to central Topeka neighborhoods facing food insecurity.
September 5, 2024 · Adrianne Evans
Foodie Finds: Farmers market salads
Explore the delicious variations of the protein-rich Salad Nicoise using fresh market veggies and eggs.
September 5, 2024 · Chris Blocker
Fiction Five: Scary good reads
Discover just released horror novels that will make your spine tingle even more than pumpkin spice.
September 3, 2024 · Julie Nelson
Lost in the Stacks: Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant
Experience the outrageous demands and lavish lifestyle as a nanny to the uber rich.
August 28, 2024 · Kaitlyn Kriley
While you wait for The Wedding People
Check out entertaining stories surrounding big wedding days that don’t quite go to plan.
August 27, 2024 · Julie Nelson
The Reel World: One hot summer
Feel the heat with these scorching documentaries about rising temperatures and climate change.
August 21, 2024 · Allie Lockwood
Summer nights soundtrack
Explore three American indie folk and rock albums to add to your rotation.
August 19, 2024 · Abigail Siemers
What YA' Reading: Royals
Check out a few entertaining young adult books about fictional royals and the challenges they face.
August 18, 2024 · Marlana Hodgkinson
Kid Tested Librarian Recommended: Always something new to learn
There's always something new to learn, when you've got a page to turn! Read to discover new ideas, skills, people and places. Perhaps you'll even discover something new about yourself.
August 17, 2024 · Brittany Keegan
Through the Lens
Explore technological & artistic innovations in capturing images. The exhibit showcases a range of historical photographic methods from the earliest days of photography through Polaroid cameras.
August 15, 2024 · Sherry Hess
Kids love learning through messy play
Messy play engages a child’s natural sense of curiosity and teaches them skills like problem solving.
August 15, 2024 · Cadie Maas
Legal thriller, historical fiction & humor author Lisa Scottoline
August 14, 2024 · Jennifer Masters
The dog solved it
Discover cozy and thrilling mysteries with a dog as part of the crime solving team.
August 13, 2024 · Katie Escher
Artsy Crafty Library: Fun projects when it's too hot to craft
Find tips for staying creative when you don't want to do your usual crafting.
August 13, 2024 · Julie Nelson
Fact or Fiction: Vacations gone wrong
Forget car sickness or rainy weather, we've got books about vacations that went awry with a vengeance!
August 12, 2024 · Ginger Park
Recent library trivia winners
August 8, 2024 · Ginger Park
Inviting spaces for you
Explore the new and improved fiction & nonfiction wings with bright and cozy areas to work or unwind.
August 7, 2024 · Julie Nelson
Lost in the Stacks: The Race to the Future
Start your engines and experience an unusual road race in a hot new nonfiction read.
August 5, 2024 · Chris Blocker
Fiction Five: Captivating historical fiction
From 1896 to the 1960s explore historical fiction books hitting shelves in August that offer a glimpse of another place and time.
July 27, 2024 · Adrianne Evans
Foodie Finds: Tasty uses for brown bananas
Find some of the best recipes for turning overripe bananas into something delicious.
July 26, 2024 · Kate Hughes
Artsy Crafty Library: Making marvelous map art
Explore how maps pleasing graphics can inspire many lovely art & home decor projects.