Teen Art Contest
How about a summer reading collage, a painting or drawing? Teens in grades 6-12 are invited to enter the Express Yourself Art Contest. Create a piece of art with a reading theme and turn it in at the Main Library, 625 Minnesota Ave., KCK, by June 30. Winners will be revealed during a reception on July 18. Top finishers will have their art (along with a brief biography) displayed in the Main Library’s teen area. (913) 551-3280 for more information, or drop by the teen area on the second floor.
Magnet: Drawing Teens In
Whether you come to the Write Teens or create on your own, you can see your work in the summer magazine written by and for teens! We accept poems, short stories, drawings, paintings, book reviews, manga, non-fiction pieces, and photographs! Bring your entries to the Children’s desk at West Wyandotte Library, 1737 N. 82nd St, KCK. The Deadline for entries is Sunday, July 12. For teens, grades 6 to 12. (913) 596-5800 for more information.
(This drawing by Felicia Saunders was featured in a past issue of Magnet.)
It’s the middle of your work week, and you’re tired of the A/C making your office feel like it’s refrigerated, and traffic noise wafting up from the street through the permanently closed windows (or maybe that’s just me). If you’ve just gotta get out and enjoy the sun, we’ve got the perfect way to spend your lunch break! Head over to the courtyard outside the entrance of Kansas City, Kansas Public Library’s Main Library, 625 Minnesota Ave., this Wednesday, June 10, at noon. Our guest performers will be Ernest James and Zydeco Jubilee.
(Here’s a picture from last year’s concert series.)
Brown bag it and enjoy lunch while you listen, or grab a bite from Cafe 625, the library cafe operated by Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools Nutritional Services. Wednesday’s special is half a dozen hot wings/ranch dressing and a canned soda for $4.25.
The second concert in the 2009 Lyrics @ the Library summer concert series will be held Wednesday, July 8, at noon, with a performance by the Rich Wheeler Quartet.
Both concerts are free and open to the public. For more information, call the Main Library at (913) 551-3280.
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Cafe 625, at the Kansas City, Kansas Public Library’s Main Library, 625 Minnesota Ave., offers a daily special. Here’s the special menu for the rest of this week:
Tuesday, June 2 – baked potato bar, small salad, canned soda $5
Wednesday, June 3 – meatball sandwich, potato salad, canned soda $4
Thursday, June 4 – taco salad $4.50
Friday, June 5 – Rueben sandwich, chips, canned soda $4.25
While you’re at the cafe, be sure to browse the used book store for some gently used, right-priced books. And, browse the rest of the library, too – check out books, music CDs, DVDs and much more. Summer reading clubs kick-off this week, with programs for all ages, and no better excuse for a stack of books to read at your summer leisure!
Cafe 625 hours: Monday-Friday 10 am.-2 p.m.
Cafe 625 is operated by Kansas City Kansas Public Schools Nutrional Services.
Recently I’ve borrowed from my library several books, including Wicked (which I listened to on PlayAway, a book pre-loaded onto an MP3 player), a few movies on DVD and a music CD (Brett Dennen’s Hope for the Hopeless). I’ve read the Kansas City Star daily, the Wyandotte West weekly, and used the Internet to access other news sources. I’ve attended a program or two, and asked my librarian some reference questions.
Today I plugged all of that information into the Library Savings Calculator and found out that I “save” about $730 a month (about $9,000 annually) by using my library instead of having to buy books, newspapers, CDs, DVDs and subscriptions to all the online resources my library has to offer. (If I could just figure out how to spend more time browsing, reading, listening to and watching library materials, I could double my savings!)
Are you a patron of Kansas City, Kansas Public Library? Use the link above to the calculator and share your results with the library by sending an electronic postcard like this one:
Sonia, PR Coordinator – KCKPL
