Week Calendar

Come join us for stories and songs, and then share an indoor or outdoor activity with us at our beautiful lake park. 

Come have fun at Turner Community Library with stories, songs, & a big fun surprise at the end!

Bring your own knitting, crocheting or other project to work on while we socialize.

Future Paleontologist? Interested in bones? Is dissecting your thing? Operation Wildlife will conduct this classroom program, Cast Party.

Looking for help researching your family history? Stop by the Kansas Room Tuesdays from 10:00 to noon to learn about the library's genealogy databases and resources. No appointment needed.

Baby Storytime serves as your child’s first introduction to a storytime setting.  We focus on interaction between baby and their caregiver with songs, books, bonding activities and finger plays.  For children ages 0 to 2 with a careg

Storytime geared towards children ages 3 through 5, with engaging stories, songs, crafts and activities for children to learn through play.

This week's theme is leaves!

Join us for stories, songs and playtime featuring active play and sensory activities. Perfect for preschoolers, but babies and toddlers are welcome, too!

Kids - join West Staff in the auditorium for games, giant Legos, marble runs, a parachute and more!

Join us outdoors at KC Farm School at Gibbs Road for some fun and educational storytimes! Each week we will focus on a different aspect of the farm and pair stories and songs with an earth-friendly educational activity.

Join us for the 18^th year of this wonderful family program! Grab a net and hunt for butterflies, help tag Monarch butterflies as we send them off on their journey to Mexico, or challenge yourself to our Monarch Migration game!

Families are invited to join us for fun, interactive storytimes every Saturday morning. This special storytime will include singing, dancing, and some great books! This storytime is geared towards guests over the age of 2 and their families.

Cozy soups, braises, and vegetable dishes in the rich colors of fall will carry us through the season.  Even leafy greens return in abundance.  Learn how to pick the best cool-weather ingredients and turn them into warm and com

Are you ready to ace your next job interview?

Dust off your interview skills with a virtual mock job interview - no pressure, just helpful tips and advice to get you prepared and feeling confident! 

The ability to self-calm is a powerful tool for managing life’s stressors. Learn how to weave quiet times into your everyday life.

Are you ready to ace your next job interview?

Dust off your interview skills with a virtual mock job interview - no pressure, just helpful tips and advice to get you prepared and feeling confident! 

Have a favorite author? Tired of not having any new book ideas? You're in luck. Join us, literary lovers, at Turner Community Library's book club & share the books that you adore.

Knitting, embroidery, and quilting, oh my! No matter what form of textile art is your favorite, you are welcome to join us for textile time each Tuesday.

Do you need help with writing a cover letter or resume, searching and applying for jobs, or answering tricky interview questions?

We can help!

Come to Working Wednesdays at the Main Library every Wednesday between 1pm and 3pm.

Come sew with us! Do you have a project that has been sitting unfinished for years? Are you wanting to dive into a new hobby?

Digestible Classics dives into the best books that are short enough for a busy schedule.

Come celebrate Mexican Independence Day!

Come make a cool back to school picture frame to display your very first day of school in style.  Ages: 5 to 12 years old.  All materials provided.  Please register on-line or by calling (913) 295-8250 ext. 1013. Limit 20.

Join West Wyandotte Library for an hour and half worth of cozy gaming.

What is a cozy game?

Need a quiet place to study?  We've got space, iPads, supplies, and snacks!  

Hola. ¿Cómo están?

Join us to practice speaking Spanish by meeting virtually for conversation. For those who already know some Spanish and want to practice speaking by conversation with other learners.

Join us for a celebration of graduates completing their GED.  This graduation is made possible by KCKPL and Made Men.

Teens and tweens 11-17 are invited to come make shrinky dink art. You'll draw or trace designs onto shrink film, then pop them in the oven and watch them transform into amazing charms.

Special Olympics Young Athletes is an 8 week sport and play program for children with and without intellectual disabilities (ID), ages 2 to 7 years old.

Are you a reader in grades 1 – 5? Come join The Friendly Readers Book Club! This Virtual Book Club is just for kids and is a safe space to read together and talk about the books we love. We meet on Wednesdays at 5:00pm via Zoom.

Join us for bilingual stories from 5-5:20pm, followed by our weekly fun craft!

¡Escucha cuentos bilingües de 5 a 5:20 p.m, seguido por nuestra divertida manualidad semanal!

Murder, Mystery, and a hint of Romance, oh my! Join us on the second Thursday of each month at 5:30pm as we discuss positive reads that will leave you connected, encouraged, inspired, and entertained.

Join West Wyandotte Library for this 4 week Minecraft Education course, centered around Space, Space travel, and the Artemis mission. Young patrons will learn a variety of STEAM skills from coding to space knowledge. 

Learn about the Kansas native plants found in South's butterfly garden and how you can garden with native plants at home. This program will be led by expert staff from our F.L. Schlagle library.

Make your voice heard! Teens ages 13-19 are invited to apply for this exciting opportunity. Earn volunteer hours and gain leadership experience while planning programs you love!

Join the West Wyandotte Queer and Ally Book Club for a monthly discussion of LGBTQ+ books. We discuss books from all genres, exploring all identities.

Love to watch Anime? Looking for a group that shares your interests?

Join us at West Wyandotte Library on Monday evenings from 6:00-7:30!

Do you enjoy spooky stories? Are you a fan of Katherine Arden? This book club is for you! The book club will meet for five sessions beginning 11 September 2023 from 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM.

Join us Monday evenings as we work on the Ultimate Beginner Quilt. The first Monday of the month we'll learn a new quilt block design and the following Mondays are open studio to finish up your blocks or work on other quilty projects.

Whether you're a fan of shojo or shonen, magical girls or giant robots, we're here to provide your anime fix!  Check out our Facebook page at:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/otakuanimecorps/

Twice a year, Girls Who Code launches a community challenge where: (a) 6th -12th grade Club members; and (b) Independent 9th to 12th grade students not affiliated with a Club (each such Club member or individual 9th -12th grade student, a “Partici

Presented by Humanities Kansas Talk About Literature in Kansas discussion series challenges the stereotypical and fantastical images and stories of Native people as living in a mythical past or as a pure but vanishing race who are isolated to rese

We will be showing Paw Patrol: The Movie for our Family Night Movie.  

Need a great space to work on your quilting project? Join this community group of quilters who get together to work on their projects and help one another troubleshoot!

For the month of September, we will be watching movies about journalism with a focus on issues that journalists in America have grappled with throughout the 20th century.

Blue Collar (1978) (R) 1h. 50m. (Swank)

Your return to Hogwarts is overdue! Relive the magic by competing against other Potterheads at the South Branch Library’s Harry Potter Kahoot Night! Questions will come from both the books and the movies!

Join us for a presentation by Chief Judith Manthe of the Wyandot Nation of Kansas on Wyandot history and her experience growing up Wyandot in Kansas.

Are you an adventurous reader? Do you enjoy talking about books? If you answered yes, then this is the book club for you. Each month we will read a book from a different genre.

Join us for KCKPL's weekly creative writing group, a place for dedicated writing time, feedback, and discussions on the rewards and challenges of the writing life. It’s open to all ages and styles—prose, poetry, essay, anything.