This week at the Library, you can join us at:
Library OnDemand – Available anytime you like.
Citizenship Class – Tuesday, June 13, 9:30-11 a.m.
Pass the U.S. naturalization interview for citizenship with help from the Library. The free online classes provide coursework focused on the English language, American history, and civics knowledge. Assistance with the initial citizenship application (N400) is also available. Participants review citizenship study materials, practice listening and responding to citizenship interview questions, access online study test and receive guidance throughout the application process. Registration is required. To be added to the series, register for the first-class date only. The classes will be held: Tuesdays: June 6, 13, 20, 27; July 11, 18, 25; August 1, 8, 15. Series of 10 classes.
Outdoor Family Storytime at Lenexa Farmers Market – Tuesdays, June 13, 20 & 27, 9:30 – 10 a.m.
Help your child discover the joys of reading and develop early literacy skills at Storytime. Join us for a fun outdoor Storytime at Lenexa Farmers Market! Hearing stories is a great way to spend time with your kids and help them foster a love of reading. Stories, songs, fingerplays and movement activities foster pre-reading skills. Fun for the whole family!
Make It All Together Now – Wednesday, June 14, 1-3 p.m.
Join us for a drop-in MakerSpace project at the Antioch Library. Flex those STEAM muscles, learn new maker skills, and have fun with this project presented by the Library Maker team. Come, make something with us, and take home a finished project. This walk-in program is open to all and supplies will be provided. Participants will complete the same project each week
The Past is Prologue: Womontown, Kansas City – Thursday, June 15, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
The Past is Prologue is a bimonthly program at Central Resource Library that highlights topics often left out, glossed over, or misrepresented in our history books. For our June topic, artist Sandy Woodson will screen her 30-minute documentary "Womontown" followed by a 30 minute audience Q&A. The documentary first aired in March 2022 and tells the story of an intentional lesbian community that existed in midtown Kansas City in the early 1990s.
Juneteenth Walk and Read – Saturday- Monday, June 10 – June 19, All Day and Anytime
Johnson County Library and Johnson County Park and Recreation Dept. invite you to visit the Juneteenth Walk and Read at Stoll Park. Two stories, Opal Lee and What it Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth by Alice Faye Duncan and illustrated by Keturah A. Bobo and Change Sings: A Children's Anthem by Amanda Gorman and illustrated by Loren Long.