We love the letters that make up our Second Saturday topic: words! This month is chock-full of word-filled workshops and letter-ridden readings facilitated by local letter-lovin' artists, poets and writers. From the Typewriter Oracle to the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, you're bound to have the “write” kind of time this Second Saturday, April 9.
Shakespeare Festival Sonnet Workshops
Instructors from Heart of America Shakespeare Festival will teach sonnet-writing workshops for three different groups: kids in sixth through eighth grades, teens ninth through 12th grades and adults.
Kids – 10 - 11:30 a.m.
Teens – 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Adults – 3 - 4:30 p.m.
Central Resource Library
Hands-On: Words, Words, Words
We'll have instructions and inspiration for several types of poems, plus activities for young children. Participants are encouraged to submit their work to a local writers' contest.
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Antioch Library
Blue Valley Library
Cedar Roe Library
Central Resource Library
Corinth Library
Gardner Library
Lackman Library
Leawood Pioneer Library
Oak Park Library
Shawnee Library
Second Saturday Book Discussion Group
For April we're having a book party!
11:30 - 1 p.m.
Shawnee Library
#IHeartU Writing Contest Readings
Experience the talent that surrounds you and connect with your writing community at our celebration of four local writers: Celeste Seay, Elizabeth Uppman, Heather McKenzie and Karin L. Frank. Each will share share her winning entry in our Read Local #IHeartU writing contests.
1 - 2 p.m.
Central Resource Library
Poet Laureate Eric McHenry
Come see the 2015-2017 Poet Laureate of Kansas, Eric McHenry, who will present readings followed by a discussion about poetry and his love for words.
2 - 2:45 p.m.
Central Resource Library
Chasing Weather: A Virtual Storm Chase Presentation
Surrounded by the photographs and poems in Chasing Weather: Tornadoes, Tempests, and Thunderous Skies in Word and Image, you can join poet Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg and photographer Stephen Locke as they take us on a vibrant virtual storm chase in photography, videos, poetry and stories, discussing the works on display and their artistic practices.
3 - 4 p.m.
Oak Park Library
There's always something fun to pique your interest on Second Saturday!