This Week at the Library

This week at the Library, you can join us at:

Library OnDemand Available anytime you like.

Your doorway into live and archived programs. Arts & Culture, Career & Finance, Community Matters, Writers and more!

Personal Branding and Networking Tuesday, July 19, 11 a.m. – noon

How do you present yourself? Join an ICG Professional Certified Coach as she talks about personal development, networking strategies, and ways to best highlight the qualities that make you an excellent employee and coworker.

Behavioral Interviewing  Tuesday, July 19, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Are you prepared to highlight your best qualities when answering questions about how you've handled situations in the past? Every interview includes at least a few behavioral interview questions – in this virtual workshop you will find out which are the most common and get tips on how to answer them.

Goal Setting and Time Management  Wednesday, July 20, 10 – noon

This workshop will give you the skills and knowledge to identify how you currently use your time, identity your personal time management strengths and weaknesses, learn the dimensions of self-management of time and identify new habits you can implement to improve your personal time management.

Maintain Your Ride Thursday, July 21, noon – 1:30 p.m.

Get your hands dirty and learn to keep your bike in tip-top shape with this free class from Johnson County Library and BikeWalkKC. Live and in-person at the bicycle fix-it stand in front of Central Resource Library, our instructors will teach you how to keep your bike in good working order with a few basic tools and some practical know-how. You will learn how to clean and lubricate your chain, fix a flat, adjust shifting and braking, and other basic bike maintenance skills. We’ll also show you how to use the Library’s bicycle fix-it stand. This is a hands-on class!

Music in the Movies Performance Workshop with Kansas City Civic Orchestra Friday, July 22, 7 – 8 p.m.

Join us for this all ages performance workshop at Electric Park, featuring Jennifer Mitchell, Violinist for the KC Civic Orchestra. Tonight, we will listen and talk about music in movies! Come ready to smile, sing and groove to the sounds from some of your favorite films. A screening of the movie Free Willy will follow.

Movie in the Park: Free Willy Friday, July 22, 8 – 10 p.m.

Grab a blanket, pack a picnic, and cool down with us at Electric Park for this 1990s classic. The Kansas City Civic Orchestra will kick-off at 7 pm prior to the showing which will start at dusk.

And much more happening this week »