This Week at the Library

Library OnDemand – Available anytime you like.

One-on-One Help: Basic Genealogy – Tuesdays, 9 a.m. – noon

For one-on-one basic or DNA genealogy help visit Central Resource Library for the Johnson County Genealogical Society at www.jcgsks.org to schedule an appointment.

The Past is Prologue: Kansas City and the Rise of Gay Rights– Thursday, Aug. 3, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

The Past is Prologue is a bimonthly program that highlights topics often left out, glossed over, or misrepresented in our history books. For our August topic, Stuart Hinds from the Gay and Lesbian Archives of Mid-America will present on pre-Stonewall LGBT activism in Kansas City.

Free Admission Day at Shawnee Town 1929 Museum – Thursday, Aug. 3, 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Your Library Card is your admission! Bring your card to the Shawnee Town 1929 Museum's Visitor Center to gain free admission all day on Thursday, August 3. Don't have a Library card (yet)? Library staff will be on site to create cards and share all of the wonderful things the Library has to offer! The museum is located at 11501 W 57th St, Shawnee 66203

Generative Poetry Workshop – Saturday, Aug. 5, 9 – 11 a.m.

Attend one of three generative workshops at the Lenexa City Center Library with Traci Brimhall, Poet Laureate of Kansas, to develop or polish your poetry writing! During the month of September, Johnson County Library will receive submissions of poetry, micro-stories, and art for a November Poetry Walk. If you're stumped on what to enter, be sure to attend one of these Generative Poetry Workshops. Selected work will be displayed on 18" by 24” boards placed throughout an area park in April 2024 for public enjoyment. Submit »

And much more happening this week …