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Featured Artist Friday: The Wires

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The Wires (Sascha Groschang on cello and Laurel Parks on violin) perform for Listen Local Live recorded live in June 2017, in our Black and Veatch MakerSpace Sound Booth.

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TBT: Get Sporty!

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As you very well know, it’s Motorsports Awareness Month!

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs: physiological, safety, love and belonging, esteem, self-actualization, and … the need to drive really fast in a sporty car. We’re not sure if that last one is official. :P

Remember, jocohistory.org is the place to time travel through local history. Be sure to follow our hashtag on Twitter!

Happy Throwback Thursday! Some call it the best day of the week.
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Youth Fantasy Writers

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In this episode of Did you hear? we present the winners of our Youth Fantasy Writing Contest this summer. We talk about this amazing contest and hear from some of the winners. Kids from 3rd through 8th grade participated and we think you'll be impressed by these young authors.
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Family Book Club - Community Matters: Race

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Are you looking for spaces to explore identity and the world around us? This virtual, inter-generational book club will provide kids and families a place to read about the unique experiences of diverse characters and historical events. Each month we will provide a selection of books, mailed directly to your doorstep, with an invitation to join us as a family for discussion, questioning, and community building. Best for parents or guardians, and their children ages 8-12.

Happening second Thursdays this Fall. Register now »
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LLL Readers Series: Gary Lezak & Jeff Penner

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Join us September 12 for the Johnson County Library Foundation's signature fundraising event, Library Lets Loose!

Library Lets Loose goes VIRTUAL and FREE this year! Library lovers everywhere can enjoy this festive, family-friendly online event. Guests will enjoy a brief, fun program then move on to choose from a variety of virtual rooms for unique experience like storytelling, trivia, and music performances — and more!

In celebration, we proudly present another one of our “celebrity guests” sharing a Library story special to them. We hope you enjoy their stories, and register to join us online September 12 for more great fun!

Today’s special guests are local meteorologists, Gary Lezak and Jeff Penner. Gary reads a passage from his book, It's a Sunny Life. 

 

 
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Feature Artist Friday: Duncan Burnett

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We were so happy to have Duncan perform this past Friday, July 13 at the Johnson County Arts and Heritage Center! If you were not able to attend, we will be posting the live concert recording as an episode of our Did You hear? podcast.

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TBT: Love

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As you very well know, it’s Romance Awareness Month!

What is love? Sometimes it’s just having someone to carry you across that stream!

Remember, jocohistory.org is the place to time travel through local history. Be sure to follow our hashtag on Twitter!

Happy Throwback Thursday! Some call it the best day of the week.
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Encore! Incarcerated Poets Podcast

In case you missed it, our latest Did you hear? podcast episode is another “Author Research in Action” interview. Just a reminder--we take an award-winning author and let them dive into conversation with a subject matter expert! In this case, both authors did their research from inside. Inside what or where? For that answer, you just have to listen ...
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