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TBT: Football
Are you ready for some football? If so, you're in luck! The Kansas City Chiefs defend their crown Sunday!
Here's a nod to those who came long before. Leather helmets? How about no helmets at all? Football has long been a favorite tradition in our area. Discover more images and details at jocohistory.org It's your place to time travel through Johnson County, Kansas History!
Join us Saturday: Library Lets Loose
Join us this Saturday, September 12 for Johnson County Library Foundation’s signature fundraising event, Library Lets Loose – a virtual experience this year. Moving the event from a physical location to a virtual gathering means that this party is coming directly to you!
Library lovers everywhere can enjoy this festive, family-friendly and FREE online event. Guests will choose their own adventure with unique experiences like trivia games, music, visual art in the making, a celebrity reader video series, and a behind the scenes look at the Library. Afterward, join our DJ to rock the night away at the virtual dance party!
RSVP and get the link to the VIRTUAL party!
The Johnson County Library Foundation is a tax-exempt, charitable foundation that helps the Library build its collection and resources, offer programs for patrons of all ages, and better serve the needs of our community. They do this by securing and managing donations from individuals, businesses, and foundations to support the Library above and beyond what public funding provides. It is through the generous support from community-minded donors that the Johnson County Library Foundation is able to expand its impact, securing support for lifelong learning programs at the library.
Featured Artist Friday: Trevor Turla
Trevor Turla is a multitalented musician: a trombonist, singer, songwriter, bandleader and composer, among other things. Turla, whose first musical instrument was the bagpipes, is the founder of the soul/rock band Sulu Moon and a member of the Grand Marquis blues ensemble. At the core of everything, though, is his trombone. In this interview, Trevor Turla delves into this musical background, his creative process and the music that's inspiring him these days. Enjoy.
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TBT: Good Idea!
The countdown to Sunday has begun!
Have you ever had a good idea? You know, the kind of idea that leads to a foolhardy venture like creating a football league to take on the NFL? That's exactly what Lamar Hunt and seven other owners did in creating the American Football League. They called themselves the "foolish club." The AFL and NFL merged in 1966. Four years later, Hunt's Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl. Fifty years later, the team we call "our team" won another championship! Now, they defend their title. How many more are there to come?
Are you a Chiefs fan? Search jocohistory.org for articles about Lamar and the team from back in the day. It's the place to travel through local history. Also, be sure to follow our hashtag on Twitter!
Website Maintenance During the Evening of Sept. 2
Johnson County Library is performing maintenance starting at 7 pm on Sept. 2. The maintenance is scheduled to last four hours and the website, web catalog and most eLibrary and research eResources, including some Axis 360 service will be unreliable during this time. To ensure full access to Axis 360 during our maintenance downtime, you can log out and log back into the Axis 360 app between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Sept 2.
LLL Readers Series: Candice Millard
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.
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 guest is writer, Candice Millard, reading a passage from I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou.
Featured Artist Friday: The Wires
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.
TBT: Get Sporty!
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.
Youth Fantasy Writers
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.
Family Book Club - Community Matters: Race
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 »