Catching Up With the Classics – Reading Through the Seasons (Winter)
2024-12-10 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago)

Toddler Time
2024-12-12 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-01-23 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-01-30 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-02-06 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-02-13 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-02-13 15:30 - 16:45

Builder's Club
2024-12-12 15:30 - 17:00, 2025-01-23 15:30 - 17:00, 2025-01-30 15:30 - 17:00, 2025-02-06 15:30 - 17:00, 2025-02-13 15:30 - 17:00

END OF FALL CHILDREN'S SESSIONS
2024-12-13 00:00 - 23:59

Preschool Story Time
2024-12-13 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-01-24 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-01-31 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-02-07 10:00 - 11:00

CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS
2024-12-24 00:00 - 2024-12-25 23:59

CLOSE AT 3PM
2024-12-31 00:00 - 23:59

CLOSED FOR NEW YEARS DAY
2025-01-01 00:00 - 23:59

LIEAP Application Assistance
2025-01-15 09:00 - 15:00
Stay warm this winter with LIEAP (Low Income Energy Assistance Program)! The Kansas Department for Children and Families will be visiting the library to assist interested parties in applying for LIEAP. Make sure to bring an ID, proof of income, and utility bills in order to ensure that you can smoothly apply.

STEAM
2025-01-21 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-02-04 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-02-11 16:00 - 17:00

Book Club
2025-01-21 18:30 - 19:30
At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn’t mind—she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her beloved siblings, listening to her nurse’s fairy tales. Above all, she loves the chilling story of Frost, the blue-eyed winter demon, who appears in the frigid night to claim unwary souls. Wise Russians fear him, her nurse says, and honor the spirits of house and yard and forest that protect their homes from evil.

After Vasilisa’s mother dies, her father goes to Moscow and brings home a new wife. Fiercely devout, city-bred, Vasilisa’s new stepmother forbids her family from honoring the household spirits. The family acquiesces, but Vasilisa is frightened, sensing that more hinges upon their rituals than anyone knows.

And indeed, crops begin to fail, evil creatures of the forest creep nearer, and misfortune stalks the village. All the while, Vasilisa’s stepmother grows ever harsher in her determination to groom her rebellious stepdaughter for either marriage or confinement in a convent.

As danger circles, Vasilisa must defy even the people she loves and call on dangerous gifts she has long concealed—this, in order to protect her family from a threat that seems to have stepped from her nurse’s most frightening tales

Bradford Paint Night
2025-01-23 18:00 - 19:00
Join us with local artist Tabitha Sharp as she guides us through painting via step by step instructions to make your own masterpiece.

STEAM: Make & Take Craft Day
2025-01-28 16:00 - 17:00

Local Author Meet & Greet: Dwight Kelley
2025-01-29 12:00 - 14:00
Join us in welcoming Dwight Kelley to the library for a local author meet and great. Chat with Dwight about his novel, “Tears Buried in the Sand,” and learn about writing a novel and what it takes to get published.

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Synopsis for “Tears Buried in the Sand”:

“From the fields and swamps of lower Alabama, Jack Lawson drifted from place to place. He would meet all kinds of people, some realistic, some fake, and some just plain old rebellious. In this book, you will also be able to relate to some of the situations he became involved in. Not only will you be able to relate, but you will also feel like you are there with Jack Lawson.

From early years to Jack Lawson’s later years, would be many trials and setbacks. His journey into the unknown would take him to places he had never dreamed of.

Sit back! Enjoy the ride with Jack Lawson as he takes you into a real world of excitement and the future of Jack Lawson’s life.”

Winter Greens and Winter Blues
2025-02-03 18:00 - 19:00
The long winter months are upon us. Longer hours of darkness coupled with the colder temperatures can bring feelings of “winter blues.”Join in an interactive program with K-State Research and Extension representatives Bonnie Brewer and Calla Edwards as they share tips to prevent those winter blues from sneaking up on us to maintain positive mental health.Together we will explore house plants, breathing techniques and so much more!

Gardening Class: Seed Starting
2025-02-12 18:00 - 19:00
