April - May 2018 Library News

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TOPEKA & SHAWNEE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY APRIL - MAY

2018

Here comes the

I DIDN'T KNOW

Learn & the library did that!

Play Bus Looking for a Barney or

It's preschool on wheels! Hop on the bus with your 0-5 year old for storytime and learning play with puzzles, art, blocks and imagination. 785-580-4400 or tscpl.org for more info.

SCHEDULE Mondays

9–11:30am Velma Paris Community Center 6715 SW Westview Rd 5–7pm Countryside United Methodist Church 3221 SW Burlingame Rd

Tuesdays

9–11:30am Hillcrest Community Center 1800 SE 21st St 1–3pm Auburn Community Center 121 W 11th St, Auburn

Wednesdays

From Great Danes to guppies, horses to hamsters, pets come in all shapes and sizes. Whether your pet has fur, feathers or scales, the Pets Neighborhood is a one-stop place for up-to-date and useful information for pet owners and people considering pet ownership.

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Jackson Galaxy host of the TV show My Cat from Hell. For horse training try Lyons on Horses by John Lyons and What Every Horse Should Know

by Cherry Hill. From puppy potty training to search and rescue basics, the Pets Neighborhood offers unlimited opportunities for you to learn how to care for and teach your pets.

If you’re considering a new pet, you’ll be so much happier if you spend a little time researching your new buddy before stopping at the shelter or pet store to pick one out. The type of pet that is right for you depends on how much time you have to spend with a pet, how much clean-up you are willing to do and how much space you have for them.

A librarian can help you find the right resource to answer your pet questions.

We even have books to help you pick a name for your new friend.

We can also help you decide what to feed your animal amigo. If you want to do a little cooking for Canine West or Kitty Kong, check out The Organic Dog Biscuit Cookbook

by Bubba Rose Biscuit Company, The Healthy Hound Cookbook by Paris Permenter or Dinner Pawsible by Cathy Alinovi. You can also make human treats to look like your pet with 100 Animal Cookies

by Lisa Snyder.

If you have a pet, you know the importance of training. We have videos and books to help you with the training process. Learn from popular dog trainers Patricia McConnell and Victoria Stilwell, and TV dog trainer Cesar Millan. To train your cat we have The Cat Whisperer by Mieshelle Nagalschneider and Total Cat Mojo by

We’ll get you started on your quest to find a pet and/or keep them (and you) happy and healthy.

9–11:30am Mother Teresa Catholic Church 2014 NW 46th St 1–3pm Tecumseh South Elementary School 3346 SE Tecumseh Rd, Tecumseh

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Thursdays

9–11:30am Oakland Community Center 801 NE Poplar St 1–3:30pm Walmart 2630 SE California Ave TOPEKA & SHAWNEE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS

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Gear up for a vacation Borrow trip planning tools here It’s time to prep for summer vacation. It may not feel like it, but summer is not far away. Planning a vacation, no matter when you are going to travel, gives you something to look forward to – a happy place in your mind. Ahhh.

Your library has a huge selection of travel books for any destination. From Lonely Planet's Canary Islands Travel Guide to Insight Guide's Iceland you can find stellar travel tips and recommendations.

Save your money for your trip by checking out free travel planning materials at the library. We have books and videos you can browse for global destination options. You can search by climate, setting, activities or food. Travel magazines are a rich resource for travel inspiration and recommendations.

Check out Food and Travel and Condé Nast’s Traveler digitally through Flipster (select the Download It link at tscpl.org to access Flipster) to dig into all the travel ideas in these magazines.

Checking out a travel bag is another great way to collect all the specifics for your trip, including where to stay, what to see and what to do. We have travel bags for destinations you can easily drive to like St. Louis, Omaha or Denver, and destinations that require air or boat travel like Italy, France or Hawaii.

We’ll help you find a great read or the answer to your question.

Ask a librarian Call 785 580-4400 Text 785 322-4099 Email ask@tscpl.org Visit at the library or a bookmobile

Amp up your summer with

Curiosity Central When you're curious, your library will give you lots of interesting things to do. Summer is getting a bit more curious this year with Curiosity Central, May 29-Aug 19. Read and enjoy experiences to keep your mind in tune during the long summer months.

Our theme for 2018 is music, so you’ll have lots of groovin’ options.

Tune up with The Sounds of Science, Readapalooza and Stories & Crafts May 29 and 31 (see details on page 13). Then we'll cue up Curiosity Central with a book fair on Friday, June 1, 10am-7pm in the library.

Browse books arranged by category in the Learning Center where you can sign up for Curiosity Central, pick up lots of books to start your summer reading and get a free tote bag to carry your goodies. You can also partake in some fun pop-up programs throughout the library.

Get a library card

Your summer goal is to complete 12 hours of reading and 12 experiences.

Everyone who meets this goal will be entered in a grand prize drawing. Kids will also receive a free book to keep for meeting this goal. If you complete the goal twice, you’ll be entered in the grand prize drawing twice (kids will also get another book).

• help in the garden (hmm… is that a plant we want or a weed?)

• visit Children’s Discovery Center • attend a library event • visit the Alice C. Sabatini Gallery • play a musical instrument • visit the Adventure Mobile

Experiences are anything that gets you active and thinking. Here are some examples: • go to the Topeka Zoo • cook from a recipe • read to a dog

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We’ll have June and July events posted online by April 1 so you can start planning. Watch the June-July Library News for your Curiosity Central reading and experience tracker.

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With a library card you can get tons of fabulous free entertainment and information electronically or in print - ebooks, movies, music, magazines, audiobooks, online training and books. You can access most of this cool stuff anywhere you have an internet connection.

Get your card at tscpl.org/librarycard

Library hours Monday–Friday 9am–9pm Saturday 9am–6pm Sunday Noon–9pm

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Cake pans!?!

Darci and her daughter Grace

Choose from more than 20 cake pans you can borrow from your library.

THANK

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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

In households all across Shawnee County similar scenarios are taking place as children start receiving their books through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

Free books for kids

“We began receiving these books soon after the program was brought to our area. My 2-year-old son, who I've read to since before he was born, never really had any interest in books or reading, but since getting several of these books, Otis and the Kittens in particular, HE LOVES BOOKS! On average we read this book 10-15 times a day! They have sent some really cute books and my 4 and 2 year olds love them!” Renessa Ullery Lolly posted on Facebook.

My 3-yearold son spots it right away.

Sitting in the mailbox is something he knows came just for him, a shrink-wrapped book with his name on it.

How exciting to get mail at that age, let alone Corbin can't wait to get his book a present! It each month. immediately becomes the center of our plans for the night. How can it not? It is colorful and glossy. It is unwrapped before we have the front door unlocked. We read it together three times between dinner and tucking him into bed.

Imagination Library sends an ageappropriate book each month to children birth to 5 years old at no cost to subscribing families. To subscribe go to tscpl.org/imagination and complete the registration form. The only requirement is that the child is a Shawnee County resident. If you move, you can easily update your address on this page.

Building a home library supports raising a child who loves reading.

Children enrolled in Imagination Library from birth will accumulate 60 books by their fifth birthday.

You can also get your child a library card and participate in pre-reading classes held weekly at the library. The library’s Learn & Play Bus travels the community bringing playful learning opportunities to eight locations tscpl.org/learnplay.

Developing reading habits is simple.

Set up a routine, a special time each day to snuggle up and read alongside your child. Let her or him pick out the book even if it is the same one as yesterday. Routine is good for young children. Sharing your time with them while reading a book is too.

In fact, recent studies suggest that participation in Imagination Library increases early language and math development.

More than 3,600 children in our community are receiving books and more than 22,000 books have been delivered. Imagination Library is made possible by generous donations to United Way of Greater Topeka, The Library Foundation and the Friends of the Library.

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National Volunteer Week

Apr 15-22

When you're planning your wedding, you're watching every dollar and the library’s Wedding Neighborhood can help you save.

Photo guides, flowers on a budget, bridal shower ideas, music CDs, etiquette tips, cakes, ceremony vows and wedding planner guides are all available for check out – including those pricey bridal magazines. Here are some of our favorite resources.

Magazines Borrow the latest wedding and bride magazines full of the hottest trends.

Bride's, Martha Stewart Weddings and

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Bridal Guide are available for check out at the library. You can view more than 150 other magazines from the comfort of your home for free through Flipster. Go to tscpl.org, select the Download It tab, select Flipster and enter your library card number to start selecting magazines. Use Flipster to check out People and Us Weekly to see the latest celebrity weddings trends.

or download tunes from Hoopla. Find everything from Taylor Swift to ABBA.

Music Review our music collection to find the perfect songs to dance the night away.

Recommendations are waiting for you in the Wedding Neighborhood. We also have many other CDs to choose from

Pinterest If you’re having a hard time coming up with wedding ideas, visit the Topeka Library Pinterest page. We’ve pinned hundreds of ideas for decorations, snacks and themes.

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75 Years on the road with Bookmobiles

Providing Shawnee County with library services from one building is a challenge that requires creativity and commitment. March 15, 2018, marks the 75th anniversary of bookmobiles serving our community. Bookmobile service began in 1943 with a small, converted camper trailer pulled by a Chevrolet coupe, becoming the first traveling branch. This original libraryon-wheels made 10 stops each week and held 1,200 books. As the service grew ever more popular, the library needed a way to meet the increased demand.

It was followed shortly with a second mobile unit in 1947.

The car and trailer combinations made way for larger vehicles that could provide more amenities and carry more items. In 1951, the original traveling branches were replaced by two retired city buses nicknamed Ben and Betsy that had space for 1,500 books each.

By 1957 they were showing their age and in 1958 three factory-built bookmobiles were purchased.

Along with good lighting and air conditioning the new vehicles could hold 3,000 items each.

Through the years Traveling branch from the 1940s the community has seen many bookmobiles come and go. In the mid-’70s two new bookmobiles were In 2014 and 2015 the Sherlock and purchased. At one point in the midAlice designed bookmobiles replaced to late ’70s the library’s outreach the 1990s bookmobiles. The current service included the Bookbuggy, a bookmobiles hold upwards of 6,000 recycled postal truck that traveled items each and visit 20 stops around neighborhoods ringing a bell to Shawnee County each week. More than announce its arrival. Three new vehicles 100,000 people visit a bookmobile replaced the ’70s models between annually keeping them an important 1992 and 1996. In 1996 the library part of the library’s mission of sparking converted one of its bookmobiles into curiosity and connecting the community an all children’s bookmobile, dubbed through literacy and learning. People the Adventure Mobile. The Adventure checked out more than 300,000 items Mobile still visits elementary schools, on bookmobiles last year, which was childcare centers, community centers about 15 percent of the library’s total and can be seen at community events circulation. and parades. a peer group to help them along the way. Think of it like a book discussion group, only instead of meeting to share the experience of reading a book, we'll be meeting to share the experience of taking a course together.

Learning together

These groups don't have a teacher. We are all there to learn together and help each other along the way. A librarian helps keep the discussion going.

Upcoming learning circles We are starting by offering learning circles focused on helping people gain skills for the workplace. Our April and May learning circle will focus on critical thinking and problem-solving.

This course will be offered Wednesday evenings April 18 – May 9 (first session is enrollment). See page 10 for details.

Learning circles are scheduled for two hours. Here’s how we typically spend that time:

“We'll learn this together.” That's the goal of learning circles. Learning circles are study groups for people who want to take a free online course with TOPEKA & SHAWNEE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS

• 10-15 minutes sharing what we've worked on and what we learned during the past week.

• 50-65 minutes on coursework. If we don't get through the entire lesson together, you can log on to the course site anytime during the week and complete your work.

If you need to brush up on your computer skills before you're comfortable tackling an online course, check out our basic computer skills classes tscpl.org/computer and our online Digital Learn computer courses tscpl.org/digitallearn.

• 15-30 minutes on group activities, such as giving each other feedback on our coursework, and discussing what we liked and didn't like about that week’s session.

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National Bookmobile Day

Wed | Apr 11

Share your photos with our awesome bookmobiles on social media #TopekaBookmobiles __________________________

National Library Week Apr 8-14

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Get your hands dirty If you’ve ever felt the tiniest urge to grow something, you should go with it!

Gardening is a fantastic way to enrich your life and your health.

Gardeners talk about the feeling of satisfaction they get from gardening.

This may be due to the concept of biophilia – that we are drawn to connect with other living, growing things.

Octopus by Julie Chen

In the Studio:

Growing your own produce is a good way to eat healthier and better. Fruits and vegetables are highest in vitamins and nutrients when they’re just picked.

Imagine the fresh taste of food that only traveled a few yards to your table. You control what goes in the soil and on the plants.

Book artists at work

Gardening has other documented health benefits like relieving stress, improving heart and brain health, lowering your risk of stroke and Alzheimer’s, improving hand strength and dexterity, and fighting depression.

Mar 23 – May 6 Alice C. Sabatini Gallery

Our Lawn & Garden Neighborhood has books and DVDs on everything from preparing the soil to harvesting the spoils. The library can help you get started with The Beginner’s Guide to Starting a Garden by Sally Roth or take a look at Homegrown Pantry

by Barbara Pleasant for a guide on selecting the perfect harvest for your tastes.

“Gardens are the ultimate outlet for creativity. They bring us closer to our neighbors and encourage a stronger sense of community.”

K-State Research and Extension Shawnee County Master Gardeners programs are offered – Ariel Whitely-Noll at the library each Shawnee County Research & Extension month with expert horticulture agent information and tips Shawnee County (tscpl.org/events Research and and search “master Extension horticulture agent Ariel gardener”). They will also host their Whitely-Noll said, “Gardens are the annual garden training on Sat, May ultimate outlet for creativity. They 12 at their Demonstration Vegetable bring us closer to our neighbors Garden. Check out the master gardener and encourage a stronger sense of website shawnee.k-state.edu/lawncommunity.” garden/master-gardener/.

Step into book artists’ spaces to see how they work and what inspires their creations. Explore the tools of the trade and get an up-close look at papermaking and bookbinding.

Questions? Call 580-4515

tscpl.org/gallery

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Ariel’s advice for first time gardeners is to find something that interests you – raised beds, composting, growing tomatoes, planting trees – and learn all you can. Starting a project and already knowing potential obstacles and how to avoid them is key to success. It's easy to get discouraged or overwhelmed in the garden but tackling projects one at a time is a much more manageable approach.

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What we're Carrie Cummings recommends

The Ice House

by Laura Lee Smith Native Scotsman, Johnny MacKinnon, owns an ice factory with his wife in Florida but he is beset by troubles with impending OSHA fines, a health crisis and the need to reconnect with his son who struggles with heroin addiction. From sweltering heat and invading frogs to leaping lambs in foggy Scottish glens, the landscapes from both sides of the Atlantic give joy to all your senses. Smith’s story will pull you along to the very end.

The Best Land Under Heaven

by Michael Wallis The ideas, assumptions and beliefs that propelled the Donners and Reeds on their epic, fatalistic journey have been spun into a tale that, 172 years later, has become more myth than truth. Wallis pulls apart the myth and provides an unflinching, engaging examination of this dark event in American history.

Jennifer Grammer recommends

Every Body Yoga

by Jessamyn Stanley The author uses language I would use when talking to friends to talk about body awareness and exercise. This book is inspiring because she shares her personal journey about learning yoga as a person who doesn’t fit the norm of a yoga body.

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audio format

ebook format

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Meg Porteous recommends

Need To Know

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by Karen Cleveland This book jump-started my reading again. I had been in a slump but I started this book and finished it in two days (work got in the way of finishing it sooner). It's a quick read that keeps you on the edge of your seat. Need To Know makes you ask yourself where your loyalty lies as well as question who you can really trust.

Thad Hartman recommends

The Disaster Artist

Scarlett Fisher-Herreman recommends

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Stephanie Hall recommends

by Greg Sestero A wonderful book chronicling the making of the infamously bad movie The Room. The behind-thescenes accounts of the movie itself are humorous and absurd, but the real highlight of the book is the friendship between the film’s stars that is both touching and troubling.

Betty Jean Neal recommends

The Great Halifax Explosion

by John U. Bacon This true story is set in one of my favorite periods of history, those years surrounding the War to end all wars. The book tells of the multiple actions that resulted in the tragedy and how so many people were quiet heroes in the aftermath.

The tragedy changed not only the lives of those who were there but also those who came after.

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by Daniel O’Malley Taking over where The Rook left off, we step deeper into the bizarre workings of the Checquy, a secret organization at battle with supernatural creatures plaguing the British Isles. A hilarious blend of supernatural spy craft, family drama and some truly horrific gore makes this the strangest series you never knew you needed in your life.

Kelli Smith recommends

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

by Alan Bradley This book, set in 1950s England, is the first of many mysteries featuring kid sleuth Flavia de Luce. Flavia is a natural when it comes to chemistry and a quick wit around her family and neighbors. When a body turns up in her garden and her father falls under suspicion by the authorities, Flavia dives in head first to settle the mystery.

Hayley Swisher recommends

Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline This story immediately captivated me and left me feeling curious about the past, present and future of the digital revolution. This cyberpunk thriller would sate the appetite of anyone interested in science fiction's perspective of 1980s culture, while telling the gripping story of a boy's ambitious conquest in Ernest Cline's futuristic world.

Our catalog offers hundreds of book lists to help you find your next read: 1. Go to catalog.tscpl.org 2. Select “list” as your search category 3. Type your keyword in the search box to find a list related to a topic you're interested in.

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2017 ANNUAL REPORT Eclipse Fever

It started with the library’s plan to give away safe viewing glasses for the historic total solar eclipse on August 21. It ended with a fevered frenzy of people coming to the library to get eclipse glasses. Thanks to the Topeka Police for helping control the line of cars that backed-up to Gage Blvd to receive 1,000 pair of safe viewing glasses.

New brand tagline!

There is alway something interesting at the library.

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You surpassed the summer reading goal of 3 million minutes by reading 3,626,821 minutes. We challenged babies, kids and adults to read at least 20 minutes a day for eight-weeks, library events brought more than 18,000 people to the library.

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New Mission & Core Values The year ended with a new library mission and core values to guide our work.

New Mission Sparking curiosity and connecting our community through literacy and learning.

Board of Trustees Kerry Onstott Storey, Chair Duane Johnson, Vice Chair Liz Post, Secretary Betty Greiner, Treasurer Beth Dobler Jim Edwards Melissa Masoner Jennifer Miller David Monical Dr. Julie Swift

Our annual art exhibit for children in the Alice C. Sabatini Gallery included a climbing wall, a kid-created garden, a rocket launcher and Minecraft™ exploration.

New Core Values Excellence - We create experiences that anticipate our community’s diverse needs and exceed expectations.

The library was a site for the kids’ summer meal program serving 3,814 meals, averaging 73 kids each weekday.

Literacy - We help people make their lives better by providing the tools to successfully navigate the world.

Facility Master Plan Progresses

Curiosity - We are hungry to learn, create and innovate. We inspire our community to do the same.

We made a few changes to the library building this year by improving the entry with a beautiful pedestrian plaza with raised flower beds and seating. A new entrance connected the Millennium Café to the New Books, Movies & Music room with new seating along the west windows. The most popular improvement happened in the center of the library with eight rooms for small groups, dubbed “Team Rooms.” Another popular change relocated the magazines and newspapers to the CoreFirst Bank and Trust Reading Room.

Freedom - We welcome everyone in the community. We support and defend our customer’s right to access information without judgment.

Teamwork - We build stronger communities through mutual trust, collaboration and shared goals.

Accountability - We serve the needs of the entire community by using resources responsibly, fairly and transparently.

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The building on the 1001 SW Garfield property, which was donated to The Library Foundation by St. Francis Health, was demolished to make way for additional parking for the library.

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Two years ago, we identified five community impact goals that the library would help achieve. Our number one priority is that every child would be ready for kindergarten.

In just one year, the library has implemented strategies to address learning needs for the birth to 6 year olds and the community is benefitting from our work.

Here comes the “Play Bus”!

With only 31 percent of Shawnee County children having access to a formal preschool experience, the library worked in partnership with area educational and health organizations to address this learning gap. Nine months of planning delivered a 40-foot mobile classroom named the Learn & Play Bus (kids call it the "play bus" or "library bus"). Traveling to targeted areas of need, the Learn & Play Bus provides vital literacy skills through playing, talking, reading, singing and writing to prepare kids to enter school. The bright mural-clad bus travels to eight locations across the community. From Feb to Dec 2017, nearly 3,000 children and their families were learning from purposeful play.

Imagine if every child had books at home

It takes more than one strategy to have every child ready for kindergarten and research makes it clear that brain development is very important in a child’s first three-years of life. Further research suggests that the number of books in the home predicts later success in school. In April the library, in partnership with United Way of Greater Topeka, initiated Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library so that children ages birth to 5 years will receive a book delivered by the U.S. Postal Service each month. By the end of 2017 more than 3,500 children or 20 percent of the eligible children in Shawnee County were receiving books at no cost to their family. An annual donation of $25 provides a child with 12 books a year.

Another community impact goal is that Topeka and Shawnee County will be an engaged community of readers.

When everyone reads 2Books

If you are curious about why it’s important that everyone reads the same book, the NEA’s Big Read initiative engaged thousands in our community to read the same book, talk about it with friends and attend events relating to the book topic. Our readers loved the community read but always wanted it done more often. In June we launched 2Book Topeka, which gives readers the opportunity to read two featured books. 2Book Topeka is offered three-times a year (Feb-March, June-July and Oct-Nov).

Financials Sources of financial support

2017 HIGHLIGHTS CIRCULATION & CARDHOLDERS YOU CHECKED OUT 2.53 MILLION ITEMS, WHICH IS OUR SECOND HIGHEST OF ALL TIME (HIGHEST WAS 2,596,810 IN 2009).

THIS IS AN INCREASE OF 5.3% FROM 2016.

80,977 PEOPLE HAVE ACTIVE LIBRARY CARDS.

COLLECTION

OUR COMBINED PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL COLLECTIONS GIVE CUSTOMERS MORE THAN 1 MILLION ITEMS TO CHOOSE FROM!

434,162 PHYSICAL ITEMS IN OUR COLLECTION INCLUDES BOOKS, MOVIES AND CDS 623,408 ITEMS IN OUR DIGITAL COLLECTION, INCLUDES EBOOKS, AUDIOBOOKS, MOVIES AND MUSIC

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Salaries & Benefits $11,295,970 Other Operating Expenses $2,341,592 Debt Service $1,654,750 Library Materials $1,782,954 Equipment & Capital Improvements $990,335 Programming & Events $71,091 Total $18,136,692

18.1% INCREASE IN DIGITAL DOWNLOADS

EVENTS

OTHER LIBRARY EVENTS ATTENDANCE DECREASED SLIGHTLY, DOWN 2.8% FROM 2016.

ART EXPERIENCES MORE THAN 24,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED AN EXHIBIT IN THE ALICE C. SABATINI GALLERY, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 8.9% FROM 2016.

THERE WERE NEARLY 10,759 VISITS TO THE ART EXHIBIT FOR CHILDREN IN JUNE AND JULY.

DIGITAL BRANCH VISITS TO THE DIGITAL BRANCH INCREASED BY 4.7% TO 350,380 UNIQUE VISITS

Library Expenditures

Taxes $17,009,336 Fees & Reimbursements $458,362 Contributions $385,745 Grants & State Aid $54,508 Investment Income $100,494 Total $18,008,445

9.7% INCREASE IN JUVENILE FICTION CIRCULATION

15,945 PEOPLE LIKE US ON FACEBOOK. ALMOST 7,000 PEOPLE FOLLOW US ON TWITTER.

MEETING ROOMS

SLIGHTLY MORE THAN 9,000 MEETINGS AND EVENTS WERE HELD IN THE PUBLIC MEETING ROOMS

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148,332 PEOPLE ATTENDED A MEETING IN ONE OF THE PUBLIC MEETING ROOMS.

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APRIL-MAY Schedule of Events ¡ tscpl.org/events For library events that require registration, visit tscpl.org/register • Call 785-580-4400 for assistance How to Start a Business

ADULT Medicare Mondays

Senior Health Insurance Counseling for Kansas helps you navigate the complex web of Medicare.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Mon Apr 2 Mon May 7

1-3pm 1-3pm

Building Caregiver Confidence

An Alzheimer’s Association presenter will share an overview of Alzheimer’s and related dementia diseases including diagnosis, stages of the disease, communication tips and local resources for support.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101B

Mon Apr 2, 9

5:30-7pm

Exploring Topeka’s African-American History

Learn more about Topeka’s history and share your family stories, including how and when your family came to Kansas. For more info email Kansas Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society info@kaahgs.org or call Sherri Camp 785-580-4510.

■ Learning Center 120A

Mon Apr 2

6-7:30pm

PostPublic Article Club

Bite-sized discourse in the Capital City. Take part in this public group and discuss interesting articles. Each month a curator selects an article for the next month's discussion. Additional articles can be discussed in an unregulated bonanza at the end of the event. Email postpublic@tscpl.org for more info.

■ Blackbird Espresso Bar & Bistro, 4025 SW 10th Ave

Mon Apr 2 Mon May 7

6-7:30pm 6-7:30pm

League of Women Voters Tuesday Topics Kansas Children's Service League

Amber Miller will talk about Kansas Children's Service League's work at Highland Park Central and Stout Elementary Schools. The meeting is free and the public is invited to attend. A catered luncheon is available at 11:30am for $10; the program is from noon-1pm.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

Tue

Apr 3

11:30am-1pm

Makers Article Club

If you are a maker, a hacker, an artist, a craftsman or are simply interested in technology, join the rest of us nerds the first Tuesday of each month to discuss an article you can read over your lunch hour. Contact Meg at mporteous@tscpl.org or follow Makers’ Article Club on Facebook for details.

■ 712 Innovations, 712 Kansas Ave

Tue

Apr 3

5:30-6:30pm

Learn what it takes to start and run your own business including legal structure, writing a business plan, knowing your competition and what to expect from being your own boss. Presented by Washburn Small Business Development Center.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101A

Wed Apr 4 Wed May 2

10-11:30am 10-11:30am

Wed Apr 11 Wed May 9

Come to our first story slam in the NOTO arts district on a First Friday! Ten people will each tell a 5-minute story on the theme of firsts and the audience will award a cash prize to the best story, based on quality and presentation.

Sign up begins at 6:30. Hosted by Kay Duganator and Matt Spezia.

■ 712 Innovations, 712 Kansas Ave

Tue Tue

7-9pm

■ Marvin 101C

Tue

Now that you have your family tree, move to the next level. Find records on your family. Learn how to locate local resources from libraries and repositories. Use online resources to find your ancestors where they may be hidden. Register at tscpl.org/register.

Sat Sat

Apr 7 May 5

11:45am-12:45pm 11:45am-12:45pm

Lisa Grossman, painter and printmaker, shares her recent artist-in-residency adventures in Alaska’s remote Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness, Tongass National Forest.

Computerized Genealogy Series 2

■ Computer Training Center

Apr 17 May 15

Voices of the Wilderness

■ NOTO Arts Place | 905 N Kansas Ave

Apr 6

9:30-11am 9:30-11am

Discuss your favorite podcast episodes, audiobook recommendations and cultural examinations. Each month a selected member posts a podcast “playlist” for members to listen to before the meeting. Unplug and meet other podcasters and listeners.

NOTO Story Slam

Fri

10-11:30am 10-11:30am

Signal + Noise Podcast Club

7-8pm

Apr 17

7-8:30pm

Learning Circle - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Improve your job skills each week by working through an online course together. You will enroll at the first session and review the process. Register at tscpl.org/register.

11am-1pm 11am-1pm

■ Computer Training Center

Wed Apr 18,25 Wed May 2,9

Play it Again! [All ages]

6:30-8:30pm 6:30-8:30pm

Learn to play a new game or bring a classic to the table.

Board games and video games bring us together to face challenges, suffer defeats and taste victory. Children are welcome with their adults.

Master Gardener Series Curb Appeal

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Thu Apr 19

Sat

Apr 7

■ Lingo Story Room

Sat

May 5

Dress your yard for success. Presented by Shawnee County Extension’s Master Gardeners.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

2-5pm 2-5pm

Sat

7-8pm

Mon Apr 23

12:30-2pm

Picture This Photography Club

Whether you use your phone, a point-and-shoot or an expensive camera, join us at a different location on the fourth Monday of each month to take pictures. Contact Meg at mporteous@tscpl.org or follow Picture This Photography Club on Facebook for the location.

Mon Apr 23 Mon May 28

5:30-6:30pm 5:30-6:30pm

Bias Against Kansas in the Civil War Press [All ages]

Learn how newspapers and media biases influenced public perception of the Kansas Territory before and during the Civil War. After the presentation, participate in a discussion about how the media still influences the way we receive news.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101B

Wed Apr 25

7-8:30pm

Master Gardener Series Growing & Using Herbs

Herbs you say? Don’t miss out on the missing ingredient.

Presented by Shawnee County Extension’s Master Gardeners.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Thu Apr 26

7-8pm

Trivia Night @ your library

Enter as a team of 5-8 friends, coworkers or family members working together to answer 100 questions from 10 categories. Prizes will be awarded to the top trivia teams! Doors open at 6pm. The Millennium Café will be open until 6:30pm for snacks and beverages.

Register at tscpl.org/register.

■ Marvin Auditorium

Fri

Apr 27

6:30-9pm

Trivia Afternoon @ your library

Enter as a team of up to 8 people working together to answer 100 questions from 10 categories for fun and prizes. The Millennium Café will be open for snacks and drinks. Register at tscpl.org/register.

■ Marvin Auditorium

10

1-3pm

Nancy Goodall, CoreFirst Bank & Trust, explains why you should have a will, what should be included, and what mistakes to avoid. She will also discuss common misconceptions concerning wills and probate.

Sat

TOPEKA & SHAWNEE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS

Apr 21

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Apr 10 May 8

■ Computer Training Center

Learn how to grow the best tomatoes just like grandpa.

Presented by Shawnee County Extension’s Master Gardeners.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101AB

■ Perkins Room 201

Learn how to use the Medicare.gov website and plan finder to help you make an informed decision regarding your Medicare Part D drug coverage every year. Register at tscpl.org/register.

Master Gardener Series Grandpa’s Tomatoes

[Ages 12+]

14 Mistakes Not to Make With Your Will

How to Sign Up for Medicare Part D

5-6pm 5-6pm

TM

Journaling with Words & Images

Tue Tue

■ Central Park Community Center, 1534 SW Clay St, 785-251-2965

Thu Apr 5

3:30-4:30pm 3:30-4:30pm

Explore personal writing and creativity using a visual journal. Discover additional ideas through the work of others, in-session exercises and tech or online resources.

We’ll provide prompts for inspiration and art materials.

■ Shawnee North Community Center,300 NE 43rd St, 785-287-0676

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

■ Anton Room 202

Build worlds, tell stories and be a part of geek culture stretching back decades! Learn the basics, roll dice and advance your character through an adventure cooperating with other players of all ages!

Mon Apr 9 Mon May 14

5:30-7:30pm 5:30-7:30pm

Get started in genealogy and learn how to use your library’s print and online resources. Receive a pedigree chart and other helpful forms for keeping records as you research your family tree. To register call the community center.

Mon Apr 9 Mon May 14

Learn to Play Dungeons and Dragons

Being a caregiver can be incredibly stressful. Meet and talk to others who are in the same situation. Moderated

by April Maddox, caregiver support specialist at Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging.

Computerized Genealogy

Thu Apr 5 Thu May 3

Caregiver Support Group

Apr 28

3-5:30pm

APRIL-MAY 2018

Living Wills & Estate Planning

Learn about advance directives and estate planning basics from 12:30-1pm. If you are age 60 or older, meet with Kansas Legal Services staff to draft documents such as powers of attorney and living wills for free from 1-4pm.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

Mon Apr 30

May 1

11:30am-1pm

Find out about the latest and greatest garden beds.

Presented by Shawnee County Extension’s Master Gardeners.

Thu May 3

7-8pm

12:30-2pm

Dr. Tim Miller, biographer of Charles Sheldon, explains Sheldon’s influence on our city, state, nation and world.

Hosted by the Topeka Genealogical Society.

Thu May 24

7-8:30pm

Sun Apr 1

May 25 - Aug 19

Explore interesting literature, authors, fun people, good food and book-themed drink specials. Email foxread@ tscpl.org for upcoming titles.

■ Celtic Fox, 118 SW 8th Ave

Thu Apr 5 Fri May 4

In April discuss Plainsong by Kent Haruf, a 1999 National Book Award finalist. The lives of a teacher, a pregnant teenage girl and two elderly bachelors intersect. From these unsettled lives emerges a vision of life, and of the town and landscape that bind them together.

Melissa Meyer of Little Doris Press will demonstrate vintage and modern typesetting and letterpress printing methods.

■ Alice C. Sabatini Gallery

Wed Apr 11

In May discuss Brother, I’m Dying by Edwidge Danticat, 2007 winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography. Until she was 12, when she finally joined her parents in Brooklyn, the author lived in the Bel Air section of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, with her uncle’s family.

7-8pm

Make a Hardcover Book

Art librarian Brea Black will help you make your very own hardcover blank book. All materials provided. Register at tscpl.org/register.

■ Alice C. Sabatini Gallery

Mon Apr 16

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Mon Apr 9 Mon May 14

7-8:30pm

Stories can be better when told with the written word and an artist’s brush. Read in advance and be part of the Panel at Gatekeeper Hobbies.

Watch curator of exhibitions Zan Popp demonstrate linoleum block printing from plain block to finished print.

7-8pm

Kansas Youth Art Month Awards

The Kansas Art Educators Association will hand out awards and scholarships. This event is in conjunction with the front gallery exhibit of artwork from Kansas elementary, middle and high school students.

Sun Apr 29

Noon-3pm

1-2:30pm

Thu May 24

Wed Apr 11 Wed May 9

9-10:30am

TALK discussions immerse you in story and introduce new perspectives. In April we discuss Empire Falls by Richard Russo. Facilitated by Dr. Marilyn Klaus.

In May we'll discuss Secrets of the Tsil Cafe by Thomas Fox Averill. The author will be our guest discussion leader!

Sponsored by the Kansas Humanities Council. Email mericsson@tscpl.org for info.

■ Menninger Room 206

Wed Apr 18 Wed May 16

7-8:30pm 7-8:30pm

An Evening with Author Alex Grecian

Topeka's own bestselling author Alex Grecian is launching his new book and it’s his first book set in Kansas. Grecian will read from The Saint of Wolves and Butchers and talk about his research and writing. Q&A and book signing to follow.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

Fri

Apr 20

7-8:30pm

Book Bites

Talk lit with this book group for readers in their 20s and 30s. In April we’ll discuss The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.

In May we’ll discuss The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith.

Quiet Type Book Club

Apr 10 May 8

6:30-7:30pm 6:30-7:30pm

■ Crestview Community Center, 4801 SW Shunga Dr, 785-251-2960

■ Shawnee North Community Center, 300 NE 43rd St, 785-287-0676

TALK Book Discussion - Food for Thought

■ Gatekeeper Hobbies, 4123 SW Gage Center Dr #100

Chat about what you’re reading in this neighborhood book club. In April read Hidden Figures and in May read The Maltese Falcon. Use your own book or pick one up at the Crestview Community Center. To register call the community center.

■ Crestview Community Center, 4801 SW Shunga Dr, 785-251-2960

3-4:30pm 3-4:30pm

Contact bookbites@tscpl.org for more information.

Crestview Chapter Chat

Cut, fold, stitch and glue paper to make a variety of simple book structures. Materials provided. To register call the community center.

In May discuss Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson. The author takes a delightfully irreverent jaunt around the nation that has produced zebra crossings, Shakespeare, Twiggie Winkie’s Farm, and places with names like Farleigh Wallop and Titsey.

For April check Hoopla for Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile

by Bill Willingham and Lan Medina. Refugees from a war in the lands of fairy tales shelter in an enclave in modern New York. Some Mature Content.

Tue Tue

Beginning Bookmaking

Wed May 2

1:30-3pm 1:30-3pm

Graphic Novel Panel [All ages]

Linoleum Block Printing Demo

■ Marvin Auditorium

6:30-8pm 6:30-8pm

Classics Made Modern

2-3:30pm 2-3:30pm

In April discuss America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie. This novel is a fictionalized account of the life of Martha “Patsy” Jefferson Randolph - the oldest daughter of Thomas Jefferson.

Sun Apr 15 Sun May 27

What Does the Fox Read?

Nurture your creative spirit through discussion, exploration and hands-on art making. Discover new art media and techniques while connecting with others.

Find inspiration and resources in our community, gallery, library and online. Register at tscpl.org/register.

So Many Books

■ Perkins Room 201

BOOKS

1-3pm

Art in Common

Mon Apr 23

View artworks from around the state exhibited by the Kansas Art Educators Association. Students from elementary, middle and high schools are selected by their teachers to participate.

■ Alice C. Sabatini Gallery

Apr 7

■ Alice C. Sabatini Gallery

ART & CRAFTS Kansas Youth Art

■ Alice C. Sabatini Gallery

Melissa Meyer of Little Doris Press will demonstrate letterpress printing. See how to print with movable type.

Sat

5:30-8pm

Make some noise and experience how sound becomes art in the 17th annual art exhibition for children. Play, build and create music with us all summer long.

9-10:30am

■ Alice C. Sabatini Gallery

May 4

Sounds Like Art

Letterpress Printing Then and Now

Charles Sheldon's In His Steps

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Fri

1-2:30pm

Wed Apr 11 Wed May 9

Social Security Administration staff will teach how to use your mySocialSecurity account to view your benefit estimates, verify your earnings history and make it a part of your retirement planning and management.

Mon May 21

Wed Apr 4

■ Lingo Story Room

mySocial Security Signup What You Need to Know

■ Computer Training Center

■ Alice C. Sabatini Gallery

Letterpress Printing Demo

Master Gardener Series Raised Bed Gardens

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Discover the many sides of hand papermaking including a demo of Nepalese papermaking.

■ Crestview Community Center, 4801 SW Shunga Dr, 785-251-2960

Thu Apr 26

Janelle Phillips gives an overview of Kansas Department of Agriculture’s Division of Water Resources' activities.

The meeting is free and the public is invited to attend. A catered luncheon will be available at 11:30am for $10; the program will be from noon-1pm.

Tue

In the Studio - Closing Reception

Learn to make your own envelopes out of handmade or scrapbook paper, or even recycled newspapers, magazines and books. Materials provided. To register call the community center.

■ Shawnee North Community Center, 300 NE 43rd St, 785-287-0676

12:30-4pm

League of Women Voters Tuesday Topics Water Resources

■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

Handmade Envelopes

1-2pm 1-2pm

■ Pizagels’s Pizza and Bakery | 2830 SW Fairlawn Rd

Tue Tue

Apr 24 May 22

7-8:30pm 7-8:30pm

Try an hour of companionable reading silence. Bring a book or any reading material and relax in the company of fellow book lovers while enjoying local food and drink.

Members can share what they’re reading and their latest recommendations with the group, though this is not required.

■ Norseman Brewing Company, 830 N Kansas Ave

Wed Apr 25 Wed May 30

5:30-6:30pm 5:30-6:30pm

YOUR LIBRARY IN THE COMMUNITY CENTRAL PARK 1534 SW CLAY ST. 785-251-2965

OAKLAND 801 NE POPLAR ST. 785-251-2953

GARFIELD 1600 NE QUINCY ST. 785-251-2950

RICE 423 SE NORWOOD ST. 785-251-2976

CRESTVIEW 4801 SW SHUNGA DRIVE 785-251-2960

SHAWNEE NORTH 300 NE 43RD ST. 785-286-0676

HILLCREST 1800 SE 21ST ST. 785-251-2956

VELMA PARIS 6715 SW WESTVIEW RD. 785-862-1630

TOPEKA & SHAWNEE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS

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DEER CREEK 2345 SE 25TH ST. To register for classes at Deer Creek, visit tscpl.org/register

APRIL

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1 8 15 22 29

2 9 16 23 30

3 10 17 24

Library Closed

4 11 18 25

5 12 19 26

6 13 20 27

MAY

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

7 1 14 6 7 8 21 13 14 15 28 20 21 22 27 28 29

2 9 16 23 30

3 10 17 24 31

4 11 18 25

5 12 19 26

APRIL-MAY 2018

Poetic Showcase at the Jayhawk

Featured readers Raylyn Clacher, Leah Sewell and Izzy Wasserstein share their work in a historic, downtown venue. Book signing to follow.

■ Jayhawk Theatre, 720 SW Jackson St

Fri

Apr 27

7-9pm

Free Comic Book Day

Are you DC, Marvel or neither? It won’t matter on Free Comic Book Day, because we will have a huge selection of free comic books including titles for all ages, tastes and genders. The fun continues with comic book-themed crafts. In partnership with Gatekeeper Hobbies.

■ The Edge - Teen Room

Sat

May 5

1-3pm

COMPUTER CLASSES BEGINNING CLASSES

Designed for new computer users and presented at a relaxed pace. Try taking the classes in the order listed for a good, basic understanding.

Registration required at tscpl.org/register.

Taming Your Mouse

Learn the proper way to hold and move the mouse. Learn about check boxes, radio buttons and scroll bars. If you can’t make one of these sessions, register for a Computer & Gadget Help session to get started.

Register at tscpl.org/register.

■ Computer Training Center

Mon Apr 30

1-2:30pm

Windows 10 for Beginners

Experience the new features in Windows 10. Learn how to organize the Start Menu, use accessories, personalize the desktop and get apps from the Windows Store.

Register at tscpl.org/register.

■ Computer Training Center

Mon Apr 9 Thu Apr 26 Wed May 9

1-2:30pm 5:30-7pm 1-2:30pm

Internet Introduction

Learn basic internet functions and visit a variety of sites for information and entertainment.

Register at tscpl.org/register.

■ Computer Training Center

Wed Apr 4 Tue May 1

1-2:30pm 5:30-7pm

Google It!

Learn to use the most-visited site on the web. Search for information and images. See your house with Google Maps. Learn about even more Google apps and features.

Register at tscpl.org/register.

■ Computer Training Center

Fri Apr 6 Thu May 3

1-2:30pm 5:30-7pm

Email for Beginners

Learn to log into an account and to open, delete, reply to and forward email messages.

Register at tscpl.org/register.

■ Computer Training Center

Fri

May 11

BEYOND THE BASICS

Touring Your Digital Library

Computer & Gadget Help

Word I: Introduction to Word Processing

■ Computer Training Center

■ Computer Training Center

Take the following classes when you're ready for more challenging projects. These are presented at a faster pace than beginning classes. All classes take place in the library's Computer Training Center unless otherwise noted. Registration required at tscpl.org/register.

Access the digital library anytime on your home computer or device using our free apps. Get a quick tour of our Digital Branch and an overview of our catalog, ebooks with OverDrive, magazines with Flipster, and movies and music from Hoopla. Register at tscpl.org/register.

Tue

Get started with the basics of Microsoft Word. Learn to use fonts, spell check and some basic editing techniques to help you navigate, create and edit documents.

Register at tscpl.org/register.

■ Computer Training Center

Thu Apr 12 Tue May 15

Bring in your Android or Nook tablet and library card to learn how to get free ebooks anytime. Email and app store login required. Register at tscpl.org/register.

■ Computer Training Center

1-2:30pm 5:30-7pm

Fri

Apr 13 May 22

May 4

1-2:30pm

Library Ebooks for Kindle

Bring in your Kindle and your library card to learn how to get free ebooks anytime. Email address and app store login required. Register at tscpl.org/register.

Use Microsoft Word to edit text, insert pictures or Word Art into your document, form a header or footer, and create a Word table to organize information.

Register at tscpl.org/register.

Fri Tue

5:30-7pm

Library Ebooks for Android & Nook Tablets

Word II: Intermediate Word Processing

■ Computer Training Center

Apr 3

■ Computer Training Center

Tue

1-2:30pm 5:30-7pm

Apr 17

5:30-7pm

Facebook for Beginners

Learn how to access Google Docs, use basic editing features and save to Google Drive.

Register at tscpl.org/register.

Sign up for a Facebook account and learn the basics of this popular social networking site. Be sure to bring your email address and password. If you already have an account, please bring your Facebook password.

Register at tscpl.org/register.

■ Computer Training Center

■ Computer Training Center

Google Docs

Wed May 23

1-2:30pm

Thu Apr 12 Mon May 14

Excel: Intro to Spreadsheets

Pinterest for Beginners

Learn about cells, columns, rows, AutoSum, simple formulas and page setup features.

Register at tscpl.org/register.

■ Computer Training Center

Mon Apr 23 Thu May 17

Get started on Pinterest - a simple way to organize images, projects and ideas online. Open an account, create boards and start pinning. Bring your email address and password. Register at tscpl.org/register.

1-2:30pm 5:30-7pm

■ Computer Training Center

Fri

Excel: Lists

Apr 27

Familiarity with basic Excel is required for this class. Learn to create field names, sort lists and link worksheets. You’ll learn lists that can also be used in our Word: Mail Merge class. Register at tscpl.org/register.

iPad Workshop

■ Computer Training Center

■ Anton Room 202

Wed Apr 25 Thu May 24

1-2:30pm 5:30-7pm

Thu Apr 19 Thu May 17

Take a tour of the desktop and dock. Learn about standard apps, how to browse files with Finder and use menus. Macs are not provided for this overview class. You are welcome to bring your own Mac to work along with the instructor. Register at tscpl.org/register.

1-2:30pm

■ Computer Training Center

Word: Mail Merge & Mailing Labels

Fri

Create mailing labels, envelopes, personalized letters and directories by combining a Word document and a data table created in Microsoft Excel.

Register at tscpl.org/register.

■ Computer Training Center

Fri

May 25

May 18

1-2:30pm

Online Safety & Security Basics

Stay safe and secure your information while browsing, shopping or paying bills online. Develop a strong password system, learn ways to recognize traps of adware or malware and avoid scams that can compromise your equipment or personal information.

Register at tscpl.org/register.

1-2:30pm

■ Computer Training Center

Thu May 10

1-2:30pm

TOPEKA & SHAWNEE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS

1:30-3pm 1:30-3pm

Introduction to Mac

Beginners create a dynamic presentation from start to finish. Learn to insert slides, add text, graphics, transitions and animations. Register at tscpl.org/register.

Wed Apr 18

1-2:30pm

Bring your iPad and your library card to learn and share tips, tricks, iPad features and favorite apps including our suite of digital offerings. Register at tscpl.org/register.

PowerPoint

■ Computer Training Center

5:30-7pm 1-2:30pm

12

5:30-7pm

Let’s focus on your technology questions. Bring your laptop, tablet or other device. Practice new computer skills or learn to use the library catalog while trainers are available. Describe the help you need when you register at tscpl.org/register.

Thu Apr 5 1:30-3pm Thu Apr 10,17,24 3-4:30pm Tue May 1,8,15,22,29 3-4:30pm

KIDS

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Toddler Time 2 [24-36 months]

Share stories, songs and crafts with your older toddler.

This 6-week program transitions children from lap-sitting to independent storytimes. Registration for classes on Tuesdays from March 27-May 1 begins at 9am Tues, March 13 at tscpl.org/register.

■ Lingo Story Room

Tuesdays Mar 27-May 1

9:30-10am 10:30-11am 6:30-7pm

Preschool Storytime [3-5 years]

Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.

■ The Story Zone

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays

10-10:30am

Art & You [5-12 years]

Enjoy hands-on art projects for kids with a variety of materials and techniques.

■ Oakland Community Center‚ 801 NE Poplar St

Wed Apr 4 Wed May 2

4-5pm 4-5pm

■ Garfield Community Center, 1600 NE Quincy St

Wed Apr 25

4-5pm

Lego® @ Your Library [5-12 years]

If you are the master builder of the blocks or ruler of the creative and innovative, test that mastery. We’ll provide the blocks, you bring your cleverness and skill. Each session will have a theme, but don’t feel blocked in.

Innovation is the name of our game!

■ Dinosaur Zone

Wed Apr 4 Wed May 2

4-5pm 4-5pm

Baby Bookworms + Art [Birth-18 months]

Help your child develop visual, language and cognitive skills by introducing them to works of art. Baby Bookworms + Art will give you the tools you need to get started.

■ Lingo Story Room

Thu Apr 5

Thu May 3

9:30-10am 10:30-11am 9:30-10am 10:30-11am

Zoo Animals Live

Meet some of the Topeka Zoo animal residents up close as Rachael Rost, zoo education specialist, helps you separate animal fact from fiction.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101B

Thu April 5 Thu May 3

4-4:45pm 4-4:45pm

APRIL-MAY 2018

Baby Bookworms [Birth-18 months]

Introduce your baby to the wonderful world of books through interactive songs, stories, bounces and more!

■ Lingo Story Room

Thu Apr 5 Thu Apr 12,19,26

Thu May 3 Thu May 10,17,24,31

5:30-6pm 9:30-10am 10:30-11am 5:30-6pm 5:30-6pm 9:30-10am 10:30-11am 5:30-6pm

Art Detectives [8-12 years]

Discuss a book about an artist or a book with artistic illustrations and look for clues to decipher an image from the book. After a demo, create your own artwork in the spirit of this artist or illustrator using similar tools, materials and/or techniques.

■ Lingo Story Room

Sat Sat

Apr 7 May 5

10-11am 10-11am

Community Storytime [3-5 years]

Stories, songs and fingerplays that encourage a love of reading and help develop early learning skills.

■ Crestview Community Center ‚ 4801 SW Shunga Dr.

Thu Apr 12 Thu May 10

10:30-11am 10:30-11am

Musical Storytime [Birth-5 years]

Shake off your sleepiness with some fun songs and crazy dancin’ with Kyler. Occasional surprises and guests!

■ The Story Zone

Sat Fri Sat Fri

Apr 14 Apr 20 May 12,26 May 18

10-10:30am 10-10:30am 10-10:30am 10-10:30am

STEAM Power [8-12 years]

A steam-ulating experience! Investigate art through the lens of science, technology, engineering and/or math as you collaborate and create in this hands-on, problemsolving program. Register at tscpl.org/register.

■ Lingo Story Room

Wed Apr 18 Wed May 16

4-5pm 4-5pm

Factual Fun [5-8 years]

Explore the world of non-fiction with fun hands-on activities. You will also discover where to find awesome books to investigate the topic. Learn more about your favorite thing or something totally new to you.

■ Dinosaur Zone

Thu Apr 19

4:30-5:15pm

Blockfest [Birth-8 years]

Experience block fun with your child while increasing their math and science knowledge. Topeka Public Schools Parents as Teachers will demonstrate techniques to help children become more of a math thinker through block play. Bring the kids in anytime during the event.

■ Marvin Auditorium

Fri

Apr 20

9:30-11:30am

Anyone Can Cook [All ages]

Stories & Crafts [3-5 years]

For anyone who loves to eat but can't cook, you’ll learn to follow a recipe, plan healthy and delicious meals and snacks, and explore different styles of cooking.

■ Lingo Story Room

Fri Fri

Apr 20 May 18

Enjoy stories, songs and activities that encourage a love of reading and help develop early literacy skills.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101AB

Tue May 29 Thu May 31

4-5pm 4-5pm

10-11am 10-11am

Readapalooza - Prairie Dog Song [5-12 years]

Week of the Young Child “Wild About Us!”

Make your own animal props while we read and sing together. Learn about the key role of prairie dogs when scientists revived a grassland ecosystem in the book Prairie Dog Song: The Key to Saving North America’s Grasslands by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore.

[2 - 5 years]

We’ll have a zooriffic time with the library zoo crew as we work our way through stories, songs and a craft along with a few surprises. Family childcare providers welcome.

Co-sponsored by Child Care Aware.

SCRATCH Day [8-18 years]

Calling all Scratchers and coders who want to create online stories to share with your friends. Participate in our SCRATCH (MIT’s programming language for kids) program. Register at tscpl.org/register starting April 1.

(Basic Hour of Code and coding knowledge preferred.)

■ Computer Lab

Thu May 10

4-5:30pm

The Science of Pancakes [12-18 years]

Groove with an extra-special musical storytime featuring Dine’ (Navajo) dancer Dennis Rogers. Kyler will be there too! Free books while supplies last. Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

MOVIES

Stay curious when school is out with a hands-on and highly tasty science lesson. A chemical change is a usually irreversible chemical reaction resulting in the formation of at least one new substance, in this case: pancakes.

Learn about the science and nutrition concepts behind making pancakes and take time to digest what you have learned.

el Jeremias

Wed May 30

■ The Story Zone

Tue

■ Marvin Auditorium 101AB

Wed Apr 25

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Thu May 31

10-11am

Día Storytime [All ages]

Sat

Apr 28

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

10-11am

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Fri

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Tue

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Fri

Find inspiration to create and join others who share your literary passion. We express ourselves and explore the world through our works of poetry and prose.

■ The Edge Teen Room

Mon Apr 9,23 Mon May 14

10am-Noon

Explore and learn about STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics) in an environment that encourages leadership, collaboration, creativity and innovation. Mentors from the library and 712 Innovations will facilitate.

In a time and place where only boys play drums, one girl has the courage to start a new tradition. Listen to Margarita Engle’s Drum Dream Girl, then experiment with percussion instruments like boomwhackers, bongos and an ocean drum.

Tue

May 29

7-8pm 7-8pm

Teen STEAM [12-18 years]

Readapalooza: Drum Dream Girl [5-12 years]

■ 712 Innovations, 712 Kansas Ave

Wed Apr 11 Wed May 9

10-11am

A LT E R N AT I V E C O N G R E G AT E D I N I N G S I T E

CHAMPSS

Choosing Healthy Appetizing Meal Plan Solutions for Seniors

2-5pm

Teen Writers Group [12-18 years]

Learn the science behind how different types of musical instruments produce sound. Take home a tiny musical instrument and use the accompanying “How does this make sound?” card to teach others about the science of sound as you stay curious about music all summer long.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

May 11

TEENS

4:30-5:15pm

The Sounds of Science [All ages]

May 29

6:30-8:45pm

During World War II, a commander finds himself stuck with a decrepit (and pink) submarine, a con man executive officer and a group of army nurses.

1959 | color | 124 minutes

From egg to owlet to fierce birds of prey, this program offers an insightful look at these amazing creatures of the night.

Tue

May 1

Operation Petticoat

9:30-10am 10:30-11am 6:30-7pm

Factual Fun [5-8 years]

■ Atrium

2-5pm

Fate made him a warrior, courage made him a hero. © Focus Features | China| 2006 | PG-13 | 104 minutes

Bubbles and books, wiggles and songs! Early literacy fun for one-year olds to enjoy together with their adults.

Thu May 17

Apr 13

Fearless

6-8pm

Toddler Time 1 [12-24 months]

■ Dinosaur Zone

6:30-8:45pm

An Arkansas drifter becomes an overnight media sensation. As he becomes drunk with fame and power, will he be exposed as the fraud he has become?

1957 | b&w | 126 minutes

■ Marvin Auditorium & Rotunda

Wednesdays May 2-31

Apr 3

11:30am-1:30pm

A Face in the Crowd

Learn about culture through arts and crafts, music and movement. Then enjoy a lively and diverse selection of local performers, including Ballet Folklorica. Bring the whole family! Free books while supplies last. Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

■ Lingo Story Room

■ The Edge Teen Room

Watch a gifted child’s journey of self discovery. © Columbia Pictures| Mexico | 2015 | PG-13 | 95 minutes

Día Children's Day/Book Day [All ages]

Mon Apr 30

10-11am

4:30-5:30pm 4:30-5:30pm

is serving CHAMPSS meals ASK FOR OUR CHAMPSS MENU. CHAMPSS C ARD REQUIRED

M-F 8:15am - 5:30pm Sat 8:30am - 4:30pm | Sun closed Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging, Inc., does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, religion, or disability. If you have a complaint, please contact 785-2351367 or TDD/TYY 800-766-3777. Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging, Inc., is a 501 C (3) Non-Profit corporation. Private donations are gladly accepted and appreciated!

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Foundation welcomes 2018 trustees

No bookmobile service May21-28 for routine vehicle maintenance. For schedule updates check tscpl.org/bookmobile.

MONDAY

12:30PM – 2:30PM 12:30PM – 3:00PM 3:00PM – 7:30PM 3:30PM – 7:30PM

TUESDAY

9:30AM – 1:00PM 9:30AM – 1:00PM 2:15PM – 7 :30PM 2:30PM – 7 :30PM

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 3625 SW Wanamaker Brookwood Shopping Center, SW 29th & Oakley Dillons, SW 29th & Urish Shawnee Heights United Methodist Church, SE 45th & Shawnee Heights

9:30AM – 7 :30PM 9:30AM – 7:30PM

Villa West Shopping Center, SW 29th & Wanamaker California Crossing Shopping Center, SE 29th & California

WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

2018 Foundation Trustees - Front row: Chair-elect Marilyn Ward, Kim Patton, Judy Moler, Linessa Frazier Back row: Ralph Hoyos, Steve Tempero, Clint DeVoe, Marsha Sheahan, Rich Hayse, Desmond Henry, Chair Judi Stork, Ernie Beaudet Not pictured: Treasurer Mark Baker, Brenda Dietrich, Carol Wheeler

9:30AM – 1 1:00AM 9:30AM – 1:00PM 11:45AM – 1:15PM 2:30PM – 7:30PM 2:00PM – 7 :30PM

The Library Foundation helps ensure the future of the library as an essential community resource. The foundation seeks philanthropic support, provides conscientious stewardship of the assets in its care, encourages community partnerships and advocates on behalf of the library. In 2017 the foundation provided $297,416 in support to the library. Learn more at foundation.tscpl.org.

FRIDAY

9:30AM – 1 :00PM 9:30AM – 1 2:45PM 2:00PM – 7 :30PM 2:30PM – 7 :30PM

Friends announce 2018 leadership

Walmart, 1301 SW 37th Azura Credit Union, SE 29th & Croco Fairlawn Plaza Shopping Center, SW 21st & Fairlawn Tecumseh United Methodist Church, 334 SE Tecumseh

SATURDAY

9:30AM – 11:30AM 9:30AM – 12:15PM 12:45PM – 3 :00PM 1:30PM – 3 :00PM

Casey's General Store, 4441 SE California Hunter's Ridge, NW 46th & Hwy 75 209 S Quincy Street Station, 820 SE Quincy Brookwood Shopping Center, SW 29th & Oakley Dillons North, 800 NW 25th Fairlawn Plaza Shopping Center, SW 21st & Fairlawn Dillons North, 800 NW 25th Mike’s IGA, NE Sardou & Forest Velma Paris Community Center, 6715 SW Westview Azura Credit Union, SE 29th & Croco Auburn Community Center, 121 W 11th, Auburn Hunter's Ridge, NW 46th & Hwy 75 Villa West Shopping Center, SW 29th & Wanamaker

Visit tscpl.org/bookmobile to find the drop box location nearest you.

Call the Bookmobile office at 785-580-4590 for more information.

The Friends of the Library support the library through fundraising and advocacy.

The Friends sell donated books through online sales (Amazon.com), the Chandler Booktique used books and gift shop, and book sales. Since 1971, the Friends have donated more than $1.6 million dollars to the library. The donated funds are used by the library to try new innovative ideas including the Make-It-Lab workspace, and the SmartLockers at Oakland Community Center and HyVee. Learn more at tscpl.org/friends.

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2018 Friends Board of Directors - Front row: Carty Minarik, Marci Tarrant, Treasurer Christy Molzen, Susan Stover, President Sherryl Longhofer, Past-President Lisa Sandmeyer, Carol Ball, Sally Henson, Janet Nelson, Janice Bingham Back row: Jim Wilson, Gary Spray, John Petterson, Secretary Ken Peterson Not pictured: Vice-President John Conlee TOPEKA & SHAWNEE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS

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SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE APRIL 2018

A=ADULTS AC=ART & CRAFTS B=BOOKS C=COMPUTER K=KIDS[BIRTH-11 YEARS] M=MOVIES T=TEENS[12-18 YEARS]

APRIL 13 FRIDAY Word II A Face in the Crowd

1 PM C 2 PM M

APRIL 28 SATURDAY DíaStorytime 10 AM K Trivia Afternoon @ your library 3 PM A

MAY 11 FRIDAY Email for Beginners Operation Petticoat

1 PM C 2 PM M

APRIL 29 SUNDAY Kansas Youth Art Awards Noon AC

MAY 12 SATURDAY Musical Storytime

10 AM K

APRIL 30 MONDAY Living Wills & Estate Planning Taming Your Mouse Día Children's Day/Book Day

MAY 14 MONDAY Facebook for Beginners Classics Made Modern Caregiver Support Group Computerized Genealogy Teen Writers Group

1 PM C 1:30 PM B 3:30 PM A 5 PM A 7 PM T

MAY 15 TUESDAY Preschool Storytime Signal + Noise Podcast Club Computer & Gadget Help Word I

10 AM K 11:45 AM A 3 PM C 5:30 PM C

APRIL 1 SUNDAY Kansas Youth Art

AR

APRIL 2 MONDAY Family Place Learn & Play Medicare Mondays Building Caregiver Confidence Topeka’s Afro-Amer history PostPublic Article Club

APRIL 14 SATURDAY Musical Storytime

10 AM K

10 AM K 1 PM A 5:30 PM A 6 PM A 6 PM A

APRIL 15 SUNDAY So Many Books

3 PM B

APRIL 16 MONDAY Make a Hardcover Book

7 PM AC

APRIL 3 TUESDAY Toddler Time 2 9:30,10:30 AM,6:30 PM K Preschool Storytime 10 AM K League of Women Voters 11:30 AM A Touring Your Digital Library 5:30 PM C Makers Article Club 5:30 PM A el Jeremias 6:30 PM M

APRIL 17 TUESDAY Toddler Time 2 9:30,10:30 AM,6:30 PM K Preschool Storytime 10 AM K Signal + Noise Podcast Club 11:45 AM A Computer & Gadget Help 3 PM C Library Ebooks for Kindle 5:30 PM C Voices of the Wilderness 7 PM A

APRIL 4 WEDNESDAY Preschool Storytime Handmade Envelopes Internet Introduction Art & You Lego @ Your Library How to Start a Business

APRIL 18 WEDNESDAY Preschool Storytime PowerPoint STEAM Power Learning Circle Critical Thinking TALK Book: Empire Falls

10 AM K 1 PM AC 1 PM C 4 PM K 4 PM K 5:30 PM A

APRIL 5 THURSDAY Baby Bookworms + Art 9:30,10:30 AM K Computerized Genealogy 10 AM A Preschool Storytime 10 AM K Computer & Gadget Help 1:30 PM C Zoo Animals Live 4 PM K Baby Bookworms 5:30 PM K What Does the Fox Read?

6:30 PM B Master Gardener Tomatoes 7 PM A APRIL 6 FRIDAY Google It! NOTO Story Slam

1 PM C 7 PM A

APRIL 7 SATURDAY Art Detectives 10 AM K Computerized Genealogy Series 2 11 AM A Letterpress Printing Demo 1 PM AC Play it Again!

2 PM A APRIL 9 MONDAY Windows 10 for Beginners Classics Made Modern Caregiver Support Group Computerized Genealogy Building Caregiver Confidence Teen Writers Group

1 PM C 1:30 PM B 3:30 PM A 5 PM A 5:30 PM A 7 PM T

APRIL 10 TUESDAY Toddler Time 2 9:30,10:30 AM,6:30 PM K Preschool Storytime 10 AM K Journaling with Words & Images 10 AM A Computer & Gadget Help 3 PM C Graphic Novel Panel 6:30 PM B APRIL 11 WEDNESDAY How to sign up Medicare Part D 9:30 AM A Preschool Storytime 10 AM K Crestview Chapter Chat 1 PM B Art in Common 2 PM AC Teen STEAM 4:30 PM T Letterpress Printing Then & Now 7 PM AC APRIL 12 THURSDAY Baby Bookworms 9:30,10:30 AM,5:30 PM K Preschool Storytime 10 AM K Community Storytime 10:30 AM K Word I 1 PM C Facebook for Beginners 5:30 PM C

10 AM K 1 PM C 4 PM K 6:30 PM A 7 PM B

APRIL 19 THURSDAY Baby Bookworms 9:30,10:30 AM,5:30 PM K Preschool Storytime 10 AM K iPad Workshop 1:30 PM C Factual Fun 4:30 PM K Master Gardener Curb Appeal 7 PM A APRIL 20 FRIDAY Blockfest Musical Storytime Anyone Can Cook Author Alex Grecian

9:30 AM K 10 AM K 4 PM K 7 PM B

APRIL 21 SATURDAY Learn Dungeons and Dragons™ 1 PM A APRIL 23 MONDAY 14 Mistakes ... With Your Will Excel: Intro to Spreadsheets Picture This Photography Club Linoleum Block Printing Demo Teen Writers Group

12:30 PM A 1 PM C 5:30 PM A 7 PM AC 7 PM T

APRIL 24 TUESDAY Toddler Time 2 9:30,10:30 AM,6:30 PM K Preschool Storytime 10 AM K Computer & Gadget Help 3 PM C Book Bites 7 PM B APRIL 25 WEDNESDAY Week of the Young Child Preschool Storytime Excel: Lists Art & You Quiet Type Book Club Learning Circle Critical Thinking Bias Against KS - Civil War Press

10 AM K 10 AM K 1 PM C 4 PM K 5:30 PM B 6:30 PM A 7 PM A

APRIL 26 THURSDAY Handmade Envelopes 9 AM AC Baby Bookworms 9:30,10:30 AM,5:30 PM K Preschool Storytime 10 AM K Windows 10 for Beginners 5:30 PM C Master Gardener Herbs 7 PM A APRIL 27 FRIDAY Pinterest for Beginners 1 PM C Trivia Night @ your library 6:30 PM A Poetic Showcase at the Jayhawk 7 PM B

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MAY 2018

12:30 PM A 1 PM C 6 PM K

MAY 1 TUESDAY Toddler Time 2 9:30,10:30 AM,6:30 PM K Preschool Storytime 10 AM K League of Women Voters 11:30 AM A Computer & Gadget Help 3 PM C Internet Introduction 5:30 PM C Fearless 6:30 PM M MAY 2 WEDNESDAY Toddler Time 1 9:30,10:30 AM,6:30 PM K Preschool Storytime 10 AM K Art & You 4 PM K Lego @ Your Library 4 PM K How to Start a Business 5:30 PM A Learning Circle Critical Thinking 6:30 PM A MAY 3 THURSDAY Baby Bookworms + Art 9:30,10:30 AM K Computerized Genealogy 10 AM A Preschool Storytime 10 AM K Zoo Animals Live 4 PM K Baby Bookworms 5:30 PM K Google It! 5:30 PM C Master Gardener Raised Beds 7 PM A MAY 4 FRIDAY Ebooks for Android & Nook Tablets 1 PM C In the Studio: Closing Reception 5:30 PM AC What Does the Fox Read?

6:30 PM B MAY 5 SATURDAY Art Detectives 10 AM K Computerized Genealogy Series 2 11 AM A Free Comic Book Day 1 PM B Play it Again!

2 PM A MAY 7 MONDAY Medicare Mondays PostPublic Article Club

1 PM A 6 PM A

MAY 8 TUESDAY Journaling with Words & Images Preschool Storytime Computer & Gadget Help Graphic Novel Panel

10 AM A 10 AM K 3 PM C 6:30 PM B

MAY 9 WEDNESDAY Toddler Time 1 9:30,10:30 AM,6:30 PM K How to Sign Up Medicare Part D 9:30 AM A Preschool Storytime 10 AM K Crestview Chapter Chat 1 PM B Windows 10 for Beginners 1 PM C Art in Common 2 PM AC Teen STEAM 4:30 PM T Learning Circle Critical Thinking 6:30 PM A MAY 10 THURSDAY Baby Bookworms 9:30,10:30 AM,5:30 PM K Preschool Storytime 10 AM K Community Storytime 10:30 AM K SCRATCH Day 4 PM T Online Safety & Security Basics 5:30 PM C

MAY 16 WEDNESDAY Toddler Time 1 9:30,10:30 AM,6:30 PM K Preschool Storytime 10 AM K STEAM Power 4 PM K TALK Book: Secrets of the Tsil Cafe 7 PM B MAY 17 THURSDAY Baby Bookworms 9:30,10:30 AM,5:30 PM K Preschool Storytime 10 AM K iPad Workshop 1:30 PM C Factual Fun: Owls 4:30 PM K Excel: Intro to Spreadsheets 5:30 PM C MAY 18 FRIDAY Musical Storytime Introduction to Mac Anyone Can Cook

10 AM K 1 PM C 4 PM K

MAY 21 MONDAY mySocial Security Signup

12:30 PM A

MAY 22 TUESDAY Preschool Storytime Computer & Gadget Help Word II Book Bites

10 AM K 3 PM C 5:30 PM C 7 PM B

MAY 23 WEDNESDAY Toddler Time 1 9:30 AM,10:30 AM,6:30 PM K Preschool Storytime 10 AM K Google Docs 1 PM C MAY 24 THURSDAY Baby Bookworms 9:30,10:30 AM,5:30 PM K Preschool Storytime 10 AM K Excel: Lists 5:30 PM C Charles Sheldon In His Steps 7 PM A MAY 25 FRIDAY Music and Art Word: Mail Merge

May 25 - Aug 19 AC 1 PM C

MAY 26 SATURDAY Musical Storytime

10 AM K

MAY 27 SUNDAY So Many Books

3 PM B

MAY 28 MONDAY Picture This Photography Club

5:30 PM A

MAY 29 TUESDAY The Sounds of Science Readapalooza: Drum Dream Girl Stories & Crafts Computer & Gadget Help

10 AM K 10 AM K 10 AM K 3 PM C

MAY 30 WEDNESDAY Toddler Time 1 9:30,10:30 AM,6:30 PM K The Science of Pancakes 11:30 AM T Quiet Type Book Club 5:30 PM B MAY 31 THURSDAY Baby Bookworms 9:30,10:30 AM,5:30 PM K Readapalooza - Prairie Dog Song 10 AM K Stories & Crafts 10 AM K

Adventure Mobile For schedule updates check tscpl.org/adventure

May 29 - Aug 17 Keep track of your visits and have a chance to earn a prize. Kids will have a variety of activities, stories and crafts. The Harvesters BackSnacks program will be offered to children.

Mondays Deer Creek | 2345 SE 25th St 9-10am Walmart | 2630 SE California 10:15am-Noon Hillcrest Aquatic Center | 1800 SE 21st St 1-3pm

Tuesdays Azura Credit Union | 3623 SE 29th St 9-11am Shawnee North Aquatic Center 300 NE 43rd St 12:30-3pm

Wednesdays Most Pure Heart | 3601 SW 17th St 9-10:15am First Christian | 1880 SW Gage Blvd 10:30-11:45am Garfield Aquatic Center | 1600 NE Quincy 12:45-3pm

Thursdays Auburn Community Center 121 W 11th St, Auburn 9:30-11:30am Midwest Health Aquatic Center 2201 SW Urish Rd 12:45-3pm

Fridays Boys & Girls Club | 550 SE 27th St 9-11:15am Blaisdell Family Aquatic Center 10th & Gage 12:30-3pm Questions? 580-4590

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Día Children’s Day/Book Day April 30 | 6-8pm

Free Comic Book Day May 5 | 1-3:30pm

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