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Here comes the

I DIDN'T KNOW

Learn & Play Bus

It's preschool on wheels!

Hop on the bus with your 0-5 year old for story time and learning play with puzzles, art, blocks and imagination.

SCHEDULE Mondays

9:30am–Noon Velma Paris Community Center 6715 SW Westview Rd 1:30–4pm Mother Teresa Catholic Church 2014 NW 46th St

Tuesdays

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

Thursdays

9–11:30am Oakland Community Center 801 NE Poplar St 1–3:30pm Walmart 2630 SE California Ave

the library did that!

Digital magazines anytime, anywhere Diana Friend instantly has access to her favorite magazines.

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f you like magazines go to your computer or mobile device right now! Type in tscpl.org and under the “download it” tab select Flipster–be sure and have your library card and pin number ready. This digital magazine library gives you free access to hundreds of popular magazines.

connected to the internet. If you don't have access to the internet (like on an airplane), download your magazines to your mobile device using the Flipster app before you leave internet access.

The length of check out time varies from a few days to a few weeks. If you don’t finish your magazine before it expires, just reselect it and continue reading. You can also access past issues of your favorites once you’ve selected a current issue.

When you’re browsing Flipster’s available magazines, click on your selection and view it on your computer, laptop or mobile device when you are

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Flipster’s popular magazine titles include Forbes, People, Rolling Stone and Us Weekly. Families can enjoy a variety of titles such as Highlights, HGTV Magazine, Cooking Light and Motor Trend. Magazine categories include art & design, automotive, business, entertainment, family & kids, fitness & health, food & cooking, history, hobbies, interests & DIY, home & garden, lifestyle, literary, men’s/women’s interest, news, science, sports and travel.

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his holdiay support Dolly Parton's Imagination Library by buying an ornament! Purchase ornaments in the Chandler Booktique to help ensure every child (birth to age 5) in Shawnee County has books in their home.

You have three donation options: a. $1 or more - we’ll put your name on an ornament and hang it on the library tree

785-580-4400 or tscpl.org for more info.

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b. $25 - provides one child year of books and you receive “A gift of reading” ornament to keep c. $125 - provides one child 5 years of books and you receive a clear glass ornament with book strips inside (pictured) to keep 2

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is good reading “No, you can’t check out that comic book, you need to get a real book.”

Here are just a few of the ways to encourage reading:

These are words we’ve heard from many well-meaning caregivers who want their kids to become good readers. As librarians, we want to make the case for letting kids read whatever they choose.

All reading is good reading. Your child will learn new vocabulary, improve fluency and build comprehension regardless of whether they read comic books, picture books, nonfiction or magazines. The best way to get better at reading is to practice the skill and kids who get to choose their own books are more motivated to practice!

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

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

• Comic books and graphic novels add visual context to new words, enabling vocabulary development.

• Cookbooks are complex technical texts that will expose kids to new vocabulary.

Helping your child try out a new recipe also provides a wonderful opportunity for family bonding time.

Even the youngest readers benefit from choosing their own books.

While you may grow tired of reading The Snowy Day for the 47th time this week, your child is developing important reading skills like phonological awareness (the idea that words are made up of sounds) and narrative skills. Older readers begin to develop personal interests. Feeding their curiosity is a fantastic way to keep kids reading. _____________________________

said librarian Natalie Moreland. _____________________________

Ask a librarian.

• Audiobooks easily turn car time into reading time and give kids access to more challenging books than they might be able to read on their own. They’re also great for kids who need to be active.

A pair of headphones and a download from Hoopla can turn any device into an opportunity to read while walking, drawing or playing.

“That book’s too easy for you.”

“Just yesterday my daughter was very excited to tell me about the skateboarding cat she’d read about in a Ripley’s Believe it or Not book,”

Staff works to get you the right information

Get a library card 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.

• Joke books can be particularly motivating (who doesn’t want a good laugh?) and help kids learn about figurative language and words with more than one meaning.

• With their shorter articles and appealing layout, magazines often entice kids to try out new topics that might not hold their interest in a fulllength book.

Patience

Library hours

If you and your children need help picking out a book, visit with your friendly librarians in the Kids Library or on a bookmobile. They have insider knowledge on what’s popular and good for developing kids who love to read.

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Get your card at tscpl.org/librarycard.

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f anything can make reading better, it’s getting together with other readers to share thoughts about a book and see the story through new eyes.

For some people, the friendships are the best part of clubs. Librarian Lissa Staley has led discussions at the library since 2003. Her book club Classics Made Modern meets early to catch up with each other and show off pictures of grandkids before the club meeting begins.

Here are three reasons book clubs are the best way to take your book-joy to the next level.

“We call it ‘secret social time,’ although everyone is welcome,” Staley said.

“Some folks meet for lunch first and spend the entire afternoon at the library, building connections well beyond the book.”

– connect with 1 Community other readers who offer different perspectives on life and books.

HUSH podcast Every three weeks, listen to librarian hosts Thad Hartman, Lissa Staley and Miranda Ericsson with special guests from the library and community who make book and/or movie recommendations.

“Book discussion gives an opportunity to socialize with others with similar interests and different backgrounds,” said Shelby Schellenger, Graphic Novel Panel leader.

Dr. Sara Tucker agrees. She has facilitated discussions around Topeka for decades and has seen relationships grow. Tucker leads TALK (Talk About Literature in Kansas) four times a year.

You know when you come to book club you’re meeting on common ground—a love of reading.

“Books become a vehicle for getting to know a diverse bunch of interesting, intelligent book-reading people,” Tucker said.

“You never know where the conversation will go and the discussion opens your mind to new ideas or ways of thinking,” said Gwen Wilson, member of the Bean There, Read That book club since it started in 2012.

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Read more & read different Book clubs motivate you to keep reading so you can join the conversation and share your

perspective. Clubs encourage you to step outside of your comfort zone.

“I like that book club forces me to read stuff I'd never pick up otherwise,” said Michelle Morris co-leader of Bean There Read That. “I've found several titles I truly enjoyed.”

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Own it or make it your own Your library offers a club for pretty much every taste (tscpl.org/bookclubs) from humanities to graphic novels.

We even have groups for discussing articles. Some groups meet at the library and some meet at Topeka businesses.

If these aren’t your cup of tea (or coffee) you can start your own group.

Our Book Group in a Bag collection offers more than 200 titles for book clubs. Each bag includes 10 copies of the book and a binder full of resources and discussion guides. See the complete selection at bgib.tscpl.org.

If you need book club advice, just ask a librarian to help you get started.

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Keeping writers’ wheels turning Check out all the writer happenings

Get the creativity, ideas and words for your next story rolling.

The library is a hub for local writers. We’ll help you connect, sharpen your skills and promote your writing. Whether you’re writing fiction, non-fiction or poetry, an adult or a teen, we’ve got resources for you.

Friends of the Library

sells books

tscpl.org/amazon

These books are generally collectibles, limited editions, autographed or have a high value.

785 580-4444

Songs of the Season

DEC 1–20 10:15am–1pm Live holiday music performances in the rotunda.

Performance schedule at tscpl.org/events

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A librarian’s hardest question Savor the easy access to snacks and books

using the new Millennium Café entrance. You can grab a snack and a beverage with a lid and walk into new books, movies and music.

M-F 8:15am - 5:30pm Sat 8:30am - 4:30pm | Sun closed

GREAT WRITERS, RIGHT HERE Sat | Dec 9 | 1-4pm

Meet 50 talented authors and representatives from publishers, literary magazines and writing groups. Add signed books to your collection and buy gifts for family and friends.

in from the page and make vivid images, real emotions and magic connections in our individual brains. My brain doesn't make the same magic as your brain.

Here is an excerpt from librarian Lissa Staley’s personal memoir, “The Hardest Question.” This is one of more than 20 personal stories in the 2017 community novel written by Topeka and Shawnee County community members.

Sometimes that means we like different books, and sometimes it means we can read the same book and have different experiences. Thankfully, it guarantees us all the opportunity to have a lifetime of reading and talking about books.

“What books changed your life?”

Yes. Go ahead and ask. The book evangelist is at your service. You’ve come to the right person, but you’ve asked the hardest question.

Sometimes you trust me enough to allow me to help you discover your books. Occasionally, I help you articulate what you like to read and help you understand what you like about those stories. Maybe today you are in the mood for something sad or scary or sexy or silly….

Because the truth is, the books that changed my life will not change yours....

What I quickly realized was that the reasons why I love a book, or treasure a particular author, may not hit on any of the carefully articulated appeal factors I learned about in my master’s program.

(Oh, yes—you see, I am a professional book evangelist.) Looking back over the books that have changed my life or stick out in my memory is more like skimming a journal of the times and places and people in my past life who were part of those experiences....

You’ve asked the hardest question, and you trust that I can help you find the books to answer it. But you must understand. My books will wait.

Everything that matters to me at this moment is you.

We walk to the shelf together, and I pass the time by chattering away about the various perks of being a library user. I will, no doubt, spot one of my own favorites there in the stacks. Maybe I hold in a smile, or I blink rapidly and swallow hard as we pass. This time, my heart leaps at the sight of the bright aqua cover of Living with Saints by Mary O’Connell, which mashes together the sacred and the secular in short stories that shocked and delighted me. I discovered this one the month it came

My books are my personal history.

The books that made me laugh or cry are entirely contextual—as are what I find funny or heartbreaking. The books that made me angry or excited or scared might as well say more about what I was going through in my life when I read them than anything about the words the author put on the page.

Books are imprinted, static, constant.

Reading is fluid, capricious, intimate.

The same book is different for every reader because our eyes take the words

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out, browsing the library’s New Books section, not realizing that someday the author would occasionally click “like” on social media photos of my children. I give the book a tiny wave of acknowledgement, so it doesn’t feel slighted. But I don’t point it out to you, because that’s one of my books, and right now we are looking for your books. Your books are waiting for you.

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Winter tales Stay warm and happy inside with books, movies and music when the weather is chilly. We’ve created lists to either distract you from the weather or help you embrace it. Here are morsels of the full lists available in your library catalog.

1. Go to catalog.tscpl.org.

2. Select “list” as your search category.

3. Type “TSCPL Winter” in the search box.

Then all our winter lists will emerge.

Jack Frost nipping at your earbuds

Baby it’s cold outside

Get the hot chocolate and stoke the fire, because these movies Shannon Eddings selected are bound to put a chill in you.

• Eight Below • Winter’s Bone • The Grey • Find 20 more titles in this list

Kyle Moreland provides music suggestions to aid and abet your hibernation through the short days and long nights of winter.

• Greetings from Michigan by Sufjan Stevens • 50 Words for Snow by Kate Bush • If on a Winter’s Night by Sting • Find 17 more titles in this list

Winter of your discontent

It might sound gloomy, but this Shakespearean line actually means an end to discontent – time to be happy! Miranda Ericsson gives you recommendations to escape your winter doldrums with uplifting, sunshiny reads.

• Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury • Spark Joy by Marie Kondo • The Happiness Project by Gretchen Craft Rubin • Find 11 more titles in this list

#OurStory reads for winter

Put on your mitts!

Natalie Moreland recommends YA reads you can melt into this winter.

• Bravo! By Margarita Engle • The Brown Girl Dreaming

by Jacqueline Woodson • I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson • Find 9 more titles in this list

Scarlett Fisher-Herreman shares cookbook recommendations to keep you warm and toasty all winter long.

• Roast Figs, Sugar Snow by Diana Henry • A Spoonful of Ginger by Nina Simonds • Purely Pumpkin by Allison Day • Find 12 more titles in this list

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Sledding and skiing and skating, oh my!

Liz Paris helps you get in the mood for the February 2018 Winter Olympics with these book and movie suggestions.

• The Boys of Winter by Wayne R. Coffey • The Crash Reel • Eddie the Eagle • Find 8 more titles in this list

Best movies to watch on cold snowy days

Perry Hartman recommends movies that will remind you what it truly means to be cold.

• Joyeux Noel • Doctor Zhivago • Cold Mountain • Find 26 more titles in this list large print format

dvd film

Blu-ray film

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Make-it Adventure awaits Multiply your reading experience with 2Book Topeka, our community reading initiative. This winter everyone in Shawnee County will have the opportunity to read and discuss two novels about adventure and games.

Let’s read!

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BO OK Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline – In the not-so-distant future the world is a bleak place, but there is a vast online utopia, OASIS, people can plug into. Poverty-stricken Wade dreams of finding three keys that will lead to a fortune. This story includes action, puzzles, nerdy romance and 80s nostalgia.

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f you like to create, the Make-It Lab is a space for you. You can create almost anything in this makerspace - music, videos, audio recordings, digital art and 3D contraptions.

The Make-It Lab is in the back of our new books, movies and music room.

Walk into the library and when you get to the atrium (the room with the skylights), take a left. Follow the signs to the Make-It Lab.

Here are some examples of projects you can work on in the Make-It Lab:

3D printing technology is quickly evolving and therefore public printing is becoming more common. 3D printing is the process of creating physical objects from a threedimensional digital model. With our 3D printer you can play with this new technology for a low cost of $5 per print.

• Edit and manipulate photos • Create digital art • Create and edit videos • Record music, podcasts and oral histories • Transfer videos from old formats to newer digital ones

printer

• Transfer audio cassette tapes to MP3 format • Scan photos and documents

FUN

• Make cool stuff with our 3D printer • Check out a Media Bag and record videos and music outside the library!

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BO OK Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library

by Chris Gabenstein – Students get to spend the night in the town’s new library designed by famous game maker Luigi Lemoncello. The students soon discover they need to find allies and solve puzzles to escape the library by morning.

Events

We are arranging 2Book Topeka events around video games, adventures and the 1980s. Visit tscpl.org/2books for details on these events and book discussions.

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We’ve got space for your team

tart meeting in one of our eight new team rooms, which double the space we had in the old study rooms. Team rooms provide a quiet space equipped with technology for groups of six people or fewer. Each room has a small conference table, a glass dry erase board (bring your own markers), and a 42” monitor with Microsoft Office, internet, speakers and a web cam.

Reserve a team room online tscpl.org/teamrooms or in person on an iPad outside each room. You can reserve a room up to seven days in advance for up to three hours a day with your library card.

These new spaces have so many uses for groups in Shawnee County. Here are some suggestions: • Tutoring • Small book discussion group • Small business meeting • Class project or study sessions • Small committee/club meeting • Playing cards or a board game (Dungeons & Dragons perhaps) • Writers feedback group • Teaching a friend something on the computer • Homeschoolers doing lessons • Taking or presenting an online course • Filming a professional presentation Go online tscpl.org/news to read more about these team rooms and the changes in the new books, movies and music section including the new entrance to the Millennium Café.

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Seldom is heard a discouraging word Our home on the range will turn 157 years old on Jan 29, 2018. This seems like a good time to look at some of our more interesting history.

Pteranodon, Kansas State Fossil

Inventions/discoveries Helium was discovered by University of Kansas faculty after an oil drilling operation in Dexter in 1903.

In 1909 William Purvis and Charles Wilson of Goodland invented the helicopter, which they called a gyrocopter. They were granted the first U.S. patent for a helicopter in 1912, but both men had abandoned the project by that time. While the project was unsuccessful, its concepts were revolutionary.

In the 1950s a Coffeyville Dairy Queen owner, Oma Knedlik, invented the ICEE. He did not have a soft drink fountain in his store so he froze bottles of soda and sold them to his customers still frozen. He then built the first ICEE machine.

Tylosaurus, Kansas State Fossil

State symbols

Residents

We have a state soil. The Harney Silt Loam was selected as the state soil in 1990. A “typical” prairie soil was chosen to acknowledge the pioneer spirit and great agricultural history of the state.

In 1877 Fred Harvey opened his first restaurant in the Santa Fe Topeka train depot. His restaurants were immortalized in the 1956 MGM musical, The Harvey Girls, starring Judy Garland.

Harvey said, “If you don’t behave like gentlemen, you can’t stay here and you can’t come again. Now put up your guns and take a drink with Fred Harvey!”

In 2014 Tylosaurus and Pteranodon were chosen to be the Kansas State Fossils. The Tylosaurus is the state marine fossil and Pteranodon is the state flying fossil. Tylosaurus was a more than 40 feet long mosasaur that lived in the sea that covered the majority of Kansas during the Mesozoic era (roughly 252 to 66 million years ago). The Pteranodon was a giant winged dinosaur who had a wingspan of more than 24 feet and also lived in the area covering Kansas during the Mesozoic era.

Review the lyrics to our state song “Home on the Range.” There are some interesting lines including, “On the banks of the Beaver, where seldom if ever any poisonous herbage doth grow” and “The zephyrs so balmy and light.”

Topeka Pastor Charles Monroe Sheldon started the What Would Jesus Do movement with this book In His Steps, which was first published in 1896. This book is still in print today and can be checked out at the library.

If you’re curious about these facts or more Kansas history, visit the Topeka Room inside the library on the second floor.

The ICEE was invented in Coffeyville, Kansas.

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DECEMBER-JANUARY Schedule of Events ¡ tscpl.org/events For library events that require registration, visit tscpl.org/register • Call 785-580-4400 for assistance Computerized Genealogy

ADULT Play it Again! [All ages]

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.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

Sat

Dec 2

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Sat

Jan 6

2-5pm

Noon-3:30pm

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

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

League of Women Voters Tuesday Topics: Elected Officials Panel

Listen to and ask questions of a panel of elected officials representing Shawnee County. The meeting is free and the public is invited to attend. A catered luncheon will be available at 11:30am for $9.25. The program will be from Noon-1pm ■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

Tue

Dec 5

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 to discuss an article you can read over your lunch hour.

Find the article and info on Facebook.

■ 712 Innovations, 712 Kansas Ave

Tue

Dec 5

5:30-6:30pm

How to Start a Business

Learn what it takes to start and run your own business This event covers business 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.

■ Lingo Story Room

Wed Dec 6

Thu Dec 7

10-11:30am

■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

Tue

5-6pm

Kansas City Chiefs vs Oakland Raiders

Sun Dec 10

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Noon-3:30pm

Tue

Mon Dec 11

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

6-7:30pm

Thu Jan 18

Dec 12

Anna Smith, a historical reenactor, will portray Deborah Samson, the first known woman veteran who fought to receive a pension for military service. Hosted by the Topeka Genealogical Society.

10-11:30am

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Friends Book & Media Sale

Thu Jan 25

Buy books, music and movies from the Friends of the Library. Friday night is for members only (memberships sold at the door). Saturday is free admission. Bring your own tote bags on Friday and Saturday. Sunday fill a grocery bag (provided) with books and media for $10.

■ Marvin Auditorium

Fri Sat Sun

Jan 19 Jan 20 Jan 21

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 drinks.

Registration begins Dec 1 at tscpl.org/register.

5-8pm Friends Members Only 9am-3pm Noon-3pm

■ Marvin Auditorium

Fri

Jan 26

6:30-9pm

Create the Community Novel

Discuss your favorite podcast episodes and audiobook recommendations. Each month a selected member posts a podcast “playlist” for members to listen to before the meeting. Join us the third Tuesday of the month to unplug and meet other podcasters and listeners.

Learn self publishing from premise to book. Writers will each add a chapter to a comic thriller, peer critique, copy edit, layout, publish and market the book. Focus on skills including connecting to local networks, establishing collaborations and setting project timelines. This is the initial meeting for the 2018 community novel.

■ 712 Innovations, 712 S Kansas Ave

Dec 19 Jan 16

7-8:30pm

Trivia Night @ your library

Signal + Noise Podcast Club

Tue Tue

7-8pm

Meet Deborah Samson, Revolutionary War Soldier

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.

Tue

7-8:30pm

If you want your garden to be special and unique, a European garden may be what you want. Learn about a variety of European gardens in this presentation by Shawnee County Extension’s Master Gardeners.

Journaling with Words & Images

■ Perkins Room 201

Jan 16

Master Gardener Series: European Gardens

Attend free classes with topics including how to read your credit report, tips for resolving rental housing issues, investing, insurance, and how to have a debt-free holiday.

Money Club meets one Monday a month.

For details contact HCCI at 234-0217 or www.hcci-ks.org.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101B

11:30am-1pm

Terry Mannell, avid birder and Topeka Audubon member, explains how to transform your yard into a bird-friendly habitat. Cosponsored by Topeka Audubon Society.

Chiefs fans, assemble to watch a match-up between the Chiefs and one of their biggest rivals on our big screen.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Jan 2

Landscaping for Birds

Money Club

PostPublic Article Club

Mon Dec 4 Mon Jan 8

■ Shawnee North Community Center, 300 NE 43rd St., 785-286-0676

Mon Dec 11

Watch a great match-up between the Chiefs and the Jets on our big screen.

Sun Dec 3

Washburn University Communications professor Jim Schnoebelen is January’s featured speaker. The meeting is free and the public is invited to attend. A catered luncheon is available at 11:30am for $9.25; the program is from 12-1pm

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

2-5pm

Kansas City Chiefs vs New York Jets ■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

League of Women Voters Tuesday Topics: Jim Schnoebelen

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.

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

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Sat

5:30-7:30pm

Jan 27

Noon-2pm

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. Registration begins Dec 1 at tscpl.org/register.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

Sat

Jan 27

3-5:30pm

HOLIDAYS LIBRARY CLOSED Thanksgiving Thu, Nov 23 Christmas Eve & Day Sun & Mon, Dec 24 & 25 New Year's Eve & Day Sun, Dec 31 & Mon, Jan 1 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Mon, Jan 15

SENIOR LIFE Medicare Mondays

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

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Mon Dec 4

■ Marvin Auditorium 101A

Mon Jan 8

1-3pm 1-3pm

Caregiver Support Group

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.

■ Anton Room 202

Mon Dec 11 Mon Jan 8

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

Medicare Part D

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.

Registration is required at tscpl.org/register.

■ Computer Training Center

Wed Dec 13 Wed Jan 10

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

ATTEND LIBRARY EVENTS 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

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

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Retirement & Medicare

If you’re nearing retirement age, learn about Medicare from SHICK program trained counselors and agency staff.

They will answer questions, give unbiased counsel and help you determine how Medicare will best work for you.

■ Anton Room 202

Thu Dec 14

6:30-8:30pm

Enjoy a relaxing afternoon coloring, being creative and socializing. We’ll provide coloring pages.

Mon Dec 18

12:30-2pm

Baby Care for Grandparents

If you are a little anxious about watching the new baby in your family, get a refresher on baby care with Laura Odom, LPN, IBCLC, Stormont-Vail Health. She’ll discuss safe sleep practices for babies, feeding, daily care of infants and milestones.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Mon Jan 22

12:30-2pm

ART & CRAFTS TC 33: Clay night

Join us for a night of clay demos and hands-on activities in the gallery during December’s First Friday Art walk.

■ Alice C. Sabatini Gallery

Fri

Dec 1

5:30-8pm

Japanese Paper Marbling

Learn how to make beautiful decorated paper using only Suminagashi inks and water. This ancient Japanese marbling technique is simple to learn and lots of fun.

Materials provided. To register, call the community center.

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

Wed Dec 6

1-2:30pm

■ Shawnee North Community Center, 300 NE 43rd St, 785-286-0676

Thu Dec 28

9-10:30am

Art in Common

Nurture your creative spirit through discussion, exploration and hands-on art-making. Discover new art media and techniques while connecting with other creative people. Find inspiration and resources in our community, gallery, library and online.

Register at tscpl.org/register.

■ Lingo Story Room

Wed Dec 13

2-3:30pm

Button Jewelry

We'll teach you how to make buttons into fashionable jewelry. All materials provided.

Call the community center to register.

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

Wed Jan 3

1-2:30pm

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

Thu Jan 25

9-10:30am

Opening Reception: African-American Builders of Topeka

Help us celebrate the opening of our community driven exhibit "African-American Builders of Topeka" and share stories with your neighbors.

■ Alice C. Sabatini Gallery

Fri

Jan 19

Bean There, Read That

View this community built exhibit showcasing the everyday stories of African-Americans in Topeka and Shawnee County. Local stories and objects highlight past and present individuals and groups who impact our community.

Talk lit with this book group for readers in their 20s and 30s. In December we’ll discuss Astrid and Veronika by Linda Olsson. In January we’ll discuss Hidden Figures, by Margot Lee Shetterly. Contact beanthere@tscpl.org for more information. Contact beanthere@tscpl.org for more information.

■ Alice C. Sabatini Gallery

Jan 19 - March 11

Adult Coloring

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

African-American Builders of Topeka

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

Tue Tue

Artists’ Books Tour

Art Librarian Brea Black will show you artists' books from the library's permanent art collection. These artists explore the boundaries of what a book can be by using innovative structures and materials. From sculptural book forms to bottle cap "pages," the only limits are the imagination.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Mon Jan 29

We will discuss “The Hardest Question” - an essay that will prompt a conversation about the books that have changed your life. See an excerpt from the essay on page 6 of this issue. Contact Deb at dbryan@tscpl.org for a copy of the full essay.

■ Perkins Room 201

Sun Dec 17

Discuss books in a unique atmosphere. Explore interesting literature, authors, fun people, good food and book-themed drink specials.

Email foxread@tscpl.org for upcoming titles.

Meet talented authors face-to-face and meet representatives from publishers, literary magazines, and writing groups at our fifth annual Great Writers Right Here author fair. Add signed books to your own collection and pick out fantastic gifts for family and friends.

Dec 9

■ Celtic Fox, 118 SW 8th Ave

Thu Jan 4

Discuss All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr that tells the story of a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. This book illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another.

1-4pm

Discuss End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe, a profoundly moving memoir of caregiving, mourning and love between a mother and son during her treatment for cancer. This book is about the joy of reading and the ways that joy is multiplied when we share it with others.

Mon Dec 11

Mon Jan 8

Discuss Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Septys. In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina is pulled from her Lithuanian home

by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where she fights for her life and vows to keep the story of her family alive.

1:30-3pm

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. For December check Hoopla for Lumberjanes Vol. 1 and read about a group of friends who face supernatural foes together at an unusual summer camp for girls. In January check Hoopla for Monstress Vol. 1 and read about a war that brought devastation between the humans and the magical and now a young woman may bring it again...or prevent it.

■ Perkins Room 201

Sun Jan 21

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.

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

Taming Your Mouse

Crestview Chapter Chat

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.

Chat about what you’re reading in this neighborhood book club. In December read Martian and in January read Whose Names Are Unknown. Use your own book or pick one up at the Crestview Community Center.

To register call Crestview at 785-251-2960.

■ Computer Training Center

■ Crestview Community Center, 4801 SW Shunga Dr

Wed Dec 13 Wed Jan 10

3-4:30pm

COMPUTER CLASSES

■ Gatekeeper Hobbies, 4123 SW Gage Center Dr #100

Dec 12 Jan 9

1:30-3pm

So Many Books

Graphic Novel Panel [All Ages]

Tue Tue

6:30-8pm

Classics Made Modern

Classics Made Modern

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

3-4:30pm

What Does the Fox Read?

Great Writers Right Here

Sat

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

So Many Books

12:30-2pm

BOOKS

■ Marvin Auditorium

Dec 19 Jan 23

Mon Jan 8

1-2pm 1-2pm

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

Tue Dec 5 Thu Jan 11 Tue Jan 23

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

Internet Introduction

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

Register at tscpl.org/register.

■ Computer Training Center

Fri Tue

Dec 1 Jan 9

1-2:30pm 1-2:30pm

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

Mon Dec 4 Fri Jan 12

1-2:30pm 1-2:30pm

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 Fri

Dec 8 Jan 19

1-2:30pm 1-2:30pm

BEYOND THE BASICS

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.

Word I: Introduction to Word Processing

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

Tue Dec 12 Mon Jan 22

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

Word II: Intermediate Word Processing

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.

■ Computer Training Center

Thu Dec 14 Thu Jan 25

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

Google Docs

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

Register at tscpl.org/register.

■ Computer Training Center

Tue

Jan 30

5:30-7pm

5-8:30pm

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Excel: Intro to Spreadsheets

iPad Workshop

■ Computer Training Center

■ Anton Room 202

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

Register at tscpl.org/register.

Mon Dec 11 Thu Jan 11 Tue Jan 23

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

Excel: Lists

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.

■ Computer Training Center

Fri Dec 15 Thu Jan 18 Fri Jan 26

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

Word: Mail Merge & Mailing Labels

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

Mon Jan 29

1-2:30pm

Touring Your Digital Library

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 new catalog, ebooks with OverDrive, magazines with Flipster and movies and music from Hoopla.

Register at tscpl.org/register.

■ Computer Training Center

Tue

Dec 19

1-2:30pm

Library Ebooks for Android & Nook Tablets 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

Thu Dec 7

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.

■ Computer Training Center

Thu Dec 14

1-2:30pm

Facebook for Beginners

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

Tue Fri

Dec 5 Jan 5

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

Pinterest for Beginners

Get started on Pinterest - a simple way to organize images, projects and ideas online. Open an account, create boards and start pinning. Be sure to bring your email address and password.

Register at tscpl.org/register.

■ Computer Training Center

Mon Dec 18

Lego®@ Your Library [5-12 years]

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.

Thu Jan 18

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! Masterpieces will be displayed.

1:30-3pm

Online Safety & Security Basics

■ Dinosaur Zone

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.

■ Computer Training Center

Thu Dec 7 Thu Jan 25

Wed Dec 6 Wed Jan 3

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 Dec 6

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

Wed Jan 31

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

■ Crestview Community Center, 4801 SW Shunga Dr

Thu Dec 7 Thu Jan 11

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

KIDS

■ Marvin Auditorium 101B

Thu Dec 7 Thu Jan 4

Art Detectives [8-12 years]

Talk about a book about an artist or a book with artistic illustrations and look for clues to decipher an image. After a demo, create your own artwork using similar tools, materials and/or techniques.

Sat Sat

Dec 2 Jan 6

■ The Story Zone

Share stories, songs and crafts with your older toddler.

This 6-week program (Tuesdays 1/23-2/27) transitions children from lap-sitting to independent storytimes.

Register at tscpl.org/register starting Jan 9.

Sat Dec 9

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

Tue Jan 23 & 30 9:30-10am

Feb 6, 13, 20 & 27 10:30-11am

6:30-7pm

■ The Story Zone

Sat Fri Sat Fri

Preschool Storytime [3-5 years]

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

Dec 19 Jan 16

■ Lingo Story Room

Sat Sat

Dec 9 Jan 13

■ Lingo Story Room

Mon Dec 11 Mon Jan 8

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

Minecraft® @ Your Library [8-12 years]

Enter the library’s Minecraft® world on our own server and build, build, build. Each time we meet, we’ll have a new mission to construct and complete new parts of the library’s landscape. Then we’ll unleash creepers.

■ Computer Training Center

Wed Dec 13, 27 Wed Jan 10, 24

4-5pm 4-5pm

Anyone Can Cook [All Ages]

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

Dec 15 Jan 19

4-5pm 4-5pm

Hour of Code [8-18 years]

"Don't just play on your phone, program it," said President Obama. Bring your friends and learn the basics of coding and computer art.

Register at tscpl.org/register beginning Dec 1.

■ Computer Training Center

3-5pm

Toddler Time 1 [12 - 24 months]

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

■ Lingo Story Room

Wednesdays, Jan 3-31

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

Baby Bookworms [Birth-18 months]

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

■ Lingo Story Room

Thursdays Jan 4-25

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

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 Jan 17

4:15-5:15pm

2-3pm 2-3pm

4-5pm 4-5pm

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

Read awesome books dudes will dig, explosive action and farts! Then talk 'em over with the guys, play games, wolf down some food and meet new friends. Receive books on a first-come, first-served basis. For more info call Kyler at 785-580-4630.

10-10:30am

Hang out and play awesome games on the Wii, Xbox or PlayStation. Impress your friends with your stellar hand-eye coordination. Beat your enemies using your limitless courage. Now’s the time to show your skills!

Games will be rated E for everyone.

Tue Tue

Dec 9, 23 Dec 15 Jan 13, 27 Jan 19

Guys Read [8-12 years]

tWiin Xgaming Station [8-12 years]

■ Tweens Area

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

Musical Storytime [Birth-5 years]

■ Lingo Story Room

Take a walk on the wild side with our naturalist librarians.

Marvel at what makes our featured creatures so outstanding, get up close and personal with our amazing animal guests and make a memento of your encounter to take home.

Thu Dec 21

Join award-winning educator, author and songwriter Dinosaur O'Dell for stories and songs. Whether you are counting monsters, fixing spaceships or swimming in peanut butter, Dino’s interactive songs and tall tales engage curiosity and inspire the imagination.

Bring your dancing shoes!

Toddler Time 2 [24-36 months]

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays

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

Dino O’Dell [All Ages]

10-11am 10-11am

■ The Story Zone

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

Zoo Animals Live

3-4:30pm 1:30-3pm 3-4:30pm

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■ Lingo Story Room

4-5pm

Community Storytime [3-5 years]

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.

Tue Dec 5, 12, 19 Thu Jan 4 Tue Jan 9, 23, 30

4-5pm

■ Garfield Community Center, 1600 NE Quincy St

Computer & Gadget Help

■ Computer Training Center

4-5pm 4-5pm

Amazing Animals [5-12 years]

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Factual Fun [5-8 years]

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

■ Dinosaur Zone

Thu Jan 18

4:30-5:15pm

Happy Birthday Kansas! [3-5 years]

Join us for stories, songs and a craft all about Kansas symbols in honor of Kansas 157th birthday.

■ The Story Zone

Sat

Jan 27

10-11am

MOVIES How does Santa really deliver all the toys in one night?

This year his son Arthur may need to help. Animated. © Columbia Pictures | UK | 2011 | PG | 98 minutes Tue

Dec 5

6:30-8:45pm

Christmas in Connecticut

A food writer who lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas. 1945 | b&w | 101 minutes ■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Fri

Dec 8

2-5pm

The Eagle Huntress

Tue

Jan 2

6:30-8:45pm

MUSIC Get swept away by the sounds of the holiday season with music from local groups and schools in the library's rotunda. Check tscpl.org/events for up-to-date listings.

Thu Dec 7

Noon-12:30pm

Topeka Cello Collective Sat

Dec 9

Mon Dec 4

No bookmobile service Dec 18 - Dec 25 for routine vehicle maintenance. FOR SCHEDULE UPDATES, check tscpl.org/bookmobile

MONDAY

3:30-5pm

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

Real Talk

If you have questions about relationships, this fun, interactive program provides a safe and inclusive space to speak up and speak out. Teens talk about dating, dating violence and healthy relationships with an advocate from the YWCA Center for Safety & Empowerment.

Wed Dec 6, 20 Wed Jan 3, 17

TUESDAY

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

Teen Writers Group

■ The Edge Teen Room

Mon Dec 11 Mon Jan 8, 22

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

"Don't just play on your phone, program it," said President Obama. Bring your friends and learn the basics of coding and computer art. Register at tscpl.org/register beginning Dec 1.

SATURDAY

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

3-5pm

#Adulting: Nutrition 101

Do you ever feel like a giant greasy potato chip? What you eat and drink affects how you feel and look. Get the nutrition lowdown.

Thu Jan 11

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

FRIDAY

4-5pm

Hour of Code

■ The Edge Teen Room

9:30AM – 7 :30PM 9:30AM – 7:30PM

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

If you want to look good and get a job, you’ve got to have clean and neat clothes. This adulting session will help you with the basics of laundry, replacing buttons and ironing.

Thu Dec 21

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

THURSDAY

7-8pm 7-8pm

#Adulting: Clothing Care

Thu Dec 14

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

WEDNESDAY

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

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

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.

4-5pm

Noon-12:30pm

Topeka Suzuki Strings Mon Dec 11

■ The Edge Teen Room

■ Computer Training Center

SONGS OF THE SEASON

Hayden Singers

This classic movie based on the classic book, The Outsiders, follows three brothers and their commitment to stay together during adverse times while also finding their true identities. Get a free book too!

■ The Edge Teen Room

Witness one girl’s dream take flight. Documentary. © Sony Picture Classics | UK/Mongolia| 2016 | G | 87 minutes ■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Books into Movies: The Outsiders

■ The Edge Teen Room

Arthur Christmas

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

TEEN

11:30am-Noon

A L I C E C . S A B AT I N I G A L L E RY

Topeka Collegiate Choir Mon Dec 11

1-1:30pm

State Street Singers Wed Dec 13

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Studio String Quartet Wed Dec 13

Bootleggers Sat

Dec 16

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Cornerstone Family Schools Choir Mon Dec 18

12:30-1:15pm

Jardine Elementary Singers Tue

Dec 19

Aaron Douglas mural at 12th & Lane Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery Through Reconstruction

12:30-1pm

African-American Builders of Topeka

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DECEMBER 3 SUNDAY KC Chiefs vs NY Jets Noon A DECEMBER 4 MONDAY Medicare Mondays Google It! The Outsiders PostPublic Article Club

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DECEMBER 6 WEDNESDAY Preschool Storytime Japanese Paper Marbling Real Talk Lego® @ Your Library Art & You How to Start a Business

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DECEMBER 7 THURSDAY Computerized Genealogy 10 AM A Preschool Storytime 10 AM K Community Storytime 10:30 AM K Hayden Singers Noon MU Library Ebooks - Tablets 1 PM C Zoo Animals Live 4 PM K Online Safety & Security 5:30 PM C DECEMBER 8 FRIDAY Email for Beginners Christmas in Connecticut

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DECEMBER 9 SATURDAY Dino O’Dell 10,11 AM K Musical Storytime 10 AM K Topeka Cello Collective Noon MU Great Writers Right Here 1 PM B Guys Read 2 PM K DECEMBER 10 SUNDAY KC Chiefs vs Oakland Raiders Noon A DECEMBER 11 MONDAY Topeka Suzuki Strings Topeka Collegiate Choir Excel: Intro to Spreadsheets Classics Made Modern Caregiver Support Group Amazing Animals Computerized Genealogy Money Club Teen Writers Group

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DECEMBER 13 WEDNESDAY Medicare Part D Preschool Storytime State Street Singers Studio String Quartet Crestview Chapter Chat Art in Common Minecraft® @ Your Library

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DECEMBER 14 THURSDAY Preschool Storytime Library Ebooks for Kindle #Adulting: Clothing Care Word II Retirement & Medicare

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DECEMBER 15 FRIDAY Musical Storytime Excel: Lists Anyone Can Cook

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DECEMBER 16 SATURDAY Bootleggers

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DECEMBER 17 SUNDAY So Many Books

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DECEMBER 18 MONDAY Cornerstone Family Schools Choir 12:30 PM MU Adult Coloring 12:30 PM S Pinterest for Beginners 1 PM C DECEMBER 19 TUESDAY Preschool Storytime Signal + Noise Podcast Club Jardine Elementary Singers Touring Your Digital Library Computer & Gadget Help tWiin Xgaming Station Bean There, Read That

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DECEMBER 23 SATURDAY Musical Storytime

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DECEMBER 26 TUESDAY Preschool Storytime

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DECEMBER 27 WEDNESDAY Preschool Storytime 10 AM K Minecraft® @ Your Library 4 PM K DECEMBER 28 THURSDAY Japanese Paper Marbling Preschool Storytime

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JANUARY 2018 JANUARY 2 TUESDAY Preschool Storytime Jim Schnoebelen The Eagle Huntress

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JANUARY 3 WEDNESDAY Toddler Time 1 9:30,10:30 AM,6:30 PM K Preschool Storytime 10 AM K Button Jewelry 1 PM AR Real Talk 3:30 PM T Lego® @ Your Library 4 PM K JANUARY 4 THURSDAY Baby Bookworms 9:30,10:30 AM,5:30 PM K Preschool Storytime 10 AM K Computer & Gadget Help 1:30 PM C Zoo Animals Live 4 PM K What Does the Fox Read?

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JANUARY 6 SATURDAY Art Detectives Play it Again!

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JANUARY 8 MONDAY Medicare Mondays Taming Your Mouse Classics Made Modern Caregiver Support Group Amazing Animals PostPublic Article Club Teen Writers Group

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JANUARY 9 TUESDAY Preschool Storytime Internet Introduction Computer & Gadget Help Graphic Novel Panel

10 AM K 1 PM C 3 PM C 6:30 PM B

JANUARY 17 WEDNESDAY Toddler Time 1 9:30,10:30 AM,6:30 PM K Preschool Storytime 10 AM K Real Talk 3:30 PM T STEAM Power 4:15 PM K JANUARY 18 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 Excel: Lists 5:30 PM C European Gardens 7 PM A JANUARY 19 FRIDAY African-American Builders of Topeka AR Musical Storytime 10 AM K Email for Beginners 1 PM C Anyone Can Cook 4 PM K Friends Book & Media Sale 5PM B JANUARY 20 SATURDAY Friends Book & Media Sale

9 AM B

JANUARY 21 SUNDAY Friends Book & Media Bag Sale Noon B So Many Books 3 PM B JANUARY 22 MONDAY Baby Care for Grandparents Word I Teen Writers Group

12:30 PM S 1 PM C 7 PM T

JANUARY 23 TUESDAY Toddler Time 2 9:30,10:30 AM,6:30 PM K Preschool Storytime 10 AM K Excel: Intro to Spreadsheets 1 PM C Computer & Gadget Help 3 PM C Windows 10 for Beginners 5:30 PM C Bean There, Read That 7 PM B

JANUARY 24 WEDNESDAY Toddler Time 1 9:30,10:30 AM,6:30 PM K Preschool Storytime 10 AM K Minecraft® @ Your Library 4 PM K JANUARY 25 THURSDAY Button Jewelry 9 AM AR Baby Bookworms 9:30,10:30 AM,5:30 PM K Preschool Storytime 10 AM K Word II 1 PM C Online Safety & Security Basics 5:30 PM C Meet Revolutionary War Soldier 7 PM A JANUARY 26 FRIDAY Excel: Lists Trivia Night @ your library

1 PM C 6:30 PM A

JANUARY 27 SATURDAY Happy Birthday Kansas!

10 AM K Musical Storytime 10 AM K Create the Community Novel Noon A Trivia Afternoon @ your library 3 PM A JANUARY 29 MONDAY Artists’ Books Tour Word: Mail Merge

12:30 PM AR 1 PM C

JANUARY 30 TUESDAY Toddler Time 2 9:30,10:30 AM,6:30 PM K Preschool Storytime 10 AM K Computer & Gadget Help 3 PM C Google Docs 5:30 PM C JANUARY 31 WEDNESDAY Toddler Time 1 9:30,10:30 AM,6:30 PM K Preschool Storytime 10 AM K Art & You 4 PM K

JANUARY 10 WEDNESDAY Medicare Part D 9:30 AM S Toddler Time 1 9:30,10:30 AM,6:30 PM K Preschool Storytime 10 AM K Crestview Chapter Chat 1 PM B Minecraft® @ Your Library 4 PM K JANUARY 11 THURSDAY Baby Bookworms 9:30,10:30 AM,5:30 PM K Preschool Storytime 10 AM K Community Storytime 10:30 AM K Windows 10 for Beginners 1 PM C #Adulting: Nutrition 101 4 PM T Excel: Intro to Spreadsheets 5:30 PM C JANUARY 12 FRIDAY Google It!

1 PM C

JANUARY 13 SATURDAY Musical Storytime Guys Read

10 AM K 2 PM K

JANUARY 16 TUESDAY Preschool Storytime Signal + Noise Podcast Club tWiin Xgaming Station Landscaping for Birds

10 AM K 11:45 AM A 4 PM K 7 PM A

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DEC 2017-JAN 2018

DEC 2017-JAN 2018 Art Detectives Dec 2 | 10-11am

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1515 SW 10th Avenue Topeka, Kansas 66604-1374

Play it Again Dec 2 | 2-5pm

you don't want to miss

How to Start a Business Dec 6 | 5:30-7:30pm

Dino O'Dell Dec 9 | 10-10:30am, 11-11:30am

KC Chiefs vs. Oakland Raiders Dec 10 | Noon-3:30pm

European Gardens Jan 18 | 7-8pm

Baby Care for Grandparents Jan 22 | 12:30-2pm

Meet Deborah Samson Revolutionary War Soldier Jan 25 | 7-8:30pm

Create the Community Novel Jan 27 | Noon-2pm

Happy Birthday Kansas Jan 27 | 10-11am

Image: Smithsonian American Art Museum