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TOPEKA & SHAWNEE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FEBRUARY-MARCH 2015

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How to Get a Library Card Ask a Librarian

Your library card gives you access to a massive collection of books, yes. But it’s also your portal to media, technology and movies. With your card, you can gather the materials that help you learn, play and laugh.

Your library card is small, but it is mighty.

Get your card at tscpl.org.

Got internet? Then you’ve got the library at home.

580-4400 text us • 783-0096 email • asktscpl@tscpl.org

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Your library is both a physical place and a digital space. You can access both with your card.

You can download/reserve books, movies, music or video games. Discover the best new memoirs and novels or find the resources you need to complete a DIY project.

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Free movies Grab the popcorn

Hoopla Free movies! Download video direct to your computer or device. Plus, TV shows available. tscpl.org/video

MOVIES

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PICK UP YOUR HOLDS & RESERVES AT:

on’t leave the neighborhood. This is not the kind of weather for going out in search of entertainment.

Hy-Vee® 2951 SW Wanamaker Rd Oakland Community Center 801 NE Poplar St

The library doesn’t want you to catch cold. The library wants what’s best for you. When you and your family get bored this winter, know this: the library’s got your back with new and awesome entertainment. Better yet, we’re free. Best of all, you don’t have to travel too far from home.

Smartlockers make getting your library materials convenient.

With Hoopla, all you need to get movies is your library card and an Internet connection. Got it? Ok, let’s get some movies.

Select the Smartlocker destination when you reserve your books, music and movies–the items check out when you pick them up from the locker.

Go to hoopladigital.com and enter your library card info. Once you’re in, you have access to hundreds of thousands of movies you can stream on your device, desktop or laptop.

It’s that simple. And you didn’t even have to lace up your boots to melt your family’s boredom away.

Reserve the hottest new titles online and have them delivered to your neighborhood on the Bookmobile. Let us do all the driving when it’s icy or slushy. Or choose to pick your movies up at the HyVee® or Oakland Community Center Smartlockers.

Stay warm with library entertainment. It’s going to be a cozy winter after all.

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et a gang of friends together and start gabbing about books right away. Reserve a Book Group in a Bag kit. Walk into your next group meeting fully prepared, 10 copies of a book and discussion resources slung over your shoulder.

There are so many books to choose from, including hot new titles, classics and everything in between. Your group gets to keep them for 6 weeks. Reserve any title up to a year in advance. Plan to overlap your reservations; you can distribute the next book and collect the last book at the same meeting.

To view available books and make a reservation, go to bgib.tscpl.org and get your group all set in a matter of minutes.

Tell us what you need How do you get information from us?

Beer & Books

Think about when you’ve needed info and decided to use the library to find it. Share your experience by completing our online survey.

Sample questions R How do connect with the library R What information do you want R Are you satisfied with the library

Provide your answers at:

tscpl.org/survey

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ook, Book, Goose! is a book club that meets at the bar. It provides a unique atmosphere for a lively discussion exploring the world of interesting literature, authors, fun people, good food and monthly bookthemed drink specials. You and your book-loving adult friends are invited to share your impressions, opinions, celebrations and experiences with moderator Amber Bonnett (contact at bookgoose@tscpl.org for the current titles) and other spirited characters the first Thursday of every month. The club meets at one of Topeka’s oldest neighborhood bars, the Dutch Goose Sports Bar and Grill, 3203 SW 10th Ave.

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t’s 10 p.m., and you’re still looking for the perfect article for your psychology class paper that addresses the topic, Why men and women prefer certain hair colors. You could drive to the university, or with your library card, you can access Academic Search Premier at tscpl.org. Type in hair color and you’ll find an extensively researched 15-page scholarly article with numerous references.

You can download, email or print the article in full-text. Academic Search Premier contains over 4,700 journals. Check out this, and other databases available at your library: tscpl.org/research/databases.

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The library:

Want to start a small business?

Terry can help with that.

The best place to get a book!

tmiller@tscpl.org

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ook, it’s 2015. We’re over the Dewey Decimal System. Well, admittedly, we’re not entirely over Dewey. But we’ve devised an ingenious system to make it more easy to browse through thousands of books without having to yank open a cabinet or even look up a title on the catalog. It’s called neighborhoods. Neighborhoods make the library more like a book store.

You will find your favorite subjects grouped together in sections by genre and interest at the library. Are you a craft-a-holic? Good news—all the best books about crafting are located in one place. Let a colorful cover pull you in, and flip through the pages a bit. Tuck it under your arm as you breeze through the exit, assured that this is the one that will inspire you. The book won’t cost you a cent. But you’ve still had the beauty of the bookstore moment.

Whatever your interest, we’ve got it covered. Get into the library and start doing stuff.

Cook, garden, exercise, budget, find your newest fascination. Wandering through our Neighborhoods can be the beginning of the next chapter of your life.

Visit the

Neighborhoods

Want to start your spring garden this winter?

Erin can help with that.

eseeger@tscpl.org

Health ■ Cooking ■ Lawn & Garden ■ Pets ■ Home Collectibles ■ Arts & Crafts ■ Sports & Leisure ■ Weddings Jobs & Careers ■ College & Testing ■ Adult Learner Divorce ■ Money ■ True Crime ■ Travel

Want to get to know your greatgreat-great grandpa?

Sherri can help with that. scamp@tscpl.org

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Music to your ears!

Download 4 free music tracks each week. Warning: Sundays will soon become your most rockin’ day. tscpl.org/music

ways to get music

MUSIC

Zinio From Cosmo to Runner’s World, check out hundreds of magazines online. Take all your favorites with you when you travel. tscpl.org/magazines

MAGAZINES

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s the album dead? Google it, and, yes, there’s quite a bit of speculation that the lengthy song progression of the traditional album has gone the way of the land line and boxshaped television sets.

to your music library. There are so many songs to choose from in every genre you can imagine (and even some you can’t). It’s entertaining in itself to browse and choose your weekly songs. topeka.freegalmusic.com

Sure, some people still cling to the old ways, but most upand-coming generations are downloading straight to their devices, one song at a time. Hit shuffle, listen to an array of genres and artists in no particular order: it’s the new way to listen to music. Thankfully, your library has both the old school and the new school covered. With Freegal, enter your library card information and download 4 free songs a week

For the geezers and the geezers-at-heart, the library’s got a great collection of good ol’ fashioned albums in CD format.

Cruise our catalog for classic and new albums. We’ve got everything from Alternative to Zydeco. tscpl.org/catalog

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How to Donate Books

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The Library Foundation 2015

Friends of the Library

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he Library Foundation is busy supporting the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library by completing a very successful 2014 annual fundraising campaign.

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easy steps

onating books and other items to the Friends of the Library makes a huge impact on the library. Thank you!

Before items can be transformed into financial support, our tireless Friends volunteers must clean, sort and shelve.

Do a Friend a solid and make sure to hit these three steps when you bring your items to the library:

When you make a gift to The Library Foundation, all gifts are 100% invested in library programs and services that are vital to sustain our diverse community. Goals are set for 2015, and your continued support ensures that we will have a worldclass library. You can make a gift online at foundation.tscpl.org, mail it to: 1515 SW 10th Ave, Topeka, 66604, or drop off your donation at the library.

1 Inspect – Take a few moments and give a once-over look at each item.

The Friends resell these things, and that definitely can’t happen if they have been wet, moldy, dirty, smell funny or have bugs in them. Be careful what you might unintentionally donate along with books!

2 Check to see if we accept your items – Before you drop off your items, check to see if we accept them. We’ve got a handy list of the items we do accept at tscpl.org/friends

The Library Foundation website (foundation.tscpl.org) has a new look that includes information and resources about our library supporters.

The Foundation’s leadership

3 Donate in the right place – If you’re only dropping off a few items, you can put them in our drop box at 10th and Garfield. If you’ve got a big load, take them to our loading dock.

is key to its success. Our new chair is Becky Holmquist, a vicepresident at US Bank, who has served on the Foundation’s board for the past three years. Other officers include Dr. Steve Tempero, chair-elect, and Joel Oliver continues as treasurer.

Marilyn Ward is our newest board member. Marilyn is the retired executive director of Child Care Aware of Eastern Kansas and past president of Kansas Children’s Service League Foundation.

Other Trustees: Mark Baker, Rich Hayes, Marianna Nothern, Robert Parman, MD, Julie Schloetzer, Jeanne Slusher, Judy Stork and Roger Underwood

Questions? Give the friendly Friends manager, Mary, a call, 580-4445.

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Minecraft® Mania

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If you have a child over the age of five, you know about Minecraft®. It’s one of the best-selling video games of all time.

In the world of Minecraft®, kids get to harvest resources and build whatever they can imagine. It’s a bit more complex than that, but that’s the gist. Minecraft allows kids to utilize the furthest reaches of their imaginations while learning practical life lessons.

ew York Times bestselling author Kelly Corrigan is coming to Topeka as part of the paperback tour for her memoir, Glitter and Glue. Corrigan wants every stop to be a fundraiser for a non-profit.

Her Topeka reading will support financial aid for deserving students at Topeka Collegiate School. The library is a co-sponsor of this event.

Kelly Corrigan Glitter and Glue A Fundraiser for Topeka Collegiate School Friday, February 27, 2015 Topeka Country Club 2700 SW Buchanan St. 6:30 p.m.

Cash bar available

Plus, kids have gobs of fun playing it.

In terms of the sheer hordes of kids in enthusiastic attendance, Minecraft® at Your Library is a wildly successful program.

Corrigan has won an avid following from critics, readers and booksellers for her finely wrought and Author Kelly Corrigan deeply emotional memoirs about how we connect to the people in our lives. In Glitter and Glue, she examines the bond—sometimes nourishing, sometimes exasperating, occasionally divine—between mothers and daughters.

Bring your block-breaking kid into the library’s Minecraft® world on our own server to build, build, build. Each meeting has a new building mission to construct and complete new parts of the library’s landscape. There’s even a little Creeper explosion action to be had.

The library will have a limited number of tickets to give away, but you may purchase a ticket ($30) that includes a paperback copy of Glitter and Glue. Reserve your place: Bidpal.net/ KellyCorrigan

Minecraft® at Your Library: Wednesdays, Feb 11, 25 and Mar 11, 25, 4-5 p.m.

NCCA Bracket Action Begins March 15

Your place for NCAA Tournament action!

Watch the games on the library's big screen

Winner gets prizes and their name on a plaque in the library's Sports Neighborhood Satisfy your craving for b-ball this March at your library!

Bracket sign up Mar 15-19

Fill out your bracket! at tscpl.org TOPEKA & SHAWNEE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS

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GUIDE TO THE BIG READ February 2015

The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

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Characters who have Grit

harles Portis introduces the reader to Mattie Ross, who narrates from old age the great adventure of her life:

“People do not give it credence that a fourteen-year-old girl could leave home and go off in the wintertime to avenge her father’s blood but it did not seem so strange then, although I will say it did not happen every day.”

In language straightforward but strongly her own, full of feeling but unsentimental, she goes on to relate the tale of her search for her father’s murderer, “a coward going by the name of Tom Chaney,” during a hard winter across the “Choctaw Nation” in the last quarter of the 19th century. To aid her in her quest, she seeks a man with a quality she calls “true grit” and thinks she finds him in Rooster Cogburn, a shabby and overweight but affable federal marshal. Also seeking Chaney, for other crimes, is LaBoeuf, a proud, young Texas Ranger, who enters into an uneasy partnership with the pair.

Mattie Ross Raised on a farm in Yell County, Arkansas, Mattie is resolute and resourceful in seeking justice for the murder of her father.

Ned Pepper’s Gang

Reuben J. “Rooster” Cogburn A former Confederate soldier, Rooster has become a federal marshal who patrols the Indian Territory.

LaBoeuf Proud, handsome, and something of a dandy, the Texas Ranger is seeking Tom Chaney for the murder of a Texas state senator.

Tom Chaney An itinerant hired man on Frank Ross’s farm, Chaney kills and robs his employer on a trip to Fort Smith to buy horses and then flees to the Indian Territory.

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Author of True Grit, Charles Portis is a die-hard Arkansan, just like his beloved character, Mattie Ross. Portis had a successful journalism career, but left his post at the New York Herald to return home to Arkansas and write novels. Portis rarely grants interviews and lives a quiet and private life in Little Rock.

BIG ENTERTAINMENT 30 EVENTS IN 28 DAYS

EVENTS

Tallgrass Express String Band The Big Read opens with the Tallgrass Express String Band, pride of the Flint Hills.

■ Marvin Auditorium

Sun Feb 1

3-4 p.m.

Enjoy art and have a chance to win a copy of True Grit.

■ NOTO Arts District, Warehouse 414, SouthWind Gallery, Alice C. Sabatini Art Gallery

Feb 6

5:30-8:30 p.m.

Cowboy Poetry Gathering

Cowboy poet Ron Wilson and friends will read original poems and discuss the elements of authentic cowboy poetry.

■ Marvin Auditorium

Sun Feb 15

2-4 p.m.

True Grit, the Path to Success

David Meketon, The Duckworth Lab at University of Pennsylvania, identifies two traits predicting success: grit and self-control. Learn more about the noncognitive predictors of success .

■ Washburn University Memorial Union A&B

Tue

The Big Read Online

Don’t forget to visit our digital branch for even more information about the book, the characters and how to host your own book group.

bigread.tscpl.org • Learn more about The Big Read.

• Read a librarian’s book review.

• Discover additional book recomendations.

• Use quick links to check out True Grit in multiple formats: audio, ebook, paper, video and nook.

• Which character are you most like? Take the “What True Grit Character are You?” quiz.

Feb 17

7-8:30 p.m.

What True Grit (might have) Looked Like

This genre-crossing exhibit juxtaposes F.M. Steele’s photographs with passages from True Grit to help visitors envision the world in which the characters had their adventures.

From the Center for Great Plains Studies.

■ Alice C. Sabatini Gallery

Mon Jan 26 - Fri. April 24 during library hours

Jim Hoy, author and director of the Center

for Great Plains Studies, will revisit the history captured in the photos of F.M. Steele. Visit the Sabatini Gallery to view the exhibit.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101B

Thu Feb 19

7-8:30 p.m.

True Grit Living History

MOVIES

Sun Feb 22

Sat

Feb 21

7:30 p.m.

Young Guns & Gallant Geezers Age & Heroism in True Grit is the focus of folk music group, Jeff and Deb with Bill‚ as they present 5 periodauthentic songs based on the heroes and villains of True Grit. Vanessa Steinroetter, Washburn University and Vicky Trembly, realtor/comedian are presenting.

Co-sponsored by Topeka Magazine.

■ Shepherd’s Center, 3033 SW MacVicar

Feb 27

10:30 a.m.-Noon

Big Read at Helping Hands Humane Society

The library and Helping Hands are partnering at the shelter in a westernthemed adoption event that has pets posing as stars of the Old West.

■ Helping Hands Humane Society - 5720 SW 21st St

Sat

Feb 28

1-4 p.m.

WANTED

Feb 6

Join the big, hairy, kick-off celebration for the Kids Big Read selection, Fake Mustache

by Tom Angleberger.

6:30-9 p.m.

Mon Feb 2

Fri

Come sit a spell with Michael Perkins, fastest draw hereabouts - fastest at drawing pictures, that is. He’ll learn ya to draw a cowboy picture so purdy you’ll be as happy as a calf in clover.

Feb 20

6:30-9 p.m.

True Grit 1969 | 128 minutes | Rated G ■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

Fri

Feb 27

6:30-9 p.m.

The Searchers 1956 | 119 minutes ■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

Fri

Feb 13

6:30-9 p.m.

BOOK DISCUSSIONS

True Grit by Charles Portis is considered one of the great American novels.

Read the book and attend a discussion. Call 580-4540 to join.

True Grit: Dutch Grit ■ The Dutch Goose - 3203 SW 10th

Fri Feb 6 6:30-8 p.m.

Classics Made Modern ■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Mon Feb 9

1:30-3 p.m.

Presbyterian Manor Book Club ■ Topeka Presbyterian Manor

Mon Feb 9

4-5 p.m.

Crestview Chapter Chat ■ Crestview Community Cente / 251-2963 to register

Wed Feb 11

1-2 p.m.

True Grit Book Discussion ■ Millennium Cafe

Tue

Feb 17

1:30-3 p.m.

Grub & Grit Book Discussion ■ Boss Hawgs BBQ - 2833 SW 29th

Thu Feb 19

7-8:30 p.m.

So Many Books ■ Perkins Room 201

Sun Feb 22

3-4:30 p.m.

Bean There, Read That ■ The Classic Bean - 2125 SW Fairlawn Rd

Tue

Feb 24

7-8:30 p.m.

Time and Telling in True Grit

A multimedia program exploring history, culture and biography, with a place for True Grit in both historical and contemporary contexts.

Forever Homes 11

■ Tweens Area 121A

Unforgiven 1992 | 131 minutes | Rated R ■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

■ Topeka Performing Arts Center 214 SE 8th Avenue

3-4:30 p.m.

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2-3:30 p.m.

Participate in this live history event presenting two perspectives of the Old West experience for women.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

Don Williams will sing The Big Read home with his warm hickory baritone. Williams is an American country singer, songwriter and a 2010 inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame. For tickets, visit tpactix.org or call 234-2787.

Fri

Make Your Own Mustache [8-12 years]

110 min | Rated PG13

The Big Read Finale: Don Williams at TPAC

Thu Feb 26

THE BIG READ FOR KIDS

The Big Read film series True Grit 2010

Thomas Fox Averill discusses the novel True Grit, defines the Western genre, and consider what the story says about our culture.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

The Big Read Artwalk

Fri

The Big Read Keynote

Photo courtesy Topeka Magazine

The Mysterious Charles Portis

■ Marvin Auditorium 101AB

Sun Feb 8

4-5 p.m.

Quick Draw, Cowboy [8-12 years]

■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

Sat

Feb 7

2-3 p.m.

Books Into Movies [12-18 years]

Come to The Edge and watch True Grit, an exciting western about fourteen year old Mattie Ross, a girl searching for the man who killed her father. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll sit on the edge of your seat. You definitely want to win a copy of this book!

■ The Edge - Teen Room 114

Wed Feb 11

3:30-6:30 p.m.

Ropin’ a Twister [All ages]

Author Coert Voorhees and Kansas Ballet Academy join forces to perform the dramatic ‚ Storm Wrangler!‚ and KCDC staff meteorologist Kyle Morris will demonstrate a tabletop tornado. This is a free companion program to The Big Read. Program attendees can receive $1 off general KCDC admission.

■ Kansas Children’s Discovery Center

Sat

Feb 21

11 a.m.-Noon & 2-3 p.m.

Living History Day Cowpoke Festival

Try on a cowboy hat, touch saddles from the old west and learn to rope.

■ Marvin 101 BC

Sat

Feb 21

10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Squirt Gun Shooting Gallery

Lenny Flem, Jr and Jodie O’Rodeo save their world with sheer grit and carnival capers. The Kids Big Read Finale has capers of its own. Try your aim at the squirt gun mustache shoot. Dig for, well, maybe it’s gold. Vaporize the villain. Ride off into the sunset, a hero indeed. [8-12 yrs] ■ Lingo Story Room 121

Wed Feb 25

3-5 p.m.

2-4 p.m.

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GET A COPY

1. Go straight to the source. At the library we'll have a mountain of copies for you to check out.

2. Riders rejoice! The Topeka Metro will have a couple hundred copies of True Grit to give away to bus passengers, free of charge.

TRUE GRIT & GRITTY TUNES

3. Got a book group? Get True Grit. We've got Book Group in a Bag kits complete with 10 copies and a reader's guide.

4. Join the party! At First Friday Artwalk Feb 6 we'll be doing official book launches for the Big Read at SouthWind Gallery (3074 SW 29th St), Warehouse 414 (414 SE 2nd St) and XYZ Magazine (822 1/2 N Kansas Ave in NOTO).

5. Bookmobile. Visit the mobile library and pick up your copy of True Grit.

6. Get creative. Check out True Grit in a variety of formats: •

Overdrive ebook or check out a Nook reader outfitted with True Grit.

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Large print

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Audio book on CD

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Spanish language edition

Don Williams will sing The Big Read home with his warm hickory baritone at Topeka Performing Arts Center Thurs Feb 26, 7:30 pm. Williams is an American country singer, songwriter and a 2010 inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame. To purchase tickets, visit tpactix.org or call 234-2787.

40 FREE TICKETS will be distributed during the month of February, at the Big Read events!

OUR PARDNERS

Barnes & Noble, Boss Hawgs, Brewster Place, Center for Great Plains Studies, Classic Bean, City of Topeka, Dutch Goose Sports Bar & Grill, Kansas Children’s Discovery Center, Kansas Museum of History, Kansas News Live 580 AM / 94.5 Country FM, Kansas Public Radio, Kiwanis Clubs, Mayor’s office, NOTO Art District, Presbyterian Manor, PT’s Coffee, Rossville Library, Shepherd’s Center of Topeka, Single Action Shooters Society, Silver Lake Library, Shawnee County 4-H, Shawnee County Parks and Recreation, Shawnee County Sheriff, Shawnee County Mounted Posse, SouthWind Gallery, Topeka Capital-Journal, Topeka Chamber of Commerace, Topeka Magazine, Topeka Metro, Warehouse 414, Washburn University, Topeka Performing Arts Center, WIBW-TV, World Cup Espresso Cafe, XYZ Magazine, seveneightfive Magazine

Honorary Chairs Big Jim Ogle

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Bullseye Rusty Walker

1515 SW 10th AVE 785 580-4400 | tscpl.org Monday–Friday 9 am–9 pm Saturday 9 am–6 pm Sunday 12 pm–9 pm 12

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A MATCH MADE IN SPACE THE LIBRARY & 712 INNOVATIONS OFFER MAKERSPACES

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makerspace is a space where you can make stuff.

You already figured that out. But the space itself, whether big or small, is limitless when you consider the possibilities for what you can do in a makerspace.

Topeka has two makerspaces. The library's Make-It Lab, is chock full of equipment you can use to make, create, design, compose, record and manipulate. It contains a bevy of tech tools and software. It even boasts a 3D printer. Novice inventors, small business owners, creative professionals, the curious creator — this space is for you. Visit tscpl.org/make-it-lab to find out how to get in and get making.

The library has formed a new partnership with a makerspace downtown, 712 Innovations (712 S. Kansas Ave), opening in late January. Their

setup has more of an emphasis in the hands-on, the physical act of making in a workshop-style, industrial atmosphere.

“We’re more of an industrial version of what the library has,” says Jared Starkey, executive director at 712 Innovations. “We’ll have a laser cutter, milling machines, saws and drills. You’ll be able to make something with your hands that you can hold in your hands.”

The library is going to be involved at 712 with collections and resources for turning that passion for making into a viable business. And since 712 is a membership-based model, the library will soon offer day passes for customers to try before they buy.

Make-It Lab “It’s an exciting new venture,” says Marie Pyko, the library’s director of public services. “It’s an opportunity for us to increase our presence in the downtown community and help put resources in people’s hands.”

NOW SHOWING at the

ALICE C. SABATINI GALLERY

InCiteful Clay Jan 28 through Mar 15

It’s an art exhibit that would be at home in New York’s SOHO neighborhood, InCiteful Clay is instead opening at the Alice C. Sabatini Art Gallery Jan 28.

Why so urban? The exhibit, consisting of ceramics by 26 artists, is provocative and challenging. The works within will make you uncomfortable, and will put you face-to-face with ugly societal issues and stoke outrage.

It will also make you laugh. Walking into InCiteful Clay is asking for the emotional wringer, but it’s also an example of art as a vehicle for generating important discussions.

Left: Akio Takamori, General and Emperor, 2008, porcelain, courtesy the artist.

Right: Anne Drew Potter, The Three Little Girls with Shirley Temple Curls, 2012, terra cotta, courtesy the artist.

A program of ExhibitsUSA, a national division of Mid-America Arts Alliance with the Kansas Arts Commission and The National Endowment for the Arts

New Yorkers shouldn’t be the only ones assessing the maladies of our time; our community can have an eyeful and a whole lot of valuable things to say about it, too.

Please be advised the artwork on display may contain themes and imagery of an explicit nature, and may not be appropriate for all viewing audiences.

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February/March Schedule of Events Gaming for Adults

ADULT

Medicare Mondays

Senior Health Insurance Counseling for Kansas (SHICK) helps you navigate the complex web of Medicare. Repeated on the first Mon of each month.

■ Menninger Room 206

Mon Feb 2 Mon Mar 2

1-3 p.m.

1-3 p.m.

Bridges & Road Work

Hear from Tom Vlach, director of Public Works/County Engineer, about bridges and road work using the half-cent sales tax. RSVP for lunch at 235-8452 by Jan 27. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Topeka-Shawnee County.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

Tue

Feb 3

Noon-1 p.m.

Beginning Embroidery

Embroidery can be used to embellish fabric items or to create original art. It can be as traditional or modern as you choose! Learn several basic embroidery stitches, and get help planning your embroidery project. Registration required.

■ Velma Paris Community Center 862-1630

Wed Feb 4 Wed Mar 4

1-2:30 p.m.

1-2:30 p.m.

How to Start a Business

Learn about business legal structure, writing a business plan, knowing your competition and what to expect from being your own boss. Presented by the Washburn Small Business Development Center.

■ Menninger Room 206

Wed Feb 4 Wed Mar 4

6-8:30 p.m.

6-8:30 p.m.

Let’s Make Beer

Combine cooking and crafting to express your individuality and create your own special beers at home. A home-brewer discusses both beginner and advanced techniques and will be open to questions. Sorry, no samples!

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Wed Feb 4

7-8:30 p.m.

Computerized Genealogy

Get started in genealogy and learn how to use the print and online resources your library offers. Receive a pedigree chart and other helpful forms for keeping records as you research your family tree. Registration required.

■ Shawnee North Community Center 286-0676

Thu Feb 5

10-11:30 a.m.

■ Hillcrest Community Center 251-2956

Mon Feb 9

5-6 p.m.

■ Shawnee North Community Center 286-0676

Thu Mar 5

10-11:30 a.m.

■ Hillcrest Community Center 251-2956

Mon Mar 9

5-6 p.m.

Presbyterian Manor Book Club

If you love games, need a new challenge or just want to socialize with fellow gamers, come the first Sat of each month to play a variety of new and traditional board games.

Bring your own or play ours. Families are welcome, but children must be attended.

■ Perkins Room 201

Sat

Feb 7

■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

Sat

Mar 7

You’re invited to join the Topeka Presbyterian Manor Book Club for the Big Read book discussion this year! Please bring your own copy of True Grit by Charles Portis. You can check one out at the library.

■ Topeka Presbyterian Manor

Mon Feb 9

2-5 p.m.

Sports Trivia

BASKETBALL EVENTS

■ Pigskins Sports Bar

Mon Feb 9

Kansas vs. Oklahoma State Sat

Feb 7

Explore personal writing and illustrated journals through creative prompts and art techniques around a monthly theme. Discover additional ideas through the works of others, in-session sharing and online sources. The Feb theme is “Color and Contrast.”The Mar theme is “Poetry and Meter.”

Kansas State vs. Texas ■ The Edge - Teen Room 114

Sat

Feb 7

3-5 p.m.

Tue Tue

NCAA Tournament Challenge

Fill out a bracket in the library’s very own tournament challenge starting Mar 15 until the start of games on Mar 19. A prize will be given to the winner, including having your name displayed on a plaque in the Sports Neighborhood. Find out more at tscpl.org.

Sun Mar 15

During library hours

■ Crestview Community Center 251-2963

Wed Feb 11 Wed Mar 11

Desecheo Island, near Puerto Rico, was once home to thousands of nesting seabirds. Gary Breckon of Topeka Audubon Society will discuss seabird nesting decline on the Island. Co-sponsored by Topeka Audubon Society.

Librarians Valerie Reif and Tanya Walsh offer a multimedia program exploring history, culture and biography, and find a place for True Grit in both historical and contemporary contexts.

Sun Feb 8

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Wed Feb 11

A local H&R Block professional will be in the library to answer questions about filing your 2014 Income Tax Return.

She will discuss changes for 2014 and also address possible effects of the Affordable Care Act on your personal return.

2-4 p.m.

Navigators from the Shawnee County Health Agency will answer questions and help you enroll in the Health Insurance Marketplace at healthcare.gov. Bring your 2015 estimated income and birth dates of all family members.

Mon Feb 9

■ Menninger Room 206

Thu Feb 12

Spend an afternoon with cowboy poets! Ron Wilson and friends will read original poems and discuss the elements of authentic cowboy poetry. This is a Big Read event celebrating the novel True Grit.

9 a.m.-8 p.m.

Being a caregiver can be incredibly stressful, but you don’t have to go it alone. Come meet and talk to others who are in the same situation as you. Moderated by Michele Dillon, caregiver support specialist at Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging.

Mon Feb 9 Mon Mar 9

TOPEKA & SHAWNEE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS

7-8:30 p.m.

Cowboy Poetry Gathering

Caregiver Support Group

■ Anton Room 202

7-8:30 p.m.

2014 Income Tax Filing

Health Insurance Marketplace Enrollment

■ Marvin Auditorium 101A

1-2 p.m.

1-2 p.m.

Seabirds and Desecheo Island

11 a.m.-9 p.m.

Noon-9 p.m.

11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Time and Telling in True Grit

■ Marvin Auditorium 101AB

10-11:30 a.m.

10-11:30 a.m.

A neighborhood book club for those who like to chat about what they are reading. In Feb, read True Grit, and in March, read Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. Use your own book or pick one up at the Crestview Community Center while supplies last. Registration required.

Come watch the NCAA Tournament on the library’s two big screens.

Thu Mar 19 Sun Mar 22 Sat Mar 21

Feb 10 Mar 10

Crestview Chapter Chat

NCAA Basketball Tournament ■ Marvin Auditorium 101AB

7-9 p.m.

Journaling with Words and Images

12:30-3 p.m.

■ Marvin Auditorium

Sun Feb 15

They served as soldiers in the Civil War and the Indian Wars, and as homesteaders and community builders. Stories of the significant contributions of African American men and women will come to life through history, performance and hands-on demos during this dynamic program.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Bring some friends, enjoy some food and beverages and show us how much you know about sports at our sports trivia competition at Pigskins Sports Bar. No registration is necessary and prizes will be awarded to the top teams.

2-5 p.m.

Bring the whole gang or just yourself to cheer on your favorite team while watching the game on the library’s big screen.

■ The Edge - Teen Room 114

4-5 p.m.

African Americans and Freedom on the Frontier

Sun

Feb 15

2-4:30 a.m.

True Grit, the Path to Success

Attention educators, parents and all who wish to succeed!

The Duckworth Lab at University of Pennsylvania identifies two traits predicting success: grit and self-control. Lab representative David Meketon will speak about noncognitive predictors of success with reference to True Grit.

■ Washburn University Memorial Union A&B

Tue

Feb 17

7-8:30 p.m.

Introduction to Songwriting

Budding songwriters of all ages will learn about various aspects of songwriting, including tricks and tips, as well as examples of songs to assist in the learning process.

Registration required.

■ Central Park Community Center 251-2965

Wed Feb 18 Wed Mar 18

1-2 p.m.

1-2 p.m.

Practical Pruning Advice

Pruning is an important way to help control growth and maintain the health of your trees and shrubs. Feb is a good time to prune plants in your yard and landscape. Join the Shawnee County Extension Master Gardeners for tips on when and how to prune your trees and shrubs.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Thu Feb 19

7-8 p.m.

True Grit Living History

Mattie Ross and Calamity Jane are just two examples of strong women in the Old West. Participate in this live history event presenting two perspectives of the Old West experience for women.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

Sat

Feb 21

3-4:30 p.m.

Community Novel Project: Character Workshop

Fine tune your fiction writing techniques. Compare narrator perspectives and points of view. Learn how to build character backstory using continuity notes, photos and worksheets. Discuss how to give your character a unique voice and maintain character integrity throughout a novel. tscpl.org/novel ■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Thu Feb 26

6:30-8:30 p.m.

2-4 p.m.

3:30-4:30 p.m.

3:30-4:30 p.m.

14

FEBRUARY - MARCH 2015

Young Guns & Gallant Geezers: Age & Heroism in True Grit

Hear presentations about the role of age in the narrative of True Grit and enjoy the folk music group, Jeff and Deb with Bill‚ as they present 5 period-authentic songs based on the heroes and villains of True Grit. Presentations by Vanessa Steinroetter, assistant professor at Washburn University and Vicky Trembly, realtor/comedian. Program co-sponsored by Topeka Magazine.

■ Shepherd’s Center, 3033 SW MacVicar

Fri

Feb 27

10:30 a.m.-Noon

Big Read at Helping Hands Humane Society TSCPL and Helping Hands are partnering at the shelter in a western-themed adoption event that has pets posing as stars of the Old West.

■ Helping Hands Humane Society

Sat

Feb 28

1-4 p.m.

Kansas Reptiles

Learn how to identify native snakes and other reptiles and where you can find them in Kansas. Presented by Kelly Haller. Co-sponsored by Topeka Audubon Society.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101B

Wed Mar 4

7-8:30 p.m.

Use It or Lose It

The trick to slowing down aging can be as simple as playing a game of cards or having dinner with friends. Join Dr. Susan Kemper, senior scientist at the Gerontology Center at KU as she discusses the role of those and other mental gymnastics in aging and dementia.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

Thu Mar 5

6:30-8 p.m.

Retirement and Medicare

Trained counselors and agency staff from the Senior Health Insurance Counseling for Kansas (SHICK) program educate those nearing retirement age about Medicare. They will answer questions, give unbiased counsel and help you determine how Medicare will best work for you.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101B

Thu Mar 12

Spring Lawn Care

6:30-8:30 p.m.

After the drought stress and other weather challenges of the last several years, let the Shawnee County Extension Master Gardeners give you tips on cultivating a luxurious, weed-free lawn.

■ Anton Room 202

Thu Mar 19

7-8 p.m.

Bean There, Read That

Join this book group for young intellectuals in their 20s and 30s who like to talk lit. Talk about books you want to read.

Email beanthere@tscpl.org for Dec and Jan titles. Provide your own copy or pick one up at the reference desk, first come, first-served.

■ The Classic Bean - 2125 SW Fairlawn Rd

Tue

Mar 24

7-8:30 p.m.

A Celtic Celebration

Celebrate Celtic culture through music, performance and displays of genealogy and history. Get inspired by exploring this rich culture, and leave with the tools to help connect you to your own family roots.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101AB

Sun Mar 29

ART

This genre-crossing exhibit juxtaposes F.M. Steele’s photographs with passages from True Grit to help visitors envision the world in which heroine Mattie Ross and her companions Rooster Cogburn and Texas Ranger LaBoeuf had their adventures. From the Center for Great Plains Studies.

Jim Hoy, author and director of the Center for Great Plains Studies, will revisit the history captured in the photos of F.M. Steele. Visit the Sabatini Gallery to view the exhibit.

7-8:30 p.m.

Enjoy art and have a chance to win a copy of True Grit.

■ Perkins Room 201

Wed Feb 18

■ NOTO Arts District, Warehouse 414, SouthWind Gallery, Alice C. Sabatini Art Gallery

5:30-8:30 p.m.

InCiteful Clay offers an unparalleled overview of an emergent movement in contemporary ceramics dedicated to social commentary. Artists have long used their creations as powerful vehicles to confront major societal problems.

■ Alice C. Sabatini Gallery

Book, Book, Goose! is a public book club providing a unique atmosphere for a lively discussion. Explore interesting literature, authors, fun people, good food and book-themed drink specials on the first Thursday of every month. Email bookgoose@tscpl.org for upcoming titles.

Thu Feb 19

■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

■ The Dutch Goose

Feb 6

Sun Feb 22 6:30-8 p.m.

Discuss True Grit by Charles Portis. Join in the Big Read festivities by discussing this classic western about the quest of 14 year old Mattie Ross to avenge the murder of her father. Registration required. Call 580-4540.

True Grit by Charles Portis is considered one of the great American novels. Originally serialized in 1968, the story introduces Mattie Ross, who recounts the time when she was 14 years old and sought retribution for the murder of her father. Read the ebook or print edition.

Mon Feb 9

■ Perkins Room 201

Sun Feb 22

Mon Mar 9

■ Perkins Room 201

TALK About Literature in Kansas - Brick Lane

Monica Ali’s novel focuses on a young Bangladeshi woman who is brought to Britain for an arranged marriage with an older man, though she does not speak English. Can she adapt to a strange land? Discussion led by Sara Tucker.

Funded by the Kansas Humanities Council. Visit or call the Topeka Room to sign up and retrieve a copy of the book. Call 580-4510.

■ Menninger Room 206

Wed Mar 11

7-8:45 p.m.

Sun Mar 22

Adults 18 & over with a passion for black literature, join this club that has been reading and discussing books written by black authors for more than 20 years. Find more information about the group and the books at aawgdg.org. This month’s book is Open City by Teju Cole.

Thu Mar 19 Sun Mar 29

7-8:30 p.m.

2-4 p.m.

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. To register, call 580-4606 or email class@tscpl.org

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.

■ Computer Training Center

Wed Feb 11 Tue Feb 17 Thu Mar 12

9:30-11 a.m.

7-8:30 p.m.

1-2:30 p.m.

Windows 8 for Beginners

Learn about tiles, the charms bar and other new features in Windows 8. Use Windows accessories including the calculator, snipping tool and WordPad. ■ Computer Training Center

Fri Thu Thu Fri Mon

Feb 6 Feb 12 Feb 19 Mar 13 Mar 30

1-2:30 p.m.

9:30-11 a.m.

7-8:30 p.m.

1-2:30 p.m.

1-2:30 p.m.

3-4:30 p.m.

1:30-3 p.m.

FEBRUARY

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1 8 15 22

2-4 p.m.

TOPEKA & SHAWNEE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS

3-4:30 p.m.

Discuss The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman. A husband and wife who live an isolated existence as lighthouse keepers find a dead man and living infant washed up on their shore and make a decision that will have far reaching consequences. Registration required. Call 580-4540.

1:30-3 p.m.

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser hurls an impressionable 18 year old heroine into the amoral world of the big city and reveals the driving forces of our culture: America’s restless idealism, glamorous material seductions and spiritual innocence. Download the free ebook or audiobook.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

2-3:30 p.m.

So Many Books

Classics Made Modern

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

7-8:30 p.m.

Thomas Fox Averill discusses the novel True Grit. Averill will define the Western genre, speak to readers’ enduring connection with the novel and consider what the story says about our culture. Averill authored the award-winning 2011 novel rode.

Join Book, Book, Goose! at the Dutch Goose for a lively discussion of True Grit.

Fri

7-8:45 p.m.

True Grit: Keynote Thomas Fox Averill

True Grit: Dutch Grit [21 & over]

7-8:30 p.m.

■ Hughes Room 205

■ Boss Hawgs BBQ

6:30-8 p.m.

6:30-8 p.m.

Feb 24

■ Perkins Room 201

In True Grit, 14-year-old Mattie Ross recounts her youthful quest to avenge the murder of her father. After you read this classic western with your community as part of The Big Read, come discuss at Boss Hawgs BBQ. Bring cash for food and drinks at this popular local restaurant.

Book, Book, Goose! [21 & over]

Tue

African American Writers Book Discussion

Grub & Grit Book Discussion

BOOKS

Join this book group for young intellectuals in their 20s and 30s who like to talk lit. In February we will read True Grit by Charles Portis. Provide your own copy or pick one up at the reference desk, first come, first-served. Questions? Email beanthere@tscpl.org.

African American Writers Book Discussion

Thu Feb 19

Wed Jan 28 - Sun Mar 15 During library hours

Thu Feb 5 Thu Mar 5

7-8:45 p.m.

Adults 18 & over with a passion for black literature, join this club that has been reading and discussing books written by black authors for more than 20 years. Find more information about the group and the books at aawgdg.org. This month’s book: Gather Together in My Name, Maya Angelou.

InCiteful Clay [Adults]

■ The Dutch Goose

1:30-3 p.m.

Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel explores the ways that firstgeneration immigrants and American-born children of immigrants interact with India to form cultural and ethnic identities in the New World. Discussion facilitated by Sara Tucker. Funded by the Kansas Humanities Council. Register in Topeka Room, 204

The Big Read Artwalk Feb 6

■ The Classic Bean - 2125 SW Fairlawn Rd

Feb 17

TALK About Literature in Kansas The Namesake

Mon Jan 26 - Fri. April 24 during library hours

Fri

■ Millennium Cafe

Tue

■ Alice C. Sabatini Gallery

Thu Feb 19

Bean There, Read That

Now that you’ve read True Grit, come discuss it with us! Join us in the Millennium Café inside the library for an afternoon discussion of this year’s Big Read selection True Grit by Charles Portis. Space is limited to 15. Registration is required.

Call 580-4540.

What True Grit (Might Have) Looked Like

■ Marvin Auditorium 101B

True Grit Book Discussion

15

2 9 16 23

3 10 17 24

Library Closed

4 11 18 25

5 12 19 26

6 13 20 27

7 14 21 28

MARCH

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1 8 15 22 29

2 9 16 23 30

3 10 17 24 31

4 11 18 25

5 12 19 26

6 13 20 27

7 14 21 28

FEBRUARY - MARCH 2015

Internet Introduction

Excel: Introduction to Spreadsheets

■ Computer Training Center

Thu Feb 12 Wed Mar 25 Thu Mar 26

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

Fri Feb 13 Tue Feb 24 Mon Mar 16

9:30-11 a.m.

7-8:30 p.m.

1-2:30 p.m.

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

Wed Feb 18 Tue Mar 3 Thu Mar 19

■ Computer Training Center

9:30-11 a.m.

7-8:30 p.m.

1-2:30 p.m.

BEYOND THE BASICS Take the following classes when you feel ready for more challenging projects. These are presented at a faster pace than the beginning classes. All classes take place in the library’s computer center unless otherwise noted. To register, call 580-4606 or email class@tscpl.org

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.

Feb 4 Feb 20 Mar 4 Mar 23

1-2:30 p.m.

9:30-11 a.m.

9:30-11 a.m.

1-2:30 p.m.

1-2:30 p.m.

9:30-11 a.m.

9:30-11 a.m.

1-2:30 p.m.

PowerPoint

Feb 20 Mar 31

1-2:30 p.m.

1-2:30 p.m.

Thu Feb 19 Fri Mar 27

7-8:30 p.m.

1-2:30 p.m.

1-2:30 p.m.

Fri

Tue

Mar 24

7-8:30 p.m.

Library Ebooks for Nook Tablets

Bring in your Nook tablet and library card and learn how to get free ebooks anytime! Email and app store login required.

1-2:30 p.m.

1-2:30 p.m.

Tue

Mar 31

7-8:30 p.m.

Computer Q & A

For beginning computer users. Bring your questions to your community center where the library’s computer trainers will be available to assist you.

■ Garfield Community Center 251-2950

Wed Feb 11 Wed Mar 11

7-8:30 p.m.

1-2:30 p.m.

1-2:30 p.m.

1-2:30 p.m.

Computer & Gadget Help

A dedicated time to 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. Provide a description of the help you need when you register. Call 580-4606 or email class@tscpl.org.

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 password. Registration required. Call 580-4606.

Tue Sat Tue Sat Tue Tue

7-8:30 p.m.

1-2:30 p.m.

Learn about Pinterest - a simple way to organize images, projects and ideas online. Open an account, create boards and begin pinning! Be sure to bring your email address and password.

Feb 3, 10, 17, 24 Feb 7 Mar 3, 17, 24 Mar 7 Mar 10 Mar 31

3:30-5 p.m.

9:30-11 a.m.

3:30-5 p.m.

9:30-11 a.m.

7-8:30 p.m.

3:30-5 p.m.

KIDS Dogs are man’s best friend, but a child’s best listener. Grab your favorite book and read to the Reading Education Assistance Dogs.

Learn to crop, rotate, resize, reduce red eye, play with color and use special effects on your digital photos using Google’s Picasa, free online software you can download to your computer.

Make Your Own Mustache [8-12 years]

Join the big, hairy, kick-off celebration for the Kids Big Read selection, Fake Mustache by Tom Angleberger. It’s a hilarious salute to soup strainers and snot mops to get you ready for International Fake Mustache Day Feb 3 and send you home with a cookie duster of your very own.

■ Tweens Area 121A

Mon Feb 2

■ The Story Zone 121C

Sun Feb 1, 8, 15, 22 Sun Mar 1, 8, 22, 29

2-3 p.m.

2-3 p.m.

1-2:30 p.m.

7-8:30 p.m.

4-5 p.m.

Preschool Storytime [3-5 years]

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

■ The Story Zone 121C

Tue Wed Thu Tue Wed Thu

Feb 3, 10, 17, 24 10-10:30 a.m.

Feb 4, 11, 18, 25 10-10:30 a.m.

Feb 5, 12, 19, 26 10-10:30 a.m.

Mar 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 10-10:30 a.m.

Mar 4, 11, 18, 25 10-10:30 a.m.

Mar 5, 12, 19, 26 tWiin Xgaming [8-12 years]

Come hang out and play awesome games on the Wii or Xbox. Impress your friends with your stellar hand-eye coordination. Beat your enemies using your limitless courage. Now’s the time to show your stuff! (Games will be rated E for everyone).

■ Tweens Area 121A

Tue Tue

Feb 3, 10, 17, 24 Mar 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 Toddler Time 1 [12 -24 months]

4-5 p.m.

4-5 p.m.

Bubbles and books, wiggles and songs! Early literacy fun for young toddlers and adults to enjoy together.

■ Lingo Story Room 121

Wed Feb 4, 11, 18, 25

Wed Mar 4, 11, 18, 25,

9:30-10 a.m.

10:30-11 a.m.

6:30-7 p.m.

9:30-10 a.m.

10:30-11 a.m.

6:30-7 p.m.

4-H in the Library [5-12 years]

Have fun creating a variety of crafts and projects with Shawnee County 4-H as they bring youths and adults together to learn everyday skills.

■ The Story Zone 121C

R.E.A.D. Dogs

7-8:30 p.m.

1-2:30 p.m.

Editing Digital Photos

Mon Feb 23 Thu Mar 19

9:30-11 a.m

Bring in your Android tablet & library card and learn how to get free ebooks anytime! Email and app store login required.

Access the digital library anytime on your home computer or device using our free apps! Get a quick tour of our Digital Branch and learn how to use ebooks with Overdrive, magazines with Zinio, music with Freegal and movies with Hoopla.

Tue Feb 10 Mon Mar 9

Feb 27

Library Ebooks with Android Tablets

Ebooks & Digital Music, Movies and Magazines

Thu Feb 5 Fri Mar 6

Beginners create a dynamic presentation from start to finish.

Learn to insert slides, add text, graphics, transitions and animations.

Fri Tue

Bring in your Kindle tablet and library card and learn how to get free ebooks anytime! Email and app store login required.

Pinterest for Beginners

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.

Feb 5 Feb 25 Mar 5 Mar 24

Tue Feb 3 Fri Feb 13 Thu Mar 26

1:30-3 p.m.

1:30-3 p.m.

Library Ebooks for Kindle Tablets

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.

Thu Feb 12 Wed Mar 4

Word II: Intermediate Word Processing

Thu Wed Thu Tue

Wed Feb 18 Wed Mar 18

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

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

Wed Fri Wed Mon

1-2:30 p.m.

1-2:30 p.m.

7 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

Word: Mail Merge & Mailing Labels

9:30 a.m.-11 a.m.

7-8:30 p.m.

1-2:30 p.m.

Email for Beginners

Thu Feb 19 Thu Mar 5 Fri Mar 20

Bring your iPad and your library card. Staff and participants share tips and tricks, iPad features and favorite apps, including our suite of digital offerings available via tscpl.org/downloads.

Excel: Lists

Google It!

■ Computer Training Center

iPad Workshop

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

Wed Feb 4, 18 Wed Mar 4

4-5 p.m.

4-5 p.m.

Sing, Move and Learn [3-5 years]

Connect with your child through music, movement and books. A fun, shaking, wiggling, dancing way to learn.

Co-sponsored by Child Care Aware of Kansas. Registration required. Call 357-5171.

■ The Story Zone 121C

Wed Feb 4 Wed Mar 4

6:30-7:15 p.m.

6:30-7:15 p.m.

Zoo Animals Live!

ATTEND LIBRARY EVENTS AT A COMMUNITY CENTER 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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Meet some of the Topeka Zoo animal residents up close as Rachael Rost, education specialist, helps you separate animal fact from fiction.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101B

Thu Feb 5 Thu Mar 5

4-4:45 p.m.

4-4:45 p.m.

FEBRUARY - MARCH 2015

Baby Bookworms [Birth-18 months]

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

■ Lingo Story Room 121

Thu Feb 5, 12, 19, 26

Thu Mar 5, 12, 19, 26

9:30-10 a.m.

10:30-11 a.m.

5:30-6 p.m.

9:30-10 a.m.

10:30-11 a.m.

5:30-6 p.m.

Math and Science Exploration [5-10 years]

Stand back! Experiments are underway. We have the whole wacky world to learn about. Bring a grownup and be prepared to discover, learn and get dirty.

■ Lingo Story Room 121

Sat Sat

Feb 7 Mar 7

10-10:30 a.m.

10-10:30 a.m.

Quick Draw, Cowboy [8-12 years]

Come sit a spell with Michael Perkins, fastest draw hereabouts - fastest at drawing pictures, that is. He’ll learn ya to draw a cowboy picture so purdy you’ll be as happy as a calf in clover.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

Sat

Feb 7

2-3 p.m.

Amazing Animals [5-12 years]

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

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

■ Lingo Story Room 121

Mon Feb 9 Mon Mar 9

4:30-5:30 p.m.

4:30-5:30 p.m.

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 Feb 11, 25 Wed Mar 11, 25

4-5 p.m.

4-5 p.m.

Guys Read [8-12 years]

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. First timers score a members-only book bag. Receive books on a first-come, first-served basis. For more info, call Jason at 580-4565.

■ Lingo Story Room 121

Sat Sat

Feb 14 Mar 14

2-3 p.m.

2-3 p.m.

Musical Storytime for Everybody [Birth-5 years]

Bring the whole family, daycare or preschool for some guitar picking music, dancing, whimsical books and great big smiles with Kyler.r

Sat Fri Sat Fri

Feb 14 Feb 20 Mar 14 Mar 20

10-10:30 a.m.

10-10:30 a.m.

10-10:30 a.m.

10-10:30 a.m.

Gathering STEAM [8-12 years]

Read Across America [3-8 years]

Use science, technology, engineering, art and math as you investigate, collaborate and create in this hands-on, problem solving program. Registration required. Call 580-4565.

■ Lingo Story Room 121

Sun Feb 15

■ Marvin Auditorium 101A

Sun Mar 15

Everyone’s invited to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday with stories, games, crafts and fun. Make a Wocket to take home (while supplies last) and show your love of reading and the books of Dr. Seuss.

2-3:30 p.m.

■ The Story Zone 121C

Mon Mar 2

2-3:30 p.m.

Toddler Time 2 [24-36 months]

SKITLS [8-12 years]

Share stories, songs and crafts with your older toddler. This six-week program transitions children from lapsitting to independent storytimes. Registration for the next program session begins 9 am Mar 3 for the following session. Call 580-4565.

The School Kids In The Library Society (SKITLS) laughs, learns and creates. Discover cool concepts, make real-life connections and create something exciting you can take home to wow everyone with your newfound know-how.

■ Tweens Area 121A

■ Lingo Story Room 121

Wed Feb 18 Wed Mar 18

4-5 p.m.

4-5 p.m.

Factual Fun [5-10 years]

Tue Mar 24, 31

Tue Apr 7, 14

Come and explore the world of Puppets. Jump into learning with fun hands-on activities. You will also find out where to find awesome books to investigate the topic. Come learn more about your favorite thing or learn about something totally new to you.

■ Dinosaur Zone 121K

Thu Feb 19

4:30-5:15 p.m.

A 10 yr. old girl living in a conservative world is determined to fight for her dreams. © Sony | Saudi Arabia | 2012 | Rated PG | 97 minutes ■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Tue

A young woman having to choose between her heart’s wish and her family duty. © Sony | Israel | 2012 | Rated PG | 90 minutes

11 a.m.-Noon 2-3 p.m.

Mad Genius Criminal Mastermind Convention [8-12 years]

■ Marvin Auditorium 101C

Tue

Do your plans of world domination crash and burn? Are you looking for new ways to double cross your shady alliances?

Does your secret lair need some flair? Make all your diabolical dreams come true at this devious homage to Fake Mustache, the Kids Big Read selection. Really. Trust us!

Sat

Feb 21

2-3 p.m.

Share a story or two, encourage creativity and make memories. All you need is a fun-loving grownup, a curious kid, “okay to get messy” shirts and smiles.

Sat Sat

Feb 21 Mar 21

Mar 3

6:30-8:30 p.m.

THE BIG READ FILM SERIES True Grit (2010)

Stories and Art [3-8 years]

■ Lingo Story Room 121

6:30-8:30 p.m.

Fill the Void

■ Kansas Children’s Discovery Center

■ Lingo Story Room 121

Feb 3

6:30-9 p.m.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

■ Marvin 101 BC

William Munny (Clint Eastwood), a reformed killer and outlaw, is determined to put his past behind him. But the lure of a bounty has him opening the door to his past and stepping once again into the role of gunfighter. 1992 | 131 minutes | Rated R

Fri

Lenny Flem, Jr and Jodie O’Rodeo save their world with sheer grit - and carnival capers. The Kids Big Read Finale has capers of its own. Try your aim at the squirt gun mustache shoot. Dig for, well, maybe it’s gold. Vaporize the villain. Ride off into the sunset, a hero indeed.

Wed Feb 25

TOPEKA & SHAWNEE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS

6:30-9 p.m.

Unforgiven

10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Squirt Gun Shooting Gallery [8-12 years]

■ Lingo Story Room 121

Feb 13

■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

Fri

3-5 p.m.

17

Feb 20

The saga of three generations of the Trask and Hamilton families in the early 1900’s in northern California. Based on the John Steinbeck novel. 1955 | color | 115 minutes ■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

Fri

Feb 13

2-5 p.m.

The Goodbye Girl

A woman’s ex-husband sublets her apartment right out from under her. When she refuses to move, the new tenant, a Chicago actor, moves in, touching off a comedic love-hate relationship. 1977 | color | 111 minutes Fri

Mar 13

2-5 p.m.

Cyber Seniors

Midland Care & the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library sponsor a screening of the documentary, Cyber Seniors. A spirited group of senior citizens take their first steps into cyber-space, finding new ways to connect.

■ Marvin Auditorium 101AB

Mon Mar 23

1-3 p.m.

MUSIC

Tallgrass Express String Band

The Big Read Celebration of True Grit opens with the Tallgrass Express String Band, pride of the Flint Hills. Annie and her band will lead you on a wild musical chase through the Old West.

■ Marvin Auditorium

3-4 p.m.

Topeka Area Square Dancers

Kick-off The Big Read celebration of True Grit with some toe taping square dancing followed by the Big Read Film Series.

Fri

Feb 6

5:30-6:30 p.m.

The Big Read Finale: Don Williams at TPAC

Don Williams will sing The Big Read home with his warm hickory baritone. Williams is an American country singer, songwriter and a 2010 inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame. His hits include “Good Ole Boys Like Me,”“I Believe In You,”“Love Is On A Roll,”“Amanda” and “Tulsa Time.”

■ Topeka Performing Arts Center 214 SE 8th Avenue

Thu Feb 26

6:30-9 p.m.

6:30-9 p.m.

CLASSIC FILM SERIES East of Eden

■ Rotunda

Feb 6

After his family is violently torn apart, bitter war veteran Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) sets out on a fanatic mission to find his only surviving niece and the Comanche who kidnapped her. 1956 | 119 minutes | Not Rated

Feb 21

Feb 27

■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

Try on a cowboy hat, touch saddles from the old west and learn to rope. Join Joyce Their and Ann Birney as they bring the Old West alive for children of all ages.

Sat

Fri

Sun Feb 1

The Searchers

Living History Day - Cowpoke Festival

■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

14-year-old Mattie Ross is determined to avenge the murder of her father and hires the meanest US Marshall to track the killers. This 2010 adaptation of Charles Portis’ book is more faithful to the original text according to its directors. Part of the Big Read Film Series. 2010 | 110 min | Rated PG-13 Fri

10-10:30 a.m.

10-10:30 a.m.

Garnering John Wayne his only Oscar for best actor, the role of U.S. Marshall Rooster Cogburn is a one-eyed, unwashed, fat old man who just maybe has a heart of gold. Mattie Ross convinces him to bring her father’s killer to justice. 1969 | 128 minutes | Rated G

■ Marvin Auditorium 101BC

INTERNATIONAL FILM SERIES Wadjda

Author Coert Voorhees and Kansas Ballet Academy join forces at KCDC. Staff meteorologist Kyle Morris will demonstrate a tabletop tornado. This is a free companion program to The Big Read. Program attendees can receive $1 off general KCDC admission.

Feb 21 Feb 21

9:30-10 a.m.

10:30-11 a.m.

6:30-7 p.m.

9:30-10 a.m.

10:30-11 a.m.

6:30-7 p.m.

MOVIES

Ropin’ a Twister

Sat Sat

5-6 p.m.

True Grit (1969)

7:30 p.m.

FEBRUARY

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3 10 17 24

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4 11 18 25

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6 13 20 27

7 14 21 28

MARCH

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

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3 10 17 24 31

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FEBRUARY - MARCH 2015

TEENS

Anyone Can Cook [12-18 years]

Bring your cards and prepare for fierce battle with other Yu-Gi-Oh! and Magic the Gathering players.

■ Lingo Story Room 121

Double Dueling: Yu-Gi-Oh! and Magic the Gathering [12-18 years] ■ The Edge - Teen Room 114

Mon Feb 2 Mon Mar 2, 16

4-6 p.m.

4-6 p.m.

NBA 2K15 Tournament [12-18 years]

Call upon all your hoops skills to prove you’re a champion.

Battle with the best local gamers to see if you have what it takes to win it all in this single-elimination competition.

■ The Edge - Teen Room 114

Fri

Feb 6

2-3 p.m.

Teen Writer’s Group [12-18 years]

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.

■ The Edge - Teen Room 114

Mon Feb 9, 23 Mon Mar 9, 23

7-8 p.m.

7-8 p.m.

Books Into Movies - True Grit [12-18 years]

Come to The Edge and watch True Grit, an exciting western about fourteen year old Mattie Ross, a girl searching for the man who killed her father. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll sit on the edge of your seat. You definitely want to win a copy of this book!

■ The Edge - Teen Room 114

Wed Feb 11

3:30-6:30 p.m.

Fun After School [12-18 years]

Check out a new craft, game, cool activity or whatever else we can find to play with. Amp up the fun by bringing some friends. It’s something different every month!

■ The Edge - Teen Room 114

Thu Feb 12 Thu Mar 5

3:30-4:30 p.m.

3:30-4:30 p.m.

Freaky Friday (the 13th) [12-18 years]

What better thing is there to do on a Friday the 13th than to watch a scary movie? Grab a snack from the café and make your way down to The Edge where we will be showing The Ring, and you’ll never want to watch a movie alone again.

■ The Edge - Teen Room 114

Fri

Feb 13

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

Fri Fri

Feb 20 Mar 20

4-5 p.m.

4-5 p.m.

NO BOOKMOBILE SERVICE FEB 16 | FOR SCHEDULE UPDATES, CHECK tscpl.org/bookmobile

Open Mic Night [12-18 years]

MONDAY

You are a natural performer and we want you to show off. So take the stage and strut your stuff! You can sing, dance, read poetry, tell jokes or play an instrument. Grab some fame at our monthly talent show or just come and watch.

■ The Edge - Teen Room 114

Wed Feb 25 Wed Mar 25

4-5 p.m.

4-5 p.m.

Our Voices [12-18 years]

Wed Feb 25

5:30-7 p.m.

Tech Fair

Do you love all things technology? Have you designed something awesome? Submit your technology creation to us by 2/27 and you can show it off at our Tech Fair. Or just show up! There will be demos and a chance to mess around with some really cool stuff. Registration required. Call 580-4565.

■ The Edge - Teen Room 114

Thu Mar 12

Prove you are the best brawler in town. Face off against opponents who make that same claim of supremacy in the popular Wii game. Bring your best moves because only one will be left standing as the reigning champion.

Mar 13

2-3 p.m.

Tue Tue

Feb 17 Mar 17

7-8 p.m.

7-8 p.m.

■ David J’s Place

Jan 15 4:00 pm Feb 19 4:00 pm Mar 19 4:00 pm Apr 16 4:00 pm

4-5 p.m.

– 11:00 am – 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm – 7:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Berryton Elementary School, 2921 SE 69th Hunter's Ridge, NW 46th & Hwy 75 Quincy Street Station, 820 SE Quincy Brookwood Shopping Center, SW 29th & Oakley K-Mart North, NW Lyman & Tyler

9:30 am 9:30 am 2:00 pm 2:30 pm

– 1:00 pm – 1:00 pm – 7:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Fairlawn Plaza Shopping Center, SW 21st & Fairlawn Dillons North, 800 NW 25th St Mike’s IGA, NE Sardou & Forest Velma Paris Community Center, 6715 SW Westview

LIBRARYNEWS

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING SCHEDULE All meetings held on Thursdays in the Menninger Room. Check the daily schedule in the Rotunda on meeting days for any changes.

Wed Feb 18

9:30 am 9:30 am 11:45 am 2:30 pm 2:30 pm

9:30 am – 11:30 am Educational & Quest Credit Union, SE 29th & Croco 9:30 am – 12:15 pm Apple Market, 1431 North Washington, Auburn 12:45 pm – 3:00 pm Hunter's Ridge, NW 46th & Hwy 75 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Villa West Shopping Center, SW 29th & Wanamaker Visit tscpl.org/bookmobile to locate the drop box location nearest to you.

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

Blind date with a book [12-18 years]

Are you sick of high school romance? Try dating a book instead! Come to the library for a round of speed dating and refreshments. You could win the book love of your life, and you don’t even have to worry about holding someone else’s clammy hand.

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

SATURDAY

Anime Kurabu [12-18 years]

■ The Edge - Teen Room 114

9:30 am – 7:30 pm 9:30 am – 7:30 pm

FRIDAY

3:30-5:30 p.m.

Kon’nichiwa! Do you love all things anime and manga? If you answered hai, then plan on coming to this fun kurabu where we will play, watch, read, write, draw and imagine all things anime.

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 Hts

THURSDAY

4-5:30 p.m.

[12-18 years]

Fri

9:30 am – 1:00 pm

9:30 am – 1:00 pm

2:15 pm – 7:30 pm 2:15 pm – 7:30 pm

WEDNESDAY

Super Smash Bros. Brawl Tournament

■ The Edge - Teen Room 114

Pine Ridge, 1100 SE Highland Wal-Mart, 1301 SW 37th Educational & Quest Credit Union, SE 29th & Croco Avondale East, 455 SE Golf Park Blvd Fairlawn Plaza Shopping Center, SW 21st & Fairlawn Tecumseh United Methodist Church, 334 SE Tecumseh

TUESDAY

Teens, come to this empowerment series and hear about and discuss your concerns over topics such as race, acceptance, talent and encouragement. Let your voice be heard!

■ Marvin Auditorium 101B

9:30 am – 11:30 am 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm 1:00 pm – 3:15 pm 3:00 pm – 7:30 pm 3:30 pm – 7:30 pm

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FEBRUARY - MARCH 2015

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE FEB-MAR 2014 FEBRUARY 1 SUNDAY R.E.A.D. Dogs 2:00 PM K Tallgrass Express String Band 3:00 PM MU FEBRUARY 2 MONDAY Medicare Mondays 1:00 PM A Yu-Gi-Oh! & Magic Gathering 4:00 PM T Make Your Own Mustache 4:00 PM K FEBRUARY 3 TUESDAY Toddler Time 2 Preschool Storytime Toddler Time 2 Bridges & Road Work Computer & Gadget Help tWiin Xgaming Toddler Time 2 Wadjda Excel: Lists

9:30 AM K 10:00 AM K 10:30 AM K 12:00 PM A 3:30 PM C 4:00 PM K 6:30 PM K 6:30 PM M 7:00 PM C

FEBRUARY 4 WEDNESDAY Toddler Time 1 9:30 AM K Preschool Storytime 10:00 AM K Toddler Time 1 10:30 AM K Word I: Intro to Word 1:00 PM C Beginning Embroidery 1:00 PM A 4-H in the Library 4:00 PM K How to Start a Business 6:00 PM A Toddler Time 1 6:30 PM K Sing, Move and Learn 6:30 PM K Let’s Make Beer 7:00 PM A FEBRUARY 5 THURSDAY Baby Bookworms Computerized Genealogy Preschool Storytime Baby Bookworms Word II: Intermediate Word Zoo Animals Live!

Baby Bookworms Book, Book, Goose!

Pinterest for Beginners

9:30 AM K 10:00 AM A 10:00 AM K 10:30 AM K 1:00 PM C 4:00 PM K 5:30 PM K 6:30 PM B 7:00 PM C

FEBRUARY 6 FRIDAY Windows 8 for Beginners NBA 2K15 Tournament True Grit: Dutch Grit True Grit (2010)

1:00 PM C 2:00 PM T 6:30 PM A 6:30 PM M

FEBRUARY 7 SATURDAY Computer & Gadget Help 9:30 AM C Math and Science Exploration 10:00 AM K Kansas vs. Oklahoma State 12:30 PM A Gaming for Adults 2:00 PM A Quick Draw, Cowboy 2:00 PM K Kansas State vs. Texas 3:00 PM A FEBRUARY 8 SUNDAY Time and Telling in True Grit 2:00 PM A R.E.A.D. Dogs 2:00 PM K FEBRUARY 9 MONDAY Computerized Genealogy 5:00 AM A Health Insurance Enrollment 9:00 AM A Classics Made Modern 1:30 PM B Caregiver Support Group 3:30 PM A Presbyterian Manor Bk Club 4:00 PM A Amazing Animals 4:30 PM K Sports Trivia 7:00 PM A Teen Writer’s Group 7:00 PM T FEBRUARY 10 TUESDAY Toddler Time 2 9:30 AM K Journaling Words & Images 10:00 AM A Preschool Storytime 10:00 AM K Toddler Time 2 10:30 AM K Computer & Gadget Help 3:30 PM C tWiin Xgaming 4:00 PM K

Toddler Time 2 Ebooks & Digital Media

A=ADULTS AR=ART B=BOOKS C=COMPUTER K=KIDS[BIRTH-11 YEARS] M=MOVIES MU=MUSIC T=TEENS[12-18 YEARS] 6:30 PM K 7:00 PM C

FEBRUARY 11 WEDNESDAY Taming Your Mouse 9:30 AM C Toddler Time 1 9:30 AM K Preschool Storytime 10:00 AM K Toddler Time 1 10:30 AM K Computer Q & A 1:00 PM C Crestview Chapter Chat 1:00 PM A Books Into Movies - True Grit 3:30 PM T Minecraft® @ Your Library 4:00 PM K Toddler Time 1 6:30 PM K Seabirds and Desecheo Island 7:00 PM A FEBRUARY 12 THURSDAY Windows 8 for Beginners 9:30 AM C Baby Bookworms 9:30 AM K Preschool Storytime 10:00 AM K Baby Bookworms 10:30 AM K Excel: Intro to Spreadsheets 1:00 PM C Fun After School 3:30 PM T Baby Bookworms 5:30 PM K Facebook for Beginners 7:00 PM C 2014 Income Tax Filing 7:00 PM A FEBRUARY 13 FRIDAY Internet Introduction Excel: Lists East of Eden Freaky Friday (the 13th) The Searchers

9:30 AM C 1:00 PM C 2:00 PM M 3:30 PM T 6:30 PM M

FEBRUARY 14 SATURDAY Musical Storytime 10:00 AM K Guys Read 2:00 PM K FEBRUARY 15 SUNDAY African Americans & Frontier 2:00 AM A Gathering STEAM 2:00 PM AR Cowboy Poetry Gathering 2:00 PM A R.E.A.D. Dogs 2:00 PM K FEBRUARY 17 TUESDAY Toddler Time 2 9:30 AM K Preschool Storytime 10:00 AM K Toddler Time 2 10:30 AM K True Grit Book Discussion 1:30 PM B Computer & Gadget Help 3:30 PM C tWiin Xgaming 4:00 PM K Toddler Time 2 6:30 PM K True Grit, the Path to Success 7:00 PM B Taming Your Mouse 7:00 PM C Anime Kurabu 7:00 PM T FEBRUARY 18 WEDNESDAY Google It! 9:30 AM C Toddler Time 1 9:30 AM K Preschool Storytime 10:00 AM K Toddler Time 1 10:30 AM K Intro to Songwriting 1:00 PM A iPad Workshop 1:30 PM C 4-H in the Library 4:00 PM K Blind date with a book 4:00 PM T SKITLS 4:00 PM K Toddler Time 1 6:30 PM K TALK About Literature 7:00 PM B FEBRUARY 19 THURSDAY Email for Beginners 9:30 AM C Baby Bookworms 9:30 AM K Preschool Storytime 10:00 AM K Baby Bookworms 10:30 AM K Word: Mail Merge & Labels 1:00 PM C Factual Fun 4:30 PM K Baby Bookworms 5:30 PM K African American Writers 7:00 PM B Grub & Grit Book Discussion 7:00 PM B Windows 8 for Beginners 7:00 PM C

TOPEKA & SHAWNEE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS

Practical Pruning Advice 7:00 PM A What True Grit Looked Like 7:00 PM A FEBRUARY 20 FRIDAY Word I: Intro to Word Musical Storytime PowerPoint Anyone Can Cook Unforgiven

9:30 AM C 10:00 AM K 1:00 PM C 4:00 PM T 6:30 PM M

FEBRUARY 21 SATURDAY Stories and Art 10:00 AM K Living History Day 10:00 AM K Ropin’ a Twister 11:00 AM K Ropin’ a Twister 2:00 PM K Mad Genius Convention 2:00 PM K True Grit Living History 3:00 PM A FEBRUARY 22 SUNDAY True Grit: Keynote R.E.A.D. Dogs So Many Books

2:00 PM B 2:00 PM K 3:00 PM B

FEBRUARY 23 MONDAY Editing Digital Photos 1:00 PM C Teen Writer’s Group 7:00 PM T FEBRUARY 24 TUESDAY Toddler Time 2 Preschool Storytime Toddler Time 2 Computer & Gadget Help tWiin Xgaming Toddler Time 2 Bean There, Read That Internet Introduction

9:30 AM K 10:00 AM K 10:30 AM K 3:30 PM C 4:00 PM K 6:30 PM K 7:00 PM B 7:00 PM C

FEBRUARY 25 WEDNESDAY Word II: Intermediate Word 9:30 AM C Toddler Time 1 9:30 AM K Preschool Storytime 10:00 AM K Toddler Time 1 10:30 AM K Squirt Gun Shooting Gallery 3:00 PM K Open Mic Night 4:00 PM T Minecraft® @ Your Library 4:00 PM K Our Voices 5:30 PM T Toddler Time 1 6:30 PM K FEBRUARY 26 THURSDAY Baby Bookworms 9:30 AM K Preschool Storytime 10:00 AM K Baby Bookworms 10:30 AM K Baby Bookworms 5:30 PM K Community Novel Project 6:30 PM A Don Williams at TPAC 7:30 PM MU FEBRUARY 27 FRIDAY Library Ebooks for Kindle 9:30 AM C Young Guns & Gallant Geezers 10:30 AM A True Grit (1969) 6:30 PM M FEBRUARY 28 SATURDAY Big Read at HHHS 1:00 PM A MARCH 1 SUNDAY R.E.A.D. Dogs

2:00 PM K

MARCH 2 MONDAY Medicare Mondays 1:00 PM A Yu-Gi-Oh! & Magic Gathering 4:00 PM T Read Across America 5:00 PM K MARCH 3 TUESDAY Preschool Storytime Computer & Gadget Help tWiin Xgaming Fill the Void Google It!

10:00 AM K 3:30 PM C 4:00 PM K 6:30 PM M 7:00 PM C

MARCH 4 WEDNESDAY Sing, Move and Learn Word I: Intro to Word Toddler Time 1 Preschool Storytime Toddler Time 1 Facebook for Beginners Beginning Embroidery 4-H in the Library How to Start a Business Toddler Time 1 Kansas Reptiles

6:30 PM K 9:30 AM C 9:30 AM K 10:00 AM K 10:30 AM K 1:00 PM C 1:00 PM A 4:00 PM K 6:00 PM A 6:30 PM K 7:00 PM A

MARCH 5 THURSDAY Word II: Intermediate Word Baby Bookworms Computerized Genealogy Preschool Storytime Baby Bookworms Fun After School Zoo Animals Live!

Baby Bookworms Book, Book, Goose!

Use It or Lose It Email for Beginners

9:30 AM C 9:30 AM K 10:00 AM A 10:00 AM K 10:30 AM K 3:30 PM T 4:00 PM K 5:30 PM K 6:30 PM B 6:30 PM A 7:00 PM C

MARCH 6 FRIDAY Pinterest for Beginners

1:00 PM C

MARCH 7 SATURDAY Computer & Gadget Help 9:30 AM C Math and Science Exploration 10:00 AM K Gaming for Adults 2:00 PM A MARCH 8 SUNDAY R.E.A.D. Dogs

2:00 PM K

MARCH 9 MONDAY Computerized Genealogy Ebooks & Digital Media Classics Made Modern Caregiver Support Group Amazing Animals Teen Writer’s Group

5:00 PM A 1:00 PM C 1:30 PM B 3:30 PM A 4:30 PM K 7:00 PM T

MARCH 10 TUESDAY Journaling Words & Images Preschool Storytime Computer & Gadget Help tWiin Xgaming Computer & Gadget Help

10:00 AM A 10:00 AM K 3:30 PM C 4:00 PM K 7:00 PM C

MARCH 11 WEDNESDAY Toddler Time 1 Preschool Storytime Toddler Time 1 Computer Q & A Crestview Chapter Chat Minecraft® @ Your Library Toddler Time 1 TALK About Literature

9:30 AM K 10:00 AM K 10:30 AM K 1:00 PM C 1:00 PM A 4:00 PM K 6:30 PM K 7:00 PM B

MARCH 12 THURSDAY Baby Bookworms Preschool Storytime Baby Bookworms Taming Your Mouse Tech Fair Baby Bookworms Retirement and Medicare

9:30 AM K 10:00 AM K 10:30 AM K 1:00 PM C 4:00 PM T 5:30 PM K 6:30 PM A

MARCH 13 FRIDAY Windows 8 for Beginners Super Smash Bros.

The Goodbye Girl

1:00 PM C 2:00 PM T 2:00 PM M

MARCH 14 SATURDAY Musical Storytime Guys Read 19

10:00 AM K 2:00 PM K

MARCH 15 SUNDAY NCAA Tournament Challenge ALL DAY A Gathering STEAM 2:00 PM AR R.E.A.D. Dogs 2:00 PM K

Excel: Lists Baby Bookworms Excel: Intro to Spreadsheets MARCH 27 FRIDAY Word: Mail Merge & Labels

MARCH 16 MONDAY Internet Introduction 1:00 PM C Yu-Gi-Oh! & Magic Gathering 4:00 PM T

MARCH 28 SATURDAY Musical Storytime

10:00 AM K

MARCH 29 SUNDAY Celtic Celebration R.E.A.D. Dogs

2:00 PM A 2:00 PM K

MARCH 30 MONDAY Windows 8 for Beginners

1:00 PM C

MARCH 31 TUESDAY Toddler Time 2 Preschool Storytime Toddler Time 2 PowerPoint Computer & Gadget Help tWiin Xgaming Toddler Time 2 Library Ebooks for Nooks

9:30 AM K 10:00 AM K 10:30 AM K 1:00 PM C 3:30 PM C 4:00 PM K 6:30 PM K 7:00 PM C

MARCH 17 TUESDAY Preschool Storytime Computer & Gadget Help tWiin Xgaming Anime Kurabu

10:00 AM K 3:30 PM C 4:00 PM K 7:00 PM T

MARCH 18 WEDNESDAY Toddler Time 1 Preschool Storytime Toddler Time 1 Introduction to Songwriting iPad Workshop SKITLS Toddler Time 1

9:30 AM K 10:00 AM K 10:30 AM K 1:00 PM A 1:30 PM C 4:00 PM K 6:30 PM K

MARCH 19 THURSDAY Baby Bookworms 9:30 AM K Preschool Storytime 10:00 AM K Baby Bookworms 10:30 AM K NCAA Basketball Tournament 11:00 AM A Google It! 1:00 PM C Baby Bookworms 5:30 PM K African American Writers 7:00 PM B Editing Digital Photos 7:00 PM C Spring Lawn Care 7:00 PM A MARCH 20 FRIDAY Musical Storytime 10:00 AM K NCAA Basketball Tournament 11:00 AM A Email for Beginners 1:00 PM C Anyone Can Cook 4:00 PM T MARCH 21 SATURDAY Stories and Art 10:00 AM K NCAA Basketball Tournament 11:00 AM A MARCH 22 SUNDAY NCAA Basketball Tournament 12:00 PM A R.E.A.D. Dogs 2:00 PM K So Many Books 3:00 PM B MARCH 23 MONDAY Word I: Intro to Word Cyber Seniors Teen Writer’s Group

1:00 PM C 5:30 PM K 7:00 PM C 1:00 PM C

MARK YOUR CALENDAR Feb 3 VITA Tax Prep Help begins Mar 8 PARS Teen Reality Tour Apr 3 Edible Books Festival Apr 3 Annual Exhibit for Children: A Hero's Journey - ends May 10 Apr 4 Money Smart Kansas Day Apr 19 Green Fair May 11 Monday Farmer’s Market opens June 1 Summerfest Reading begins Sept 18-20 Friends Book Sale

1:00 PM C 1:00 PM A 7:00 PM T

MARCH 24 TUESDAY Toddler Time 2 9:30 AM K Preschool Storytime 10:00 AM K Toddler Time 2 10:30 AM K Word II: Intermediate Word 1:00 PM C Computer & Gadget Help 3:30 PM C tWiin Xgaming 4:00 PM K Toddler Time 2 6:30 PM K Library Ebooks with Androids 7:00 PM C Bean There, Read That 7:00 PM A MARCH 25 WEDNESDAY Toddler Time 1 Preschool Storytime Toddler Time 1 Excel: Intro to Spreadsheets Open Mic Night Minecraft® @ Your Library Toddler Time 1

9:30 AM K 10:00 AM K 10:30 AM K 1:00 PM C 4:00 PM T 4:00 PM K 6:30 PM K

MARCH 26 THURSDAY Baby Bookworms Preschool Storytime Baby Bookworms

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Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library 1515 SW 10th Avenue Topeka, Kansas 66604-1374 F E B R UA RY – M A R C H 2 0 1 5

Library Hours: Mon–Fri 9 am–9 pm Sat 9 am–6 pm | Sun 12–9 pm 785 580-4400

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Where is the library?

It’s where you need it, when you need it!

BOOK DROP Return library materials at 17 BOOK DROPS around the city and county.

Request items to be delivered to the SMARTLOCKER at Oakland Community Center or Topeka Hy-Vee grocery store.

Use your library online at tscpl.org The BOOKMOBILE visits 20 stops around the city and county.

COMMUNITY CENTER Use computers and attend library events at your COMMUNITY CENTER.

Use tscpl.org, our DIGITAL BRANCH, when you’re at home or work.

Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, your place. Stories you want. Information you need. Connections you seek.

The DIGITAL BRANCH is mobile-friendly. Use it on your tablet or smartphone.

The LIBRARY at 10th & Washburn is open 78 hours a week.