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April 2024

The Summer Guide is Here

The Summer 2024 Guide will be arriving in mailboxes and will be available at all locations this week. The Guide is your source for the latest Library information. Inside you’ll find upcoming events and programs, service highlights, branch updates, Friends of Johnson County Library and Johnson County Library Foundation news. The Guide is published trimesterly and covers forthcoming events for the next four months.

The images on the front and back covers were created by Vermont-based illustrator and animator Ron Donnelly, who created the artwork for this year’s Summer Reading theme, “Adventure Begins at Your Library”, alongside children’s author/illustrator Juana Martinez-Neal. See page 12 for more details on the exciting adventures the Library has planned to celebrate Summer Reading this year.

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Upcoming Events

elementia issue xxi Reception and Readings

Celebrate the release of the 21st issue of elementia, the teen literary magazine published by Johnson County Library. This issue explores the theme of "The Unspoken" through teen writing and art. Enjoy art exhibits, refreshments, readings from published authors and a keynote address from Adib Khorram. Don't forget to pick up your free copy of elementia at the celebration!

Where: Central Resource Library
When: Tuesday, April 30 | 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

In Memory of Six Million

Join us for our 14th annual In Memory of Six Million Holocaust Remembrance program. Hear a survivor speak from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum via Zoom. As survivors grow fewer as the years go on, we are incredibly grateful and excited to offer this opportunity to our patrons. The survivor will speak for 30 minutes allowing 30 minutes for audience questions at the end. The program will be recorded and available for viewing after the event.

Where: Online via Zoom
When: Thursday, May 2 | 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

April Art and Poetry Walk

In celebration of National Poetry Month, take a short stroll across Strang Park during the month of April while enjoying poems by Jamie Lynn Heller, Annie Newcomer, Jared Campbell and Morgan Schneebeli. All poems are accompanied by the designs of local artist Fred Trease.

Where: Strang Park, Overland Park
When: April 1-30

Strang Park

Craft of Writing Workshop

In this workshop participants will be exposed to the major steps of editing a full-length novel, but on a small scale. The workshop format will start with an editing overview presentation, followed by a demonstration using a sample scene, and then designated work time for attendees to edit their own pages. There will also be time to swap work with another participant.

Where: Central Resource Library
When: Saturday, April 20 | 9 a.m. - Noon

Service of the Month: Chilton Library

Repair, maintenance and service information on the most popular cars, trucks, vans and SUVs on the road today, as well as many new vehicles. This continuously updated resource provides step-by-step repair procedures, troubleshooting guides, diagnostic trouble codes, photos, illustrations, diagrams and multimedia (videos and animations) to simplify even the most complicated tasks.

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Did You Know: Fresh, Exciting New Designs for Library Cards

The three new designs created by local artists for our courier trucks have inspired designs for three new Library cards, debuting at the recently opened Merriam Plaza Library. The cards will be available systemwide starting June 1.

Three local artists were selected to interpret what the Library means to them and how the Library impacts the community, and then asked to translate that into art. Each artist brought their own distinctive eye-catching style to the project.

Sol Anzorena was born in Argentina and grew up in Spain, her visual art and murals are infused with her passion for the environment and the natural world.
Lauren Seider, a Kansas City Art Institute graduate, is an illustrator and designer whose work has been exhibited at the Corinth and Shawnee branches.
JT Daniels is a popular artist and muralist whose work can be seen throughout Kansas City, on exterior walls of downtown businesses, in galleries and adorning streetcar stops.

If you want to update your Library card with one of these stunning new designs, stop by Merriam Plaza Library. Starting June 1, these new designs will be available at all of our locations.

Getting a Card

Help, Join, Give: Celebrate Your Library on Library Giving Day

This Wednesday, April 3rd is Library Giving Day. Library lovers from across the country will be making donations to enhance services and support library collections. We are focusing this Library Giving Day on our 15th library branch – the eLibrary. Full of resources like eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines, eNewspapers, movies, music, online courses, and so much more, our eLibrary has something for every season of life. Please consider making a donation this Wednesday during Library Giving Day. All amounts are welcome!

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Save the Date: Prairie Village Community Center Campus Study Meeting #2

The Library is considering locations for a new branch to eventually replace the Corinth Library, and we want to hear your thoughts! Johnson County Library, the YMCA of Greater Kansas City and the City of Prairie Village are moving into the next phase of a multi-year study of a new Community Center Campus in Harmon Park.

The next in-person public meeting for the Prairie Village Community Center Campus Study is scheduled for Thursday, April 4, 2024. At this meeting attendees can provide feedback on conceptual designs for site options that could include a relocated library. You do not need to be a Prairie Village resident to attend this meeting.

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