Events

Learn about what to expect as you age in our popular series with LMH Health. We’ll talk about a new health topic each month. For March, we will hear a presentation on endocrinology from LMH Health medical experts.  This month our…

Come on down to the library Teen Zone and join your fellow fun-seekers for a little recreation and socialization. Games will include Nintendo Wii Bowling (video game), cards and board games. Play one of LPL's board games or bring one…

Please join us for a private guided tour of the new KU Welcome Center.  This is a starting point for new prospectiuve students and their families as well as alumni.  The tour will take about 45 minutes, followed by an opportunity…

Keep up to date on the changing world of technology. Get your burning questions answered with the help of the library's Tech Team. THis month we will be talking about AI and its future with Doug Ward who is a cultural historian and former…

Join us for a behind-the-scenes guided tour of the newly opened Kansas City History Museum located in Corinthian Hall, the former residence of lumber magnate R.A. Long.  The tour will included a guided presentation of the first floor…

Our wildly popular wine tasting program is back! Each month, we’ll take a virtual tour of one of the world’s wine regions with Steve Wilson of City Wine Market. Check back for featured wines. Purchases are optional.

We are pleased to present a zoom  presentation by Douglas County Extension Master Gardener Kevin Nelson on keeping people active and safe in the garden as long as they choose. Gardening is great for your health and well-being…

Whip up your favorite dessert and join friends to discuss the Kanopy film of the month. This cool movie streaming service is free with your library card! 

This month will focus on climate change with retired Toledo University professor…

Learn about what to expect as you age in our popular series with LMH Health. We’ll talk about a new health topic each month. 

For April, LMH Physical Therapist Adrineh Mehdikhani will give us an in-person Tai Chi lesson in the…

Come on down to the library Teen Zone and join your fellow fun-seekers for a little recreation and socialization. Games will include Nintendo Wii Bowling (video game), cards and board games. Play one of LPL's board games or bring one of…

Keep up to date on the changing world of technology. Get your burning questions answered with the help of the library's Tech Team. Check back for topics!

Please join us for a behind-the-scenes experience of the Battle of Black Jack, essentially the first battle of the Civil War.  We will visit the Pearson Farmstead as well as experience a battlefield tour and reenactment conducted by…

Our wildly popular wine tasting program is back! Each month, we’ll take a virtual tour of one of the world’s wine regions with Steve Wilson of City Wine Market. Check back for featured wines. Purchases are optional.

Whip up your favorite dessert and join friends to discuss the Kanopy film of the month. This cool movie streaming service is free with your library card! 

This month we're watching Sing Street, which centers on a teenager growing…

Please join Retirement Bootcamp at the KU Native Medicinal and Ethnobotany Research Gardens at the KU Field Station.  We will be given an evening tour by the garden's founder and expert, educator and author, Dr Kelly…

Learn about what to expect as you age in our popular series with LMH Health. We’ll talk about a new health topic each month. 

For May, LMH Health and the Douglas County Visiting Nurses will give a joint presentation on hospice vs…

With summer here, the Teen Zone becomes unavailable (because the Teens get it).  So Fun & Games will be moving to the Library Auditorium.  No Wii games but bring your own board games or card games, gather some fellow players, and…

Want to recapture that cocktail hour feeling but not sure what to make yourself or how to make it?  Join us at the Cork & Barrel tasting room on 23rd Street for a lesson in cocktail mixing from a local mixologist (we always called them…

Join us on a visit to Next to Nature Farms where we will participate in their Bee to Bottle class on keeping bees and harvesting honey. We will be taken through the entire life cycle of a bee and discuss how they work tirelessly to collect…

Please join your fellow Retirement Bootcampers for an in-person wine tasting at a locally owned winery on the grounds of their vineyard and wine-making facilities.  You will get to taste 6 wines from their collection and also go home…