Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
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Sparking curiosity and connecting our community through literacy and learning.
Topeka, Kansas
Joined January 2009
We still run into people who are surprised we have ebooks and audiobooks you can access with your library card and a Cricut in our Digital Arts Studio! In today's Monday Minute, Jayna tells us about:.• eBooks with Libby, Aug 19, 10-11am.• Cricut Demonstration, Aug 20, 2-3pm
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Librarian Lissa Staley has been awarded the Public Health Champion Award. @SnCoHealth honored her today for her contributions to advancing health equity and improving community well-being throughout Topeka and Shawnee County.
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Looking for a bargain? Shop for quality, used books at half price on Friday, August 15! The Chandler Booktique inside the library is open Monday through Saturday, 10am-5pm.
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Blood donors are needed and you can donate TODAY, August 14 at the library. If you sign up to donate, you will be entered to win Chiefs tickets. Sign up at and use group code TPHE or call 877-468-6844. Thu, Aug 14, until 1pm.
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Discover how color influences your world in this fun, hands-on evening with local artist Kymm Ledbetter. Wear your favorite color and join the rainbow! Fri, Aug 15, 7-8:30pm in Marvin Auditorium.
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Free technology classes this month:
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Kids are going back to school, but lifelong learning happens all the time at the library! Check our website for all upcoming technology classes for every level. Plus, Colors with Kymm will be a fun, hands-on evening with local artist Kymm Ledbetter this Friday at 7 p.m.
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Tomorrow is the first Thursday of the month, which means it's time for another Zoo Animals Live! Come see some amazing creatures and learn about their awesome features with a specialist from the @TopekaZoo. Thu, Aug 7, 4-4:45pm in Marvin Auditorium.
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Good morning from the west parking lot at the library! Construction has begun on our parking lot! It will happen 4 phases. Phase 1-11th St and Washburn Ave. entrances are closed so come in at the Garfield entrance to the west. See the plan on our website.
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Our summer fun is coming to an end so let's celebrate all the reading hours we put in. Have fun with playing in awesome foam - it's like taking a giant bubble bath with only bubbles! You can also pet animals from G&C Petting Zoo and draw with sidewalk chalk. Sat, Aug 2, 10am-noon
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We're racing toward the Summer Reading Challenge finish line! Thursday, July 31 is the last day you can log your reading to earn prizes (while supplies last). Enter your books or reading time into Beanstack. You can pick up your prizes at the library or Bookmobile.
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**UPDATE - the Discover Where Colors Come From - Geology Talk event has been canceled. Check our website for more ways to learn and grow at the library every week!**.
This is the last week of our summer reading adventures. Log your reads by Thu, July 31 and pick up your prizes. Celebrate with us at our End of Summer Party this Sat, Aug 2, 10am-noon. We'll have a foam party and petting zoo! Learn about the colorful minerals on Sat at 3pm.
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This is the last week of our summer reading adventures. Log your reads by Thu, July 31 and pick up your prizes. Celebrate with us at our End of Summer Party this Sat, Aug 2, 10am-noon. We'll have a foam party and petting zoo! Learn about the colorful minerals on Sat at 3pm.
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Jazz will fill the library this Sunday. Bob Cale with the Topeka Jazz Workshop Big Band and Perry Hartman from the library visited Eye on NE Kansas to talk about the band featuring 15+ people performing musical selections spanning the decades.
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Topeka Jazz Workshop Big Band will be in concert 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 27 at the Topeka & Shawnee Co. Public Library’s Marvin Auditorium.
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Yesterday the library and @GTPartnership welcomed an author who found inspiration for her latest novel in the Capital City.
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Jaclyn Westlake’s “Lucky Break” was inspired by the ‘Choose Topeka’ incentive program launched in 2020
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Listen to the sounds of modern jazz from Topeka's 18-piece big band The Topeka Jazz Workshop. The band is a collection of musicians from NE Kansas dedicated to performing & promoting jazz music. Sun, July 27, 3-5pm in Marvin Auditorium.
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Tomorrow! Meet Author Jaclyn Westlake at a book signing in our Fiction Wing. Westlake was inspired by GO Topeka's Choose Topeka program to write her latest novel Lucky Break. Drop by to tell her what you love about Topeka and buy a copy of her book. Thu, July 24, 1:30-3pm.
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What binds a family together? In this Book of the Week Emily tells Dane about a longtime favorite, Meet the Austins by Madeleine L'Engle on Fox 43 AM Live.
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You have 10 more days to log your summer reads and earn prizes. You got this! Meet author Jaclyn Westlake at her book signing Thu, July 24, 1:30-3pm. You can purchase a book for her to sign and tell her what you love about Topeka.
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The whole town is buzzing about Dr. Drab's Lab! Brittany Keegan, curator of exhibitions for the Alice C. Sabatini gallery, talked to Dane Kroll about the colorful exhibit. Diana Friend talks about the Friends of the Library Book & Media Sale this weekend.
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