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Busy Bug Yoga

Riverside

Tue, Mar 25, 2025 - 11:00am

Learning to Paint with Watercolor

Kearney

Tue, Mar 25, 2025 - 1:30pm

Book Group: Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker

Excelsior Springs

Tue, Mar 25, 2025 - 2:00pm

The Coterie Theatre Presents: Introduction to Acting with Reader's Theatre

Join a professional teaching artist from the Coterie Theatre for a reader’s theatre workshop, ending in the performance of a traditional folktale.

More Abandoned Midwest

Join photographer Regina Daniel for a deeper look into abandoned urban and rural places.

Beyond Hot Cross Buns (Zoom)

Learn how to make a braided loaf, a ham and cheese lattice loaf, and Austrian Povitica.

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Ferguson's Career Guidance Center

Find helpful job information and planning resources.

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Play and Learn

Wed, Mar 26 2025

10:30am - 11:30am

Riverside Community Room

Enjoy a special preschool playtime that is designed to stimulate young minds and strengthen early literacy skills.

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Just Add Water? Tech’s Thirst for Limited Resources

Your smartphone may fit in your pocket, but it requires vast amounts of land, water, and electricity to function.

Coffee and Conversations: The Importance of Oral History

Fri, May 2 2025

10:30am - 11:30am

Midwest Genealogy Center

Registration Required

Join us on the first Friday of each month for coffee and conversations. We will discuss a specific research topic and answer questions in this discussion-led class.

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Book Group: Ode to a Nobody by Caroline Brooks DuBois

Sat, May 10 2025

10:30am - 11:30am

Woodneath

We look forward to seeing you at our book group! Titles are typically available at the branch one month prior to the discussion.

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MCPL Presents: Lisa Unger

The Coterie Theatre Presents: Introduction to Acting with Reader's Theatre

More Abandoned Midwest

Beyond Hot Cross Buns (Zoom)

Peterson’s Test and Career Prep

Ferguson's Career Guidance Center

Subscribe to our YouTube Channel

OverDrive Digital Downloads

Play and Learn

Just Add Water? Tech’s Thirst for Limited Resources

Coffee and Conversations: The Importance of Oral History

Book Group: Ode to a Nobody by Caroline Brooks DuBois

New Books

Hidden Nature

Hidden Nature

Nightshade

Nightshade

Battle Mountain

Battle Mountain

We All Live Here

We All Live Here

Three Days in June

Three Days in June

Don't Let Him in

Don't Let Him in

Broken Country

Broken Country

Beautiful Ugly

Beautiful Ugly

Onyx Storm

Onyx Storm

The Crash

The Crash

Sunrise on the Reaping

Sunrise on the Reaping

Beach Vibes

Beach Vibes

Great Big Beautiful Life

Great Big Beautiful Life

The Let Them Theory

The Let Them Theory

Strangers in Time

Strangers in Time

The Summer Guests

The Summer Guests

Far From Home

Far From Home

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