THE KANSAS CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY
EVENTS THIS WEEK
Monday, June 13 - Sunday, June 19, 2016
SIGNATURE EVENTS


Monday, June 13 - 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. 
Women of Will: Following the Feminine in Shakespeare's Plays - Tina Packer
Tina Packer, founder of one of the largest Shakespeare festivals in the country, explores the Bard's evolving understanding of femininity and subsequent growth of his female characters in a discussion of her book.



Thursday, June 16 - 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Pop Sonnets - Eric Didriksen
Erik Didriksen discusses and performs some of his best pop sonnets - classic songs reimagined as 14-line, iambic pentameter, Shakespearean sonnets - pulled from his Tumblr and his book Pop Sonnets: Shakespearean Spins on Your Favorite Songs.

PRESENTATIONS & ACTIVITIES


Monday, June 13 - 1:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
Twelfth Night Speaker Series - Heart of America Shakespeare Festival
Robert Willson of the University of Missouri-Kansas City discusses Twelfth Night and the Art of Comedy, continuing a series of inside-the-play presentations focusing on the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival's summer production of the mistaken-identity comedy.



Friday, June 17 - 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
Paul Mesner Puppets: Old MacDonald's Rhyming Ranch
Join Kansas City's Paul Mesner Puppets in a singalong with the farmer we all know and love. Here, at his rhyming ranch, all kinds of animals can be found and fondly remembered. Appropriate for all ages.

FILMS


Vacations Gone Wrong Film Series

'Tis the season for plotting glorious summer vacations that, alas, don't go quite so gloriously. The Library screens four films in June in which the warm-weather fun is undone by neurosis, nature, or enduring ineptitude.

 

Saturday, June 18 - 1:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
The Great Outdoors (1988; Rated PG)

 



Off-the-Wall Film Series:
Sorta Shakespeare

The Library's annual Off-the-Wall film series presents a Bard-themed batch of movies with offbeat takes on Shakespeare's plays. Bring thy olde blankets and folding chairs to the Rooftop Terrace of the Central Library and enjoy an evening of downtown KC skyline cinema.

 

Friday, June 17 - 8:45 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Warm Bodies (2013)
Rated PG-13 (98 min.)

 

EXHIBITS


On display through June 28, 2016
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare
The Library serves as the lone host site in Missouri for First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare, on tour from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. The centerpiece: a 393-year-old copy of the First Folio.



On display through July 3, 2016
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

Shakespeare: Setting the Stage
This exhibit - part of the Library's 2016 celebration of Shakespeare - showcases a collection of costumes and sets from various presentations by Kansas City's Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, along with representations of scenes in which the costumes were worn.



On display through August 7, 2016
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

Second Time Around: The Hubcap as Art
Artists across the world were invited by Landfillart, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit, to transform hundreds of discarded hubcaps into fine art. More than a thousand responded, and 35 of the best works make up this unique, thought-provoking traveling exhibit.

 NEXT WEEK
 June 20 - June 26, 2016

Monday, June 20 � 1:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
Twelfth Night Speaker Series - Heart of America Shakespeare Festival
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Tuesday, June 21 � 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Shakespeare and Hip Hop - Nicole Hodges Persley
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Thursday, June 23 � 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies - Peter Holland

Saturday, June 25 � 1:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Vacations Gone Wrong Film Series:
National Lampoon's Vacation 
(1983; R) 


Sunday, June 26 � 2 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Script-in-Hand: Shakespeare and the Art of the Word - Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre