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Sunflower Memory Cafe

10:00am - 11:30am
Indian Creek Library
Registration
Library Location: Indian Creek Library
Room: Event Space - West
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Live Well
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 25
Event Details:
Individuals living with memory loss, along with their caregivers, are invited to socialize and have fun with others who are experiencing similar challenges. Listen to speakers, participate in activities, and build relationships. Each month will featu...

Safe Sitter® Essential Babysitting and CPR Classes

10:00am - 4:30pm
Downtown Library
Registration
Library Location: Downtown Library
Room: 3rd Floor Creative/Art Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Live Well
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:
Ready to take on the responsibility of babysitting? The best sitter is a Safe Sitter®! This class will cover babysitting business basics, childcare essentials, child behavior issues, and emergencies situations including choking infant/child resc...

Meet Nocturnal Animals With Lakeside Nature Center!

1:30pm - 2:30pm
Downtown Library
Registration
Library Location: Downtown Library
Room: Children's Program Room Downtown
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Program Type: Learn Something New
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 40
Event Details:
What does an opossum do all night while you are sleeping? Join presenters from Lakeside Nature Center as they discuss the secret lives of nocturnal mammals, especially the suburban mammals who roam across our own driveways and backyards. Ask question...

Sunken Treasure Scavenger Hunt

5:00pm - 7:00pm
Offsite Location
Offsite Event
Library Location: Offsite Location
Age Group: Children, Elementary, Teens
Program Type: Just for Fun
Event Details:
Go diving for pirate treasure at the Olathe pools this summer! Chests of pirate treasure have spilled all over the pools. Collect everything on your pirate checklist and return it to the treasure chest for a prize. Get into the pool hosting the ev...

Juneteenth Celebration

9:00am - 4:00pm
Downtown Library
Library Location: Downtown Library
Room: Flexbox Theater
Age Group: Children, Elementary, Teens, Adults, Family, Everyone
Event Details:
Join the Olathe Public Library as we honor Juneteenth on June 19 from 10 AM-4 PM at both Indian Creek Library and Downtown Library. Discover a wide array of celebratory family-filled programming including storytimes, arts and crafts, films, dance,...

Juneteenth Celebration

10:00am - 4:00pm
Indian Creek Library
Library Location: Indian Creek Library
Room: Event Space - East
Age Group: Children, Birth to PreK, Elementary, Teens, Adults, Family, Everyone
Event Details:
Join the Olathe Public Library as we honor Juneteenth on June 19 from 10 AM-4 PM at both Indian Creek Library and Downtown Library. Discover a wide array of celebratory family-filled programming including storytimes, arts and crafts, films, dance,...

Book Munch for the Lunch Bunch

11:30am - 1:30pm
Offsite Location
Offsite Event
Library Location: Offsite Location
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussions
Event Details:
Grab some lunch and hang out with other book lovers in this non-traditional book club. You’ll hear about some of the latest and greatest books available at the library, then we’ll go around the table and discuss what each of us has read in the past m...

Chess Night

5:30pm - 7:00pm
Downtown Library
Library Location: Downtown Library
Room: Children's Program Room Downtown
Age Group: Children, Elementary, Teens, Adults, Family, Everyone
Program Type: Just for Fun
Event Details:
Come play chess with a worthy opponent.  All ages and playing levels welcome. ...

Storytime in the Park

10:00am - 10:30am
Indian Creek Library
Library Location: Indian Creek Library
Room: Exterior Court Yard
Age Group: Children, Birth to PreK, Family
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:
Come enjoy storytime at the park!  Bring a blanket and enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays. Stories will be geared to 3-to-5-year-olds, but all are welcome. In case of rain, storytime will be cancelled. ...

CorelDRAW Basics

12:00pm - 2:00pm
Indian Creek Library
Registration
Library Location: Indian Creek Library
Room: The Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Makerspace
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Event Details:
Learn CorelDraw on a basic level. Learn about the different tools and to how to achieve basic tasks such as aligning objects and outlining them. The class will tie in the techniques used to prepare files used with the equipment available in the space...

Meet Nocturnal Animals With Lakeside Nature Center!

1:30pm - 2:30pm
Indian Creek Library
Registration
Library Location: Indian Creek Library
Room: Children's Program Room Indian Creek
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Program Type: Learn Something New
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 40
Event Details:
What does an opossum do all night while you are sleeping? Join presenters from Lakeside Nature Center as they discuss the secret lives of nocturnal mammals, especially the suburban mammals who roam across our own driveways and backyards. Ask question...

Adventure Skills

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Indian Creek Library
Registration
Library Location: Indian Creek Library
Room: The Lab
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Makerspace
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 4
Event Details:
Participants will learn some fun and useful skills to ensure they have the best summer adventure possible! This 4-part series will teach participants how to: Make a compass and sundial Identify local plants Conduct an archaeology dig Make...

Anime Club

4:00pm - 6:00pm
Downtown Library
Library Location: Downtown Library
Room: Teen Zone Downtown
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Teen Clubs

Can’t get enough anime and manga? Meet up and share manga drawings, watch anime, learn about Japanese culture and talk about manga and anime. We’ll serve refreshments, which may include Japanese treats.

Kansas City Royals: An Illustrated History with Matt Stewart

7:00pm - 8:15pm
Downtown Library
Library Location: Downtown Library
Room: Flexbox Theater
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussions
Event Details:
Join local anchor and reporter Matt Stewart on reliving all the great moments in Kansas City Royals history starting from the founding of the team in 1969 through two World Series championships to today's efforts to get back to the playoffs. Two sign...

Find Fido Friday

All Day
Downtown Library
Library Location: Downtown Library
Age Group: Children, Birth to PreK, Elementary
Program Type: Just for Fun
Event Details:
Fido is back and he's hiding somewhere in the Children's area. Find him and you'll get a small prize.  ...

Find Fido Friday

All Day
Indian Creek Library
Library Location: Indian Creek Library
Age Group: Children, Birth to PreK, Elementary
Program Type: Just for Fun
Event Details:
Fido is back and he's hiding somewhere in the Children's area. Find him and you'll get a small prize.  ...

Virtual Escape Room

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Online
Virtual Event
Library Location: Online
Room: Facebook
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Just for Fun
Event Details:
Go on a virtual adventure, solve the themed puzzle, and see if you can breakout of the virtual escape room before it’s too late.  Link to the escape room will be posted at the start time of the event. ...

Pokémon & Beyblades Club

4:00pm - 5:30pm
Downtown Library
Library Location: Downtown Library
Room: Children's Program Room Downtown
Age Group: Elementary, Teens
Program Type: Just for Fun
Event Details:
Get together with other Pokémon and Beyblade fans to play and hang out! Bring your Pokémon cards and Beyblades to trade or battle with friends. A few Pokémon decks, Beyblades and an arena will be provided for play. Don’t know how to play? No worries!...

Crime and Cookies

11:00am - 12:00pm
Downtown Library
Registration
Library Location: Downtown Library
Room: 3rd Floor Creative/Art Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussions
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:
Join us as we discuss a true crime book and snack on delicious cookies. Participants will receive a free copy of the book upon registration.  After the initial registration confirmation email, look for an email from hdpatton@olatheks.org noti...

Didgeridoo Down Under at the Olathe Public Library!

11:00am - 12:00pm
Downtown Library
Library Location: Downtown Library
Room: Flexbox Theater
Age Group: Children, Elementary, Family
Program Type: Learn Something New
Event Details:
Join traveling performers from Didgeridoo Down Under for an exciting interactive show featuring Australian music, artwork, science, and even puppetry. Performers will play didgeridoos and other percussion instruments and invite the audience to partic...

Aussie Funk Jam Workshop

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Downtown Library
Registration
Library Location: Downtown Library
Room: Flexbox Theater
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Learn Something New
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 38
Event Details:
In this interactive and hands-on program you will learn how to play the didgeridoo, including vocalizing, creating simple rhythms and more, with beginner instruments (clean & sanitized, of course). Participants will be mesmerized, inspired and mo...

Master Gardener Series

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Downtown Library
Registration
Library Location: Downtown Library
Room: Children's Program Room Downtown
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Learn Something New
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 21
Event Details:
Learn helpful gardening tips from a Johnson County K-State Research and Extension Master Gardener. Each month will feature a different topic. June 22: Container Gardens  July 27: Common Garden Pests and Their Control Methods August 24: Seed...

Writing Community

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Indian Creek Library
Registration
Library Location: Indian Creek Library
Room: Children's Program Room Indian Creek
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Create
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:
Meet with other writers to discuss your writing, share friendly feedback, and find encouragement to power through your writing goals, big or small. Each person typically reads a brief sample of their work aloud to the group, followed by constructive ...

Child & Parent Book Discussion: 3rd-5th Grade

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Downtown Library
Registration
Library Location: Downtown Library
Room: Children's Program Room Downtown
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Program Type: Book Discussions
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:
Read The Water Bears, by Kimberly Baker, with your child and then meet with others to discuss the book. Snack provided. Participants will receive a free copy of the book selection upon registration (pick up at the Downtown Olathe Library). ...