Week Calendar

Enjoy a FIN-tastic storytime before the Olathe Parks and Rec's Preschool Splash (small fee applies). In case of bad weather, storytime will be held inside the Olathe Community Center.

Practice early literacy and developmental skills through stories, songs, and action rhymes.

Explore the basics of Blockly coding in a Minecraft environment. This is a four-week series with a different adventure each week.  

Johnson County Extension Office Agent, Denise Dias presents on a variety of wellness topics.

Create super cute toys for your cat or a cat at the Olathe Animal Shelter. There will also be a few simple cat related crafts.

Ready to take on the responsibility of babysitting?

Come play with adoptable kittens in this pawsitively purrfect partnership with Great Plains SPCA. Discover if cat guardianship is right for you or just hang out with some sweet cats!

Talk about books in this informal book group made up of people who simply love to read. There is no commitment to read a particular book. 

Leave your kids and significant others at home, grab your best gal pals and join us for a waffle bar brunch, Parks and Recreation trivia, card making, and craft stations.

Give blood and save a life. Appointments can be made at https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/donation-time

Drop-in to decorate a tasty to-go treat.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to keep your city running? Did you know that, as an Olathe resident, you have access to a variety of free resources like mulch and paint and possibly even snow removal at your home?

Meals will be available in grab-and-go packaging only and participants will not be able to eat on-site. Parent/Guardians may pick up meals for their children. Equal opportunity provider.

Meals will be available in grab-and-go packaging only and participants will not be able to eat on-site. Parent/Guardians may pick up meals for their children. Equal opportunity provider.

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. For teens in 6th - 12th grades.

Drop-in and create a light-up circuit valentine, grow your own gem and create an LED rose.

Play casual and competitive Esports games with teens locally and nationally. Games include but are not limited to Minecraft, League of Legends, Apex Legends, Fortnite, Rocket League and Smash Bros.

Explore the basics of Blockly coding in a Minecraft environment. This is a four-week series with a different adventure each week. 

Complete a craft with your child. 

The National African American Read-In is the nation’s first and oldest event dedicated to diversity in literature.

Watch Winter Olympic themed movies.

Play video games on the Xbox, PS5 and the Nintendo Switch. For 4th-8th graders. 

Preliminary Online Rounds: Tues., Feb. 1–Fri., Feb. 11 at 2:00 pm on Flipgrid
Live Rounds: Feb. 18 from 4:00–5:30 pm at Indian Creek

Enjoy a read-aloud of Studio: A Place for Art to Start by Emily Arrow, then experiment with a couple of simple printmaking techniques.

Adults with intellectual or developmental delays are invited for a night at the movies. Popcorn provided. Please register for each session on the Olathe Parks and Rec website. 

Watch a page-to-screen adaptation and discuss the various merits (or demerits!) of the film. Snacks provided.

Grand Marquis is a big brass powerhouse, weaving old stories in with new tales for the 21st century. American roots styles blend down by the riverside of Kansas City blues and Memphis soul to form a second line party stretching to the Big Easy.