Exhibits & Galleries in Abilene
Current exhibits, galleries, and museum shows in Abilene. Art, history, science, and interactive exhibits.
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Springfield Cardinals at Wichita Wind Surge
MiLB Double-A: Springfield Cardinals at Wichita Wind Surge at Equity Bank Park
Kansas Science Festival at the Library
Come to the library for a day filled with discovery and fun at the 5th annual Kansas Science Festival, happening on April 25th from 11 am to 3 pm. This family-friendly event is a celebration of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math, designed to spark excitement and curiosity in learners...
Tween Vibes - Video Game Night
Each week, we’ll mix it up with a variety of activities - whether it’s board games, quiz shows, video games, crafts, or food nights! It’s all about having fun, trying new things, and connecting with friends in a relaxed and creative space. This program is for ages 9-12.
Board Game Night
Join us to play a variety of tabletop games, with snacks and drinks provided. Bring friends and play together or make new friends while you play. You're welcome to bring your own games, or use those provided from MNU's Mabee Library.
Zoofari Tails AT THE ZOO: Earth Day
Zoofari Tails Storytime is at the Sunset Zoo this month, inside the Nature Education Center building! Storytime will feature our precious home planet and ways we can help all creatures live happily on Earth! Each month, the zoo and the library team up to present a fun storytime for ages 3 and up...
Teen Vibes - Video Game Night
Each week, we’ll mix it up with a variety of activities - whether it’s board games, quiz shows, video games, crafts, or food nights! It’s all about having fun, trying new things, and connecting with friends in a relaxed and creative space.
Show & Tell in the Makerspace
Activities are posted at the Makerspace, please message us for more information. No registration needed, this is a drop in program for all ages. Some weeks may not have an activity you leave with but feature community projects or offer knowledge building opportunities.
Baby Rhyme Time for 0-18 Months
Caregivers sit with their little ones to sing, clap, and play along with rhymes, read a short book together, and have shaker music time. Learn a new word in baby sign language each week. The target age range for this storytime is children 0-18 months old.
Pre-K Play Time
Join us for a fun and relaxed playtime where parents and preschoolers can connect in an open-play environment. Drop in to explore a variety of educational toys and games. It's the perfect opportunity to socialize, make new friends, and have a great time together!
Lets Go Pokéwalk in the Park!
Join us at Blackbob Park for a Pokémon GO! themed event. Bring your mobile device to battle, trade, and of course, enjoy the park! We will offer opportunities for those without the app, as well as younger children, including food trucks, crafts, music, games, and more. The first 100 youth will...
Teen: Homeschool Hangout
Need a change of scenery? Once a month, the library Teen Zone will open early at 1:30 pm just for homeschooled teens! Come enjoy crafts, games, and snacks in a relaxed space designed for connection and fun. This program offers a fun way to connect, unwind, and enjoy the Teen Zone before it...
Teen Vibes - Craft Night - Clay Figures
Each week, we’ll mix it up with a variety of activities - whether it’s board games, quiz shows, video games, crafts, or food nights! It’s all about having fun, trying new things, and connecting with friends in a relaxed and creative space.
Write Place, Write Time
For all teens who want to or love to write! All genres and experience levels welcome. Together we will look at stories that inspire us, different elements of storytelling, partake in fun writing activities, share our creative projects, and, of course, enjoy delicious snacks.
Geology Rocks!
Let’s have a rockin' good time at the library! Kindergarten through 5th graders can come learn about geology through some hands-on activities led by graduate students from K-State. Kids can try out a simple water filtration device, and there will be a fossil show-and-tell and sandbox...
Tween Vibes - Craft Night - Clay Figures
Each week, we’ll mix it up with a variety of activities - whether it’s board games, quiz shows, video games, crafts, or food nights! It’s all about having fun, trying new things, and connecting with friends in a relaxed and creative space. This program is for ages 9-12.
Safe Sitter® Essential Babysitting and CPR Classes
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, including choking infant/child rescue and infant/child CPR. Participants will receive a manual and..
Adult Free Forum: Movie Night, The Last of the Mohicans
Relax and reduce stress by hanging out at your local library. Celebrate the U.S. 250th Birthday with a special screening of The Last of the Mohicans. Set during the French and Indian War, this epic tale of courage, conflict, and the birth of a nation brings America’s early history to life. Join us..
On Writing Action-Packed and Suspenseful Spycraft with Brad Taylor
Join us in conversation with acclaimed author Brad Taylor on his latest work, Shadow Strike, book 20 (yes, you read that right!) of the bestselling Pike Logan series. After its proxies are devastated and its offensive capability pummeled in the latest war in the Middle East, a rogue group of...
Build it and Break it
Think you can build the tallest tower? The strongest bridge? The best catapult? What if all you have to work with is spaghetti noodles and marshmallows? Or paper? Join us for a fun, hands-on challenge each month where you'll design and build a new invention using the materials provided - then test.
Dance Party!
Groove and dance to fun music at our kids' dance party! This is a fun time to get out all your wiggles and dance with shakers, scarves, and more. Suggested for ages 2 and up.
Library After Hours: Cleaver Class of 19-Deadly-2
Welcome back to the gymnatorium of Cleaver High, home of the Cleaver Beavers! It’s reunion time for all your high school favorites. Find your school spirit again and reminisce about all the great times we had together... or were they? Have past rivalries come back to haunt us? Has long lost love...
Dungeons & Dragons Club
Come hang out with other adventurers to play the popular RPG Dungeons & Dragons! It doesn’t matter if you are a novice or an expert, all are welcome. Learn from other players and from guest hosts.
3 & Up Storytime
Librarians will present an active storytime for children ages 3 and up, with fun books, action rhymes, parachute time, and music. Storytime is great for helping children develop early literacy skills. Children may attend independently or with a caregiver.
Creation Station: Bendy Friends
Make a new bendy buddy to twist and pose. Kids will use flexible materials to create playful characters with personality. These friends are fun to shape and display!
Teen Hangout Thursdays
Looking for a place to hang out after school? Drop by the Teen Zone on the 2nd (Downtown) and 4th (Indian Creek) Thursday afternoons! Play games, create cool crafts, try out library technology, or relax with friends. We’ll have movies (rated G–PG-13) and snacks as well. Whether you’re into art,...
18 Months & Up Storytime
This storytime is active and fun for young children. Caregivers participate with their children as we sing songs, do action rhymes, listen to stories, and have music time. The target age for this storytime is children 18 months old and up.
Creation Station: Whimsical Hot Air Balloon Craft
Soar into creativity with a whimsical hot air balloon craft. Kids will design a colorful balloon and basket using mixed materials like cotton swabs and pom poms. Let your imagination float away!
Tween Gaming
Play video games on the Xbox X, PS5 and the Nintendo Switch. For 4th - 8th graders.
Anime Club
Teens who enjoy anime, manga, drawing, and games can hang out, learn about Japanese culture through media and see its influence on other cultures. Snacks included.
Wiggle Workshop
Get ready to move and groove! This interactive program is packed with fun songs and dance that encourage movement and creativity. A perfect way for kids to burn energy, make friends, and have fun while building important motor skills!
Earth Fest at the Library
Celebrate Earth with fun activities and learn more about what you can do to help take care of the planet. Play games using recycled materials, make crafts using recycled materials, participate in a book swap (bring any books you no longer want and swap them for other books brought to the swap - any.
Meadowlark Hills Tech Drop-In
New to technology? Have a question about your phone or device? Need help with a specific issue? The IT Trainer from Manhattan Public Library will be on site to help you with questions about their computers, tablets and phones. Start your digital adventure! Meet in the Kansas Room. This service is...
Master Gardeners: Raised Bed Gardening
Raised beds provide a permanent feature on a patio or elsewhere in the garden and support a wide range of plants. Learn from Master Gardener Gwynn Pierce how to choose materials to suit your size and budget, prepare the soil mixture and how to space seeds and plants.
Olathe Community Heartsaver CPR/AED Class
Do you live or work in Olathe and want to become a lifesaver? Join the Olathe Fire Department’s Heartsaver CPR class and gain the skills to handle emergencies with confidence! In this hands-on course, you'll learn: CPR for Adults, Children, and InfantsAED UseChoking ReliefBy the end, you'll walk...
Donuts and Danger
Enjoy a donut while we discuss books with dangerous storylines. Hang out with other book lovers in this nontraditional book club. We will focus on the genres of true crime, murders and mysteries. Free book drawing at each meeting. Registration encouraged.
Circle Time
Practice early literacy and developmental skills with stories, songs and action rhymes. For birth through age 2 with an adult. Register all children attending. Program lasts 20 minutes. Please note: Stories and content are the same for each session offered during a given week.
Storytime
Join us for an interactive storytime with books, songs, and activities that build early literacy skills like vocabulary, listening, and social skills. Perfect for little ones to enjoy and learn in a fun, engaging environment!
Chess Night
Join us for an informal night of chess games. Volunteers will be available to help players of all levels learn the basics or try different strategies. Chess Night is more social than competitive, so plan to have fun and make new friends. Targeted at ages 8 and up; teens, adults and families welcome.
Modern Family Trivia Night
Are you as dramatic as Mitch and Cam? Ready to shoot your best Gloria impression? Know every chapter of Phil-osophies? Put your knowledge of the Pritchett/Dunphy/Tucker clan to the test! Gather your team and come relive the antics at our Modern Family trivia night. Teams can consist of 3-6 members..
Saturday Storytime
Saturday storytimes combine the best elements of all our storytimes to suit a wide range of ages so that the whole family can attend together. We will read stories, sing songs, learn rhymes, and dance to music with shakers.
American Red Cross Blood Drive
Give blood and save a life. Click here to make an appointment.
Read with a Dog
Read aloud to a calm and friendly trained therapy dog for 7-8 minutes at a time. Two readers will sign up for each time slot; you may be called in to read either first or second. Please be on time for your session to ensure that everyone gets to read. During some months, additional therapy dogs may.
Lego Club
Get ready to build, create, and have fun! Join us for LEGO Club where K-5th graders will let their imaginations soar as they construct amazing new structures using the library’s LEGO collection.
Family Storytime
Join us for stories, songs and fingerplays. For 3 to 5-year-olds with an adult. Siblings welcome. Please register all children that will be attending. Please note: Stories and content are the same for each session offered in a given week.
Discovery Club
Join us for multiple fun activities to discover something new, even about something you knew before! Come and experiment with your own creative abilities. A snack will be provided. Discovery Club dates and locations: Friday, February 13 - Downtown Monday, March 23 - Indian Creek Friday, April 24 -..
Chess Night
Come play chess with a worthy opponent. All ages and playing levels welcome.
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