7:30am–11:30am Mondays
July 6 to October 12
Library parking lot 10th and Garfield

The recipe for a healthy diet can be found at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, and now the ingredients can be too! The library, in partnership with the Capital City Wellness Initiative, announces the launch of Monday Market @ your library. 

As part of our Adult Summer Reading Program our participants shared about the books they would recommend to other patrons.  Maybe your next great read will be from one of their suggestions! 

Sarah recommends Once Upon a Summer Day by Dennis L McKiernan.

My favorite thing about this book is...It puts a new spin on Sleeping Beauty. He also gives it some French flare. All in all making it a...

Every once in a while when I'm out in the stacks doing my librarian thing, I discover a little gem of a book that I had no idea existed until I happened near its place on the shelf.  Actually, that pleasant experience happens more than this sensible librarian might care to admit, but I digress.  The Creative Family:  How to Encourage Imagination and Nurture Family Connections by Amanda Blake...

This week commemorates the 40th anniversary of the legendary Stonewall riots.  Let's travel back in time for a moment to New York in the 1960's.  We assume there have always been gay bars, but they didn't exist as they do now; in the 60's they were places where police could safely raid and beat patrons with little fear of retaliatory or legal action.  The majority of these bars were owned by the mafia who paid police off to warn barkeepers of impending raids; so most of the time, bars' patrons could be warned in advance of a raid and pretend they were "straight" until the police left.  In the 60's raiding gay bars and harassing, beating, mocking, arresting, and stealing from their patrons was commonplace.

The next exhibit at the Alice C. Sabatini Art Gallery opens July 3. Wax mixed with pigment creates deep, rich colors and textures on word panels painted by Topeka resident Philip Hersberger. Find out how you can participate in a teach-the-artist experience by clicking into this story.

Meet our Orchid Dottyback
Orchid Dottybacks are quite easy to keep. Orchid Dottybacks are moderately territorial, but more than one can be kept per tank, as long as the tank has plenty of hiding places. Because they like to hide, they may only come out during feeding time. The Orchid Dottyback lay eggs in a mass that is usually deposited in small nooks or caves and tended by the male. The eggs...

Summer Concerts for teens 12-18 years 
in The Edge

More performers to come...
Wednesday, July 15 7:00 pm
Dustin Sillverman
Wednesday July 22 7:00 pm
Ryan Tenholder