Leavenworth Public Library

06/06/2026

Schedule for the week! Remember to check the calendar for registration and program info.
https://leavenworth.librarycalendar.com/events/month

06/05/2026

The One Book, Many Neighbors events started in Bonner Springs this week, and ours is up next on Wed., June 10th at 6:30 pm. We’ll explore gold and prospecting with members of the Pony Express Prospectors Association including a panning demonstration.

*You don’t have to participate in the reading program to come to the program. Anyone may attend. *

Basehor Community Library
Bonner Springs City Library
Lansing Community Library
Atchison Public Library
Leavenworth Public Library
Linwood Community Library

06/05/2026

The Stonewall Book Award is a set of three literary awards that annually recognize exceptional merit relating to the LGBTQIA+ experience in English-language books. The Stonewall Book Award began as the Gay Book Award and was inaugurated in 1971 at the American Library Association (ALA) annual meeting in Dallas, Texas by the newly created Task Force on Gay Liberation (TFGL). The ceremony, attended by only 9 people, recognized Alma Routsong (writing under the pseudonym Isabel Miller) for her historical novel "Patience and Sarah", which was self-published in 1969. At the start, there were only a handful of books to consider annually. The ALA officially started granting the award in 1986, and by 1995, there were more than 800 books considered for the award. In 2002, the awards, then two, were jointly named after the site of the 1969 Stonewall riots as well as two of the founding members of the TFGL, Barbara Gittings and Israel Fishman. Finalists for each category of the Stonewall Book Award have been publicly designated since 1990, and termed "Honor Books" since 2001. The winners are announced in January and each receives a plaque and $1000 cash prize during the ALA Annual Conference.

06/04/2026

We're hosting another blood drive! 🩸
Come out and donate on June 23 from 11am-3pm. Sign up for an appointment here:
https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=leavenworthpl

06/03/2026

Join us for Knowledge @ Noon to learn how to make fresh colorful summer salsa using seasonal produce!🍅🫑🧅 June 5th at 12pm.

06/02/2026

From BBQ basics to new tips and techniques. We had a great BBQ class on Sunday! Thanks to Legacy Flavors for teaching and for the amazing food!🍖🍗

06/01/2026

We've got another game night and this time we're playing Coup!🃏 A intriguing role-playing game where your ability to bluff and manipulate will be put to the test. Maybe we'll throw in some other social deception games.🧐

06/01/2026

Here's your week 2 clue. Happy hunting!🦖

06/01/2026

The first One Book Many Neighbors program is in Bonner Springs! Anyone can attend the programs but you can still sign up at a participating library to join the reading, and attend our ice cream social at the end of the summer!📚🍦

Join us next Tuesday!

06/01/2026

Join us for a fascinating discussion with Smithsonian Curator Mary Savig on the history and significance of craft at state fairs—from blue-ribbon quilts to sculpted butter cows, and so much more, on Wednesday, June 3rd at 1PM.
Register and ask questions of the author here: https://libraryc.org/leavenworth/161453/register