Winter Holiday Schedule

All Library locations will be closed on the following days for the Winter Holiday:
Wednesday, December 24
Thursday, December 25
Friday, December 26
Wednesday, December 31
Thursday, January 1

Mr. & Mrs. F.L. Schlagle, Turner* and Mobile Libraries will be closed on:
Wednesday December 24, 2025 through Wednesday January 1, 2026. 
*Turner Community Library will be open on Saturday December 27.

Main, West & South library locations will be open on December 29 and 30 but will close early at 5:00 pm.

All library locations will reopen for normal operating hours on Friday, January 2, 2026. 

Adult Adventure: Kansas Starry Sky

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Teens, Adults
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Program Description

Event Details

“Ad astra per aspera” is a Latin phrase that means "through hardships to the stars" or "a rough road leads to the stars". Join Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Schlagle and learn about the Kansas Starry Sky! You will get to explore the starry sky in a blow up planetarium called the StarLab. You will then leave with a Humanities of Kansas poetry book about the Kansas Starry Sky!

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