Easy Inexpensive Haircuts FREE Class at Mid-Continent Library!

Mid-Continent Library is offering a FREE class on how to give easy & inexpensive haircuts.

Do you or your children need a haircut? Save some money and learn easy inexpensive ways to cut hair at home. Also, some simple hairstyles will be shown and questions answered. Bring a bath towel and someone with you who needs a haircut, too!


9/15/11 Parkville Branch 7:00pm

9/19/11 Excelsior Springs Branch 6:30pm

9/22/11 Platte City 7:00pm

10/3/11 Edgerton Branch 7:00pm

10/20/11 Blue Springs North 7:00pm

11/3/11 Riverside Branch 7:00pm

Katie Horner & Mad Science at Mid-Continent Library 7/23

Katie Horner Chief Meteorologist from KCTV Channel 5 & Mad Science will be presenting Weather, Wise and Wonderful at the Liberty Branch of Mid-Continent Library on Saturday 7/23/11 at 10:00am. Go here for more information and to register online.

Katie Horner & Mad Science at Mid-Continent Library 7/15

Katie Horner Chief Meteorologist from KCTV Channel 5 & Mad Science will be presenting Weather, Wise and Wonderful at the North Independence Branch of Mid-Continent Library on Friday 7/15/11 at 10:00am. Go here for more information and to register online.

Katie Horner at Mid-Continent Library

Katie Horner Chief Meteorologist from KCTV Channel 5  will be presenting Weather, Wise and Wonderful at Mid-Continent Library this summer.  She will be at the Boardwalk Branch 6/25/11, North Independence 7/15/11 & Liberty 7/23/11.  Go here for more information and to register online.

Turpentine Creek Big Cats at Mid-Continent Library

Turpentine Creek Big Cats are at Mid-Continent Library this week!  Go here for a complete schedule with dates & times and to register.  They will be at the following branches:

• Platte City
• Parkville
• Grandview
• Red Bridge
• Blue Ridge
• Kearney
• Excelsior Springs
• Liberty
• Oak Grove
• Colbern Road
• Blue Springs North
• South Independence
• North Independence

We saw them at the Riverside branch this morning & it was a lot of fun!

Meet KC Wolf at Mid-Continent Public Library

Join KC Wolf at the Mid-Continent Public Library for a Read to Succeed Program.  This program will be at the following MCPL Branches:

• Antioch (6060 N Chestnut, Gladstone, MO 64119) Friday 9/3/10 2:00pm
• Excelsior Springs (1460 Kearney Rd, Excelsior Springs, MO 64024) Thursday 9/30/10 6:30pm
• Grandview (12930 Booth Ln, Grandview, MO 64030) Thursday 10/21/10 7:00pm

Go here to register online or call the Library Branch.

Frugal Friday: FREE Fun at the Library!

Looking for some FREE & Educational Fun?  Check your local library!

This summer we have attended a lot of FREE programs at our local library (Mid-Continent Public Library).  This morning we attended a program "Fit for Life with KC Wolf."  Not only did we get to meet KC Wolf and take pictures and watch a video of KC Wolf's silly antics but the kids also learned about fitness & nutrition.  This program was FREE and lots of fun!! 

Here are some of the other FREE programs we have attended (or will attend) this summer:

• Fire & Ice Mad Science Workshop
• Opossums presented by Lakeside Nature Center
• Owls presented by Lakeside Nature Center
• Fireflies in the Night (story & art project with glow in the dark paint)
• Splashtastic Science Workshop with Mad Science
• Backyard Bird Watching Basics presented by a Clay County Park Ranger
• "Under the Sea" Craft Night
• Ice Cream Social to celebrate Ice Cream Month
• Fit for Life with KC Wolf
• "Something's Fishy" Craft Night
• Make a Terrarium Workshop

(This is the man under the KC Wolf costume.  He started as a Tiger Mascot for MU when he was in college and then was the Cardinal Mascot for the St. Louis Cardinals for a season.  He then became KC Wolf for the Kansas City Chiefs and has been doing it for 21 years!!)

Connor petting an Opossum.

Under the Sea Craft Night

For more frugal ideas, visit Frugal Friday at Life as Mom.